Minecraft:Item Frame

Template:Infobox An item frame is an Minecraft:entityTemplate:Only or Minecraft:blockTemplate:Only that displays the item or block that is inside it.

Obtaining

Breaking

Template:IN, because the item frame is an Minecraft:entity, it can be broken by simply punching it, even in Minecraft:Adventure mode. It is also targeted by commands using the Template:Cd selector.

Template:IN, no tool can accelerate the breaking process of the item frame. Template:Breaking row An item frame drops itself when it's destroyed.

If the item frame contains an item, punching it drops the item, leaving the frame.

Natural generation

An item frame containing a pair of Minecraft:elytra generates in each Minecraft:End ship.

File:BoatElytra.png

An item frame naturally generating in an End ship.

Usage

Placement

Item frames can be placed on the sides of most Minecraft:solid blocks (including Minecraft:slabs, Minecraft:stairs, Minecraft:fences, Minecraft:walls, Minecraft:doors, Minecraft:trapdoors, Minecraft:fence gates, Minecraft:glass panes, Minecraft:iron bars, Minecraft:chains, etc), Template:In as well as some non-solid blocks such as Minecraft:repeaters and Minecraft:comparators. They can also be placed on the top and bottom of the solid blocks. To place item frames on interactable blocks (such as chests and doors), the player needs to be Minecraft:sneaking. Item frames can also be placed on the lid of a Minecraft:shulker box, but, Template:In, they pop off when the lid is opened. In Java Edition, item frames cannot be placed on the top face of Minecraft:fences, Minecraft:walls, and Minecraft:fence gates.

As item frames are an entity in Java Edition, multiple item frames can occupy the same block, although on different faces. An item frame can occupy the same space as any non-solid block, or a solid block whose collision box does not intersect the item frame's hitbox. Template:IN, item frames behave like signs and thus cannot occupy the same space as other blocks or other item frames. They can, however, be Minecraft:waterlogged.

Item display

File:Item Frame (map filled partial).png

Item frame with partially filled map

Players can place items in the frame by Template:Control the item. If a Minecraft:map is placed in an item frame, it enlarges to show the map in the size of a full block, with the item frame's location displayed as a green pointer on the map, pointing in the direction the item frame is facing. If this is done in the Nether, the green cursor spins around similar to the white cursor (players). If an item in an item frame has been renamed using an Minecraft:anvil, it displays its custom name when the cursor is over the item frame. If the player places a block inside the frame, it is displayed in miniature half in, half out of the block. This can be most notably seen on stairs or slabs.

When the item frame is displaying an item, pressing the Template:Control control picks the displayed item instead of the item frame.

Rotation

The displayed item can then be rotated by right-clicking the frame. Items displayed in the item frame can turn 45° diagonally, with a total of 8 possibilities (90° and 4 possibilities if it is a map), and the frame outputs a redstone signal depending on the rotation phase that can be interpreted by a Minecraft:redstone comparator (note that this rotation value is separate from the clock or compass rotation). As long as the frame remains placed, it remembers the orientation of the last item it held, and uses it for the next item it holds.Template:Only

Sounds

Generic

Template:Edition: Template:Sound table/Block/Item frame/BE

Unique

Item Frame/Sounds

Data values

ID

Template:Edition: Template:ID table Template:ID table

Template:Edition: Template:ID table Template:ID table Template:ID table

Block states

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Despite being an Minecraft:entity in Java Edition, item frames utilize block states internally. Template:Bst

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Item data

Template:JE: Template:See also

• Template:Nbt: the item's components tag.

Data component format/entity data Unlike spawn eggs, cannot change the type of entity created using the id tag. Data that item frames do not normally use (see below) has no effect.

Entity data

Template:IN, item frames have entity data that define various properties of the entity.

<section begin="entity data"/>

• Template:Nbt Entity data
  • Template:Nbt inherit/entity
  • Template:Nbt inherit/hangable
  • Template:Nbt: Template:Cd (Template:Cd) - If Template:Cd: the item frame does not drop when it has no support block, it can not be moved by pistons, and it won't take damage (except from creative players). An item cannot be placed in or removed from a fixed item frame. The item in a fixed item frame (if any) can not be rotated.
  • Template:Nbt: Template:Cd (Template:Cd) - Whether the item frame (background) is invisible. An item or map inside an invisible item frame is still visible.
  • Template:Nbt: The item in the item frame (no slot tag). If the item frame is empty, this tag does not exist.
    • Template:Nbt inherit/itemnoslot
  • Template:Nbt: The chance for the item to drop when the item frame breaks. This is a 100% chance by default.
  • Template:Nbt: The current angle or rotation of the item, as a multiple of 45 degrees, going clockwise. 0 means the item is upright, 1 means the item is turned 45 degrees clockwise from the upright orientation. This value can only ever be between Template:Cd and Template:Cd, just like its redstone output when measured with a Minecraft:comparator.

<section end="entity data"/>

Block data

Template:IN, an item frame has a block entity associated with it that holds additional data about the block.

See Minecraft:Bedrock Edition level format/Block entity format.

Videos

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History

Trivia

• The item frame is based upon a suggestion on Reddit, like the Minecraft:ender chest and Minecraft:flower pot.<ref>Template:Tweet</ref>
• The item frame is the only entity to reference a block Minecraft:model.Template:Only Because of this, the texture of the frame border is the same as the birch planks texture.
• Item frame is the only placeable item that can interfere with other non-full block entities.
• Due to the way layer textures are displayed in Minecraft, maps float on item frames, similar to how icons float on the map itself.

Gallery

Renders

• Item frame
  Item frame
• Map item frame
  Map item frame
• With item
  With item
• With rotated item
  With rotated item
• With block
  With block
• With rotated block
  With rotated block

Screenshots

• An item frame on the side of a slab.
  An item frame on the side of a slab.
• Four item frames in a one-block space.Template:Only
  Four item frames in a one-block space.Template:Only
• The frame itself uses the texture of birch planks.
  The frame itself uses the texture of birch planks.
• The rotation of an item in an item frame.
  The rotation of an item in an item frame.
• The front and back of an item frame are the same.
  The front and back of an item frame are the same.
• An image of a fireplace retweeted by Dinnerbone.
  An image of a fireplace retweeted by Dinnerbone.
• Minecraft:11 in an item frame.
  Minecraft:11 in an item frame.

Development images

• Original Reddit image suggesting item frames and flower pots.
  Original Reddit image suggesting item frames and flower pots.
• Dinnerbone's first screenshot showing armor and weapons.
  Dinnerbone's first screenshot showing armor and weapons.
• Dinnerbone's second screenshot showing a map, a compass, and two diamond swords.
  Dinnerbone's second screenshot showing a map, a compass, and two diamond swords.
• Dinnerbone's third screenshot showing a golden sword in all directions, the item frame item itself, and a working clock.
  Dinnerbone's third screenshot showing a golden sword in all directions, the item frame item itself, and a working clock.
• Jeb's screenshot of the item frame.
  Jeb's screenshot of the item frame.
• Snapshot showing plant pots and item frames.
  Snapshot showing plant pots and item frames.
• Snapshot image of an ender pearl in an item frame.
  Snapshot image of an ender pearl in an item frame.
• An image tweeted by Dinnerbone showing how hovering over an item frame containing a renamed item shows a name tag.
  An image tweeted by Dinnerbone showing how hovering over an item frame containing a renamed item shows a name tag.
• First image of item frames in Bedrock Edition.
  First image of item frames in Bedrock Edition.

See also

• Template:ItemLink
• Template:ItemLink