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Minecraft:Java Edition removed blocks/Metadata variants

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Removed in 1.8 (14w26a)

These existed due to the previous handling of block variations through metadata, rather than through block states or as separate IDs. Extreme values of these would produce unintended effects.

Faceless pumpkins and jack o'lanterns

It was possible to place Minecraft:pumpkins and Minecraft:jack o'lanterns with no actual face using metadata values 5 and above. Their models became missing in 14w10a and they were removed in snapshot 14w26a like other unintended blocks.

In 17w47a, the faceless pumpkin was reintroduced as the default pumpkin block, with the existing pumpkins being retconned as carved pumpkins.

Faceless and exceptional furnaces

Minecraft:Furnaces (as well as lit furnaces) with metadata values 0, 1, 6, 7, 12 and 13 would have no faces, using the side texture for all orthogonal faces and the usual top and bottom texture on the top and bottom. Furnaces and lit furnaces with data values 8, 9, 10, 11, 14 and 15 would appear normal, but were probably not legitimately obtainable.

Unlike with many blocks, these need to be placed using external editors, as Template:Cmd always places a furnace within the normal range.

All of these invalid furnaces and lit furnaces lost their models in 14w10a, with the exception of the unlit furnace with data value 0, which kept the faceless appearance. The lit furnace with no facing direction regained its model sometime between 14w17a and 14w21b.

Weird pistons

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Six-sided versions of the Minecraft:piston block. When powered, some would cause immediate game crashes, which could be exploited for update suppression.

It took until 14w17a for weird piston blocks to lose their model and use the missing one.

Six-sided hay bale

Minecraft:Hay bales with the side texture on all six faces existed until block variants were defined using block states rather than metadata.

The hay bale lost its model in 14w10a like many other blocks.

Interestingly, other six-sided blocks resulting from similar circumstances such as Minecraft:wood and Minecraft:smooth stone were not removed, and were even given unique block IDs and made craftable in later updates.

Green shrub

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These blocks had an identical texture to the Minecraft:shrub and Minecraft:dead bush, with the main difference being that it was Minecraft:tinted based on the biome.

Unlike the usual shrub, its inclusion within the game was most likely unintentional, as it became present in the game only after 13w10a (as it crashed the game from 13w02a to 13w09c, and appeared identical to usual grass beforehand), and sported a missing model after 14w10a like many other undefined blocks.

Overgrown cocoa

Minecraft:Cocoa has twelve possible block state combinations, as it has four possible orientations coupled with three distinct stages of growth. Before the introduction of proper block states, this therefore meant that twelve of the possible sixteen metadata variants were actually used, resulting in the uppermost four exhibiting interesting undefined behavior.

From their introduction up until and including 13w01b, they used the Minecraft:dragon egg texture, which makes sense as the dragon egg texture was directly to the left of the cocoa pod texture in Minecraft:terrain.png. From 13w10a up to 14w06, it appeared as a broken cocoa pod, and from then on up to its removal it used missing models.

Versions North East South West
12w19a–
13w01b 		File:Cocoa Age 3 (N) JE1.png File:Cocoa Age 3 (E) JE1.png File:Cocoa Age 3 (S) JE1.png File:Cocoa Age 3 (W) JE1.png
13w02a–
13w02b 		Template:Tc
13w03a–
13w09c 		Template:Tc
13w10a–
14w06b 		File:Cocoa Age 3 (N) JE2.png File:Cocoa Age 3 (E) JE2.png File:Cocoa Age 3 (S) JE2.png File:Cocoa Age 3 (W) JE2.png
14w07a–
14w08a 		File:Missing Model JE1.png File:Missing Model JE1.png File:Missing Model JE1.png File:Missing Model JE1.png
14w10a–
14w25b 		File:Missing Model JE2.png File:Missing Model JE2.png File:Missing Model JE2.png File:Missing Model JE2.png
14w26a+ Template:Tc

Overgrown wheat

Template:Main Because Minecraft:wheat has eight distinct growth stages, the other upper eight values went completely unused. As a result, for a relatively long period of time, wheat crops with such values would see vast unintentional changes, as the Minecraft:textures they would try to pull from would end up overflowing over to the next line of Minecraft:terrain.png. In certain versions, this included the textures commonly speculated to be for Minecraft:chair and table blocks.

Versions Age 8 Age 9 Age 10 Age 11 Age 12 Age 13 Age 14 Age 15
in-20100206-2034–
inf-20100420 		File:Placeholder Texture Wheat JE1.png File:Placeholder Texture Wheat JE1.png File:Placeholder Texture Wheat JE1.png File:Wheat Age 11 JE1.png File:Wheat Age 12 JE1.png File:Placeholder Texture Wheat JE1.png File:Placeholder Texture Wheat JE1.png File:Placeholder Texture Wheat JE1.png
inf-20100607–
inf-20100617-1531 		File:Placeholder Texture Wheat JE1.png File:Wheat Age 9 JE2.png File:Wheat Age 10 JE2.png File:Wheat Age 11 JE1.png File:Wheat Age 12 JE1.png File:Placeholder Texture Wheat JE1.png File:Placeholder Texture Wheat JE1.png File:Placeholder Texture Wheat JE1.png
inf-20100618 File:Placeholder Texture Wheat JE1.png File:Wheat Age 9 JE3.png File:Wheat Age 10 JE3.png File:Wheat Age 11 JE2.png File:Wheat Age 12 JE1.png File:Placeholder Texture Wheat JE1.png File:Placeholder Texture Wheat JE1.png File:Placeholder Texture Wheat JE1.png
inf-20100624–
inf-20100627 		File:Placeholder Texture Wheat JE1.png File:Wheat Age 9 JE3.png File:Placeholder Texture Wheat JE1.png File:Wheat Age 11 JE2.png File:Wheat Age 12 JE1.png File:Placeholder Texture Wheat JE1.png File:Placeholder Texture Wheat JE1.png File:Placeholder Texture Wheat JE1.png
inf-20100629–
Alpha v1.0.0 		File:Placeholder Texture Wheat JE1.png File:Wheat Age 9 JE3.png File:Placeholder Texture Wheat JE1.png File:Placeholder Texture Wheat JE1.png File:Placeholder Texture Wheat JE1.png File:Placeholder Texture Wheat JE1.png File:Placeholder Texture Wheat JE1.png File:Placeholder Texture Wheat JE1.png
Alpha v1.0.1–
Alpha v1.1.2_01 		File:Wheat Age 8 JE2.png File:Wheat Age 9 JE3.png File:Wheat Age 10 JE5.png File:Wheat Age 11 JE4.png File:Wheat Age 12 JE3.png File:Wheat Age 13 JE2.png File:Placeholder Texture Wheat JE1.png File:Placeholder Texture Wheat JE1.png
Alpha v1.2.0–
Beta 1.2_02 		File:Wheat Age 8 JE2.png File:Wheat Age 9 JE3.png File:Wheat Age 10 JE5.png File:Wheat Age 11 JE4.png File:Wheat Age 12 JE3.png File:Wheat Age 13 JE2.png File:Wheat Age 14 JE2.png File:Wheat Age 15 JE2.png
Beta 1.3–
Beta 1.7.3 		File:Wheat Age 8 JE2.png File:Wheat Age 9 JE3.png File:Wheat Age 10 JE5.png File:Wheat Age 11 JE4.png File:Placeholder Texture Wheat JE1.png File:Placeholder Texture Wheat JE1.png File:Wheat Age 14 JE2.png File:Wheat Age 15 JE2.png
Beta 1.8 Pre-release–
Beta 1.9 Prerelease 4 		File:Wheat Age 8 JE2.png File:Wheat Age 9 JE3.png File:Wheat Age 10 JE5.png File:Wheat Age 11 JE4.png File:Wheat Age 12 JE5.png File:Wheat Age 13 JE4.png File:Wheat Age 14 JE2.png File:Wheat Age 15 JE2.png
Beta 1.9 Prerelease 5–
13w01b 		File:Wheat Age 8 JE2.png File:Wheat Age 9 JE3.png File:Wheat Age 10 JE5.png File:Wheat Age 11 JE4.png File:Wheat Age 12 JE5.png File:Wheat Age 13 JE4.png File:Wheat Age 14 JE2.png File:Wheat Age 15 JE3.png
13w02a–
13w09b 		Template:Tc
13w09c–
14w08a 		File:Wheat Age 7 JE6 BE1.png File:Wheat Age 7 JE6 BE1.png File:Wheat Age 7 JE6 BE1.png File:Wheat Age 7 JE6 BE1.png File:Wheat Age 7 JE6 BE1.png File:Wheat Age 7 JE6 BE1.png File:Wheat Age 7 JE6 BE1.png File:Wheat Age 7 JE6 BE1.png
14w10a–
14w25b 		File:Missing Model JE2.png File:Missing Model JE2.png File:Missing Model JE2.png File:Missing Model JE2.png File:Missing Model JE2.png File:Missing Model JE2.png File:Missing Model JE2.png File:Missing Model JE2.png
14w26a+
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Overgrown melon and pumpkin stems

Melon and Minecraft:pumpkin stems also have eight distinct stages of growth. However, instead of having eight individual textures for each of the eight growth stages, each stage reveals two more pixels of the stem texture from the top down, and the Minecraft:tint applied to the stem texture also changes. As a result, since the stems have eight unused upper values in addition to the eight lower used states, the upper states start pulling from the texture below the stem texture on the Minecraft:texture atlas currently in use (see Minecraft:stitched terrain.png; the texture placed below will often vary with resource packs), and they use extreme tints that cannot normally be applied in normal gameplay. Their wireframe Minecraft:hitboxes would also appear to extend above the bounds of the block when targeted, but attempting to target anything above the height of the block would result in the stem not actually being targeted.

Versions Melon Stem Pumpkin Stem
Age 8 Age 9 Age 10 Age 11 Age 12 Age 13 Age 14 Age 15 Detail Age 8 Age 9 Age 10 Age 11 Age 12 Age 13 Age 14 Age 15 Detail
Beta 1.8 Pre-release–
12w30e 		File:Melon Stem Age 8 JE1.png File:Melon Stem Age 9 JE1.png File:Melon Stem Age 10 JE1.png File:Melon Stem Age 11 JE1.png File:Melon Stem Age 12 JE1.png File:Melon Stem Age 13 JE1.png File:Melon Stem Age 14 JE1.png File:Melon Stem Age 15 JE1.png Attached stem below File:Pumpkin Stem Age 8 JE1.png File:Pumpkin Stem Age 9 JE1.png File:Pumpkin Stem Age 10 JE1.png File:Pumpkin Stem Age 11 JE1.png File:Pumpkin Stem Age 12 JE1.png File:Pumpkin Stem Age 13 JE1.png File:Pumpkin Stem Age 14 JE1.png File:Pumpkin Stem Age 15 JE1.png Attached stem below
1.3–
13w01b 		File:Melon Stem Age 8 JE2.png File:Melon Stem Age 9 JE2.png File:Melon Stem Age 10 JE2.png File:Melon Stem Age 11 JE2.png File:Melon Stem Age 12 JE2.png File:Melon Stem Age 13 JE2.png File:Melon Stem Age 14 JE2.png File:Melon Stem Age 15 JE2.png Attached stem below File:Pumpkin Stem Age 8 JE2.png File:Pumpkin Stem Age 9 JE2.png File:Pumpkin Stem Age 10 JE2.png File:Pumpkin Stem Age 11 JE2.png File:Pumpkin Stem Age 12 JE2.png File:Pumpkin Stem Age 13 JE2.png File:Pumpkin Stem Age 14 JE2.png File:Pumpkin Stem Age 15 JE2.png Attached stem below
13w02a–
13w02b 		File:Melon Stem Age 8 JE3.png File:Melon Stem Age 9 JE3.png File:Melon Stem Age 10 JE3.png File:Melon Stem Age 11 JE3.png File:Melon Stem Age 12 JE3.png File:Melon Stem Age 13 JE3.png File:Melon Stem Age 14 JE3.png File:Melon Stem Age 15 JE3.png Stretched File:Pumpkin Stem Age 8 JE3.png File:Pumpkin Stem Age 9 JE3.png File:Pumpkin Stem Age 10 JE3.png File:Pumpkin Stem Age 11 JE3.png File:Pumpkin Stem Age 12 JE3.png File:Pumpkin Stem Age 13 JE3.png File:Pumpkin Stem Age 14 JE3.png File:Pumpkin Stem Age 15 JE3.png Stretched
13w03a–
13w07a 		File:Melon Stem Age 8 JE4.png File:Melon Stem Age 9 JE4.png File:Melon Stem Age 10 JE4.png File:Melon Stem Age 11 JE4.png File:Melon Stem Age 12 JE4.png File:Melon Stem Age 13 JE4.png File:Melon Stem Age 14 JE4.png File:Melon Stem Age 15 JE4.png Minecraft:Trapdoor below File:Pumpkin Stem Age 8 JE4.png File:Pumpkin Stem Age 9 JE4.png File:Pumpkin Stem Age 10 JE4.png File:Pumpkin Stem Age 11 JE4.png File:Pumpkin Stem Age 12 JE4.png File:Pumpkin Stem Age 13 JE4.png File:Pumpkin Stem Age 14 JE4.png File:Pumpkin Stem Age 15 JE4.png Minecraft:Trapdoor below
13w09a–
13w23b 		File:Melon Stem Age 8 JE5.png File:Melon Stem Age 9 JE5.png File:Melon Stem Age 10 JE5.png File:Melon Stem Age 11 JE5.png File:Melon Stem Age 12 JE5.png File:Melon Stem Age 13 JE5.png File:Melon Stem Age 14 JE5.png File:Melon Stem Age 15 JE5.png Minecraft:Birch wood below File:Pumpkin Stem Age 8 JE5.png File:Pumpkin Stem Age 9 JE5.png File:Pumpkin Stem Age 10 JE5.png File:Pumpkin Stem Age 11 JE5.png File:Pumpkin Stem Age 12 JE5.png File:Pumpkin Stem Age 13 JE5.png File:Pumpkin Stem Age 14 JE5.png File:Pumpkin Stem Age 15 JE5.png Minecraft:Birch wood below
13w24a–
13w39b 		File:Melon Stem Age 8 JE6.png File:Melon Stem Age 9 JE6.png File:Melon Stem Age 10 JE6.png File:Melon Stem Age 11 JE6.png File:Melon Stem Age 12 JE6.png File:Melon Stem Age 13 JE6.png File:Melon Stem Age 14 JE6.png File:Melon Stem Age 15 JE6.png Minecraft:Note block below File:Pumpkin Stem Age 8 JE6.png File:Pumpkin Stem Age 9 JE6.png File:Pumpkin Stem Age 10 JE6.png File:Pumpkin Stem Age 11 JE6.png File:Pumpkin Stem Age 12 JE6.png File:Pumpkin Stem Age 13 JE6.png File:Pumpkin Stem Age 14 JE6.png File:Pumpkin Stem Age 15 JE6.png Curving Minecraft:rail below
13w41a–
13w42b 		File:Melon Stem Age 8 JE7.png File:Melon Stem Age 9 JE7.png File:Melon Stem Age 10 JE7.png File:Melon Stem Age 11 JE7.png File:Melon Stem Age 12 JE7.png File:Melon Stem Age 13 JE7.png File:Melon Stem Age 14 JE7.png File:Melon Stem Age 15 JE7.png Minecraft:Netherrack below File:Pumpkin Stem Age 8 JE7.png File:Pumpkin Stem Age 9 JE7.png File:Pumpkin Stem Age 10 JE7.png File:Pumpkin Stem Age 11 JE7.png File:Pumpkin Stem Age 12 JE7.png File:Pumpkin Stem Age 13 JE7.png File:Pumpkin Stem Age 14 JE7.png File:Pumpkin Stem Age 15 JE7.png Lit Minecraft:furnace below
13w43a–
14w08a 		File:Pumpkin Stem Age 8 JE8.png File:Pumpkin Stem Age 9 JE8.png File:Pumpkin Stem Age 10 JE8.png File:Pumpkin Stem Age 11 JE8.png File:Pumpkin Stem Age 12 JE8.png File:Pumpkin Stem Age 13 JE8.png File:Pumpkin Stem Age 14 JE8.png File:Pumpkin Stem Age 15 JE8.png Minecraft:Pumpkin top below
14w10a–
14w25b 		File:Melon Stem Age 8 JE8.png File:Melon Stem Age 9 JE8.png File:Melon Stem Age 10 JE8.png File:Melon Stem Age 11 JE8.png Template:Tc Attached stem File:Pumpkin Stem Age 8 JE9.png File:Pumpkin Stem Age 9 JE9.png File:Pumpkin Stem Age 10 JE9.png File:Pumpkin Stem Age 11 JE9.png Template:Tc Attached stem
14w26a+ Template:Tc
Versions Attached Stem (North) Attached Stem (East) Attached Stem (South) Attached Stem (West) Detail
Age 8 Age 9 Age 10 Age 11 Age 12 Age 13 Age 14 Age 15 Age 8 Age 9 Age 10 Age 11 Age 12 Age 13 Age 14 Age 15 Age 8 Age 9 Age 10 Age 11 Age 12 Age 13 Age 14 Age 15 Age 8 Age 9 Age 10 Age 11 Age 12 Age 13 Age 14 Age 15
Beta 1.8 Pre-release–
12w30e 		File:Attached Stem Age 8 (N) JE1.png File:Attached Stem Age 9 (N) JE1.png File:Attached Stem Age 10 (N) JE1.png File:Attached Stem Age 11 (N) JE1.png File:Attached Stem Age 12 (N) JE1.png File:Attached Stem Age 13 (N) JE1.png File:Attached Stem Age 14 (N) JE1.png File:Attached Stem Age 15 (N) JE1.png File:Attached Stem Age 8 (E) JE1.png File:Attached Stem Age 9 (E) JE1.png File:Attached Stem Age 10 (E) JE1.png File:Attached Stem Age 11 (E) JE1.png File:Attached Stem Age 12 (E) JE1.png File:Attached Stem Age 13 (E) JE1.png File:Attached Stem Age 14 (E) JE1.png File:Attached Stem Age 15 (E) JE1.png File:Attached Stem Age 8 (S) JE1.png File:Attached Stem Age 9 (S) JE1.png File:Attached Stem Age 10 (S) JE1.png File:Attached Stem Age 11 (S) JE1.png File:Attached Stem Age 12 (S) JE1.png File:Attached Stem Age 13 (S) JE1.png File:Attached Stem Age 14 (S) JE1.png File:Attached Stem Age 15 (S) JE1.png File:Attached Stem Age 8 (W) JE1.png File:Attached Stem Age 9 (W) JE1.png File:Attached Stem Age 10 (W) JE1.png File:Attached Stem Age 11 (W) JE1.png File:Attached Stem Age 12 (W) JE1.png File:Attached Stem Age 13 (W) JE1.png File:Attached Stem Age 14 (W) JE1.png File:Attached Stem Age 15 (W) JE1.png Minecraft:Vine below
1.3–
13w01b 		File:Attached Stem Age 8 (N) JE2.png File:Attached Stem Age 9 (N) JE2.png File:Attached Stem Age 10 (N) JE2.png File:Attached Stem Age 11 (N) JE2.png File:Attached Stem Age 12 (N) JE2.png File:Attached Stem Age 13 (N) JE2.png File:Attached Stem Age 14 (N) JE2.png File:Attached Stem Age 15 (N) JE2.png File:Attached Stem Age 8 (E) JE2.png File:Attached Stem Age 9 (E) JE2.png File:Attached Stem Age 10 (E) JE2.png File:Attached Stem Age 11 (E) JE2.png File:Attached Stem Age 12 (E) JE2.png File:Attached Stem Age 13 (E) JE2.png File:Attached Stem Age 14 (E) JE2.png File:Attached Stem Age 15 (E) JE2.png File:Attached Stem Age 8 (S) JE2.png File:Attached Stem Age 9 (S) JE2.png File:Attached Stem Age 10 (S) JE2.png File:Attached Stem Age 11 (S) JE2.png File:Attached Stem Age 12 (S) JE2.png File:Attached Stem Age 13 (S) JE2.png File:Attached Stem Age 14 (S) JE2.png File:Attached Stem Age 15 (S) JE2.png File:Attached Stem Age 8 (W) JE2.png File:Attached Stem Age 9 (W) JE2.png File:Attached Stem Age 10 (W) JE2.png File:Attached Stem Age 11 (W) JE2.png File:Attached Stem Age 12 (W) JE2.png File:Attached Stem Age 13 (W) JE2.png File:Attached Stem Age 14 (W) JE2.png File:Attached Stem Age 15 (W) JE2.png Vine below
13w02a–
14w25b 		File:Attached Stem Age 8 (N) JE3.png File:Attached Stem Age 9 (N) JE3.png File:Attached Stem Age 10 (N) JE3.png File:Attached Stem Age 11 (N) JE3.png File:Attached Stem Age 12 (N) JE3.png File:Attached Stem Age 13 (N) JE3.png File:Attached Stem Age 14 (N) JE3.png File:Attached Stem Age 15 (N) JE3.png File:Attached Stem Age 8 (E) JE3.png File:Attached Stem Age 9 (E) JE3.png File:Attached Stem Age 10 (E) JE3.png File:Attached Stem Age 11 (E) JE3.png File:Attached Stem Age 12 (E) JE3.png File:Attached Stem Age 13 (E) JE3.png File:Attached Stem Age 14 (E) JE3.png File:Attached Stem Age 15 (E) JE3.png File:Attached Stem Age 8 (S) JE3.png File:Attached Stem Age 9 (S) JE3.png File:Attached Stem Age 10 (S) JE3.png File:Attached Stem Age 11 (S) JE3.png File:Attached Stem Age 12 (S) JE3.png File:Attached Stem Age 13 (S) JE3.png File:Attached Stem Age 14 (S) JE3.png File:Attached Stem Age 15 (S) JE3.png File:Attached Stem Age 8 (W) JE3.png File:Attached Stem Age 9 (W) JE3.png File:Attached Stem Age 10 (W) JE3.png File:Attached Stem Age 11 (W) JE3.png File:Attached Stem Age 12 (W) JE3.png File:Attached Stem Age 13 (W) JE3.png File:Attached Stem Age 14 (W) JE3.png File:Attached Stem Age 15 (W) JE3.png Stretched
14w26a+ Template:Tc

Overeaten cakes

File:Cake (7 bites) JE1.png

There are six different states Minecraft:cake can legitimately be in: either intact, or in one of five progressively more eaten states, which was kept track of via block metadata like with many other blocks. Like with many blocks previously showcased, only some of these states were truly legitimately accessible. As such, interesting behavior is demonstrated by the inaccessible states.

Cakes with six bites, while obtainable now, were never actually obtainable in the game during the time when these odd overeaten cakes existed. Cakes with seven bites were completely two-dimensional, and cakes with eight through fifteen bites appeared especially glitchy, proceeding to invert themselves, such that their textures would be visible only on the inside rather than the outside, and these textures would be borrowed from adjacent spots of the texture atlas currently in use. Their wireframe hitboxes would also visually extend in this direction, but they could actually be targeted only by aiming at the portion of that hitbox within the block the cake is really situated. Collision boxes for these are similarly odd.

Versions Seen from above Seen from below Detail
8 bites 9 bites 10 bites 11 bites 12 bites 13 bites 14 bites 15 bites 8 bites 9 bites 10 bites 11 bites 12 bites 13 bites 14 bites 15 bites
Beta 1.2–
Beta 1.6.6 		File:Cake (8 bites) JE1.png File:Cake (9 bites) JE1.png File:Cake (10 bites) JE1.png File:Cake (11 bites) JE1.png File:Cake (12 bites) JE1.png File:Cake (13 bites) JE1.png File:Cake (14 bites) JE1.png File:Cake (15 bites) JE1.png File:Cake (8 bites) JE1 (facing NWU).png File:Cake (9 bites) JE1 (facing NWU).png File:Cake (10 bites) JE1 (facing NWU).png File:Cake (11 bites) JE1 (facing NWU).png File:Cake (12 bites) JE1 (facing NWU).png File:Cake (13 bites) JE1 (facing NWU).png File:Cake (14 bites) JE1 (facing NWU).png File:Cake (15 bites) JE1 (facing NWU).png Misaligned cake textures as well as the block Minecraft:placeholder texture on the bottom
Beta 1.7–
Beta 1.7.3 		File:Cake (8 bites) JE2 (facing NWU).png File:Cake (9 bites) JE2 (facing NWU).png File:Cake (10 bites) JE2 (facing NWU).png File:Cake (11 bites) JE2 (facing NWU).png File:Cake (12 bites) JE2 (facing NWU).png File:Cake (13 bites) JE2 (facing NWU).png File:Cake (14 bites) JE2 (facing NWU).png File:Cake (15 bites) JE2 (facing NWU).png Flipped cake texture on the top
Beta 1.8 Pre-release–
13w01b 		File:Cake (8 bites) JE3.png File:Cake (9 bites) JE3.png File:Cake (10 bites) JE3.png File:Cake (11 bites) JE3.png File:Cake (12 bites) JE3.png File:Cake (13 bites) JE3.png File:Cake (14 bites) JE3.png File:Cake (15 bites) JE3.png Red Minecraft:mushroom block on the bottom
13w02a–
13w02b 		File:Cake (8 bites) JE4.png File:Cake (9 bites) JE4.png File:Cake (10 bites) JE4.png File:Cake (11 bites) JE4.png File:Cake (12 bites) JE4.png File:Cake (13 bites) JE4.png File:Cake (14 bites) JE4.png File:Cake (15 bites) JE4.png File:Cake (8 bites) JE4 (facing NWU).png File:Cake (9 bites) JE4 (facing NWU).png File:Cake (10 bites) JE4 (facing NWU).png File:Cake (11 bites) JE4 (facing NWU).png File:Cake (12 bites) JE4 (facing NWU).png File:Cake (13 bites) JE4 (facing NWU).png File:Cake (14 bites) JE4 (facing NWU).png File:Cake (15 bites) JE4 (facing NWU).png Other parts of cake on the bottom, crop texture on the top
13w03a–
13w07a 		File:Cake (8 bites) JE5.png File:Cake (9 bites) JE5.png File:Cake (10 bites) JE5.png File:Cake (11 bites) JE5.png File:Cake (12 bites) JE5.png File:Cake (13 bites) JE5.png File:Cake (14 bites) JE5.png File:Cake (15 bites) JE5.png File:Cake (8 bites) JE5 (facing NWU).png File:Cake (9 bites) JE5 (facing NWU).png File:Cake (10 bites) JE5 (facing NWU).png File:Cake (11 bites) JE5 (facing NWU).png File:Cake (12 bites) JE5 (facing NWU).png File:Cake (13 bites) JE5 (facing NWU).png File:Cake (14 bites) JE5 (facing NWU).png File:Cake (15 bites) JE5 (facing NWU).png Slightly different parts of cake, retaining the crop texture on the top
13w09a–
13w16b 		File:Cake (8 bites) JE6.png File:Cake (9 bites) JE6.png File:Cake (10 bites) JE6.png File:Cake (11 bites) JE6.png File:Cake (12 bites) JE6.png File:Cake (13 bites) JE6.png File:Cake (14 bites) JE6.png File:Cake (15 bites) JE6.png File:Cake (8 bites) JE6 (facing NWU).png File:Cake (9 bites) JE6 (facing NWU).png File:Cake (10 bites) JE6 (facing NWU).png File:Cake (11 bites) JE6 (facing NWU).png File:Cake (12 bites) JE6 (facing NWU).png File:Cake (13 bites) JE6 (facing NWU).png File:Cake (14 bites) JE6 (facing NWU).png File:Cake (15 bites) JE6 (facing NWU).png Displaying crop texture on the side instead of just on the top
13w17a File:Cake (8 bites) JE7.png File:Cake (9 bites) JE7.png File:Cake (10 bites) JE7.png File:Cake (11 bites) JE7.png File:Cake (12 bites) JE7.png File:Cake (13 bites) JE7.png File:Cake (14 bites) JE7.png File:Cake (15 bites) JE7.png File:Cake (8 bites) JE7 (facing NWU).png File:Cake (9 bites) JE7 (facing NWU).png File:Cake (10 bites) JE7 (facing NWU).png File:Cake (11 bites) JE7 (facing NWU).png File:Cake (12 bites) JE7 (facing NWU).png File:Cake (13 bites) JE7 (facing NWU).png File:Cake (14 bites) JE7 (facing NWU).png File:Cake (15 bites) JE7 (facing NWU).png Displaying a part of the powered Minecraft:redstone comparator texture on the side instead of the crop texture
13w18a–
13w39b 		File:Cake (8 bites) JE8.png File:Cake (9 bites) JE8.png File:Cake (10 bites) JE8.png File:Cake (11 bites) JE8.png File:Cake (12 bites) JE8.png File:Cake (13 bites) JE8.png File:Cake (14 bites) JE8.png File:Cake (15 bites) JE8.png File:Cake (8 bites) JE8 (facing NWU).png File:Cake (9 bites) JE8 (facing NWU).png File:Cake (10 bites) JE8 (facing NWU).png File:Cake (11 bites) JE8 (facing NWU).png File:Cake (12 bites) JE8 (facing NWU).png File:Cake (13 bites) JE8 (facing NWU).png File:Cake (14 bites) JE8 (facing NWU).png File:Cake (15 bites) JE8 (facing NWU).png Displaying the Minecraft:carrots texture instead of the powered Minecraft:redstone comparator texture, as well as the feet of the Minecraft:cauldron in the inside underside
13w41a–
14w08a 		File:Cake (8 bites) JE9.png File:Cake (9 bites) JE9.png File:Cake (10 bites) JE9.png File:Cake (11 bites) JE9.png File:Cake (12 bites) JE9.png File:Cake (13 bites) JE9.png File:Cake (14 bites) JE9.png File:Cake (15 bites) JE9.png File:Cake (8 bites) JE9 (facing NWU).png File:Cake (9 bites) JE9 (facing NWU).png File:Cake (10 bites) JE9 (facing NWU).png File:Cake (11 bites) JE9 (facing NWU).png File:Cake (12 bites) JE9 (facing NWU).png File:Cake (13 bites) JE9 (facing NWU).png File:Cake (14 bites) JE9 (facing NWU).png width=50x50 Displaying a part of the block breaking texture as well as the texture of the Minecraft:block of diamond inside
14w10a–
14w25b
 File:Missing Model JE2.png File:Missing Model JE2.png File:Missing Model JE2.png File:Missing Model JE2.png File:Missing Model JE2.png File:Missing Model JE2.png File:Missing Model JE2.png File:Missing Model JE2.png File:Missing Model JE2.png File:Missing Model JE2.png File:Missing Model JE2.png File:Missing Model JE2.png File:Missing Model JE2.png File:Missing Model JE2.png File:Missing Model JE2.png File:Missing Model JE2.png No defined model
14w26a+ Template:Tc

Minor removed block variants

Certain blocks had removed variants with minor, but still notable, quirks.

Invisible stairs

Originally, Minecraft:stair blocks with data values 4 through 15 would be completely invisible and have no collisions; the only indication of their existence was their full block hitbox outline when targeted.

In 12w08a, these data values would go on to be used for the newly implemented upside down stairs. Data values 8 through 15 would appear to just be duplicates of 0 through 7, and were probably unused in themselves until their removal. These last eight were removed in 14w26a, like other invalid blocks. They also never used the missing model.

Wall sign with full block hitbox
File:Full hitbox wall sign.png

Wall-mounted Minecraft:signs used block metadata values 2, 3, 4 and 5 to determine their facing direction. As a result, wall signs placed with data values 0, 1 or anything 6 and above would always appear facing south, and have the wireframe hitbox (but not physical collision box) of a full block.

In 14w25a, opening a world with wall signs with data values 0, 1, 6, 7, 12 or 13 crashes the game, while attempting to place them with commands places a wall sign with data value 2 (facing north) instead. Wall signs with invalid data values were fully removed in 14w26a.

Invisible random ladders
File:Missing Model JE1.png

Minecraft:Ladders also used block metadata values 2, 3, 4 and 5 to determine their facing direction. As a result, ladders placed with data values 0, 1 or anything 6 and above exhibited behavior atypical of normal ladders. Notably, they would appear to readily switch what block face they were attached to (sometimes seemingly randomly, but could be controlled by looking at a valid ladder, in which case they end up switching to whatever its hitbox was), which could be seen through their wireframe hitbox and their collision box. Initially they would be full cubes.

For most of their existence they appeared completely invisible, although in 14w07a they changed to using the missing model. In 14w25a, opening a world with ladders with data values 0, 1, 6 or 7 crashes the game, while attempting to place them with commands places a ladder with data value 2 (facing north) instead. Ladders with data values 8 or higher behave as north-facing ladders, but still use the missing model. Ladders with invalid data values were fully removed in 14w26a.

Vines with data value 0 also appeared with the missing model, which was tinted for a while, however they still exist in 1.17 (as vines with all states set to false).

Incorrectly modeled torches

When block metadata was still in use, Minecraft:torches used state 5 for normal floor attachment and 1, 2, 3 and 4 for wall torches. 0, 6 and 7 appear to be unused, and are visually identical to normal torches. 0 can be obtained only via external editors, and not by setblock.

Torches with data values 8 and up appear to exhibit interesting behavior: 8, 13, 14 and 15 appeared and behaved as normal floor torches. However, 9, 10, 11 and 12 would have the wireframe hitboxes of wall torches, but would appear as floor torches, causing the hitbox to be detached from the torch.

Redstone torches are affected in much the same way.

Loading a chunk with these in 14w06a causes a game crash. These became small missing cubes in 14w06b before graduating to full missing cubes in 14w10a until their removal in 14w26a.

Strange buttons

Note: due to the inconsistent nature of these blocks, certain details are not fully confirmed. It is also notable that once one breaks, and you try to place it again with /setblock, it will be a perfectly normal button.

In 1.7.10, using commands to place a Minecraft:button with data value 0, 13, 14 or 15 results in odd behavior. The button appears as a full oak planks or stone block, until (possibly) another button is observed or an item of said button is obtained, at which point it uses item model of button. They do not appear to change shape when pressed in either case.

Much information regarding these buttons remains unknown as these are inconsistent in their behavior and also somewhat unstable, breaking frequently, and their behavior probably also changes drastically per version. Despite never actually changing data value, they seem to differently register what block face they are attached to each time.

What exactly the other data values of buttons were that were unused and eventually removed are unknown.

Bottomless and bricking hoppers

Minecraft:Hoppers with a metadata value of 1 or 9 would previously not actually appear to point in any direction. They functionally push items upward, however the behavior is inconsistent. Like many of these removed blocks, they had a missing model from 14w10a up to their removal.

Using Template:Cmd to place a hopper with a metadata value of 6, 7, 14 or 15 would crash the game and effectively brick the world unless it was edited using external software to remove the offending hopper.

Nether portal post

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File:Nether Portal (unconnected) JE3.png

In 1.7.2's development, Minecraft:Nether portals placed with data value 3, 7, 11, or 15 resulted in a vertical Nether portal beam block.

Other unused metadata values

Prior to the introduction of proper block states, the 0–15 block metadata system applied to all blocks. This had absolutely no effect on the majority of blocks. All interesting cases are mentioned in above sections – those that remain are listed below.

All of these gained a missing model in 14w10a and were removed in 14w26a (with increasingly unstable behavior in 14w25a and 14w25b, usually causing game crashes when approached) unless explicitly stated otherwise.

Blocks that did not use block metadata at all
Blocks that used only some of the available block metadata
Weird variants eventually replaced with normal blocks

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Removed in 1.13 (17w47a)

These were the result of block state handling combined with the old block ID system, resulting in some odd combinations.

Redundant seamless double slabs

File:Seamless cobblestone.png

In 13w04a, double stone slabs were changed so that those with data values 8 through 15 would use the top texture on all six sides. This resulted in the return of the block that would several years later become Minecraft:Smooth Stone, and also introduced the Minecraft:Smooth Sandstone and Minecraft:Smooth Quartz Block. However, as the smooth stone double slab block also housed the cobblestone, old (later petrified) oak, bricks, stone bricks and nether bricks slabs, these would also end up having "seamless" double slab variants that were visually no different from their normal double slabs or indeed their normal blocks. These blocks persisted up to 17w47a, where they were removed by Minecraft:the Flattening.

Snowy dirt and snowy coarse dirt

As Minecraft:podzol was a numerical variant of dirt prior to 1.13, the snowy block state it used also ended up applying to dirt and coarse dirt, with no effect. These were removed in 1.13.

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