Sneaking

Sneaking is a feature activated by holding the sneak key (default is ). Sneaking prevents players from falling one or more blocks, making it highly useful for building horizontally outwards over empty space. The player can still dismount blocks while sneaking by jumping over the block's edge.

Effects

 * Players move slower, at a speed of about 1.31m/s.
 * Eye level moves down $1/8$ of a block, and the character model bends over slightly. This can be viewed using.
 * The player's hitbox reduces from 1.8 to 1.65 blocks, and so can fit into smaller openings by $1/16$ of a block.
 * No footstep sounds occur.
 * Players are prevented from walking off edges if the difference in height between the two surfaces is 1 block or higher.
 * In multiplayer, sneaking player's name tag will be fainter than normal, and invisible to players more than 32 blocks away
 * Other players in multiplayer will not see a sneaking player's name tag through solid blocks.
 * If players are on a ladder or vine, they do not move down. This gives the impression of holding on to that specific ladder rung or vine. Mining speed is still decreased by a factor of 5.
 * Players may place certain items and blocks on interactable blocks (hopper on a chest, torch on a furnace, redstone on a command block)
 * Players are able to interact with a horse using pressing control while holding the sneak key.
 * Hostile mobs will not become aware of the player until within 80% of the usual detection range.
 * Sneaking will prevent the player from bouncing on slime blocks, making the player take fall damage.

Sneaking does not affect:
 * Jump height: players can still jump up to the same heights, and at the same vertical speed. Horizontal jump speed and distance is slowed, however.
 * Farmland and crops: they will still be trampled.

Sneak control
On a Macintosh computer, changing the sneaking hotkey to allows the player to toggle between walking and sneaking, thus allowing the player to sneak without having to hold down a key. This can be done on a Windows system by pressing while holding down the sneak hotkey. This will freeze the game temporarily; to resume the game release both keys, then press and release again. To revert to normal walking, press and release the sneak hotkey again. Bringing up the inventory or menu will revert the status to walking, as will pressing the chat hotkey or interacting with a furnace, crafting bench, or dispenser. This method works in both windowed and fullscreen mode. (Note: this applies to other commands too, like walking or jumping.)

Also, if the sneak hotkey is pressed at EXACTLY the same time as the chat hotkey, then the player will be crouching in chat. This is very useful if you want to talk but remain hidden from players, because when chat is activated the mouse is released.

In the Console Editions, sneaking is toggled by pressing in the right analog stick (by default).

In Pocket Edition, sneaking is toggled by double-tapping the sneak button (the button with an open circle).

Trivia

 * In creative mode, if you hold the sneak button and then double tap the space bar to fly, you jump up and you are stuck at the height you jumped up in and stay like that until you release the space bar. However, this isn't a bug because the sneak key is also the key used in flying to lower altitude, so using both keys at the same time purposefully keeps you still.
 * This does not work in the Console Edition, as you will immediately switch to a standing position when you fly.


 * Before, in some versions of Minecraft, (possibly in Beta or Alpha) if you sneaked in 3rd person view, your feet would sink into the ground.

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