Allow and Deny

This feature is exclusive to Bedrock Edition and Education Edition.

Allow and Deny

Renewable	No
Stackable	Yes (64)
Tool	None
Blast resistance	36,000,000^{[needs testing]}
Hardness	-1
Luminant	No
Transparent	No
Flammable	No
Catches fire from lava	Yes

Allow and deny blocks can be used to create restricted building areas or areas where users can build.^[1]

Obtaining[]

Allow and deny blocks can either be obtained by using the pick block control, or by using various commands, such as /give or /setblock, or the creative inventory‌^{[Education Edition only]}.

Usage[]

When placed, allow blocks let users without world builder status place or destroy blocks in the area above them, while deny blocks prohibit users from placing or destroying blocks in the area above them. This area covers an infinite distance above the block, but does not cover the area below the block. If two allow or deny blocks are placed on top of one another, the block that is highest takes precedence. The deny block does not prevent the placing of blocks with commands.

Both blocks are extremely resistant to explosions, even though they can still be destroyed by the ender dragon.

Users with world builder status are able to place and destroy blocks regardless of where any allow or deny blocks are placed.

Piston interactivity[]

Allow and deny blocks cannot be moved by pistons or sticky pistons.

Data values[]

ID[]

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Item ID^{[i 1]}	Translation key
Allow	`allow`	`210`	Block & Giveable Item^{[i 2]}	Identical^{[i 3]}	`tile.allow.name`
Deny	`deny`	`211`	Block & Giveable Item^{[i 2]}	Identical^{[i 3]}	`tile.deny.name`

↑ ID of block's direct item form, which is used in savegame files and addons.
↑ ^a ^b Available with /give command.
↑ ^a ^b The block's direct item form has the same id with the block.

Video[]

History[]

Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.14.2		Unused textures and models for allow and deny blocks have been added to game files.
v0.16.0	build 1	Added allow and deny blocks. The textures have been changed.
v0.16.0	build 2	Allow and deny blocks have now been removed.
Bedrock Edition
1.16.0	beta 1.15.0.51	Re-added allow and deny blocks.
Education Edition
MinecraftEdu	0.9652	MinecraftEdu, Education Edition's predecessor, had dedicated build allow and disallow blocks serving an identical purpose.
1.0.0	0.14.2	Added allow and deny blocks.