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	?
Hardness	?
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]

1 Obtaining
2 Usage
3 Data values
- 3.1 ID
4 Video
5 History
6 Gallery
7 References

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.

Data values[]

ID[]

Name	Resource location	Numeric ID	Form	Translation key
Allow	`allow`	`210`	Block & Item	`tile.allow.name`
Deny	`deny`	`211`	Block & Item	`tile.deny.name`

Video[]

History[]

Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.14.2		Textures for allow and deny blocks have been added to `terrain-atlas.tga`, however they do not seem to be actually used by anything.
v0.16.0	build 1	Added allow and deny blocks.
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		MinecraftEdu, Education Edition's predecessor, had dedicated build allow and disallow blocks serving an identical purpose.
1.0		Added allow and deny blocks.

Gallery[]

The allow and deny blocks placed in a world along with other Education Edition features.
Example of allow and deny blocks in Pocket Edition Alpha.

References[]

↑ https://education.minecraft.net/support/knowledge-base/specialty-blocks/#allowdeny

Blocks

Natural
Soil	Clay Cobweb Dirt Coarse Rooted Dirt Path Grass Block Gravel Mycelium Nylium Podzol Sand Soul Sand Soul Soil
Stone	Andesite Bedrock Basalt Smooth Blackstone Gilded Calcite Cobblestone Mossy Deepslate Diorite Dripstone Block End Stone Glowstone Granite Infested Block Magma Block Netherrack Obsidian Crying Pointed Dripstone Sandstone Stone Terracotta Tuff
Ore/Mineral	Amethyst Bud Cluster Ancient Debris Budding Amethyst Coal Ore Deepslate Copper Ore Deepslate Diamond Ore Deepslate Emerald Ore Deepslate Gold Ore Deepslate Nether Gold Ore Iron Ore Deepslate Lapis Lazuli Ore Deepslate Nether Quartz Ore Redstone Ore Deepslate
Liquid/Related	Air Cave‌^{[JE only]} Void‌^{[JE only]} Bubble Column Ice Blue Packed Fire Lava Powder Snow Snow Block Water

Vegetation
Wood/Hypha	Logs Stripped Wood Stripped Stems Stripped Hyphae Stripped
Plant	Azalea Bamboo Shoot Beetroots Big Dripleaf Small Stem Cactus Carrots Cave Vines Cocoa Chorus Plant Flower Dead Bush Fern Large Flowers Glow Lichen Grass Tall Hanging Roots Kelp Dried Leaves Lily Pad Melon Stem Moss Block Carpet Potatoes Pumpkin Carved Stem Sapling Seagrass Tall Sugar Cane Sweet Berry Bush Vines Wheat Crops Hay Bale
Fungus	Fungi Mushrooms Blocks Nether Sprouts Nether Wart Nether Wart Block Warped Roots Shroomlight Twisting Vines Weeping Vines
Fauna	Coral Dead Coral Blocks Dead Coral Fans Dead Sea Pickle Turtle Egg

Building
Decoration	Carpets Chain Dragon Egg Iron Bars Glass Pane Stained Glass Pane Tinted Glass Glazed Terracotta Honeycomb Block Slabs Stairs Walls Wool
Mineral Block	Block of Amethyst Block of Coal Block of Copper Cut Raw Block of Diamond Block of Emerald Block of Gold Raw Block of Iron Raw Block of Lapis Lazuli Block of Netherite Block of Quartz Chiseled Pillar Smooth Bricks Block of Redstone
Manufactured	Bone Block Bookshelf Bricks Chiseled Deepslate Cobbled Deepslate Concrete Concrete Powder Cut Sandstone Chiseled Smooth Cut Red Sandstone Chiseled Smooth Deepslate Bricks Cracked Deepslate Tiles Cracked End Stone Bricks Nether Bricks Cracked Chiseled Red Planks Polished Andesite Polished Basalt Polished Blackstone Bricks Polished Diorite Polished Granite Polished Deepslate Prismarine Bricks Dark Purpur Block Pillar Smooth Stone Stone Bricks Cracked Mossy Chiseled
Lighting	Candle End Rod Jack o'Lantern Lantern Soul Sea Lantern Torch Soul
BE & EE only	Elements Hardened Glass Pane

Utility
Interactable	Anvil Barrel Beacon Bell Brewing Stand Blast Furnace Cartography Table Chest Ender Crafting Table Enchanting Table Fletching Table Furnace Grindstone Loom Shulker Box Sign Smithing Table Smoker Stonecutter
Usable	Banners Bee Nest Beehive Beds Cake with Candle Campfire Soul Cauldron Composter Conduit Farmland End Gateway End Portal End Portal Frame Fences Flower Pot Frosted Ice Heads Item Frame (as a block)‌^{[BE only]} Glow Ladder Lodestone Jukebox Lectern Nether Portal Respawn Anchor Scaffolding Spawner Sponge Wet TNT
Mechanism	Button Dispenser Daylight Detector Doors Dropper Fence Gates Honey Block Hopper Lever Lightning Rod Note Block Observer Piston Sticky Head Moving Pressure Plates Rail Activator Detector Powered Redstone Dust Comparator Lamp Repeater Torch Slime Block Target Trapdoors Trapped Chest Tripwire Hook Tripwire
Education Edition only	Chalkboard
BE & EE only	Compound Creator Element Constructor Lab Table Material Reducer Colored Torches Underwater Torch Underwater TNT Allow Border Deny Heat Block

Creative only
All editions	Player Head
Generates in Buffet/Custom worlds‌^{[JE only]}	Spore Blossom

Java Edition only	Petrified Oak Slab
Bedrock Edition only	Empty Monster Spawner
BE & EE only	Allow Border Deny

Commands only
All editions	Barrier Command Block Chain Repeating Unstable TNT
Java Edition only	Custom Player Head Sculk Sensor
Bedrock Edition only	Chiseled Purpur Wooden Slab Smooth Stone Bricks tile.purpur_block.smooth.name
JE & BE only	Jigsaw Block Light Block Structure Block Structure Void
Education Edition only	Camera

Unused
Bedrock Edition only	Bell Stand Glowing Obsidian Invisible Bedrock Nether Reactor Core Smokeless Campfire info_update info_update2 reserved6 Stonecutter (old)

Removed
All editions	Six-sided Hay Bale
Java Edition only	Cloth Gear Dead Coral Block Faceless Jack o'Lantern Infinite Lava Source Infinite Water Source Locked chest Overripe Melon Stem Overripe Pumpkin Stem Potted non-flower block Ruby Ore Sponge (Classic) Shrub Green Six-sided Piston
Bedrock Edition only	Diorite Bell Granite Bell Polished Six-sided Bone Block Six-sided Purpur Pillar Six-sided Quartz Pillar

Unimplemented
All editions	Branches Colored Wood Planks Coral Slab Dirt Slab Empty Barrel Fish Barrel Furniture Paeonia Spike Block Wax Block

Joke features
Java Edition only	An Ant Block of Coal Box of Infinite Books Burnt-out Torch Cursor Etho Slab Funky Portal Leftover Swaggiest stairs ever Tinted Glass Pane USB Charger Block

Education Edition
Development	Version history Exclusive features
Technical	Add-on Block entity Commands Coordinates Seed sound_definitions.json Tick Ticking area
Multiplayer	Server Server list
Exclusive features	How to Play Chemistry Classroom Mode Code Connection Allow and Deny Blocks NPC Camera Portfolio Chalkboard

Allow and Deny

Contents

Obtaining[]

Usage[]

Data values[]

ID[]

Video[]

History[]

Gallery[]

References[]

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