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| — Duncan Geere[1] |
Bedrock is a block that is indestructible in survival.
Occurence
Natural generation
Bedrock comprises the bottom-most 5 layers of the Overworld in a rough pattern, although the first to fourth layers are predominantly flat bedrock with only rare gaps, rendering the very bottom, completely flat fifth layer (at y=0) mostly inaccessible. In the Nether, bedrock comprises both the top and bottom four layers in a rough pattern. At the top of the Nether, bedrock prevents the player from going past layer 127. It can also be found at the sides of the Nether.[Legacy Console and PlayStation 4 editions only]
In the End, individual bedrock blocks make up the natural end crystal structure, and the bedrock remains after the destruction of the crystal. Bedrock additionally forms as as part of the exit portal that generates at the center of the central End island. It also forms the randomly generating gateway portals that lead back to the obsidian platform.
Post-generation
End gateway portals, the ones which are generated upon killing the ender dragon, are also composed predominantly of bedrock.
Obtaining
Enchanting Table is unbreakable in Survival mode, regardless of the tools used. It also cannot be moved by pistons or destroyed by explosions that are present in survival gameplay. Bedrock can be obtained or broken only in Creative mode, by using commands, or by pressing pick block when hovered over a bedrock block in creative mode. Even if theoretically broken in Survival mode, bedrock would not drop as an item.[2]
Usage
Bedrock's primary usage is as a solid unbreakable block. It also prevents mob spawns and is the only solid block that beacon beams can shine through. When placed above a beacon on Legacy Console and PlayStation 4 editions, it turns the beam black.
Additionally, when set on fire, the fire on bedrock never extinguishes naturally, similarly to the fire on netherrack. This varies per dimension.
Sounds
| Sound | Subtitle | Namespaced ID | Subtitle ID | Source | Pitch | Volume | Attenuation distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Block breaking | block.stone.hit
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subtitles.block.generic.hit
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Blocks | 0.5 | 0.25 | 16 | |
| Block broken | block.stone.break
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subtitles.block.generic.break
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Blocks | 0.8 | 1.0 | 16 | |
| Block placed | block.stone.place
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subtitles.block.generic.place
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Blocks | 0.8 | 1.0 | 16 | |
| Footsteps | block.stone.step
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subtitles.block.generic.footsteps
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Blocks | 1.0 | 0.15 | 16 | |
| No subtitle | block.stone.fall
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(Plays when fallen on from a height) | Blocks | 0.75 | 0.5 | 16 |
Data values
Block states
In Bedrock Edition, bedrock uses the following block states:
| Name | Metadata Bits | Default value | Allowed values | Values for Metadata Bits |
Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infiniburn_bit | 0x1 | false | falsetrue | 01 | Specifies if this bedrock can burn indefinitely. |
History
| classic | |||||
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| 0.0.12a | |||||
| The walls of the map are lined with a bedrock textured barrier. It is completely unbreakable. | |||||
| 0.0.20a | Bedrock no longer can be placed or destroyed, except by players on servers with operator permissions. | ||||
| Operators can now destroy bedrock like any other block. | |||||
Operators can now use /solid, which now toggles stone placing itself or turning into bedrock shortly. | |||||
| If any player attempts to place bedrock using an item edited into their inventory, the server now kicks them, even if they are an operator. | |||||
| indev | |||||
| 0.31 | 20100130 | The bedrock at the bottom most layer of the world has now been replaced with an infinite lava sea. | |||
| infdev | |||||
| 20100617-1 | Bedrock now generates at the bottom 4 layers of the world. The infinite lava sea still generates below it. | ||||
| 20100617-2 | The infinite lava sea under the world has now been removed and replaced with an additional layer of bedrock. | ||||
| alpha | |||||
| v1.2.0 | ? | The Nether has now been added, with bedrock at the top and bottom. | |||
| beta | |||||
| 1.3 | Bedrock can now no longer be destroyed by planting a seed below it on tilled dirt. | ||||
| 1.6 | ? | A bug has now been fixed in which the player could fall into the void. Destroying a boat or rails with a minecart on the lowest bedrock block caused this to happen. | |||
| 1.8 | ? | Creative mode has now been added, in which bedrock can be placed and destroyed instantly, as can any other block. | |||
| Notch tweeted he had accidentally done something to the bedrock layer, but didn't specify what.[3] | |||||
| Java Edition | |||||
| 1.0.0 | Beta 1.9 Prerelease 6 | The particle effect for bedrock can now be turned off or lowered. | |||
| When the ender dragon dies, it now leaves behind a fountain-like bedrock structure with the dragon egg sitting on top. It has another end portal to return to the player's spawn point. | |||||
| Added end crystals, which are entities that sits atop of a block of flaming bedrock. | |||||
| 1.2.1 | 12w07a | As the max world height of the Nether has now been increased to 256, but Nether world generation is unchanged, mobs and mushrooms are still spawning on top of the bedrock ceiling. | |||
| 12w07b | Mobs can now no longer spawn on bedrock. | ||||
| ? | With the addition of lakes (of lava and water) at any height, it is now possible for a lake to cause an unusually large gap in the bedrock. This was fixed in release 1.2. | ||||
| 1.2.5 | ? | Bedrock in the End now burns forever if set on fire, similar to netherrack. It can still be put out by the same methods, as well. | |||
| 1.3.1 | 12w22a | Inventory sprites for blocks have now been flipped from left to right, changing to . | |||
| 1.8 | 14w27b | The texture of bedrock now rotates randomly, giving a more natural look to the bedrock layer. | |||
| 14w34c | Bedrock's "depthsuspend" particle has now been made unused. | ||||
| 1.8.2 | pre5 | Bedrock no longer obstructs beacon activation or beacon beams. | |||
| 1.9 | 15w31a | The ender dragon no longer creates the exit portal upon death, with it instead generating with the world. | |||
| Bedrock now forms as part of the end gateway portal. | |||||
| 16w02a | Bedrock can now no longer drop itself as an item. | ||||
| 1.13 | 17w47a | Prior to The Flattening, this block's numeral ID was 7. | |||
| Bedrock's "depthsuspend" particle has now been completely removed. | |||||
| 1.14 | November 27, 2018 | JAPPA tweets an image of the updated bedrock texture. | |||
| 18w50a | |||||
| Pocket Edition Alpha | |||||
| 0.1.0 | |||||
| Bedrock appears at the bottom of the world, but is unobtainable even in creative mode. | |||||
| 0.8.0 | build 3 | Added bedrock to creative mode. | |||
| 0.9.0 | build 1 | Added bedrock fog. | |||
| 0.12.1 | build 1 | Bedrock now generates in the Nether. | |||
| Pocket Edition | |||||
| 1.0.0 | alpha 0.17.0.1 | Bedrock now generates in the End. | |||
| Bedrock in the End now burns forever if set on fire, similar to netherrack. | |||||
| Bedrock Edition | |||||
| 1.10.0 | beta 1.10.0.3 | ||||
| Legacy Console Edition | |||||
| TU1 | CU1 | 1.0 | Patch 1 | ||
| TU14 | 1.04 | The bedrock on layer 0 can now be broken in a world. However, the player still cannot fall out of the world. | |||
| PlayStation 4 Edition | |||||
| 1.90 | |||||
| New Nintendo 3DS Edition | |||||
| 0.1.0 | |||||
Issues
Issues relating to "Bedrock" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.
Trivia
- In the Legacy Console Edition, only the highest layer in the Nether of naturally spawned bedrock is unbreakable.
- It is possible, but rare, for ore to be found encased in bedrock.
- Strongholds can cause a bedrock not to form within its bounds.
- From its addition in Classic through some versions of Alpha, bedrock's texture file was called
Rock.png. - In Java Edition, the patterns of bedrock are consistent in all worlds regardless of world seed (except Superflat). In Bedrock Edition, the patterns are dependent on the seed in the Overworld, however, they are still consistent in the Nether.
- The bedrock texture, regardless of the current default resource pack (Programmer Art or Default), is basically the stone block with a really high contrast.
Gallery
A lake that generated at bedrock level.
External links
- Bedrock on Wikipedia
References
- ↑ "Block of the Week: Bedrock" – Minecraft.net, February 15, 2018
- ↑ MC-93119
- ↑ "I accidentally the bedrock layer. Nice. I will keep it like that!" – @notch (Markus Persson) on X, August 10, 2011

