Bedrock is a block that is indestructible in survival, but destructible in creative.
Obtaining
Bedrock cannot be broken in survival mode without glitches. In Java Edition, even if theoretically broken in Survival mode, bedrock would not drop as an item.[1] In Bedrock Edition, certain glitches can be used to obtain bedrock in Survival.[2]
Natural generation
Bedrock comprises the 5 bottommost 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 y=127. In Legacy Console Edition, bedrock walls generate at the edge of the world.
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 part of the exit portal that generates at the center of the central End island. In Bedrock Edition, if one manages to break the bedrock in the exit portal, the bedrock reappears when the portal regenerates.
End gateway portals are also generated upon killing the ender dragon. However, only 20 of these portals generate, in set positions, with one appearing per dragon kill. Additional end gateways are also generated in the outer End regions after activating end gateways at the main island.
Usage
Info
Bedrock's primary usage is as a solid unbreakable block. It cannot be moved by pistons.
Additionally, when set on fire in The End, the fire on bedrock never extinguishes naturally, similarly to the fire on netherrack.
Servers use Bedrock for barriers, decoration or other things.
Sounds
| Sound | Subtitles | Source | Description | Resource location | Translation key | Volume | Pitch | Attenuation distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Block broken | Blocks | Once the block has broken | block | subtitles | 1.0 | 0.8 | 16 | |
| Block placed | Blocks | When the block is placed | block | subtitles | 1.0 | 0.8 | 16 | |
| Block breaking | Blocks | While the block is in the process of being broken | block | subtitles | 0.25 | 0.5 | 16 | |
| None[sound 1] | Entity-Dependent | Falling on the block with fall damage | block | None[sound 1] | 0.5 | 0.75 | 16 | |
| Footsteps | Entity-Dependent | Walking on the block | block | subtitles | 0.15 | 1.0 | 16 |
| Sound | Source | Description | Resource location | Volume | Pitch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blocks | Once the block has broken | dig | 1.0 | 0.8-1.0 | |
| Blocks | When the block is placed | dig | 1.0 | 0.8-1.0 | |
| Blocks | While the block is in the process of being broken | hit | 0.37 | 0.5 | |
| Players | Falling on the block with fall damage | fall | 0.4 | 1.0 | |
| Players | Walking on the block | step | 0.3 | 1.0 | |
| Players | Jumping from the block | jump | 0.12 | 1.0 | |
| Players | Falling on the block without fall damage | land | 0.22 | 1.0 |
Data values
ID
| Name | Identifier | Translation key |
|---|---|---|
| Bedrock | bedrock | block.minecraft.bedrock |
| Name | Identifier | Numeric ID | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bedrock | bedrock | 7 | tile.bedrock.name |
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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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. | |||
| August 10, 2011 | Notch tweets that he had accidentally done something to the bedrock layer, but didn't specify what. | ||||
| 1.8 | Pre-release | Creative mode has now been added, in which bedrock can be placed and destroyed instantly, as can any other block. | |||
| 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. | |||||
| 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. | |||||
| 1.2.1 | 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. | ||||
| 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. | |||
| 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 theory, you can break bedrock, in contrast to the end portal frame (hardness -1).
- 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 really high contrast.
- Vexes and the ender dragon can fly through bedrock. Additionally, the ender dragon cannot break bedrock.
Gallery
A lake that generated at bedrock level.
External links
- Bedrock on Wikipedia
References
- ↑ MC-93119
- ↑ https://youtu.be/aG_oPDqyVCU Note: This method for breaking bedrock is patched in 1.16.0, though other bedrock breaking methods can be used to obtain the block.


