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Bedrock is a block indestructible by survival means.

Obtaining

Bedrock cannot be broken using any tools. It also cannot be moved by pistons or destroyed by explosions that are present in survival gameplay. Bedrock can only be obtained by the creative inventory and commands.

Natural generation

Bedrock comprises the bottom-most 5 layers of the Overworld in a rough pattern, although to the 4th layer is predominately flat bedrock with no gaps, rendering the very bottom 5th layer inaccessible. In the Nether, bedrock comprises both the top and bottom 4 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 in the console edition. Bedrock in the Overworld and the Nether always generates in the same pattern no matter what seed is used.

In the End, individual bedrock blocks make up the natural ender crystal structure, and the bedrock remains after the destruction of the crystal. Bedrock additionally forms as part of end gateway portals, created when the dragon is killed, and as part of the bedrock exit portal which is generated at the center of the central End island.

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.

Additionally, when in the End and set on fire, the fire on bedrock will never go out naturally, similarly to netherrack.

Video

Note: This video is outdated, as the void fog was removed in 1.8.

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History

classic
0.0.12aAdded bedrock
Bedrock does not spawn in the map, cannot be destroyed by explosions, but it is breakable and drops a normal resource. However, it takes more than 16 minutes to break a single block.
The walls of the map are lined with a bedrock textured barrier. It is completely unbreakable.
0.0.20Bedrock now cannot be placed or destroyed, except by players on servers with operator permissions. Ops can destroy bedrock like any other block.
Ops can use /solid will toggle stone placing itself or turning into bedrock shortly.
If any player attempts to place bedrock using an item hacked into their inventory, the server will kick them, even if they are an operator.
indev
?Unbreakable, but bedrock on the bottom of the map will turn to lava after a while if it is exposed to sunlight. Bedrock during this development stage was smooth.
infdev
?Bedrock was unbreakable with no exceptions.
a
1.2.0The Nether was added, with bedrock at the top and bottom.
b
1.3Bedrock could no longer be destroyed by planting a seed below it on tilled dirt.
1.6A bug was fixed in which you could fall into the void. Destroying a boat or rails with a minecart on the lowest bedrock block caused this to happen.
1.8Creative mode is 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.[1]
release
1.0.0Beta 1.9-pre6The particle effect can now be turned off or lowered.
When the Ender Dragon dies, it 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.
Ender crystal added, an entity which sits atop of a block of flaming bedrock.
1.2.112w07aAs the max world height of the Nether was increased to 256, but Nether world generation is unchanged, mobs and mushrooms were spawning on top of the bedrock ceiling.
12w07bMobs cannot spawn on bedrock.
?With the addition of lakes (of lava and water) at any height, it was possible for a lake to cause an unusually large gap in the bedrock. This was fixed in release 1.2.
1.2.5Bedrock in the End will burn forever if set on fire, similar to netherrack. It can still be put out by the same methods, as well.
1.814w27bBedrock's texture now rotates randomly, giving a more natural look to the bedrock layer.
?Removed bedrock "depthsuspend" particle.
1.8.2pre5Bedrock no longer obstructs beacon activation or beams.
1.915w31aBedrock forms part of the end gateway portal.
16w02aBedrock can no longer drop itself as an item.
Pocket Edition Alpha
0.1.0Bedrock appears at the bottom of the world, but is unobtainable even in Creative mode.
0.8.0build 3Added bedrock to Creative mode.
0.9.0build 1Added bedrock fog.
0.12.1build 1Bedrock now generates in the Nether.
Legacy Console Edition
TU1CU1 1.0 Patch 1Added bedrock.
TU14 1.04 The very bottom layer of bedrock can now be broken in a world. However, the player still cannot fall out of the world.

Issues

Issues relating to "Bedrock" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.

Trivia

  • In the console editions, only the lowest layer (and highest in the Nether) of naturally spawned bedrock is unbreakable.
  • It is possible, but rare, for ore to be found encased in Bedrock.
  • In Minecraft 4k, there is bedrock on the bottom of the map with no texture.[2]
  • Strongholds can cause a bedrock not to form within its bounds.
  • Bedrock has the same texture as stone, but with the old texture and higher contrast.
  • In lazy chunk, floating dragon egg will remove itself and replace highest solid block in same X, Z level to another egg. In this method, bedrock can be destroyed in survival. But cannot destroy bedrock at Y=1 because the egg will just disappear.

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