Bell

This article is about the block. For the note block instrument, see Note Block § Instruments.

Bell
Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)
Tool
Blast resistance	5
Hardness	5
Luminous	No
Transparent	Yes
Flammable	No
Catches fire from lava	No

A bell is a transparent, animated block entity that produces a sound when used. Unlike most utility blocks, bells cannot be crafted.

Obtaining

Natural generation

Bells can generate naturally in all village variants, usually near the center of the village in the meeting point.

Breaking

A bell can be mined by hand or with any tool, but using a pickaxe is fastest.

Block	Bell
Hardness	5
Tool
Breaking time
Default	25
Wooden	3.75
Stone	1.9
Iron	1.25
Diamond	0.95
Netherite	0.85
Golden	0.65

Chest loot

Item	Structure	Container	Quantity	Chance
Java Edition
Bell	Ruined portal	Chest	1	1.5%
Bedrock Edition
Bell	Ruined portal	Chest	1	1.5%

Trading

In Java Edition, apprentice-level armorer villagers have a 50% chance to sell a bell for 36 emeralds. Apprentice-level toolsmith and weaponsmith villagers always offer to sell a bell for 36 emeralds.

In Bedrock Edition, apprentice-level armorer villagers have a ¹⁄₃ chance to sell a bell for 36 emeralds. Apprentice-level toolsmith villagers sell bells for 36 emeralds. Journeyman-level weaponsmith villagers sell bells for 36 emeralds.

Usage

When a bell is placed near a claimed bed, the bell is claimed, which is displayed by green particles appearing above the bell. A claimed bell defines a gathering site of a village. If the bell is broken, angry particles will appear above the village leader's head.

When the side of a bell is used, it produces a sound as well as a "swaying" animation. A bell can be rung using a redstone signal, by any projectile, by right clicking, or by dropping an item on it. Bells can be anchored to the side of blocks, ceilings, and floors. Also, if the player uses the bell while villagers are sleeping, all of the villagers wake up. Bells can be rung only from certain angles; trying from an incorrect angle does not cause the bell to ring.

If a player rings a bell, the villagers run to their houses even if there is no raid.

Raid

See also: Tutorials/Defeating a village raid

When the bell is rung, villagers within a distance of 32 blocks run into their houses immediately.

When a raid's first wave appears, in Java Edition, at least one villager rushes to ring the bell in the center of the village (if they are close enough) to warn the other villagers of an incoming raid before going into their house. In Bedrock Edition, bells in the corresponding village ring automatically at the start of a raid, warning villagers to return to their houses.

Glowing effect

Additionally, in Java Edition, if a bell is rung and there is a raid mob within a 32 block spherical range, the Glowing effect is applied to all raid mobs within 48 blocks, and particles appear. It produces a resonating sound once this process is complete. The raid mobs don't have to be actively participating in a raid to receive the Glowing effect: the effect applies to illagers in woodland mansions, or witches that naturally spawns in the Overworld.

Piglins

Piglins admire bells as golden items. However, breaking a bell does not aggravate them.

Redstone

When a bell is rung (either by a player or villager), it produces a Sculk Sensor vibration with a frequency of 11.

With the use of a Calibrated Sculk Sensor, it is possible to make a device which automatically detects when a raid starts by having a villager ring a bell.

Sounds

Generic

Java Edition:

Sound	Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	block.anvil.break	subtitles.block.generic.break	0.65	0.8	16
	Block placed	Blocks	When the block is placed	block.anvil.place	subtitles.block.generic.place	0.65	0.8	16
	Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	block.anvil.hit	subtitles.block.generic.hit	0.1625	0.5	16
	None	Entity-Dependent	Falling on the block with fall damage	block.anvil.fall	None	0.15	0.75	16
	Footsteps	Entity-Dependent	Walking on the block	block.anvil.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps	0.045	1.0	16

Bedrock Edition:

Sound	Source	Description	Resource location	Volume	Pitch
	Blocks	Once the block has broken	dig.stone	1.0	1.1-1.2
	Blocks	When the block is placed	use.stone	1.0	1.2-1.25
	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	hit.stone	0.3	0.75
	Players	Falling on the block with fall damage	fall.stone	0.4	1.0
	Players	Walking on the block	step.stone	0.35	1.0
	Players	Jumping from the block	jump.stone	0.12	1.0
	Players	Falling on the block without fall damage	land.stone	0.22	1.0

Unique

Java Edition:

Sound	Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	Bell rings	Blocks	When a bell is hit	block.bell.use	subtitles.block.bell.use	24.0	varies	16
	Bell resonates	Blocks	When a bell is rung and raiders are nearby	block.bell.resonate	subtitles.block.bell.resonate	1.0	varies	16

Bedrock Edition:

Sound	Source	Description	Resource location	Volume	Pitch
	Blocks	When a bell is hit	block.bell.hit	1.0	varies

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Item tags	Translation key
Bell	bell	Block & Item	piglin_loved	block.minecraft.bell

Name	Identifier
Block entity	bell

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Item ID	Translation key
Bell	bell	461	Block & Giveable Item	Identical	tile.bell.name

Name	Savegame ID
Block entity	Bell

Block states

See also: Block states

Java Edition:

Name	Default value	Allowed values	Description
attachment	floor	ceiling double_wall floor single_wall	What the bell is attached to.
facing	north	east north south west	The direction the bell is facing. Opposite from the direction the player faces when placing a bell.
powered	false	true false	Whether the bell is attached to a power source, such as a redstone torch.

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Metadata Bits	Default value	Allowed values	Values for Metadata Bits	Description
attachment	0x4 0x8	standing	standing hanging side multiple	0 1 2 3	What the bell is attached to.
direction	0x1 0x2	0	0 1 2 3	0 1 2 3	The direction the bell is facing. Opposite from the direction a player faces when placing the block. 0: South facing bell 1: West facing bell 2: North facing bell 3: East facing bell
toggle_bit	0x10	false	false true	0 1	Each time the bell is rung, this value toggles between true and false.

Block data

A bell has a block entity associated with it that holds additional data about the block.

Java Edition:

See also: Block entity format

• Block entity data
  • Tags common to all block entities

Bedrock Edition:

See Bedrock Edition level format/Block entity format.

Achievements

Icon		Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS4)
PS4	Other
		Sound the Alarm!	Ring the bell with a hostile enemy in the village.	—	20G	Bronze
		Oooh, shiny!	Distract a Piglin using gold	Give a piglin a gold item while it is aggressive toward the player.	30G	Silver

Advancements

Icon	Advancement	In-game description	Parent	Actual requirements (if different)	Resource location
	Oh Shiny	Distract Piglins with gold	Nether	While aggravated, give a piglin one of these 25 gold-related items in the #piglin_loved item tag: Bell Block of Gold Block of Raw Gold Clock Enchanted Golden Apple Gilded Blackstone Glistering Melon Slice Gold Ingot Gold Ore Golden Apple Golden Axe Golden Boots Golden Carrot Golden Chestplate Golden Helmet Golden Hoe Golden Horse Armor Golden Leggings Golden Pickaxe Golden Shovel Golden Sword Light Weighted Pressure Plate Nether Gold Ore Deepslate Gold Ore Raw Gold Other gold-related items do not distract the piglin and do not trigger this advancement.	nether/distract_piglin

History

For a history of changes to textures and models for each block state, see /Asset history

Java Edition
1.14		18w44a			Added bells, with "floor", "wall" and "ceiling" attachments. The "wall" attachment is inaccessible, and has no model.
		18w47a			Planks textures have been updated, changing the appearance of bells.
		18w48a			Bells now generate in the updated plains villages.
		18w49a			Bells now generate in the updated savanna villages and the new snowy tundra villages.
		18w50a			The models for floor and ceiling bells have chaged, likely to match Bedrock Edition in the former case.
					Bells with wall attachments are now properly implemented, no longer not having models. An oddity regarding their states is that their facing state corresponds to the direction they attach to, as opposed to the block face they attach to (an oddity shared with cocoa).
					Bells with two wall attachments have also been added.
					Bells now generate in the updated desert and taiga villages.
					Added sounds for bells.
					Bells now have a shaking animation when hit.
					The block states face=ceiling|floor|wall of bells have been changed to attachment=ceiling|double_wall|floor|single_wall.
		19w03a			More cullface arguments have been added to bell model.
		19w11a			Bells are now sold by armorer, toolsmith and weaponsmith villagers, making them renewable.
					Bells now ring when hit by a projectile.
		19w13b			Hitting a bell now gives the glowing effect to raiders within a 32-block-radius of the bell.
		Pre-Release 3			The models of bells has been changed.
1.15		19w36a			Bells now ring if powered with a redstone signal.
1.16		20w11a			Bells now ring when hit by any projectile.
		20w16a			Bells now generate in ruined portal chests.
		20w22a			Bells now do not need a completely full face to hang from, and as such can be attached to the bottom face of many more blocks.
Bedrock Edition
1.9.0		beta 1.9.0.2			Added bells.
					Unlike in Java Edition, the side texture of bells is currently made of stone rather than planks.
					There are unused bells with the side textures of granite, polished granite and diorite that can be obtained via commands. It is likely that these corresponded to different rotation states, which were not correctly implemented at the time, and that it was deriving the textures from said data values corresponding to the stone variants from which it pulled textures.
1.10.0		beta 1.10.0.3			Various bells, including the bell with unused side textures, can now generate in the new villages.
1.11.0		beta 1.11.0.1			Functionality has been added to bells. The player can now interact with the bell by shooting it with projectiles such as arrows, tridents, splash potions, firework rockets, snowballs and throwing dropped items, or activating it when wired to redstone.
		beta 1.11.0.4			Bells can now be obtained from trading with armorer, toolsmith, and weaponsmith villagers.
					Villagers now run into their houses when a bell is rung.
					The bells with granite, polished granite and diorite textures have been removed.
1.16.0		beta 1.16.0.57			Bells now generate in ruined portal chests.
1.19.20		beta 1.19.20.22			Bells can no longer catch on fire or be destroyed by fire.
PlayStation 4 Edition
1.91					Added bells.

Issues

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

Trivia

• In Bedrock Edition, bells deflect any projectile that does not disappear when hitting a surface (arrows or tridents).
• In Bedrock Edition, when holding down right-click while looking at a bell and holding an item with a right-click action, the bell rings once and then the player uses the item.
• If a villager tries to give another villager food near a bell, there is a chance it might hit the bell with the food and cause all the villagers to run, thrower included.‌

Gallery

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  LadyAgnes tweets a screenshot of an updated savanna village, which features a bell.

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  A close up of the bell in the previous image. Also uses the old bell texture.

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  A bell between two market stalls in a superflat village.

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  An animation of a bell gong.

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  Villagers ringing a bell during a raid.

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  A bell placed on the underside of a block.

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  Bells placed on a cozy cabin.

References

Redstone 

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