Blocks are the basic units of structure in Minecraft that make up the game's world. Many blocks can be collected and placed anywhere in the game's world, as well as be used as helpful resources.
Contents
Behavior

A variety of different blocks occurring in an underwater coral reef; sand can be seen lining the ground, cut sandstone in underwater ruin structures, and various forms of coral.
Blocks are arranged in a 3-dimensional grid of 1-cubic-meter cells, although some blocks appear to occupy a partial cell; these include slabs, snow layers, ladders, vines, stairs, turtle eggs, sea pickles, and others.
Together, blocks and fluids build up the in-game environment, and most can be harvested and utilized in various fashions. Some blocks, such as dirt and sandstone, are opaque and occupy their entire cubic meter, while other blocks, such as glass and flowers, are transparent or non-solid. Explosions destroy some blocks more easily than they destroy others.
Air is a special block. It is an unbreakable transparent block, as a substitute for the absence of blocks. It has two variants: cave air and void air[Java Edition only].
Some blocks, such as Sea Lantern and Glowstone, emit light. The amount of light they emit varies widely; see this table of light values for further information. Opaque blocks completely block light, while transparent blocks can have no effect on light, block the light, or merely weaken it.
Almost all blocks ignore gravity, except for sand, red sand, gravel, anvils, dragon eggs, concrete powder, scaffolding, snow[BE only] and pointed dripstone, all of which turn into entities when their support is removed.
When broken, blocks emit sounds and particles associated with themselves, except in the following cases:
- When the block is removed by a piston.[1]
- If the block is affected by gravity and falls into an invalid space (If the block is gravity based and drops from a torch, for example).[Java Edition only][2]
- Anvils that are destroyed by running out of durability or falling. Only particles are missing.[3]
- If the block can be washed away and is washed away by a flowing fluid.[4]
- If the block can be replaced by other blocks and is replaced.[5]
- If the block is one of a few blocks such as rails or redstone wire, supported by another block and its supporting block is removed.[6]
- If the block is leaves and decays.[7]
Block height
Most solid blocks are 1 meter high (3.28084 feet), but several blocks have non-standard block heights, such as slabs.
A player can automatically step up from a lower to a higher height if the difference is at most 0.6 (3⁄5) of a block or 1.9685 feet.
Textures
The textures on the faces of blocks are 16×16 pixels. Most blocks are proportionately one cubic meter by default, but their shape can be changed using models.
Most blocks have static textures, but these blocks are animated: water, lava, nether portal, end portal, end gateway, prismarine (slab; stairs; wall), sea lantern, magma block, seagrass, kelp, fire, lantern, lit campfire and their soul variants, lit blast furnace, heat block[BE & EE only], stems, hyphae, lit smoker, stonecutter and command block.
Using resource packs, the player can change the textures and resolution of blocks, including whether their texture is animated. They can also change the shapes of blocks using models and the size of blocks to any size with equal width and height, though sizes that are a power of two tend to work better.
List of blocks
Acacia Button
Acacia Door
Acacia Fence
Acacia Fence Gate
Acacia Leaves
Acacia Log
Acacia Planks
Acacia Pressure Plate
Acacia Sapling
Acacia Sign
Acacia Slab
Acacia Stairs
Acacia Trapdoor
Acacia Wood
Activator Rail
Allium
Amethyst Cluster
Ancient Debris
Andesite
Andesite Slab
Andesite Stairs
Andesite Wall
Anvil
Azalea
Azalea Leaves
Azure Bluet
Bamboo
Bamboo Shoot
Barrel
Barrier
Basalt
Beacon
Bedrock
Bee Nest
Beehive
Beetroots
Bell
Big Dripleaf
Birch Button
Birch Door
Birch Fence
Birch Fence Gate
Birch Leaves
Birch Log
Birch Planks
Birch Pressure Plate
Birch Sapling
Birch Sign
Birch Slab
Birch Stairs
Birch Trapdoor
Birch Wood
Black Banner
Black Bed
Black Candle
Black Carpet
Black Concrete
Black Concrete Powder
Black Glazed Terracotta
Black Shulker Box
Black Stained Glass
Black Stained Glass Pane
Black Terracotta
Black Wool
Blackstone
Blackstone Slab
Blackstone Stairs
Blackstone Wall
Blast Furnace
Block of Amethyst
Block of Coal
Block of Copper
Block of Diamond
Block of Emerald
Block of Gold
Block of Iron
Block of Lapis Lazuli
Block of Netherite
Block of Quartz
Block of Raw Copper
Block of Raw Gold
Block of Raw Iron
Block of Redstone
Blue Banner
Blue Bed
Blue Candle
Blue Carpet
Blue Concrete
Blue Concrete Powder
Blue Glazed Terracotta
Blue Ice
Blue Orchid
Blue Shulker Box
Blue Stained Glass
Blue Stained Glass Pane
Blue Terracotta
Blue Wool
Bone Block
Bookshelf
Brain Coral
Brain Coral Block
Brain Coral Fan
Brewing Stand
Brick Slab
Brick Stairs
Brick Wall
Bricks
Brown Banner
Brown Bed
Brown Candle
Brown Carpet
Brown Concrete
Brown Concrete Powder
Brown Glazed Terracotta
Brown Mushroom
Brown Mushroom Block
Brown Shulker Box
Brown Stained Glass
Brown Stained Glass Pane
Brown Terracotta
Brown Wool
Bubble Coral
Bubble Coral Block
Bubble Coral Fan
Budding Amethyst
Cactus
Cake
Calcite
Campfire
Candle
Carrots
Cartography Table
Carved Pumpkin
Cauldron
Cave Vines
Chain
Chain Command Block
Chest
Chipped Anvil
Chiseled Deepslate
Chiseled Nether Bricks
Chiseled Polished Blackstone
Chiseled Quartz Block
Chiseled Red Sandstone
Chiseled Sandstone
Chiseled Stone Bricks
Chorus Flower
Chorus Plant
Clay
Coal Ore
Coarse Dirt
Cobbled Deepslate
Cobbled Deepslate Slab
Cobbled Deepslate Stairs
Cobbled Deepslate Wall
Cobblestone
Cobblestone Slab
Cobblestone Stairs
Cobblestone Wall
Cobweb
Cocoa
Command Block
Composter
Conduit
Copper Ore
Cornflower
Cracked Deepslate Bricks
Cracked Deepslate Tiles
Cracked Nether Bricks
Cracked Polished Blackstone Bricks
Cracked Stone Bricks
Crafting Table
Creeper Head
Crimson Button
Crimson Door
Crimson Fence
Crimson Fence Gate
Crimson Fungus
Crimson Hyphae
Crimson Nylium
Crimson Planks
Crimson Pressure Plate
Crimson Roots
Crimson Sign
Crimson Slab
Crimson Stairs
Crimson Stem
Crimson Trapdoor
Crying Obsidian
Cut Copper
Cut Copper Slab
Cut Copper Stairs
Cut Red Sandstone
Cut Red Sandstone Slab
Cut Sandstone
Cut Sandstone Slab
Cyan Banner
Cyan Bed
Cyan Candle
Cyan Carpet
Cyan Concrete
Cyan Concrete Powder
Cyan Glazed Terracotta
Cyan Shulker Box
Cyan Stained Glass
Cyan Stained Glass Pane
Cyan Terracotta
Cyan Wool
Damaged Anvil
Dandelion
Dark Oak Button
Dark Oak Door
Dark Oak Fence
Dark Oak Fence Gate
Dark Oak Leaves
Dark Oak Log
Dark Oak Planks
Dark Oak Pressure Plate
Dark Oak Sapling
Dark Oak Sign
Dark Oak Slab
Dark Oak Stairs
Dark Oak Trapdoor
Dark Oak Wood
Dark Prismarine
Dark Prismarine Slab
Dark Prismarine Stairs
Daylight Detector
Dead Brain Coral
Dead Brain Coral Block
Dead Brain Coral Fan
Dead Bubble Coral
Dead Bubble Coral Block
Dead Bubble Coral Fan
Dead Bush
Dead Fire Coral
Dead Fire Coral Block
Dead Fire Coral Fan
Dead Horn Coral
Dead Horn Coral Block
Dead Horn Coral Fan
Dead Tube Coral
Dead Tube Coral Block
Dead Tube Coral Fan
Deepslate
Deepslate Bricks
Deepslate Brick Slab
Deepslate Brick Stairs
Deepslate Brick Wall
Deepslate Coal Ore
Deepslate Copper Ore
Deepslate Diamond Ore
Deepslate Emerald Ore
Deepslate Gold Ore
Deepslate Iron Ore
Deepslate Lapis Lazuli Ore
Deepslate Redstone Ore
Deepslate Tiles
Deepslate Tile Slab
Deepslate Tile Stairs
Deepslate Tile Wall
Detector Rail
Diamond Ore
Diorite
Diorite Slab
Diorite Stairs
Diorite Wall
Dirt
Dirt Path
Dispenser
Dragon Egg
Dragon Head
Dried Kelp Block
Dripstone Block
Dropper
Emerald Ore
Enchanting Table
End Portal Frame
End Rod
End Stone
End Stone Brick Slab
End Stone Brick Stairs
End Stone Brick Wall
End Stone Bricks
Ender Chest
Exposed Copper
Exposed Cut Copper
Exposed Cut Copper Slab
Exposed Cut Copper Stairs
Farmland
Fern
Fire
Fire Coral
Fire Coral Block
Fire Coral Fan
Fletching Table
Flower Pot
Flowering Azalea
Flowering Azalea Leaves
Frogspawn[upcoming]
Furnace
Gilded Blackstone
Glass
Glass Pane
Glow Item Frame (As a block)[Bedrock Edition only]
Glow Lichen
Glowing Obsidian[Bedrock Edition only]
Glowstone
Gold Ore
Granite
Granite Slab
Granite Stairs
Granite Wall
Grass
Grass Block
Gravel
Gray Banner
Gray Bed
Gray Candle
Gray Carpet
Gray Concrete
Gray Concrete Powder
Gray Glazed Terracotta
Gray Shulker Box
Gray Stained Glass
Gray Stained Glass Pane
Gray Terracotta
Gray Wool
Green Banner
Green Bed
Green Candle
Green Carpet
Green Concrete
Green Concrete Powder
Green Glazed Terracotta
Green Shulker Box
Green Stained Glass
Green Stained Glass Pane
Green Terracotta
Green Wool
Grindstone
Hanging Roots
Hay Bale
Heavy Weighted Pressure Plate
Honey Block
Honeycomb Block
Hopper
Horn Coral
Horn Coral Block
Horn Coral Fan
Ice
Infested Chiseled Stone Bricks
Infested Cobblestone
Infested Cracked Stone Bricks
Infested Deepslate
Infested Mossy Stone Bricks
Infested Stone
Infested Stone Bricks
Iron Bars
Iron Door
Iron Ore
Iron Trapdoor
Item Frame (as a block)[Bedrock Edition only]
Jack o'Lantern
Jigsaw Block
Jukebox
Jungle Button
Jungle Door
Jungle Fence
Jungle Fence Gate
Jungle Leaves
Jungle Log
Jungle Planks
Jungle Pressure Plate
Jungle Sapling
Jungle Sign
Jungle Slab
Jungle Stairs
Jungle Trapdoor
Jungle Wood
Kelp
Ladder
Lantern
Lapis Lazuli Ore
Large Amethyst Bud
Large Fern
Lava
Lectern
Lever
Light Block
Light Blue Banner
Light Blue Bed
Light Blue Candle
Light Blue Carpet
Light Blue Concrete
Light Blue Concrete Powder
Light Blue Glazed Terracotta
Light Blue Shulker Box
Light Blue Stained Glass
Light Blue Stained Glass Pane
Light Blue Terracotta
Light Blue Wool
Light Gray Banner
Light Gray Bed
Light Gray Candle
Light Gray Carpet
Light Gray Concrete
Light Gray Concrete Powder
Light Gray Glazed Terracotta
Light Gray Shulker Box
Light Gray Stained Glass
Light Gray Stained Glass Pane
Light Gray Terracotta
Light Gray Wool
Light Weighted Pressure Plate
Lightning Rod
Lilac
Lily of the Valley
Lily Pad
Lime Banner
Lime Bed
Lime Candle
Lime Carpet
Lime Concrete
Lime Concrete Powder
Lime Glazed Terracotta
Lime Shulker Box
Lime Stained Glass
Lime Stained Glass Pane
Lime Terracotta
Lime Wool
Lodestone
Loom
Magenta Banner
Magenta Bed
Magenta Candle
Magenta Carpet
Magenta Concrete
Magenta Concrete Powder
Magenta Glazed Terracotta
Magenta Shulker Box
Magenta Stained Glass
Magenta Stained Glass Pane
Magenta Terracotta
Magenta Wool
Magma Block
Mangrove Button[upcoming]
Mangrove Door[upcoming]
Mangrove Fence[upcoming]
Mangrove Fence Gate[upcoming]
Mangrove Leaves[upcoming]
Mangrove Log[upcoming]
Mangrove Pressure Plate[upcoming]
Mangrove Propagule[upcoming]
Mangrove Planks[upcoming]
Mangrove Roots[upcoming]
Mangrove Sign[upcoming]
Mangrove Slab[upcoming]
Mangrove Stairs[upcoming]
Mangrove Trapdoor[upcoming]
Mangrove Wood[upcoming]
Medium Amethyst Bud
Melon
Melon Stem
Moss Block
Moss Carpet
Mossy Cobblestone
Mossy Cobblestone Slab
Mossy Cobblestone Stairs
Mossy Cobblestone Wall
Mossy Stone Brick Slab
Mossy Stone Brick Stairs
Mossy Stone Brick Wall
Mossy Stone Bricks
Mud[upcoming]
Mud Brick Slab[upcoming]
Mud Brick Stairs[upcoming]
Mud Brick Wall[upcoming]
Mud Bricks[upcoming]
Muddy Mangrove Roots[upcoming]
Mushroom Stem
Mycelium
Nether Brick Fence
Nether Brick Slab
Nether Brick Stairs
Nether Brick Wall
Nether Bricks
Nether Gold Ore
Nether Quartz Ore
Nether Reactor Core[Bedrock Edition only]
Nether Sprouts
Nether Wart
Nether Wart Block
Netherrack
Note Block
Oak Button
Oak Door
Oak Fence
Oak Fence Gate
Oak Leaves
Oak Log
Oak Planks
Oak Pressure Plate
Oak Sapling
Oak Sign
Oak Slab
Oak Stairs
Oak Trapdoor
Oak Wood
Observer
Obsidian
Ochre Froglight[upcoming]
Ominous Banner
Orange Banner
Orange Bed
Orange Candle
Orange Carpet
Orange Concrete
Orange Concrete Powder
Orange Glazed Terracotta
Orange Shulker Box
Orange Stained Glass
Orange Stained Glass Pane
Orange Terracotta
Orange Tulip
Orange Wool
Oxeye Daisy
Oxidized Copper
Oxidized Cut Copper
Oxidized Cut Copper Slab
Oxidized Cut Copper Stairs
Packed Ice
Packed Mud[upcoming]
Pearlescent Froglight[upcoming]
Peony
Petrified Oak Slab
Pink Banner
Pink Bed
Pink Candle
Pink Carpet
Pink Concrete
Pink Concrete Powder
Pink Glazed Terracotta
Pink Shulker Box
Pink Stained Glass
Pink Stained Glass Pane
Pink Terracotta
Pink Tulip
Pink Wool
Piston
Player Head
Podzol
Pointed Dripstone
Polished Andesite
Polished Andesite Slab
Polished Andesite Stairs
Polished Basalt
Polished Blackstone
Polished Blackstone Brick Slab
Polished Blackstone Brick Stairs
Polished Blackstone Brick Wall
Polished Blackstone Bricks
Polished Blackstone Button
Polished Blackstone Pressure Plate
Polished Blackstone Slab
Polished Blackstone Stairs
Polished Blackstone Wall
Polished Diorite
Polished Diorite Slab
Polished Diorite Stairs
Polished Granite
Polished Granite Slab
Polished Granite Stairs
Polished Deepslate
Polished Deepslate Slab
Polished Deepslate Stairs
Polished Deepslate Wall
Poppy
Potatoes
Powder Snow
Powered Rail
Prismarine
Prismarine Brick Slab
Prismarine Brick Stairs
Prismarine Bricks
Prismarine Slab
Prismarine Stairs
Prismarine Wall
Pumpkin
Pumpkin Stem
Purple Banner
Purple Bed
Purple Candle
Purple Carpet
Purple Concrete
Purple Concrete Powder
Purple Glazed Terracotta
Purple Shulker Box
Purple Stained Glass
Purple Stained Glass Pane
Purple Terracotta
Purple Wool
Purpur Block
Purpur Pillar
Purpur Slab
Purpur Stairs
Quartz Bricks
Quartz Pillar
Quartz Slab
Quartz Stairs
Rail
Red Banner
Red Bed
Red Candle
Red Carpet
Red Concrete
Red Concrete Powder
Red Glazed Terracotta
Red Mushroom
Red Mushroom Block
Red Nether Brick Slab
Red Nether Brick Stairs
Red Nether Brick Wall
Red Nether Bricks
Red Sand
Red Sandstone
Red Sandstone Slab
Red Sandstone Stairs
Red Sandstone Wall
Red Shulker Box
Red Stained Glass
Red Stained Glass Pane
Red Terracotta
Red Tulip
Red Wool
Redstone Comparator
Redstone Lamp
Redstone Ore
Redstone Repeater
Redstone Torch
Redstone Wire
Reinforced Deepslate[upcoming]
Repeating Command Block
Respawn Anchor
Rooted Dirt
Rose Bush
Sand
Sandstone
Sandstone Slab
Sandstone Stairs
Sandstone Wall
Scaffolding
Sculk[upcoming]
Sculk Catalyst[upcoming]
Sculk Sensor
Sculk Shrieker[upcoming]
Sculk Vein[upcoming]
Sea Lantern
Sea Pickle
Seagrass
Shroomlight
Shulker Box
Skeleton Skull
Slime Block
Small Amethyst Bud
Small Dripleaf
Smithing Table
Smoker
Smooth Basalt
Smooth Quartz Block
Smooth Quartz Slab
Smooth Quartz Stairs
Smooth Red Sandstone
Smooth Red Sandstone Slab
Smooth Red Sandstone Stairs
Smooth Sandstone
Smooth Sandstone Slab
Smooth Sandstone Stairs
Smooth Stone
Smooth Stone Slab
Snow
Snow Block
Soul Campfire
Soul Fire
Soul Lantern
Soul Sand
Soul Soil
Soul Torch
Spawner
Sponge
Spore Blossom
Spruce Button
Spruce Door
Spruce Fence
Spruce Fence Gate
Spruce Leaves
Spruce Log
Spruce Planks
Spruce Pressure Plate
Spruce Sapling
Spruce Sign
Spruce Slab
Spruce Stairs
Spruce Trapdoor
Spruce Wood
Sticky Piston
Stone
Stone Brick Slab
Stone Brick Stairs
Stone Brick Wall
Stone Bricks
Stone Button
Stone Pressure Plate
Stone Slab
Stone Stairs
Stonecutter
Stonecutter (legacy)[Bedrock Edition only]
Stripped Acacia Log
Stripped Acacia Wood
Stripped Birch Log
Stripped Birch Wood
Stripped Crimson Hyphae
Stripped Crimson Stem
Stripped Dark Oak Log
Stripped Dark Oak Wood
Stripped Jungle Log
Stripped Jungle Wood
Stripped Mangrove Log[upcoming]
Stripped Mangrove Wood[upcoming]
Stripped Oak Log
Stripped Oak Wood
Stripped Spruce Log
Stripped Spruce Wood
Stripped Warped Hyphae
Stripped Warped Stem
Structure Block
Structure Void
Sugar Cane
Sunflower
Sweet Berry Bush
Tall Grass
Tall Seagrass
Target
Terracotta
Tinted Glass
TNT
Torch
Trapped Chest
Tripwire
Tripwire Hook
Tube Coral
Tube Coral Block
Tube Coral Fan
Tuff
Turtle Egg
Twisting Vines
Verdant Froglight[upcoming]
Vines
Warped Button
Warped Door
Warped Fence
Warped Fence Gate
Warped Fungus
Warped Hyphae
Warped Nylium
Warped Planks
Warped Pressure Plate
Warped Roots
Warped Sign
Warped Slab
Warped Stairs
Warped Stem
Warped Trapdoor
Warped Wart Block
Water
Waxed Block of Copper
Waxed Cut Copper
Waxed Cut Copper Slab
Waxed Cut Copper Stairs
Waxed Exposed Copper
Waxed Exposed Cut Copper
Waxed Exposed Cut Copper Slab
Waxed Exposed Cut Copper Stairs
Waxed Oxidized Copper
Waxed Oxidized Cut Copper
Waxed Oxidized Cut Copper Slab
Waxed Oxidized Cut Copper Stairs
Waxed Weathered Copper
Waxed Weathered Cut Copper
Waxed Weathered Cut Copper Slab
Waxed Weathered Cut Copper Stairs
Weathered Copper
Weathered Cut Copper
Weathered Cut Copper Slab
Weathered Cut Copper Stairs
Weeping Vines
Wet Sponge
Wheat Crops
White Banner
White Bed
White Candle
White Carpet
White Concrete
White Concrete Powder
White Glazed Terracotta
White Shulker Box
White Stained Glass
White Stained Glass Pane
White Terracotta
White Tulip
White Wool
Wither Rose
Wither Skeleton Skull
Yellow Banner
Yellow Bed
Yellow Candle
Yellow Carpet
Yellow Concrete
Yellow Concrete Powder
Yellow Glazed Terracotta
Yellow Shulker Box
Yellow Stained Glass
Yellow Stained Glass Pane
Yellow Terracotta
Yellow Wool
Zombie Head
Blocks with italicized name cannot be obtained in the inventory, although some of them are represented by different items; flint and steel and fire charges are used to place fire, water and lava can be placed with their respective buckets, and blocks such as wheat crops, sweet berry bushes and cocoa have separate inventory items.
Technical blocks
Technical blocks serve various purposes during events within the game, or use a separate name spaced ID in order to avoid unnecessary combinations of block states. In Java Edition technical blocks do not exist as items, while in Bedrock Edition they may be obtained using inventory editors or add-ons.
Acacia Wall Sign
Air
Attached Melon Stem
Attached Pumpkin Stem
Big Dripleaf Stem
Birch Wall Sign
Black Wall Banner
Blue Wall Banner
Brain Coral Wall Fan
Brown Wall Banner
Bubble Coral Wall Fan
Bubble Column
Cake with Black Candle
Cake with Blue Candle
Cake with Brown Candle
Cake with Candle
Cake with Cyan Candle
Cake with Gray Candle
Cake with Green Candle
Cake with Light Blue Candle
Cake with Light Gray Candle
Cake with Lime Candle
Cake with Magenta Candle
Cake with Orange Candle
Cake with Pink Candle
Cake with Purple Candle
Cake with Red Candle
Cake with White Candle
Cake with Yellow Candle
Cave Air[Java Edition only]
Cave Vines Plant
Chiseled Purpur[Bedrock Edition only]
Creeper Wall Head
Crimson Wall Sign
Cyan Wall Banner
Dark Oak Wall Sign
Dead Brain Coral Wall Fan
Dead Bubble Coral Wall Fan
Dead Fire Coral Wall Fan
Dead Horn Coral Wall Fan
Dead Tube Coral Wall Fan
Dragon Wall Head
End Gateway
End Portal
Fire Coral Wall Fan
Frosted Ice
Gray Wall Banner
Green Wall Banner
Horn Coral Wall Fan
info_update[Bedrock Edition only]
info_update2[Bedrock Edition only]
Invisible Bedrock[Bedrock Edition only]
Jungle Wall Sign
Kelp Plant
Lava Cauldron
Light Blue Wall Banner
Light Gray Wall Banner
Lime Wall Banner
Magenta Wall Banner
Mangrove Wall Sign[upcoming]
Moving Piston
Nether Portal
Oak Wall Sign
Orange Wall Banner
Pink Wall Banner
Piston Head
Player Wall Head
Potted Acacia Sapling
Potted Allium
Potted Azalea
Potted Azure Bluet
Potted Bamboo
Potted Birch Sapling
Potted Blue Orchid
Potted Brown Mushroom
Potted Cactus
Potted Cornflower
Potted Crimson Fungus
Potted Crimson Roots
Potted Dandelion
Potted Dark Oak Sapling
Potted Dead Bush
Potted Fern
Potted Flowering Azalea
Potted Jungle Sapling
Potted Lily of the Valley
Potted Mangrove Propagule[upcoming]
Potted Oak Sapling
Potted Orange Tulip
Potted Oxeye Daisy
Potted Pink Tulip
Potted Poppy
Potted Red Mushroom
Potted Red Tulip
Potted Spruce Sapling
Potted Warped Fungus
Potted Warped Roots
Potted White Tulip
Potted Wither Rose
Powder Snow Cauldron
Purple Wall Banner
Red Wall Banner
Redstone Wall Torch
reserved6[Bedrock Edition only]
Skeleton Wall Skull
Soul Wall Torch
Smooth Purpur[Bedrock Edition only]
Smooth Stone Bricks[Bedrock Edition only]
Spruce Wall Sign
Tube Coral Wall Fan
Twisting Vines Plant
Void Air[Java Edition only]
Wall Torch
Warped Wall Sign
Water Cauldron
Weeping Vines Plant
White Wall Banner
Wither Skeleton Wall Skull
Yellow Wall Banner
Zombie Wall Head
Education Edition only
These blocks can be accessed only in Education Edition and in Bedrock Edition when education options are enabled (Elements are not listed here). In Bedrock Edition, boards, posters, and slates can be obtained only through inventory editors.
Allow
Blue Torch
Board
Border
Compound Creator
Deny
Element Constructor
Green Torch
Hardened Black Stained Glass
Hardened Black Stained Glass Pane
Hardened Blue Stained Glass
Hardened Blue Stained Glass Pane
Hardened Brown Stained Glass
Hardened Brown Stained Glass Pane
Hardened Cyan Stained Glass
Hardened Cyan Stained Glass Pane
Hardened Glass
Hardened Glass Pane
Hardened Gray Stained Glass
Hardened Gray Stained Glass Pane
Hardened Green Stained Glass
Hardened Green Stained Glass Pane
Hardened Light Blue Stained Glass
Hardened Light Blue Stained Glass Pane
Hardened Light Gray Stained Glass
Hardened Light Gray Stained Glass Pane
Hardened Lime Stained Glass
Hardened Lime Stained Glass Pane
Hardened Magenta Stained Glass
Hardened Magenta Stained Glass Pane
Hardened Orange Stained Glass
Hardened Orange Stained Glass Pane
Hardened Pink Stained Glass
Hardened Pink Stained Glass Pane
Hardened Purple Stained Glass
Hardened Purple Stained Glass Pane
Hardened Red Stained Glass
Hardened Red Stained Glass Pane
Hardened White Stained Glass
Hardened White Stained Glass Pane
Hardened Yellow Stained Glass
Hardened Yellow Stained Glass Pane
Heat Block
Lab Table
Material Reducer
Poster
Purple Torch
Red Torch
Slate
Underwater TNT
Underwater Torch
Removed blocks
Removed blocks no longer exist in current versions of the game.
Outright removed blocks
These blocks were removed from the game entirely.
Removed through substitution
These blocks were "retconned" into other blocks through a major simultaneous name and texture change.
Extreme metadata variants
Some blocks and states of blocks were distinguished via numerical metadata in previous versions of the game. Having metadata values outside of the accepted range could produce unintended results for some block IDs.
Joke blocks
These blocks only exist in April Fools versions of the game.
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History
Block additions and removals
Unique blocks are defined as having unique namespaced IDs in current versions of Java Edition, excluding obvious technical variants such as potted plants and wall attachments of blocks, but including the rose. Unintentional metadata variants are also not included.
Other changes
Java Edition pre-Classic | |||||
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rd-132211 | Added blocks that can be placed and destroyed. | ||||
rd-160052 | There is now support for different block types. | ||||
New particles are now shown when destroying a block. | |||||
New support for dynamic blocks. | |||||
Added pick blocks functionality. | |||||
Java Edition Classic | |||||
0.0.9a | Placing blocks inside the player is now impossible. | ||||
? | Added multiple sounds for blocks. | ||||
August 4, 2009 | Breaking blocks allows picking them up and place them, thus adding and removing them from the inventory. | ||||
August 14, 2009 | The requirement to have to hold down the mouse button to break blocks, creating a block-breaking animation, was first shown. | ||||
0.27 SURVIVAL TEST | The player now begins with 10 TNT blocks and can now obtain dirt, cobblestone from stone, wooden planks from wood, gold blocks from gold ore, iron blocks from iron ore, stone slabs from coal ore, and white wool from sheep. | ||||
0.28 | Right click now adds blocks and left click now removes them. | ||||
The player can now build with naturally occurring blocks. | |||||
The player can now use bookshelves, sponges, colored wools, bricks, obsidian and mossy cobblestone. | |||||
Operators of servers can now also build bedrock. Some custom servers can now give the ability to place grass blocks and fluid blocks, too. | |||||
All new block types have been added. | |||||
Java Edition Indev | |||||
0.31 | 20091223-2 | Blocks can now be dropped on the ground. | |||
Blocks that are thrown on the ground can now also be picked up. | |||||
20100122 | Blocks can now be placed on resource items. As a result, resource items are now pushed off. | ||||
20100125-1 | Added new block particles. | ||||
Java Edition Infdev | |||||
20100227-1 | It is now possible to place blocks inside the player. | ||||
20100413 | It is now impossible to place blocks inside the player. | ||||
20100617-2 | Solid blocks now cause suffocation. | ||||
Java Edition | |||||
1.7.2 | 13w37a | The ability to obtain the item form of 26 technical blocks has been removed. These were the bed (26), piston head and extension (34 & 36), redstone wire (55), wheat crops (59), standing and wall sign (63 & 68), wooden and iron door (64 & 71), lit redstone ore (74), unlit redstone torch (75), sugar cane (83), cake (92), unpowered and powered repeater (93 & 94), pumpkin and melon stem (104 & 105), nether wart (115), brewing stand (117), cauldron (118), lit redstone lamp (124), tripwire (132), flower pot (140), skull (144), and unpowered and powered comparator (149 & 150). | |||
13w38b | Air is now internally a block[8] and can be kept in the inventory. It uses the missing texture, ![]() | ||||
13w38c | Air can no longer be kept in the inventory anymore. | ||||
1.8 | 14w25a | The ability to obtain the item form of 12 technical blocks has been removed. These blocks were flowing and stationary water and lava blocks (8, 9, 10 & 11), double stone and wooden slabs (43 & 125), fire blocks (51), nether and end portal blocks (90 & 119), cocoa pods (127), and potato and carrot crops (141 & 142). | |||
Blocks now show the closest item form to themselves as the icon in the superflat settings menu. | |||||
14w26b | All technical blocks, except for the monster spawner (52) and farmland (60),[verify] now have no model in the inventory, ![]() | ||||
1.9 | 15w49a | The ability to obtain the item form of lit furnaces (62) has been removed. | |||
Pocket Edition Alpha | |||||
Pre-release | Blocks were also 2D in the inventory | ||||
v0.2.0 | Breaking blocks now allows the player to pick them up and place them, thus adding and removing them from the inventory. Blocks are now 3D in the inventory | ||||
v0.2.1 | Added block breaking animation. | ||||
v0.9.0 | build 1 | Removed rose. | |||
v0.12.1 | build 1 | Nether Reactor Core is no longer obtainable in survival or creative. | |||
v0.13.0 | build 1 | Removed crafting recipe and functionality of the stonecutter. It can still be found in the creative inventory. |
Issues
Issues relating to "Block" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.
Gallery
All blocks in Classic 0.26 SURVIVAL TEST.
All blocks in Classic 0.0.21a.
Floating blocks that were naturally generated in Java Edition 1.17.
All of the blocks in Java Edition 1.16.5.
Trivia
- Certain blocks may interpret positions they cannot be placed in by normal means as a valid position. For example, a sign placed in midair via
/setblock
or through bugs remains in midair even when updated, until either it is broken, or a block is placed below it and broken.
See also
References
- ↑ "[MC-203550] Blocks broken by pistons do not play breaking sounds - Jira" – Mojira, November 4, 2020.
- ↑ "[MC-135869] Gravity-affected blocks broken when falling into an invalid space do not make a sound or produce particles - Jira" – Mojira, August 10, 2018.
- ↑ "[MC-135868] Anvils broken by falling or overusage do not produce particles - Jira" – Mojira, August 10, 2018.
- ↑ "[MC-25976] Blocks broken by flowing fluids do not produce particles or make breaking sounds - Jira" – Mojira, July 15, 2013.
- ↑ "[MC-136703] Blocks directly replaced by other blocks do not produce particles, make breaking sounds or drop items where appropiate - Jira" – Mojira, September 3, 2018.
- ↑ "[MC-123350] Rails and redstone components don't break / create particles when support block is broken - Jira" – Mojira, December 17, 2017.
- ↑ "[MC-136693] Decaying leaves do not produce block breaking particles/sounds - Jira" – Mojira, September 3, 2018.
- ↑ "This snapshot may be very crashy because @_grum redefined the concept of "air". We're keeping an eye on the crash list though!" – @Dinnerbone on Twitter, September 20, 2013