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Bone blocks are decorative blocks that can face in different directions.

Obtaining

Bone blocks can be mined using any pickaxe. If mined without a pickaxe, they will drop nothing.

Block Bone Block
Hardness 2
Tool
Breaking time[A]
Default 10
Wooden 1.5
Stone 0.75
Iron 0.5
Diamond 0.4
Netherite 0.35
Golden 0.25
  1. Times are for unenchanted tools as wielded by players with no status effects, measured in seconds. For more information, see Breaking § Speed.

Crafting

Ingredients Crafting recipe
Bone Meal

Natural generation

Bone blocks are generated naturally as part of fossil structures found in desert and swampland biomes.

Usage

Bone blocks are decorative blocks, and can also be used as compact storage for bonemeal.

Crafting ingredient

Name Ingredients Crafting recipe
Bone Meal Bone Block

Data values

Block state

See also: Block states

Java Edition:

Name Default value Allowed values Description
axisy xThe bone block is oriented east–west.
yThe bone block is oriented vertically.
zThe bone block is oriented north–south.

Bedrock Edition:

NameMetadata Bits Default value Allowed valuesValues for
Metadata Bits
Description
pillar_axis0x4
0x8
yy
x
z
0
1
2
The axis along which the block is oriented
deprecated0x1
0x2
00
1
2
3
0
1
2
3
Unused, has no effect in game.

History

release
1.1016w20aAdded bone blocks.
16w21aBone blocks are no longer transparent.
1.1217w17aBone blocks can now be placed under note blocks to play the xylophone.
Legacy Console Edition
TU43CU33 1.36 Patch 13Added bone blocks.
pocket upcoming
1.1.3build 1Added bone blocks.

Issues

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

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