Carpet

For the Caves & Cliffs block made of moss, see Moss Carpet.

Carpet

Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)
Tool	Any tool
Blast resistance	0.1
Hardness	0.1
Luminant	No
Transparent	Yes
Flammable	Yes (JE: 60, BE & EE: 30)
Catches fire from lava	Yes

Carpets are thin blocks which are mainly used for decoration.

Obtaining

Breaking

Carpets can be mined using any tool, or without a tool. Unlike wool, carpets are not destroyed quicker when using shears.

Block	Carpet
Hardness	0.1
Breaking time
Default	0.15

Natural generation

Igloo

White and light gray carpet can be found in igloos. If its basement generates (50% chance), red carpet can also be found.

Mansion

All carpet colors except orange and light blue‌^{[BE only]} generate within woodland mansions.

Village

Yellow, white and green carpets generate in plains villages.

Lime, white and green carpets generate in desert villages.

Blue and red carpets generate in snowy tundra villages.

Orange, white and red carpets generate in savanna villages.

Purple, white and red carpets generate in taiga villages.

Crafting

Name	Ingredients	Crafting recipe	Description
Carpet	Matching Wool	3333333333333333
Dyed Carpet	White Carpet + Matching Colored Dye	888888888888888
White Carpet	Any Dyed Carpet + Bleach		‌[Bedrock and Education editions only]

Ingredients	Crafting recipe	Description
White Carpet + Lapis Lazuli or Cocoa Beans or Ink Sac		‌[Bedrock and Education editions only]

Trading

Apprentice-level shepherd villagers have a ¹⁄₃₂ (3.125%) chance to sell one of 16 types of carpets as part of their trades. They sell 4 carpets of the same color for an emerald.

Usage

Carpet has the same visual thickness as a pressure plate. It has a hitbox of ¹⁄₁₆ of a block and covers the entire surface of the block it is placed on. This thickness prevents mob spawning.

Carpet can be placed on any block, including non-solid blocks, except paintings and item frames. When placed on grass or fern, they break and the carpet is placed on the block below. When placed on vines, the topmost block of vines breaks and the carpet is placed on the block below, any vines blocks below the first one don't break. It can even be placed over water blocks, but to do so you must target an adjacent block with a visible hitbox.

Carpet can be pushed and pulled by pistons but pops off if pushed onto a hole or pulled downward. It can also break falling sand and gravel.

Carpet is an opaque block but does not decrease light going through it. Because of this and the fact that it can be placed on any block, a common decorative strategy is to place carpet on a light-emitting block in the floor, illuminating a room and hiding the light source at the same time.

Carpets can be used to give llamas a distinct saddle pattern. The carpet can be mounted on the llama with a dispenser.‌^{[Java Edition only]}

Carpets can be placed on top of fences and walls to allow the player to jump on top of them while still preventing animals and mobs from crossing. This is because mobs do not try jump over fences and walls, even with a carpet above.

In Java Edition, if a campfire is placed beneath a beehive to pacify bees, the campfire can be placed below ground and a carpet placed over the campfire to protect bees from the fire.

If a carpet is placed so that it lays on top of a hopper, the hopper can still collect items through the carpet. This is because hoppers can collect items from less than a full block above in Java Edition, or less than ³⁄₄ of a block above in Bedrock Edition.

Carpets can also be placed over other carpets. Mobs are unable to walk over two or more layers of carpets, because the mob's AI treats carpets as if they are air blocks. If a mob stands on a double carpet layer, it will stay perfectly still.‌^{[Java Edition only]} Similarly, endermen are unable to teleport onto double carpet layers.

Fuel

Carpet can be used as a fuel in furnaces, smelting 0.335 items per carpet item.‌^{[Java Edition only]}

Breaking tall grass and vines

When placed on the top half of tall grass or large fern, they break and the carpet drops as an item.

Sounds

Java Edition:

Sound	Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	block.wool.break	subtitles.block.generic.break	1.0	0.8	16
	None	Blocks	Falling on the block with fall damage	block.wool.fall	None	0.5	0.75	16
	Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	block.wool.hit	subtitles.block.generic.hit	0.25	0.5	16
	Block placed	Blocks	When the block is placed	block.wool.place	subtitles.block.generic.place	1.0	0.8	16
	Footsteps	Blocks	Walking on the block	block.wool.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps	0.15	1.0	16

Bedrock Edition:

Sound	Source	Description	Resource location	Volume	Pitch
?	Blocks	Once the block has broken	dig.cloth	1.0	0.8
?	Blocks	Falling on the block with fall damage	fall.cloth	0.4	1.0
?	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	hit.cloth	0.35	0.5
?	Blocks	Jumping from the block	jump.cloth	0.12	1.0
?	Blocks	Falling on the block without fall damage	land.cloth	0.18	1.0
?	Blocks	Walking on the block	step.cloth	0.3	1.0
?	Blocks	When the block is placed	dig.cloth	1.0	0.8

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Resource location	Block tags (JE)	Item tags (JE)	Form	Translation key
White Carpet	white_carpet	carpets	carpets	Block & Item	block.minecraft.white_carpet
Orange Carpet	orange_carpet	carpets	carpets	Block & Item	block.minecraft.orange_carpet
Magenta Carpet	magenta_carpet	carpets	carpets	Block & Item	block.minecraft.magenta_carpet
Light Blue Carpet	light_blue_carpet	carpets	carpets	Block & Item	block.minecraft.light_blue_carpet
Yellow Carpet	yellow_carpet	carpets	carpets	Block & Item	block.minecraft.yellow_carpet
Lime Carpet	lime_carpet	carpets	carpets	Block & Item	block.minecraft.lime_carpet
Pink Carpet	pink_carpet	carpets	carpets	Block & Item	block.minecraft.pink_carpet
Gray Carpet	gray_carpet	carpets	carpets	Block & Item	block.minecraft.gray_carpet
Light Gray Carpet	light_gray_carpet	carpets	carpets	Block & Item	block.minecraft.light_gray_carpet
Cyan Carpet	cyan_carpet	carpets	carpets	Block & Item	block.minecraft.cyan_carpet
Purple Carpet	purple_carpet	carpets	carpets	Block & Item	block.minecraft.purple_carpet
Blue Carpet	blue_carpet	carpets	carpets	Block & Item	block.minecraft.blue_carpet
Brown Carpet	brown_carpet	carpets	carpets	Block & Item	block.minecraft.brown_carpet
Green Carpet	green_carpet	carpets	carpets	Block & Item	block.minecraft.green_carpet
Red Carpet	red_carpet	carpets	carpets	Block & Item	block.minecraft.red_carpet
Black Carpet	black_carpet	carpets	carpets	Block & Item	block.minecraft.black_carpet

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Resource location	Numeric ID	Form	Translation key
Carpet	carpet	171	Block & Item	tile.carpet.black.name tile.carpet.red.name tile.carpet.green.name tile.carpet.brown.name tile.carpet.blue.name tile.carpet.cyan.name tile.carpet.silver.name tile.carpet.gray.name tile.carpet.pink.name tile.carpet.lime.name tile.carpet.yellow.name tile.carpet.lightBlue.name tile.carpet.magenta.name tile.carpet.orange.name tile.carpet.white.name

Metadata

See also: Data values

In Bedrock Edition, carpet uses the following data values:

	DV	Description
	0	White Carpet
	1	Orange Carpet
	2	Magenta Carpet
	3	Light Blue Carpet
	4	Yellow Carpet
	5	Lime Carpet
	6	Pink Carpet
	7	Gray Carpet
	8	Light Gray Carpet
	9	Cyan Carpet
	10	Purple Carpet
	11	Blue Carpet
	12	Brown Carpet
	13	Green Carpet
	14	Red Carpet
	15	Black Carpet

Block states

See also: Block states

In Bedrock Edition, carpet uses the following block states:

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Default value	Allowed values	Description
color	white	white
		orange
		magenta
		light_blue
		yellow
		lime
		pink
		gray
		silver
		cyan
		purple
		blue
		brown
		green
		red
		black

History

May 21, 2009					Notch mentions carpets and tapestries as potential block types, which would be made from Cloth.
Java Edition
1.6.1		13w16a			Added carpets.
					The crafting recipe of carpets currently returns 2 carpet from two wool.
					The hitbox height of carpets is currently 0; a consequence of this was that mobs can spawn on carpet as long as the block underneath the carpet supported the mob spawning.
		13w17a			The crafting recipe of carpets now returns 3 carpets from two wool.
		13w24b			Carpets can now be placed on top of any block, including non-solid blocks.
1.7.2		13w41b			Carpets are now flammable.
1.8		14w29a			Carpets now have a hitbox height of 1⁄16 of a block instead of 0. As a result of this, mobs can no longer spawn on carpet.
1.9		15w43a			White and light gray carpets now generate on the floors of igloos, and red carpets in igloo basements.
1.11		16w33a			Carpets can now be used in furnaces, lasting for 0.33 smelting cycles.
		16w35a			Carpets now last for 0.335 smelting cycles.
		16w39a			Carpets now generate naturally within woodland mansions.
					Carpets may now be used to saddle llamas.
		16w44a			White carpets are now called "White Carpet" rather than just "Carpet".
1.12		17w06a			The textures of carpets have been changed. Carpets now have a more saturated appearance.
1.13		17w47a			The different block states for the carpet ID have been split up into their own IDs.
					Prior to The Flattening, this block's numeral ID was 171.
1.14		18w43a			Additional crafting recipes for non-white carpets have been added. These recipes require a dye surrounded by 8 white carpets.
		18w48a			Carpets now generate in the updated plains villages.
		18w49a			Carpets now generate in the updated savanna villages and the new snowy tundra villages.
		18w50a			Carpets now generate in the updated desert and taiga villages.
		19w11a			Shepherd villagers now sell carpets.
1.16		20w15a			Carpets placed in a dispenser can now be put on tamed llamas.
Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.8.0		build 2			Added carpets, with all 16 colors. They are only available in Creative mode.
		build 4			Red carpets can now be crafted in Survival.
v0.9.0		build 1			Brown carpets now naturally generate in villages.
					All carpets can now be obtained in Survival mode.
Pocket Edition
1.0.0		alpha 0.17.0.1			White and light gray carpets now generate on the floors of igloos, and red carpets in igloo basements.
1.1.0		alpha 1.1.0.0			Carpets now generate naturally within woodland mansions.
					Carpets may now be used to saddle llamas.
					The textures of carpets have been changed. Carpets now have a more saturated appearance.
Bedrock Edition
1.4.0		beta 1.2.20.1			White carpets can now be crafted from colored carpets and bleach, when Education Edition features are enabled.
1.10.0		beta 1.10.0.3			White carpets can now be dyed from the crafting table.
					Various carpets now generate in the new villages.
1.11.0		beta 1.11.0.4			Carpets can now be bought from shepherd villagers.
Legacy Console Edition
TU14	CU1	1.04	Patch 1	1.0.1	Added carpets.
TU54	CU44	1.52	Patch 24	1.0.4	Carpets can now be placed on top of upside-down stairs.
					Carpets may now be used to saddle llamas.
		1.90			The crafting recipe for carpet has been changed. The recipe now requires a dye surrounded by white carpet.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0					Added carpets.

Issues

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

Trivia

• If the player sprints across a carpet, the particle effects are those of the blocks that are directly below it.
• Carpets do not prevent the formation of ice.
• Carpets can safely be placed on top of farmland, although it does not protect the farmland from jumping entities.
• Double-layered carpet stops mobs from path finding.

Gallery

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  Carpeted floor. There are some jack o'lanterns below them, so this area is well lit without torches.

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  Red carpet seen in the 13w25a banner.

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  Carpets found in igloo structure. Each igloo contains 12 white carpets.