A cobweb is a block that slows down movement.
Occurrence
Natural generation
Cobwebs generate naturally in stronghold libraries, igloo basements, mineshafts and woodland mansion spider spawner rooms. Cobwebs also generate in zombie villages.
Obtaining
Loot
From block loot
Cobwebs can be obtained by clipping them with shears. A cobweb drops one piece of string if broken with a sword. It drops nothing when broken using anything else.
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Usage
Info
Mobs can spawn inside of cobwebs, in which case they do not catch fire if they are caught in a cobweb. Cobwebs also diffuse sky light.
Blocks can be placed on cobwebs. Paintings[Java Edition only] and signs can be placed on their sides, or on top in the case of signs.
Breaking
Cobwebs can be obtained by clipping into them with shears. A cobweb also drops itself if broken with a sword enchanted with Silk Touch.[a] A cobweb drops one piece of string if broken with a non-Silk Touch sword, or if water touches or flows over it, or a piston pushes it. It drops nothing when broken using anything else.
| Block | Cobweb | |
|---|---|---|
| Hardness | 4 | |
| Breaking time (secs) | ||
| Default | 20 | |
| Shears | 0.4 | |
| Sword | 0.4 | |
Block loot
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Redstone circuits
2 cobwebs delay for around a minute
Cobwebs can be used as a delaying mechanism in a redstone circuit, for example, to delay an item falling on a pressure plate or into a hopper.
Effects
All mobs except for spiders and cave spiders experience slow movement through a cobweb. A mob falling through a cobweb takes 13 seconds to move down 1 block. A cobweb can partially stop blast damage if a player and the TNT/creeper/etc. are both caught in the cobweb. The slowing effect of the cobweb increases if it is placed on ice. The slowest a player can move in vanilla Minecraft without commands or other third-party tools is by placing cobwebs on Blue Ice, sneaking, drinking a level IV Turtle Master Potion, and blocking. This will make the player essentially come to a total standstill, only moving a single block every few minutes in real life.
A cobweb affects the player's movement abilities, as well. While in contact with it, the player can move at a speed of about 15% of the normal walking speed. Additionally, jumping vibrates the player akin to jumping in a 2-block-high space.[Java Edition only] A cobweb also limits the rate at which a player can break blocks. Like water, falling into a cobweb prevents a player from taking fall damage, meaning a fatal fall can be mitigated with cobwebs. Attacking while falling through cobwebs counts as a critical hit, the same as when falling after a jump.
Items thrown into a cobweb are slowed and fall through it after a maximum of about 24 seconds depending on where it enters. They do not merge with other items of the same type thrown on the ground.
Cobwebs have different effects on moving entities. A falling block that falls or is shot into a cobweb slows down, then drops as an item after about 4 seconds.[Java Edition only] An arrow shot at a cobweb passes through without being slowed.
A minecart with no players in it takes about 9 seconds to fall through a cobweb if a rail is placed directly under the cobweb, however, if there is air between the cobweb and the rail, the minecart takes about 34 seconds to fall. Every extra cobweb added gives an additional 25 seconds of falling time. Players are unaffected by cobwebs when in a minecart unless they come into direct contact.
Crafting ingredient
Sounds
| Sound | Subtitles | Source | Description | Resource location | Translation key | Volume | Pitch | Attenuation distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Block broken | Blocks | Once the block has broken | block | subtitles | 1.0 | 0.8 | 16 | |
| Block placed | Blocks | When the block is placed | block | subtitles | 1.0 | 0.8 | 16 | |
| Block breaking | Blocks | While the block is in the process of being broken | block | subtitles | 0.25 | 0.5 | 16 | |
| None[sound 1] | Entity-Dependent | Falling on the block with fall damage | block | None[sound 1] | 0.5 | 0.75 | 16 | |
| Footsteps | Entity-Dependent | Walking on the block | block | subtitles | 0.15 | 1.0 | 16 |
| Sound | Source | Description | Resource location | Volume | Pitch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blocks | Once the block has broken | dig | 1.0 | 0.8-1.0 | |
| Blocks | When the block is placed | dig | 1.0 | 0.8-1.0 | |
| Blocks | While the block is in the process of being broken | hit | 0.37 | 0.5 | |
| Players | Falling on the block with fall damage | fall | 0.4 | 1.0 | |
| Players | Walking on the block | step | 0.3 | 1.0 | |
| Players | Jumping from the block | jump | 0.12 | 1.0 | |
| Players | Falling on the block without fall damage | land | 0.22 | 1.0 |
Data values
ID
| Name | Identifier | Translation key |
|---|---|---|
| ? | ? | ? |
| Name | Identifier | Numeric ID | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|
| ? | ? | ? | ? |
History
| classic | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 23, 2009 | Notch originally planned for spiders to produce webs. | ||||
| 0.26_SURVIVAL_TEST | File:Webblock.png Cobwebs have been added to the terrain.png file, but are not yet implemented as an object in the game. | ||||
| beta | |||||
| 1.5 | |||||
| The texture of cobwebs has been changed, having a string based texture instead of a white solid texture. | |||||
| Cobwebs now suffocate the player like solid blocks if entered. | |||||
| Cobwebs drop only string when broken using a sword. | |||||
| 1.7 | Cobwebs now drop string when broken using shears. | ||||
| Cobwebs no longer suffocate the player if entered. | |||||
| 1.8 | Pre-release | New structures have been introduced that incorporate cobwebs: abandoned mineshafts, especially dense near their cave spider spawners, and strongholds, especially in the libraries. | |||
| Java Edition | |||||
| 1.2.1 | 12w06a | Cobwebs now completely absorb all fall damage. | |||
| 1.4.4 | pre | Cobwebs no longer slow down flying players in creative. | |||
| 1.4.6 | 12w49a | Cobwebs can be now obtained in survival with the Silk Touch enchantment on shears or a sword. In survival mode, however, shears can be enchanted with Silk Touch to obtain cobwebs. | |||
| 1.9 | 15w43b | Cobwebs can now be found in igloo basements. | |||
| 15w47c | Silk Touch is no longer required to obtain cobweb when using shears. | ||||
| 15w49a | Cobwebs now catch ender pearls, snowballs, eggs, bottles o' enchanting and thrown potions as the corresponding dropped items. | ||||
| 15w49b | Cobwebs no longer catch thrown projectiles as dropped items. | ||||
| 1.11 | 16w39a | Cobwebs now generate in woodland mansions. | |||
| 1.13 | 17w47a | The ID has been changed from web to cobweb.
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| Prior to The Flattening, this block's numeral ID was 30. | |||||
| 1.14 | 18w43a | ||||
| Pocket Edition Alpha | |||||
| 0.5.0 | |||||
| Cobwebs are unobtainable without inventory editors. | |||||
| 0.8.0 | build 6 | Cobwebs have been added to the creative inventory. | |||
| 0.9.0 | build 1 | Cobwebs now spawn naturally in abandoned mineshafts. | |||
| Added smooth lighting to cobwebs. | |||||
| 0.12.1 | build 1 | Cobwebs can be now obtained in survival with the Silk Touch enchantment on shears. | |||
| Pocket Edition | |||||
| 1.0.0 | alpha 0.17.0.1 | Cobwebs can now be found in igloo basements. | |||
| 1.1.0 | alpha 1.1.0.0 | Cobwebs now generate in woodland mansions. | |||
| alpha 1.1.0.3 | Cobweb can now be crafted into 9 string. | ||||
| ? | Breaking cobweb no longer require shears with the Silk Touch enchantment. | ||||
| Bedrock Edition | |||||
| 1.10.0 | beta 1.10.0.3 | ||||
| Legacy Console Edition | |||||
| TU5 | CU1 | 1.0 | Patch 1 | ||
| TU57 | CU49 | 1.56 | Patch 27 | 1.0.7 | Webs can now be crafted into 9 string. |
| TU69 | 1.76 | Patch 38 | "Webs" have been renamed to "cobwebs". | ||
| 1.90 | |||||
| New Nintendo 3DS Edition | |||||
| 0.1.0 | |||||
Issues
Issues relating to "Cobweb" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.
Gallery
- Abandoned mineshaft with fences.png
Naturally occurring cobwebs in abandoned mineshafts.



