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SolidLiquid

Comparison of Stone and Water blocks

Liquids are blocks that can, as the name suggests, flow and spread. There are currently only two liquids in Minecraft: Lava and Water.

How liquids work

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Lava seeping through one layer of dirt.

Liquids are cellular automata. The rules appear to be as follows:

Falling liquid

An air block below a liquid block is converted into a liquid block of that type. This happens faster for water than for lava.

Liquids that are suspended above an open area by one block thick of material will seep through the material and drip to the floor. Lava particles that are seeping do not cause damage or start fires. This makes digging upwards safer, since you can tell if you are near a pool of water/lava.

Liquid level

Each liquid block has a level value. Source blocks have a level of 0, and the maximum level depends on liquid type.

Note: The "level" value increases as the water is further from the source. A high level value means that the water is actually physically downhill.

Still liquids

To keep track of which blocks are actively flowing, Water and Lava each have a pair of block IDs. For water, there is Water (8) and Still Water (9). Still Water will stay in place until it receives a block update. Water updates periodically and will change itself to Still Water when it cannot spread any further.

Updating a block next to Still Water will turn it back to Water so it can spread some more.

If you edit either type of liquid block into your inventory, they will spread when placed, since placing a block causes updates.

Liquid block update cases

The state of a liquid block only updates in certain cases:

  • On creation
  • If one of the 6 neighboring blocks' state changes.
  • If its own level changes

State changes that cause an update include:

  • Adding or removing a block
  • A neighboring block's level changes
  • A redstone wire switches on or off

Liquid block update process

When a liquid block updates, it performs the following checks.

  • Check inward flow
If there is a liquid block of the same type above, set level to 1
Otherwise, reduce or increase level in steps of 1 so that it is 1 higher than the one of its 4 neighbouring block with the lowest level*
If level is increased past the max level, replace liquid block with air block.
Level cannot be decreased below 1

* This does not affect source blocks (level = 0)

  • Check outward flow
This only happens for liquid blocks of less than the max level value
Determine the shortest distance to a fall, but only scan 5 blocks distance*
If any of the directions tied for shortest have an air block, convert that air block to a liquid block with a level of 1 more than the current block)*

* This means that lava will flow towards a drop that it cannot reach.

Source creation

A water block is converted into a source block if both of the following conditions hold:

  • it is bordered by at least 2 water source blocks on the same horizontal level.
  • the block underneath is a solid block or (as of Minecraft 1.5) a water source block.

Lava source blocks cannot be created.

Mixing of liquids

If a liquid flows into a block occupied by another liquid, then the block turns into a solid block according to the following rules:

  • If Water flows into a Lava source block, then Obsidian is produced.
  • If Lava flows downward into Water, then Stone is produced.
  • if Water flows horizontally into downwards flowing Lava, nothing happens.
  • Otherwise, Cobblestone is produced.

When determining the shortest distance to a drop, other liquid blocks are assumed to be equal to air.

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History

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{{Extension DPL}}<ul><li>[[Bleach|Bleach]]<br/>{{education feature}}
{{Item
| image = Bleach.png
| renewable = No
| stackable = Yes (64)
}}

'''Bleach''' is an [[item]] used to [[dye]] things white. It is a [[compound]], as it is made using a [[lab table]].

== Obtaining ==
=== Lab Table ===

Bleach is not obtainable in the [[creative inventory]] or {{cmd|give}}. The only way to obtain it is using a [[lab table]].

{| class="wikitable"
! Result
! Materials Needed
|-
!rowspan=2|{{slot|Bleach}}<br>[[Bleach]]
|{{slot|Water (compound)|link=Compound}}{{slot|Water (compound)|link=Compound}}{{slot|Water (compound)|link=Compound}}{{slot|Sodium Hypochlorite|link=Compound}}{{slot|Sodium Hypochlorite|link=Compound}}{{slot|Sodium Hypochlorite|link=Compound}}
|-
|<center>[[Water (compound)|Water]] x3, [[Compound|Sodium Hypochlorite]] x3</center>
|}

== Usage ==
=== Crafting ingredient ===

{{crafting usage}}

== Sounds ==
{{Sound table
|type=bedrock
|sound=Fire.ogg
|source=sound
|description=When bleach is created by a lab table
|id=lt.reaction.fire
|volume=6.0
|pitch=0.7/0.9
|foot=1}}

== Data values ==
=== ID ===
{{ID table
|edition=bedrock
|shownumericids=y
|showforms=y
|notshowbeitemforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Bleach
|spritetype=item
|nameid=bleach
|id=596
|form=item
|foot=1}}

== History ==
{{History|bedrock}}
{{History||1.4.0|snap=beta 1.2.20.1|[[File:Bleach BE1.png|32px]] Added bleach.}}

{{History|education}}
{{History||1.0.27|[[File:Bleach BE1.png|32px]] Added bleach.}}
{{History|foot}}

== Trivia ==
*[[File:Bleach (compound).png|32px]] There is an [[History of textures/Unused textures#Unused compounds|unused bleach texture]] in the compounds folder of the chemistry resource pack, which is slightly different from the one used in the game.

== Issues ==

{{issue list}}

{{Items}}
{{Education Edition}}

[[Category:Dyes]]
[[Category:Non-renewable resources]]
[[Category:Education Edition items]]

[[de:Bleichmittel]]
[[es:Lejía]]
[[ja:漂白剤]]
[[ko:표백제]]
[[pl:Wybielacz]]
[[pt:Alvejante]]
[[zh:漂白剂]]
[[lzh:素精]]</li><li>[[Apple|Apple]]<br/>{{for}}
{{Item
| title = Apple
| image = Apple.png
| renewable = Yes
| heals = {{hunger|4}}
| stackable = Yes (64)
}}

'''Apples''' are [[food]] items that can be eaten by the [[player]].

== Obtaining ==

=== Block loot ===

Oak and dark oak [[leaves]] have 0.5% ({{frac|1|200}}) chance of dropping an apple when decayed or broken, but not if burned. Breaking leaves with a [[tool]] enchanted with the [[Fortune]] enchantment increases the chances of dropping an apple: 0.556% ({{frac|1|180}}) with Fortune I, 0.625% ({{frac|1|160}}) with Fortune II, and 0.833% ({{frac|1|120}}) with Fortune III.

=== Chest loot ===

{{LootChestItem|apple}}

=== Trading ===

Apprentice-level [[Trading#Farmer|farmer]] [[Villager|villagers]] have a 50% ({{frac|1|2}}){{only|bedrock}} or 66.7% ({{frac|2|3}}){{only|java}} chance of selling 4 apples as part of their trades.

== Usage ==
{{see also|Tutorials/Hunger management|title1=Hunger management}}

To eat an apple, press and hold {{control|use}} while it is selected in the hotbar. Eating one restores {{hunger|4}} [[hunger]] and 2.4 [[Hunger#Mechanics|saturation]].

=== Crafting ingredient ===
{{crafting usage}}

=== Composting ===
Placing an apple into a [[composter]] has a 65% ({{frac|13|20}}) chance of raising the compost level by 1.

== Sounds ==

{{Sound table/Entity/Food}}

== Data values ==

=== ID ===

{{edition|java}}:
{{ID table
|edition=java
|showforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Apple
|spritetype=item
|nameid=apple
|form=item
|foot=1}}

{{edition|bedrock}}:
{{ID table
|edition=bedrock
|shownumericids=y
|showforms=y
|notshowbeitemforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Apple
|spritetype=item
|nameid=apple
|id=257
|form=item
|foot=1}}

== Advancements ==
{{load advancements|Husbandry;A Balanced Diet}}

== History ==

{{History|java indev}}
{{History||0.31|snap=20091231-2|[[File:Apple JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added apples. 
|Apples are currently non-functional in this version.}}
{{History|||snap=20100110|Apples are now functional and are edible, restoring {{hp|2}}. They are intended to replace [[mushroom]]s, which were previously edible.}}
{{History|||snap=20100128|Apples now used to [[craft]] [[arrow]]s.}}
{{History|||snap=20100129|Apples no longer used to craft [[arrow]]s.}}
{{History||20100206|Apples now use the texture of [[golden helmet]]s.}}
{{History|java infdev}}
{{History||February 23, 2010|link=none|At the bottom of a [[crafting]] guide they made, a player named JTE jokingly indicated that [[Notch]] dropped an apple when killed, and that apples could be crafted into something called a "[[golden apple]]" – this was a joke on the fact that apples were totally unobtainable.<ref>http://www.minecraftforum.net/topic/2750582-the-secret-history-of-minecraft/</ref><ref name="JTECraftingGuide">https://echidnatribe.org/Minecraft/crafting.php (This is an unofficial recreation with the original domain)</ref>}}
{{History||20100227-1|Players named "[[Notch]]" now drop an apple when they die in addition to their [[inventory]].
|Apples are now used to craft golden apples.
|Apples now correctly use the apple texture again.}}
{{History||20100327|With the addition of the respawn feature, apples have become legitimately obtainable in Survival and renewable for players named "Notch".}}
{{History|java beta}}
{{History||1.8|snap=Pre-release|Apples can now be found in the new [[stronghold]] storeroom [[chest]]s, making them obtainable in normal [[Survival]] gameplay for the first time.
|Apples now restore {{hunger|4}} instead of {{hp|4}}.
|Apples are now stackable.}}
{{History|java}}
{{History||1.0.0|snap=Beta 1.9 Prerelease 3|Apples are now found in the new stronghold altar chests.}}
{{History||1.1|snap=11w48a|Oak [[leaves]] now have a 1/200 chance of dropping an apple when destroyed, making apples fully [[renewable]].}}
{{History|||snap=12w01a|Apples are now found in the new [[village]] blacksmith chests.}}
{{History||1.3.1|snap=12w16a|Apples can now be found in the new [[bonus chest]]s.}}
{{History|||snap=12w18a|"[[Notch]]" players no longer drop apples when they die.}}
{{History|||snap=12w21a|Farmer [[villager]]s now [[trade|sell]] 5 apples for 1 [[emerald]].
|Apples are now used to craft [[enchanted golden apple]]s.}}
{{History||1.4.2|snap=12w37a|[[File:Apple JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The apple's texture has been changed: the [[item]] sprite no longer has a dark outline and now has a more detailed look.}}
{{History||1.5|snap=13w09b|The [[Fortune]] enchantment now increases the chance of dropping apples.}}
{{History||1.7.2|snap=13w43a|Added [[dark oak]] leaves, which drop apples.}}
{{history||1.9|snap=15w43a|Apples may now be found in [[igloo]] basement chests.}}
{{history|||snap=15w44a|Average yield of apples has been slightly increased in bonus chests.
|Apples can no longer be used to craft enchanted golden apples.}}
{{History||1.11|snap=16w33a|Farmer villagers now sell 5–7 apples for 1 emerald.}}
{{History||1.13|snap=17w47a|Prior to [[1.13/Flattening|''The Flattening'']], this item's numeral ID was 260.}}
{{History||1.14|snap=18w43a|[[File:Apple JE3 BE3.png|32px]] The texture of apples has been changed.}}
{{History|||snap=18w48a|Apples can now be found in [[chest]]s in [[plains]] village houses.}}
{{History|||snap=19w03a|Placing an apple into the new [[composter]] has a 50% chance of raising the compost level by 1.}}
{{History|||snap=19w05a|Apples now have a 65% chance of increasing the compost level in a composter by 1.}}

{{History|pocket alpha}}
{{History||v0.4.0|[[File:Apple JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added apples.}}
{{History||v0.5.0|Apples now restore {{hp|4}} instead of {{hp|2}}.}}
{{History||v0.8.0|snap=build 1|[[File:Apple JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The apple's texture has been changed: the item sprite no longer has a dark outline and now has a more detailed look.}}
{{History||v0.12.1|snap=build 1|Added apples to the [[Creative inventory]].
|Apples are now stackable.
|Apples now restore {{hunger|4}} instead of {{hp|4}}.
|The [[Fortune]] [[enchantment]] can now be used to increase chance of dropping apples.
|Apples can now be used to craft golden apples and enchanted golden apples.}}
{{History||v0.15.0|snap=build 1|Apples can now be used to feed [[horse]]s.}}
{{History|pocket}}
{{History||1.0.0|snap=alpha 0.17.0.1|Apples can now be found inside [[igloo]] chests.}}
{{History||1.0.4|snap=alpha 1.0.4.0|Farmer villagers now sell 5-7 apples for 1 emerald.}}
{{History|bedrock}}
{{History||1.2.0|snap=beta 1.2.0.2|Apples can no longer be used to craft enchanted golden apples.
|Apples can now be found inside bonus chests.}}
{{History||1.10.0|snap=beta 1.10.0.3|Apples can now be found in [[plains]] village weaponsmith chests and plains house chests.
|[[File:Apple JE3 BE3.png|32px]] The texture of apples has been changed.}}
{{History||1.11.0|snap=beta 1.11.0.1|Apples can now be found in [[desert]], [[savanna]], [[taiga]] and [[snowy taiga]] village weaponsmith chests.
|Apples can now be used to fill up composters.}}
{{History|||snap=beta 1.11.0.4|Farmer villagers now sell 4 apples as part of their second tier trades.}}

{{History|console}}
{{History||xbox=TU1|wiiu=Patch 1|[[File:Apple JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added apples.}}
{{History||xbox=TU5|Apples are now stackable.
|Apples now restore {{hunger|4}} instead of {{hp|4}}.}}
{{History||xbox=TU12|ps=1.03|[[File:Apple JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The apple's texture has been changed: the item sprite no longer has a dark outline and now has a more detailed look.}}
{{History||xbox=none|xbone=none|ps=1.90|wiiu=none|switch=none|[[File:Apple JE3 BE3.png|32px]] The texture of apples has been changed.}}

{{History|New 3DS}}
{{History||0.1.0|[[File:Apple JE2 BE2.png|32px]] Added apples.}}
{{History|foot}}

== Issues ==
{{issue list}}

== Trivia ==
*Prior to the texture update in Java Edition 1.4.2, the sprite of the apple was the same one used in [[Notch]]'s game ''[[Legend of the Chambered]]''.
*Before it was added to ''Minecraft'', apples dropping from trees was already a feature in ''[[Minicraft]]''.

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
Apple in Stronghold.png|An apple found in a stronghold chest.
Apple Item.png|An apple that dropped from decaying leaves.
Obtaining an apple by trading.png|Obtaining apples via villager trading.
File:Candy Apple (Trails and Tales Summer Event) Render.png|The Candy Apple, an item featured in the [[Trails & Tales Event]].
</gallery>

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External Links ==
*[https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/taking-inventory-apple Taking Inventory: Apple] – Minecraft.net on November 23, 2018

{{items}}

[[Category:Plants]]
[[Category:Food]]
[[Category:Renewable resources]]

[[cs:Jablko]]
[[de:Apfel]]
[[es:Manzana]]
[[fr:Pomme]]
[[hu:Alma]]
[[it:Mela]]
[[ja:リンゴ]]
[[ko:사과]]
[[nl:Appel]]
[[pl:Jabłko]]
[[pt:Maçã]]
[[ru:Яблоко]]
[[th:แอปเปิ้ล]]
[[uk:Яблуко]]
[[zh:苹果]]</li></ul>
Beta 1.9-pre1Liquid that is suspended above an open area by one block thick of material will seep through the material and drip to the floor. Lava that falls onto water will produce stone, instead of replacing the water.
Beta 1.9-pre5A lava block could be converted into a source block if the following conditions were met:
  • it is bordered by 4 lava sources in a cross-like arrangement
  • the 4 sources are on the same horizontal level as it
  • there is a solid, opaque block underneath it
?Lava source blocks can no longer be created.

Gallery

Trivia

  • Natural springs of both liquids can be found in Extreme Hills biomes. They can also appear as small pools at the surface or in underground caves.
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