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Not to be confused with Honeycomb Block.
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Honey blocks are sticky blocks craftable from honey bottles.

Obtaining

Honey blocks can be broken instantly, regardless of held items.

Crafting

Ingredients Crafting recipe Description
Honey Bottle

Empty bottles remain in the crafting grid after crafting the honey block.

Usage

Entities touching the side of a honey block fall at a slower speed and do not take fall damage, similar to going down a ladder.

When pushed by a piston, entities on its top surface and adjacent blocks move with it. Mobs are not launched high in the air if a piston pushes them up, unlike the slime block's behavior.

Mobs avoid walking on honey blocks.

Unlike the slime block, the honey block does not carry a redstone signal.

Slowing down entities

Honey blocks slow down entities walking on top of them and prevent them from jumping. Players, who can ordinarily jump about 1 14 blocks high, can only jump about 316 blocks high on honey. They can more easily step up onto other blocks than jump up onto them.

Falling

As with hay bales, falling onto a honey block reduces the fall damage by 80%, i.e. the player or mob takes 20% of the normal fall damage.

Bees

When placed near beehives or bee nests, bees will occasionally fly close and attach to it for a few seconds, resembling an action of "eating honey". When doing this, a bee stops flattering wings and firmly attaches its face to a honey block.

This is regardless if there is any flower around.

History

Java Edition
September 28, 2019Honey Block Minecon 2019Honey Block Prerelease Honey blocks are announced at MINECON Live 2019.
Upcoming Java Edition
1.1519w41aFile:Honey Block Revision 1.png Added honey blocks.
Upcoming Bedrock Edition
1.14.0beta 1.14.0.1File:Honey Block BE.png Added honey blocks.

Issues

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

Trivia

  • Honey blocks are not full blocks, they are 14*14 pixels on each side. Small-enough entities (like arrows) are free to move through the gap between honey blocks.
    • Only when entities are partially “in” the honey block can they slide down against it.
  • In real life, bees do eat honey when temperature is low and flowers are difficult to find. Otherwise pollen is their primary food.
  • It traps you if you glide on its side using Elytra, although you can use Fireworks or a Trident enchanted with Riptide to boost yourself out of it.
  • It also prevent swimming if the water is shallow enough. But once you start swimming on it, you will be slowed.
  • Although it is sticky on top and sides, the bottom part doesn't do anything but still holds blocks.

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Notes

  1. Does not block light and mob spawning is possible.
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