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Horses are mobs that can be tamed and bred. Their creation was assisted by DrZhark (John Olarte), creator of the Mo' Creatures mod. As a result, the horses are similar to those in the mod.[1]

Once a horse is tamed and a saddle is attached, it can be controlled with standard directional controls and the mouse. Different variations of horse armor can be put onto horses. They can be tied to fence posts using a lead. There are different breeds of horses, similar to the different breeds of cats. A foal's growth can be accelerated via the use of apples, wheat, sugar, bread, golden apples and hay bales. The Zombie and Skeleton Horse are only possible to get from MC edit, unless they release it in regular Minecraft.

Spawning

Unlike most other passive mobs, horses can only spawn in plains and savannas. Because of this, horses are seemingly less common than other mobs, although within those biomes they spawn just as regularly as any other. Horses spawn in herds, ranging from a minimum of 2 to a maximum of 6. All members of any given herd will have the same base coat colour, although individual markings can vary. All skin pattern variations of horses, including donkeys, have an equal chance of being spawned, although donkeys are seemingly less common. This natural spawn does not include mules, which can only be spawned in survival by cross-breeding a horse of any variation and a donkey. Like most mobs, horses can be spawned in creative mode via spawn eggs. The pattern of the horse that is spawned using the egg is completely random and cannot be controlled; this variation includes donkeys, who do not have their own spawn egg. Just like in survival, mules cannot be naturally found or spawned via a spawn egg; they must be bred from horses and donkeys.

Appearance

HorseBreeds

All 35 breeds of horses.

There are currently 5 variations of the horse mob in the game, where the variations are normal horses, donkeys, mules, skeleton horses, and zombie horses. Each variation has unique features and markings, and a foal version. Unlike wolves and ocelots, the appearances of horses do not change once they have been tamed, though tame horses may be differentiated from wild horses if they have been given equipment.

Horse

File:HorseInv.png

Horse

Horses all feature the same stocky build and can be 1 of 7 base colors: white, buckskin, dark bay, bay, black, dapple gray, and flaxen chestnut. Horses also have a secondary coloring known as markings. There are 5 different marking variations: no markings, stockings and blaze, snowflake appaloosa, paint and sooty. In total, there are 35 possible horse coat combinations taking into consideration all base colors and markings. (For entity data values, see Horse Variants.)

Donkey

Donkey

Donkey

Donkeys are smaller all around than the normal horses and sport long, erect ears. Their manes do not protrude, but rather are drawn directly on the back of their heads and necks. All donkeys have grey-brown coats with darker ankles, ears, manes, and tails. Donkeys cannot be equipped with horse armor, but can be equipped with chests to store items. Its storage contains 15 slots.

Mule

Mule

Mule

Mules, the offspring of interbred horses and donkeys, are closer to (but are not quite) the size of a normal horse. However, their ears, coats, and manes are like those of the donkey, though the mules’ coats are darker and reddish-brown in color. Like donkeys, mules cannot be equipped with armor, but can be equipped with chests.

All mules are sterile, meaning they cannot breed.

Undead horse

File:Undeadhorse.png

Undead horse

Undead horses, or zombie horses, appear to be the counterpart of zombies. Like zombies, undead horses are green-skinned on account of their leathery-looking rotten flesh, and their eyes are completely black. Undead horses can neither be tamed nor mounted. Undead horses make a low-pitched screaming noise when killed.

Undead horses are unobtainable in Minecraft without external or third-party editors, and as of 13w36a, undead horses can obtained by using the command string /summon EntityHorse ~0 ~0 ~0 {Type:3}. It's also possible to obtain a tamed and rideable one using the following command string: /summon EntityHorse ~0 ~0 ~0 {Type:3, SaddleItem:{id:329}, Tame:1}.

Skeleton horse

File:Skeletonhorse.png

Skeleton horse

Skeleton horses are comprised of white bones, though it still maintains the general structure of a normal horse. This is reminiscent of skeletons, which are also composed only of bones. Skeleton horses cannot be mounted nor tamed. Skeleton horses make the same noise as a normal horse when killed, but lower-pitched.

Skeleton horses are unobtainable in Minecraft without external or third-party editors, and as of 13w36a, skeleton horses can obtained by using the command string /summon EntityHorse ~0 ~0 ~0 {Type:4}. It's also possible to obtain a tamed and rideable one using the following command string: /summon EntityHorse ~0 ~0 ~0 {Type:4, SaddleItem:{id:329}, Tame:1}.

Usage

Tamed horses can be used as one of the fastest means of transportation in the game. They can also be used to climb hills, as horses can jump very high. Donkeys and mules can be equipped with chests and used as pack animals. However, horses are difficult to ride in confined areas like jungles, and in water more than 2 blocks deep.

Skeleton and undead horses are currently of little use to the player because they cannot be tamed, but their appearances and their respective similarities to skeletons and zombies suggest that they may be intended as hostile mobs.

Behavior

HorseHerd

Horses in herds spawned by the game will usually all be the same color.

Horses and donkeys spawn in plains and savannas in the Overworld in herds of as few as 2 individuals. Horse herds seem to be somewhat rarer than groups of other passive animal mobs such as cows or sheep. Donkey herds are even more uncommon. There is little variation within naturally spawned herds; foals may spawn alongside adult horses, but coat types all tend to be similar. For normal horse herds, the animals will have the same base coat color, though markings may differ.

Mules, skeleton horses, and undead horses do not spawn naturally. Mules can be acquired through breeding. Currently, undead horses and skeleton horses can only be brought into the game by editing the region files with third party editing programs.

All horses will roam idly, occasionally stopping to rear, swish their tails, or lower their heads as though eating the grass. Unlike sheep, the eating animation does not actually cause any grass to be consumed. If a player comes near, the horses may turn to look at them. Any horse, even a wild one, will allow itself to be attached to a lead without protest. However, if the player attempts to saddle an untamed horse, it will rear and flail its front hooves, though this causes no damage to the player. Horses remain passive even when hit. The appearances of the undead and skeleton horses suggest that they could possibly be intended as hostile mobs, but at this time they are completely passive if spawned.

Horses will also open their mouths and make noises that depend on the particular horse’s variation. Normal horses make neighs and whinnies, while donkeys and mules, which use the same audio, emit brays. Skeleton horses make various metallic sounds. Zombie horses make several ominous moaning sounds.

Horses are hydrophobic, will throw the rider off if swimming in water deeper than 2 blocks, and then will be difficult to coax back onto land or water shallow enough to remount. Players can build a few blocks underneath the horse to get it on dry land, or try to push it. But the player swimming in deeper water while leading a horse is no problem; keep that in mind as a solution when having to cross deep water rivers.

Taming

Adult horses, donkeys, and mules can be tamed; foals, skeleton horses, and zombie horses cannot. It is necessary to tame a horse in order to breed it, give it equipment, or ride it for any length of time.

To tame a wild horse, approach it and right click on it with an empty hand. You will climb on top of it, and will likely be thrown off. After a few attempts, it will allow you to remain on it and will give off heart animations. At this point you can dismount it by pressing the sneak key and place a saddle on it, or you can place a saddle without using the sneak key at all by right-clicking on the horse with the saddle in hand. Horses can also be saddled by opening your inventory while mounted and moving the saddle to the appropriate slot in the horse's inventory.

The chance of successful taming on the first try is almost 0%, yet it can be done. Taming on the first attempt is very rare. After the first attempt without taming the horse, the chances increase by about 5%, and usually one can then tame a horse after about 5-6 attempts. Taming can be sped up by feeding the horse any of the approved foods when you are standing next to it - see column "Taming prob." in the table below.

Breeding

Feeding tamed horses golden apples or a golden carrot will activate love mode.[2] Depending on the variations of the parent horses, the offspring can be one of several types. The offspring will be more spindly than their adult versions and will grow progressively larger with time until they reach their full size. Breeding horses tend towards average horses and the best horses are found in the wild or spawned through spawn eggs.

The offspring will not automatically belong to the player who owns its parents. Rather, it will be born as an untamed horse and will need to be tamed if the player wants the benefits of ownership. It will not be tamable until it has grown into an adult, a process which takes approximately 20 minutes. If the player does not want to wait, the foal can be fed to make it mature faster (Golden Apples mature the offspring faster than Golden Carrots). See table below.

The offspring’s health bar will always shows 26 hearts even though its real health is lower (and never exceeds 15 hearts). This glitch can be fixed by reloading the world. A foal has an attachment to its birth-mother, unless you kill her (in which case it will move to another available horse).

Horse

Breeding two horses produces a horse foal. Usually the new foal has the color of either of its parents. One out of nine times it will take on an uncorrelated color (this color could still be the same as the parents', slightly reducing the probability of the new color being different). Markings are supposed to work likewise, but due to a bug the foal will only ever have the markings of one of its parents. [3]

Mule

Mules cannot be found in the wild. Mules can only be bred between a horse and a donkey.

Donkey

Breeding two donkeys creates a donkey foal. Since all donkeys have the same texture, the offspring will look exactly like its parents when it is fully grown.

Foods

Feeding a horse food can alter its behavior, cause it to grow (if it is not yet an adult), and/or restore its health. The table below lists the effects of the various foods horses will take. The two undead horses cannot be fed, even if spawned tame with an editor. Horses can only be fed when their health is low or are untamed by holding the feed and right clicking (similar to other animals). If a horse does not need feeding or if the food is invalid, the player will just mount the horse instead of feeding it.

Food Heals Speeds growth by Increases taming prob. Notes
Sugar 1♥ 30 sec +3%
Wheat 2♥ 1 min +3%
Apple 3♥♥ 1 min +3%
Golden Carrot 4♥♥ 1 min +5% Activates love mode in tamed horses.
Bread 7♥♥♥♥ 3 min +3%
Golden Apple 10♥♥♥♥♥ 4 min +10% Activates love mode in tamed horses.
Hay Bale 20♥ × 10 3 min -

Note: it takes 20 minutes for a newborn foal to grow into an adult.

Effects

Effects can be placed on tame horses by using splash potions. Splash potions have to be thrown at a distance from the player at the horses, or the player will mount on the horses. However, should the player decide to mount a horse, the player can still throw splash potions to give the horses effects, but it will also be applied to the player.

Effects can only be seen on the horses through the particles, not through accessing the inventory of a horse, like effects would appear in a player's inventory menu. Like any other mob, horses cannot drink milk, so horses are unable to be cured.

Effects can also be given to donkeys, mules, and both versions of undead horses.

Creative mode

The health GUI for horses, mules, and donkeys show up when the player is in Survival Mode and Adventure Mode. The only other GUIs that appear in Creative Mode for horses, mules, and donkeys is the jump bar.

Equipment

Donkey UI

Donkey UI

13w21a-new-HorseUI-inventory

Horse UI

Tamed horses can be equipped with saddles, horse armor (normal horses only), or chests (donkeys or mules only). Foals cannot be equipped with anything. Skeleton horses and zombie horses cannot be tamed, but if spawned tame with an editor they can be equipped with saddles only.

Equipment can be placed on a horse by holding it and then right clicking on the horse, or by accessing its inventory. A horse’s inventory can be accessed by mounting the horse and opening the player inventory or by holding down shift and then right-clicking on the horse. (Note that right-clicking without holding down shift will cause the player to mount the horse.) A normal horse’s inventory will only have 2 slots, 1 for a saddle and 1 for horse armor. A donkey or mule will only have a saddle slot originally, but if it is given a chest, it will acquire 15 more inventory slots that can hold anything the player wishes.

Chests can only be given to a donkey or a mule by right-clicking on the donkey or mule with the chest in hand, and afterwards the chest cannot be removed, except by killing the donkey or mule. Upon death, the donkey or mule will drop the attached chest and its contents.

Even a wild horse can be attached to a lead, which can then be tied to a fence post to keep the horse from wandering. Leads are attached by holding it in hand and then right-clicking on the horse.

Riding

Once you have tamed a horse and put a saddle on it, you can control it with standard directional controls and the mouse (Please note that a horse can be mounted without a saddle, but can not be controlled, similarly to how a pig with a saddle can not be controlled without a Carrot on a Stick).

Horses can be made to jump, and holding the jump key allows you to charge your jump. Horses are not affected by Jump Boost beacons. Sneaking causes you to dismount, as does going in water deeper than two blocks.

Horse jump bar

Empty:
Horse jump bar empty

Full:
Horse jump bar full

When you mount a horse, the hunger bar and oxygen bar are replaced by the horse's health in survival or adventure mode. It uses a slightly different heart texture than the player's health bar. The experience bar is replaced by the horse jump bar, which gauges how high you jump. The maximum jumping height, which is reached when the bar is fully charged as you release the spacebar, depends on the horse you ride. It seems to range from about 1.2 to 5.5 blocks high. As each horse has different statistics, it is difficult to gauge the maximum distance, but testing has revealed that certain horses can jump distances of 12 blocks.

You can use any item while riding a horse, including drinking or throwing potions, activating doors or redstone devices, or using chests, crafting tables, and furnaces. You can also break and place blocks, use a sword, and fire arrows.

When running forward, you will start at a slow walk and build to a speed faster than sprinting. You will automatically run up any one block high slope. You are three blocks tall while on a horse, but you can ride under 2 block tall areas, causing your head to pass through blocks. This causes suffocation damage, except when passing through non-solid blocks. You are slightly wider than one block, and are unable to walk through one block wide gaps. However, due to the horse's length, you can run over any one block gap. It also appears you can run across a two block gap at high speeds, but this does not seem to work all of the time.

Virtually all horses appear to be able to go faster than a minecart when both are moving at full speed. Some seem to be quite dramatically faster than a minecart. This can be combined with speed potions and the Nether to make the horse easily the fastest practical way to travel in Minecraft (around 130 m/s Earth-equivalent in The Nether). The speed of a horse is irrespective of its outward appearance. In order to find a fast horse, you have to tame multiple individuals and compare them.

Horses are very slow moving backwards, and about as fast as the player when moving sideways. Therefore, turning around is quite preferable to moving backwards or sideways.

Health, Jump Height, Speed

All horses have three "equine stats" which vary from horse to horse: health, jump height and (maximum) speed. The stats are created once the horse is born and are not affected by food. The different horse types use different formulas for each:

  • Health runs from 15 to 30, with most around the average of 22.5.
  • Jump strength is from 0.4 to 1.0 in internal units (but tending toward the average of 0.7.)
  • Maximum speed is from 0.1125 to 0.3375 (but tending toward the average of 0.225.) This is in internal units. By comparison, the player's walking speed is 0.1 in the same units.
    • The speed in blocks/second is a bit over 43 times the internal value, but can be affected by various conditions.
  • Donkeys are spawned with 15 to 30 health, 0.175 movement speed and 0.5 jump strength.

The above applies to naturally spawned horses. When breeding two horses, the foal's stats are determined by averaging both parent's stats with a third set, randomly determined as above. (That is, add both parents' stats with the random value, and divide by 3).

On multiplayer, it is possible to easily figure out which of two horses (owned and ridden by different players) is faster. Each rider needs to apply a lead to the other horse, then play 'tug of war'. The stronger horse will be faster. This can be seen in this video, along with a simple horse garage, and the world's slowest horse.

Video

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History

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4 April 2013
Jeb hints at adding horses when Minecraft hit 10,000,000 sales.
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{{Extension DPL}}<ul><li>[[Water|Water]]<br/>{{About|the fluid|the bucket|Water Bucket|other forms of water}}
{{Fluid
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Water BE.png|Bedrock Edition
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'''Water''' is a [[fluid]] that naturally generates abundantly in the [[Overworld]].

== Obtaining ==
Water blocks do not exist as items,{{only|java}} but water can be collected by using a [[bucket]] on a water source block or a full water [[cauldron]], creating a [[water bucket]].

{{IN|BE}}, it may be obtained as an item via inventory editing or add-ons.

=== Natural generation ===
Water naturally generates in the [[Overworld]] to form [[ocean]]s, [[river]]s and [[spring]]s. The water level is at [[altitude|layer 63]] near oceans and rivers, but changes depending on location due to the [[aquifer]] system, filling some carvers, noise caves and canyons with water at different levels. Water also generates as small puddles on the floor next to [[dripstone cluster]]s, and as clay pools on the floor of [[lush caves]].

Water also generates in [[village]]s, [[desert well]]s, [[stronghold]]s, [[woodland mansion]]s, [[ancient city|ancient cities]] and [[ocean monument]]s. 

Water never generates in [[the Nether]] and instantly disappears if placed there with a water bucket. However, water can exist in the Nether in a [[cauldron]]. Water can also be placed in the Nether using [[commands]] such as {{cmd|setblock}} and {{cmd|fill}}. Although it does not naturally generate there, water can be placed and function normally in [[the End]].

{{IN|be}}, water also generates as part of [[ocean ruins]] with loot [[chest]]s, but only two water blocks generate: 
* One water block generates inside the loot chest, making it a [[Waterlogging|waterlogged]] loot chest.
* The other water block generates on top of the loot chest.
These water blocks generate even if the ruin is located on the surface.<ref>{{bug|MCPE-36793}}</ref> This is not the case in {{el|je}}; if an underwater ruin generates on the surface, no water generates.<ref>{{bug|MC-136156}}</ref> This also happens with [[shipwreck]]s.

Water spends most of its time as stationary, rather than flowing – regardless of its level, or whether it contains a current downward or to the side. When specifically triggered by a block update, water changes to 'flowing', updates its level, then changes back to stationary. Water springs are generated as flowing, and oceans, and rivers are generated as stationary. This happens before most types of generated structure are created, and the main cause of water "glitches" is that generated structures do not trigger a block update to let water flow into them.

== Usage ==
=== Appearance ===
Water uses a translucent animated texture that is tinted differently in different biomes. {{IN|Java}}, water in cauldrons is completely opaque.<ref>{{bug|MC-13187}}</ref>

Unlike other translucent blocks such as [[ice]], [[stained glass]] and [[tinted glass]], water shows the opposite sides of its external planes when viewed from within and from outside.<ref>{{bug|MC-202578|||WAI}}</ref> However, it applies only to the top plane and four side planes; the bottom face is always unseen from above.<ref>{{bug|MC-190053}}</ref>

=== Swimming ===
{{main|Swimming}}

The button for {{control|swim|text=swimming}} is the same as the button for jumping; non-swimming players and mobs sink slowly in water. Holding the swim button raises the player through the water, and when the surface is reached, the player bobs up and down. The {{control|crouch}} button can be used to sink faster. The {{control|sprint}} button can be used to put the player in "swim mode" when the player is completely submerged in water. When in swim mode, the player is horizontal and one block high. The player has an arm-waving animation when viewed in third person or by other players.

Swimming in water is considerably slower against currents (see [[#Current|Current]] below), but faster when going with the current.

Most mobs that can stand can also swim any time they are in water, except for [[iron golem]]s, [[piglin]]s, [[hoglin]]s, [[strider]]s, [[piglin brute]]s and undead mobs. This can lead to drowning if the water is falling from above.

Water of any depth prevents any entity, including the player, from sustaining falling damage if they fall into it, regardless of the distance fallen.

Being inside of water also imparts a [[fog]] effect, tinted accordingly.

=== Spreading ===
{{Main|Fluid#Spread}}
[[File:Water spread v1-13.png|300px|right|An image showing water's spreading distance]]
Water spreads horizontally and downward into nearby [[air]] blocks. Water can spread downward infinitely until stopped by a block, and 7 blocks horizontally from a source block on a flat surface. Water spreads at a rate of 1 block every 5 game ticks, or 4 blocks per second.

When spreading horizontally, a weight is assigned to every direction water can flow. For each direction, this weight is initially set to 1000. Then, for every adjacent block it can flow into it tries to find a way down that is reachable in four or fewer blocks from the block it wants to flow to. When found, the flow weight for that direction is set to the shortest path distance to the way down. Finally, water spreads in the directions with the lowest flow weight.

Spreading water extinguishes [[fire]] and washes away certain types of items or placed blocks, causing them to drop as items and then carrying them along in the flow until the edge of the spread. Affected items include [[plant]]s (except trees), [[snow]], [[torch]]es, [[carpet]]s, [[redstone dust]] and some other redstone components, [[cobweb]], [[end rod]]s, [[head]]s, and [[flower pot]]s.

==== Flow arrangement tables ====
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=== Source blocks ===
{{anchor|Water Spawner}} <!-- Compatibility anchor -->
{{about|the behavior and creation of source units of water|the removed block that created water sources|Water Spawner|section=1}}
A water source block is created from a flowing block that is horizontally adjacent to two or more other source blocks, and sitting on top of a solid block or another water source block. This allows water spawners to exist, in which a new source block immediately forms in the space left by removing a source block with a [[bucket]]. Pools of still water can be created by placing water source blocks in a confined area.

Water spawners can be constructed by arranging for two source blocks to flow into a third block. Each of the examples below require two source blocks, each on opposite ends of the hole, to create a renewable water source block in between.

While water source blocks only generate adjacent to solid blocks, they do not require a solid block to support them. Removing all adjacent blocks to a water source block only causes it to remain floating in the air.

{{IN|java}}, the formation of new water sources blocks can be disabled when the [[game rule]] {{cd|waterSourceConversion}} is set to {{cd|false}}.

<gallery>
2x2 water source.png|2x2 water spawner (every corner is renewable)
3x1 water source.png|3x1 water spawner (middle water block is renewable)
L-shaped water source.png|L-shaped water spawner (corner water block is renewable)
</gallery>

A [[dispenser]] loaded with a filled [[bucket]] places a water source block in an empty block in front of it when activated. A dispenser loaded with an empty bucket and a water source right in front of it sucks the source into the bucket when activated.

In snowy [[biome]]s, water source blocks have a chance to turn into [[ice]] if directly under the sky. Ice blocks under brighter light levels melt back into water source blocks (except in [[the Nether]]). Ice reverts to water when broken, but only if there is a solid block under it.

=== Current ===
The current in a water block determines both the direction it appears to flow and the direction an [[entity]] such as a player or [[boat]] is pushed from that block.

Water with a current pushes players and [[mob]]s at a speed of about 1.39 meters per second, or 25 blocks every 18 seconds. Players that are in creative flying mode don’t get pushed.{{only|je}}<ref>{{bug|MCPE-84592}}</ref>

The horizontal current in a water block is based on a vector sum of the flows to and from that block from its four horizontal neighbors. For example, if a block receives water from the north and sends it both south and east, but borders a solid block on its west edge, then a south-southeast current exits from that block, because 2 southward flows (in and out) are combined with 1 eastward flow (out). Thus, 16 horizontal directions are possible. If a branch in a channel is 2 blocks wide at its entrance, then entities float into it rather than continuing in a straight line.

Water blocks can create a downward current. A downward current in a water block is caused by the block below it. Most blocks that do not have a solid upper face cause downward current on above water blocks. Also, ice and falling water blocks (blocks created by spreading downward) cause downward current on the water block above. Falling water blocks have a downward current by default.

=== Light ===
{{IN|bedrock}}, every block of water reduces [[light]] by 1 extra level (in addition to the normal fading-out of light). {{IN|java}}, water does not cause any additional decrease for block light, but diffuses sky light, causing the light to fade with depth. Underwater visibility changes depending on the biome the player is in. The [[Night Vision]] and [[Conduit Power]] effects increase underwater visibility.

=== Color ===
Water has several colors, depending on the biome.

==== Java Edition ====
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|-
!Biome!!Water color!!Water fog color!!Block
|-
|{{BiomeSprite|Plains|text=Default (biomes not listed below)}}||{{color|#3F76E4}}||{{color|#050533}}||[[File:Plains Water JE.png|32px]]
|-
|{{BiomeLink|Swamp}}||{{color|#617B64}}||{{color|#232317}}||[[File:Swamp Water.png|32px]]
|-
|{{BiomeLink|Lukewarm Ocean}}<br>{{BiomeLink|Deep Lukewarm Ocean}}||{{color|#45ADF2}}||{{color|#041633}}||[[File:Lukewarm Ocean Water JE.png|32px]]
|-
|{{BiomeLink|Warm Ocean}}||{{color|#43D5EE}}||{{color|#041F33}}||[[File:Warm Ocean Water JE.png|32px]]
|-
|{{BiomeLink|Cold Ocean}}<br>{{BiomeLink|Deep Cold Ocean}}<br>{{BiomeLink|Snowy Taiga}}<br>{{BiomeLink|Snowy Beach}}||{{color|#3D57D6}}||{{color|#050533}}||[[File:Cold Ocean Water JE.png|32px]]
|-
|{{BiomeLink|Frozen River}}<br>{{BiomeLink|Frozen Ocean}}<br>{{BiomeLink|Deep Frozen Ocean}}||{{color|#3938C9}}||{{color|#050533}}||[[File:Frozen Ocean Water JE.png|32px]]
|-
|{{BiomeLink|Meadow}}||{{color|#0E4ECF}}||{{color|#050533}}||[[File:Meadow Water.png|32px]]
|-
|{{BiomeLink|Mangrove Swamp}}||{{color|#3A7A6A}}||{{color|#4D7A60}}|||[[File:Mangrove Swamp Water.png|32px]]
|-
|{{BiomeLink|Cherry Grove}}||{{color|#5DB7EF}}||{{color|#5DB7EF}}||[[File:Cherry Grove Water.png|32px]]
|}

==== Bedrock Edition====
Biome tints
<!--[[File:Water color.png|500px|thumb|center|From left to right - Badlands Plateau, Birch Forest and Snowy Taiga]]-->
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" data-description="Water Color in Bedrock Edition" 
! Biome
!Water Surface Color
! Water Fog Color
!Water Fog Distance
!Water Surface Transparency
!Block
|-
|Default<br>(biomes not listed below)
|{{color|#44aff5}}||{{color|#44aff5}}||15||65%||[[File:Water BE.png|32px]]
|-
|{{BiomeLink|Sunflower Plains}}<br>{{BiomeLink|Plains}}
|{{color|#44aff5}}||{{color|#44aff5}}||60||-||[[File:Water BE.png|32px]]
|-
|{{BiomeLink|Desert}}
|{{color|#32a598}}||{{color|#32a598}}||60||-||[[File:Desert Water.png|32px]]
|-
|{{BiomeLink|Mountains}}
|{{color|#007BF7}}||{{color|#007BF7}}||-||-||[[File:Mountains Water.png|32px]]
|-
|{{BiomeLink|Forest}}
|{{color|#1e97f2}}||{{color|#1e97f2}}||60||-||[[File:Forest Water.png|32px]]
|-
|{{BiomeLink|Flower Forest}}
|{{color|#20a3CC}}||{{color|#20a3CC}}||60||-||[[File:Flower Forest Water.png|32px]]
|-
| {{BiomeLink|Taiga}}
| {{color|#287082}}||{{color|#287082}}||60||-||[[File:Taiga Water.png|32px]]
|-
|{{BiomeLink|Taiga Mountains}}
|{{color|#1e6B82}}||{{color|#1e6B82}}||-||-||[[File:Taiga Mountains Water.png|32px]]
|-
|{{BiomeLink|Swamp}}
|{{color|#4c6559}}||{{color|#4c6559||30||100%||[[File:Swamp Water BE.png|32px]]
|-
| {{BiomeLink|River}}
|{{color|#0084ff}}||{{color|#0084ff}}||60||-||[[File:River Water.png|32px]]
|-
|{{BiomeLink|Nether Wastes}}<br>{{BiomeLink|Warped Forest}}<br>{{BiomeLink|Crimson Forest}}<br>{{BiomeLink|Soul Sand Valley}}
|{{color|#905957}}||{{color|#905957}}||15||-||[[File:Nether Water.png|32px]]
|-
|{{BiomeLink|Basalt Deltas}}
|{{color|#3f76e4}}||{{color|#423e42}}||15||-||[[File:Basalt Deltas Water.png|32px]]
|-
|{{BiomeLink|The End}}
| {{color|#62529e}}||{{color|#62529e}}||-||-||[[File:The End Water.png|32px]]
|-
|{{BiomeLink|Frozen River}}
|{{color|#185390}}||{{color|#185390}}||60||-||[[File:Frozen River Water.png|32px]]
|-
|{{BiomeLink|Snowy Tundra}}<br>{{BiomeLink|Ice Spikes}}
|{{color|#14559b}}||{{color|#14559b}}||-||-||[[File:Ice Spikes Water.png|32px]]
|-
| {{BiomeLink|Mushroom Fields}}
|{{color|#8a8997}}||{{color|#8a8997}}||-||-||[[File:Mushroom Fields Water.png|32px]]
|-
|{{BiomeLink|Beach}}
| {{color|#157cab}}||{{color|#157cab}}||60||-||[[File:Beach Water.png|32px]]
|-
|{{BiomeLink|Mountain Edge}}
|{{color|#045cd5}}||{{color|#045cd5}}||-||-||[[File:Mountain Edge Water.png|32px]]
|-
|{{BiomeLink|Jungle}}<br>{{BiomeLink|Bamboo Jungle}}
|{{color|#14a2c5}}||{{color|#14a2c5||60<br>15||-||[[File:Jungle Water.png|32px]]
|-
|{{BiomeLink|Jungle Edge}}
| {{color|#0D8AE3}}||{{color|#0D8AE3}}||-||-||[[File:Jungle Edge Water.png|32px]]
|-
|{{BiomeLink|Stone Shore}}
|{{color|#0d67bb}}||{{color|#0d67bb}}||60||-||[[File:Stone Shore Water.png|32px]]
|-
|{{BiomeLink|Snowy Beach}}
|{{color|#1463a5}}||{{color|#1463a5}}||60||-||[[File:Snowy Beach Water.png|32px]]
|-
|{{BiomeLink|Birch Forest}}
|{{color|#0677ce}}||{{color|#0677ce}}||60||-||[[File:Birch Forest Water.png|32px]]
|-
|{{BiomeLink|Dark Forest}}
|{{color|#3B6CD1}}||{{color|#3B6CD1}}||60||-||[[File:Dark Forest Water.png|32px]]
|-
|{{BiomeLink|Snowy Taiga}}
|{{color|#205e83}}||{{color|#205e83}}||60||-||[[File:Snowy Taiga Water.png|32px]]
|-
|{{BiomeLink|Giant Tree Taiga}}<br>{{BiomeLink|Giant Spruce Taiga}}
|{{color|#2d6d77}}||{{color|#2d6d77}}||60||-||[[File:Giant Tree Taiga Water.png|32px]]
|-
|{{BiomeLink|Windswept Forest}}<br>{{BiomeLink|Windswept Gravelly Hills}}
|{{color|#0E63AB}}||{{color|#0E63AB}}||-||-||[[File:Wooded Mountains Water.png|32px]]
|-
|{{BiomeLink|Savanna}}
|{{color|#2C8B9C}}||{{color|#2C8B9C}}||60||-||[[File:Savanna Water.png|32px]]
|-
|{{BiomeLink|Savanna Plateau}}<br>{{BiomeLink|Shattered Savanna}}
|{{color|#2590a8}}||{{color|#2590a8}}||-||-||[[File:Savanna Plateau Water.png|32px]]
|-
|{{BiomeLink|Badlands}}
|{{color|#4E7f81}}||{{color|#4E7f81||60
|<nowiki>-||[[File:Badlands Water.png|32px]]
|-
|{{BiomeLink|Eroded Badlands}}<br>{{BiomeLink|Wooded Badlands}}
|{{color|#497f99}}||{{color|#497f99}}||-||-||[[File:Eroded Badlands Water.png|32px]]
|-
|{{BiomeLink|Ocean}}
|{{color|#1787D4}}||{{color|#1165b0}}||60||-||[[File:Ocean Water.png|32px]]
|-
|{{BiomeLink|Deep Ocean}}
|{{color|#1787D4}}||{{color|#1463a5}}||60||-||[[File:Ocean Water.png|32px]]
|-
|{{BiomeLink|Warm Ocean}}
|{{color|#02B0E5}}||{{color|#0289d5}}||60||55%||[[File:Warm Ocean Water.png|32px]]
|-
| {{BiomeLink|Lukewarm Ocean}}
|{{color|#0D96DB}}||{{color|#0a74c4}}||60||-||[[File:Lukewarm Ocean Water.png|32px]]
|-
|{{BiomeLink|Deep Lukewarm Ocean|Lukewarm Deep Ocean}}
|{{color|#0D96DB}}||{{color|#0e72b9}}||60||-||[[File:Lukewarm Ocean Water.png|32px]]
|-
|{{BiomeLink|Cold Ocean}}
|{{color|#2080C9}}||{{color|#14559b}}||60||-||[[File:Cold Ocean Water.png|32px]]
|-
|{{BiomeLink|Deep Cold Ocean|Cold Deep Ocean}}
|{{color|#2080C9}}||{{color|#185390}}||60||-||[[File:Cold Ocean Water.png|32px]]
|-
|{{BiomeLink|Frozen Ocean}}
|{{color|#2570B5}}||{{color|#174985}}||60||-||[[File:Frozen Ocean Water.png|32px]]
|-
|{{BiomeLink|Deep Frozen Ocean|Frozen Deep Ocean}}
|{{color|#2570B5}}||{{color|#1a4879}}||60||-||[[File:Frozen Ocean Water.png|32px]]
|-
|{{BiomeLink|Mangrove Swamp}}
|{{color|#3a7a6a}}||{{color|#4d7a60}}||30||-||[[File:Mangrove Swamp Water BE.png|32px]]
|}
Biome tints from [[Biome/Before 1.18|unused biomes]]
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" data-description="Water Color in Bedrock Edition" 
! Biome
!Water Surface Color
!Water Fog Color
!Water Fog Distance
!Water Surface Transparency
!Block
|-
|{{BiomeLink|Legacy Frozen Ocean}}
|{{color|#44aff5}}||{{color|#44aff5}}||-||-||[[File:Water BE.png|32px]]
|-
|{{BiomeLink|Mountains}}
|{{color|#007BF7}}||{{color|#007bf7}}||-||-||[[File:Mountains Water.png|32px]]
|-
|{{BiomeLink|Taiga Mountains}}
|{{color|#1e6B82}}||{{color|#1e6b82}}||-||-||[[File:Taiga Mountains Water.png|32px]]
|-
|{{BiomeLink|Swamp Hills}}
| {{color|#4c6156}}||{{color|#4c6156||30||100%||[[File:Swamp Hills Water.png|32px]]
|-
| {{BiomeLink|Snowy Mountains}}
|{{color|#1156a7}}||{{color|#1156a7}}||-||-||[[File:Snowy Mountains Water.png|32px]]
|-
|{{BiomeLink|Mushroom Field Shore}}
|{{color|#818193}}||{{color|#818193}}||-||-||[[File:Mushroom Field Shore Water.png|32px]]
|-
|{{BiomeLink|Desert Hills}}
|{{color|#1a7aa1}}||{{color|#1a7aa1}}||-||-||[[File:Desert Hills Water.png|32px]]
|-
|{{BiomeLink|Wooded Hills}}
|{{color|#056bd1}}||{{color|#056bd1}}||-||-||[[File:Wooded Hills Water.png|32px]]
|-
|{{BiomeLink|Taiga Hills}}
|{{color|#236583}}||{{color|#236583}}||-||-||[[File:Taiga Hills Water.png|32px]]
|-
|{{BiomeLink|Mountain Edge}}
|{{color|#045cd5}}||{{color|#045cd5}}||-||-||[[File:Mountain Edge Water.png|32px]]
|-
|{{BiomeLink|Jungle Hills}}<br>{{BiomeLink|Modified Jungle}}<br>{{BiomeLink|Bamboo Jungle Hills}}
|{{color|#1B9ED8}}||{{color|#1B9ED8}}||-||-||[[File:Jungle Hills Water.png|32px]]
|-
|{{BiomeLink|Modified Jungle Edge}}
|{{color|#0D8AE3}}||{{color|#0D8AE3}}||-||-||[[File:Jungle Edge Water.png|32px]]
|-
|{{BiomeLink|Birch Forest Hills}}
|{{color|#0a74c4}}||{{color|#0a74c4}}||-||-||[[File:Birch Forest Hills Water.png|32px]]
|-
|{{BiomeLink|Snowy Taiga Mountains}}
|{{color|#205e83}}||{{color|#205e83}}||60||-||[[File:Snowy Taiga Water.png|32px]]
|-
|{{BiomeLink|Snowy Taiga Hills}}
|{{color|#245b78}}||{{color|#245b78}}||-||-||[[File:Snowy Taiga Hills Water.png|32px]]
|-
|{{BiomeLink|Giant Tree Taiga Hills}}
|{{color|#286378}}||{{color|#286378}}||-||-||[[File:Giant Tree Taiga Hills Water.png|32px]]
|-
|{{BiomeLink|id=modified-gravelly-mountains|Gravelly Mountains+}}
|{{color|#0E63AB}}||{{color|#0e63ab}}||-||-||[[File:Wooded Mountains Water.png|32px]]
|-
|{{BiomeLink|Shattered Savanna Plateau}}
|{{color|#2590a8}}||{{color|#2590a8}}||-||-||[[File:Savanna Plateau Water.png|32px]]
|-
|{{BiomeLink|Badlands Plateau}}<br>{{BiomeLink|Modified Badlands Plateau}}
|{{color|#55809E}}||{{color|#55809e}}||-||-||[[File:Badlands Plateau Water.png|32px]]
|-
|{{BiomeLink|Deep Warm Ocean|Warm Deep Ocean}}
|{{color|#02B0E5}}||{{color|#0686ca}}||60||-||[[File:Warm Ocean Water.png|32px]]
|}

===Water and lava===
{{Main|Fluid#Mixing}}

Water and lava can produce [[stone]], [[cobblestone]], or [[obsidian]] based on how they interact. If water touches a lava source, the lava source turns to obsidian. If both touch each other while flowing, cobblestone is made and no sources are removed, and if lava flows downward onto water, the water turns to stone.

===Interactions with mobs===
====Direct contact====

Water damages [[endermen]], [[snow golem]]s, [[Strider|striders]] and [[blaze]]s, at a rate of {{hp|1}} per half second. If water comes into contact with a [[shulker]] or an [[enderman]], the mob teleports away.

====Suffocation====
{{Main|Damage#Suffocation in water}}

Players and mobs (except [[aquatic mob]]s, [[undead mob]]s and [[iron golem]]s) have a breath meter that lasts 15 seconds. After they run out of breath, they take {{hp|2}} suffocation damage every second until they die, surface, or enter [[bubble column]]s.

[[Dolphin]]s are a special case in drowning: they take suffocation damage when underwater for about 4 minutes, but also take suffocation damage when in air for about 2 minutes.

Each level of the [[Respiration]] enchantment adds 15 seconds to the breath meter and grants an x/(x+1) chance (where x is the Respiration level) of not taking damage after that time: 30 seconds and an average {{hp|1}}/second with Respiration I, 45 seconds and an average of {{frac|2|3}} damage/second with Respiration II, and 60 seconds and an average of {{frac|1|2}} damage/second with Respiration III.

If a [[husk]] suffocates underwater, it starts to shake and eventually becomes a [[zombie]]. If a [[zombie]] suffocates underwater, it starts to shake and eventually transforms into a [[drowned]].

=== Slower mining speed===
Players with their head underwater require 5 times the normal amount of time to mine blocks while standing on the ground, or 25 times while not on the ground. If a player wears a helmet with the [[Aqua Affinity]] enchantment, then underwater mining speed while standing on the ground is the same as on land, and 5 times slower if not standing on the ground.

===Explosions===
Water does not prevent explosions from activating. Water has a high blast resistance, causing it to absorb any normal blasts, with the exception of explosions from [[underwater TNT]].

===Hardening concrete powder ===
When water comes into contact with [[concrete powder]], the powder hardens into solid [[concrete]].

===Sponges===
When a dry [[sponge]] comes into contact with a water source or flowing block, it becomes a wet [[sponge]], absorbing all water within 3 to 5 blocks in all directions. [[Kelp]] and [[lily pad]]s within the absorbed water blocks are destroyed and drop as items, and [[seagrass]] is destroyed without dropping anything. Mobs that take damage out of water are affected as a side-effect. 

Sponges do not absorb water from [[Waterlogging|waterlogged]] blocks, nor water that comes into contact by flowing back in from outside the area of absorption. For instance, placing a sponge 4 or more blocks from a single water source removes the flowing water in the area of effect, but as the flow from the source resumes it is not affected by the wet sponge.

A sponge instantly absorbs nearby water when it is placed next to water or when water comes into contact with it (by being placed next to the sponge, or by flowing toward it). A sponge absorbs [[water]] around itself (water source blocks or flowing water) out to a [[taxicab distance]] of 7 in all directions (including up and down), but won't absorb more than 65 blocks of water (water closest to the sponge is absorbed first). The absorption propagates only from water to water and does not "jump over" non-water blocks (including air).

===Dripping===
[[File:WaterDropletsExample.png|thumb|Dripping water.]]
Water above a non-transparent block (except for stairs, fences, or slabs) produces dripping particles on the underside of that block. If a block of [[Pointed Dripstone|pointed dripstone]] hangs under any block directly beneath a water source, the drips can slowly fill up a [[cauldron]] placed underneath. Without the dripstone, a cauldron does not fill.

===Vertical transport===
[[Bubble column]]s are created by placing magma blocks or [[soul sand]] under water. These can be used to transport [[mobs]] or items quickly vertically.

==Sounds==
{{el|je}}:
{{Sound table
|sound=Entering water1.ogg
|sound2=Entering water2.ogg
|sound3=Entering water3.ogg
|subtitle=MC-177092
|source=ambient
|description=When the player's eye level goes underwater
|id=ambient.underwater.enter
|translationkey=-
|volume=0.8<wbr>{{Until|JE 1.20.2}}<br>0.5<wbr>{{Upcoming|JE 1.20.2}}
|pitch=1.0
|distance=16}}
{{Sound table
|sound=Exiting water1.ogg
|sound2=Exiting water2.ogg
|sound3=Exiting water3.ogg
|subtitle=MC-177092
|source=ambient
|description=When the player's eye level goes above water
|id=ambient.underwater.exit
|translationkey=-
|volume=0.5<wbr>{{Until|JE 1.20.2}}<br>0.3<wbr>{{Upcoming|JE 1.20.2}}
|pitch=1.0
|distance=16}}
{{Sound table
|sound=Underwater Ambience.ogg
|subtitle=MC-196825
|source=ambient
|description=Randomly when underwater
|id=ambient.underwater.loop
|translationkey=-
|volume=0.65
|pitch=1.0
|distance=16}}
{{Sound table
|sound=Bubbles1.ogg
|sound2=Bubbles2.ogg
|sound3=Bubbles3.ogg
|sound4=Bubbles4.ogg
|sound5=Bubbles5.ogg
|sound6=Bubbles6.ogg
|sound7=Water1.ogg
|sound8=Water2.ogg
|subtitle=MC-196825
|source=ambient
|description=Randomly when underwater
|id=ambient.underwater.loop.additions
|translationkey=-
|volume=1.0
|pitch=1.0
|distance=16}}
{{Sound table
|sound=Animal1.ogg
|sound2=Bass Whale1.ogg
|sound3=Bass Whale2.ogg
|sound4=Crackles1.ogg
|sound5=Crackles2.ogg
|sound6=Driplets1.ogg
|sound7=Driplets2.ogg
|sound8=Earth Crack.ogg
|subtitle=MC-196825
|source=ambient
|description=Randomly when underwater
|id=ambient.underwater.loop.additions.rare
|translationkey=-
|volume=''varies'' <ref group=sound>The first, fifth, and eighth sounds are 1.0; the second sound is 0.45; the third, sixth, and seventh sounds are 0.5; the fourth sound is 0.7</ref>
|pitch=1.0
|distance=16}}
{{Sound table
|sound=Animal2.ogg
|sound2=Dark1.ogg
|sound3=Dark2.ogg
|sound4=Dark3.ogg
|sound5=Dark4.ogg
|subtitle=MC-196825
|source=ambient
|description=Randomly when underwater
|id=ambient.underwater.loop.additions.ultra_rare
|translationkey=-
|volume=1.0 <ref group=sound>Except the third sound, which is 0.7</ref>
|pitch=1.0
|distance=16}}
{{Sound table
|sound=Water1.ogg
|sound2=Water2.ogg
|subtitle=Water flows
|source=block
|description=Randomly from flowing water
|id=block.water.ambient
|translationkey=subtitles.block.water.ambient
|volume=0.75-1.0
|pitch=0.5-1.5
|distance=16}}
{{Sound table
|sound=Water splash1.ogg
|sound2=Water splash2.ogg
|subtitle=Splashing
|source=dependent
|description=When something enters water
|id=entity.generic.splash
|translationkey=subtitles.entity.generic.splash
|volume=0.0-1.0 <ref group=sound name=speedvolume>The mob's momentum, with the horizontal axes' velocities multiplied by 0.2 (capped at 1.0)</ref>
|pitch=0.6-1.4
|distance=16}}
{{Sound table
|sound=Swim1.ogg
|sound2=Swim2.ogg
|sound3=Swim3.ogg
|sound4=Swim4.ogg
|subtitle=Swimming
|source=dependent
|description=While something is moving through water
|id=entity.generic.swim
|translationkey=subtitles.entity.generic.swim
|volume=0.0-1.0 <ref group=sound name=speedvolume/>
|pitch=0.6-1.4
|distance=16}}
{{Sound table
|sound=Empty water bucket1.ogg
|sound2=Empty water bucket1.ogg
|sound3=Empty water bucket2.ogg
|sound4=Empty water bucket3.ogg
|subtitle=Bucket empties
|source=block
|description=When water is placed with a bucket
|id=item.bucket.empty
|translationkey=subtitles.item.bucket.empty
|volume=1.0 <ref group=sound>Except for the second copy of {{cd|empty1}}, which is 0.9</ref>
|pitch=1.0
|distance=16}}
{{Sound table
|sound=Fill water bucket1.ogg
|sound2=Fill water bucket2.ogg
|sound3=Fill water bucket3.ogg
|subtitle=Bucket fills
|source=player
|description=When water is collected with a bucket
|id=item.bucket.fill
|translationkey=subtitles.item.bucket.fill
|volume=1.0
|pitch=1.0
|distance=16}}
{{Sound table
|sound=Axolotl.ogg
|sound2=Dragon fish.ogg
|sound3=Shuniji.ogg
|subtitle=-
|source=music
|description=Randomly when underwater
|id=music.under_water
|translationkey=-
|volume=0.4
|pitch=1.0
|distance=16
|foot=1}}

{{el|be}}:
{{Sound table
|type=bedrock
|sound=Water2.ogg
|source=block
|description=Randomly from flowing water
|id=liquid.water
|volume=0.75-1.0
|pitch=0.5-1.5}}
{{Sound table
|sound=Water Splash Old.ogg
|source=player
|description=When something enters water<wbr><ref group=sound>{{Bug|MCPE-44120}}</ref>
|id=random.splash
|pitch=0.6-1.4}}
{{Sound table
|sound=Water splash1.ogg
|sound2=Water splash2.ogg
|source=ambient
|description=?[[Category:Pages missing sound description]]<wbr>{{Upcoming|BE 1.20.40}}
|id=entity.generic.splash
|pitch=0.6-1.4}}
{{Sound table
|sound=Entering water1.ogg
|sound2=Entering water2.ogg
|sound3=Entering water3.ogg
|source=player
|description=When the player's eye level goes underwater<wbr>{{Upcoming|BE 1.20.40}}
|id=ambient.underwater.enter
|volume=<!--0.8 (other multipliers)-->
|pitch=1.0}}
{{Sound table
|sound=Exiting water1.ogg
|sound2=Exiting water2.ogg
|sound3=Exiting water3.ogg
|source=player
|description=When the player's eye level goes above water<wbr>{{Upcoming|BE 1.20.40}}
|id=ambient.underwater.exit
|volume=<!--1.0 (other multipliers)-->
|pitch=1.0}}
{{Sound table
|sound=Swim1.ogg
|sound2=Swim2.ogg
|sound3=Swim3.ogg
|sound4=Swim4.ogg
|source=player
|description=While something is moving through water
|id=random.swim
|pitch=0.6-1.4}}
{{Sound table
|sound=Empty water bucket1.ogg
|sound2=Empty water bucket2.ogg
|sound3=Empty water bucket3.ogg
|source=block
|description=When water is placed with a bucket
|id=bucket.empty_water
|volume=1.0
|pitch=1.0}}
{{Sound table
|sound=Fill water bucket1.ogg
|sound2=Fill water bucket2.ogg
|sound3=Fill water bucket3.ogg
|source=block
|description=When water is collected with a bucket
|id=bucket.fill_water
|volume=1.0
|pitch=1.0}}
{{Sound table
|sound=Axolotl.ogg
|sound2=Dragon fish.ogg
|sound3=Shuniji.ogg
|source=music
|description=Randomly when underwater
|id=music.game.water
|volume=0.2
|pitch=1.0
|foot=1}}

==Data values==
===ID===
{{edition|java}}:
{{ID table
|edition=java
|firstcolumnname=Water
|showforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Block
|spritename=water
|spritetype=block
|nameid=water
|form=block
|foot=1}}
{{ID table
|edition=java
|firstcolumnname=Water
|showfluidtags=y
|displayname=Fluid
|spritename=water
|spritetype=block
|nameid=water
|fluidtags=water}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Flowing Fluid
|spritetype=block
|spritename=water
|nameid=flowing_water
|fluidtags=water
|foot=1}}

{{edition|bedrock}}:
{{ID table
|edition=bedrock
|firstcolumnname=Water
|shownumericids=y
|showforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Flowing
|spritename=water
|spritetype=block
|nameid=flowing_water
|id=8
|form=block}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Stationary
|spritename=water
|spritetype=block
|nameid=water
|id=9
|form=block
|foot=1}}

===Block states===
{{see also|Block states}}

{{/BS}}

=== Fluid states===
{{see also|Block states}}

{{/FS}}

==Achievements==
{{load achievements|Free Diver;Sleep with the Fishes}}

==Advancements==
{{load advancements|Tactical fishing;The Cutest Predator}}

==History==
{{Main|/History}}
{{History|java classic}}
{{History||May 17, 2009|link=https://archive.org/download/Minecraft_IRC_Logs_2009/history/files/May-15-to-June-03-2009/2009-05-17.140618-0400EDT.txt.~1~|Notch mentions developing water.{{q|a very very first version of the water is somewhat working now, heh [/] the level starts out without any water and is surrounded a by a huge ocean [/] it quickly fills, leaving islands}}}}
{{History||0.0.12a|snap=May 18, 2009|slink=Java Edition Classic 0.0.12a/Development#Water test (May 18, 2009)|[[File:Water (pre-release).png|32px]] Water is shown.}}
{{History|||snap=release|slink=Java Edition Classic 0.0.12a|[[File:Water JE1.png|32px]] Added water.
|Water flows to any available space below or beside it and creates a new source [[block]], making it easy to flood a whole world just with one source.}}
{{History||May 22, 2009|link=wordofnotch:111386404|[[Notch]] pointed out that when a [[plant]] or non-cube block is placed in water, it produces a box of [[air]] around it. He asked how it could be fixed, and whether he even had to.}}
{{History||0.0.13a|[[File:Water JE2.png|32px]] The model of water has been changed.}}
{{History||May 24, 2009|link=wordofnotch:112481256|A new water system is mentioned.}}
{{History||May 24, 2009|link=wordofnotch:112481370|A new water system is shown.}}
{{History||May 24, 2009|link=wordofnotch:112487511| Another test of water is shown.}}
{{History||May 26, 2009|link=wordofnotch:113350683|While sharing feedback on experiments with random vertex and color offsets, and deciding to scrap it, Notch said he would investigate salvaging the technique to add animation to water tiles.}}
{{History||0.0.19a|[[File:Water JE3.png|32px]] Added [[Procedural animated texture generation|procedural animated texture]] to water. The old texture is retained for use as a [[animation placeholder texture|placeholder]].
|Upscaled model 2% to fix z-fighting with blocks below water. It's created water or lava models overlapping and z-fighting with each other.
|Added [[sponge]]s, which remove water.
|Water part of the [[world boundary]] still uses the old water texture.}}
{{History||0.0.20a_02|[[File:Water JE4.png|32px]] Changed model scale back to normal with 1% offset on all coordinates.}}
{{History||0.26 SURVIVAL TEST|[[File:Water JE5.png|32px]] UV mapping on side faces now has 11% v offset up.}}
{{History||0.28|[[File:Water JE4.png|32px]] Fixed UV mapping.}}
{{History|java indev}}
{{History||0.31|snap=20091223-1|[[File:Water JE6.png|32px]] Added the flowing water texture, which is now used on the sides of water.}}
{{History|||snap=20100106|Water part of the [[world boundary]] now uses the animated water texture.}}
{{History|||snap=20100113|Water is now finite.|[[Ocean]]s now have infinite water.
|Water now always drains from its highest remove location.
|Water no longer moves on the surface on its own.
|Water now has a {{frac|2|3}} probability to evaporate and a {{frac|1|3}} probability to copy.}}
{{History|||snap=20100122|Water now spawns in level generation as [[spring]]s and lakes.}}
{{History|||snap=20100131|The texture of water is now seen when underwater.}}
{{History|java infdev}}
{{History||20100227-1|Water no longer flows due to changes in chunk handling for infinite worlds.{{verify|type=change}}}}
{{History||20100607|[[File:Water JE7.png|32px]] UV mapping now has 1% uv offset on top and bottom faces and 1% u, 11% v offset on side faces.}}
{{History||20100608|[[File:Water JE6.png|32px]] Fixed UV mapping, once again.}}
{{History||20100615|[[File:Water JE8.png|32px]] The model has been changed.
|Added flowing water.
|Sources placed in isolation flow exclusively downward, rather than spreading out one block in each direction as well.
|Water and lava do not produce any solid blocks when combined.
|Water does not replace plants.
|Water is now infinite again.
|Added [[water bucket]]s, which can be filled with water.}}
{{History||20100616-1|[[File:Water JE9.png|32px]] Added vertex offset.
|Water and flowing water now has visual connection to blocks.
|Downward flowing water now pushes the [[player]] out.{{info needed|and other entities?}}}}
{{History||20100617-2|[[File:Water JE10.png|32px]] Removed vertex offset.
|Water sources placed in the air now flow outward.
|Lava and flowing lava touching water, flowing water now replaces with [[obsidian]].
|Downward flowing water no longer pushes the player out.
|Water now can replace [[plants]]. However no items are dropped.}}
{{History||20100618|Water can now replace [[rail]]s.}}
{{History||20100624|Water now destroys plants, dropping as items.}}
{{History|java alpha}}
{{History||v1.0.2_02|[[Fluids]], including water, have been slightly tweaked.}}
{{History||v1.0.5_01|Water can now freeze into [[ice]].}}
{{History||v1.2.6|[[Lake]]s, which contain water, have been added.}}
{{History|java beta}}
<!--{{History||1.5|Dropped [[item]]s in flowing water now move faster.{{check version|Taken from trivia, may not be beta}}}}-->
{{History||1.6|snap=Test Build 3|[[Rain]] and [[snow]] no longer fall through water.
|Water sources now form over [[glass]].}}
{{History||1.8|snap=Pre-release|[[File:Water JE11.png|32px]] Changed [[lighting]].
|Underwater [[particles]] have been added.
|Because of the change in how land is generated, if a [[player]] is in a world that was made pre-1.8 and travels into new [[chunk]]s, there's a chance that a large [[ocean]] may be formed as the ocean [[biome]]. There is also a one-[[block]]-high drop in sea level along the discontinuity between the old and new chunks with the old chunks being higher.
|Water can now be found in the farms and wells of [[village]]s, and the fountain rooms of [[stronghold]]s.
|Two [[biome]]s have been added that are almost all water: [[ocean]]s and [[river]]s.}}
{{History|java}}
{{History||1.0.0|snap=Beta 1.9 Prerelease|[[File:Swamp Water JE1.png|32px]] {{color|#E0FF70}} Added water color in swampland.
|Added dripping water.}}
{{History|||snap=Beta 1.9 Prerelease 4|Added [[Respiration]] and [[Aqua Affinity]] enchantments, which allow more breathing time in water and normal digging speed in water.}}
{{History|||snap=Beta 1.9 Prerelease 5|Now flowing downward creates source blocks}}
{{History|||snap=RC1|[[File:Water JE12.png|32px]] [[File:Swamp Water JE2.png|32px]] Faces on model now 0.1% moved to center to fix z-fighting on inner faces.}}
{{History||1.1|snap=12w01a|[[File:Swamp Water JE3.png|32px]] {{color|#E0FFAE}} The water color in swampland is now less intense.}}
{{History||1.2.1|snap=12w04a|Added [[desert well]]s, which contain water.}}
{{History||1.3.1|snap=12w17a|The ability to bring water using [[ice]] into [[the Nether]] has been removed.}}
{{History|||snap=12w21a|[[Dispenser]]s have been given the ability to shoot out [[fluids]], including water, inside [[water bucket]]s. They can also collect the fluids if activated again.}}
{{History||1.4.2|snap=12w38a|The [[sound]] when jumping and swimming in water has been changed.
|The sound of flowing water is now continuous.
|The water overlay is a more saturated blue.}}
{{History||1.4.4|snap=1.4.3|Water of any depth now negates all [[Damage#Fall damage|fall damage]]. [[Player]]s and [[mob]]s no longer die from great heights in shallow water.<ref>{{bug|MC-1644}} resolved as Works As Intended</ref>}}
{{History||1.5|snap=13w02a|[[File:Water JE13.png|32px]] [[File:Swamp Water JE4.png|32px]] The texture of water has been changed to use an animated texture file. Prior to this version, the texture was procedurally generated by the game (see dedicated section below).}}
{{History|||snap=13w03a|A water source [[block]] now forms if there is another water source block below it.}}
{{History|||snap=13w04a|Flowing water in [[Creative]] mode no longer slows the [[player]] down when flying.}}
{{History||1.6.1|snap=13w17a|Water [[lake]]s no longer generate in [[desert]]s.}}
{{History||1.7.2|snap=13w36a|[[File:Swamp Water JE4.png|32px]] {{color|#E0FFAE}} Added water color in swampland M, which is the same as in swampland.}}
{{History||1.7.2|snap=13w36a|Water pools now generate in the new desert M [[biome]].
|[[Ocean]]s are much smaller.}}
{{History|||snap=13w41a|[[File:Water JE14.png|32px]] [[File:Swamp Water JE5.png|32px]] Water's six internal faces are now visible from the outside.
|Water, [[ice]] and [[portal]]s are now visible through each other. This also now allows water's inside faces to be visible from outside.}}
{{History|||snap=13w42a|[[File:Water JE13.png|32px]] [[File:Swamp Water JE6.png|32px]] Water's internal faces have been removed. This visually reverts water to its pre-13w41a appearance when seen from the outside.}}
{{History||1.7.4|snap=13w47a|Water's internal top face has been readded.<ref>{{bug|MC-35658}}</ref>}}
{{History|||snap=13w48a|[[File:Water JE15.png|32px]] [[File:Swamp Water JE7.png|32px]] Water's internal side faces except the bottom face, have been readded.<ref>{{bug|MC-40621}}</ref><ref>{{bug|MC-190053}}</ref>}}
{{History||1.9|snap=15w43b|When viewed through [[glass]], water now appears as a solid blue color, as opposed to a downward flowing water texture.<ref name="badwatergraphicsJE">{{bug|MC-35790}}</ref>}}
{{History||1.11|snap=16w39a|Water now generates in [[woodland mansion]]s.}}
{{History||1.12|snap=17w06a|Water now hardens [[concrete powder]] into [[concrete]], on contact.}}
{{History||1.13|snap=18w07a|[[Item]]s now float in water.
|The [[player]]'s underwater visibility has been changed - the longer a player stays underwater, the better they can see.}}
{{History|||snap=18w10a|Underwater visibility now depends on the [[biome]] the player is in.}}
{{History|||snap=18w10c|Water can now be placed in the same block as [[chest]]s, [[trapped chest]]s, [[stairs]], [[slab]]s, [[fence]]s, [[wall]]s, [[iron bars]] and [[glass pane]]s.}}
{{History|||snap=18w10d|Water can now be placed in [[ender chest]]s, [[trapdoor]]s, [[ladder]]s, and [[sign]]s.}}
{{History|||snap=18w15a|[[File:Water JE16.png|32px]] {{color|#3F76E4}} Added default water color. The textures of water have been changed from blue to grayscale.<ref>{{bug|MC-200838}}</ref>
|[[File:Warm Ocean Water JE.png|32px]] [[File:Lukewarm Ocean Water JE.png|32px]] [[File:Frozen Ocean Water JE.png|32px]] [[File:Cold Ocean Water JE.png|32px]] Added water colors for [[warm ocean]], [[lukewarm ocean]], [[frozen ocean]] and [[cold ocean]].
|[[File:Swamp Water.png|32px]] {{color|#617B64}} Water color in swampland has been changed.
|[[File:Swamp Hills Water 18w15a.png|32px]] {{color|#E0FFAE}} Water color in swampland M is unchanged.<ref>{{bug|MC-128558}}</ref>
|Water now blocks 1 [[light]] level per [[block]] instead of 3.
|[[Player]]s no longer receive the [[Night Vision]] effect while underwater.{{verify|type=change|Did this ever happen, or is it just being used as an analogy?}}}}
{{History|||snap=18w16a|When water spreads and would later turn into a source [[block]], it now immediately places a source block.}}
{{History|||snap=18w19a|[[Experience orb]]s now float in water.}}
{{History|||snap=pre3|[[File:Swamp Water.png|32px]] {{color|#617B64}} water color in swamp hills now the same as in [[swamp]].}}
{{History|||snap=pre7|Pressing the {{control|jump}} button in flowing water at <code>level=1</code>, <code>level=2</code> and <code>level=3</code> now do normal jumps instead of {{control|swimming}} up.}}
{{History||1.15|snap=19w34a|Added [[bee]]s, which get damaged while in water.}}
{{History|||snap=19w35a|Bees now try to avoid water.}}
{{History||1.17|snap=20w45a|Flowing water no longer breaks rails.}}
{{History|||snap=21w06a|[[Aquifer]]s, large bodies of water in caves, have been added.}}
{{History|||snap=21w07a|Aquifers generate less often.}}
{{History|||snap=21w08a|Water [[spring]]s are now able to generate below Y{{=}}0.}}
{{History|||snap=21w10a|The FOV shrinking effect now respects the "FOV Effects" accessibility slider.<ref>{{bug|MC-214629}}</ref>}}
{{History|||snap=21w15a|All changes to water generation from 21w06a to 21w08a have been reverted.}}
{{History|||snap=Pre-release 2|[[Smooth lighting]] now works properly underwater.<ref>{{bug|MC-68129}} resolved as "Fixed"</ref>}}
{{History||1.18|snap=Experimental Snapshot 1|[[File:Meadow Water.png|32px]] Added water color in [[meadow]].
|All changes to water generation in the 1.17 snapshots have been reintroduced.}}
{{History||1.18|snap=21w40a|[[Water lake]]s no longer generate.}}
{{History||1.19|snap=Deep Dark Experimental Snapshot 1|Water can now generate as part of [[Ancient City|ancient cities]].}}
{{History||1.19|snap=22w14a|[[File:Mangrove Swamp Water.png|32px]] Added water color in [[mangrove swamp]].}}
{{History||1.19.3|snap=22w44a|Added the [[game rule]] {{cd|waterSourceConversion}}, which disables the formation of new water source blocks when set to {{cd|false}}.}}
{{History||1.20<br>(experimental)|link=1.19.4|snap=23w07a|[[File:Cherry Grove Water JE1.png|32px]] Added water color in [[cherry grove]].}}

{{History|pocket alpha}}
{{History||v0.1.0|[[File:Water JE11.png|32px]]{{verify|type=change|Is this accurate to how it appeared in this edition at this time?}} Added water. 
|[[File:Water JE2.png|32px]] On older or much newer devices, the old [[Java Edition|Java]] water texture is used, whereas the newer animated texture is used on intermediately modern devices.}}
{{History||v0.7.0|[[File:Water JE11.png|32px]]{{verify|type=change|Is this accurate to how it appeared in this edition at this time?}} The texture of water has been changed to the new texture for all devices.}}
{{History||v0.9.0|snap=build 1|[[File:Swamp Water BE1.png|32px]] Water now uses a dark blue coloration in [[swamp]]s.
|Water dripping [[particles]] have been changed.
|[[Water lake]]s have been added.
|Water can now be found in the farms and wells of [[village]]s.
|Two [[biome]]s have been added that are almost all water: [[ocean]]s and [[river]]s.
|Oasis now generate in the new [[desert]] M [[biome]].}}
{{History||v0.10.0|snap=build 1|Smooth lighting for water has been added.
|A gradient effect has been added to water that increases its opacity with distance.
|[[File:Old bedrock swamp water.png|32px]] Water color in swampland has been changed.
|Flowing water can now push [[entities]].}}
{{History|||snap=build 7|Running water now has [[sound]]s.}}
{{History|||snap=?|Water now destroys [[block]]s.{{info needed|if this is referring to washing away plants and torches and stuff, it's been able to do that since 0.1.0}}}}
{{History||v0.14.0|snap=build 1|[[Dispenser]]s can now shoot out water from [[water bucket]]s. They can also suck up [[fluids]], including water, directly adjacent to the side they are facing.}}
{{History||v0.14.2|[[File:Old bedrock water.png|32px]] Water now uses animated texture files.}}
{{History|pocket}}
{{History||1.0.0|snap=alpha 1.0.0.0|When viewed through [[glass]], water now appears as a solid blue color, as opposed to a downward flowing water texture.<ref name="badwatergraphicsBE">{{bug|MCPE-11140}}</ref>}}
{{History||1.1.0|snap=alpha 1.1.0.0|Water now generates in [[woodland mansion]]s.
|Water now hardens [[concrete powder]] into [[concrete]], on contact.}}
{{History|bedrock}}
{{History||?|The rendering change for water in 1.0.0 has been reverted for an unknown reason.}}
{{History||1.2.13|snap=beta 1.2.13.5|Water can now be placed in the same [[block]]s as [[slab]]s and [[stairs]].}}
{{History||1.4.0|snap=beta 1.2.14.2|Water can now be placed in the same block as most transparent blocks, instead of slabs and stairs only.}}
{{History|||snap=beta 1.2.20.1|[[File:Plains Water.png|32px]] Water now has a completely new look for every [[biome]] and it is now much easier to see above and underwater (see [[Water#Bedrock Edition]] for all biome colors).
|[[Item]]s now float to the top of water.
|Underwater visibility now depends on the [[biome]] the [[player]] is in.
|[[Respiration]] enchantment and [[Water Breathing]] effect no longer grants enhanced underwater visibility.}}
{{History|||snap=?|When viewed through [[glass]], water now appears as its own top texture, as opposed to a downward flowing water texture.<ref name="badwatergraphicsBE"/>}}
{{History||1.14.0|snap=beta 1.14.0.1|Added [[bee]]s, which get damaged when touching water and try to avoid it.}}

{{History|console}}
{{History||xbox=TU1|xbone=CU1|ps=1.0|wiiu=Patch 1|switch=1.0.1|[[File:Water JE11.png|32px]]{{verify|type=change|Is this accurate to how it appeared in this edition at this time?}} [[File:Swamp Water JE2.png|32px]] Added water.}}
{{History||xbox=TU9|[[Dispenser]]s have been given the ability to shoot out [[fluids]], including water, inside [[water bucket]]s. They can also suck up the fluids if activated again, but a bug prevents the empty [[bucket]] from being filled.}}
{{History||xbox=TU12|[[File:Water JE15.png|32px]] Water now uses animated texture files.}}
{{History||xbox=TU25|xbone=CU14|ps=1.17|Water can be used in custom superflats. It appears as a 3D block in the block selection screen of the custom superflat interface.}}
{{History||xbox=TU31|xbone=CU19|ps=1.22|wiiu=Patch 3|Water splash [[sound]]s have been updated.
|Most [[mob]]s can now [[swimming|swim]] in water.}}
{{History||xbox=TU69|xbone=none|ps=1.76|wiiu=Patch 38|switch=none|[[File:Warm Ocean Water.png|32px]] [[File:Lukewarm Ocean Water.png|32px]] [[File:Frozen Ocean Water.png|32px]] [[File:Cold Ocean Water.png|32px]] Added [[warm ocean]], [[lukewarm ocean]], [[frozen ocean]] and [[cold ocean]] texture colors for water in those [[biome]]s.}}
{{History||ps=1.78|The animation of water is now less smooth.}}

{{History|New 3DS}}
{{History||0.1.0|[[File:Water JE15.png|32px]]{{verify|type=change|Is this accurate to how it appeared in this edition at this time?}} [[File:Old bedrock swamp water.png|32px]] Added water.}}
{{History|foot}}
<!-- Still need to add in the right version: Drowning added, Water can turn into ice -->
<!--- Still need to add "1.16 pre-release 5 - Water overlay texture turned slightly darker" -->
{{More sounds|Old and older water splash sounds.|type=historical}}

===Data history===
{{History|java}}
{{History||1.13|snap=17w47a|Prior to [[1.13/Flattening|''The Flattening'']], these blocks' numeral IDs were 8 and 9. Both blocks have been merged into a single one.}}
{{History|||snap=18w10c|Removed <code>flowing_water</code>.}}
{{History|foot}}

<gallery>
EarlyFlowingWater.png|The water and flowing water in [[Infdev 20100615]].
</gallery>

==Issues==
{{Issue list}}

==Trivia==
*The texture subtly overlaid on the screen when underwater is that of the original water texture from 0.0.12a.
**The outdatedness of this texture is not considered a bug or oversight, unlike many other outdated textures.<ref>{{bug|MC-241000|||Invalid}}</ref>
**This texture is particularly difficult to notice due to its extreme transparency,<ref>{{bug|MC-128337}}</ref> as well as the fact that other blocks likely make the scene visually noisy enough to further obscure it under most conditions.
* While underwater, the player's FOV (field of vision) is lowered by 10 to simulate light {{w|refraction}}. This can be disabled via the "FOV Effects" [[option]].
*If a player or mob with the [[Levitation]] effect touches water, the effect is completely negated.<ref>{{bug|MC-83369}}</ref>

==Gallery==
<gallery>
1.8underwater.png|Underwater particles, or "bubbles".
Underground water mix.png|Water that is underground, but is still part of 2 different biomes. The color is split.
InvisibleWater.png|A glitch where water is invisible below its surface level.
Water Cave Filling.png|Water flowing into a [[cave]].
Under water.png|A view underwater.
Mac os water texture V1.13-920.gif|Animated view of the Java edition water texture.
Bubbles.gif|These bubbles appear above the [[hunger]] bar when the player's head is in water, and when all the bubbles pop, a heart of damage is dealt every second until the player is no longer entirely under water.
Waterfall.png|A naturally occurring waterfall.
Water (texture) JE1 BE1.png|This texture is subtly overlaid on the screen when underwater.
Land ruin.png|An underwater ruin {{in|bedrock}} that generated on land with a water block on top of it.
Land ruin Java.png|An underwater ruin {{in|java}} that generated on land with a visible loot chest that is not waterlogged and doesn't have water on top of it.
Largelake.png|A large lake, during a [[thunderstorm]].
Coral reef at night.png|A [[coral reef]] at night, in a [[warm ocean]] biome.
WaterRavine.jpg|A bug that causes the water to not flow into the pit.
Obsidian Spring.png|A water flowing on lava lake, creating obsidian. The water was placed by a player.
Two flowing streams.png|Waterfalls made by a player.
Watercave.png|Water flowing into the cave from nearby lake.
RavineandStornghold.png|Ravine with multiple ores, water and lava falls, and stronghold bridge over it.
Water shade.png|Different water colors in swamp biome.
File:Nonflowingwater.png|A block of water, which is not flowing because of a glitch, besides a village farm.
</gallery>

==See also==
*[[Waterlogging]]

==References ==
{{Reflist}}

==External Links ==
*[https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/block-week-water Block of the Week: Water] – Minecraft.net on July 14, 2017

{{Blocks|natural}}
{{Items}}

[[Category:Fluids]]
[[Category:Natural blocks]]
[[Category:Non-solid blocks]]
[[Category:Generated structure blocks]]

[[cs:Voda]]
[[de:Wasser]]
[[es:Agua]]
[[fr:Eau]]
[[hu:Víz]]
[[it:Acqua]]
[[ja:水]]
[[ko:물]]
[[nl:Water]]
[[pl:Woda]]
[[pt:Água]]
[[ru:Вода]]
[[th:น้ำ]]
[[tr:Su]]
[[uk:Вода]]
[[zh:水]]</li><li>[[Campfire|Campfire]]<br/>{{Block
| image = <gallery>
Campfire.gif|Campfire
Soul Campfire.gif|Soul Campfire
Unlit Campfire.png|Unlit
</gallery>
| image2 = <gallery>
Campfire (item) JE2.png|Campfire
Soul Campfire (item) JE2.png|Soul Campfire
</gallery>
| invimage = Campfire
| invimage2 = Soul Campfire
| transparent = No
| light = '''Campfire''': <br>Yes (15) when lit<br>'''Soul Campfire''': <br>Yes (10) when lit
| tool = axe
| renewable = Yes
| stackable = Yes (64)
| flammable = No
| lavasusceptible = Yes
}}
A '''campfire''' is a block that can be used to cook [[food]], pacify [[bee]]s, act as a spread-proof [[light source]], smoke signal or damaging trap block.

A '''soul campfire''' is a dimmer variant of the campfire with turquoise flames. Soul campfires deal more damage than normal campfires.

== Obtaining ==
=== Breaking ===
Campfires can be mined with any tool, or without a tool, but [[axe]]s are the fastest. A regular campfire drops 2{{only|java|short=1}} or 4{{only|bedrock|short=1}} [[charcoal]], a soul campfire drops [[soul soil]], and either one also drops any items placed on it. If mined with a tool enchanted with [[Silk Touch]], the campfire instead drops itself as an item.

{{IN|BE}}, either kind of campfire can also be broken by pushing it with a [[piston]] or [[sticky piston]]. Pistons cannot move or break campfires {{in|je}}.

{{breaking row
|Campfire, Soul Campfire
|axe
|horizontal=1}}

=== Natural generation ===
Campfires can generate in {{BiomeLink|taiga}} and {{BiomeLink|snowy taiga}}{{only|be}} [[village]]s.

Campfires also generate in camps inside [[ancient city|ancient cities]], beneath a pile of blue, light blue and cyan [[wool]] blocks.

=== Crafting ===
{{Crafting
|head=1
|B1= Stick
|A2= Stick
|B2= Coal; Charcoal
|C2= Stick
|A3= Any Log or Stem; Any Stripped Log or Stem; Any Wood or Hyphae; Any Stripped Wood or Hyphae
|B3= Any Log or Stem; Any Stripped Log or Stem; Any Wood or Hyphae; Any Stripped Wood or Hyphae
|C3= Any Log or Stem; Any Stripped Log or Stem; Any Wood or Hyphae; Any Stripped Wood or Hyphae
|Output= Campfire
|type= Decoration block
}}
{{Crafting
|foot=1
|B1= Stick
|A2= Stick
|B2= Soul Sand; Soul Soil
|C2= Stick
|A3= Any Log or Stem; Any Stripped Log or Stem; Any Wood or Hyphae; Any Stripped Wood or Hyphae
|B3= Any Log or Stem; Any Stripped Log or Stem; Any Wood or Hyphae; Any Stripped Wood or Hyphae
|C3= Any Log or Stem; Any Stripped Log or Stem; Any Wood or Hyphae; Any Stripped Wood or Hyphae
|Output= Soul Campfire
|type= Decoration block
}}

=== Trading ===
{{IN|bedrock}}, apprentice-level fisherman [[villager]]s have a 50% chance of selling a campfire for 5 [[emerald]]s.

{{IN|java}}, apprentice-level fisherman villagers have a {{frac|2|3}} chance of selling a campfire for 2 [[emerald]]s.

== Usage ==
Lit campfires emit a light level of 15 and lit soul campfires emit a light level of 10. Unlike [[fire]], campfires do not spread under any circumstances.

Campfires are lit by default when placed. Campfires can be manually lit by {{control|using}} or [[Dispenser|dispensing]] [[flint and steel]] on them, shooting it with a flaming arrow, or using or dispensing fire charges, blaze fireballs, and ghast fireballs when {{cmd|gamerule|mobGriefing}} is true. {{IN|bedrock}}, campfires can also be lit by {{control|using}} an item enchanted with [[fire aspect]], or stepping on it while burning. 

Campfires can be extinguished by [[waterlogging]] it (placing [[water]] in the same block space), throwing a [[splash water bottle]] on it, or {{control|using}} a [[shovel]] on it. {{IN|bedrock}}, campfires can also be extinguished by placing a water source or allowing water to flow in the space above the campfire. As with [[torches]], rain does not extinguish campfires.<ref>{{bug|MC-141920||Rain doesn't put out campfire|Works as Intended}}</ref>

Using [[flint and steel]] on the side of a waterlogged or lit campfire sets the adjacent air block on fire instead.

Any items cooking on a campfire always drop when the campfire block is broken.

=== Particles and smoke signals ===
[[File:Campfire with smoke.gif|thumb|Campfire emitting smoke.]]
Campfires produce smoke particles that float up around 10 blocks before disappearing. If a [[hay bale]] is placed below, the campfire becomes a signal fire and the smoke floats up 24 blocks instead.

Campfire smoke particles can partially pass through a block directly above it, but do not pass through blocks more than one block directly above it.

Although a trap door is thinner than a slab, a trap door can block the smoke completely, preventing the smoke from floating up.

Campfires emit extra smoke particles during rain, similar to [[lava]].

Campfires also emit occasional ember particles, similar to lava. Soul campfires, however, do not emit embers.<ref>{{bug|MC-185482||Soul campfires do not emit ember particles|Works as Intended}}</ref>

=== Damage ===

Campfires damage [[mob]]s standing on top of them even if underwater (with exceptions such as [[shulker]]s, [[zombified piglin]]s or [[guardian]]s), but only if lit. Campfires deal {{hp|1}} and soul campfires deal {{hp|2}} of damage every tick (although [[damage immunity]] reduces this to once every half-second) Campfires do not cause lasting burning or destroy items. Damage taken is considered [[Damage#Fire|fire damage]] and is reduced by [[armor]] (which loses [[Item durability#Armor durability|durability]]), the [[Resistance]] potion effects, and the [[Protection]] and [[Fire Protection]] enchantments. The player can avoid being damaged at all, either by using a [[potion of fire resistance]] or wearing [[Frost Walker]] boots.

Regardless of [[Solid block#Height|height]], all blocks prevent damage done to mobs or players above campfires. The campfire deals damage only to entities occupying its block.

=== Cooking ===
[[File:Campfire (Cooking).gif|thumb]]
The player can place {{tooltip|raw food|raw beef, raw chicken, raw rabbit, raw porkchop, raw mutton, raw cod, raw salmon, potato, kelp}} on a lit campfire by {{control|using}} the food item on it. Up to four food items can be placed on a single campfire, which cooks the items simultaneously. Unlike other blocks that can cook food, campfires do not require any kind of fuel to cook. On a campfire, foods produce small smoke particles, indicating they are being cooked. Food items take 30 seconds (600 [[tick]]s) to cook, compared to 10 seconds for [[furnace]]s or 5 seconds for [[smoker]]s. Assuming that one uses all four slots to cook at once, the Campfire is, therefore, more efficient than furnaces (taking 10 seconds less per four items and no fuel) for cooking, but must be watched so as to pick up the food and refill it once it is done. It is slower than a smoker by about ten seconds, but its lack of fuel consumption could be seen as a worthwhile trade-off. Once finished cooking, items pop off the campfire. If the campfire is extinguished while cooking food, it resets as if it had not been cooked at all. Food items can be placed on an unlit campfire. 

Other items can be placed on campfires using external editors, mods or add-ons.

=== Hoppers ===
Campfires do not have an [[Inventory#External inventories|external inventory]]. Raw food cannot be loaded into the campfire with a [[hopper]].

A hopper placed directly underneath a campfire pulls through any items dropped into the campfire. Any drops from a mob that dies in the campfire get pulled into the hopper.

=== Bees ===
Placing a campfire under a [[beehive]] or [[bee nest]] allows players to harvest [[honey bottle]]s or [[honeycomb]] without provoking the [[bee]]s.
There must be unobstructed air between the campfire and the beehive or bee nest. [[Carpet]]s are an exception.{{only|JE}}

=== Piglins ===
Lit soul campfires repel [[piglin]]s that are not currently attacking. This occurs when the [[piglin]] is within an 8 block radius of the soul campfire.

=== Light source ===
Standard lit campfires emit a light level of 15, while soul campfires emit a light level of 10. Like most other sources of light, campfires melt nearby [[snow]] and [[ice]]. Due to their lower light level, soul campfires do not melt snow or ice.

=== Note blocks ===
Campfires can be placed under [[note block]]s to produce "bass" sounds.

=== Converting soul sand to soul soil ===
Soul campfires can be used to convert [[soul sand]] into [[soul soil]]. If a soul campfire is crafted using soul sand, placed, and then broken without [[Silk Touch]], that soul campfire drops soul soil.<ref>{{bug|MC-178579||Soul campfires can be used to convert soul sand into soul soil|Works as Intended}}</ref>

=== Piston interactivity ===
{{IN|BE}}, pushing a campfire or soul campfire with a [[piston]] or [[sticky piston]] breaks it. Unlike other methods, breaking with a piston drops only one [[charcoal]] instead of two. Campfires cannot be pulled by sticky pistons.

{{IN|JE}}, pistons do not interact with campfires. Campfires neither move nor break when pushed or pulled by pistons.

== Sounds ==
=== Generic ===
{{Sound table/Block/Wood}}

=== Unique ===
{{edition|java}}:
{{Sound table
|sound=Campfire crackle1.ogg
|sound2=Campfire crackle2.ogg
|sound3=Campfire crackle3.ogg
|sound4=Campfire crackle4.ogg
|sound5=Campfire crackle5.ogg
|sound6=Campfire crackle6.ogg
|subtitle=Campfire crackles
|source=block
|description=Randomly while lit
|id=block.campfire.crackle
|translationkey=subtitles.block.campfire.crackle
|volume=0.5-1.5
|pitch=0.6-1.3
|distance=16}}
{{Sound table
|sound=Flint and steel click.ogg
|subtitle=Flint and steel click
|source=block
|description=When a campfire is lit with a flint and steel
|id=item.flintandsteel.use
|translationkey=subtitles.item.flintandsteel.use
|volume=1.0
|pitch=0.8-1.2
|distance=16}}
{{Sound table
|sound=Ghast fireball4.ogg
|subtitle=Fireball whooshes
|source=block
|description=When a campfire is lit with a fire charge
|id=item.firecharge.use
|translationkey=subtitles.item.firecharge.use
|volume=1.0
|pitch=0.8-1.2
|distance=16}}
{{Sound table
|rowspan=2
|sound=Fizz.ogg
|subtitle=Fire extinguishes
|source=block
|description=When a campfire is extinguished with water
|id=entity.generic.extinguish_fire
|translationkey=subtitles.entity.generic.extinguish_fire
|volume=1.0
|pitch=1.0
|distance=16}}
{{Sound table
|subtitle=Fire extinguished
|source=block
|description=When a campfire is extinguished
|id=block.fire.extinguish
|translationkey=subtitles.block.fire.extinguish
|volume=0.5
|pitch=2.0
|distance=16
|foot=1}}

{{edition|bedrock}}:
{{Sound table
|type=bedrock
|sound=Campfire crackle1.ogg
|sound2=Campfire crackle2.ogg
|sound3=Campfire crackle3.ogg
|sound4=Campfire crackle4.ogg
|sound5=Campfire crackle5.ogg
|sound6=Campfire crackle6.ogg
|source=block
|description=Randomly while lit
|id=block.campfire.crackle
|volume=1.0 {{Until|BE 1.19.80}}<br>0.5-1.5 {{Upcoming|BE 1.19.80}}
|pitch=1.0 {{Until|BE 1.19.80}}<br>0.6-1.3 {{Upcoming|BE 1.19.80}}}}
{{Sound table
|sound=Flint and steel click.ogg
|source=block
|description=When a campfire is lit
|id=fire.ignite
|volume=1.0
|pitch=0.8-1.2}}
{{Sound table
|sound=Ghast fireball4.ogg
|source=hostile
|description=When a campfire is lit with a fire charge
|id=mob.ghast.fireball
|volume=1.0
|pitch=1.0}}
{{Sound table
|sound=Fizz.ogg
|source=block
|description=When a campfire is extinguished
|id=random.fizz
|volume=0.5
|pitch=1.8-2.4
|foot=1}}

== Data values ==
=== ID ===
{{edition|java}}:
{{ID table
|edition=java
|showblocktags=y
|showforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Campfire
|spritetype=block
|nameid=campfire
|blocktags=campfires}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Soul Campfire
|spritetype=block
|nameid=soul_campfire
|blocktags=campfires, piglin_repellents
|itemtags=piglin_repellents
|foot=1}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Block entity
|spritename=campfire
|spritetype=block
|nameid=campfire
|foot=1}}

{{edition|bedrock}}:
{{ID table
|edition=bedrock
|firstcolumnname=Campfire
|shownumericids=y
|showforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Normal block
|spritename=campfire
|spritetype=block
|nameid=campfire
|id=464
|form=block
|itemform=item.campfire}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Normal item
|spritename=campfire
|spritetype=item
|nameid=campfire
|id=589
|form=item
|translationkey=tile.campfire.name}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Soul block
|spritename=soul-campfire
|spritetype=block
|nameid=soul_campfire
|id=545
|form=block
|itemform=item.soul_campfire}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Soul item
|spritename=soul-campfire
|spritetype=item
|nameid=soul_campfire
|id=622
|form=item
|translationkey=tile.soul_campfire.name
|foot=1}}
{{ID table
|notnamespaced=y
|displayname=Block entity
|spritename=campfire
|spritetype=block
|nameid=Campfire
|foot=1}}

=== Block states ===
{{see also|Block states}}
{{/BS}}

=== Block data ===
A campfire has a [[block entity]] associated with it that holds additional data about the [[block]].

{{el|java}}:
{{see also|Block entity format}}
{{/BE}}

{{el|bedrock}}:
: See [[Bedrock Edition level format/Block entity format]].

== Achievements ==
{{load achievements|Bee our guest}}

== Advancements ==
{{Load advancements|Bee Our Guest}}

== History ==
{{History||September 26, 2018|link={{tweet|minecraft|1044587405779451906}}|Campfires are announced to be part of the [[biome]] vote at [[MINECON Earth 2018]].}}
{{History||September 29, 2018|link={{ytl|HoMDyRqMNMA}}|Campfires are showcased at [[MINECON Earth 2018]].}}
{{History||September 29, 2018|link={{tweet|minecraft|1046097775199498325}}|[[Taiga]] wins the [[biome]] vote, meaning campfires are to be added to the game in [[Java Edition 1.14|1.14]].}}
{{History|java}}
{{History||1.14|snap=19w02a|[[File:Campfire JE1 BE1.gif|32px]] [[File:Unlit Campfire JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added campfires.}}
{{History|||snap=19w03a|[[File:Campfire (item) JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Campfire JE2 BE2.gif|32px]] [[File:Unlit Campfire JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The [[model]] and texture of the campfire have been changed.
|Lit campfires now produce spark [[particles]].
|The [[light]] level of campfires has been changed from 9 to 15.
|Campfires are now directionally placed.
|Lit campfires produce smoke plume [[particles]] more often.}}
{{History|||snap=19w04a|Campfires now spawn in [[taiga]] [[village]]s on the ground and inside chimneys.
|Crouching on a campfire no longer prevents the player from taking damage from it.<ref>{{Bug|MC-141913||Sneaking on a campfire prevents damage|Fixed}}</ref>}}
{{History|||snap=19w08a|Campfires can now be extinguished by [[splash water bottle]]s.}}
{{History|||snap=19w11a|Fisherman [[villager]]s now [[trading|sell]] campfires.}}
{{History||1.14.1|snap=Pre-Release 2|Campfires can now be lit by flaming [[arrow]]s.}}
{{History||1.14.2|snap=Pre-Release 1|Flaming arrows can no longer light [[waterlogging|waterlogged]] campfires.}}
{{History||1.15|snap=19w34a|Campfires under [[bee nest]]s and [[bee hive]]s now prevent [[bee]]s from aggravating toward [[player]]s who harvest them.}}
{{History|||snap=19w37a|Campfires can now be extinguished using a [[shovel]].}}
{{History|||snap=19w42a|Campfires can now be lit by small [[fireball]]s.}}
{{History||1.16|snap=20w11a|Campfires can now be lit by any burning [[projectile]].}}
{{History|||snap=20w13a|Campfires can now be [[crafting|crafted]] using [[stems]] and [[hyphae]].}}
{{History|||snap=20w15a|[[File:Soul Campfire (item) JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Soul Campfire.gif|32px]] Added soul campfires.}}
{{History|||snap=20w22a|Campfires now [[drops|drop]] the [[food]] being cooked when they are put out with a [[shovel]] or [[water bottle]].}}
{{History|||snap=Pre-release 3|[[File:Unlit Campfire with foods on it.png|32px]] Food can now be placed on unlit campfires. However, due to a bug,<ref>{{Bug|MC-188448||Food pops off of campfire when extinguished|Fixed}}</ref> food pops off of campfires when extinguished.}}
{{History||1.17|snap=20w46a|Food no longer pops off of campfires when extinguished.}}
{{History||1.18|snap=21w41a|[[File:Campfire (item) JE2.png|32px]] [[File:Soul Campfire (item) JE2.png|32px]] Changed campfire and soul campfire textures as items.}}
{{History||1.19|snap=22w13a|Campfires now generate in camps inside [[ancient city|ancient cities]].}}
{{History||1.19.4|snap=23w07a|The soul campfire recipes are no longer unlocked by [[stick]]s.<ref>{{bug|MC-238920}}</ref>}}
{{History||1.20<br>(Experimental)|link=1.19.4|snap=1.19.4-pre1|Cherry logs, wood, and their stripped variations can now used to craft campfire and soul campfire.<ref>{{bug|MC-260149}}</ref>}}

{{History|bedrock}}
{{History||1.10.0|snap=beta 1.10.0.3|[[File:Campfire JE1 BE1.gif|32px]] [[File:Unlit Campfire JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added campfires.
|Campfires are available only through [[Experimental Gameplay]].}}
{{History||1.11.0|snap=beta 1.11.0.1|Campfires have been fully implemented.
|[[File:Campfire_(item)_JE1_BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Campfire JE2 BE2.gif|32px]] [[File:Unlit Campfire JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The [[model]] and texture of the campfire have been changed.}}
{{History|||snap=beta 1.11.0.4|Campfires can now be [[trading|bought]] from fishermen [[villager]]s.}}
{{History||1.13.0|snap=?|Campfires now emit embers similar to [[lava]].}}
{{History||1.14.0|snap=beta 1.14.0.1|Campfires under [[bee nest]]s and [[beehive]]s now prevent [[bee]]s from aggravating toward [[player]]s who harvest them.}}
{{History||1.16.0|snap=beta 1.16.0.57|[[File:Soul_Campfire_(item)_JE1_BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Soul Campfire.gif|32px]] Added soul campfires.}}
{{History||1.16.20|snap=beta 1.16.20.50|Soul campfires now emit [[light]] level of 10.}}
{{History||1.16.100|snap=beta 1.16.100.54|Soul campfires now deal double the damage that normal campfires deal.|Soul campfires now drop [[Soul Soil]] instead of [[Charcoal]] when mined.}}
{{History||1.17.30|snap=beta 1.17.30.23|Campfires are now stackable in the inventory.}}
{{History||1.18.10|snap=beta 1.18.10.20|[[File:Campfire (item) JE2.png|32px]] [[File:Soul Campfire (item) JE2.png|32px]] Changed campfire and soul campfire textures as items.}}
{{History||1.19.60|snap=beta 1.19.60.23|Campfires no longer set players and mobs on fire.}}
{{History||1.19.80|snap=beta 1.19.80.22|Campfires now damage mobs standing on top of them.}}
{{History||1.20.30|snap=beta 1.20.30.20|Campfires now use the <code>minecraft:cardinal_direction</code> [[block state]] instead of <code>direction</code>.}}

{{History|console}}
{{History||ps=1.91|[[File:Campfire_(item)_JE1_BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Campfire JE2 BE2.gif|32px]] [[File:Unlit Campfire JE2 BE2.png|32px]] Added campfires.}}
{{History|foot}}

== Issues ==
{{Issue list}}

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
Cozy Cabin Smoke.jpg|Campfire smoke coming out of a cozy cabin.
Cozy Cabin Campfire.jpg|Campfire near a cozy cabin.
1.14 Dev Campfire.jpg|Dev screenshot.
Campfire in taiga village.png|A few naturally generating campfires in a [[taiga]] biome [[village]].
Campfire with hay bale vs without.png|A comparison between a campfire with a [[hay bale]] below it (left) and one without (right).
Campfire Particles.png|The number of particles depends on the height of the top block.
Campfire cooking.png|Cooking porkchops with a campfire.
Campfire (cooking) JE1 BE1.gif|Cooking with a campfire in [[Java Edition 19w02a]].
</gallery>

== References ==
{{reflist}}

{{Blocks|Utility}}
{{Items}}

[[Category:Utility blocks]]
[[Category:Manufactured blocks]]
[[Category:Generated structure blocks]]
[[Category:Block entities]]
[[Category:Storage]]
[[Category:Light sources]]

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[[fr:Feu de camp]]
[[ja:焚き火]]
[[ko:모닥불]]
[[pl:Ognisko]]
[[pt:Fogueira]]
[[ru:Костёр]]
[[th:แคมป์ไฟ]]
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13w16aAdded horses.
13w16bMade horses slower and reduced horses from gliding so much.
13w18aRemoved horse saddles.
13w19aEnabled access to the donkey & mule inventories by sneaking and interacting.
13w21aAdded new GUI for horses, to control saddle/armor/inventory.
13w22aAdded new sound effects for horses, donkeys, mules, skeleton horses, and zombie horses.

Issues

Issues relating to "Horse", "Foal", "Donkey", "Mule", "Skeleton horse", or "Zombie horse" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.

Trivia

  • The way you tame a horse is in the same style as taming a horse in real life, called "Breaking" a horse. The food is also used to calm down the horse in real life.
  • Donkeys and mules can be used to store and transport goods.
  • Donkeys and mules can be just as useful as horses as they can be tamed and ridden exactly the same way as horses. They also can carry chests which horses can't do. Unfortunately, Donkeys spawn much rarer than horses which are also rare.
  • Just like other baby mobs, you can spawn foals with the spawn egg by right-clicking on a horse. The foal will be the same breed as the horse.
    • Every foal spawned this way follows the horse you spawned it from like a normal baby mob.
  • If you ride just beside a tree causing your head to be within a block of leaves, it will cause certain parts of textures of some blocks to disappear. This can be used to have "X-Ray vision" as you can essentially see through nearby trees.
  • An interesting trick you can do while riding a horse is to get on your horse, press F1 on your keyboard, drink a potion of invisibility, and press F5. It will look like you are the horse, instead of riding on the horse.
    • This can be used to trick other players into thinking that you are a horse, making this a great mob disguise.
    • This also works with pigs, but you can only control it with a carrot on a stick, which other players can see you holding when you are invisible.
  • It is possible to jump over wooden fences and stone walls while riding a horse.
  • It is possible to "double jump" by falling off of a block above the ground, and then jumping before landing.
  • Even though the skeleton and zombie horses look like undead versions of their counterparts, they are not treated as undead. For example, they can be poisoned even though normal undead mobs are immune to poison, the Smite enchantment will not affect them, hitting them with splash potions of Harming and Healing will have the same effects as on living mobs, and Withers will attack them as if they were any other living mob.
  • Running over a TNT Minecart landmine will result in the horse dying, but the player being undamaged until they land on the ground.
  • Horses are quite possibly the best method of traveling long distances overland; they can attain speeds of at least 11 meters/second (660 blocks per minute, nearly 40 km/hour), navigate hilly terrain very easily, jump ravines with near-100% consistency, and require no infrastructure except at the end (they are not good in jungles or some forests though.)
  • It is currently possible to get tamed zombie and skeleton horses via use of NBTedit by changing a horse's variation number to 3 and 4 for zombie and skeleton horses respectively.
  • A horse, like most mobs, can ride in a minecart. You can get full grown horses out. A horse can be released by riding the horse and punching the cart.
  • It is impossible to enter a Nether portal while on a horse. It is possible however, to sometimes enter the portal on the horse and then press shift to escape, sending the horse to the nether on its own, like dogs. Additionally, you can dismount, walk the horse into the portal with a lead, and remount, or you can just nudge the horse into the Nether. Note that horses, like all other mobs, have a cooldown of about a minute after going through a portal before they can come back. They must be clear of the portal during that time in order to go through again.
  • In the Minecraft credits it gives credit to Dr. Zhark for the Horse.
  • The Buckskin colored horse is the only horse that has a white blaze no matter what markings it receives.
  • If you open the horse's panel while it is leashed, the leash will overflow outside of the horse model.
  • Foals spawned by the player without right-clicking on an adult horse will occasionally follow a random adult horse with foals of its own. The breed of the adult horse does not matter at all.
  • Foals can be spawned from foals using Spawn Eggs. The resulting foals will not follow an adult horse.
  • Foals have the ability to walk into vertical blocks and suffocate, making raising foals in hilly terrain very difficult.
  • Spawning a horse on a vertical surface causes the horse's back half to protrude into it, dealing the horse damage. This is probably because of its size.
  • If an adult horse is killed and drops leather, you may receive the "Cow Tipper" achievement even though you got it from a horse rather than a cow. This appears to be intended behavior.[4]
  • Although it is very difficult to tell due to their base coat color, white horses DO show markings besides sooty if you look closely.

Gallery

See also

References


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