The Creative inventory is filled with a wide variety of items.
An item is an object that exists only within the player's inventory and hands, or displayed in item frames or Armor Stands.
Behavior
Some items, when used, place a block or entity version of themselves into the game world. Put simply, they are an item when in the inventory, and a block when placed. For example, boats turn into an entity when placed, and beds turn into a group of blocks when placed. When selected in the hotbar, items briefly display their names above the HUD.
The only method by which an item can be properly displayed within the game environment is to place it into an item frame.
If an item that does not become a block is dropped, it becomes an entity represented by a sprite that floats above the ground for 5 minutes in a loaded chunk before despawning, unless the player walks over it to pick it up before it despawns.
List of items
Items
Items that create blocks, fluids or entities
- Acacia Boat
- Armor Stand
- Beetroot Seeds
- Birch Boat
- Bottle o' Enchanting
- Bow
- Bucket
- Bucket of Cod
- Bucket of Pufferfish
- Bucket of Salmon
- Bucket of Tropical Fish
- Carrot
- Cocoa Beans
- Crossbow
- Dark Oak Boat
- Egg
- End Crystal
- Ender Pearl
- Eye of Ender
- Fire Charge
- Firework Rocket
- Fishing Rod
- Flint and Steel
- Item Frame
- Jungle Boat
- Kelp
- Lava Bucket
- Lead
- Lingering Potion
- Melon Seeds
- Minecart
- Minecart with Chest
- Minecart with Command Block
- Minecart with Furnace[Java Edition only]
- Minecart with Hopper
- Minecart with TNT
- Nether Wart
- Oak Boat
- Painting
- Potato
- Pumpkin Seeds
- Redstone Dust
- Snowball
- Splash Potion
- Spruce Boat
- String
- Sweet Berries
- Trident
- Water Bucket
- Wheat Seeds
Items with use in the world
- Apple
- Arrow
- Baked Potato
- Beetroot
- Beetroot Soup
- Black Dye
- Blue Dye
- Bone
- Bone Meal
- Book and Quill
- Bowl
- Bread
- Brown Dye
- Carrot on a Stick
- Chainmail Boots
- Chainmail Chestplate
- Chainmail Helmet
- Chainmail Leggings
- Chorus Fruit
- Compass
- Cooked Chicken
- Cooked Cod
- Cooked Mutton
- Cooked Porkchop
- Cooked Rabbit
- Cooked Salmon
- Cookie
- Cyan Dye
- Debug Stick[Java Edition only]
- Diamond Axe
- Diamond Boots
- Diamond Chestplate
- Diamond Helmet
- Diamond Hoe
- Diamond Horse Armor
- Diamond Leggings
- Diamond Pickaxe
- Diamond Shovel
- Diamond Sword
- Dried Kelp
- Elytra
- Empty Map
- Enchanted Golden Apple
- Glass Bottle
- Gold Ingot
- Golden Apple
- Golden Axe
- Golden Boots
- Golden Carrot
- Golden Chestplate
- Golden Helmet
- Golden Hoe
- Golden Horse Armor
- Golden Leggings
- Golden Pickaxe
- Golden Shovel
- Golden Sword
- Gray Dye
- Green Dye
- Honey Bottle
- Ink Sac[Bedrock Edition only]
- Iron Axe
- Iron Boots
- Iron Chestplate
- Iron Helmet
- Iron Hoe
- Iron Horse Armor
- Iron Ingot[Java Edition only]
- Iron Leggings
- Iron Pickaxe
- Iron Shovel
- Iron Sword
- Knowledge Book[Java Edition only]
- Lapis Lazuli[Bedrock Edition only]
- Leather Boots
- Leather Cap
- Leather Horse Armor
- Leather Pants
- Leather Tunic
- Light Blue Dye
- Light Gray Dye
- Lime Dye
- Magenta Dye
- Map or Explorer Map
- Melon Slice
- Milk Bucket
- Mushroom Stew
- Music Disc (11)
- Music Disc (13)
- Music Disc (Blocks)
- Music Disc (Cat)
- Music Disc (Chirp)
- Music Disc (Far)
- Music Disc (Mall)
- Music Disc (Mellohi)
- Music Disc (Pigstep)
- Music Disc (Stal)
- Music Disc (Strad)
- Music Disc (Wait)
- Music Disc (Ward)
- Name Tag
- Netherite Axe
- Netherite Boots
- Netherite Chestplate
- Netherite Helmet
- Netherite Hoe
- Netherite Leggings
- Netherite Pickaxe
- Netherite Shovel
- Netherite Sword
- Orange Dye
- Pink Dye
- Poisonous Potato
- Potions
- Pufferfish (item)
- Pumpkin Pie
- Purple Dye
- Rabbit Stew
- Raw Beef
- Raw Chicken
- Raw Cod
- Raw Mutton
- Raw Porkchop
- Raw Rabbit
- Raw Salmon
- Red Dye
- Rotten Flesh
- Saddle
- Shears
- Shield
- Spectral Arrow[Java Edition only]
- Spider Eye
- Steak
- Stone Axe
- Stone Hoe
- Stone Pickaxe
- Stone Shovel
- Stone Sword
- Sugar
- Suspicious Stew
- Tipped Arrows
- Totem of Undying
- Tropical Fish
- Turtle Shell
- Wheat
- White Dye
- Wooden Axe
- Wooden Hoe
- Wooden Pickaxe
- Wooden Shovel
- Wooden Sword
- Written Book
- Yellow Dye
Items with indirect use in the world
The player cannot interact with or directly use these items; however, they are used for trading, brewing, enchanting or as crafting ingredients for other items that do have direct uses. The exception is clocks, which are not used in any recipes but serve an informative function.
- Banner Pattern (Creeper Charge)
- Banner Pattern (Flower Charge)
- Banner Pattern (Globe)
- Banner Pattern (Skull Charge)
- Banner Pattern (Snout)
- Banner Pattern (Thing)
- Blaze Powder
- Blaze Rod
- Book
- Brick
- Charcoal
- Clay Ball
- Clock
- Coal
- Diamond
- Dragon's Breath
- Emerald
- Enchanted Book
- Feather
- Fermented Spider Eye
- Firework Star
- Flint
- Ghast Tear
- Glistering Melon Slice
- Glowstone Dust
- Gold Nugget
- Gunpowder
- Heart of the Sea
- Honeycomb
- Ink Sac[Java Edition only]
- Iron Ingot[Bedrock Edition only]
- Iron Nugget
- Lapis Lazuli[Java Edition only]
- Leather
- Magma Cream
- Nautilus Shell
- Nether Brick
- Nether Quartz
- Nether Star
- Netherite Ingot
- Netherite Scrap
- Paper
- Phantom Membrane
- Popped Chorus Fruit
- Prismarine Crystals
- Prismarine Shard
- Rabbit Hide
- Rabbit's Foot
- Scute
- Shulker Shell
- Slimeball
- Stick
Spawn eggs
- Bat Spawn Egg
- Bee Spawn Egg
- Blaze Spawn Egg
- Cat Spawn Egg
- Cave Spider Spawn Egg
- Chicken Spawn Egg
- Cod Spawn Egg
- Cow Spawn Egg
- Creeper Spawn Egg
- Dolphin Spawn Egg
- Donkey Spawn Egg
- Drowned Spawn Egg
- Elder Guardian Spawn Egg
- Enderman Spawn Egg
- Endermite Spawn Egg
- Evoker Spawn Egg
- Fox Spawn Egg
- Ghast Spawn Egg
- Guardian Spawn Egg
- Hoglin Spawn Egg
- Horse Spawn Egg
- Husk Spawn Egg
- Llama Spawn Egg
- Magma Cube Spawn Egg
- Mooshroom Spawn Egg
- Mule Spawn Egg
- Spawn NPC [Bedrock Edition only]
- Ocelot Spawn Egg
- Panda Spawn Egg
- Parrot Spawn Egg
- Phantom Spawn Egg
- Pig Spawn Egg
- Piglin Spawn Egg
- Piglin Brute Spawn Egg
- Pillager Spawn Egg
- Polar Bear Spawn Egg
- Pufferfish Spawn Egg
- Rabbit Spawn Egg
- Ravager Spawn Egg
- Salmon Spawn Egg
- Sheep Spawn Egg
- Shulker Spawn Egg
- Silverfish Spawn Egg
- Skeleton Horse Spawn Egg
- Skeleton Spawn Egg
- Slime Spawn Egg
- Spider Spawn Egg
- Squid Spawn Egg
- Stray Spawn Egg
- Strider Spawn Egg
- Trader Llama Spawn Egg
- Tropical Fish Spawn Egg
- Turtle Spawn Egg
- Vex Spawn Egg
- Villager Spawn Egg
- Vindicator Spawn Egg
- Wandering Trader Spawn Egg
- Witch Spawn Egg
- Wither Skeleton Spawn Egg
- Wolf Spawn Egg
- Zoglin Spawn Egg
- Zombie Horse Spawn Egg
- Zombie Spawn Egg
- Zombie Villager Spawn Egg
- Zombified Piglin Spawn Egg
Education Edition only
These items can be accessed only in Minecraft Education. The agent spawn egg, portfolio and camera are obtainable through Creative mode and the /give command. The Garbage item is only obtainable through unknown Lab Table recipes or via inventory editing.
Unimplemented items
Some items are unimplemented, or have been mentioned to be implemented in the future.
Removed items
Removed items no longer exist in current versions of the game.
Video
History
| Classic | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.24_SURVIVAL_TEST | Arrows were added as an object and were fired by pressing Tab ↹. | ||||
| indev | |||||
| December 31, 2009 | Added the inventory, and with it, the first "non-tile" items. | ||||
| Notch was hard at work making items and the inventory fully functional.[1][2] | |||||
| 0.31 | January 11, 2010, 1 | Added the first functioning items: iron shovel, iron pickaxe, iron axe, and flint and steel. | |||
| Because the crafting system did not exist at this point, these items were automatically added to the inventory after creating a new world.[3] | |||||
| Apples were added, but they currently serve no function. | |||||
| January 22, 2010 | Can now place blocks on resource items | ||||
| Dropped items now experience gravity. | |||||
| January 24, 2010 | Can now drop a whole stack of items instead of just one at a time. | ||||
| January 28, 2010 | Items are now 3D. | ||||
| January 29, 2010 | Added crafting. | ||||
| Right-clicking drops one of a stack. | |||||
| Added the following items: diamonds (originally emeralds), iron ingots, gold ingots, sticks, bowls, mushrooms, mushroom stew, bows, signs, pickaxes, swords, shovels, and axes (iron, diamond, and golden). | |||||
| January 30, 2010 | Crafting improved; now has 36 recipes. | ||||
| Java Edition | |||||
| 1.3.1 | 12w15a | Stackable items now stack outside inventory when thrown to the ground individually. | |||
| 1.8 | 14w25a | All items are now models, some are still generated from item icons. | |||
| Resource packs can make models for all items. | |||||
| 1.13 | 17w49a | Items can be "tagged" with an ID. | |||
| Bedrock Edition | |||||
| 1.16.0 | beta 1.15.0.51 | Dropped items now turn into a 3D model and spin. | |||
Issues
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