Item Frame
Rarity color |
Common |
---|---|
Renewable |
Yes |
Stackable |
Yes (64) |
Drops |
Item Frame (1) |
An item frame is an entity[JE only] or block entity[BE only] that displays the item or block that is inside it.
A glow item frame keeps itself and the item inside it illuminated, even in the dark.[upcoming: JE 1.17 & BE 1.17.0]
Contents
Obtaining[edit]
Breaking[edit]
An empty item frame can be broken simply by punching it.[Java Edition only] If the item frame contains an item, punching it drops the item, leaving the frame on the wall.
Because item frames are entities in Java Edition, they can be broken in Adventure mode.[Java Edition only]
Natural generation[edit]
An item frame containing a pair of elytra generates in each end ship.
Crafting[edit]
Name | Ingredients | Crafting recipe | Description |
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Item Frame | Stick + Leather |
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Glow Item Frame | Glow Ink Sac + Item Frame |
[upcoming: JE 1.17 & BE 1.17.0] |
Trading[edit]
Expert-level cartographer villagers have a chance to sell an item frame for 7 emeralds.
Usage[edit]
Item frames can be placed on the sides of cactus blocks, pressure plates, fences, trees, slabs, cobblestone walls, chests, doors, and all solid blocks. They can also be placed on the top and bottom of these blocks. To place on chests and doors, the player needs to be sneaking. As item frames are an entity, multiple item frames can occupy the same block, although on different faces. It also allows non-solid blocks to occupy the same space.[Java Edition only]
Players can place items in the frame by using the item. If a map is placed in an item frame, it enlarges to show the map in the size of a full block, with the item frame's location displayed as a green pointer on the map, pointing in the direction the item frame is facing. If this is done in the Nether, the green cursor spins around similar to the white cursor (players). If the item in the item frame has been renamed using an anvil, it displays its custom name when the cursor is over the item frame. If the player places a block inside the frame, it is displayed in miniature half in, half out of the block. This can be most notably seen on stairs or slabs.
Pick block may be used on item frames by players in creative mode only, the control has no effect for players in survival or adventure mode. When the item frame is displaying an item, pick block picks the displayed item instead of the item frame.
Item frames can be placed on the lid of a shulker box that is positioned horizontally, but pop off when the lid is opened.[Java Edition only]
Rotation[edit]
The displayed item can then be rotated by right-clicking the frame. Items displayed in the item frame can turn 45° diagonally, with a total of 8 possibilities (90° and 4 possibilities if it is a map), and the frame outputs a redstone signal depending on the rotation phase that can be interpreted by a redstone comparator (note that this rotation value is separate from the clock or compass rotation). As long as the frame remains placed, it remembers the orientation of the last item it held, and uses it for the next item it holds.[Java Edition only]
Glow Item Frames[edit]
An item glows when placed in a glow item frame, but it does not affect the light level, only appearing as if illuminated.[upcoming: JE 1.17 & BE 1.17.0]
Sounds[edit]
Glowing item frames currently do not have different sounds.
Sound | Subtitle | Source | Description | Namespaced ID | Translation key | Volume | Pitch | Attenuation distance |
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Item Frame fills | ? | ? | entity.item_frame.add_item | subtitles.entity.itemframe.add_item | ? | ? | 16 | |
Item Frame breaks[1] | ? | ? | entity.item_frame.break | subtitles.entity.itemframe.break | ? | ? | 16 | |
Item Frame placed | ? | ? | entity.item_frame.place | subtitles.entity.itemframe.place | ? | ? | 16 | |
Item Frame empties | ? | ? | entity.item_frame.remove_item | subtitles.entity.itemframe.remove_item | ? | ? | 16 | |
Item Frame clicks | ? | ? | entity.item_frame.rotate_item | subtitles.entity.itemframe.rotate_item | ? | ? | 16 |
Achievements[edit]
Icon | Achievement | In-game description | Actual requirements (if different) | Gamerscore earned | Trophy type (PS) | |
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Map Room | Place 9 fully explored, adjacent map items into 9 item frames in a 3 by 3 square. | The frames have to be on a wall, not the floor. | 40G | Silver |
Data values[edit]
ID[edit]
Item | Namespaced ID | Form | Translation key |
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Item Frame | item_frame | Item | item.minecraft.item_frame |
Glow Item Frame[upcoming: JE 1.17] | glow_item_frame | Item | item.minecraft.glow_item_frame |
Entity | Namespaced ID | Translation key |
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Item Frame | item_frame | entity.minecraft.item_frame |
Glow Item Frame[upcoming: JE 1.17] | glow_item_frame | entity.minecraft.glow_item_frame |
Item Frame | Namespaced ID | Numeric ID | Form | Translation key |
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Item | frame | 389 | Item | item.frame.name |
Block | frame | 199 | Block | tile.frame.name |
Item[upcoming: BE 1.17] | glow_frame | ? | Item | item.glow_frame.name |
Block[upcoming: BE 1.17] | glow_frame | 594 | Block | tile.glow_frame.name |
Metadata[edit]
In Bedrock Edition, item frames use the following data values:
DV | Description | |
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0 | East facing item frame | |
1 | West facing item frame | |
2 | South facing item frame | |
3 | North facing item frame | |
4 | East facing item frame with map | |
5 | West facing item frame with map | |
6 | South facing item frame with map | |
7 | North facing item frame with map | |
8 | Down facing item frame |
Block states[edit]
Name | Default value | Allowed values | Description |
---|---|---|---|
facing_direction | 0 | 0 1 2 3 4 5 | The direction the item frame is pointing. The opposite from the direction to the block it is placed on. |
item_frame_map_bit | false | false true | If this item frame contains a map. |
Entity data[edit]
Item frames have entity data that define various properties of the entity.
- Entity data
- Tags common to all entities
- Tags common to all hangables
- Fixed: 1 or 0 (true/false) - true to prevent it from dropping if it has no support block, being moved (e.g. by pistons), taking damage, and placing an item in it, removing its item or rotating it.
- Invisible: 1 or 0 (true/false) - Whether the item frame is invisible. The contained item or map remains visible.
- Item: The item, without the slot tag. If the item frame is empty, this tag does not exist.
- Tags common to all items
- ItemDropChance: The chance for the item to drop when the item frame breaks. 1.0 by default.
- ItemRotation: The number of times the item has been rotated 45 degrees clockwise.
Video[edit]
History[edit]
Java Edition | |||||
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August 16, 2012 | ![]() ![]() | ||||
1.4.2 | 12w34a | ![]() ![]() | |||
There is currently a bug where attempting to place an item frame in multiplayer causes an internal server error, as well as other bugs. | |||||
12w34b | The multiplayer item frame bug has been fixed. | ||||
12w38a | Item frames no longer despawn when the player moves 20 blocks away. | ||||
1.7.2 | 13w36a | Items renamed using an anvil now display their name when looked at up close. | |||
13w41a | Maps placed in an item frame now cover the whole block face, allowing seamless tiling of adjacent maps. This makes undiscovered areas of maps invisible. | ||||
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1.8 | 14w04a | Items and blocks displayed in the item frame now rotate 45 degrees when rotated instead of 90 degrees, and a comparator outputs a redstone signal depending on the rotation phase. | |||
14w10a | Multiple item frames can no longer be placed on the same block face. | ||||
1.9 | 15w41a | An item frame now generates in the treasure room of end ships, above the shulker that guards the treasure. It holds elytra. | |||
15w49a | Item frames are no longer destroyed by lightning bolts. | ||||
15w50a | Added sounds to item frames: entity.itemframe.add_item , entity.itemframe.break , entity.itemframe.place , entity.itemframe.remove_item , and entity.itemframe.rotate_item . | ||||
1.11 | 16w32a | The entity ID of item frames has been changed from ItemFrame to item_frame . | |||
1.13 | 17w47a | Prior to The Flattening, this item's numeral ID was 389. | |||
17w50a | Item frames can now be put on floors and ceilings. | ||||
1.14 | 18w43a | ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||
1.15 | 19w38a | ![]() ![]() | |||
19w39a | Item frames are now colored correctly. | ||||
1.16 | 20w10a | The NBT Invisible and Fixed have been added to item frames. | |||
Upcoming Java Edition | |||||
1.17 | 21w03a | ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||
21w10a | Added new sounds for Glow Item Frames. | ||||
Pocket Edition Alpha | |||||
v0.14.0 | build 1 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||
Item frames are considered as a block entity instead of an entity.[3] | |||||
Pocket Edition | |||||
1.0.0 | alpha 0.17.0.1 | Item frames now generate in end city ships. | |||
Bedrock Edition | |||||
1.10.0 | beta 1.10.0.3 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||
1.11.0 | beta 1.11.0.4 | Item frames can now be bought from cartographer villagers. | |||
1.13.0 | beta 1.13.0.9 | Item frames can now be placed on the top and bottom of blocks. | |||
1.16.0 | beta 1.16.0.57 | Trading has been changed, item frames are now offered by expert-level cartographer villager. | |||
1.16.210 | beta 1.16.210.59 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||
Has the default item frame block texture. | |||||
beta 1.16.210.60 | Temporarily removed glow item frames due to a crash. | ||||
1.16.220 | beta 1.16.220.50 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||
beta 1.16.220.52 | ![]() ![]() | ||||
release | Glow item frames have been made inaccessible in the full release. | ||||
Upcoming Bedrock Edition | |||||
1.16.230 | beta 1.16.230.52 | ![]() ![]() | |||
Legacy Console Edition | |||||
TU9 | CU1 | 1.0 | Patch 1 | 1.0.1 | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
TU11 | The limit for item frames in a world has been increased. A message is now displayed when the maximum number of item frames are reached. | ||||
TU31 | CU19 | 1.22 | Patch 3 | Items and blocks displayed in the item frame now rotate 45 degrees when rotated instead of 90 degrees, and a comparator now outputs a redstone signal depending on the rotation phase. | |
TU43 | CU33 | 1.36 | Patch 13 | Added sounds for item frames. | |
TU56 | CU47 | 1.55 | Patch 26 | 1.0.6 | If the item in the item frame has a name (from an anvil) it now shows as if there is a name tag on the item frame. |
1.90 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||||
New Nintendo 3DS Edition | |||||
0.1.0 | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Issues[edit]
Issues relating to "Item Frame" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.
Trivia[edit]
- The item frame is based upon a suggestion on Reddit, like the ender chest and flower pot.[4]
- The item frame is the only entity to reference a block model.[JE only] Because of this, the texture of the frame border is the same as the birch planks texture.
- Item frame is the only placeable item that can interfere with other non-full block entity.
- In Bedrock Edition 1.16.220.50, the "item.glow_frame" item exists with several bugged textures without an inventory name.