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File:Launcher.png

The current Minecraft launcher

The Minecraft launcher is the login and downloader front-end to the stand-alone client. It is responsible for downloading the main Java packages, including minecraft.jar and LWJGL, which holds the code and resources of the game such as textures. It also acts somewhat like a basic and easily bypassable copy-restriction by forcing the user to login to a paid account when running for the first time. It has been part of the stand-alone client since its inception. It is possible to use the launcher to run versions of Minecraft from any era, however some versions are still not included on the launcher ( Indev, Minecraft 2.0 and any of the Beta 1.9 Pre-releases for example).

There have been four different development stages for the launcher, the first for the Alpha version, the second since the release of Minecraft 1.0, the third since 1.2, and the fourth and current 1.6 Launcher. The launcher's design last changed on July 18, 2013.

Behavior

Every time the launcher is executed, it checks a specific directory where Minecraft stores its files called .minecraft. It checks a file called "launcher_profiles.json" for login credentials. If the file does not exist, is corrupt, or no user is logged in, the user must login with a valid premium account, otherwise the game will refuse to run.

When logging in, the launcher will first try to verify the login. If a valid "launcher_profiles.json" file exists but there is no internet connection, the launcher will offer a "Play offline" mode if a player was logged in when it was last closed. If the connection is successful, the launcher will then, depending on profile options, compare the latest version in the latest "versions" directory to the latest version reported by the server. If the selected version does not exist or the latest installed version is outdated when "Use latest version" is selected in the profile, the launcher will download all Minecraft components and Java binary files. It will also synchronize everything in the Assets folder (see Resource pack)

Finally, upon a successful update or installation, the launcher will execute "minecraft.jar" (via "javaw.exe", Oracle's Java Virtual Machine executable.) It is possible however for there to be missing ".jar" files, in which case the launcher will attempt to replace the missing files automatically but will stop if there is no connection.

Currently, Minecraft launcher supports only English. Users cannot select their preferred language.

Command-line usage

minecraft.jar (all systems):

java -cp minecraft.jar net.minecraft.LauncherFrame <username> <password> <server:port>


minecraft.exe (Windows executable):

minecraft.exe <username> <password> <server:port>

minecraft.jar (Windows - no CMD window):

javaw -cp minecraft.jar net.minecraft.LauncherFrame <username> <password> <server:port>

As of the new launcher released with Minecraft 1.2.3, username and password options use a prefix.

--username=<username> or -u=<username> --password=<password> or -p=<password>

If using a server:port it must still be the 3rd option. So if not used with username and password, dummy options need to be added in their place.

No update option also added.

--noupdate


1.6 Launcher

File:Launcher Login.png

The login screen of the 1.1.1 Minecraft launcher

A new version of the launcher was released on April 18, 2013 (with snapshot 13w16a). It lets users choose the version they want to play, downloads all resources before launching the game and updates additional libraries (function previously unavailable). Later it will have more functionality as it currently is in its early development stage. Demo is available to non-premium users after a successful login. The launcher can automatically update itself; the most recent version is 1.4.2.

Features

  • Manage multiple profiles (stored in "launcher_profiles.json"). Each profile can control:
    • Game version. Includes access to outdated development builds and previous releases. You can also add older/custom versions manually[1]. See this video for instructions.
    • Mojang account used to play the game
    • Command line arguments for Java (such as heap size)
    • Game Directory (where the game files are saved on disk)
    • And so on.
  • The launcher doesn't store your password locally. Instead of this, it now uses a 'refresh token'.
  • Automatic updates for launcher.
  • Ability to update libraries, such as LWJGL.
  • Offline mode. (The first time launch requires an Internet connection to download required resources)
  • Currently only available in English.
  • Crashes can be reported to Mojang, through Hopper.
  • Crashes are now indexed through a database for information on how to fix the issue.

Time Machine

File:HowToAllowOldVersions.png

A profile with Alpha and Beta versions enabled

On August 1, 2013, the Minecraft launcher was updated to include the ability to play old Alpha and Beta versions of the game. Currently, Alpha, Beta, and all Release versions are available to play. Classic and Infdev versions are already added under the names "old-alpha version", however Indev is still missing.[2]

Progress

To enable the old versions either click the "Edit Profile" button or, preferably, create a new one. Under the "Version Selection" section choose to allow use of Alpha and/or Beta versions by ticking the appropriate boxes. Next, select the desired version from the drop-down menu and save the profile.

However, these versions are very out of date and some may be unstable. Any bugs, crashes, missing features, or other glitches will never be fixed in those versions. Mojang strongly recommends that you play them in separate directories to your other saves to avoid corruption.

Command-line usage

MinecraftDev.jar (all systems):

java -cp Minecraft.jar net.minecraft.bootstrap.Bootstrap <username> <server:port>

The 1.6 launcher also added some new commands, for the launcher. These are shown if you do

java -jar Minecraft.jar -help

History

Launcher version Release date Summary of changes
1.4.2 May 2, 2014
  • Fixed: MCL-2350 – Slowly eats large amounts of heap
  • Removed tab 'Local Version Editor (NYI)'
1.3.11 March 12, 2014
  • New scrollbar
  • Profiles are now displayed in alphabetical order
1.3.10 February 13, 2014
  • Libraries use SHA-1 for validation
1.3.9 January 24, 2014
  • Updated bug tracker links
1.3.8 January 8, 2014
  • Added "(Why can I only play demo?)" link for demo accounts, under the "play demo" button. The link redirects you here
1.3.7 December 12, 2013
  • Unknown
1.3.6 December 5, 2013
  • Fixed: MCL-1895 – Cannot play offline in 1.3.5 version - immediately gamecrash when launching
1.3.5 December 4, 2013
  • Rearranged the assets folder for the new Assets Management System.[3]
1.3.4 November 26, 2013
  • Faster downloading of some big files.[4]
1.3.3 November 20, 2013
  • (Possible) Bridging of Mojang and Twitch accounts.[5]
1.3.2 November 18, 2013
  • Added time it took to finish jobs.
  • Faster resource downloading.[6]
1.3.1 October 29, 2013
  • Speed improvements
  • Basic read-only popup on version list tab
  • Misc fixes and cleanups
1.2.8 October 25, 2013[citation needed]
  • Unknown
1.2.7[citation needed] October 18, 2013
  • Added an open game directory button in the profile editor.
1.2.6[citation needed] October 17, 2013
  • Unknown
1.2.5[citation needed] September 23, 2013
  • No longer displays the developer console automatically after clicking "Play".[citation needed]
1.2.4[citation needed] September 19, 2013
  • Unknown
1.2.3[7] September 12, 2013
  • You can now log out from everywhere with the launcher (MCL-1270)
1.2.2[8] September 3, 2013
  • Fixed a bug (MCL-1461) that made the launcher take a long time to load up.
1.2.1 (Files uploaded)[9] August 6, 2013
1.2.1 (Files uploaded)[10][11] August 6, 2013
1.2.1 August 2, 2013
  • Added a warning about using Beta, Alpha, and snapshot versions
1.2 August 1, 2013
  • Added a "Time Machine" feature to use Beta versions.
    • An option for Alpha has been included but the versions are not available yet.
  • Also allows players to play versions 1.2.5-1.4.7
1.1.4 July 31, 2013
  • Some small text updates
1.1.3[12] July 27, 2013
  • Fixed low FPS issues on Intel HDXXXX chipsets.
1.1.2 July 22, 2013
1.1.1 July 19, 2013
  • New-look launcher and login screen
  • Launcher now closes automatically when game window opens
1.0.10 July 12, 2013
  • Further support for Hopper
  • Client crashes can be flagged as Public
    • Nothing is currently done with these
  • Profiles have the option to disable Hopper support
  • Reporting directly to the bug tracker is only allowed if Hopper is turned off or the launcher can't connect to Hopper
    • Hopper will not send crash report to bug tracker if the game is modded
1.0.9 July 10, 2013
  • Added support for the new crash-reporting system, Hopper[13]
    • Any client crash will automatically submit the crash report
1.0.8 OS X (Re-upload)[14] July 9, 2013
  • Fixes to the launcher having trouble playing 1.6.2 on OS X 10.5.8 (Leopard)
1.0.8 OS X (Re-upload)[15] July 8, 2013
  • Fixes to the launcher having trouble playing 1.6.2 on OS X 10.5.8 (Leopard)
1.0.8 July 2, 2013
  • The launcher now has a high-definition icon[citation needed]
  • Mac OS X 10.5.8 users have had Minecraft 1.6.1 disabled pending a LWJGL fix, however 1.5.2 is not affected[16]
1.0.7 July 2, 2013
  • Added ability to disable automatic login[17]
1.0.6 July 1, 2013
Bug fixes:
  • MCL-92 – Starting Window Size does not fit entire GUI
  • MCL-227 – Play button not in frame @ Linux
  • MCL-262 – Text does not fit in window
  • MCL-287 – Launcher gui has limited visuals, can't select version - no access to tabs
  • MCL-596 – Incorrect version in new Mac launcher
  • MCL-696 – I don't see an option to change RAM in "Edit Profile"
1.0.5 July 1, 2013
  • Added a 'snapshot' setting in the profile editor, enabling/disabling snapshots.
  • 'Minecraft.exe'(launcher) has been digitally signed. (MCL-546)
1.0.4 June 28, 2013
  • Added a 'resolution' setting in the profile editor.
1.0.3 June 27, 2013
Bug fixes:
  • MCL-587 – Full game can be played with non-premium account
  • MCL-600 – Launcher gives wrong message when you sign in with username instead of email.
1.0.2 June 27, 2013
  • Unknown


1.0.1 June 26, 2013
  • Yggdrasil authentication re-deployed
    • Fixed: MCL-568 – Migrated Account - Can't login in 1.6 prerelease on 1.0.1 launcher
1.0.0 June 26, 2013
  • Launcher downgraded to 1.0.0
  • Disabled Yggdrasil because of login error
1.0.1 June 26, 2013
  • Enabled Yggdrasil, The new auth system
  • More secure and much more featureful.
1.0 June 25, 2013
  • Unknown
0.9.5 June 18, 2013
  • Unknown
0.9.4 June 18, 2013
  • Added "New Profile" and "Edit Profile" Buttons to the profile selection panel
0.9.3 June 14, 2013
  • Unknown
0.9.2 June 13, 2013
  • Unknown
0.9.1 June 10, 2013
  • Fixed: MCL-412 – OS X: Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: net/minecraft/client/main/Main
0.9 June 10, 2013
  • Now includes a Profile Editor tab.
    • Choosing the game's version can only be done by double clicking your profile and changing the version in the drop down list.
  • Changes to the Version Selector area.
0.8.3 June 7, 2013
  • Unknown
0.8.2 May 27, 2013
  • Unknown
0.8.1 May 21, 2013
  • Client window now uses Crafting Table icon for main window when a snapshot build is selected; Launcher window still uses Grass Block icon
    • Selecting release builds on Windows currently uses the basic Java icon
0.8 May 20, 2013
  • Unknown
0.7.2 May 15, 2013
  • Unknown
0.7 May 13, 2013
  • Launcher downgraded to 0.7
0.7.1 May 4, 2013
  • Unknown
0.7 May 2, 2013
  • Unknown
0.6 April 25, 2013
  • Unknown
0.5 April 23, 2013
  • Added 1.5.1 to the list of available versions in the launcher
0.4 April 23, 2013
  • Re-enabled crash reporting


0.3 April 22, 2013
  • Added Local Version Editor (NYI) tab to the launcher
  • Added window to check server status
  • Small bug fixes
0.2 April 19, 2013
  • Added Development Console tab to the launcher
  • Fixed starting game trouble
0.1 April 18, 2013 * .minecraft directory structure is changed:
    • "assets" folder; stores resources such as language packs and sounds.
      • All music discs now use .ogg format instead of .mus format.
    • "library" folder; stores Java libraries such as LWJGL and jinput.jar.
    • "versions" folder; there are file "versions.json" (meta data) and folders that stores minecraft.jar for each versions (but its name is same as its version. e.g. for 13w16a, "versions/13w16a/13w16a.jar").
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1.0.0
{{Extension DPL}}<ul><li>[[Rotten Flesh|Rotten Flesh]]<br/>{{Item
| title = Rotten Flesh
| image = Rotten Flesh.png
| renewable = Yes
| heals = {{hunger|4}}
|effects={{EffectLink|link=Hunger (status effect)|Hunger}} (0:30) (80% chance) 
| stackable = Yes (64)
}}

'''Rotten flesh''' is a [[food]] item that can be eaten by the [[player]], at the high risk of inflicting [[Hunger (status effect)|Hunger]].

== Obtaining ==

=== Mob loot ===

==== Zombies ====
[[Zombie]]s, [[zombie villager]]s, [[zombie horse]]s, [[husk]]s, and [[drowned]] drop from 0 to 2 units of rotten flesh. [[Looting]] can increase this by one per level, for a maximum of 5 rotten flesh.

==== Zoglins ====
[[Zoglin]]s drop 1-3. Looting III grants a maximum of 6.

==== Zombified piglins ====
[[Zombified Piglin|Zombified piglins]] drop 0-1. Looting III grants a maximum of 4.

=== Fishing ===
Rotten flesh can be obtained as a "junk" item while [[fishing]].

=== Chest loot ===

{{LootChestItem|rotten-flesh}}

=== Cat gifts ===
{{main|Cat#Gifts}}

Tamed [[cat]]s have a 70% chance of giving the [[player]] a gift when they wake up from a [[bed]], and the gift has a 16.13% chance to be a rotten flesh.

== Usage ==

=== Food ===
{{see also|Tutorials/Hunger management}}

To eat rotten flesh, press and hold {{control|use}} while rotten flesh is selected in the hotbar.

Eating rotten flesh restores {{hunger|4}} [[hunger]] and 0.8 hunger [[Hunger#Mechanics|saturation]], but has an 80% chance of inflicting {{EffectLink|Hunger (effect)|id=Hunger}} for 30 seconds. Note that the duration does ''not'' accumulate when eating multiple pieces. However, if more is consumed and the [[Hunger (effect)|Hunger]] status effect is inflicted, the duration resets to 30 seconds.

=== Wolves ===
Rotten flesh can be used to [[breed]] and heal tamed [[wolves]], lead them around, and make baby tamed wolves grow up faster by 10% of the remaining time.

Wolves are immune to the Hunger effect.

=== Trading ===
Novice-level [[Trading#Cleric|cleric villagers]] buy 32 rotten flesh for 1 [[emerald]] as part of their trades.

==Sounds==
{{Sound table/Entity/Food}}

== Data values ==
=== ID ===
{{edition|java}}:
{{ID table
|edition=java
|showforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Rotten Flesh
|spritetype=item
|nameid=rotten_flesh
|form=item
|foot=1}}

{{edition|bedrock}}:
{{ID table
|edition=bedrock
|shownumericids=y
|showforms=y
|notshowbeitemforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Rotten Flesh
|spritetype=item
|nameid=rotten_flesh
|id=277
|form=item
|foot=1}}

== Achievements ==

{{load achievements|Iron Belly}}

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

== Video ==
{{Video note|The video is outdated, as rotten flesh can now be also gained from [[fishing]], [[trading]], or loot chests.}}

<div style="text-align:center">{{yt|xTrUEVoe9Tw}}</div>

== History ==

{{History|java beta}}
{{History||1.8|snap=Pre-release|[[File:Rotten Flesh JE1.png|32px]] Added rotten flesh. 
|[[Zombie]]s and [[zombie pigmen]] now drop rotten flesh instead of [[feather]]s and [[cooked porkchop]]s respectively.}}
{{History|java}}
{{History||1.0.0|snap=Beta 1.9 Prerelease 2|Food poisoning can now be stopped by drinking [[milk]].}}
{{History||1.2.1|snap=12w03a|Rotten flesh can now be used to [[Breeding|breed]] wolves. When a wolf eats rotten flesh, it will not receive the [[Hunger (effect)|Hunger]] effect.}}
{{History||1.3.1|snap=12w21a|Rotten flesh can now be found in [[desert temple]] [[chest]]s.
|Priest [[villager]]s now [[trading|buy]] rotten flesh.}}
{{History|||snap=1.3|[[File:Rotten Flesh JE2 BE1.png|32px]] The texture of rotten flesh has been changed.}}
{{History|||snap=12w22a|Rotten flesh now generates in [[jungle temple]] chests.
|Priest [[villager]]s no longer [[trading|buy]] rotten flesh.}}
{{History||1.7.2|snap=13w36a|Rotten flesh can now be obtained as one of the "junk" [[item]]s from [[fishing]].}}
{{History||1.8|snap=14w02a|Cleric [[villager]]s now [[trading|buy]] 36–40 rotten flesh for 1 [[emerald]], as their tier I trade.}}
{{history||1.9|snap=15w43a|Rotten flesh may now be found in [[igloo]] basement [[chest]]s.}}
{{history|||snap=15w44a|Rotten flesh now generates in [[dungeon]] chests.
|The average yield of rotten flesh has been decreased in [[desert temple]] chests.}}
{{History||1.11|snap=16w39a|Rotten flesh can now be found in [[woodland mansion]] [[chest]]s.}}
{{History||1.13|snap=17w47a|Prior to [[1.13/Flattening|''The Flattening'']], this [[item]]'s numeral ID was 367.}}
{{History|||snap=18w09a|Rotten flesh now generates in the loot [[chest]]s of [[underwater ruins]].}}
{{History|||snap=18w11a|[[Drowned]] may now [[drops|drop]] rotten flesh upon death.
|Rotten flesh now sometimes generates in [[shipwreck]] [[chest]]s.}}
{{History||1.14|snap=18w43a|[[File:Rotten Flesh JE3 BE2.png|32px]] The texture of rotten flesh has been changed.}}
{{History|||snap=18w44a|[[Cat]]s now offer rotten flesh as [[Cat#Gifts|gift]]s.}}
{{History|||snap=18w50a|Rotten flesh can now be found in [[village]] temple chests.}}
{{History||1.16|snap=20w06a|Added [[hoglin]]s, which can drop rotten flesh if killed.}}
{{History|||snap=20w07a|Rotten flesh has a {{frac|10|109}} (~9.17%) chance of being given by the new [[piglin]]s when [[bartering]], in a stack size of 4–12.
|[[Hoglin]]s no longer drop rotten flesh.}}
{{History|||snap=20w09a|Rotten flesh can no longer be obtained by bartering with piglins.}}
{{History|||snap=20w14a|Added [[zoglin]]s, which drop rotten flesh when killed.}}

{{History|pocket alpha}}
{{History||v0.11.0|snap=build 1|[[File:Rotten Flesh JE2 BE1.png|32px]] Added rotten flesh. 
|As the hunger bar has not yet been added, rotten flesh inflicts [[poison]] rather than [[hunger]].
|[[Zombie]]s and [[zombie pigmen]] now [[drops|drop]] rotten flesh.}}
{{History|||snap=build 11|Rotten flesh can now be used to feed [[wolves]].}}
{{History||v0.12.1|snap=build 1|Eating rotten flesh now gives the [[player]] the [[Hunger]] status effect.
|Rotten flesh now restores [[hunger]] instead of [[health]].
|Added [[zombie villager]]s, which [[drops|drop]] rotten flesh when killed.}}
{{History||v0.13.0|snap=build 1|Rotten flesh can now be found inside [[desert temple]] [[chest]]s.}}
{{History||v0.15.0|snap=build 1|Added [[husk]]s and [[zombie horse]]s, both of which drop rotten flesh when killed.
|Rotten flesh can now be found inside [[jungle temple]] chests.}}
{{History|pocket}}
{{History||1.0.0|snap=alpha 0.17.0.1|Rotten flesh can now be found inside the basement [[chest]]s of [[igloo]]s.}}
{{History||1.0.4|snap=alpha 1.0.4.0|36-40 rotten flesh can now be [[trading|sold]] to cleric [[villager]]s.}}
{{History||1.1.0|snap=alpha 1.1.0.0|Rotten flesh can now be found in [[woodland mansion]] chests.}}
{{History|bedrock}}
{{History||1.4.0|snap=beta 1.2.13.8|Added [[drowned]], which [[drops|drop]] rotten flesh when killed.}}
{{History|||snap=beta 1.2.14.2|Rotten flesh can now be found in some [[shipwreck]] [[chest]]s.}}
{{History|||snap=beta 1.2.20.1|Rotten flesh can now be found inside [[underwater ruins]] chests.}}
{{History||1.8.0|snap=beta 1.8.0.8|Tamed [[cat]]s can now give the [[player]] rotten flesh as a gift.}}
{{History||1.10.0|snap=beta 1.10.0.3|[[File:Rotten Flesh JE3 BE2.png|32px]] The texture of rotten flesh has been changed.}}
{{History||1.11.0|snap=beta 1.11.0.1|Rotten flesh can now be found in [[desert]] [[village]] temple [[chest]]s.}}
{{History|||snap=beta 1.11.0.4|[[Trading]] has been changed, cleric [[villager]]s now [[trading|buy]] 32 rotten flesh for an [[emerald]].}}

{{History|console}}
{{History||xbox=TU5|xbone=CU1|ps=1.0|wiiu=Patch 1|switch=1.0.1|[[File:Rotten Flesh JE2 BE1.png|32px]] Added rotten flesh.}}	
{{History||xbox=none|xbone=none|ps=1.90|wiiu=none|switch=none|[[File:Rotten Flesh JE3 BE2.png|32px]] The texture of rotten flesh has been changed.}}

{{History|new3ds}}
{{History||0.1.0|[[File:Rotten Flesh JE2 BE1.png|32px]] Added rotten flesh.}}
{{History|foot}}

== Issues ==
{{issue list}}

== External Links ==
*[https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/taking-inventory--rotten-flesh Taking Inventory: Rotten Flesh] – Minecraft.net on June 8, 2020

{{Items}}

[[cs:Shnilé maso]]
[[de:Verrottetes Fleisch]]
[[es:Carne podrida]]
[[fr:Chair putréfiée]]
[[hu:Rohadt hús]]
[[it:Carne marcia]]
[[ja:腐った肉]]
[[ko:썩은 살점]]
[[nl:Bedorven vlees]]
[[pl:Zgniłe mięso]]
[[pt:Carne podre]]
[[ru:Гнилая плоть]]
[[uk:Гнила плоть]]
[[zh:腐肉]]
[[Category:Renewable resources]]
[[Category:Food]]</li><li>[[Water|Water]]<br/>{{About|the fluid|the bucket|Water Bucket|other forms of water}}
{{Fluid
| image = <gallery>
Water.png|Java Edition
Water BE.png|Bedrock Edition
</gallery>
| invimage = Water Bucket
| invimage2 = Water
| renewable = Yes
| transparent = Partial <small>(-1 to light)</small>
| light = No
| tool = bucket
| infinite = Yes
| flowrate = 5 [[tick]]s/block
| flowdistance = 8 blocks
}}

'''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 ====
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" data-description="Water Color in Java Edition"
|-
!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></ul></nowiki>
Initial release. In this version users can choose not only the current version but also Infdev.
b
1.3
{{Extension DPL}}<ul><li>[[Copper Horn|Copper Horn]]<br/>{{About|the removed item|the current item|Goat Horn}}
{{outdated feature|edition=bedrock}}
{{Item
| renewable = Yes
| stackable = No
}}

A '''copper horn''' was an [[item]] crafted from a [[goat horn]] and [[copper ingots]].

== Obtaining ==
=== Crafting ===
{{Crafting
 |ignoreusage=1
 |A2=Copper Ingot
 |B2=Goat Horn
 |B3=Copper Ingot
 |C2=Copper Ingot
 |Output=Copper Horn
}}

=== Natural generation ===
Copper horns were found in pillager outpost chests.

== Usage ==
Copper horns were used to play sounds. They took one second to use and had a four second cooldown. There were ten variations of copper horns, and each of them played three different sounds: when looking up, crouching, or neither of those. In total, there were thirty different sounds that could be played using copper horns. The sound a copper horn plays based on multiple conditions, which are in order as follows:
* If crouching, the bass tune was played.
* Else, if looking up (by 45 degrees), the harmony tune was played.
* Else, the melody tune was played.

== Sounds ==
Sound names in the item tooltip are created using the harmony, melody, and bass sounds in that order.

=== Harmony ===
{{Sound table
|type=bedrock
|sound=harmony0.ogg
|description="Great" ("Great Sky Falling")
|source=hostile
|id=horn.call.0
|volume=1.0
|pitch=1.0}}
{{Sound table
|sound=harmony1.ogg
|description="Old" ("Old Hymn Resting")
|source=hostile
|id=horn.call.1
|volume=1.0
|pitch=1.0}}
{{Sound table
|sound=harmony2.ogg
|description="Pure" ("Pure Water Desire")
|source=hostile
|id=horn.call.2
|volume=1.0
|pitch=1.0}}
{{Sound table
|sound=harmony3.ogg
|description="Humble" ("Humble Fire Memory")
|source=hostile
|id=horn.call.3
|volume=1.0
|pitch=1.0}}
{{Sound table
|sound=harmony4.ogg
|description="Dry" ("Dry Urge Anger")
|source=hostile
|id=horn.call.4
|volume=1.0
|pitch=1.0}}
{{Sound table
|sound=harmony5.ogg
|description="Clear" ("Clear Temper Journey")
|source=hostile
|id=horn.call.5
|volume=1.0
|pitch=1.0}}
{{Sound table
|sound=harmony6.ogg
|description="Fresh" ("Fresh Nest Thought")
|source=hostile
|id=horn.call.6
|volume=1.0
|pitch=1.0}}
{{Sound table
|sound=harmony7.ogg
|description="Secret" ("Secret Lake Tear")
|source=hostile
|id=horn.call.7
|volume=1.0
|pitch=1.0}}
{{Sound table
|sound=harmony8.ogg
|description="Fearless" ("Fearless River Gift")
|source=hostile
|id=horn.call.8
|volume=1.0
|pitch=1.0}}
{{Sound table
|sound=harmony9.ogg
|description="Sweet" ("Sweet Moon Love")
|source=hostile
|id=horn.call.9
|volume=1.0
|pitch=1.0
|foot=1}}

=== Melody ===
{{Sound table
|type=bedrock
|sound=melody0.ogg
|description="Sky" ("Great Sky Falling")
|source=hostile
|id=horn.melody.0
|volume=1.0
|pitch=1.0}}
{{Sound table
|sound=melody1.ogg
|description="Hymn" ("Old Hymn Resting")
|source=hostile
|id=horn.melody.1
|volume=1.0
|pitch=1.0}}
{{Sound table
|sound=melody2.ogg
|description="Water" ("Pure Water Desire")
|source=hostile
|id=horn.melody.2
|volume=1.0
|pitch=1.0}}
{{Sound table
|sound=melody3.ogg
|description="Fire" ("Humble Fire Memory")
|source=hostile
|id=horn.melody.3
|volume=1.0
|pitch=1.0}}
{{Sound table
|sound=melody4.ogg
|description="Urge" ("Dry Urge Anger")
|source=hostile
|id=horn.melody.4
|volume=1.0
|pitch=1.0}}
{{Sound table
|sound=melody5.ogg
|description="Temper" ("Clear Temper Journey")
|source=hostile
|id=horn.melody.5
|volume=1.0
|pitch=1.0}}
{{Sound table
|sound=melody6.ogg
|description="Nest" ("Fresh Nest Thought")
|source=hostile
|id=horn.melody.6
|volume=1.0
|pitch=1.0}}
{{Sound table
|sound=melody7.ogg
|description="Lake" ("Secret Lake Tear")
|source=hostile
|id=horn.melody.7
|volume=1.0
|pitch=1.0}}
{{Sound table
|sound=melody8.ogg
|description="River" ("Fearless River Gift")
|source=hostile
|id=horn.melody.8
|volume=1.0
|pitch=1.0}}
{{Sound table
|sound=melody9.ogg
|description="Moon" ("Sweet Moon Love")
|source=hostile
|id=horn.melody.9
|volume=1.0
|pitch=1.0
|foot=1}}

=== Bass ===
{{Sound table
|type=bedrock
|sound=bass0.ogg
|description="Falling" ("Great Sky Falling")
|source=hostile
|id=horn.bass.0
|volume=1.0
|pitch=1.0}}
{{Sound table
|sound=bass1.ogg
|description="Resting" ("Old Hymn Resting")
|source=hostile
|id=horn.bass.1
|volume=1.0
|pitch=1.0}}
{{Sound table
|sound=bass2.ogg
|description="Desire" ("Pure Water Desire")
|source=hostile
|id=horn.bass.2
|volume=1.0
|pitch=1.0}}
{{Sound table
|sound=bass3.ogg
|description="Memory" ("Humble Fire Memory")
|source=hostile
|id=horn.bass.3
|volume=1.0
|pitch=1.0}}
{{Sound table
|sound=bass4.ogg
|description="Anger" ("Dry Urge Anger")
|source=hostile
|id=horn.bass.4
|volume=1.0
|pitch=1.0}}
{{Sound table
|sound=bass5.ogg
|description="Journey" ("Clear Temper Journey")
|source=hostile
|id=horn.bass.5
|volume=1.0
|pitch=1.0}}
{{Sound table
|sound=bass6.ogg
|description="Thought" ("Fresh Nest Thought")
|source=hostile
|id=horn.bass.6
|volume=1.0
|pitch=1.0}}
{{Sound table
|sound=bass7.ogg
|description="Tear" ("Secret Lake Tear")
|source=hostile
|id=horn.bass.7
|volume=1.0
|pitch=1.0}}
{{Sound table
|sound=bass8.ogg
|description="Gift" ("Fearless River Gift")
|source=hostile
|id=horn.bass.8
|volume=1.0
|pitch=1.0}}
{{Sound table
|sound=bass9.ogg
|description="Love" ("Sweet Moon Love")
|source=hostile
|id=horn.bass.9
|volume=1.0
|pitch=1.0
|foot=1}}

==Data Values==
===ID===
{{ID table
|edition=bedrock
|shownumericids=y
|showforms=y
|notshowbeitemforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Copper Horn
|spritetype=item
|nameid=copper_horn
|form=item
|foot=1}}

== History ==
{{h|bedrock}}
{{h||Vanilla Experiments<br>(experimental)|link=1.18.30|snap=beta 1.18.30.26|[[File:Copper Horn BE1.png|32px]]Added copper horns.}}
{{h|||snap=beta 1.18.30.28|[[File:Copper Horn BE2.png|32px]]Changed the texture of copper horns.}}
{{h||1.19.0|snap=beta 1.19.0.24|Removed copper horns.}}
{{h|foot}}

== Trivia ==
* Copper horns were removed from the game as they didn't live up to the developers' design goals, and as such are no longer supported.<ref>{{cite|url=https://feedback.minecraft.net/hc/en-us/articles/5540500564365| title = Minecraft Beta & Preview - 1.19.0.24/25|website=feedback.minecraft.net|date=April 14, 2022}}</ref>
* This is the first item in {{el|be}} to have been completely removed instead of just made unobtainable. This is likely due to the fact it never made it out of [[experimental gameplay]].
** If a world that contained this item is loaded into a newer version, the horn will disappear upon loading.

== References ==
{{reflist}}

{{Items}}
{{Removed features}}

[[Category:Renewable resources]]

[[de:Ziegenhorn]]
[[es:Cuerno de cobre]]
[[fr:Corne de chèvre]]
[[it:Corno di capra]]
[[lzh:銅號]]
[[pl:Kozi róg]]
[[pt:Chifre de cobre]]
[[ru:Козий рог]]
[[zh:铜制号角]]</li><li>[[Head|Head]]<br/>{{Block
| image = 
<gallery>
Skeleton Skull.png | Skeleton
Wither Skeleton Skull.png | Wither Skeleton 
Player Head.png | Player
Zombie Head.png| Zombie
Creeper Head.png | Creeper
Dragon Head.png | Dragon
Piglin Head.png | Piglin
</gallery>
| transparent = Yes
| light = No
| tool = any
| renewable = 
* '''Skeleton, Wither Skeleton, Zombie, Creeper, Piglin:''' 
* Yes
* '''Dragon, Player:'''
* No
| stackable = Yes (64)
| flammable = No
| lavasusceptible = No
| rarity = Uncommon
}}

A '''head''' or '''skull''' is a [[block]] modeled after the head of a specific [[entity]]. There are seven types of heads: [[player]] ([[Steve]]'s head by default), [[zombie]], [[skeleton]], [[wither skeleton]], [[creeper]], [[piglin]], and [[dragon]].

== Obtaining ==

=== Breaking ===

A mob head can be mined using any item,<ref>{{bug|MC-192905||Heads & Skulls have no assigned tool}}</ref> and drops itself when broken.
{{breaking row|horizontal=1|Mob Head|sprite=Heads}}
If a head is pushed by a [[piston]] or comes in contact with [[water]] or [[lava]], it breaks off as an [[item (entity)|item]].

When destroyed by an [[explosion]], the head ''always'' drops as an item.

===Natural generation===

Dragon heads generate on [[end ships]] found in [[End City|end cities]].

Skeleton skulls can generate in [[ancient cities]], which sometimes generate in the [[deep dark]].

=== Mob loot ===

A [[wither skeleton]] has a 2.5% chance of dropping a wither skeleton skull when killed by a player or a tamed [[wolf]]. The chance is increased by 1% per level of [[Looting]], for a maximum of 5.5% with Looting III. {{IN|bedrock}}, the chance is increased by 2% per level of [[Looting]], for a maximum of 8.5% with Looting III.

[[Skeleton]], [[wither skeleton]], [[zombie]], [[creeper]] and [[piglin]] heads are always dropped by the respective mob if it dies due to a [[charged creeper]]'s explosion. {{IN|bedrock}}, if multiple mobs are killed by the same charged creeper, all of them drop their heads, however {{in|java}} only one mob selected at random drops its head.<ref>{{bug|MC-63534|||WAI}}</ref> If an [[ender dragon]] or a [[player]] is killed by a charged creeper, it does not drop its head.<ref name=":0">{{bug|MC-132933|||WAI}}</ref>

==Usage ==

===Decoration===

Mob heads can be oriented in 16 different directions on top of a block, and 4 directions on the sides of blocks, similar to [[sign]]s. They can be placed on top of, or beside each other by shift clicking.

When placed and powered by redstone, the piglin and dragon heads plays an animation. The piglin head flaps its ears (2 times per second for the right ear and 2.5 times per second for the left ear) while the dragon head opens and closes its mouth repeatedly (2 times per second). The same animation occurs when worn by a (horizontally) moving player, zombie, skeleton, or [[armor stand]] (note: the animation does not play if the <code>NoGravity</code> tag is set to 1)

=== Wearing ===
{{See also|#Renders}}

The player can wear heads, similarly to [[pumpkin]]s or helmets. This overlays the second layer of the player's [[skin]].

====Disguise====

Wearing the corresponding mob head reduces the detection range for [[skeleton]]s (but not [[wither skeleton]]s), [[creeper]]s, [[zombie]]s, and [[piglin]]s to 50% of the normal range. This is similar to (and stacks with) the reductions in detection range from [[sneaking]] and from the [[Invisibility]] status effect.

{{IN|bedrock}}, wearing any mob head or carved pumpkin makes the player invisible to other players on a locator [[map]].

=== Withers===
{{FakeImage|{{BlockGrid|scale=2|w=Wither Skeleton Skull|s=Soul Sand|www|sss| s }}|Wither build configuration}}

[[Wither]]s can be spawned by placing soul sand or soul soil in a T shape, and putting 3 wither skeleton skulls on top of the T. The T can be horizontal or vertical. The last block placed must be one of the three wither skeleton skulls. A dispenser can also create a wither, by placing the final skull onto soul sand directly in front of and below it.

===Dispensers===
A [[dispenser]] can equip a mob head on a player, mob, or armor stand with an empty helmet slot, within the block the dispenser is facing.

[[Dispenser]]s can also complete the construction of a wither.

=== Crafting ingredient===

{{crafting usage|Wither Skeleton Skull,Creeper Head|continue=1}}
{{Crafting
  |ignoreusage=1
  |ingredients=Any '''Mob head''' +<br>[[Gunpowder]] +<br>Any [[Dye]]
  |Gunpowder
  |Wither Skeleton Skull;Skeleton Skull;Zombie Head;Head;Creeper Head;Dragon Head;Player Head
  |Matching Dye
  |Output= Matching Firework Star
  |description=Forms Creeper shape
  |foot=1
}}

===Enchantments===

Mob heads can receive the following enchantments, but only through an [[anvil]].
{| class="wikitable col-2-center col-3-right"
|+
!Name
!Max Level
![[Enchanting|Method]]
|-
|[[Curse of Binding]]
|I
|{{Inventory slot|Anvil}}
|-
|[[Curse of Vanishing]]
|I
|{{Inventory slot|Anvil}}
|-
|}

=== Note blocks ===
Placing a head above a [[note block]] causes the note block to play the corresponding mob's {{cd|ambient}} sound when activated. The only exception is the creeper head; as creepers don't make {{cd|ambient}} sounds, the note block plays the {{cd|primed}} (hissing) sound instead.

The block below the note block does not affect the mob sound it creates.

==Player skins==
{{exclusive|java|section=1}}
Human heads have an extra usage for map makers, they can be given [[Chunk format#Entity Format|NBT data]] so that they appear with the skin of any ''Minecraft'' account. This means if a player knows that a specific account has a head that is desired to display, the NBT data can be edited to make it appear.

The command to give the player a head with the skin of another player is {{cmd|give @s minecraft:player_head{SkullOwner:"<''PlayerName''>"} }}. Commonly, this kind of head is called a custom head. 

Another command to give the player a head with another player's skin is {{cmd|give @s minecraft:player_head{SkullOwner:{Id:"<''PlayerUUID''>",Properties:{textures:[{Value:"<''SkinURL''>"}]} } } }}. ''SkinURL'' is a string encoded in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Base64 Base64] containing the URL of the player's skin.<ref>Example: {"textures":{"SKIN":{"url":"<nowiki>http://textures.minecraft.net/texture/292009a4925b58f02c77dadc3ecef07ea4c7472f64e0fdc32ce5522489362680"}}}</ref> A player head saves the skin of the player from the time it was created, meaning if the player changes their skin, the head still displays the original texture.<ref>{{tweet|Dinnerbone|464414369452142592|Skulls are a snapshot of the skin as it was made; just change your skin, make a skull, and change your skin back. That's intended behaviour.|May 8, 2014}}</ref> This kind of head is generally called a custom head.

Note that it is therefore necessary to be connected to the internet to load the texture of a skin, whatever the property used.
When they are loaded for the first time by the client, the skins textures are cached in {{code|[[.minecraft]]\assets\skins\(subfolders)\(files)}}.
If the client does not have access to the internet when it first loads, the player's head displays a regular head (Steve's skin) which is also cached.
Afterwards, even if the client reconnects to the internet, in order to display the skin correctly, it is necessary to clear the cache manually by deleting the recently created files in {{code|[[.minecraft]]\assets\skins\(subfolder)}}, then restarting the game.

===Marc's Head Format ===
[[File:Allmobheads.png|thumb|right|Most of the MHF mob heads provided.]]

{{exclusive|Java|section=1}}

[[Marc Watson]] created a number of accounts with specific skins so map makers could use common heads without the risk of someone changing their skins.<ref>{{reddit|1m0itx/twitter_marc_irl_mapmakers_would_it_be_useful|cc4m1cq|I'm here to make it so that people don't have to worry about having a consistent account whose skin might change.|Marc_IRL|September 9, 2013}}</ref> Nowadays, since heads do not update the skin if a player changes their skin, this is not something map-makers need to worry about, though these skins are still useful. These accounts have names in the format <code>MHF_<''Name''></code>, for example <code>MHF_PigZombie</code> is the name of a ''Minecraft'' user with a [[zombified piglin]] head. MHF stands for "Marc's Head Format".<ref>{{tweet|Marc_IRL|377453670410891264|head format. I needed to pick a prefix that was short and not already taken by other usernames.|September 10, 2013}}</ref> There are also a few blocks and "bonus" heads, for more variety. These player heads have not been updated in compliance with the [[Texture Update]], and are outdated.

Because these are names of player accounts, these heads are obtained or placed using the <code>SkullOwner</code> tag, for instance: {{cmd|/give @s minecraft:player_head{SkullOwner:"MHF_''<Name>''"}<nowiki />}}.

The following names/heads have been made available:<ref>{{tweet|Marc_IRL|542330244473311232|For those following the MHF list, I have presents for you. Full list of accounts I've made: http://pastebin.com/5mug6EBu|December 9, 2014}}</ref>
<!--

DO NOT add ANY skull to this list without a source that it is made by Mojang; unsourced additions will be reverted!

In particular:
* MHF_Apple, MHF_Wither and MHF_Tree are not made by Mojang, see {{tweet|Marc_IRL|542599419678707714}} and {{tweet|Marc_IRL|590522239616954369}}
* MHF_Guardian is unofficial, see http://redd.it/3439u0

-->

;Mobs
<div class="list-style-none" style="-moz-column-width:15em;-webkit-column-width:15em;column-width:15em">
* {{InvSprite|MHF Alex}} MHF_Alex
* {{InvSprite|MHF Blaze}} MHF_Blaze
* {{InvSprite|MHF CaveSpider}} MHF_CaveSpider
* {{InvSprite|MHF Chicken}} MHF_Chicken
* {{InvSprite|MHF Cow}} MHF_Cow
* {{InvSprite|MHF Creeper}} MHF_Creeper
* {{InvSprite|MHF Enderman}} MHF_Enderman
* {{InvSprite|MHF Ghast}} MHF_Ghast
* {{InvSprite|MHF Golem}} MHF_Golem
* {{InvSprite|MHF Herobrine}} MHF_Herobrine
* {{InvSprite|MHF LavaSlime}} MHF_LavaSlime
* {{InvSprite|MHF MushroomCow}} MHF_MushroomCow
* {{InvSprite|MHF Ocelot}} MHF_Ocelot
* {{InvSprite|MHF Pig}} MHF_Pig
* {{InvSprite|MHF PigZombie}} MHF_PigZombie
* {{InvSprite|MHF Sheep}} MHF_Sheep
* {{InvSprite|MHF Skeleton}} MHF_Skeleton
* {{InvSprite|MHF Slime}} MHF_Slime
* {{InvSprite|MHF Spider}} MHF_Spider
* {{InvSprite|MHF Squid}} MHF_Squid
* {{InvSprite|MHF Steve}} MHF_Steve
* {{InvSprite|MHF Villager}} MHF_Villager
* {{InvSprite|MHF WSkeleton}} MHF_WSkeleton
* {{InvSprite|MHF Zombie}} MHF_Zombie
</div>

;Blocks
<div class="list-style-none" style="-moz-column-width:15em;-webkit-column-width:15em;column-width:15em">
* {{InvSprite|MHF Cactus}} MHF_Cactus
* {{InvSprite|MHF Cake}} MHF_Cake
* {{InvSprite|MHF Chest}} MHF_Chest
* {{InvSprite|MHF CoconutB}} MHF_CoconutB
* {{InvSprite|MHF CoconutG}} MHF_CoconutG
* {{InvSprite|MHF Melon}} MHF_Melon
* {{InvSprite|MHF OakLog}} MHF_OakLog
* {{InvSprite|MHF Present1}} MHF_Present1
* {{InvSprite|MHF Present2}} MHF_Present2
* {{InvSprite|MHF Pumpkin}} MHF_Pumpkin
* {{InvSprite|MHF TNT}} MHF_TNT
* {{InvSprite|MHF TNT2}} MHF_TNT2
</div>

;Bonus
<div class="list-style-none" style="-moz-column-width:15em;-webkit-column-width:15em;column-width:15em">
* {{InvSprite|MHF ArrowUp}} MHF_ArrowUp
* {{InvSprite|MHF ArrowDown}} MHF_ArrowDown
* {{InvSprite|MHF ArrowLeft}} MHF_ArrowLeft
* {{InvSprite|MHF ArrowRight}} MHF_ArrowRight
* {{InvSprite|MHF Exclamation}} MHF_Exclamation
* {{InvSprite|MHF Question}} MHF_Question
</div>

== Sounds ==
=== Generic ===
{{Sound table/Block/Stone}}
=== Unique ===
{{Edition|Java}}:
{{Sound table
|sound=Zombie idle1.ogg
|sound2=Zombie idle2.ogg
|sound3=Zombie idle3.ogg
|subtitle=Zombie groans
|source=record
|description=When a zombie head is played using a note block
|id=block.note_block.imitate.zombie
|translationkey=subtitles.entity.zombie.ambient
|volume=3.0
|pitch=1.0
|distance=16}}
{{Sound table
|sound=Skeleton idle1.ogg
|sound2=Skeleton idle2.ogg
|sound3=Skeleton idle3.ogg
|subtitle=Skeleton rattles
|source=record
|description=When a skeleton skull is played using a note block
|id=block.note_block.imitate.skeleton
|translationkey=subtitles.entity.skeleton.ambient
|volume=3.0
|pitch=1.0
|distance=16}}
{{Sound table
|sound=Creeper fuse.ogg
|subtitle=Creeper hisses
|source=record
|description=When a creeper head is played using a note block
|id=block.note_block.imitate.creeper
|translationkey=subtitles.entity.creeper.primed
|volume=3.0
|pitch=0.5
|distance=16}}
{{Sound table
|sound=Ender dragon idle1.ogg
|sound2=Ender dragon idle2.ogg
|sound3=Ender dragon idle3.ogg
|sound4=Ender dragon idle4.ogg
|subtitle=Dragon roars
|source=record
|description=When an ender dragon head is played using a note block
|id=block.note_block.imitate.ender_dragon
|translationkey=subtitles.entity.ender_dragon.ambient
|volume=3.0
|pitch=1.0
|distance=16}}
{{Sound table
|sound=Wither skeleton idle1.ogg
|sound2=Wither skeleton idle2.ogg
|sound3=Wither skeleton idle3.ogg
|subtitle=Wither Skeleton rattles
|source=record
|description=When a wither skeleton skull is played using a note block
|id=block.note_block.imitate.wither_skeleton
|translationkey=subtitles.entity.wither_skeleton.ambient
|volume=3.0
|pitch=1.0
|distance=16}}
{{Sound table
|sound=Piglin idle1.ogg
|sound2=Piglin idle2.ogg
|sound3=Piglin idle3.ogg
|sound4=Piglin idle4.ogg
|sound5=Piglin idle5.ogg
|subtitle=Piglin snorts
|source=record
|description=When a piglin head is played using a note block
|id=block.note_block.imitate.piglin
|translationkey=subtitles.entity.piglin.ambient
|volume=1.98
|pitch=1.0
|distance=16}}
{{Sound table
|sound=Equip generic1.ogg
|sound2=Equip generic2.ogg
|sound3=Equip generic3.ogg
|sound4=Equip generic4.ogg
|sound5=Equip generic5.ogg
|sound6=Equip generic6.ogg
|subtitle=Gear equips
|source=player
|description=When a carved pumpkin is equipped
|id=item.armor.equip_generic
|translationkey=subtitles.item.armor.equip
|volume=1.0
|pitch=1.0
|distance=16
|foot=1}}

<!--volumes and pitches seem to be approximately v=0.9 p=0.84, but those values are approximate and are not in the files. They are probably inside of the code.-->
{{Edition|Bedrock}}:
{{Sound table
|type=bedrock
|sound=Zombie idle1.ogg
|sound2=Zombie idle2.ogg
|sound3=Zombie idle3.ogg
|source=record
|description=When a zombie head is played using a note block
|id=note.zombie
|pitch=0.84 <ref group=sound name=pitch>Actually equal to <math>\frac{1}{\sqrt[4]{2}}</math>, which is about 0.8409</ref>}}
{{Sound table
|sound=Skeleton step1.ogg
|sound2=Skeleton step2.ogg
|sound3=Skeleton step3.ogg
|sound4=Skeleton step4.ogg
|source=record
|description=When a skeleton skull is played using a note block<wbr><ref group=sound name=skeletoncreeper>{{Bug|MCPE-164530}}</ref>
|id=note.skeleton
|pitch=0.84 <ref group=sound name=pitch/>}}
{{Sound table
|sound=Fuse.ogg
|source=record
|description=When a creeper head is played using a note block<wbr><ref group=sound name=skeletoncreeper/>
|id=note.creeper
|pitch=0.84 <ref group=sound name=pitch/>}}
{{Sound table
|sound=Ender dragon idle1.ogg
|sound2=Ender dragon idle2.ogg
|sound3=Ender dragon idle3.ogg
|sound4=Ender dragon idle4.ogg
|source=record
|description=When a dragon head is played using a note block
|id=note.enderdragon
|pitch=0.84 <ref group=sound name=pitch/>}}
{{Sound table
|sound=Skeleton step1.ogg
|sound2=Skeleton step2.ogg
|sound3=Skeleton step3.ogg
|sound4=Skeleton step4.ogg
|source=record
|description=When a wither skeleton skull is played using a note block<wbr>{{Until|BE 1.20.40}}<wbr><ref group=sound name=skeletoncreeper/>
|id=note.witherskeleton
|pitch=0.84 <ref group=sound name=pitch/>}}
{{Sound table
|sound=Wither skeleton step1.ogg
|sound2=Wither skeleton step2.ogg
|sound3=Wither skeleton step3.ogg
|sound4=Wither skeleton step4.ogg
|source=record
|description=When a wither skeleton skull is played using a note block<wbr>{{Upcoming|BE 1.20.40}}<wbr><ref group=sound name=skeletoncreeper/>
|id=note.witherskeleton
|pitch=0.84 <ref group=sound name=pitch/>}}
{{Sound table
|sound=Piglin angry1.ogg
|sound2=Piglin angry2.ogg
|sound3=Piglin angry3.ogg
|sound4=Piglin angry4.ogg
|source=record
|description=When a piglin head is played using a note block<wbr><ref group=sound>{{Bug|MCPE-164710}}</ref>
|id=note.piglin
|pitch=0.84 <ref group=sound name=pitch/>}}
{{Sound table
|sound=Equip generic1.ogg
|sound2=Equip generic2.ogg
|sound3=Equip generic3.ogg
|sound4=Equip generic4.ogg
|sound5=Equip generic5.ogg
|sound6=Equip generic6.ogg
|source=player
|description=When a carved pumpkin is equipped
|id=armor.equip_generic
|volume=1.0
|pitch=1.0
|foot=1}}

==Data values==

=== ID===
{{edition|java}}:
{{ID table
|edition=java
|showforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Skeleton Skull
|spritetype=block
|nameid=skeleton_skull}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Wither Skeleton Skull
|spritetype=block
|nameid=wither_skeleton_skull}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Zombie Head
|spritetype=block
|nameid=zombie_head}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Player Head
|spritetype=block
|nameid=player_head}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Creeper Head
|spritetype=block
|nameid=creeper_head}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Dragon Head
|spritetype=block
|nameid=dragon_head}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Piglin Head
|spritetype=block
|nameid=piglin_head}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Skeleton Wall Skull
|spritetype=block
|nameid=skeleton_wall_skull
|form=block}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Wither Skeleton Wall Skull
|spritetype=block
|nameid=wither_skeleton_wall_skull
|form=block}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Zombie Wall Head
|spritetype=block
|nameid=zombie_wall_head
|form=block}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Player Wall Head
|spritetype=block
|nameid=player_wall_head
|form=block}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Creeper Wall Head
|spritetype=block
|nameid=creeper_wall_head
|form=block}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Dragon Wall Head
|spritetype=block
|nameid=dragon_wall_head
|form=block}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Piglin Wall Head
|spritetype=block
|nameid=piglin_wall_head
|foot=1}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Block entity
|spritename=heads
|spritetype=block
|nameid=skull
|foot=1}}

{{edition|bedrock}}:
{{ID table
|edition=bedrock
|firstcolumnname=Head
|shownumericids=y
|showforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Block
|spritename=skulls
|spritetype=block
|nameid=skull
|id=144
|form=block
|itemform=item.skull
|translationkey=-}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Item
|spritename=skulls
|spritetype=item
|nameid=skull
|id=516
|form=item
|translationkey=item.skull.skeleton.name, item.skull.wither.name, item.skull.zombie.name, item.skull.char.name, item.skull.creeper.name, item.skull.dragon.name, item.skull.piglin.name
|foot=1}}
{{ID table
|notnamespaced=y
|displayname=Block entity
|spritename=heads
|spritetype=block
|nameid=Skull
|foot=1}}

===Metadata===
{{see also|Data values}}
{{IN|bedrock}}, mob heads use the following data values:
{{/DV}}

=== Item data===

{{el|java}}:
{{main|Player.dat format}}
Player heads use item NBT to save the owner.
<div class="treeview">
* {{nbt|compound|tag}}: The item's '''tag''' tag.
{{:Player.dat_format/Player Heads}}
</div>

{{el|bedrock}}:
: {{IN|bedrock}}, heads have no additional item tag.
: See [[Bedrock Edition level format/Item format]].

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

{{/BS}}

=== Block data===

A mob head 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|Camouflage;The Beginning?}}

==Advancements==
{{load advancements|Spooky Scary Skeleton;Withering Heights}}

==History==
''For a more in-depth breakdown of changes to textures and models, including a set of renders for each state combination, see [[/Asset history]]''
{{History|java}}
{{History||August 28, 2012|link={{tweet|jeb|240383066831462401}}|[[Jeb]] released images of the skeleton head, hinting of more types to come.}}
{{History||PAX 2012|link={{ytl|IqciEbjYd-I|t=03m21s}}|At [[wikipedia:PAX (event)|PAX]], [[Dinnerbone]] revealed that there would be rare [[drops]] of these [[mob]]s.<ref>http://www.twitch.tv/pax2/b/330745811 (at 3:59:00)</ref>}}
{{History||1.4.2|snap=12w36a|[[File:Skeleton Skull (item) JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Wither Skeleton Skull (item) JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Zombie Head (item) JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Player Head (item) JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Creeper Head (item) JE1.png|32px]] Added skeleton, wither skeleton, zombie, player, and creeper heads.
|Wither skeleton skulls are rarely [[drops|dropped]] by the [[wither skeleton]] upon [[death]] (2.5% chance), while the other four are obtainable only from the [[creative]] [[inventory]].}}
{{History|||snap=12w37a|[[File:Skeleton Skull (item) JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Wither Skeleton Skull (item) JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Zombie Head (item) JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Player Head (item) JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Creeper Head (item) JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Changed item textures.
|Added as a hidden and disabled feature, player heads can now have the [[skin]] of a specific [[player]]. A line in the language file implies that there either used to be, or in a future update, the possibility of obtaining a specific player's head.<ref name="en_US 12w21">Snapshot 12w37a {{cd|lang/en_US.lang}}: <code>item.skull.player.name=%s's Head</code></ref> 
|Player heads do not [[drops|drop]] in vanilla, but mapmakers/modders/etc. can make them by adding an [[NBT format|NBT]] string tag <code>{"SkullOwner":"''player_name''"}</code> on the skull [[item]]s.<ref name="playerheads">{{reddit|zxn7u/its_apparently_my_cakeday_so_lets_cash_in_this}}</ref>}}
{{History||November 7, 2012|link=https://www.reddit.com/r/minecraftsuggestions/comments/12qtbz/killing_other_players_with_a_sword_should_drop/c6xqpym/?context=3|[[Jeb]] states that the official opinion is that "[dropping] player heads [on player kills] are a bit too gory for [[Minecraft]], so it's better suited for a plugin or mod."}}
{{History||1.4.6|snap=12w49a|Any kind of [[mob]] head can now be used to [[crafting|craft]] a [[firework star]] with [[creeper]]-face effect.}}
{{History||1.7.2|snap=13w36a|Custom heads can now be obtained without third party programs via {{cmd|give}}.}}
{{History||1.8|snap=14w03a|Player heads now show the [[skin]]'s hat layer (this also works when a [[mob]]/player wears the head).}}
{{History|||snap=14w29a|Heads now display a cracking animation.}}
{{History|||snap=14w30a|[[File:Skeleton Skull (item) JE2.png|32px]] [[File:Wither Skeleton Skull (item) JE2.png|32px]] [[File:Zombie Head (item) JE2.png|32px]] [[File:Player Head (item) JE2.png|32px]] [[File:Creeper Head (item) JE2.png|32px]] Player and mob heads in [[inventory|inventories]] and held by mobs/players now display as [[block]]s. 
|Skulls worn by [[mob]]s and [[player]]s are now displayed on the armor layer. Previously, the skull replaced the mob/player's head texture; the hat layer appeared over the skull.
|Skeleton, zombie, and creeper heads are now available in [[survival]]. The player can obtain them by killing the appropriate mob with a charged [[creeper]].
|Creeper heads and wither skeleton skulls are now used in [[crafting]] specific [[banner]] patterns.}}
{{History|||snap=14w30b|A single charged creeper explosion no longer yields more than one [[mob]] head. The mob head that drops is chosen randomly.}}
{{History||1.8.4|snap=release|For security reasons, custom heads can now have textures only from [[mojang.com]] and [[minecraft.net]].}}
{{History||1.9|snap=15w31a|[[File:Dragon Head (8) JE2.png|32px]] Added dragon heads.
|Dragon heads are currently available only in [[creative]] mode.
|[[Mob]] heads now appear larger in the [[inventory]].}}
{{History|||snap=15w32a|Creeper, zombie, and skeleton heads can now be worn to reduce detection by the corresponding mobs by 50%.}}
{{History|||snap=15w32c|Dragon heads now generate on [[end ship]]s, meaning they are now obtainable in [[survival]].}}
{{History|||snap=15w33c|The disguise that is given by mob heads now reduces detection range to 37.5% of normal.}}
{{History|||snap=15w36a|The disguise that is given by mob heads now reduces detection range to 50% of normal again.}}
{{History|||snap=15w39a|[[Dispenser]]s can now equip mob heads onto [[player]]s, [[mob]]s and [[armor stand]]s.}}
{{History||1.13|snap=17w47a|The ID of heads have been split into 12; one of each available standard head, as well as a wall counterpart of each.
|<code>skeleton_skull</code>, <code>wither_skeleton_skull</code>, <code>player_head</code>, <code>zombie_head</code>, <code>creeper_head</code> and <code>dragon_head</code> are now available as [[item]]s and placed [[block]]s with a <code>rotation</code> block state of 0-15.
|<code>skeleton_wall_skull</code>, <code>wither_skeleton_wall_skull</code>, <code>player_wall_head</code>, <code>zombie_wall_head</code>, <code>creeper_wall_head</code> and <code>dragon_wall_head</code> are available only as placed blocks with a <code>facing</code> block state of north, south, east or west.
|Prior to [[1.13/Flattening|''The Flattening'']], this [[block]]'s numeral ID was 144, and the [[item]]'s 397.}}
{{History||1.19|snap=Deep Dark Experimental Snapshot 1|Skeleton skulls now generate as part of [[ancient cities]].}}
{{History||November 14, 2022|link=https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/playable-mob-sounds-coming-minecraft-1-20|Piglin heads are announced to be added in [[Java Edition 1.20]] on the Minecraft website.}}
{{History||1.19.3|snap=22w45a|[[File:Player Head (8) JE5.png|32px]] The texture of the player head has been changed.}}
{{History||1.20<br>(Experimental)|link=1.19.3|snap=22w46a|[[File:Piglin Head (8) JE1.png|32px]] Added piglin heads behind the [[Java Edition 1.20|Update 1.20 experimental datapack]].}}
{{History||1.20<br>(Experimental)|link=1.19.4|snap=23w03a|Heads can now be placed on top of note blocks without sneaking.}}
<!-- 
{{History||1.19.4|snap=23w05a|Heads can now be swapped by let [[helmet]]s {{ctrl|using}} in the hotbar.<ref>{{bug|MC-216270|||Fixed}}</ref>}}
{{History||?|Head can now be swapped in [[armor stand]]s by {{ctrl|using}} them/[[helmet]]s/[[carved pumpkin]]s in the armor stand's slot.}}
RE-ADD WHEN THE WORDING IS BETTER -->
{{History||1.20|snap=23w12a|Piglin heads are now available without using the "Update 1.20" experimental datapack.}}

{{History|pocket alpha}}
{{History||v0.12.1|snap=build 1|[[File:Skeleton Skull (item) JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Wither Skeleton Skull (item) JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Zombie Head (item) JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Player Head (item) JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Creeper Head (item) JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added skeleton, wither skeleton, zombie, player, and creeper heads. 
|The skeleton, wither skeleton, zombie, player and creeper heads use the [[Java Edition|Java]] textures prior to [[Java Edition 14w30a|14w30a]].}} 
{{History||v0.14.0|snap=build 1|Mob heads can now be worn as armor.}}
{{History||v0.16.0|snap=build 4|Wither skeleton skulls can now be used to spawn the [[wither]].}}
{{History|pocket}}
{{History||1.0.0|snap=alpha 0.17.0.1|[[File:Dragon Head (item) BE1.png|32px]] Added dragon heads. 
|Dragon heads use a two-dimensional sprite, unlike [[Java Edition|Java]] does.}}
{{History|bedrock}}
{{History||1.2.0|snap=beta 1.2.0.2|Mob heads can now be used to craft [[firework star]]s.
|Creeper heads and wither skeleton skulls are now used to [[crafting|craft]] specific patterns on [[banner]]s.}}
{{History|||snap=beta 1.2.0.11|[[File:Skeleton Skull (item) BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Wither Skeleton Skull (item) BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Zombie Head (item) BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Head (item) BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Creeper Head (item) BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Dragon Head (item) BE2.png|32px]] [[Player]] and [[mob]] heads in [[inventory|inventories]] and when held by mobs/players now display as [[block]]s.}}
{{History||1.10.0|snap=beta 1.10.0.3|Wither skeleton skulls and creeper heads can now be used to craft [[banner pattern]]s.}}
{{History||November 14, 2022|link=https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/playable-mob-sounds-coming-minecraft-1-20|Piglin heads are announced to be added in [[Bedrock Edition 1.20.0]] on the Minecraft website.}}
{{History||Next Major Update<br>(Experimental)|link=1.19.60|snap=beta 1.19.60.20|[[File:Piglin Head (item) BE1.png|32px]] Added piglin heads behind the "[[Bedrock Edition 1.20.0|Next Major Update]]" [[experimental]] toggle.}}
{{History|||snap=beta 1.19.60.25|Heads can now be placed on top of note blocks without sneaking.}}
{{History||1.20.0|snap=beta 1.20.0.21|Piglin heads are now available without using the "Next Major Update" experimental toggle.}}
{{History||1.20.40|snap=beta 1.20.40.20|Wither skeleton skulls now make their respective step sounds when played by a note block.}}

{{History|console}}
{{History||xbox=TU12|xbone=CU1|ps=1.0|wiiu=Patch 1|switch=1.0.1|[[File:Skeleton Skull (item) JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Wither Skeleton Skull (item) JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Zombie Head (item) JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Player Head (item) JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Creeper Head (item) JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added skeleton, wither skeleton, zombie, player, and creeper heads to the [[creative inventory]]. 
|Wither skeleton skulls currently do not have a use.}}
{{History||xbox=TU19|xbone=CU7|ps=1.12|Wither skeleton skulls can now be obtained by killing [[wither skeleton]]s.
|Wither skeleton skulls can now be used to build the [[wither]].}}
{{History||xbox=TU31|xbone=CU19|ps=1.22|wiiu=Patch 3|Skeleton, zombie, and creeper heads are now available in [[survival]]. The [[player]] can obtain them by killing the appropriate [[mob]] with a charged [[creeper]].}}
{{History||xbox=TU46|xbone=CU36|ps=1.38|wiiu=Patch 15|[[File:Dragon Head (item) JE1.png|32px]] Added dragon heads.}}

{{History|new 3ds}}
{{History||0.1.0|[[File:Skeleton Skull (item) JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Wither Skeleton Skull (item) JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Zombie Head (item) JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Player Head (item) JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Creeper Head (item) JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added skeleton, wither skeleton, zombie, player, and creeper heads.}}
{{History||1.7.10|[[File:Dragon Head (item) BE1.png|32px]] Added dragon heads.}}
{{History|foot}}

=== Skull "item" ===
{{:Technical blocks/Skull}}

==Issues==

{{issue list}}

== Trivia ==

* Heads do not have their own textures and take their textures from other objects.
* When [[breaking]] any head, the particle effect of breaking it is the same as [[soul sand]].
* Despite there being a default Steve head, heads for the other protagonist skins cannot be obtained without using custom names.
* {{IN|be}}, the skull variant for the item is stored under the {{cd|damage}} component, normally used for items with [[durability]].

== Gallery ==

===Renders===
<gallery>
Steve wearing Skeleton Skull.png|
Steve wearing Wither Skeleton Skull.png|
Steve wearing Creeper Head.png|
Steve wearing Zombie Head.png|
Steve wearing Dragon Head.png|
Alex wearing Skeleton Skull.png|
Alex wearing Wither Skeleton Skull.png|
Alex wearing Creeper Head.png|
Alex wearing Zombie Head.png|
Alex wearing Dragon Head.png|
Dragon Head.gif|An animation of the dragon head when redstone power is supplied.
</gallery>

===Screenshots===
<gallery>
All The Heads.png|All of the heads.
Headsrotation.png|Heads oriented in different directions.
HeadsOnAFence.png|Heads are the same scale as [[cobblestone wall]] posts.
Playerheads.png|A picture of player heads, including some Mojang characters.
EndShipBow.png|A dragon head found at the bow of an end ship.
</gallery>

====Development====
<gallery>
1st image Mob Head.png|First screenshot released of heads.
Minecart with chest and head thing.png|Notch's head in a [[minecart with chest]].
PauseUnpause's Head 1.png|First image of held heads rendering as blocks.
PauseUnpause's Head 2.png|Second image of held heads rendering as blocks.
Pocket Edition Heads.jpg|First image of a head being worn in bedrock edition.
1.16 Dev failed head holding.jpg|First attempt to fix {{bug|MC-91869}} by [[Xilefian]].
1.16 Dev failed head holding 2.jpg|Second attempt.
</gallery>

===In other media===
<gallery>
Efe Looking at Makena Napping on a Note Block.jpg|[[Efe]] looking at [[Makena]] napping on a Note block
Efe Placing a Zombie Head on a Note Block.jpg|Efe placing a zombie head sneakily on the note block.
Makena Waking up Startled by the Zombie Noise.jpg|Makena waking up startled at the sound of zombies being played on the note block.
File:Piglin Head Animation.jpg|[[Sunny]] using a piglin head to make noise in a [[Crimson Forest]].<ref>https://www.instagram.com/p/Ct7CfOBplrG/</ref>
</gallery>

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{blocks|Utility}}
{{items}}

[[Category:Utility blocks]]
[[Category:Manufactured blocks]]
[[Category:Generated structure blocks]]
[[Category:Block entities]]
[[Category:Non-solid blocks]]

[[cs:Hlava]]
[[de:Kopf]]
[[es:Cabeza]]
[[fr:Tête]]
[[hu:Mob fejek]]
[[it:Testa di creatura]]
[[ja:Mobの頭]]
[[ko:몹 머리]]
[[nl:Wezenhoofd]]
[[pl:Głowa]]
[[pt:Cabeça de criatura]]
[[ru:Голова]]
[[uk:Голова]]
[[zh:生物头颅]]</li></ul></nowiki>
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Added command line argument support.
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{{Extension DPL}}<ul><li>[[Arrow|Arrow]]<br/>{{ItemEntity
|title=Arrow
|image=Arrow.png
|image2=Spectral Arrow.png
|renewable='''Uncraftable and Luck{{only|java|short=1}}''': No <br/>
'''All others''': Yes
|stackable='''Normal / Spectral:''' Yes (64)<br/>
'''Tipped:''' Yes (64, only if same effect)
|size=Height: 0.5 Blocks<br>Width: 0.5 Blocks
|networkid='''Normal / Tipped:'''<br>'''[[JE]]''': 60<br>
'''Spectral:'''<br>'''[[JE]]''': 91
}}
An '''arrow''' serves as ammunition for [[bow]]s, [[crossbow]]s, and [[dispenser]]s. Arrows can be modified to give [[status effects]] to [[player]]s and [[mob]]s.

== Obtaining ==

=== Picking up arrows ===

Arrows shot by players can always be [[#Retrieving|picked up]] in Creative mode.

An arrow ''cannot'' be picked up by a player in [[Survival]] or [[Adventure]] mode if:
* It is shot by a player in [[Creative]] mode.
* It is shot by any [[mob]] able to shoot arrows, such as [[skeleton]]s, [[stray]]s, [[pillager]]s, or [[piglin]]s. This includes mobs that do not shoot arrows in normal gameplay, such as [[illusioner]]s and bow-wielding [[wither skeleton]]s.
** This is the case even in Creative mode.<ref>{{bug|MC-128845|||WAI}}</ref>
* It is shot with an [[Infinity]]-enchanted [[bow]].
* It is one of the two extra arrows shot with a [[Multishot]]-enchanted [[crossbow]].

=== Mob loot ===

[[Skeleton]]s and [[stray]]s drop 0-2 arrows upon death. The maximum drop is increased by 1 per level of [[Looting]], for a maximum of 0–5 arrows with Looting III.

Strays have a 50% chance of dropping 1 arrow of [[Slowness]] when killed by a player. Each level of Looting increases the chance of this drop by 50% of the previous chance. This results in a maximum of 93.75% with Looting III.

{{IN|bedrock}}, [[pillager]]s also drop 0–2 arrows upon death. The maximum drop is increased by 1 per level of Looting, for a maximum of 0-5 arrows with Looting III.

=== Trading ===

Novice-level fletcher [[villager]]s have a 50% chance {{in|bedrock}}, or a {{frac|2|3}} chance {{in|java}}, to sell 16 arrows for one [[emerald]] as part of their trades.

{{IN|bedrock}}, master-level fletcher villagers have a {{frac|1|2}} chance to sell 5 tipped arrows for 2 emeralds and 5 arrows. {{IN|java}}, they have a {{frac|2|3}} chance to sell 5 tipped arrows for 2 emeralds and 5 arrows.  Trades {{in|java}} can be the base effect, level II, or extended; {{in|bedrock}}, only the arrow of decay is level II.<!-- A check should be made if it chooses randomly from the whole of the list of possible arrows variants, or it it chooses a base arrow potion effect, then randomly choose from that arrow's options. The first one would make arrow's without a level II, like Fire Resistance for example, slightly less likely than ones with all three options like Swiftness.  -->

<!-- None are extended duration, but villagers can trade level 2 arrows. -->
* Arrow of [[Fire Resistance]]
* Arrow of [[Harming]]
* Arrow of [[Healing]]
* Arrow of [[Invisibility]]
* Arrow of [[Leaping]]
* Arrow of [[Night Vision]]
* Arrow of [[Poison]]
* Arrow of [[Regeneration]]
* Arrow of [[Slowness]]
* Arrow of [[Strength]]
* Arrow of [[Swiftness]]
* Arrow of the [[Potion of the Turtle Master|Turtle Master]]
* Arrow of [[Water Breathing]]
* Arrow of [[Weakness]]
* Arrow of [[Slow Falling]]{{only|java}}<!-- bedrock fletchers never sell arrows of slow falling -->
* Arrow of [[Decay]]{{only|bedrock}}

These are all potion effects except Slow Falling {{in|bedrock}} and [[Luck]] {{in|java}}. Trading is the only legitimate way to obtain arrows of Decay in [[Survival]] mode.

=== Bartering ===

Spectral arrows{{only|java}}/normal arrows{{only|bedrock}} can be obtained through [[bartering]] with [[piglin]]s, and have a ~8.71% chance to give the [[player]] 6-12 arrows.

=== Villager gifts ===
{{IN|java}}, any regular or tipped arrow (except for [[luck]] and [[Bad Luck]] arrows) can be obtained as a reward item from [[fletcher]] [[villager]]s when the player has the [[Hero of the Village]] status effect.

=== Crafting ===

{{Crafting
|head=1
|B1= Flint
|B2= Stick
|B3= Feather
|Output = Arrow,4
|type = Combat
|showdescription=1
}}
{{Crafting
|A2= Glowstone Dust
|B1= Glowstone Dust
|B2= Arrow
|B3= Glowstone Dust
|C2= Glowstone Dust
|Output = Spectral Arrow,2
|type = Combat
|description = {{only|java}}
}}
{{Crafting
|foot=1
|description=Arrows of Decay are exclusive to {{el|be}} unless obtained via [[creative]] or [[commands]]. Arrows of luck are exclusive to {{el|je}}. A custom potion obtained via [[commands]] cannot craft arrows with the potion's custom name, lore, or the <code>CustomPotionColor</code>.
|A1= Arrow
|A2= Arrow
|A3= Arrow
|B1= Arrow
|B2= Matching Lingering Potion
|B3= Arrow
|C1= Arrow
|C2= Arrow
|C3= Arrow
|Output = Matching Tipped Arrow,8
|type = Combat
}}

=== Chest loot ===
{{LootChestItem|arrow}}
{{LootChestItem|spectral-arrow}}

=== Retrieving ===

Arrows stuck in a block that were originally shot by dispensers or by players in [[Survival]] without the [[Infinity]] enchantment may be collected. Arrows originally shot by [[skeleton]]s, [[stray]]s, [[illusioner]]s, [[pillager]]s, [[piglin]]s, players in [[Creative]], players using the [[Infinity]] enchantment, or duplicate arrows created by [[Crossbow]]s with the [[Multishot]] enchantment cannot be collected. Arrows cannot be retrieved when they are stuck in a player or mob, and players or mobs do not drop them when killed. Retrievable arrows have a despawn timer of 60 seconds.

=== Cauldrons ===
{{main|Cauldron#Potions}}

{{IN|bedrock}}, tipped arrows can also be obtained by using arrows on [[Cauldron#Potions|cauldrons]] that contain [[potion]]s. The number of tipped arrows created depends on the potion inside the cauldron. When the cauldron is {{frac|1|3}} full, 16 arrows can be tipped. When the cauldron is {{frac|2|3}} full, up to 32 arrows can be tipped and when the cauldron is full, an entire stack of 64 arrows can be tipped. This is more efficient than using lingering potions as up to 21.33 arrows can be tipped per potion.

== Usage ==
{{see also|Bow}}

When fired, arrows fly in a [[wikipedia:Trajectory of a projectile|ballistic trajectory]] affected by gravity and drag in [[air]], [[water]], and [[lava]]. The arrow's velocity is multiplied by 0.99 every game tick, and it also experiences 20 block/s<sup>2</sup> of downward acceleration induced by gravity.

Arrows travel approximately 3 [[block]]s when fired parallel to a flat plane with no charge, 15 blocks average with medium charge, and 24 blocks average with maximum charge. When fired from a fully charged bow, arrows can travel 120 blocks if fired from an optimal angle. The maximum height an arrow fired by a bow can reach is around 66 blocks.

An arrow fired in water experiences much more drag than in air: it moves less than 8 blocks before completely losing horizontal speed and falling straight down, although the knockback of the arrow remains unaffected. It also leaves a trail of bubbles in its wake.

There is a random variable to the trajectory of an arrow, given by <code>this.rand.nextGaussian() * 0.0075 * (double)inaccuracy</code> for the x, y and z coordinate. The inaccuracy is relatively small, becoming noticeable over larger distances. The inaccuracy of different arrow delivery devices may differ. Dispensers fire with an inaccuracy of 6, while bows fire with an inaccuracy of 1.

An arrow's speed determine the damage it inflicts. The damage inflicted is calculated by multiplying the arrow's [[#Entity data|damage value]] with its velocity in blocks per [[Tick#Game tick|game tick]]. When fired from a fully-charged unenchanted bow, arrows do {{hp|6}} of damage, with a smaller chance to damage for up to {{hp|11}} via critical hits. They inflict up to {{hp|5}} damage from a medium-charged bow, and {{hp|1}} from a bow with no charge. Arrows fired from dispensers always do {{hp|3}} of damage unless their velocity is modified by an external source. Arrows fired from [[crossbow]]s do {{hp|6}} to {{hp|11}} of damage.

Arrows trigger [[Damage#Immunity|damage immunity]] on hit. However, unlike other methods of damage that may bypass invulnerability under certain conditions, arrows hitting the mob while it is invulnerable lose all speed and drop to the ground, dealing no damage unless they contact another mob.

[[File:ArrowShotInTree.png|thumb|An arrow shot into a [[tree]].]]
Arrows also stick into objects they come in contact with and remain there for one minute before disappearing; the distance from the object and the angle determine how far into the target the arrow penetrates. Such arrows may be [[#Retrieving|retrieved]].

If the arrow has any custom potion effects (NBT tag <code>CustomPotionEffects</code>), all potion effects, including vanilla potion effects (NBT tag <code>Potion</code>) are removed 30 seconds after the arrow stops moving.

If an arrow is stuck in a block, and that block is broken or disappears (e.g., [[leaves]] upon decay), then the arrow falls straight down and damages entities below, but never deals a critical hit. The 1-minute despawn timer is then refreshed, meaning it will take another minute for the arrow to despawn.

Arrows bounce off players and mobs immune to damage, like a player in Creative mode, a [[wither]] under the "wither armor" effect, and a perching [[ender dragon]].

Arrows shot through [[lava]] or (if there's at least a 2 block gap) [[fire]] catch on fire and show an appropriate animation until they pass through water. Like arrows shot from a bow with the Flame enchantment, they can set other entities they hit on fire for 5 seconds as well as ignite TNT and campfires.

An arrow shot at any kind of boat{{only|java|short=1}} or minecart causes the vehicle to break, dropping any components (including container contents).

Arrows can get visually stuck in players {{in|java}}, although not any mobs. They appear as regular arrows regardless of type.<ref>{{bug|MC-83933|||WAI}}</ref>
<gallery>
Steve got shot.png|Steve got shot.
Alex got shot.png|Alex got shot.
</gallery>

=== Redstone circuits ===

An arrow can activate a wooden [[button]], wooden [[pressure plate]], a [[tripwire]], or a [[target]]. An arrow will continue to power these blocks until it is removed, either due to despawning, or being picked up. Target blocks emit a redstone pulse for one second, as opposed to the static depressed state of the other switches. Non-wooden switches are not affected by arrows.

When arrows are fired into the sides of blocks, they change their orientation to point more downward than their original flight path might indicate. This can cause them to intersect and thus trigger switches above them that they didn't actually hit, or block rails above them.

=== Explosions ===

Arrows are affected by explosions while they are in flight. Since explosions can increase the speed of an arrow, they can also increase the damage dealt by them. {{only|Java}}

== Variants ==

=== Tipped arrows ===
{{See also|#Crafting}}

Tipped arrows are arrows that imbue a potion effect when hitting a mob or player. The duration of the effect is {{frac|1|8}} that of the corresponding potion, if applicable, and is not affected by the power of the arrow. The status effect is the same as the regular power effect for the potion. If a bow is enchanted with [[Infinity]], tipped arrows are still consumed. 

The types of arrows are:

<div class="list-style-none" style="-moz-column-width:19em;-webkit-column-width:19em;column-width:19em">
* {{ItemLink|link=none|Arrow of Regeneration}}
* {{ItemLink|link=none|Arrow of Swiftness}}
* {{ItemLink|link=none|Arrow of Fire Resistance}}
* {{ItemLink|link=none|Arrow of Healing}}
* {{ItemLink|link=none|Arrow of Night Vision}}
* {{ItemLink|link=none|Arrow of Strength}}
* {{ItemLink|link=none|Arrow of Leaping}}
* {{ItemLink|link=none|Arrow of Invisibility}}
* {{ItemLink|link=none|Arrow of Poison}}
* {{ItemLink|link=none|Arrow of Weakness}}
* {{ItemLink|link=none|Arrow of Slowness}}
* {{ItemLink|link=none|Arrow of Harming}}
* {{ItemLink|link=none|Arrow of Water Breathing}}
* {{ItemLink|link=none|Arrow of Luck}}{{only|java|short=1}}
* {{ItemLink|link=none|Arrow of Decay}}{{only|bedrock|short=1}}
* {{ItemLink|link=none|Arrow of the Turtle Master}}
* {{ItemLink|link=none|Arrow of Slow Falling}}
</div>

Arrows of Harming (and arrows of Healing when used against undead mobs) do not add a static amount of damage to the arrow.<ref>{{bug|MC-107856||Arrows of harming/healing do not stack with bow damage}}</ref> Instead, the arrow's damage is first calculated, then checked to see if it is below {{Health|12}}. If the arrow's damage is less than 12, the Harming effect of the arrow makes up the difference, to ensure the arrow does exactly {{Health|12}}. Therefore, an unenchanted bow cannot deal more than 12 damage using Harming (or Healing) arrows, as it can deal a maximum of {{Health|11}} damage on level ground. However, if the arrow would deal more than 12 damage, the harming effect is entirely neutralized. This means that bows enchanted with Power I through Power III has a chance to not utilize the arrow at full charge, and any Power level above III never utilizes Arrows of Harming effectively at full charge when against unarmored mobs/players. 

==== No-effect tipped arrows ====

It is possible to craft tipped arrows using [[Lingering Potion#Lingering water bottle|Lingering Water Bottles]] as well as Awkward, Thick, and Mundane [[Lingering Potion|Lingering potions]]. If crafted with a water bottle, the arrow is called an arrow of Splashing. If crafted with Mundane, Awkward, or Thick potions, it is called a tipped arrow.<ref>{{bug|MC-158539}}</ref> Tipped arrows crafted from different potions do not stack, as resultant tipped arrows all have different potion tags.

In Bedrock Edition, all four kinds as well as the long mundane tipped arrow aren't obtainable either in creative, by cauldrons, by crafting, or by commands.

All four kinds generate blue particles in flight and upon landing, but otherwise behave like regular arrows. In particular, arrow of Splashing has no effect on fire and campfires and when shot from a bow with the Flame enchantment, can light campfires and TNT just like regular arrows on fire. 

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" data-description="Unused potions"
! Icon
! Name
|-
| {{Slot|Arrow of Splashing|link=none}}
! Arrow of Splashing
|-
| {{Slot|Tipped Arrow|link=none}}
! Tipped Arrow
|}

==== Uncraftable tipped arrows ====

{{IN|java}}, the uncraftable tipped arrow is a tipped arrow with no effect that is unobtainable in regular gameplay. It is available in two variants that don't stack together:

* {{cmd|/give @s minecraft:tipped_arrow{Potion:"minecraft:empty"} }} - arrow assigned an effect placeholder "empty" 
* {{cmd|/give @s minecraft:tipped_arrow }} - arrow not assigned any effect.

The uncraftable arrow doesn't differ from regular arrows in behavior when used as a projectile.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" data-description="Unused potions"
! Icon
! Name
|-
| {{Slot|Uncraftable Tipped Arrow|link=none}}
! Uncraftable Tipped Arrow
|}

=== Spectral arrows ===
{{exclusive|java}}
A spectral arrow confers the [[Glowing]] status effect for 10 seconds. The Glowing effect creates an outline of the target, which is visible through blocks, and colored based on the target's [[team]] (white by default). Even if a bow is enchanted with [[Infinity]], spectral arrows are still consumed. Spectral arrows can be acquired through [[bartering]] or crafted by combining 4 [[Glowstone Dust#Crafting ingredient|glowstone dust]] with one arrow, yielding 2 spectral arrows.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" 
! Icon
! Name
|-
| {{Slot|Spectral Arrow|link=none}}
! Spectral Arrow
|}

== Sounds ==
{{edition|java}}:<br>
Arrows and spectral arrows use the Friendly Creatures sound category for entity-dependent sound events.
{{Sound table
|sound=Arrow hit1.ogg
|sound2=Arrow hit2.ogg
|sound3=Arrow hit3.ogg
|sound4=Arrow hit4.ogg
|subtitle=Arrow hits
|source=Friendly Creatures
|description=When an arrow impacts something
|id=entity.arrow.hit
|translationkey=subtitles.entity.arrow.hit
|volume=1.0
|pitch={{frac|12|11}} - {{frac|4|3}}
|distance=16}}
{{Sound table
|sound=Succesfull Hit.ogg
|subtitle=Player hit
|source=Players
|description=When an arrow shot by a player hits another player
|id=entity.arrow.hit_player
|translationkey=subtitles.entity.arrow.hit_player
|volume=1.0
|pitch=1.0
|distance=16}}
{{Sound table
|rowspan=3
|sound=Bow shoot.ogg
|subtitle=Arrow fired
|source=Players
|description=When an arrow is fired by a player
|id=entity.arrow.shoot
|translationkey=subtitles.entity.arrow.shoot
|volume=1.0
|pitch=Around 1.2<ref group=sound>Depends on how long the bow is charged for, around 1.2 with a fully charged bow. The exact formula is <math>\frac{1}{\operatorname{randomFloat()}\times 4+1.2}+\frac{\text{progress}}{2}</math> </ref>
|distance=16}}
{{Sound table
|subtitle=Skeleton shoots
|source=Hostile Creatures
|description=When a skeleton shoots an arrow
|id=entity.skeleton.shoot
|translationkey=subtitles.entity.skeleton.shoot
|volume=1.0
|pitch={{frac|5|6}} - 1.25
|distance=16}}
{{Sound table
|subtitle=Dispensed item
|source=Blocks
|description=When a dispenser shoots an arrow
|id=block.dispenser.launch
|translationkey=subtitles.block.dispenser.dispense
|volume=1.0
|pitch=1.2
|distance=16}}
{{Sound table
|sound=Crossbow shoot1.ogg
|sound2=Crossbow shoot2.ogg
|sound3=Crossbow shoot3.ogg
|subtitle=Crossbow fires
|source=Players
|description=When a crossbow shoots an arrow
|id=item.crossbow.shoot
|translationkey=subtitles.item.crossbow.shoot
|volume=0.8 / 0.9
|pitch=0.9 / 1.0
|distance=16
|foot=1}}

{{edition|bedrock}}:
{{Sound table
|type=bedrock
|sound=Arrow hit1.ogg
|sound2=Arrow hit2.ogg
|sound3=Arrow hit3.ogg
|sound4=Arrow hit4.ogg
|source=player
|description=When an arrow impacts something
|id=random.bowhit
|volume=1.0
|pitch=1.09-1.3}}
{{Sound table
|sound=Bow shoot.ogg
|source=player
|description=When something shoots an arrow
|id=random.bow
|volume=1.0
|pitch=0.83-1.25}}
{{Sound table
|sound=Crossbow shoot1.ogg
|sound2=Crossbow shoot2.ogg
|sound3=Crossbow shoot3.ogg
|source=player
|description=When a crossbow shoots an arrow
|id=crossbow.shoot
|volume=1.0
|pitch=1.0
|foot=1}}

== Data values ==
=== ID ===
{{edition|java}}:
{{ID table
|edition=java
|showitemtags=y
|showforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Arrow
|spritetype=item
|nameid=arrow
|itemtags=arrows
|form=item}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Spectral Arrow
|spritetype=item
|nameid=spectral_arrow
|itemtags=arrows
|form=item}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Tipped Arrow
|spritetype=item
|nameid=tipped_arrow
|itemtags=arrows
|form=item
|translationkey=item.minecraft.tipped_arrow, item.minecraft.tipped_arrow.effect.empty, item.minecraft.tipped_arrow.effect.water, item.minecraft.tipped_arrow.effect.mundane, item.minecraft.tipped_arrow.effect.thick, item.minecraft.tipped_arrow.effect.awkward, item.minecraft.tipped_arrow.effect.night_vision, item.minecraft.tipped_arrow.effect.invisibility, item.minecraft.tipped_arrow.effect.leaping, item.minecraft.tipped_arrow.effect.fire_resistance, item.minecraft.tipped_arrow.effect.swiftness, item.minecraft.tipped_arrow.effect.slowness, item.minecraft.tipped_arrow.effect.water_breathing, item.minecraft.tipped_arrow.effect.healing, item.minecraft.tipped_arrow.effect.harming, item.minecraft.tipped_arrow.effect.poison, item.minecraft.tipped_arrow.effect.regeneration, item.minecraft.tipped_arrow.effect.strength, item.minecraft.tipped_arrow.effect.weakness, item.minecraft.tipped_arrow.effect.levitation, item.minecraft.tipped_arrow.effect.luck, item.minecraft.tipped_arrow.effect.turtle_master, item.minecraft.tipped_arrow.effect.slow_falling
|foot=1}}
{{ID table
|edition=java
|showentitytags=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Arrow
|spritetype=entity
|nameid=arrow
|entitytags=arrows, impact_projectiles}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Spectral Arrow
|spritetype=entity
|nameid=spectral_arrow
|entitytags=arrows, impact_projectiles
|foot=1}}

{{edition|bedrock}}:
{{ID table
|edition=bedrock
|showitemtags=y
|notshowbeitemforms=y
|shownumericids=y
|showforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Arrow
|spritetype=item
|nameid=arrow
|id=301
|itemtags=minecraft:arrow
|form=item
|translationkey=item.arrow.name, item.tipped_arrow.name, tipped_arrow.effect.water, tipped_arrow.effect.mundane, tipped_arrow.effect.thick, tipped_arrow.effect.awkward, tipped_arrow.effect.nightVision, tipped_arrow.effect.invisibility, tipped_arrow.effect.jump, tipped_arrow.effect.fireResistance, tipped_arrow.effect.moveSpeed, tipped_arrow.effect.moveSlowdown, tipped_arrow.effect.waterBreathing, tipped_arrow.effect.heal, tipped_arrow.effect.harm, tipped_arrow.effect.poison, tipped_arrow.effect.regeneration, tipped_arrow.effect.damageBoost, tipped_arrow.effect.weakness, tipped_arrow.effect.wither, tipped_arrow.effect.turtleMaster, tipped_arrow.effect.slowFalling
|foot=1}}
{{ID table
|edition=bedrock
|shownumericids=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Arrow
|spritetype=entity
|nameid=arrow
|id=80
|foot=1}}

=== Metadata ===

{{IN|bedrock}}, arrows use the following item data values:

{{/DV}}

=== Entity data ===
==== Normal and tipped arrows ====
Arrows have entity data that define various properties of the entity.

{{el|java}}:
{{main|Entity format}}
{{/ED}}

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


==== Spectral arrows ====
Spectral arrows also have entity data that define various properties of the entity.

{{el|java}}:
{{main|Entity format}}
{{/ED1}}

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

== Achievements ==

{{load achievements|Sniper Duel;Archer;Bullseye}}

== Advancements ==
{{load advancements|Take Aim;Sniper Duel;Not Today;Bullseye;Ol' Betsy;Two Birds;Who's the Pillager Now;Arbalistic;How Did We Get Here}}

== Video ==

<div style="text-align:center">{{yt|STQkD1Oa65s}}</div>

== History ==
{{History|java classic}}
{{History||0.24_SURVIVAL_TEST|[[File:Arrow JE1.png|42px]] Arrows have been added as an object and are fired by pressing {{Key|Tab}}.}}
{{History||0.25 SURVIVAL TEST|[[File:Arrow JE2 BE1.png|42px]] The texture of arrows has been changed.
|Arrows now deal more [[damage]], and can damage the player.
|The [[player]] now spawns with 20 arrows; the remaining amount is shown above the hotbar labeled as "Arrows".
|[[File:Purple Arrow JE1.png|42px]] [[Skeleton]]s now fire purple arrows, instead of hitting the [[player]] directly. These arrows can't be collected by the [[player]]. 
|When a skeleton is killed, it now drops 6-9 normal arrows for the player to gather.}}
{{History||0.29|Arrows can no longer be shot by the player in Creative Mode.}}
{{History|java indev}}
{{History||0.31|snap=20100122|[[File:Arrow (item) JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Arrows have been added as [[item]]s alongside with [[bow]]s.
|The "Arrows" display above the hotbar has been removed.}}
{{History|||snap=20100124|Arrows now have a [[sound]] effect. What this sound effect is is completely unknown; it could be for hitting a block, for being fired or for something else entirely.}}
{{History|||snap=20100128|Arrows can now be [[craft]]ed using [[apple]]s.}}
{{History|||snap=20100129|Arrows can no longer be crafted.}}
{{History|||snap=20100130|Arrows are once again now craftable. Iron is used instead of steel.}}
{{History||20100219|Arrows are now dropped by [[skeleton]]s.}}
{{History|java infdev}}
{{History||20100316|Arrows now have a high chance of spawning either a [[sheep]], a [[pig]], a [[skeleton]], a [[creeper]], a [[spider]], or a [[zombie]] upon hitting a [[block]].
|The player now spawns with 999 arrows.}}
{{History||20100320|The player now spawns with 64 arrows.}}
{{History||20100327|The player no longer spawns with any arrows in new worlds.}}
{{History||20100413|Arrows no longer spawn [[mob]]s.}}
{{History|java alpha}}
{{History||v1.0.14|The tip of an arrow in crafting is now made from [[flint]] rather than an [[iron ingot]].}}
{{History|java beta}}
{{History||1.2|Arrows can now be fired by [[dispenser]]s.}}
{{History||1.6|snap=Test Build 3|Arrows could be used to stick in any [[block]] before this update, even some non-solid ones. For example, they could stick in [[torch]]es, [[sugar cane]] and [[nether portal]]s.}}
{{History||1.8|snap=Pre-release|Arrows can no longer be rapid-fired from [[bow]]s; they must be charged first.
|Arrows (with a bow at full strength) can now travel 120 blocks when fired from the optimal angle, and stick to [[mob]]s.}}
{{History||Sound Update|Arrow firing [[sound]]s have been changed - see sounds section}}
{{History|java}}
{{History||November 21, 2011|link={{ytl|BES9EKK4Aw4}}|Exploding arrows are mentioned.}}
{{History||1.0.0|snap=Beta 1.9 Prerelease|Arrows no longer stick to [[mob]]s.
|Arrows remain visible in players.{{verify|then when were they removed? bug fix in 1.4.3 implies it was removed for players as well in this version}}}}
{{History|||snap=RC1|Arrow landing [[sound]]s have been changed.}}
{{History||1.1|snap=release|Arrows on [[fire]] now set the [[entity|entities]] they hit on fire. Before, arrows could be on fire (like other [[entities]]), but they did not set what they hit on fire, and there was no [[enchanting|enchantment]] to fire flaming arrows.}}
{{History||1.3.1|snap=12w21a|Farmer [[villager]]s now [[trading|sell]] 9–12 arrows for 1 [[emerald]].}}
{{History|||snap=12w22a|Arrows can now be found inside [[dispenser]]s in the newly added [[jungle temple]]s.}}
{{History|||snap=12w23a|Arrows can now activate [[tripwire]] switches and wooden [[pressure plate]]s.}}
{{History||1.4.2|snap=12w34a|Arrows can now activate wooden [[button]]s.}}
{{History|||snap=12w34b|Arrows on [[fire]] can now ignite [[TNT]].}}
{{History||1.4.4|snap=1.4.3|Arrows now stick to [[player]]s again, but not [[mob]]s.}}
{{History||1.4.6|snap=pre|Arrows now make a "ding" sound when they hit a player.}}
{{History||1.8|snap=14w02a|Farmer [[villager]]s no longer [[trading|sell]] arrows.
|Fletcher villagers now sell 8–12 arrows for 1 [[emerald]].}}
{{History|||snap=14w25a|An underwater arrow now loses all velocity after a few blocks and slowly falls.
|A flaming arrow underwater now gets extinguished.}}
{{History|||snap=14w26a|Fire arrows can now be used to detonate [[minecarts with TNT]].}}
{{History||1.9|snap=15w31a|[[File:Tipped Arrow Revision 1.png|32px]] [[File:Tipped Arrow MC-84253.png|32px]] Added 14 new tipped arrows. Due to a bug<ref>{{bug|MC-84253}}</ref>, all tipped arrows except arrow of Splashing are black.
|[[File:Spectral Arrow JE1.png|42px]] [[File:Spectral Arrow (item) JE1.png|32px]] Added spectral arrows. They show [[mob]] and [[player]] outlines in their team color when hit. They have no texture when shot.}}
{{History|||snap=15w31b|[[File:Spectral Arrow JE2.png|42px]] Spectral arrows now use their intended texture.<ref>{{bug|MC-82809}}</ref>}}
{{History|||snap=15w32a|[[File:Arrow of Night Vision JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Arrow of Invisibility JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Arrow of Leaping JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Arrow of Fire Resistance JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Arrow of Swiftness JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Arrow of Slowness JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Arrow of Water Breathing JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Arrow of Healing JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Arrow of Harming JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Arrow of Poison JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Arrow of Regeneration JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Arrow of Strength JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Arrow of Weakness JE1 BE1.png|32px]] 13 tipped arrows now have the correct textures.}}
{{History|||snap=15w33c|Added [[shield]]s; though they fully block [[damage]] from arrows, arrows still visually stick into the [[player]].}}
{{History|||snap=15w37a|Arrows now ricochet off of [[shield]]s.}}
{{History|||snap=15w44b|Added the initial method for obtaining tipped arrows, which lasted until snapshot [[16w06a]] – firing arrows into a [[lingering potion]] cloud.
|[[File:Arrow of Luck JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added the Arrow of [[Luck]].
|[[File:Tipped Arrow Revision 1.png|32px]] [[File:Tipped Arrow Revision 1.png|32px]] [[File:Tipped Arrow Revision 1.png|32px]] [[File:Tipped Arrow Revision 1.png|32px]] Add tipped arrows for uncraftable potions, mundane potions, thick potions, and awkward potions. These are all available in the creative inventory.
|Add tipped arrows for all enhanced and extended potions
|[[File:Tipped Arrow Revision 1.png|32px]] Arrow of Splashing has been added to the creative inventory.}}
{{History|||snap=15w47b|Arrows now ricochet off of [[creative]] mode [[player]]s, whereas before they would pass straight through.}}
{{History|||snap=15w49a|Arrows now take the archer's motion into account. For example, if the player is falling, an arrow fired upward travels slower than if the player was standing still, and an arrow fired downward flies faster.
|Tipped and spectral arrows are no longer affected by the [[Infinity]] [[enchanting|enchantment]].}}
{{History|||snap=16w06a|Tipped arrows have been given a crafting recipe, and are no longer obtained by shooting them into a [[lingering potion]] cloud.}}
{{History||1.10|snap=16w20a|Arrows of [[slowness]] may now drop from [[stray]]s when they are killed by a [[player]].}}
{{History||1.11|snap=16w32a|The [[entity]] IDs have been changed from {{cd|Arrow}} and {{cd|SpectralArrow}} to {{cd|arrow}} and {{cd|spectral_arrow}}.|Tipped arrows of instant healing and instant damage now function. Previously, the fact that tipped arrows have 1/8th the duration was reducing 1 game tick to zero game ticks.}}{{History|||snap=16w42a|Arrows now have a {{cd|crit}} tag that determines whether it deals [[critical hit|critical damage]].}}
{{History||1.11|snap=16w39a|Tipped arrows without effects and the uncraftable tipped arrow have been removed from the creative inventory.<ref name="removed tipped arrow">https://bugs.mojang.com/browse/MC-92139</ref>}}
{{History||1.11.1|snap=16w50a|The arrow [[entity]] now has a {{cd|Color}} integer tag, for displaying the custom [[potion]] color of a fired arrow item that has a {{cd|CustomPotionColor}} tag.}}
{{History||1.13|snap=17w47a|Prior to [[1.13/Flattening|''The Flattening'']], these [[item]]s' numeral IDs were 262, 439 and 440.}}
{{History|||snap=18w07a|[[File:Arrow of the Turtle Master JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added the Arrow of the Turtle Master.}}
{{History|||snap=18w14a|[[File:Arrow of Slow Falling JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added the Arrow of [[Slow Falling]].}}
{{History||1.14|snap=18w43a|Arrows are now used as ammo for [[crossbow]]s.
|Arrows can now break [[chorus flower]]s.
|[[File:Uncraftable Tipped Arrow JE2.png|32px]] [[File:Arrow of Splashing JE2.png|32px]] [[File:Arrow of Night Vision JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Arrow of Invisibility JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Arrow of Leaping JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Arrow of Fire Resistance JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Arrow of Swiftness JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Arrow of Slowness JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Arrow of the Turtle Master JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Arrow of Water Breathing JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Arrow of Healing JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Arrow of Harming JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Arrow of Poison JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Arrow of Regeneration JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Arrow of Strength JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Arrow of Weakness JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Arrow of Luck JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Arrow of Slow Falling JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The [[item]] sprite textures of tipped arrows has been changed.
|[[File:Spectral Arrow (item) JE2.png|32px]] The [[item]] sprite texture for spectral arrows has been changed.}}
{{History|||snap=18w47a|Arrows can now be generated inside of [[pillager outpost]] chests.}}
{{History|||snap=18w50a|Arrows can now be found in chests in fletcher houses.}}
{{History|||snap=19w11a|Fletcher [[villager]]s now [[trading|sell]] tipped arrows.}}
{{History|||snap=19w13a|Any regular or tipped arrow can be obtained as a reward [[item]] from fletcher villagers when the [[player]] has the [[Hero of the Village]] status effect.‌}}
{{History||1.14.1|snap=Pre-Release 2|Flaming arrows can now light [[campfire]]s.}}
{{History||1.16|snap=20w16a|Arrows and spectral arrows now generate in [[bastion remnant]] chests.}}
{{History||1.16.2|snap=20w28a|Spectral arrows can now be obtained through [[bartering]] with [[piglin]]s.}}
{{History|||snap=20w30a|The average yield of spectral arrows from bastion remnant chests have been substantially increased.}}
{{History||1.17|snap=21w11a|[[File:Spectral Arrow JE3.png|42px]] The texture of the spectral arrow is now have been changed.}}
{{History|||snap=21w13a|The unused original texture of the arrow<ref>[[File:Arrow (texture) JE2.png|48px]] <code>/asset/minecraft/textures/entity/arrow.png</code></ref> have been removed.}}
{{History||1.19.3|snap=22w43a|Tipped arrows for mundane, thick, and awkward potions, and the no-effect tipped arrow, are now available again in the Creative inventory.}}
{{History||1.19.4|snap=Pre-release 3|[[File:Arrow of Night Vision JE3.png|32px]] [[File:Arrow of Invisibility JE3.png|32px]] [[File:Arrow of Leaping JE3.png|32px]] [[File:Arrow of Fire Resistance JE3.png|32px]] [[File:Arrow of Swiftness JE3.png|32px]] [[File:Arrow of Slowness JE3.png|32px]] [[File:Arrow of the Turtle Master JE3.png|32px]] [[File:Arrow of Water Breathing JE3.png|32px]] [[File:Arrow of Harming JE3.png|32px]] [[File:Arrow of Poison JE3.png|32px]] [[File:Arrow of Strength JE3.png|32px]] Changed colors of the following tipped arrows: Night Vision, Invisibility, Leaping, Fire Resistance, Swiftness, Slowness, Turtle Master, Water Breathing, Harming, Poison, Strength, Resistance.}}
{{History||1.20|snap=23w12a|Wither [[effect]] particle colors have been adjusted to make them more distinguishable.
|The arrow of [[Slow Falling]] has had its color tweaked to make it more distinguishable from the arrow of [[Invisibility]].}}

{{History|pocket alpha}}
{{History||v0.2.0|[[File:Arrow (item) JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added arrows. They are currently unobtainable and serve no purpose.}}
{{History||v0.3.3|[[File:Arrow JE2 BE1.png|42px]] Arrows now serve as ammunition for bows.
|Added skeletons, which drop arrows when they die.
|Arrows are now craftable.}}
{{History||v0.5.0|Arrows can now be obtained after activating the [[nether reactor]].}}
{{History||v0.12.1|snap=build 1|Arrows on [[fire]] now set the [[entity|entities]] they hit on fire. Before, arrows could be on fire (like other entities), but they would not set what they hit on fire, and there was no [[enchantment]] to fire flaming arrows.
|Arrows on fire can now ignite [[TNT]].
|An underwater arrow now loses all velocity after a few [[block]]s and slowly falls.
|Arrows are no longer available from the [[nether reactor]].}}
{{History||v0.13.0|snap=build 1|Arrows now update [[sand]] and [[gravel]].}}
{{History||v0.15.0|snap=build 1|[[File:Arrow of Night Vision JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Arrow of Invisibility JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Arrow of Leaping JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Arrow of Fire Resistance JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Arrow of Swiftness JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Arrow of Slowness JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Arrow of Water Breathing JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Arrow of Healing JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Arrow of Harming JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Arrow of Poison JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Arrow of Regeneration JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Arrow of Strength JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Arrow of Weakness JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added tipped arrows.
|Tipped arrows are made by using [[cauldron]]s filled with [[potion]]s.
|Arrows can now be found inside [[dispenser]]s in [[jungle temple]]s.}}
{{History||v0.16.0|snap=build 4|[[File:Arrow of Decay BE1.png|32px]] Added the Arrow of [[Wither (status effect)|Decay]].
|Arrows of Decay currently have a white pixelated texture.}}
{{History|pocket}}
{{History||1.0.0|snap=alpha 0.17.0.1|Tipped arrows are now [[crafting|craftable]], but they can still be obtained by using [[cauldron]]s filled with [[potion]]s.}}
{{History||1.0.4|snap=alpha 1.0.4.0|Arrows are now [[trading|sold]] by fletcher [[villager]]s.}}
{{History||1.1.0|snap=alpha 1.1.0.0|The [[entity]] ID has been changed from {{cd|arrow.skeleton}} to {{cd|arrow}}.}}
{{History|||snap=alpha 1.1.0.9|[[File:Arrow of Decay BE2.png|32px]] The texture of arrows of [[Wither (status effect)|Decay]] has been changed.}}
{{History|bedrock}}
{{History||1.5.0|snap=beta 1.5.0.4|[[File:Arrow of the Turtle Master JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added the Arrow of the Turtle Master.}}
{{History||1.6.0|snap=beta 1.6.0.5|[[File:Arrow of Slow Falling JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added the Arrow of [[Slow Falling]].}}
{{History||1.8.0|snap=beta 1.8.0.10|Arrows can now be used as ammo for the new [[crossbow]]s.}}
{{History||1.9.0|snap=beta 1.9.0.0|Added [[pillager]]s, which [[drops|drop]] arrows upon [[death]].}}
{{History|||snap=beta 1.9.0.2|Arrows and tipped arrows can now be used to craft [[fletching table]]s.}}
{{History||1.10.0|snap=beta 1.10.0.3|[[File:Arrow of Night Vision JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Arrow of Invisibility JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Arrow of Leaping JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Arrow of Fire Resistance JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Arrow of Swiftness JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Arrow of Slowness JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Arrow of Water Breathing JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Arrow of Healing JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Arrow of Harming JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Arrow of Poison JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Arrow of Regeneration JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Arrow of Strength JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Arrow of Weakness JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Arrow of Decay BE3.png|32px]] [[File:Arrow of the Turtle Master JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Arrow of Slow Falling JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The [[item]] sprite textures of tipped arrows have been changed.
|Arrows can now be found in [[pillager outpost]] chests.
|Arrows can now break [[chorus flower]]s.}}
{{History||1.11.0|snap=beta 1.11.0.1|Arrows can now be found in [[village]] fletcher [[chest]]s.
|Flaming arrows can now light [[campfire]]s.}}
{{History|||snap=beta 1.11.0.4|Fletcher [[villager]]s now [[trading|sell]] 5 arrows for one [[emerald]].
|Various regular tipped arrows can now be obtained via [[trading]] with fletcher villagers.}}
{{History|||snap=beta 1.11.0.7|Arrow no longer can be used to craft [[fletching table]].}}
{{History||1.12.0|snap=beta 1.12.0.3|Novice-level fletcher villagers now [[trading|sell]] 16 regular arrows instead of 5 arrows.}}
{{History||1.16.0|snap=beta 1.16.0.51|Added [[piglin]]s, which [[drops|drop]] arrows upon [[death]].}}
{{History|||snap=beta 1.16.0.57|Arrows now generate in [[bastion remnants]] chests.
|Master-level fletcher villager now always offer 1 of 15 tipped arrows.
|Piglins no longer drop arrows upon death.}}
{{History||1.16.100|snap=beta 1.16.100.54|Arrows can now be obtained through [[bartering]].}}
{{History||1.19.80|snap=beta 1.19.80.21|Changed potion colors for the following tipped arrows: Fire Resistance, Harming, Invisibility, Leaping, Night Vision, Poison, Slowness, Strength, Swiftness, Turtle Master, and Water Breathing.}}

{{History|console}}
{{History||xbox=TU1|xbone=CU1|ps=1.00|wiiu=Patch 1|switch=1.0.1|[[File:Arrow JE2 BE1.png|42px]] [[File:Arrow (item) JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added arrows.}}
{{History||xbox=TU31|xbone=CU19|ps=1.22|wiiu=Patch 3|An underwater arrow now loses all velocity after a few [[block]]s and slowly falls.
|A flaming arrow underwater now gets extinguished.}}
{{History||xbox=TU46|xbone=CU36|ps=1.38|wiiu=Patch 15|[[File:Arrow of Night Vision JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Arrow of Invisibility JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Arrow of Leaping JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Arrow of Fire Resistance JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Arrow of Swiftness JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Arrow of Slowness JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Arrow of Water Breathing JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Arrow of Healing JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Arrow of Harming JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Arrow of Poison JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Arrow of Regeneration JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Arrow of Strength JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Arrow of Weakness JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Arrow of Luck JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added tipped arrows.
|[[File:Spectral Arrow (item) JE1.png|32px]] Added spectral arrows.
|Spectral arrows are currently unobtainable and do not any effects.}}
{{History||xbox=TU57|xbone=CU49|ps=1.56|wiiu=Patch 27|switch=1.0.7|Spectral arrows now have effects but are not craftable. They can be obtained only via inventory editing.}}
{{History||xbox=TU69|xbone=none|ps=1.76|wiiu=Patch 38|switch=none|[[File:Arrow of Decay BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Arrow of the Turtle Master JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Arrow of Slow Falling JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added the Arrow of the [[Wither (status effect)|Decay]], Turtle Master, and [[Slow Falling]].}}
{{History||xbox=none|xbone=none|ps=1.90|wiiu=none|switch=none|[[File:Arrow of Night Vision JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Arrow of Invisibility JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Arrow of Leaping JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Arrow of Fire Resistance JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Arrow of Swiftness JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Arrow of Slowness JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Arrow of Water Breathing JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Arrow of Healing JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Arrow of Harming JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Arrow of Poison JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Arrow of Regeneration JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Arrow of Strength JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Arrow of Weakness JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Arrow of Luck JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Arrow of Decay BE3.png|32px]] [[File:Arrow of the Turtle Master JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Arrow of Slow Falling JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The [[item]] sprite textures of tipped arrows have been changed.
|[[File:Spectral Arrow (item) JE2.png|32px]] The [[item]] sprite texture for spectral arrow has been changed.}}

{{History|3ds}}
{{History||0.1.0|[[File:Arrow JE2 BE1.png|42px]] [[File:Arrow (item) JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added arrows.
|[[File:Arrow of Night Vision JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Arrow of Invisibility JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Arrow of Leaping JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Arrow of Fire Resistance JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Arrow of Swiftness JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Arrow of Slowness JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Arrow of Water Breathing JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Arrow of Healing JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Arrow of Harming JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Arrow of Poison JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Arrow of Regeneration JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Arrow of Strength JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Arrow of Weakness JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added tipped arrows.}}
{{History||1.3.12|[[File:Arrow of Decay BE2.png|32px]] Added arrows of [[Wither (effect)|Decay]].}}
{{History|foot}}

Historical sounds:

{| class="wikitable"
! Sound
! From
! to
! Pitch
|-
| {{sound||Arrow Old.ogg}}
| ?
| ?
| ?
|}

== Issues ==
{{issue list}}

== Trivia ==
* By default, arrows fly slightly offset to the right. If the player stands close to a wall and fires several arrows without moving the crosshair, the arrows cluster around a point slightly to the right of the crosshair. If the player switches their main hand to be the left hand in options, the arrows instead cluster to the left.
* Arrows fired at [[Nether Portal]]s often skip through the portal block completely and fail to collide, thus continuing through to the opposite side of the block.
* Arrows stuck in blocks vibrate upon a world reload.<ref>{{bug|MC-93992}} – "Arrow shakes when world loads" resolved as "Won't Fix"</ref>
* Although [[enderman|endermen]] teleport when hit by any tipped arrow, they are still given the said effects while avoiding arrow damage.
* {{IN|bedrock}}, even if a tipped arrow is blocked with a shield, while the direct damage from the arrows is negated, the player still gets the effect from the tipped arrow.<ref>{{bug|MCPE-52904}}</ref>

== Gallery ==
===Renders===
<gallery>
Arrow (item).png|Arrow
Spectral Arrow (item) JE2.png|Spectral Arrow
</gallery>
;Tipped Arrows
<gallery>
Arrow of Splashing JE2.png|Splashing
Arrow of Night Vision.png|Night Vision
Arrow of Invisibility.png|Invisibility
Arrow of Leaping.png|Leaping
Arrow of Fire Resistance.png|Fire Resistance
Arrow of Swiftness.png|Swiftness
Arrow of Slowness.png|Slowness
Arrow of the Turtle Master.png|Turtle Master
Arrow of Water Breathing.png|Water Breathing
Arrow of Healing.png|Healing
Arrow of Harming.png|Harming
Arrow of Poison.png|Poison
Arrow of Regeneration.png|Regeneration
Arrow of Strength.png|Strength
Arrow of Weakness.png|Weakness
Arrow of Slow Falling.png|Slow Falling
Arrow of Luck.png|Luck
Arrow of Decay.png|Decay
Uncraftable Tipped Arrow JE2.png|Uncraftable
</gallery>
===Other Media===
<gallery>
Tipped Arrow Ultra High Resolution Screenshot.png|Teaser image from [[Searge]] showing tipped arrows.
AllArrowTypes.png|All the arrow types present in [[Minecraft]].
Custom arrows.png|Examples of custom arrow types using {{cmd|/give}}.
Arrow in Sugar Cane.png|Some arrows stick into [[sugar cane]]s. This no longer works since Java Edition Beta 1.6.
Arrow Burning.gif|An arrow caught on [[fire]].
Flaming_stuck_spectral_arrow.png|A flaming spectral arrow stuck in a tree.
arrows_in_player.png|Many arrows stuck in the player, seen through the [[inventory]] screen.
Arrow Debugging.png|[[Searge]] with a bunch of arrows summoned above him.
Inventory Tipped Arrows 1.jpg|Tipped arrows in the inventory.
Inventory Tipped Arrows 2.jpg|Tipped arrows in the inventory.
Inventory Tipped Arrows 3.jpg|Tipped arrows in the inventory.
Inventory Tipped Arrows 4.jpg|Tipped arrows in the inventory.
Tipped Arrow (empty texture) BE1.png|Unused old texture file for an empty tipped arrow on ''Bedrock Edition''.
</gallery>

== References ==
{{reflist}}

{{Items}}
{{Entities}}

[[Category:Combat]]
[[Category:Renewable resources]]

[[de:Pfeil]]
[[es:Flecha]]
[[fr:Flèche]]
[[hu:Nyíl]]
[[it:Freccia]]
[[ja:矢]]
[[ko:화살]]
[[nl:Pijl]]
[[pl:Strzała]]
[[pt:Flecha]]
[[ru:Стрела]]
[[th:ลูกธนู]]
[[zh:箭]]</li><li>[[Longer String|Longer String]]<br/>{{stub}}
{{Joke feature}}
{{exclusive|java}}
{{item
| image = Longer String.png
| rarity=Common
| renewable=Yes
| stackable=Yes (64)
}}
'''Longer string''' is a joke item from [[Java Edition 23w13a_or_b]].

==Obtaining==
===Crafting===
{{Crafting
|A1= String |B1= String
|Output= Longer String
|shapeless= 1
|ignoreusage=1
}}
==Data values==
===ID===
{{edition|java}}:{{ID table
|edition=java
|showforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Longer String
|spritetype=item
|nameid=string2
|form=item|foot=1}}
==History==
{{History|java}}
{{History||23w13a_or_b|[[File:Longer String.png|32px]] Added longer string.}}
{{History|foot}}

{{items}}
{{Jokes}}
[[Category:Joke items]]

[[ja:Longer String]]
[[pt:Linha mais comprida]]</li></ul>
Released in February 21, 2011.[18]
Now uses new Minecraft logo.
Added capability of automatic login to the game and/or server by command line arguments.
Added smarter update system that only updates changed files, prompts the user to update, allows HTTPS logins for a more secure connection, and offers general UI improvements. A technical sneak preview was published by Notch on February 18, 2011.[19]
Link to the Minecraft install directory for easy access.
Add Force Update button under the Options dialog.
The launcher also featured an inline "changelog" via a Tumblr called MCUpdate, and supports command-line arguments.[20]
1.2.1
{{Extension DPL}}<ul><li>[[Ink Sac|Ink Sac]]<br/>{{For|the variant dropped by Glow squids|Glow Ink Sac}}
{{Item
| image = Ink Sac.png
| renewable = Yes
| stackable = Yes (64)
}}

An '''ink sac''' is an [[item]] dropped by a [[squid]] upon death used to create [[black dye]], [[dark prismarine]]{{only|BE|short=1}}, and [[Book and Quill|books and quills]].

== Obtaining ==

=== Mob loot ===

==== Squid ====
{{see also|Tutorials/Squid farming|title1=Squid farming}}

A [[squid]] drops one to three ink sacs upon death. The maximum amount is increased by 1 per level of [[Looting]], for a maximum of 1 to 6 with Looting III.

=== Fishing ===
Ink sacs can be obtained as a "junk" item from [[fishing]]. The [[Luck of the Sea]] [[enchantment]] decreases the chance.

=== Trading ===
[[Wandering trader]]s sometimes sell 3 ink sacs for an [[emerald]] {{in|bedrock}}. Apprentice level [[Trading#Librarian|librarians]] also buy 5 ink sacs for one [[emerald]].

=== Natural generation ===

{{LootChestItem|ink-sac}}

== Usage ==

=== Crafting ingredient ===

{{crafting usage}}

{{IN|bedrock}}, ink sacs can be also used in banner patterns:
{{banner crafting usage}}

=== Loom ingredient === 
{{Banner loom usage|Ink Sac}}

=== Dye ===
{{Dye usage}}
* Each type of [[Prismarine#Dark Prismarine|dark prismarine]] can be crafted using varying amounts of 8 [[Prismarine Shard#prismarine shards|prismarine shards]].

=== Trading ===
Journeyman-level librarian [[villager]]s have a {{frac|2|3}} chance to buy five ink sacs for an [[emerald]]. They always offer the trade {{in|bedrock|lc=}}.

=== Signs ===
Ink sacs can be applied to [[sign]]s or [[hanging sign]]s to revert glowing text back to default.

== Sounds ==
{{edition|java}}:
{{Sound table
|sound=Ink sac1.ogg
|sound2=Ink sac2.ogg
|sound3=Ink sac3.ogg
|subtitle=Ink Sac splotches
|source=block
|description=When an ink sac is used on a sign
|id=item.ink_sac.use
|translationkey=subtitles.item.ink_sac.use
|volume=1.0
|pitch=''varies'' <ref group=sound>Each sound can be 0.85, 0.88, or 0.9</ref>
|distance=16
|foot=1}}

{{edition|bedrock}}:
{{Sound table
|type=bedrock
|sound=Ink sac1.ogg
|sound2=Ink sac2.ogg
|sound3=Ink sac3.ogg
|source=sound
|description=When an ink sac is used on a sign
|id=sign.ink_sac.use
|volume=1.0
|pitch=1.0
|foot=1}}

== Data values ==
=== ID ===
{{edition|java}}:
{{ID table
|edition=java
|showforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Ink Sac
|spritetype=item
|nameid=ink_sac
|form=item
|foot=1}}

{{edition|bedrock}}:
{{ID table
|edition=bedrock
|showaliasids=y
|shownumericids=y
|showforms=y
|notshowbeitemforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Ink Sac
|spritetype=item
|nameid=ink_sac
|aliasid=dye / 0
|id=413
|form=item
|translationkey=item.dye.black.name
|foot=1}}

== Video ==
{{video note|Ink sacs can no longer be used as a dye in Java Edition.}}
<div style="text-align:center">{{yt|ABYCZfawO60}}</div>

== History ==
{{History|java beta}}
{{History||1.2|[[File:Ink Sac JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added ink sacks, together with all other dyes.}}
{{History||1.2_02|"Ink Sack" has been renamed to "Ink Sac".}}
{{History|java}}
{{History||1.3.1|snap=12w17a|Ink sacs are now used to craft [[book and quill]]s.}}
{{History||1.4.2|snap=12w34a|Added the ability to [[Armor#Dyeing|dye]] leather [[armor]] and [[wolf]] collars.}}
{{History||1.4.6|snap=12w49a|Ink sacs can now be crafted with [[gunpowder]] to create a [[firework star]].}} 
{{History||1.6.1|snap=13w19a|[[Stained clay]] can now be [[crafting|crafted]].}}
{{History||1.7.2|snap=13w41a|[[Stained glass]] can now be crafted.}}
{{History||1.8|snap=14w25a|Ink sacs are now used to craft [[dark prismarine]].}}
{{History|||snap=14w30a|Added [[banner]]s, which can be [[dye]]d with ink sacs.}}
{{History||1.11|snap=16w39a|Ink sacs can now be used to dye [[shulker box]]es.}}
{{History||1.12|snap=17w06a|Ink sacs are now used to craft black [[concrete powder]].}}
{{History|||snap=17w15a|Ink sacs can now be used to dye [[bed]]s.}}
{{History||1.13|snap=17w47a|The different data values for the <code>dye</code> ID have been split up into their own IDs.
|Prior to [[1.13/Flattening|''The Flattening'']], this [[item]]'s numeral ID was 351.}}
{{History||1.14|snap=18w43a|Ink sacs can now be used to craft [[black dye]].
|Ink sacs can no longer be used as a [[dye]].
|All of the dye-related functions and crafting recipes of ink sac (except books and quills and dark prismarine) have been transferred to black dye.
|[[File:Ink Sac JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The texture of ink sacs has been changed.}}
{{History|||snap=19w11a|Librarian [[villager]]s now [[trading|buy]] ink sacs.}}
{{History||1.15|snap=Pre-release 1|Ink sacs are no longer used to craft [[dark prismarine]].}}
{{History||1.17|snap=21w03a|Ink sacs can now be used to remove the text's glowing effect of a [[sign]].}}
{{History||1.20<br>(Experimental)|link=1.19.3|snap=22w42a|Ink sacs can now be used to remove the text's glowing effect of a [[hanging sign]].}}

{{History|pocket alpha}}
{{History||v0.3.0|[[File:Ink Sac JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added ink sacs. They are currently unobtainable and serve no purpose.}}
{{History||v0.8.0|snap=build 1|Ink sacs can now be used to craft [[cocoa beans]].}}
{{History|||snap=build 3|Ink sacs are now available in [[creative]].}}
{{History||v0.9.0|snap=build 1|Ink sacs now generate in [[village]] and [[stronghold]] [[chest]]s.}}
{{History||v0.11.0|snap=build 1|Ink sacs can now be obtained from [[squid]].
|Ink sacs can now be obtained as a junk [[item]] from [[fishing]].}}
{{History||v0.14.0|snap=build 1|Ink sacs now can now be used to dye water in [[cauldron]]s.}}
{{History||v0.16.0|snap=build 1|Ink sacs are no longer used to craft [[cocoa beans]].
|Ink sacs can now be used to craft [[dark prismarine]].}}
{{History|pocket}}
{{History||1.0.0|snap=alpha 0.17.0.1|Ink sacs can now be used to dye [[shulker]]s.}}
{{History||1.1.0|snap=alpha 1.1.0.0|Ink sacs are now used to re-dye [[bed]]s.
|Ink sacs can now be used to dye [[shulker box]]es.}}
{{History|bedrock}}
{{History||1.2.0|snap=beta 1.2.0.2|Ink sacs can now be used to craft [[book and quill]]s.
|Added [[banner]]s, which can be [[dye]]d with ink sacs.
|Ink sacs can now be crafted with [[gunpowder]] to create [[firework star]]s.
|Ink sacs can now be used to craft black [[concrete powder]].
|[[Stained glass]] can now be [[crafting|crafted]].}}
{{History||1.4.0|snap=beta 1.2.20.1|Ink sacs can now be crafted from iron, sulfur, and 4 oxygen in the [[compound creator]]s.
|Ink sacs can now be used to craft [[balloon]]s and [[glow stick]]s.}}
{{History||1.8.0|snap=beta 1.8.0.10|Ink sacs can now be used to craft [[black dye]].}}
{{History||1.10.0|snap=beta 1.10.0.3|Ink sacs can now be bought from [[wandering trader]]s.
|[[File:Ink Sac JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The texture of ink sacs has been changed.}}
{{History||1.11.0|snap=beta 1.11.0.4|Ink sacs can now be [[trading|sold]] to librarian [[villager]]s.}}
{{History||1.16.100|snap=beta 1.16.100.56|The ID of ink sacs has been changed from {{cd|dye/0}} to {{cd|ink_sac}}.}}
{{History||1.16.210|snap=beta 1.16.210.59|Ink sacs can now be used to revert glowing text on signs to normal.}}

{{History|console}}
{{History||xbox=TU1|xbone=CU1|ps=1.00|switch=1.0.1|wiiu=Patch 1|[[File:Ink Sac JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added ink sacs.}}
{{History||xbox=none|xbone=none|ps=1.90|wiiu=none|switch=none|[[File:Ink Sac JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The texture of ink sacs has been changed.}}

{{History|New 3DS}}
{{History||0.1.0|[[File:Ink Sac JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added ink sacs.}}
{{History|foot}}

== Issues ==
{{issue list}}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

{{Items}}

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Properly selects 64-bit Java installations for Mac OS X users.[21]
1.3.2
{{Extension DPL}}<ul><li>[[Dye|Dye]]<br/>{{Item
| title = Dyes
| image = White Dye.png
| extratext = View [[#Gallery|all renders]]
| renewable = Yes
| stackable = Yes (64)
}}
'''Dyes''' are a set of sixteen items used to change the color of [[wool]], [[carpet]]s, [[terracotta]], [[concrete powder]], [[glass]], [[shulker box]]es, [[bed]]s, [[candle]]s, the patterns on [[banner]]s, [[firework star]]s, certain mobs, and text on [[sign]]s and [[hanging sign]]s. {{IN|bedrock}} they can also be used to dye water in a [[cauldron]] (which is thereafter used to dye leather [[armor]]); {{in|java}} leather armor can be dyed directly. {{IN|education}} dyes can also be used to dye [[balloon]]s and [[glow stick]]s.

{{IN|bedrock|education}}, [[bone meal]], [[ink sac]]s, [[lapis lazuli]], and [[cocoa bean]]s can generally substitute for [[white dye]], [[black dye]], [[blue dye]], and [[brown dye]], respectively, in crafting recipes and for use in dyeing items or mobs. However, they have other important uses that aren't related to color, and are therefore not considered true dyes. They are mentioned in this article only in regard to their use as dyeing agents; see their individual articles for complete information about them.

== Obtaining ==
<!--[[File:Dye Chart.png|350px|thumb|A guide to crafting all the dyes.{{until|java 1.14}}]]-->

Dyes can be produced by crafting them from plants (mainly flowers), by crafting dyes of different colors together, by smelting plants, or by trading with a [[wandering trader]].

{{loadPage|Crafting/Dye|Crafting|h3}}

=== Smelting ===
{{smelting|head=1|Sea Pickle|Lime Dye|0,2}}
{{smelting|foot=1|Cactus|Green Dye|1|}}

=== Trading ===

[[Wandering trader]]s can sell 3 dyes for an [[emerald]]. {{IN|bedrock}}, they can also sell 3 lapis lazuli, bone meal, cocoa beans, or ink sacs for one emerald.

Apprentice-level cleric [[villager]]s sell one lapis lazuli per emerald.

=== Chest loot ===

{{#invoke:LootChest|base3|blue-dye,green-dye,orange-dye,light-blue-dye,yellow-dye,white-dye}}

=== Other ===

Ink sacs can also be created using 1 iron, 1 sulfur, and 4 oxygen in the [[compound creator]]. {{only|bedrock|education}}

== Usage ==

Similar to their use in crafting, [[bone meal]], [[ink sac]]s, [[lapis lazuli]], and [[cocoa beans]] can be substituted for the corresponding dye in any of the following usages unless otherwise specified.{{only|bedrock}} <!--- sections are ordered by craftable dyeable blocks, dyeable items, version exclusive sections, and non-crafting miscellaneous uses--->

=== Dyeing wool and mobs ===

Players can dye wool by placing [[wool]] and any dye in a crafting grid.

{{Crafting
|nocat=1
|Any Wool
|Matching Dye
|Output=Any Wool
}}

Dyes can be {{control|use|text=used}} on sheep to change the color of the wool. Shearing a colored sheep drops the corresponding color of the wool, and the sheep retains the color when the wool regenerates. [[Breeding]] colored sheep produces a lamb colored as one of the parent sheep, or a color resulting from the combination of both parents' color. The color combining follows the same rules that dyes use – red and yellow sheep produce an orange lamb, but a blue and yellow sheep cannot create a green lamb. The unlimited reproduction of colored sheep makes dyeing and shearing sheep infinitely more efficient than just dyeing wool directly.
 
Dye can also be used on a tamed [[wolf]] or [[cat]] to change the color of its collar from the default red to the color of the dye.

=== Dyeing carpets ===

Carpets can be dyed.

{{Crafting
 |Any Carpet
 |Matching Dye
 |Output= Matching Carpet
 |type= Building block
}}

=== Dyeing terracotta ===

[[Terracotta]] can be dyed by placing 8 blocks around a dye on a crafting table.

{{Crafting
|nocat=1
|A1=Terracotta |B1=Terracotta |C1=Terracotta
|A2=Terracotta |B2=Matching Dye  |C2=Terracotta
|A3=Terracotta |B3=Terracotta |C3=Terracotta
|Output=Matching Dyed Terracotta,8
}}

=== Creating concrete powder ===

Dyes can also be used to craft [[concrete powder]], which can then be set into their respective [[concrete]] blocks (they cannot be dyed directly).

{{Crafting
|nocat=1
|Sand |Gravel |Sand
|Gravel |Matching Dye |Gravel
|Sand |Gravel |Sand
|Output=Matching Concrete Powder,8
}}

=== Staining glass ===

[[Stained glass]] can be stained by placing 8 blocks of glass around a dye on a [[crafting table]]. Just like regular glass, stained glass can be crafted into stained glass panes. The recipe for this is the same as with regular glass.

{{Crafting
|nocat=1
|A1=Glass |B1=Glass        |C1=Glass
|A2=Glass |B2=Matching Dye |C2=Glass
|A3=Glass |B3=Glass        |C3=Glass
|Output=Matching Stained Glass,8
|head=1
}}
{{Crafting
|nocat=1
|A1= Glass Pane
|B1= Glass Pane
|C1= Glass Pane
|A2= Glass Pane
|B2= Matching Dye
|C2= Glass Pane
|A3= Glass Pane
|B3= Glass Pane
|C3= Glass Pane
|Output= Matching Stained Glass Pane,8
|type= Decoration block
|foot=1
}}

=== Dyeing shulker boxes ===

[[Shulker box]]es are generated in a light shade of purple (like the [[purpur block]]), but can be dyed any color. They can also be re-dyed as often as desired.

{{Crafting
  |ignoreusage=1
  |showname=1
  |Any Shulker Box
  |Matching Dye
  |Output=Matching Shulker Box
}}

=== Dyeing beds ===

Players can dye beds by placing a [[bed]] and any color dye in a crafting grid.

{{Crafting
|nocat=1
|Any Bed
|Matching Dye
|Output=Matching Bed
}}

=== Dyeing candles ===

Players can dye [[candles]] by placing an undyed candle and any color dye in a crafting grid.

{{Crafting
|ignoreusage=1
|Candle
|Matching Dye
|Output=Matching Dyed Candle
}}

=== Banner patterns ===
{{main|Banner#Patterns}}

Dyes are used in most banner patterns to determine the pattern and color displayed.

=== Dyeing armor ===

[[File:DyeGraph2.png|200px|thumb|A graph showing all combinations of two dyes on a [[tunic]].]]

Leather [[armor]] can be dyed by:
* Crafting dyes with a piece of leather armor or leather [[horse armor]].{{Only|java}}
* Dousing the leather armor or leather [[horse armor]] in a [[cauldron]] to which dyes have been added.{{Only|bedrock}}

There are 5,713,438<ref>https://anrar4.github.io/DyeLeatherArmor/</ref> (34.1% of sRGB) colors leather armor can be, as it is possible to put more than one dye on the crafting bench alongside the leather armor. Armor can be dyed multiple times with previous colors affecting the final outcome. Colored armor can be reverted to their original color using a [[cauldron]] with undyed water.

The game has a specific formula for calculating the color of dyed armor: each color, in the RGB color model, has a red value, green value, and blue value. For each dye in the crafting grid, and the armor itself (if it is already dyed), the red, green, and blue values are added to running totals. In addition, a running total of the highest value (be it red, green, or blue) is also kept. After this, each total is divided by the number of colors used. This effectively produces the average red, green, blue, and maximum values. The maximum value of the average RGB values is also calculated. Finally, each average RGB value is multiplied by the average maximum value and divided by the maximum of the average RGB values. The modified average RGB values are then used as the final color. This procedure can be summed up with the following equations:
 for each color (all "total" variables start at 0 before counting):
  totalRed = totalRed + redValue
  totalGreen = totalGreen + greenValue
  totalBlue = totalBlue + blueValue
  totalMaximum = totalMaximum + max(redValue, greenValue, blueValue)
  numberOfColors = numberOfColors + 1
 
 averageRed = totalRed / numberOfColors
 averageGreen = totalGreen / numberOfColors
 averageBlue = totalBlue / numberOfColors
 averageMaximum = totalMaximum / numberOfColors
 
 maximumOfAverage = max(averageRed, averageGreen, averageBlue)
 gainFactor = averageMaximum / maximumOfAverage
 
 resultRed = averageRed * gainFactor
 resultGreen = averageGreen * gainFactor
 resultBlue = averageBlue * gainFactor

Due to the way this formula works, the resulting color can never be darker than the average of the input colors and is often lighter and more saturated. Of course, the resulting color can never be lighter or more saturated than the lightest or most saturated input color. In addition, this formula never creates an RGB value higher than 255 (which would be invalid in the 8-bit RGB color model).

If leather armor is renamed on an [[anvil]], it retains its name when dyed or undyed.

;Mixing Samples
: {{ItemSprite|Yellow Dye}} + {{ItemSprite|Yellow Dye}} = {{Tint|leather-chestplate| #{{CalcDye| yellow=2 }} | code=1}}
: {{ItemSprite|Red Dye}} + {{ItemSprite|Blue Dye}} + {{ItemSprite|White Dye}} = {{Tint|leather-chestplate| #{{CalcDye| red=1 | blue=1 | white=1}} | code=1}}
: {{ItemSprite|Green Dye}} + {{ItemSprite|Red Dye}} + {{ItemSprite|Pink Dye}} = {{Tint|leather-chestplate| #{{CalcDye| green=1 | red=1 | pink=1}} | code=1}}

=== Dyeing firework stars ===

A [[firework star]] can have a single color or a combination of up to eight colors when crafted with dyes. Adding one or more dyes to a crafted firework star adds a "fade to color" effect to it, overwriting any existing fade colors.

{{Crafting
  |head=1
  |ignoreusage=1
  |ingredients=[[Gunpowder]] +<br>Any Dye (1–8) +<br>Extra ingredient (optional)
  |Gunpowder
  |Matching Dye
  |Diamond;Glowstone Dust;Head;Gold Nugget;Feather;Fire Charge;
  |Output=Matching Firework Star
}}
{{Crafting
  |ignoreusage=1
  |Matching Firework Star
  |Any Dye
  |Output=Matching Firework Star
  |foot=1
}}

=== Creating balloons ===

Dye can be used to craft balloons.{{only|education}}

{{Crafting
|nocat=1
|A1= Latex
|B1= Matching Dye
|C1= Latex
|A2= Latex
|B2= Helium
|C2= Latex
|A3= Latex
|B3= Lead
|C3= Latex
|Output= Matching Balloon
}}

=== Creating glow sticks ===

Dye can also be used to craft glow sticks.{{only|education}}

{{Crafting
|nocat=1
|A1= Polyethylene
|B1= Hydrogen Peroxide
|C1= Polyethylene
|A2= Polyethylene
|B2= Matching Dye
|C2= Polyethylene
|A3= Polyethylene
|B3= Luminol
|C3= Polyethylene
|Output= Matching Glow Stick
}}

=== Dyeing water inside cauldrons ===
Water can be dyed in a cauldron by holding any dye in the hand and pressing {{Ctrl|use}} on a cauldron filled with water.{{only|bedrock}}

=== Signs ===
Dye can be {{control|used}} on a [[sign]] or a [[hanging sign]] to change the text color. {{IN|bedrock}}, [[ink sac]]s cannot be used for this purpose; black dye must be used to change the text to black.

=== Trading ===
Apprentice, journeyman and expert-level shepherd [[villager]]s buy any of the 12 dyes for an [[emerald]].

== Color values ==
The "color codes" are used to determine the color imparted on sheep, wolf and cat collars, firework stars, [[beacon]] beams, and dyed leather armor. The hex value is shown in the extended tooltips of dyed leather armor; however, to set the color using an NBT data tag in a [[command]], the decimal value must be used instead. The color values for firework stars are slightly different from the ones listed below, and use [[Item colors#Firework stars|these values]] instead.

{| class="wikitable" style="margin:2px; border: 1px solid silver; text-align: left;" data-description="Data values"
! rowspan=2 | Description
! colspan=2 style="text-align:center" | Color Code
|-
! Dec
! <abbr title="Hexadecimal color code">Hex</abbr>
|-
| style="text-align:center" | White || 16383998 || {{color|#F9FFFE}}
|-
| style="text-align:center" | Light gray || 10329495 || {{color|#9D9D97}}
|-
| style="text-align:center" | Gray || 4673362 || {{color|#474F52}}
|-
| style="text-align:center" | Black || 1908001|| {{color|#1D1D21}}
|-
| style="text-align:center" | Brown || 8606770 || {{color|#835432}}
|-
| style="text-align:center" | Red || 11546150 || {{color|#B02E26}}
|-
| style="text-align:center" | Orange || 16351261 || {{color|#F9801D}}
|-
| style="text-align:center" | Yellow || 16701501 || {{color|#FED83D}}
|-
| style="text-align:center" | Lime || 8439583 || {{color|#80C71F}}
|-
| style="text-align:center" | Green || 6192150 || {{color|#5E7C16}}
|-
| style="text-align:center" | Cyan || 1481884|| {{color|#169C9C}}
|-
| style="text-align:center" | Light blue || 3847130 || {{color|#3AB3DA}}
|-
| style="text-align:center" | Blue || 3949738 || {{color|#3C44AA}}
|-
| style="text-align:center" | Purple || 8991416 || {{color|#8932B8}}
|-
| style="text-align:center" | Magenta || 13061821 || {{color|#C74EBD}}
|-
| style="text-align:center" | Pink || 15961002 || {{color|#F38BAA}}
|}

== Sounds ==
{{edition|java}}:
{{Sound table
|rowspan=2
|sound=Dye.ogg
|subtitle=Dye stains
|source=block
|description=When dye is used on a [[sign]]
|id=item.dye.use
|translationkey=subtitles.item.dye.use
|volume=1.0
|pitch=1.0/0.9/0.95/1.1
|distance=16}}
{{Sound table
|subtitle=Dye stains
|source=player
|description=When dye is used on a [[sheep]]
|id=item.dye.use
|translationkey=subtitles.item.dye.use
|volume=1.0
|pitch=1.0/0.9/0.95/1.1
|distance=16
|foot=1}}

{{edition|bedrock}}:
{{Sound table
|type=bedrock
|sound=Dye.ogg
|source=sound
|description=When dye is used on a sign
|id=sign.dye.use
|volume=1.0
|pitch=1.0}}
{{Sound table
|rowspan=3
|sound=Water Splash Old.ogg
|source=block
|description=When dye is added to a cauldron
|id=cauldron.adddye
|volume=0.1
|pitch=1.0}}
{{Sound table
|source=block
|description=When armor is dyed using a cauldron
|id=cauldron.dyearmor
|volume=0.1
|pitch=1.0}}
{{Sound table
|source=block
|description=When dye is removed from armor using a cauldron
|id=cauldron.cleanarmor
|volume=0.1
|pitch=1.0
|foot=1}}

== Achievements ==
{{load achievements|Rainbow Collection;Tie dye outfit}}

== Video ==

{{Video note|These videos are outdated, as it does not include details of the [[Java Edition 1.7.2|1.7.2]] update's changes to the dyeing system/production chain.}}

<div style="text-align:center">
<span style="display:inline-block">{{yt|8YD7oauNZHE}}</span>
<span style="display:inline-block">{{yt|7tETaRt7STM}}</span>
</div>

== History ==
{{History|java beta}}
{{History||January 3, 2011|link=https://web.archive.org/web/0/http://notch.tumblr.com/post/2582321901/2011-here-we-go|Notch mentions adding a "paint" feature if he can figure out how.}}
{{History||January 10, 2011<ref group="n">Supposed time when fragment was filmed. Based on modified date of client.jar/gui/trap.png in [[Beta 1.2]].</ref>|link=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBF2ugTzXqQ&t=181s|[[File:Red Dye (pre-release).png|32px]] Shown rose red in development as part of [[Minecraft: The Story of Mojang]].}}
{{History||1.2|[[File:Ink Sac JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Red Dye JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Green Dye JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Cocoa Beans JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Lapis Lazuli JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Purple Dye JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Cyan Dye JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Light Gray Dye JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Gray Dye JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Pink Dye JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Lime Dye JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Yellow Dye JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Light Blue Dye JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Magenta Dye JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Orange Dye JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Bone Meal JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added dyes.
|[[File:Black Dye (Recreated).png|32px]] [[File:Red Dye (pre-release).png|32px]] [[File:Green Dye (Recreated).png|32px]] [[File:Brown Dye (Recreated).png|32px]] [[File:Blue Dye (Recreated).png|32px]] [[File:Purple Dye (Recreated).png|32px]] [[File:Cyan Dye (Recreated).png|32px]] [[File:Light Gray Dye (Recreated).png|32px]] [[File:Gray Dye (Recreated).png|32px]] [[File:Pink Dye (Recreated).png|32px]] [[File:Lime Dye (Recreated).png|32px]] [[File:Yellow Dye (Recreated).png|32px]] [[File:Light Blue Dye (Recreated).png|32px]] [[File:Magenta Dye (Recreated).png|32px]] [[File:Orange Dye (Recreated).png|32px]] [[File:White Dye (Recreated).png|32px]] Leftovers of old textures can be seen in [[items.png]] with 100% opacity. The white dye texture was reused for [[Sugar]].
| The colors were as follows:{{verify|Did the color codes remain the same between Beta 1.2 and Java 1.11.2?}}
{{:Color/Java Edition dye colors before 17w06a}}
}}
{{History|java}}
{{History||1.1|snap=11w49a|[[Sheep]] can now regrow their [[wool]] by eating [[grass block|grass]]. Dyed sheep regrow wool in their new color.}}
{{History||1.3.1|snap=12w19a|[[File:Cocoa Beans JE2.png|32px]] The texture of [[cocoa beans]] has been changed.}}
{{History|||snap=1.3|[[File:bone meal changes.gif|32px]] The textures of [[bone meal]], [[cactus green]], cocoa beans and [[rose red]] have been changed. The textures have been lowered one pixel.}}
{{History||1.4.2|snap=12w34a|Added the ability to dye leather [[armor]] and [[wolf]] collars.}}
{{History||1.4.4|snap=1.4.3|Color codes have been changed. The colors of red, brown, blue, purple, cyan, pink, light blue, magenta and orange were adjusted a little vividly.}}
{{History||1.6.1|snap=13w19a|[[Stained clay]] can now be crafted using dyes.}}
{{history||1.7.2|snap=13w36a|With the addition of new [[flower]]s, many secondary and tertiary dyes are now primary dyes.}}
{{History|||snap=13w41a|[[Stained glass]] can now be crafted using dyes.}}
{{History||1.8|snap=14w02a|As cleric [[villager]]s now sell lapis lazuli, all dyes have become fully renewable.}}
{{History|||snap=14w30a|Added [[banner]]s, which can be dyed.}}
{{History||1.9|snap=15w34a|Added [[shield]]s, which can be dyed indirectly by applying a matching [[banner]].}}
{{History||1.11|snap=16w39b|Dyes are now used to change the color of [[shulker box]]es.}}
{{History||1.12|snap=17w06a|Dyes are now used to craft [[concrete powder]].
|Color codes have been changed. All colors are adjusted more vividly. The changes were as follows:
{{:Color/Java Edition dye color changes in 17w06a}}
|Light blue dye, stained glass, and stained glass panes, did not change colors in this update. This means that they still use old colors.<ref name="unchanged dyes">{{Bug|MC-214643}}<br>{{Bug|MC-214641}}</ref>
}}
{{History|||snap=17w15a|Dyes can now apply color to white [[bed]]s.}}
{{History||1.13|snap=17w47a|The different data values for the <code>dye</code> ID have been split up into their own IDs.}}
{{History||1.14|snap=18w43a|[[Bone meal]], [[ink sac]]s, [[cocoa beans]] and [[lapis lazuli]] are no longer considered dyes.
|[[File:White Dye JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Black Dye JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Brown Dye JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Blue Dye JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added [[white dye|white]], [[black dye|black]], [[brown dye|brown]] and [[blue dye]]s.
|"Rose Red", "Dandelion Yellow" and "Cactus Green" have been renamed to "Red Dye", "Yellow Dye" and "Green Dye", respectively. 
|[[Glass pane]]s and [[carpet]]s can now be dyed.
|[[File:Light Gray Dye JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Gray Dye JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Red Dye JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Orange Dye JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Yellow Dye JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Lime Dye JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Green Dye JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Cyan Dye.png|32px]] [[File:Light Blue Dye JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Purple Dye JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Magenta Dye JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Pink Dye JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The textures of light gray, gray, red, orange, yellow, lime, green, cyan, light blue, purple, magenta, and pink dyes, have been changed. The color texture for light blue dye was not changed to reflect the updated colors from 1.12.<ref name="unchanged dyes"></ref>}}
{{History|||snap=18w44a|The color of the text on [[sign]]s can now be changed with dye.}}
{{History|||snap=18w49a|Yellow dyes can now be found in [[chest]]s in [[village]] mason houses.}}
{{History|||snap=18w50a|Green dyes can now be found in [[chest]]s in [[desert]] [[village]] houses.}}
{{History|||snap=19w05a|Added the [[wandering trader]], which can sell any type of dye.}}
{{History|||snap=19w11a|All 16 types of dyes can now be [[trading|bought]] by shepherd villagers.}}
{{History||1.16.2|snap=Pre-release 2|Reversed the order of dyes to match other colored items in the [[Creative inventory]].<ref name="reverse dye">{{Bug|MC-136553}}</ref>
|Regrouped dyes in the Creative inventory such that white, blue, brown, and black dyes are within and not [[cocoa beans]], [[ink sacs]], [[lapis lazuli]], and [[bone meal]].<ref name="regroup dye">{{Bug|MC-177684}}</ref>}}
{{History||1.17|snap=20w45a|Added [[candle]]s, which can be dyed.}}
{{History|||snap=21w03a|Added a sound for applying dyes.}}
{{History|||snap=21w19a|Candles can no longer be dyed.}}
{{History|||snap=Pre-release 1|Candles can now once again be dyed.}}
{{History||1.20<br>(Experimental)|link=1.19.3|snap=22w42a|The color of the text on [[hanging sign]]s can now be changed with dye.}}
{{History||1.20<br>(Experimental)|link=1.19.4|snap=23w07a|[[Torchflower]]s can now be crafted into orange dye.|[[Pink petals]] can now be crafted into pink dye.}}
{{History||1.20|snap=23w12a|[[Pitcher plant]]s can now be crafted into cyan dye.|Blue, light blue, orange, white, and yellow dye can now be found in [[suspicious gravel]] and [[suspicious sand]] in [[trail ruins]].}}
{{History|||snap=23w14a|Pitcher plants can now craft two [[cyan dye]] instead of one.}}
{{History|||snap=23w16a|Blue, light blue, orange, white, and yellow dye no longer generates in [[suspicious sand]] in [[trail ruins]].|Due to the split of the archaeological loot tables for the suspicious gravel within the [[trail ruins]]; blue, light blue, orange, white, and yellow dye now are in the common loot.}}

{{History|pocket alpha}}
{{History||v0.3.0|[[File:Bone Meal JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Light Gray Dye JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Gray Dye JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Ink Sac JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Cocoa Beans JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Red Dye JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Orange Dye JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Yellow Dye JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Lime Dye JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Green Dye JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Cyan Dye JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Light Blue Dye JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Lapis Lazuli JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Purple Dye JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Magenta Dye JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Pink Dye JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added dyes. Only [[dandelion yellow]] and [[lapis lazuli]] are currently obtainable and have functionality.}}
{{History||v0.3.2|[[Cactus green]] is now obtainable by smelting [[cacti]].}}
{{History||v0.3.3|[[Bone meal]] is now obtainable via [[crafting]].}}
{{History||v0.4.0|[[Cyan dye]], [[light blue dye]], [[lime dye]], [[magenta dye]], [[orange dye]], [[pink dye]], and [[purple dye]] are now obtainable via crafting.
|[[Rose red]] is now obtainable by smelting red [[mushroom]]s.
|All available dyes, excluding bone meal, can now be used to craft their respective [[wool]] color.}}
{{History||v0.8.0|snap=build 1|[[File:Cocoa Beans JE3 BE2.png|32px]] The texture of cocoa beans has been changed.}}
{{History|||snap=build 3|[[Ink sac]]s, [[cocoa bean]]s, [[gray dye]], and [[light gray dye]] are now available in the [[creative]] [[inventory]].
|Rose red can now be obtained from [[beetroot]]s.}}
{{History||v0.9.0|snap=build 1|Cocoa beans can now be obtained from [[cocoa pod]]s.
|The [[rose]] has been removed and replaced with a new poppy [[flower]] that can be crafted into rose red.}}
{{History|||snap=build 3|All new [[flower]]s can now be [[crafting|crafted]] into dyes. Because of this, many secondary and tertiary dyes are now primary dyes.
|[[Gray dye]] and [[light gray dye]] can now be obtained in [[survival]].}}
{{History|||snap=build 11|[[Terracotta|Stained clay]] can now be crafted using dyes.}}
{{History||v0.11.0|snap=build 1|[[Ink sac]]s can now be obtained from [[squid]].
|Added the ability to dye [[wolf]] collars.}}
{{History||v0.12.1|snap=build 1|Red [[mushroom]]s can no longer be smelted to obtain [[rose red]].}}
{{History||v0.14.0|snap=build 1|[[Cauldron]]s now used for leather dyeing, by applying a dye to a [[water]]-filled cauldron.}}
{{History||v0.16.0|snap=build 1|[[Cocoa bean]]s can no longer be crafted.}}
{{History|pocket}}
{{History||1.0.0|snap=alpha 0.17.0.1|Added a ''Dye'' button for [[sheep]].
|Added [[shulker]]s, which can be dyed.
|Added [[stained glass]]. Stain glass cannot be [[crafting|crafted]], but purple glass generates in [[end city|end cities]].}}
{{History||1.1.0|snap=alpha 1.1.0.0|Dyes can now apply color to a white [[bed]]s.
|Dyes are now used to craft [[concrete powder]].
|The color palette has been changed.}}
{{History|bedrock}}
{{History||1.2.0|snap=beta 1.2.0.2|Dyes can now be used for [[banner]] crafting.
|Dyes can now be used to craft [[firework star]]s.
|[[Stained glass]] is now [[crafting|craftable]], using dyes.}}
{{History||1.4.0|snap=beta 1.2.20.1|[[Lime dye]] can now be obtained from smelting [[sea pickle]]s.
|Dyes can now used to craft [[glow stick]]s and [[balloon]]s.}}
{{History||1.8.0|snap=beta 1.8.0.8|Dyes can now be used to dye [[cat]] collars.}}
{{History|||snap=beta 1.8.0.10|[[File:White Dye JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Black Dye JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Brown Dye JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Blue Dye JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added [[white dye|white]], [[brown dye|brown]], [[black dye|black]] and [[blue dye]]s, which can be crafted from [[lapis lazuli]], [[bone meal]], [[cocoa beans]] and [[ink sac]]s. This, however, the later four still use as dyes.<ref>{{Bug|MCPE-42473}}</ref>
|"Rose Red", "Dandelion Yellow" and "Cactus Green" have been renamed to "Red Dye", "Yellow Dye" and "Green Dye", respectively.}}
{{History||1.9.0|snap=beta 1.9.0.0|Blue and white dye can now be obtained from [[cornflower]]s and [[lily of the valley]]s.}}
{{History||1.10.0|snap=beta 1.10.0.3|[[Glass pane]]s and [[carpet]]s can now be dyed.
|Only a single dye is now required to apply a banner pattern in a [[loom]].
|Various dyes except black dye, white dye, brown dye and blue dye are now [[trading|sold]] by [[wandering trader]]s.
|[[File:Bone Meal JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Light Gray Dye JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Gray Dye JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Ink Sac JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Cocoa Beans JE4 BE3.png|32px]] [[File:Red Dye JE3 BE3.png|32px]] [[File:Orange Dye JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Yellow Dye JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Lime Dye JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Green Dye JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Cyan Dye.png|32px]] [[File:Light Blue Dye JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Lapis Lazuli JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Purple Dye JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Magenta Dye JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Pink Dye JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The textures of bone meal, light gray, gray, ink sac, cocoa beans, red, orange, yellow, lime, green, cyan, light blue, lapis lazuli, purple, magenta, and pink dyes have been changed.}}
{{History||1.11.0|snap=beta 1.11.0.4|Dye can now be [[trading|sold]] to shepherd [[villager]]s.}}
{{History||1.16.210|snap=beta 1.16.210.59|The color of the text on [[sign]]s can now be changed with dye.}}
{{History|||snap=beta 1.16.210.60|The ability to dye the color of the text on [[sign]]s was temporarily removed.}}
{{History||1.16.220|snap=beta 1.16.220.50|The color of the text on [[sign]]s can now be changed with dye again.}}
{{History||1.17.10|snap=beta 1.17.10.22|Added [[candles]], which can be dyed.}}

{{History|console}}
{{History||xbox=TU1|xbone=CU1|ps=1.0|wiiu=Patch 1|switch=1.0.1|[[File:Bone Meal JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Light Gray Dye JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Gray Dye JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Ink Sac JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Cocoa Beans JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Red Dye JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Orange Dye JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Yellow Dye JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Lime Dye JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Green Dye JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Cyan Dye JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Light Blue Dye JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Lapis Lazuli JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Purple Dye JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Magenta Dye JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Pink Dye JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added dyes.}}
{{History||xbox=TU9|[[File:Cocoa Beans JE3 BE2.png|32px]] The texture of cocoa beans has been changed.}}
{{History||xbox=none|xbone=none|ps=1.83|wiiu=none|switch=none|[[File:White Dye JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Black Dye JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Brown Dye JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Blue Dye JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added [[white dye|white]], [[black dye|black]], [[brown dye|brown]], and [[blue dye|blue]] dyes, which can crafted from [[bone meal]], [[ink sac]], [[cocoa beans]], and [[lapis lazuli]].
|"Rose Red", "Dandelion Yellow" and "Cactus Green" have been renamed to "Red Dye", "Yellow Dye" and "Green Dye", respectively.}}
{{History||ps=1.90|[[File:Bone Meal JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Light Gray Dye JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Gray Dye JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Ink Sac JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Cocoa Beans JE4 BE3.png|32px]] [[File:Red Dye JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Orange Dye JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Yellow Dye JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Lime Dye JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Green Dye JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Cyan Dye.png|32px]] [[File:Light Blue Dye JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Lapis Lazuli JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Purple Dye JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Magenta Dye JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Pink Dye JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The textures of bone meal, light gray, gray, ink sac, cocoa beans, red, orange, yellow, lime, green, cyan, light blue, lapis lazuli, purple, magenta, and pink dyes have been changed.}}
{{History|3ds}}
{{History||0.1.0|[[File:Bone Meal JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Light Gray Dye JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Gray Dye JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Ink Sac JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Cocoa Beans JE3 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Red Dye JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Orange Dye JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Yellow Dye JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Lime Dye JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Green Dye JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Cyan Dye JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Light Blue Dye JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Lapis Lazuli JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Purple Dye JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Magenta Dye JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Pink Dye JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added dyes from [[Pocket Edition v0.15.4 alpha]].}}
{{History|foot}}
<gallery>
Pre-release dyes.png|Pre-release dye textures hidden within [[Items.png]].
</gallery>
;Notes
{{reflist|group=n}}

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
White Dye.png|White Dye
Light Gray Dye.png|Light Gray Dye
Gray Dye.png|Gray Dye
Black Dye.png|Black Dye
Brown Dye.png|Brown Dye
Red Dye.png|Red Dye
Orange Dye.png|Orange Dye
Yellow Dye.png|Yellow Dye
Lime Dye.png|Lime Dye
Green Dye.png|Green Dye
Cyan Dye.png|Cyan Dye
Light Blue Dye.png|Light Blue Dye
Blue Dye.png|Blue Dye
Purple Dye.png|Purple Dye
Magenta Dye.png|Magenta Dye
Pink Dye.png|Pink Dye
</gallery>

==Issues==
{{issue list}}

== Trivia ==
* Players can obtain each one of every color with 1 cocoa bean, 2 yellow dye, 2 ink sac, 3 green dye, 4 lapis lazuli, 4 red dye, and 6 bone meal (2 bones).
* The dyed sheep breeding behavior mirrors [[wikipedia:Lamarckism|Lamarck's theory]], in which the organisms evolve inheriting the external changes and adaptations of the previous generation, transmitting them to their offspring.
* In ''Bedrock Edition'', tertiary colors, along with their regular crafting recipes, can be crafted with primary colors. E.g.: Magenta can be crafted with one rose red and two bone meals.
* The colors of the dyes match the chat colors in [[color codes]] except for brown (dye only), light aqua, and gold (color codes only).
* The texture for light blue dye still uses the color from prior to the 1.12 World of Color update.<ref name="unchanged dyes"></ref>

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External Links ==
* Tools for calculating leather dye combination: [https://minecraft.tools/en/armor.php minecraft.tools] (webapp); [https://github.com/pudquick/pyMCdyes/ pyMCDyes] (open-source Python script, outdated); [https://anrar4.github.io/DyeLeatherArmor/ DyeLeatherArmor]: a tool for calculating an exact crafting recipe for any sRGB color

{{Items}}

[[Category:Dyes]]
[[Category:Renewable resources]]

[[cs:Barvivo]]
[[de:Farbstoff]]
[[es:Tinte]]
[[fr:Teinture]]
[[hu:Színezés]]
[[it:Colorante]]
[[ja:染料]]
[[ko:염료]]
[[nl:Kleurstof]]
[[pl:Barwniki]]
[[pt:Corante]]
[[ru:Красители]]
[[th:สีย้อม]]
[[uk:Барвники]]
[[zh:染料]]</li><li>[[Nether Star|Nether Star]]<br/>{{Distinguish|Firework Star}}
{{Item
| image = Nether Star.gif
| renewable = Yes
| stackable = Yes (64)
| rarity = Uncommon
}}
The '''nether star''' is a rare item [[drops|dropped]] by the [[wither]] that is used solely to [[Crafting|craft]] [[beacon]]s.

== Obtaining ==

=== Mob loot ===

The nether star can be obtained only by defeating the [[wither]] [[Mob#Boss mobs|boss]], which is created using [[soul sand]] and [[Head|wither skeleton skulls]]. One nether star is dropped each time; the dropped amount is not affected by the [[Looting]] enchantment. {{IN|java}}, nether stars dropped by withers take 10 minutes to despawn and are immune to explosions. {{IN|bedrock}}, nether star items never despawn, neither by time nor by explosions.

== Usage ==

The nether star has the same animated glint as [[enchanted]] items, [[potion]]s, and [[end crystal]]s.

A dropped nether star item cannot be destroyed by [[explosion]]s. However, it can still be destroyed by a falling [[anvil]],‌{{only|java}} [[fire]], [[lava]], [[cacti]], or [[the Void]].

It is used to [[Crafting|craft]] a [[beacon]].

=== Crafting ingredient ===

{{crafting usage|match=start}}

== Achievements ==
{{load achievements|The beginning;The beginnig?.}}

== Advancements ==
{{load advancements|Withering Heights}}

== Data values ==
=== ID ===
{{edition|java}}:
{{ID table
|edition=java
|showforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Nether Star
|spritetype=item
|nameid=nether_star
|form=item
|foot=1}}

{{edition|bedrock}}:
{{ID table
|edition=bedrock
|showaliasids=y
|shownumericids=y
|showforms=y
|notshowbeitemforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Nether Star
|spritetype=item
|nameid=nether_star
|aliasid=netherstar
|id=518
|form=item
|translationkey=item.netherStar.name
|foot=1}}

== Video ==

<div style="text-align:center">{{yt|H6k28iUefMo}}</div>

== History ==

{{History|java}}
{{History||1.4.2|snap=12w34a|[[File:Nether Star JE1.png|32px]] The texture of the nether star has been added.}}
{{History|||snap=12w36a|[[File:Nether Star JE1.gif|32px]] Added nether stars.
|Nether stars are [[drops|dropped]] by the [[wither]].}}
{{History|||snap=12w37a|[[File:Nether Star JE2 BE1.gif|32px]] The texture of nether stars has been changed so that they no longer have a dark outline.}}
{{History||1.4.6|snap=12w49a|[[Drops|Dropped]] nether stars can no longer be destroyed by [[explosion]]s.}}
{{History||1.13|snap=17w47a|Prior to [[1.13/Flattening|''The Flattening'']], this [[item]]'s numeral ID was 399.}}
{{History||1.14|snap=18w43a|[[File:Nether Star.gif|32px]] The texture of nether stars has been changed.}}
{{History||1.16|snap=20w07a|Nether star has become a [[renewable resource]], as [[soul sand]], one of the blocks used to construct withers, is now renewable through [[bartering]].}}

{{History|pocket alpha}}
{{History||v0.16.0|snap=build 4|[[File:Nether Star JE2 BE1.gif|32px]] Added nether stars.}}
{{History|bedrock}}
{{History||1.10.0|snap=beta 1.10.0.3|[[File:Nether Star.gif|32px]] The texture of nether stars has been changed.}}

{{History|console}}
{{History||xbox=TU19|xbone=CU7|ps=1.12|wiiu=Patch 1|switch=1.0.1|[[File:Nether Star JE2 BE1.gif|32px]] Added nether stars.}}
{{History||xbox=none|xbone=none|ps=1.90|wiiu=none|switch=none|[[File:Nether Star.gif|32px]] The texture of nether stars has been changed.}}

{{History|New 3DS}}
{{History||1.3.12|[[File:Nether Star JE2 BE1.gif|32px]] Added nether stars.}}
{{History|foot}}

== Issues ==
{{issue list}}

== Gallery ==

<gallery>
File:Nether Star JE3 BE2.png|The nether star without enchanted animated glint.
File:Star Drop.png|The nether star dropped by the wither.
File:Wither, left- Nether Star, right.png|A wither to the left, and a nether star to the right.
</gallery>

== References ==
{{reflist}}

==External Links==
*[https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/taking-inventory--nether-star Taking Inventory: Nether Star] – Minecraft.net on May 11, 2023

{{Items}}

[[cs:Netheritová hvězda]]
[[de:Netherstern]]
[[es:Estrella del Inframundo]]
[[fr:Étoile du Nether]]
[[hu:Alvilági csillag]]
[[it:Stella del Nether]]
[[ja:ネザースター]]
[[ko:네더의 별]]
[[nl:Netherster]]
[[pl:Netherowa gwiazda]]
[[pt:Estrela do Nether]]
[[ru:Звезда Нижнего мира]]
[[tr:Nether Yıldızı]]
[[uk:Зірка Незеру]]
[[zh:下界之星]]
[[Category:Renewable resources]]</li></ul>
Added ability to launch demo mode for non-premium users.

Gallery

References

See also

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