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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 If the selected version does not exist or the latest installed version is outdated when "Use latest version" is selected in the profile, the launcher will download all Minecraft components and Java binary files.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 for launchers without already signed-in users.

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 .

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. Four Pre-classic versions, four Classic versions, and an Infdev version are already added under the names "old-alpha version".[2] However, Indev is still missing.

Progress *note: this list is missing at least one version that is on the launcher (infdev 2010-06-18, aka Seecret Friday 1)

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 may be unstable. Any bugs, glitches, missing features, or crashes that result from instability will never be resolved as only later versions are supported. Mojang strongly recommends that you play them in separate directories than your other saves to avoid corruption.[3]

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
1.5.1 July 28, 2014
1.5 July 28, 2014
  • Development Console tab renamed to Launcher Log
  • You can now run multiple instances of Minecraft at once, provided they're on different users
  • New tab called Game Output (yourusername) appears after launching minecraft
1.4.7 July 25, 2014
  • Prepend libraries instead of appending(?)
1.4.6 July 25, 2014
  • Added some command-line switches on the Profile Editor(?)
  • Added version inheritance[4]
1.4.5 July 25, 2014
  • Fixed MCL-2444 - Changing profile runs on Event Dispatch Thread
  • Added a "Switch users" button to make switching users easier
1.4.4 May 19, 2014
  • Fixed: MCL-2494 – Launcher version 1.4.2 possibly broken?
1.4.2 May 2, 2014
  • Loading bar displays file currently being downloaded
  • Fixed: MCL-2350 – Slowly eats large amounts of heap
  • Removed tab 'Local Version Editor (NYI)'
  • Auto cleanup unused libraries
1.3.11 March 12, 2014
  • Update Notes website frame uses JavaFX if available
  • 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.[5]
1.3.4 November 26, 2013
  • Faster downloading of some big files.[6]
1.3.3 November 20, 2013
  • (Possible) Bridging of Mojang and Twitch accounts.[7]
1.3.2 November 18, 2013
  • Added time it took to finish jobs.
  • Faster resource downloading.[8]
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[9] September 12, 2013
  • You can now log out from everywhere with the launcher (MCL-1270)
1.2.2[10] September 3, 2013
  • Fixed a bug (MCL-1461) that made the launcher take a long time to load up.
1.2.1 (Files uploaded)[11] August 6, 2013
1.2.1 (Files uploaded)[12][13] 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[14] 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[15]
    • Any client crash will automatically submit the crash report
1.0.8 OS X (Re-upload)[16] 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)[17] 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[18]
1.0.7 July 2, 2013
  • Added ability to disable automatic login[19]
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>[[Raw Beef|Raw Beef]]<br/>{{Item
| title = Raw Beef
| image = Raw Beef.png
| heals = {{hunger|3}}
| renewable = Yes
| stackable = Yes (64)
}}

'''Raw beef''' is a [[food]] item that can be eaten by the [[player]] or cooked in a [[furnace]], [[smoker]], or [[campfire]] to make [[steak]].

== Obtaining ==

=== Mob loot ===

When adult [[cow]]s and [[mooshroom]]s are killed, they drop 1-3 raw beef. The maximum amount is increased by 1 per level of [[Looting]], for a maximum of 1-6 with Looting III. If killed while on fire, they drop [[steak]] instead.

===  Chest loot ===

{{LootChestItem|raw-beef}}

== Usage ==

=== Food ===

To eat raw beef, press and hold {{control|use}} while it is selected in the hotbar. Eating one restores {{hunger|3}} hunger and 1.8 hunger [[Hunger#Mechanics|saturation]].

=== Smelting ingredient ===

{{Smelting
|showname=1
|Raw Beef
|Steak
|0.35
}}

=== Wolves ===

Raw beef 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.

=== Trading ===

Journeyman-level Butcher villagers have a 50% chance to buy 10 raw beef for an emerald.{{only|bedrock}}

Journeyman-level Butcher villagers always offer buy 10 raw beef for an emerald.{{only|java}}

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

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

== Data values ==
=== ID ===
{{edition|java}}:
{{ID table
|edition=java
|showforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Raw Beef
|spritetype=item
|nameid=beef
|form=item
|foot=1}}

{{edition|bedrock}}:
{{ID table
|edition=bedrock
|shownumericids=y
|showforms=y
|notshowbeitemforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Raw Beef
|spritetype=item
|nameid=beef
|id=273
|form=item
|foot=1}}

== History ==

{{History|java beta}}
{{History||1.8|snap=Pre-release|[[File:Raw Beef JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added raw beef.|Raw beef is one of the new [[food]] items, [[drops|dropped]] by [[cow]]s in addition to their [[leather]].}}
{{History|java}}
{{History||1.2.1|snap=12w03a|Raw beef can now be used to breed wolves.}}
{{History||1.3.1|snap=12w21a|Raw beef can now be [[trading|sold]] to butcher [[villager]]s, at 14–17 raw beef for 1 [[emerald]].}}
{{History|||snap=1.3|[[File:Raw Beef JE2.png|32px]] The texture of raw beef has been changed.}}
{{History||1.4.2|snap=12w37a|[[File:Raw Beef JE3 BE2.png|32px]] The texture of raw beef has been changed, so that it no longer has a dark outline.}}
{{History||1.8|snap=14w02a|[[Villager]]s no longer [[trading|trade]] for raw beef.}}
{{History||1.13|snap=17w47a|Prior to [[1.13/Flattening|''The Flattening'']], this [[item]]'s numeral ID was 363.}}
{{History||1.14|snap=18w43a|[[File:Raw Beef JE4 BE3.png|32px]] The texture of raw beef has been changed.}}
{{History|||snap=18w49a|Raw beef can now be found in [[chest]]s in [[village]] butcher shops.}}
{{History|||snap=19w11a|Butcher [[villager]]s now [[trading|buy]] raw beef.}}

{{History|pocket alpha}}
{{History||v0.4.0|[[File:Raw Beef JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added raw beef.}}
{{History||v0.5.0|Raw beef now restores {{hp|3}} instead of {{hp|1}}.}}
{{History||v0.8.0|snap=build 1|[[File:Raw Beef JE3 BE2.png|32px]] The texture of raw beef has been changed, so that it no longer has a dark outline.}}
{{History||v0.9.0|snap=build 1|Raw beef has been added to [[Creative]] mode.}}
{{History||v0.12.1|snap=build 1|Raw beef now restores [[hunger]] instead of [[health]].}}
{{History|bedrock}}
{{History||1.10.0|snap=beta 1.10.0.3|[[File:Raw Beef JE4 BE3.png|32px]] The texture of raw beef has been changed.}}
{{History||1.11.0|snap=beta 1.11.0.1|Raw beef can now be found in [[village]] butcher [[chest]]s.}}
{{History|||snap=beta 1.11.0.4|Raw beef can now be [[trading|sold]] to butcher [[villager]]s.}}

{{History|console}}
{{History||xbox=TU5|xbone=CU1|ps=1.0|wiiu=Patch 1|[[File:Raw Beef JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added raw beef.}}
{{History||xbox=TU12|[[File:Raw Beef JE3 BE2.png|32px]] The texture of raw beef has been changed, so that it no longer has a dark outline.}}
{{History||xbox=none|xbone=none|ps=1.90|wiiu=none|switch=none|[[File:Raw Beef JE4 BE3.png|32px]] The texture of raw beef has been changed.}}

{{History|New 3DS}}
{{History||0.1.0|[[File:Raw Beef JE3 BE2.png|32px]] Added raw beef.}}
{{History|foot}}

== Issues ==

{{issue list}}

== Gallery ==

<gallery>
File:Jeb steak.png|Raw Beef and [[Steak]] in a preview screenshot.
</gallery>


{{Items}}

[[de:Rohes Rindfleisch]]
[[es:Filete crudo]]
[[fr:Bœuf cru]]
[[hu:Nyers marhahús]]
[[ja:生の牛肉]]
[[ko:익히지 않은 소고기]]
[[nl:Rauwe biefstuk]]
[[pl:Surowa wołowina]]
[[pt:Bife cru]]
[[ru:Сырая говядина]]
[[uk:Сира яловичина]]
[[zh:生牛肉]]
[[Category:Food]]
[[Category:Renewable resources]]</li><li>[[Sword|Sword]]<br/>{{For|the item in ''Minecraft Dungeons''|MCD:Sword|MCD:Diamond Sword}}
{{Item
| image = <gallery>
Wooden Sword.png | Wooden
Stone Sword.png | Stone
Iron Sword.png | Iron
Golden Sword.png | Golden
Diamond Sword.png | Diamond
Netherite Sword.png | Netherite
</gallery>
| rarity = Common
| renewable = 
* '''Netherite''': No
* '''All others''': Yes
| durability = 
'''Java Edition'''<br>
Golden: 32<br>
Wood: 59<br>
Stone: 131<br>
Iron: 250<br>
Diamond: 1561<br>
Netherite: 2031<br>
'''Bedrock Edition'''<br>
Golden: 33<br>
Wood: 60<br> 
Stone: 132<br>
Iron: 251<br>
Diamond: 1562<br>
Netherite: 2032
| stackable = No
}}
The '''sword''' is a melee [[weapon]] that is mainly used to deal [[damage]] to [[entity|entities]] or for breaking certain blocks faster than by hand. A sword is made from one of six materials, in order of increasing quality and expense: wood, gold, stone, iron, diamond and netherite.

== Obtaining ==
=== Crafting ===
{{Crafting
  |showname=0
  |showdescription=1
  |head=1
  |name=[[Swords]]
  |B1={Any Planks}; Iron Ingot; Gold Ingot; Diamond
  |B2={Any Planks}; Iron Ingot; Gold Ingot; Diamond
  |B3=Stick
  |Output=Wooden Sword; Iron Sword; Golden Sword; Diamond Sword
  |type=Combat
}}
{{Crafting
  |name=Stone Sword
  |B1=Any stone-tier block
  |B2=Any stone-tier block
  |B3=Stick
  |Output=Stone Sword
  |description=Can use cobblestone and its other variants interchangeably.
  |type=Combat
}}
{{Crafting
  |foot=1
  |ignoreusage=1
  |name=[[Swords]]
  |ingredients=Damaged Matching [[Swords]]
  |Damaged Wooden Sword; Damaged Stone Sword; Damaged Iron Sword; Damaged Golden Sword; Damaged Diamond Sword; Damaged Netherite Sword
  |Damaged Wooden Sword; Damaged Stone Sword; Damaged Iron Sword; Damaged Golden Sword; Damaged Diamond Sword; Damaged Netherite Sword
  |description= The durability of the two swords is added together, plus an extra 5% of the tool type's total durability. Enchantments are removed unless combined on an [[anvil]].<br>'''Example:''' Two wooden swords, each with remaining durability of 20, combine into a wooden sword having 43 durability (20 + 20 + 5% of 60).
  |Output=Wooden Sword; Stone Sword; Iron Sword; Golden Sword; Diamond Sword; Netherite Sword
  |type=Combat
}}

=== Upgrading ===
{{Smithing
|Netherite Upgrade
|Diamond Sword
|Netherite Ingot
|Netherite Sword
|description=
|tail=1
}}

=== Repairing ===
==== Grinding ====
{{Grinding
|showdescription=1
|ingredients=2x Damaged Wooden Sword or<br>2x Damaged Stone Sword or<br>2x Damaged Iron Sword or<br>2x Damaged Golden Sword or<br>2x Damaged Diamond Sword or <br>2x Damaged Netherite Sword
|Damaged Wooden Sword; Damaged Stone Sword; Damaged Iron Sword; Damaged Golden Sword; Damaged Diamond Sword; Damaged Netherite Sword
|Damaged Wooden Sword; Damaged Stone Sword; Damaged Iron Sword; Damaged Golden Sword; Damaged Diamond Sword; Damaged Netherite Sword
|Wooden Sword; Stone Sword; Iron Sword; Golden Sword; Diamond Sword; Netherite Sword
|description=The durability of the two swords is added together, plus an extra 5% durability. Any enchantments, besides curses, would be removed.
}}

==== Unit repair ====
{{main|Anvil mechanics#Unit repair}}
{{/Repairing with Anvils}}
A sword can be repaired in an [[anvil]] by adding units of the [[tiers]]' repair material, with each repair material restoring 25% of the sword's maximum durability, rounded down.

=== Mob loot ===
{{Main|Drops#Equipped items}}

Some [[mobs]] can spawn with a sword and have an 8.5% chance of dropping them upon death caused by player. This chance is increased by 1% per level of [[Looting]], up to a maximum of 11.5% with Looting III. [[Zombie]]s and [[husk]]s can drop iron swords, [[zombified piglin]]s and [[piglin]]s can drop golden swords, and [[wither skeleton]]s can drop stone swords. The dropped sword is usually badly damaged and may be enchanted. Stone swords dropped by wither skeletons are never enchanted.

A [[vex]] wields an iron sword that normally has a 0% chance of dropping, because their main hand's <code>HandDropChances</code> is 0. However, this chance increases by 1 percentage point per level of Looting. It is never damaged{{only|java}} and may be enchanted.

{{IN|be}}, [[pillager]]s and [[vindicator]]s that spawn from raids have a 4.1% chance (5.12% chance on hard mode) of dropping a damaged iron sword. This sword has a 50% chance of being enchanted.

=== Trading ===
[[File:Weaponsmith Diamond Sword Trade.png|thumb|right|The diamond sword trade of a weaponsmith.]]

{{IN|bedrock}}, an apprentice-level weaponsmith villagers sells enchanted iron swords for at least 7-21 emeralds, and a master-level weaponsmith sells enchanted diamond swords for at least 13-27 emeralds.

{{IN|java}}, a novice-level weaponsmith villager has a {{frac|2|3}} chance of selling an enchanted iron sword for at least 7-22 emeralds. A master-level weaponsmith offers to sell an enchanted diamond sword for at least 11–27 emeralds.

The enchantments of the swords offered by villagers are the same as the ones obtained from an [[enchantment table]] at levels 5–19.

=== Chest loot ===
{{LootChestItem|iron-sword,level-enchanted-iron-sword,damaged-random-enchanted-iron-sword,golden-sword,random-enchanted-golden-sword,diamond-sword,damaged-diamond-sword,level-enchanted-diamond-sword,damaged-random-enchanted-diamond-sword,damaged-random-enchanted-diamond-sword-2}}

== Usage ==
=== Attacking ===
Pressing {{control|attack}} while holding a sword inflicts damage on both mobs and other players. Upon damaging a mob or player, the sword's [[Item Durability|durability]] decreases by 1.

Attacking a [[boat]] or a [[minecart]] with a sword stone tier or higher instantly destroys it {{only|java}}, without decreasing the sword's durability. Otherwise, it requires 2 hits, with neither decreasing durability.

==== Sweeping ====
{{exclusive|Java|section=1}}
If the attack recharge meter is 84.8% or above and the player is on the ground standing or moving slower than the [[sprinting]] speed in a straight line, the sword performs a sweeping attack indicated by a gale [[particle]] that reaches nearby enemies for {{hp|1}} and knocks them back; the amount of knockback is 80% that of the basal knockback and does not benefit from the [[knockback]] enchantment. As result, the player can perform a sweep attack while they are sprinting diagonally but it is impossible to perform a sweep attack at the same time as a critical hit or while riding some [[entity]]. All enemies within an 1 by 0.25 by 1 block area of any part of the attacked mob and whose feet are 3 or less blocks away from player's feet are affected. The [[sweeping edge]] enchantment increases the damage dealt by 50% of the normal hit damage for level I, 67% for level II and 75% for level III.

=== Damage ===
{{Main|Damage}}

==== Java Edition ====
Swords have an attack speed of 1.6 and take 0.625 seconds to [[Damage#Attack cooldown|recover]]. 

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" data-description="Sword attack damage by type"
! Material
! {{ItemSprite|Wooden Sword|text=Wooden}}
! {{ItemSprite|Golden Sword|text=Gold}}
! {{ItemSprite|Stone Sword|text=Stone}}
! {{ItemSprite|Iron Sword|text=Iron}}
! {{ItemSprite|Diamond Sword|text=Diamond}}
! {{ItemSprite|Netherite Sword|text=Netherite}}
|-
! Attack Damage
| {{hp|4}}
| {{hp|4}}
| {{hp|5}}
| {{hp|6}}
| {{hp|7}}
| {{hp|8}}
|-
! Attack Speed
| 1.6
| 1.6
| 1.6
| 1.6
| 1.6
| 1.6
|-
! Damage/Second (DPS)
| 6.4
| 6.4
| 8
| 9.6
| 11.2
| 12.8
|-
! Durability
| 59
| 32
| 131
| 250
| 1561
| 2031
|-
! Lifetime damage inflicted<ref group="note">The formula to find the total lifetime damage is ''Lifetime damage minimum = Durability × Damage per hit''. It ignores enchantments and [[Damage#Critical_hit|critical hits]], and assumes the sword is at maximum charge</ref>
| {{hp|236}}
| {{hp|128}}
| {{hp|655}}
| {{hp|1500}}
| {{hp|10927}}
| {{hp|16248}}
|}
{{notelist}}

==== Bedrock Edition ====
{{IN|bedrock}}, swords have no attack cooldown or sweep attack, and deal the following damage:

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" data-description="Sword attack damage by type"
! Material
! {{ItemSprite|Wooden Sword|text=Wooden}}
! {{ItemSprite|Golden Sword|text=Gold}}
! {{ItemSprite|Stone Sword|text=Stone}}
! {{ItemSprite|Iron Sword|text=Iron}}
! {{ItemSprite|Diamond Sword|text=Diamond}}
! {{ItemSprite|Netherite Sword|text=Netherite}}
|-
! Attack Damage
| {{hp|5}} <!-- DO NOT CHANGE THESE! The values are correct, '+4 Attack Damage' means 5 total attack damage. -->
| {{hp|5}}
| {{hp|6}}
| {{hp|7}}
| {{hp|8}}
| {{hp|9}}
|-
! Durability
| 60
| 33
| 132
| 251
| 1562
| 2032
|-
! Lifetime damage inflicted<ref group="note">The formula to find the total lifetime damage is ''Durability × Damage per hit = Lifetime damage minimum''. It excludes enchantments and critical hits</ref>
| {{hp|300}}
| {{hp|165}}
| {{hp|792}}
| {{hp|1757}}
| {{hp|12496}}
| {{hp|18288}}
|}
{{notelist}}

The most amount of damage that a sword enchanted with [[Sharpness]] V can do is 11 {{in|java}} and 15.25 {{in|bedrock}}, without critical hits.

=== Sword breaking times ===
{{main|Breaking}}

A sword can also be used to destroy certain blocks 50% quicker, sometimes much quicker than with fists. Using a sword to destroy any block that doesn't break instantly by hand decreases its durability by 2; this includes bamboo, despite that the sword is the fastest tool for breaking it.<ref>{{bug|MC-195168||Swords consume double durability than they normally would when destroying bamboo saplings, bamboo, or cobwebs}}</ref>

If a sword is enchanted with [[Silk Touch]], either using [[Creative]] or [[commands]], cobwebs the sword destroys will drop the cobwebs themselves instead of the usual string. This is due to the sword being classified as the proper tool for cobwebs.

The following table shows the time it takes to break blocks on which swords have any effect. Colors indicate what gets dropped:
* White: an original block.
* Blue: block's normal drop (e.g. seeds, sapling, apple).
* Red: nothing.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" data-description="Blocks affected by swords"
! Block
! Fists
! Sword
! colspan="2" | Proper/fastest tool
|-
!style="text-align:left"| {{BlockLink|Bamboo}}
| {{tc|no|{{breaking time|Bamboo}} s }} || 0.05 s (instant) <!-- this doesn't work: {{tc|planned|{{breaking time|Bamboo|Sword}} s}} -->
| {{ItemSprite|sword|link=Sword}}
| 0.05 s (instant) <!-- this doesn't work: {{breaking time|Bamboo|Sword}} s -->
|-
!style="text-align:left"| {{BlockLink|Cobweb}}
| {{tc|no|{{breaking time|Cobweb|drop=None}} s}} || {{tc|planned|{{breaking time|Cobweb|Sword}} s}}
| {{ItemSprite|shears|link=Shears}}
| {{breaking time|Cobweb|Shears}} s
|-
!style="text-align:left"| {{BlockLink|Cocoa}}
| {{tc|planned|{{breaking time|Cocoa}}s}} || {{tc|planned|{{breaking time|Cocoa|Sword}}s}}
| {{ItemSprite|wooden-axe|link=Axe}}
| {{tc|planned|{{breaking time|Cocoa|Golden}} – {{breaking time|Cocoa|Wooden}} s}}
|-
! style="text-align:left"|{{BlockLink|Hay Bale}}
| 1s
| 0.8s{{only|bedrock}}
| {{ItemSprite|wooden-hoe|link=Hoe}}
| {{breaking time|Hay Bale|Golden}} – {{breaking time|Hay Bale|Wooden}} s
|-
!style="text-align:left" rowspan="2"| {{BlockLink|Leaves}}
!rowspan="2" {{tc|planned|{{breaking time|Leaves}} s}}
!rowspan="2" {{tc|planned|{{breaking time|Leaves|Sword}} s}}
| {{ItemSprite|shears|link=Shears}}
| {{breaking time|Leaves|Shears}}s
|-
| {{ItemSprite|wooden-hoe|link=Hoe}}
| {{tc|planned|{{breaking time|Leaves|Golden}} – {{breaking time|Leaves|Wooden}} s}}
|-
!style="text-align:left"| {{BlockLink|Jack o'Lantern}}
| {{breaking time|Jack o'Lantern}} s || {{breaking time|Jack o'Lantern|Sword}} s
| {{ItemSprite|wooden-axe|link=Axe}}
| {{breaking time|Jack o'Lantern|Golden}} – {{breaking time|Jack o'Lantern|Wooden}} s
|-
!style="text-align:left"| {{BlockLink|Melon}}
| {{tc|planned|{{breaking time|Melon}} s}} || {{tc|planned|{{breaking time|Melon|Sword}} s}}
| {{ItemSprite|wooden-axe|link=Axe}}
| {{tc|planned|{{breaking time|Melon|Golden}} – {{breaking time|Melon|Wooden}} s}}
|-
!style="text-align:left"| {{BlockLink|Pumpkin}}
| {{breaking time|Pumpkin}}s || {{breaking time|Pumpkin|Sword}} s
| {{ItemSprite|wooden-axe|link=Axe}}
| {{breaking time|Pumpkin|Golden}} – {{breaking time|Pumpkin|Wooden}} s
|-
!style="text-align:left" rowspan="2"| {{BlockLink|Vines}} 
| rowspan="2" {{tc|no|{{breaking time|Vines}} s}} || rowspan="2" {{tc|no|{{breaking time|Vines|Sword}} s}}
| {{ItemSprite|wooden-axe|link=Axe}}
| {{tc|no|{{breaking time|Vines|Golden}} – {{breaking time|Vines|Wooden}} s}}
|-
| {{ItemSprite|shears|link=Shears}}
| {{breaking time|Vines|Shears}} s
|}

==== Safety around constructions ====
In Creative mode, swords are unable to break blocks. However, care must still be taken around [[minecart]]s, [[painting]]s, [[item frame]]s,{{only|java}} and [[armor stand]]s; these are entities, thus can be broken with swords in Creative.<ref>{{bug|MC-27140}}</ref><ref>{{bug|MC-18463}}</ref>

=== Enchantments ===
Swords can receive, gathered from mob drops/villager trades or be found in various loot chests (example: End City, Bastion Remnant)with the following [[enchantment]]s:

{| class="wikitable sortable col-2-center col-3-right"
|+
!Name
!Max Level
![[Enchanting|Method]]
!Weight
|-
|[[Fire Aspect]]
|II
|{{Inventory slot|Enchanting Table}}{{Inventory slot|Anvil}}
|2
|-
|[[Looting]]
|III
|{{Inventory slot|Enchanting Table}}{{Inventory slot|Anvil}}
|2
|-
|[[Unbreaking]]
|III
|{{Inventory slot|Enchanting Table}}{{Inventory slot|Anvil}}
|5
|-
|[[Sharpness]]<ref group=note name=note1>Sharpness, Smite, and Bane of Arthropods are mutually exclusive.</ref>
|V
|{{Inventory slot|Enchanting Table}}{{Inventory slot|Anvil}}
|10
|-
|[[Smite]]<ref group=note name=note1/>
|V
|{{Inventory slot|Enchanting Table}}{{Inventory slot|Anvil}}
|5
|-
|[[Bane of Arthropods]]<ref group="note" name=note1/>
|V
|{{Inventory slot|Enchanting Table}}{{Inventory slot|Anvil}}
|5
|-
|[[Knockback]]
|II
|{{Inventory slot|Enchanting Table}}{{Inventory slot|Anvil}}
|5
|-
|[[Mending]]
|I
|{{Inventory slot|Anvil}}
|2
|-
|[[Curse of Vanishing]]
|I
|{{Inventory slot|Anvil}}
|1
|-
|[[Sweeping Edge]]{{Only|java|short=1}}
|III
|{{Inventory slot|Enchanting Table}}{{Inventory slot|Anvil}}
|2
|}
Golden swords have the highest enchantability, yet the least durability{{Notelist}}

=== Fuel ===
Wooden swords can be used as fuel in [[furnace]]s, smelting 1 item per sword.

=== Smelting ingredient ===
{{Smelting|showname=1|Iron Sword;Golden Sword|Iron Nugget;Gold Nugget|0,1}}

=== Piglins ===
If a {{EntityLink|Piglin}} see a golden sword, it will set off to reach it, then stare at it for 120 — 160 ticks, putting it in their inventory, and continue to perform the action it was taking before being attracted by the golden sword.

== Sounds ==
{{Edition|Java}}:
{{Sound table
|sound=Strong attack1.ogg
|sound2=Strong attack2.ogg
|sound3=Strong attack3.ogg
|sound4=Strong attack4.ogg
|sound5=Strong attack5.ogg
|sound6=Strong attack6.ogg
|subtitle=Strong attack
|source=player
|description=When a player deals an attack that does not trigger any other attack sounds
|id=entity.player.attack.strong
|translationkey=subtitles.entity.player.attack.strong
|volume=''varies'' <ref group=sound>0.6 for <code>strong1</code> through <code>strong4</code>, and 0.7 for <code>strong5</code> and <code>strong6</code></ref>
|pitch=1.0
|distance=16}}
{{Sound table
|sound=Critical attack1.ogg
|sound2=Critical attack2.ogg
|sound3=Critical attack3.ogg
|subtitle=Critical attack
|source=player
|description=When a player deals a critical hit
|id=entity.player.attack.crit
|translationkey=subtitles.entity.player.attack.crit
|volume=0.7
|pitch=1.0
|distance=16}}
{{Sound table
|sound=Knockback attack1.ogg
|sound2=Knockback attack2.ogg
|sound3=Knockback attack3.ogg
|sound4=Knockback attack4.ogg
|subtitle=Knockback attack
|source=player
|description=When a player deals a sprinting attack
|id=entity.player.attack.knockback
|translationkey=subtitles.entity.player.attack.knockback
|volume=0.7
|pitch=1.0
|distance=16}}
{{Sound table
|sound=Sweep attack1.ogg
|sound2=Sweep attack2.ogg
|sound3=Sweep attack3.ogg
|sound4=Sweep attack4.ogg
|sound5=Sweep attack5.ogg
|sound6=Sweep attack6.ogg
|sound7=Sweep attack7.ogg
|subtitle=Sweeping attack
|source=player
|description=When a player deals a sweep attack
|id=entity.player.attack.sweep
|translationkey=subtitles.entity.player.attack.sweep
|volume=0.7
|pitch=1.0
|distance=16}}
{{Sound table
|rowspan=2
|sound=Weak attack1.ogg
|sound2=Weak attack2.ogg
|sound3=Weak attack3.ogg
|sound4=Weak attack4.ogg
|subtitle=Weak attack
|source=player
|description=When a player deals an attack with no damage
|id=entity.player.attack.nodamage
|translationkey=subtitles.entity.player.attack.weak
|volume=0.7
|pitch=1.0
|distance=16}}
{{Sound table
|subtitle=Weak attack
|source=player
|description=When a player attempts to attack without sufficient cooldown
|id=entity.player.attack.weak
|translationkey=subtitles.entity.player.attack.weak
|volume=0.7
|pitch=1.0
|distance=16}}
{{Sound table
|sound=Random break.ogg
|subtitle=Item breaks
|source=player
|description=When a sword's durability is exhausted
|id=entity.item.break
|translationkey=subtitles.entity.item.break
|volume=0.8
|pitch=0.8-1.2
|distance=16
|foot=1}}

{{Edition|Bedrock}}:
{{Sound table
|type=bedrock
|sound=Strong attack1.ogg
|sound2=Strong attack2.ogg
|sound3=Strong attack3.ogg
|sound4=Strong attack4.ogg
|sound5=Strong attack5.ogg
|sound6=Strong attack6.ogg
|source=player
|description=When a player deals an attack with damage
|id=game.player.attack.strong
|volume=0.2
|pitch=0.8-1.2}}
{{Sound table
|sound=Weak attack1.ogg
|sound2=Weak attack2.ogg
|sound3=Weak attack3.ogg
|sound4=Weak attack4.ogg
|source=player
|description=When a player deals an attack with no damage
|id=game.player.attack.nodamage
|volume=0.2
|pitch=0.8-1.2}}
{{Sound table
|sound=Random break.ogg
|source=player
|description=When an sword's durability is exhausted
|id=random.break
|volume=1.0
|pitch=0.9
|foot=1}}

== Data values ==
=== ID ===
{{edition|java}}:
{{ID table
|edition=java
|showforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Wooden Sword
|spritetype=item
|nameid=wooden_sword
|form=item}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Stone Sword
|spritetype=item
|nameid=stone_sword
|form=item}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Iron Sword
|spritetype=item
|nameid=iron_sword
|form=item}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Diamond Sword
|spritetype=item
|nameid=diamond_sword
|form=item}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Golden Sword
|spritetype=item
|nameid=golden_sword
|form=item}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Netherite Sword
|spritetype=item
|nameid=netherite_sword
|form=item
|foot=1}}

{{edition|bedrock}}:
{{ID table
|edition=bedrock
|shownumericids=y
|showforms=y
|notshowbeitemforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Wooden Sword
|spritetype=item
|nameid=wooden_sword
|id=308
|form=item}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Stone Sword
|spritetype=item
|nameid=stone_sword
|id=312
|form=item}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Iron Sword
|spritetype=item
|nameid=iron_sword
|id=307
|form=item}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Diamond Sword
|spritetype=item
|nameid=diamond_sword
|id=316
|form=item}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Golden Sword
|spritetype=item
|nameid=golden_sword
|id=322
|form=item}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Netherite Sword
|spritetype=item
|nameid=netherite_sword
|id=604
|form=item
|foot=1}}

== Achievements ==
{{load achievements|Time to Strike!;Overkill;Oooh, shiny!}}

== Advancements ==
{{load advancements|Oh Shiny}}

== History == 
=== Blocking ===
{{main|Blocking}}
[[File:Parrying.png|thumb|right|The blocking animation using a sword before and after [[Java Edition 14w30a]] (from the [[Adventure Update|Adventure]] to the [[Bountiful Update|Bountiful]] updates).]]
 
Previously, since the [[Adventure Update]], all types of swords could be used to parry to block some forms of damage. If the player is blocking with a sword when attacked, the sword deflects 50% of incoming damage from melee, non-magical projectiles like arrows, and explosions, along with minimizing airborne knockback. The sword is held in front of the player and its durability is not reduced by blocking. The player moves at a slower rate than [[sneaking]] if blocking with a sword. Sword blocks could be engaged and disengaged instantly, with no delay between the input and damage mitigation nor cooldown between lowering a block and raising a new one.
 
After the [[Combat Update]], the sword blocking functionality was replaced by blocking with [[shield]]s and to accommodate the [[dual wield]] system. Shields negate more damage and knockback than sword blocking from "blockable" attacks (they block 100% damage and knockback after [[Java Edition 1.11]]), but, unlike swords, they lose durability, have a 0.25 second startup period before damage can be mitigated and can be temporarily disabled by attacks with an [[axe]].

=== Knockback ===
The knockback dealt by swords used to be higher than while the players are using another melee [[item]]s, like an axe or with the hands. This feature was removed in [[Java Edition 1.9]] and is also no longer used in ''[[Bedrock Edition]]''.

=== Historical changes per version ===
{{History|java indev}}
{{History||0.31|snap=20091231-2|[[File:Iron Sword JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added iron swords.
|Iron swords cannot be [[craft]]ed yet, but can be added to the [[player]]'s [[inventory]] during world creation.}}
{{History||0.31|snap=?|The iron sword is no longer added to the player's inventory during world creation.}}
{{History||0.31|snap=20100128|[[File:Wooden Sword JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Stone Sword JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Diamond Sword JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Swords made from wood, stone, and diamond have been added.
|Swords cannot be crafted yet, but have been added to the [[item]] [[chest]] in the Indev house.|A sword held by the player is now rendered to appear more 3D.}}
{{History||0.31|snap=20100129|Wood, stone, iron, and diamond swords can now be [[craft]]ed.}}
{{History|||snap=20100130|[[File:Golden Sword JE1.png|32px]] Swords can now be made out of gold.}}
{{History|||snap=20100131|Swords now have [[durability]]. 
|Better swords now last longer.
|Swords now cost 1 durability per hit, and 2 points per block broken.}}
{{History||20100206|[[File:Golden Sword JE2 BE1.png|32px]] The texture of gold swords has been slightly changed.}}
{{History|java alpha}}
{{History||v1.2.0|snap=release|[[Zombie pigmen]] now hold golden swords.}}
{{History|java beta}}
{{History||1.2|Swords, like all [[tool]]s, now have more [[item durability|durability]].
|Prior, diamond swords had 1024 durability, iron swords had 128, stone swords 64 and wood and gold had 32 durability.}}
{{History||1.5|The damages of all swords have increased by 1, due to the player's barehand damage increasing from {{hp|1}} to {{hp|2}}.
|As a result, wooden and golden swords now dealt {{hp|5}}, stone swords {{hp|7}}, iron swords {{hp|9}}, and diamond swords {{hp|11}}.}}
{{History||1.8|snap=Pre-release|Added the ability to block with a sword, giving the [[player]] more options in combat.
|Swords deflect 50% of incoming melee damage, non-magical projectiles like arrows and explosion damage, and a bit of knockback.
|The sword is held in front of the player and its durability is not reduced by blocking.|The player moves at a slower rate than [[sneaking]] when blocking with a sword.
|As barehand damage has been reduced from {{hp|2}} to {{hp|1}}, the damages of all swords have been reduced to their pre Beta 1.5 values.}}
{{History|java}}
{{History||1.0.0|snap=Beta 1.9 Prerelease 3|Sword [[damage]] has been reduced to make way for [[enchanting]]. A diamond sword's damage has been reduced from {{hp|10}} to {{hp|7}}, iron has been reduced from {{hp|8}} to {{hp|6}} and stone has been reduced from {{hp|6}} to {{hp|5}}. Wooden and golden swords still deal {{hp|4}} damage.|Iron swords are now found in the new [[stronghold]] altar [[chest]]s.}}
{{History|||snap=Beta 1.9 Prerelease 4|Swords can now be enchanted in the [[enchantment table]].}}
{{History||1.1|snap=12w01a|Iron swords are now found in [[village]] blacksmith chests.}}
{{History||1.2.1|snap=12w06a|The [[player]] now has a rare chance of obtaining iron swords by killing [[zombie]]s and golden swords from [[zombie pigmen]] from the addition of [[rare drops]]. These swords have a 20% chance of being enchanted.}}
{{History||1.2.4|snap=release|[[Spruce planks]], [[birch planks]], and [[jungle planks]] can now be used to craft wooden swords.}}
{{History||1.3.1|snap=12w18a|Wooden swords can now be used as [[fuel]] in a [[furnace]].}}
{{History|||snap=12w21a|Blacksmith [[villager]]s now [[trading|sell]] diamond swords for 12–13 [[emerald]]s, and iron swords for 7–10 emeralds.
|With the [[trading]] implementation, renewable [[item]]s such as [[wheat]] can now be [[trading|sold]] to buy a diamond sword. This has now made all swords [[Renewable Resource|renewable]].}}
{{History||1.4.2|snap=12w32a|[[Zombie]]s may sometimes wield iron swords, dealing extra [[damage]].}}
{{History|||snap=12w34a|If a [[player]] has dyed leather armor equipped and selected a sword of any kind, it appears in the color of the dye applied to the armor, when switching to second or third person view.}}
{{History|||snap=12w36a|Added [[wither skeleton]]s, which hold stone swords.}}
{{History||1.4.6|snap=12w49a|[[Unbreaking]] can now be applied to a sword with an [[enchanted book]].}}
{{History||1.6.1|snap=13w18a|Golden swords are now found in the new [[chest]]s in [[nether fortress]]es.}}
{{History|||snap=13w21a|Instead of replacing the barehanded [[damage]] ({{hp|1}}), swords now add their damage onto the barehanded damage, which results in all swords doing {{hp|1}} more damage than before.}}
{{History|||snap=13w25b|In [[Creative]] mode, swords are no longer able to break [[block]]s, and no [[sound]] plays when they're hit with one.}}
{{History||1.7.2|snap=1.7.1|[[Acacia planks]] and [[dark oak planks]] can now be used to craft wooden swords.}}
{{History||1.8|snap=14w02a|Weaponsmith [[villager]]s now [[trading|sell]] enchanted diamond swords for 12–15 [[emerald]]s, and iron swords for 9–10 emeralds. Unenchanted swords are no longer sold.}}
{{History|||snap=14w30a|Sword holding position have been tweaked, and the blocking animation has changed. Blocking while mining was made impossible. Blocking immediately after attacking no longer continues the swing animation.}}
{{History||1.9|snap=15w31a|[[Enchanting|Enchanted]] iron and diamond swords can now be found in [[end city]] ship [[chest]]s.}}
{{History|||snap=15w33c|Swords no longer block attacks. Instead, [[shield]]s are used.}}
{{History|||snap=15w34b|Swords now use the attack speed [[attribute]]. The attack speed of a sword is 1.25 or 0.8 seconds.}}
{{History|||snap=15w34c|Nerfed swords, they now do {{hp|1}} less [[damage]] and have an attack speed of 1.45, or 0.69 seconds.
|Swords can now do a sweep attack when moving at walking speed or slower, which knock back [[mob]]s near the one hit. The attack speed meter must be filled for it to work.}}
{{History|||snap=15w36a|Each [[Sharpness]] level now adds {{hp|1}} damage to the base damage at level I and an additional {{hp|0.5}} for each additional level, down from a flat {{hp|1.25}} per level.}}
{{History|||snap=15w37a|Swords now have an attack speed of 1.6, or 0.63 seconds.}}
{{History|||snap=15w43a|The average yield of golden swords in [[nether fortress]] chests has been decreased.}}
{{History|||snap=15w49a|Sweep attack now does {{hp|1}} damage to affected [[mob]]s and players.}}
{{History||1.11.1|snap=16w50a|Golden and iron swords now [[smelt]] down into one of their respective [[nugget]]s.
|Added [[Sweeping Edge]] enchantment.}}
{{History||1.13|snap=17w47a|Prior to [[1.13/Flattening|''The Flattening'']], these [[item]]s' numeral IDs were 268, 272, 267, 276 and 283.}}
{{History|||snap=18w10a|Swords can now generate in [[buried treasure]] chests.}}
{{History||September 10, 2018|link={{tweet|JasperBoerstra|1039167196801458176}}|[[File:Wooden Sword JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Stone Sword JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Iron Sword JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Golden Sword JE3 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Diamond Sword JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[Jasper Boerstra]] tweets an image of updated sword textures.}}
{{History||1.14|snap=18w43a|[[File:Wooden Sword JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Stone Sword JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Iron Sword JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Golden Sword JE3 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Diamond Sword JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The textures of all swords have been changed.
|Swords now break [[bamboo]] instantly.}}
{{History||1.16|snap=20w06a|[[File:Netherite Sword JE1.png|32px]] Added netherite swords.
|Netherite swords are obtained by combining one diamond sword and one [[netherite ingot]] in a [[crafting table]].
|[[Crimson planks]] and [[warped planks]] can now be used to craft wooden swords.}}
{{History|||snap=20w09a|[[File:Diamond Sword JE3 BE3.png|32px]] The texture of diamond swords has been changed.}}
{{History|||snap=20w10a|[[File:Netherite Sword JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The texture of netherite swords has been changed.
|Netherite swords can no longer be [[crafted]].
|Netherite swords are now obtained by combining one diamond sword and one [[netherite ingot]] in a [[smithing table]].}}
{{History|||snap=20w15a|Stone swords can now be crafted using [[blackstone]].}}
{{History|||snap=20w16a|Golden and netherite swords now generate in [[bastion remnants]] chests.
|Golden swords now generate randomly enchanted in [[ruined portal]] chests.}}
{{History|||snap=20w17a|Diamonds swords now generate in place of netherite swords in bastion remnant [[chest]]s.}}
{{History||1.16.2|snap=20w30a|Damaged enchanted iron swords can now be found in [[bastion remnant]] chests.}}
{{History||1.17|snap=21w08a|Stone swords can now be crafted using [[cobbled deepslate]].}}
{{History||1.19|snap=22w11a|[[Mangrove planks]] can now be used to craft wooden swords.}}
{{History||1.20<br>(Experimental)|link=1.19.4|snap=23w04a|Upgrading diamond swords to netherite swords now requires the netherite upgrade [[smithing template]].}}
{{History|upcoming java}}
{{History||Combat Tests|snap=1.14.3 - Combat Test|The attack speed for all swords has been increased to 3.
|The base [[damage]] is now {{Hp|2}}, meaning that all swords now do {{Hp|1}} more damage than before}.
|The attack reach of swords has been increased to 3.5 [[block]]s.}}
{{History|||snap=Combat Test 2|The attack speed of all swords has been decreased to 2.5.}}
{{History|||snap=Combat Test 3|The attack speed of all swords has been changed from 2.5 back to 3.0.
|The attack key can now again be held down to automatically attack when the attack meter is full.
|Attacks now happen only when the sword is at 120% charge, slower than if attacks were timed.}}
{{History|||snap=Combat Test 4|Sword can now perform critical, knockback ([[sprint]]) hits on 100% charge.
|The attack reach of all weapons was decreased by 0.5 [[block]]. Sword now have a 3 [[block]]s reach.
|The 200% attack now gives a bonus reach of 1 [[block]].}}
{{History|||snap=Combat Test 5|Weapons have been nerfed. All material tiers have been nerfed by {{Hp|1}} except wood and gold, and the sword tier have been nerfed by {{Hp|1}}. This means that the wooden/stone/golden sword now does {{Hp|4}} damage, the iron sword now does {{Hp|5}} damage and the diamond sword now does {{Hp|6}} damage.}}
{{History|||snap=Combat Test 6|All weapons' attack reach have been buffed by 0.5 [[block]].
|200% attacks have been removed.
|Swords now always do sweep attack, even in the air.
|The cooldown for missed hit is a 4-tick cooldown instead of using the attack speed attribute.}}
{{History|||snap=Combat Test 7c|All weapons' attack reach have been nerfed by 0.5 [[block]]. The sword's attack reach is now 3 [[block]]s again.
|200% attacks have been re-added.
|Swords no longer sweep without [[Sweeping Edge]] and 200% charge again.
|Adjusted the netherite tier value to match the weapon nerf in Combat Test 5}}
{{History|||snap=Combat Test 8b|Enchantment bonus attack damage are now included in the base damage when calculating critical hits (they were excluded before). Due to this change, enchanted swords critical attacks are now way more powerful (especially with high enchantments)}}

{{History|pocket alpha}}
{{History||v0.2.0|[[File:Stone Sword JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added stone swords.}}
{{History||v0.3.0|[[File:Wooden Sword JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added wooden swords.
|Survival players no longer start out with an infinite durability stone sword in the inventory.}}
{{History||v0.3.2|[[File:Iron Sword JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Golden Sword JE2 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Diamond Sword JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added iron, gold, and diamond swords.}}
{{History||v0.4.0|Iron swords have replaced stone swords in the creative inventory.}}
{{History||v0.9.0|snap=build 1|Iron swords can now be found in [[stronghold]] altar [[chest]]s and inside blacksmith chests.}}
{{History||v0.11.0|snap=build 11|Wooden, stone, golden and diamond swords are now available in the [[creative]] [[inventory]].}}
{{History||v0.11.0|snap=build 12|Wooden, stone, golden and diamond swords have been removed from creative.}}
{{History||v0.11.0|snap=build 13|All swords are available in creative mode again.}}
{{History||v0.12.1|snap=build 1|Instead of replacing the barehanded [[damage]] ({{hp|1}}), swords now add their damage onto the barehanded damage, which results in all swords doing {{hp|1}} more damage than before.|In [[creative]] mode, swords are no longer able to break [[block]]s, and no [[sound]] plays when they're hit with one.|Golden swords can now be found in [[nether fortress]] chests.
|[[Zombie]]s now rarely spawn holding an iron sword that have a chance to [[drops|dropped]].
|Golden swords are now rarely dropped by [[zombie pigmen]].
|Stone swords are now rarely dropped by [[wither skeleton]]s.}}
{{History||v0.15.0|snap=build 1|Iron swords are now sometimes dropped by [[husk]]s that spawn holding an iron sword.}}
{{History|pocket}}
{{History||1.0.0|snap=alpha 0.17.0.1|Enchanted iron and diamond swords can now be found in [[end city]] [[chest]]s.}}
{{History||1.0.4|snap=alpha 1.0.4.0|Iron swords and enchanted diamond swords are now sold by weaponsmith [[villager]]s.}}
{{History||1.1.0|snap=alpha 1.1.0.0|Iron and golden swords are now [[smelting|smeltable]].
|Added [[vex]]es, which rarely drop an iron sword if killed using [[Looting]] enchantment.}}
{{History|bedrock}}
{{History||1.10.0|snap=beta 1.10.0.3|[[File:Wooden Sword JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Stone Sword JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Iron Sword JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Golden Sword JE3 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Diamond Sword JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The textures of all swords have been changed.
|Iron swords are now found in [[plains]] [[village]] weaponsmiths.}}
{{History||1.11.0|snap=beta 1.11.0.1|Iron swords can now be found in [[savanna]], [[snowy taiga]], [[taiga]] and [[desert]] village weaponsmiths.}}
{{History|||snap=beta 1.11.0.4|[[Pillager]]s and [[vindicator]]s that spawn in [[raid]]s can now drop iron swords upon [[death]].
|[[Trading]] has been changed. Iron swords [[trading|sold]] by weaponsmith [[villager]]s now cost 2 [[emerald]]s while diamond swords cost 8 emeralds as part of their fourth tier trades.}}
{{History||1.16.0|snap=beta 1.16.0.51|[[File:Netherite Sword BE1.png|32px]] Added netherite swords.
|Netherite swords are obtained by combining one diamond sword and one [[netherite ingot]] in a [[crafting table]].
|[[File:Diamond Sword JE3 BE3.png|32px]] The texture of diamond swords has been changed.
|Golden swords are now sometimes [[drops|dropped]] by [[piglin]]s that spawn holding a golden sword.}}
{{History|||snap=beta 1.16.0.57|Netherite swords can no longer be [[crafting|crafted]].
|Netherite swords are now obtained by combining one diamond sword and one [[netherite ingot]] in a [[smithing table]].
|Stone swords can now be crafted using [[blackstone]].
|Golden and netherite swords now generate in [[bastion remnant]] chests.
|Golden swords now generate randomly enchanted in [[ruined portal]] chests.}}
{{History|||snap=beta 1.16.0.63|Diamonds swords now generate in place of netherite swords in bastion remnant [[chest]]s.}}
{{History||1.17.30|snap=beta 1.17.20.20|Swords now break [[bamboo]] instantly.}}

{{History|console}}
{{History||xbox=TU1|xbone=CU1|ps=1.0|wiiu=Patch 1|switch=1.0.1|[[File:Wooden Sword JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Stone Sword JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Iron Sword JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Golden Sword JE2 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Diamond Sword JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added swords (all five types).}}
{{History||xbox=TU5|The ability to block with swords has been added, giving the [[player]] more options in combat.}}
{{History||xbox=TU53|xbone=CU43|ps=1.49|wiiu=Patch 23|switch=1.0.3|Iron and golden swords are now [[smelting|smeltable]].}}
{{History||xbox=none|xbone=none|ps=1.90|wiiu=none|switch=none|[[File:Wooden Sword JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Stone Sword JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Iron Sword JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Golden Sword JE3 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Diamond Sword JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The textures of all swords have been changed.}}
{{History||ps=1.92|The ability to block with swords has been removed.}}

{{History|New Nintendo 3DS Edition}}
{{History||0.1.0|[[File:Wooden Sword JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Stone Sword JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Iron Sword JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Golden Sword JE2 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Diamond Sword JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added swords.
|Swords cannot block attacks.}}
{{History|foot}}

== Issues ==
{{issue list}}

== Trivia ==
*The sword's traditional [[texture]] came from [[Notch]]'s abandoned RPG, ''[[Legend of the Chambered]]''. The iron sword's texture was created first, as it was from the game, and the other swords followed.
*In ''Java Edition'', with the introduction of netherite swords, it is possible to one-hit kill undead [[mob]]s in the game (except [[wither]]s and [[zombie]]s/[[skeleton]]s with random armor) using a sword with the [[Smite]] V enchantment, without the need to perform a critical hit (this was previously possible only with a [[Smite]] V stone, iron, or diamond axe).
*Plastic diamond and enchanted swords are official ''[[Minecraft]]'' merchandise.<ref>https://shop.minecraft.net/products/minecraft-sword?_pos=1&_psq=sword&_ss=e&_v=1.0</ref><ref>https://shop.minecraft.net/products/minecraft-enchanted-purple-sword?_pos=4&_psq=sword&_ss=e&_v=1.0</ref>
*In the game [[wikipedia:Transformice|''Transformice'']], a diamond sword can be found in the shop.

== Gallery ==
=== Enchanted swords ===
<gallery>
Enchanted Wooden Sword.gif|Enchanted wooden sword.
Enchanted Stone Sword.gif|Enchanted stone sword.
Enchanted Iron Sword.gif|Enchanted iron sword.
Enchanted Golden Sword.gif|Enchanted golden sword.
Enchanted Diamond Sword.gif|Enchanted diamond sword.
Enchanted Netherite Sword.gif|Enchanted netherite sword.
</gallery>

=== Texture packs ===
<gallery>
File:Wood sword TP.png|Wooden sword in the [[Texture Pack DLC|Plastic Pack]].
Stone Sword SDGP.png|Stone sword in the [[Super Duper Graphics Pack]].
File:Gold sword Natural.png|Gold sword in the [[Texture Pack DLC|Natural Pack]].
</gallery>

=== In other media ===
<gallery>
File:Alex Fighting in Nether.jpeg|Pixel art of [[Alex]] fighting with a diamond sword in the [[Nether]].
File:Alex Retrieving Diamond Sword.jpeg|Alex retrieving another diamond sword from a [[chest]].
File:Sinister Sword Sprite MCD.png|The [[MCD:Sinister Sword|Sinister Sword]], a unique sword featured in ''Minecraft Dungeons''.
File:Sword GUI.png|A nondescript [[MCD:Sword|sword]] as it appears in ''[[Minecraft Dungeons]]''.
File:Sword (item).png|A sword as it appears in ''[[Legend of the Chambered]]''.
File:Sword Shirt.png|Officially licensed T-Shirt of a diamond sword.
File:IronSword replica.jpg|Foam replica of an iron sword.
</gallery>

== References ==
{{reflist}}

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{{Extension DPL}}<ul><li>[[Cauldron|Cauldron]]<br/>{{For|the boss in ''Minecraft Dungeons''|MCD:Corrupted Cauldron}}
{{Block
| extratext = View [[#Renders|all renders]]
| transparent = Yes
| light = Depends on contained liquid
| tool = wooden pickaxe
| renewable = Yes
| stackable = Yes (64)
| flammable = No
| lavasusceptible = No
}}

A '''cauldron''' is a [[block]] that can contain [[water]], [[lava]] or [[powder snow]] and, in certain situations, collect it from the environment. {{IN|bedrock}}, it can also hold [[potion]]s or dyed water. It also serves as a [[leatherworker]]'s [[job site block]].

== Obtaining ==
=== Breaking ===

A cauldron can be obtained using any [[pickaxe]]. If mined without a pickaxe, it drops nothing. Regardless of the tool, when a cauldron is destroyed, its contents are lost.
{{breaking row|horizontal=1|Cauldron|Pickaxe|Wood}}

=== Natural generation ===

[[File:Natural Cauldron Table.png|A naturally occurring cauldron inside of a [[witch hut]].|thumb]]

A single empty cauldron is generated in each [[swamp hut]]. {{IN|be}}, the cauldrons generated there are {{frac|1|3}} to {{frac|2|3}} full of a random [[potion]].

A cauldron {{frac|2|3}} full of water is generated in each [[igloo]] basement.
[[File:MansionJailInner.png|thumb|Cauldron in [[woodland mansion]] jail.]]
Cauldrons can be found in a few rooms inside of [[woodland mansion]]s.

Two filled cauldrons can be found inside savanna, taiga, snowy taiga, and snowy tundra [[village]] tannery houses.

A single filled cauldron can be found in plains village and desert village tannery houses.

{{IN|java}}, three filled cauldrons can be found in plains village tannery houses.

Cauldrons can also spawn in [[trail ruins]].

=== Crafting ===

A cauldron can be crafted from [[iron ingot]]s.
{{Crafting
|A1= Iron Ingot
|C1= Iron Ingot
|A2= Iron Ingot
|C2= Iron Ingot
|A3= Iron Ingot
|B3= Iron Ingot
|C3= Iron Ingot
|Output= Cauldron
|type= Brewing
}}

== Usage ==

=== Storage for substances ===
Cauldrons can hold a variety of substances. Fluids they cannot hold include [[milk]], [[Honey Bottle|honey]] and any food items that exist in [[bowl]]s; namely [[mushroom stew]], [[beetroot soup]], [[rabbit stew]] and [[suspicious stew]]. {{IN|java}}, cauldrons containing fluids are considered by the game to be separate blocks from each other and from empty cauldrons, which does not affect gameplay but does affect the commands needed to place them.

==== Holding water ====
A cauldron can be filled with [[water]] by {{control|using}} a [[water bucket]] on the cauldron. Once completely filled, a cauldron can be used to fill a water bucket by {{control|using}} an empty [[bucket]] on the cauldron; this empties the cauldron. Despite containing water, using a [[fish bucket]] on a cauldron does not fill it with water, but places water against it, meaning it does nothing to the cauldron.<ref>{{bug|MC-129109|||WAI}}</ref>

A cauldron can also be filled by dumping a water bucket on the block above the cauldron. Once the water block is removed, the cauldron is filled to the full level with water.{{only|be}}

It can contain three levels of water. One level of water can be added to a cauldron by {{control|using}} a [[water bottle]] on it. One level of water can be removed from a cauldron, filling a water bottle, by {{control|using}} a [[glass bottle]] on it.

A cauldron slowly fills with [[water]] when [[rain]]ed upon, if starting empty or with some water. This happens randomly, at 5% of the rate in which snow accumulates on the ground during [[snowfall]].

Water can be stored in a cauldron even in [[the Nether]]. Water in a cauldron does not freeze in cold biomes.

Water in a cauldron does ''not'' absorb [[explosion]] damage; make [[sound]]s and [[particle]]s; absorb fall damage;<ref>{{bug|MC-176867|||WF}}</ref><ref>{{bug|MCPE-104572|||WF}}</ref> allow [[Riptide]] [[trident]]s to activate;<ref>{{bug|MC-145311|||WF}}</ref><ref>{{bug|MCPE-93111}}</ref> or damage [[endermen]], [[strider]]s, or [[blaze]]s.<ref>{{bug|MC-106813|||WF}}</ref> Cauldrons do ''not'' deal drowning damage to mobs inside of them<ref>{{bug|MC-152680}}</ref> and [[fish]] act as if there is no water inside it.<ref>{{bug|MC-126819|||WF}}</ref> The player ''cannot'' float or [[swim]] in it, as the water is about level with the player's waist. Jumping in a cauldron does ''not'' produce any bubble or water particles.

A cauldron placed below a down-facing [[pointed dripstone]] that has water placed a block above it slowly fills with water. The same works with [[lava]], allowing for infinite lava generation.

Attempting to add lava or potion to water empties the cauldron.{{only|be}} 


The water in a cauldron cannot be sucked up by a [[sponge]], whether the sponge is touching the cauldron or not. 

===== Applying dye to cauldron water =====
{{exclusive|bedrock|section=yes}}

{{IN|bedrock}}, leather armor is dyed through a cauldron, so a cauldron can hold dyed [[water]]. {{control|Using}} a dye on a cauldron filled with water colors the water, consuming the dye. Different dyes may be added to produce mixed colors. {{control|Using}} [[leather armor]] or [[leather horse armor]] on the cauldron dyes that item the color of the water, reducing the water in the cauldron by one level for each item dyed.

Attempting to add water, lava or potion to dyed water empties the cauldron.

==== Holding lava ====
[[File:Lava Cauldron.png|150px|thumb|Cauldron filled with lava]]

Cauldrons can be used to hold lava. {{IN|be|ee}}, when a cauldron is already filled with water, it empties the cauldron and makes an extinguishing sound. A cauldron filled with lava emits a light level of 15, similar to lava, and burns any [[entity]] inside of it; {{in|be|ee|short=1}}, this includes mobs that do not take damage from lava like [[zombified piglin]]s.

Lava inside a cauldron does not interact with water outside of the cauldron. The lava disappears upon putting water in the cauldron.

A [[redstone comparator]] with a lava cauldron behind it outputs redstone signal strength of 3.<ref name=JavaLava>{{bug|MC-204393}}</ref><ref>{{bug|MCPE-104824}}</ref>

A cauldron placed below a down-facing [[pointed dripstone]] that has lava placed a block above it slowly fills with lava.

If a cauldron is filled by lava, using glass bottles on the cauldron does nothing.

==== Holding powder snow ====
[[Powder snow]] is currently the only solid material that can be stored in a cauldron. A cauldron slowly fills with powder snow during [[snowfall]], if starting empty or with any layer of powder snow already inside. Up to three layers can be filled. When the cauldron is full, {{ctrl|interacting}} using a [[bucket]], creates a [[powder snow bucket]] and empties the cauldron. Entities standing in the cauldron do not take freeze damage, and entities wearing [[leather boots]] still fall through the powder snow.

A [[redstone comparator]] with a powder snow cauldron behind it outputs a redstone signal strength proportional to the fill level, up to 3.

Contrary to a cauldron filled with water, a powder snow cauldron that is not full cannot be filled up with a powder snow bucket, as {{control|using}} the bucket on the cauldron instead places powder snow against it.

==== Filling cauldrons with potions ====
{{exclusive|bedrock|education|section=yes}}

{{IN|bedrock}}, a cauldron can hold normal [[potion]]s, [[splash potion]]s and [[lingering potion]]s. {{control|Using}} a potion on a cauldron empties the potion and increases the level of the potion in the cauldron by one level. A glass bottle can then be {{control|used}} on a cauldron with a potion in it, filling the bottle with that potion. This reduces the potion in the cauldron by one level.

{{control|Using}} an [[arrow]] on a cauldron that contains a potion transforms the arrow into a [[tipped arrow]] with that potion [[effect]], and reduce the potion in the cauldron by one level. Tipping multiple arrows at once can be more efficient, and it may use more than one level at once. 1 level of potion tips up to 16 arrows, 2 levels up to 32, and a full cauldron can tip a full stack of arrows, resulting in 21.33 tipped arrows per potion.

Attempting to put [[water]], [[lava]] or a different potion into a cauldron with a potion causes an explosion sound, and the cauldron is emptied.

An entity that stands in a cauldron filled to any level with any potion does not receive the effect of the potion.

Using an empty bucket on a cauldron filled with any potion does nothing, as the bucket remains empty and the potion in the cauldron does not empty.

=== Removing dye from items ===

A cauldron with [[water]] can wash the dye off of leather [[armor]] and [[shulker box]]es, and can remove the top-most pattern layer of a [[banner]], by pressing {{control|use}} on the cauldron with the leather armor, shulker box, or banner in hand. Each wash reduces the water in the cauldron by one level. The water does not become dyed while removing dye from objects.

=== Changing profession ===
If a [[village]] has a cauldron that has not been claimed by a [[villager]], any villager that does not already have a profession or [[job site]] block may change their profession to [[leatherworker]].

=== Extinguishing fire ===

A cauldron with [[water]] or [[powder snow]] extinguishes [[entities]] on [[fire]] that fall into it and the entity emits black particles. This includes [[mob]]s, [[player]]s, [[item]]s (if they land in the cauldron before burning up), and flaming [[arrow]]s{{only|je|short=1}}. Flaming arrows stuck into the side are also extinguished. Entities must reach the water or powder snow in it. Each entity extinguished causes the substance in the cauldron to decrease by one level. If the cauldron is filled with powder snow, it then becomes a water cauldron.

=== Redstone component ===
[[File:Cauldron transmission over piston.png|An example of a cauldron used in a [[redstone]] circuit.|thumb]]
{{see also|Redstone circuit}}

A cauldron can act as a power source for a [[redstone comparator]]. With a cauldron behind it (either directly, or separated by an unpowered solid block), a comparator outputs a signal strength proportional to how full the cauldron is: 0 for empty, 1 for one-third full, 2 for two-thirds full, and 3 for completely full or filled with lava. However, if there is a block between the cauldron and the comparator, the comparator does not immediately update.

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

=== Unique ===
{{edition|java}}:
{{Sound table
|sound=Pointed Dripstone drip water cauldron1.ogg
|sound2=Pointed Dripstone drip water cauldron2.ogg
|sound3=Pointed Dripstone drip water cauldron3.ogg
|sound4=Pointed Dripstone drip water cauldron4.ogg
|sound5=Pointed Dripstone drip water cauldron5.ogg
|sound6=Pointed Dripstone drip water cauldron6.ogg
|sound7=Pointed Dripstone drip water cauldron7.ogg
|sound8=Pointed Dripstone drip water cauldron8.ogg
|subtitle=Water drips
|source=block
|description=When dripping water from a pointed dripstone falls into a cauldron
|id=block.pointed_dripstone.drip_water_into_cauldron
|translationkey=subtitles.block.pointed_dripstone.drip_water_into_cauldron
|volume=2.0
|pitch=0.9-1.0
|distance=16}}
{{Sound table
|sound=Pointed Dripstone drip lava cauldron1.ogg
|sound2=Pointed Dripstone drip lava cauldron2.ogg
|sound3=Pointed Dripstone drip lava cauldron3.ogg
|sound4=Pointed Dripstone drip lava cauldron4.ogg
|subtitle=Lava drips
|source=block
|description=When dripping lava from a pointed dripstone falls into a cauldron
|id=block.pointed_dripstone.drip_lava_into_cauldron
|translationkey=subtitles.block.pointed_dripstone.drip_lava_into_cauldron
|volume=2.0
|pitch=0.9-1.0
|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 from a bucket is placed in a cauldron <ref group=sound><code>empty1</code> plays twice as often as the other sounds</ref>
|id=item.bucket.empty
|translationkey=subtitles.item.bucket.empty
|volume=1.0
|pitch=1.0 <ref group=sound>Except for the second copy of <code>empty1</code>, which is 0.9</ref>
|distance=16}}
{{Sound table
|sound=Fill water bucket1.ogg
|sound2=Fill water bucket2.ogg
|sound3=Fill water bucket3.ogg
|subtitle=Bucket fills
|source=block
|description=When water from a bucket is removed from a cauldron
|id=item.bucket.fill
|translationkey=subtitles.item.bucket.fill
|volume=1.0
|pitch=1.0
|distance=16}}
{{Sound table
|sound=Empty lava bucket1.ogg
|sound2=Empty lava bucket2.ogg
|sound3=Empty lava bucket3.ogg
|subtitle=Bucket empties
|source=block
|description=When lava is placed in a cauldron
|id=item.bucket.empty_lava
|translationkey=subtitles.item.bucket.empty
|volume=1.0
|pitch=1.0
|distance=16}}
{{Sound table
|sound=Fill lava bucket1.ogg
|sound2=Fill lava bucket2.ogg
|sound3=Fill lava bucket3.ogg
|subtitle=Bucket fills
|source=block
|description=When lava is removed from a cauldron
|id=item.bucket.fill_lava
|translationkey=subtitles.item.bucket.fill
|volume=1.0
|pitch=1.0
|distance=16}}
{{Sound table
|sound=Empty powder snow bucket1.ogg
|sound2=Empty powder snow bucket2.ogg
|subtitle=Bucket empties
|source=block
|description=When powder snow is placed in a cauldron
|id=item.bucket.empty_powder_snow
|translationkey=subtitles.item.bucket.empty
|volume=1.0
|pitch=''varies'' <ref group=sound>Can be 1.0, 0.95, or 1.1 for each sound</ref>
|distance=16}}
{{Sound table
|sound=Fill powder snow bucket1.ogg
|sound2=Fill powder snow bucket2.ogg
|subtitle=Bucket fills
|source=block
|description=When powder snow is removed from a cauldron
|id=item.bucket.fill_powder_snow
|translationkey=subtitles.item.bucket.fill
|volume=1.0
|pitch=''varies'' <ref group=sound>Can be 1.0, 0.9, or 1.1 for each sound</ref>
|distance=16}}
{{Sound table
|sound=Bottle empty1.ogg
|sound2=Bottle empty2.ogg
|subtitle=Bottle empties
|source=block
|description=When water from a bottle is placed in a cauldron
|id=item.bottle.empty
|translationkey=subtitles.item.bottle.empty
|volume=1.0
|pitch=1.0
|distance=16}}
{{Sound table
|sound=Bottle fill_water1.ogg
|sound2=Bottle fill_water2.ogg
|sound3=Bottle fill_water3.ogg
|sound4=Bottle fill_water4.ogg
|subtitle=Bottle fills
|source=block
|description=When water from a bottle is removed from a cauldron
|id=item.bottle.fill
|translationkey=subtitles.item.bottle.fill
|volume=1.0
|pitch=1.0
|distance=16}}
{{Sound table
|sound=Empty water bucket1.ogg
|sound2=Empty water bucket2.ogg
|sound3=Empty water bucket3.ogg
|subtitle=Leatherworker works
|source=neutral
|description=Randomly while a leatherworker is working
|id=entity.villager.work_leatherworker
|translationkey=subtitles.entity.villager.work_leatherworker
|volume=0.9
|pitch=0.8-1.2
|distance=16
|foot=1}}

{{edition|bedrock}}:
{{Sound table
|type=bedrock
|sound=Pointed Dripstone drip water cauldron1.ogg
|sound2=Pointed Dripstone drip water cauldron2.ogg
|sound3=Pointed Dripstone drip water cauldron3.ogg
|sound4=Pointed Dripstone drip water cauldron4.ogg
|sound5=Pointed Dripstone drip water cauldron5.ogg
|sound6=Pointed Dripstone drip water cauldron6.ogg
|sound7=Pointed Dripstone drip water cauldron7.ogg
|sound8=Pointed Dripstone drip water cauldron8.ogg
|source=block
|description=When dripping water from a pointed dripstone falls into a cauldron
|id=cauldron_drip.water<br>.pointed_dripstone
|volume=2.0
|pitch=0.9-1.0}}
{{Sound table
|sound=Pointed Dripstone drip lava cauldron1.ogg
|sound2=Pointed Dripstone drip lava cauldron2.ogg
|sound3=Pointed Dripstone drip lava cauldron3.ogg
|sound4=Pointed Dripstone drip lava cauldron4.ogg
|source=block
|description=When dripping lava from a pointed dripstone falls into a cauldron
|id=cauldron_drip.lava<br>.pointed_dripstone
|volume=2.0
|pitch=0.9-1.0}}
{{Sound table
|sound=Fizz.ogg
|source=block
|description=When a different liquid is put in a cauldron with a potion
|id=random.fizz
|volume=1.0
|pitch=0.6-0.8<wbr>{{Checkthecode}}[[Category:Pages with inaccurate sound pitch value]]}}
{{Sound table
|rowspan=8
|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}}
{{Sound table
|source=block
|description=When all patterns are removed from a banner using a cauldron
|id=cauldron.cleanbanner
|volume=0.1
|pitch=1.0}}
{{Sound table
|source=block
|description=When a potion is placed in a cauldron<wbr><ref group=sound name=potionsplash>{{Bug|MCPE-174867}}</ref>
|id=cauldron.fillpotion
|volume=0.1
|pitch=1.0}}
{{Sound table
|source=block
|description=When a potion is taken from a cauldron<wbr><ref group=sound name=potionsplash/>
|id=cauldron.takepotion
|volume=0.1
|pitch=1.0}}
{{Sound table
|source=block
|description=When water from a bucket or bottle is placed in a cauldron<wbr><ref group=sound name=bucketsplash>{{Bug|MCPE-135919}}</ref>
|id=cauldron.fillwater
|volume=0.1
|pitch=1.0}}
{{Sound table
|source=block
|description=When water from a bucket or bottle is removed from a cauldron <ref group=sound name=bucketsplash/>
|id=cauldron.takewater
|volume=0.1
|pitch=1.0}}
{{Sound table
|sound=Empty lava bucket1.ogg
|sound2=Empty lava bucket2.ogg
|sound3=Empty lava bucket3.ogg
|source=block
|description=When lava is placed in a cauldron
|id=bucket.empty_lava
|volume=1.0
|pitch=1.0}}
{{Sound table
|sound=Fill lava bucket1.ogg
|sound2=Fill lava bucket2.ogg
|sound3=Fill lava bucket3.ogg
|source=block
|description=When lava is removed from a cauldron
|id=bucket.fill_lava
|volume=1.0
|pitch=1.0}}
{{Sound table
|sound=Empty powder snow bucket1.ogg
|sound2=Empty powder snow bucket2.ogg
|source=block
|description=When powder snow is placed in a cauldron
|id=bucket.empty_powder_snow
|volume=1.0
|pitch=1.0}}
{{Sound table
|sound=Fill powder snow bucket1.ogg
|sound2=Fill powder snow bucket2.ogg
|source=player
|description=When powder snow is removed from a cauldron
|id=bucket.fill_powder_snow
|volume=1.0
|pitch=1.0}}
{{Sound table
|sound=Empty water bucket1.ogg
|sound2=Empty water bucket2.ogg
|sound3=Empty water bucket3.ogg
|source=block
|description=Randomly while a leatherworker is working
|id=bucket.fill_water
|volume=1.0
|pitch=1.0
|foot=1}}

== Data values ==
=== ID ===
{{edition|java}}:
{{ID table
|edition=java
|showblocktags=y
|showforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Cauldron
|spritetype=block
|nameid=cauldron
|blocktags=cauldrons
|translationkey=block.minecraft.cauldron,item.minecraft.cauldron}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Lava Cauldron
|spritename=cauldron
|spritetype=block
|nameid=lava_cauldron
|blocktags=cauldrons
|form=block}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Powder Snow Cauldron
|spritename=cauldron
|spritetype=block
|nameid=powder_snow_cauldron
|blocktags=cauldrons
|form=block}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Water Cauldron
|spritename=cauldron
|spritetype=block
|nameid=water_cauldron
|blocktags=cauldrons
|form=block
|foot=1}}

{{edition|bedrock}}:
{{ID table
|edition=bedrock
|firstcolumnname=Type
|shownumericids=y
|showforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Normal block
|spritename=cauldron
|spritetype=block
|nameid=cauldron
|id=118
|form=block
|itemform=item.cauldron}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Brighting block
|spritename=cauldron
|spritetype=block
|nameid=lava_cauldron
|id=465
|form=block
|translationkey=-}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Item
|spritename=cauldron
|spritetype=item
|nameid=cauldron
|id=432
|form=item
|foot=1}}
{{ID table
|notnamespaced=y
|displayname=Block entity
|spritename=cauldron
|spritetype=block
|nameid=Cauldron
|foot=1}}

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

=== Block data ===

{{IN|be}}, a cauldron has a block entity associated with it that holds additional data about the block.

See [[Bedrock Edition level format/Block entity format]].

== Achievements ==
{{load achievements|Tie Dye Outfit}}

== History ==

{{History|java}}
{{History||1.0.0|snap=Beta 1.9 Prerelease 2|[[File:Cauldron JE1.png|32px]] Cauldrons are present in the code, but are not assigned to a [[block]] ID (and thus are unobtainable without [http://www.minecraftforum.net/topic/673742-19-pre2-cauldron-block/ mods] (archived link: [https://web.archive.org/web/20141222205821/https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/19728555/cauldron.zip])).}}
{{History|||snap=Beta 1.9 Prerelease 3|[[File:Cauldron (item) JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Cauldrons have been given a [[block]] ID, an [[item]] ID, and a [[crafting]] recipe.}}
{{History||1.2.1|snap=12w06a|Cauldrons have now become [[renewable]], due to [[zombie]]s sometimes dropping iron ingots.}}
{{History||1.4.2|snap=12w40a|Empty cauldrons can now be found in [[witch hut]]s.}}
{{History||1.5|snap=13w02a|[[File:Cauldron JE2.png|32px]] The walls inside of the cauldron now use the bottom texture, and the cauldron now has no bottom.<ref name="whatdoyouputinacauldrontomakeitlighter">{{bug|MC-6772}}</ref>}}
{{History|||snap=13w02b|[[File:Cauldron JE1.png|32px]] Fixed the model error from 13w02a.}}
{{History||1.8|snap=14w03a|[[File:Cauldron JE4.png|32px]] Cauldrons now appear completely opaque.<ref>{{bug|MC-44990}}</ref>}}
{{History|||snap=14w03b|[[File:Cauldron JE1.png|32px]] Cauldrons now render as normal again.}}
{{History|||snap=14w06a|Cauldrons now have extra planes inside the feet. These planes are now rendered solid, so the [[player]] cannot see through the [[water]].{{info needed|what exactly does this mean?}}}}
{{History|||snap=14w10a|[[File:Cauldron JE6.png|32px]] The cauldron's feet now have planes on all sides.}}
{{History||1.11|snap=16w39a|Cauldrons now generate naturally in jail cells in [[woodland mansion]]s.}}
{{History||July 19, 2017|link=https://twitter.com/jeb_/status/887599625045250048|[[Jeb]] tweets image of a new jungle [[planks]], cauldron and [[dandelion]] textures.}}
{{History||1.13|snap=17w47a|Prior to [[1.13/Flattening|''The Flattening'']], this [[block]]'s numeral ID was 118, and the [[item]]'s was 380.}}
{{History||1.14|snap=18w43a|[[File:Cauldron JE7.png|32px]]<br/>[[File:Cauldron (item) JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The textures of cauldrons have been changed.}}
{{History|||snap=18w48a|Cauldrons now generate in the updated [[plains]] [[village]]s.}}
{{History|||snap=18w49a|Cauldrons now generate in the updated [[savanna]] villages and the new [[snowy tundra]] villages.}}
{{History|||snap=18w50a|Cauldrons now generate in the updated [[desert]] and [[taiga]] villages.}}
{{History|||snap=19w03a|The numerous missing cullface arguments for the cauldron have been fixed.}}
{{History|||snap=19w11a|Cauldrons now serve as leatherworker [[villager]]s' job site block.}}
{{History|||snap=19w13a|The cauldron's hitbox has been fixed.<ref>{{bug|MC-129205}}</ref>}}
{{History||1.17|snap=20w45a|Normal and water cauldrons have been split into different blocks, making filled cauldrons no longer work as a workstation for villagers.<ref name="technicalunemployment">{{bug|MC-204430}}</ref>
|This also means that any [[structure]]s before this snapshot that have cauldron(s) fill with water now no longer generate(s) cauldron. Instead, water cauldron(s) will generate.}}
{{History|||snap=20w48a|Cauldrons can now collect water and lava dripped by [[pointed dripstone]].}}
{{History|||snap=21w11a|[[Lava bucket]]s and [[powder snow bucket]]s can now be emptied into any filled cauldron.}}
{{History|||snap=21w13a|Filled cauldrons work again as a workstation for villagers.}}
{{History||1.20|snap=23w12a|Cauldrons now generate in [[trail ruins]].}}

{{History|pocket alpha}}
{{History||v0.14.0|snap=build 1|[[File:Cauldron BE1.png|32px]]<br/>[[File:Cauldron (item) JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added cauldrons.
|Cauldrons are generated naturally in [[witch hut]]s.}}
{{History||v0.15.0|snap=build 1|Cauldrons can now be moved by [[piston]]s.}}
{{History|pocket}}
{{History||1.1.0|snap=alpha 1.1.0.0|Cauldrons now generate naturally in [[woodland mansion]]s, their fullness status is unknown.}}
{{History|bedrock}}
{{History||1.10.0|snap=beta 1.10.0.3|[[File:Cauldron BE2.png|32px]] The textures of cauldrons have been changed.
|Cauldrons now generate in tannery houses in [[village]]s.}}
{{History||?|[[File:Cauldron JE7.png|32px]] The textures of cauldrons have been changed.}}

{{History|console}}
{{History||xbox=TU7|xbone=CU1|ps=1.0|wiiu=Patch 1|switch=1.0.1|[[File:Cauldron JE1.png|32px]]{{verify|Was this the actually used model?}}[[File:Cauldron (item) JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added cauldrons.}}
{{History||xbox=TU60|xbone=CU51|ps=1.64|wiiu=Patch 30|switch=1.0.11|[[Water]] in a cauldron can now be [[dye]]d.
|[[Armor]] can be dyed in a cauldron filled with dyed water.
|Cauldrons can no longer be pushed by [[piston]]s.}}
{{History||xbox=none|xbone=none|ps=1.90|wiiu=none|switch=none|[[File:Cauldron JE7.png|32px]]{{verify|Was this the actually used model?}}<br/>[[File:Cauldron (item) JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The textures of cauldrons have been changed.}}

{{History|new 3ds}}
{{History||0.1.0|[[File:Cauldron BE1.png|32px]]<br/>[[File:Cauldron (item) JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added cauldrons.}}
{{History|foot}}

=== Water cauldron ===
{{History|java}}
{{History||1.0.0|snap=Beta 1.9 Prerelease 2|[[File:Water Cauldron (level 1) JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Water Cauldron (level 2) JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Water Cauldron JE1.png|32px]] If made to work with a mod, cauldrons can be filled with a [[water bucket]].
|Cauldron water transparency appears inconsistent depending on hardware.}}
{{History||1.3.1|snap=12w22a|Cauldrons can now be filled with [[water]], if placed outside during [[rain]] or a [[thunderstorm]].}}
{{History||1.4.2|snap=12w34a|Holding a piece of [[Dyeing|dyed]] leather [[armor]] and right-clicking a [[water]]-filled cauldron now washes away all [[dye]]s applied to the leather armor.}}
{{History||1.5|snap=13w02a|[[File:Water Cauldron (level 1) JE2.png|32px]] [[File:Water Cauldron (level 2) JE2.png|32px]] [[File:Water Cauldron JE2.png|32px]] The walls inside of the cauldron now use the bottom texture, and the cauldron now has no bottom.<ref name="whatdoyouputinacauldrontomakeitlighter"/>}}
{{History|||snap=13w02b|[[File:Water Cauldron (level 1) JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Water Cauldron (level 2) JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Water Cauldron JE1.png|32px]] Fixed the model error from 13w02a.}}
{{History||1.6.1|snap=13w18a|When used with a [[redstone comparator]], cauldrons now output a signal varying in strength according to the amount of water inside.}}
{{History||1.7.2|snap=13w43a|Cauldrons now extinguish burning [[entity|entities]].}}
{{History||1.8|snap=14w10a|[[File:Water Cauldron (level 1) JE4.png|32px]] [[File:Water Cauldron (level 2) JE4.png|32px]] [[File:Water Cauldron JE4.png|32px]] The cauldron's feet now have planes on all sides.}}
{{History|||snap=14w30a|Right-clicking a non-empty cauldron with a [[banner]] now removes the top-most pattern layer.}}
{{History||1.9|snap=15w43a|A cauldron now generates within [[igloo]] basements, {{frac|2|3}} full.}}
{{History|||snap=15w44a|A full cauldron can now be emptied with a [[bucket]], filling the bucket with [[water]].}}
{{History||1.11|snap=16w32a|When a cauldron washes a dyed item (leather [[armor]] or [[banner]]), it reduces its water level by 1.}}
{{History|||snap=16w33a|A [[water bottle]] is now able to add 1 [[water]] level to a cauldron.}}
{{History||1.13|snap=18w10d|[[Shulker box]]es can now be undyed in a cauldron.}}
{{History|||snap=18w15a|[[File:Water Cauldron (level 1) JE5.png|32px]] [[File:Water Cauldron (level 2) JE5.png|32px]] [[File:Water Cauldron JE5.png|32px]] [[Water]] in cauldrons is now white colored.<ref>{{bug|MC-128253}}</ref>}}
{{History|||snap=18w20b|[[File:Water Cauldron (level 1) JE6.png|32px]] [[File:Water Cauldron (level 2) JE6.png|32px]] [[File:Water Cauldron JE6.png|32px]] Cauldron water is now colored again, depending on the biome.
|[[File:Swamp Water Cauldron JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Warm Ocean Water Cauldron JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Lukewarm Ocean Water Cauldron JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Cold Ocean Water Cauldron JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Frozen Ocean Water Cauldron JE1.png|32px]] This currently affects ocean temperature variants and swamps.
|[[File:Swamp Hills Water Cauldron JE1.png|32px]] Swampland M water has a yellowish color while in a cauldron.<ref>{{bug|MC-128558}}</ref>}}
{{History|||snap=pre3|[[File:Swamp Water Cauldron JE1.png|32px]] Swampland M water now has the same [[water]] color in cauldrons as regular [[swamp]]s.}}
{{History||1.14|snap=18w43a|[[File:Water Cauldron (level 1) JE7.png|32px]] [[File:Water Cauldron (level 2) JE7.png|32px]] [[File:Water Cauldron JE7.png|32px]]<br>[[File:Swamp Water Cauldron JE2.png|32px]] [[File:Warm Ocean Water Cauldron JE2.png|32px]] [[File:Lukewarm Ocean Water Cauldron JE2.png|32px]] [[File:Cold Ocean Water Cauldron JE2.png|32px]] [[File:Frozen Ocean Water Cauldron JE2.png|32px]] The textures of cauldrons have been changed.}}
{{History|||snap=19w03a|The numerous missing cullface arguments for the water cauldron have been fixed.}}
{{History||1.17|snap=20w45a|Normal and water cauldrons have been split into different blocks, making filled cauldrons no longer work as a workstation for villagers.<ref name="technicalunemployment"/>
|This also means that any [[structure]]s before this snapshot that have cauldron(s) fill with water now no longer generate(s) cauldron. Instead, water cauldron(s) will generate.}}
{{History|||snap=21w13a|Filled cauldrons work again as a workstation for villagers.}}
{{History|pocket alpha}}
{{History||v0.14.0|snap=build 1|[[File:Water Cauldron (level 1) BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Water Cauldron (level 2) BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Water Cauldron BE1.png|32px]] Added water cauldrons.
|[[Water]] color in cauldrons can be changed by adding [[dye]]s. [[Item]]s dipped in the water are dyed that color.}}
{{History||v0.15.0|snap=build 1|Cauldrons are now used to dye leather [[horse armor]].
|Water cauldrons can now be moved by [[piston]]s.}}
{{History|pocket}}
{{History||1.0.0|snap=alpha 0.17.0.1|Cauldrons now generate naturally in [[igloo]] basements.
|Cauldrons now extinguish burning [[entity|entities]].}}
{{History|bedrock}}
{{History||1.10.0|snap=beta 1.10.0.3|[[File:Water Cauldron (level 1) BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Water Cauldron (level 2) BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Water Cauldron BE2.png|32px]] The textures of cauldrons have been changed.}}
{{History||1.20.0|snap=beta 1.20.0.20|[[File:Water Cauldron (level 1) MCPE-170427.png|32px]] [[File:Water Cauldron (level 2) MCPE-170427.png|32px]] [[File:Water Cauldron MCPE-170427.png|32px]] [[Water]] in cauldrons now looks like lava.<ref>{{bug|MCPE-170427}}</ref>}}
{{History||1.20.10|snap=beta 1.20.10.20|[[File:Water Cauldron (level 1) BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Water Cauldron (level 2) BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Water Cauldron BE2.png|32px]] Cauldron water now uses the correct texture.}}
{{History|console}}
{{History||xbox=TU7|xbone=CU1|ps=1.0|wiiu=Patch 1|switch=1.0.1|[[File:Water Cauldron (level 1) JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Water Cauldron (level 2) JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Water Cauldron JE1.png|32px]]{{verify|Were these the models used?}} Added water cauldrons.}}
{{History||xbox=TU12|[[Water]] is no longer removed from a [[water bucket]] when filling a cauldron in [[creative]] mode.}}
{{History||xbox=TU14|ps=1.04|Cauldrons fill with water if placed outside during [[rain]] or a [[thunderstorm]].}}
{{History||xbox=TU31|xbone=CU19|ps=1.22|wiiu=Patch 3|Cauldrons with [[water]] in them extinguish burning [[entity|entities]], taking away one water level each time.}}
{{History|new 3ds}}
{{History||0.1.0|[[File:Water Cauldron (level 1) BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Water Cauldron (level 2) BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Water Cauldron BE1.png|32px]]{{verify|Were these the models used?}} Added cauldrons.
|Water color in cauldrons can be changed by adding [[dye]]s.
|Cauldrons can be used to [[dye]] leather [[armor]].}}
{{History|foot}}

=== Lava cauldron ===
{{History|Java}}
{{History||1.17|snap=20w45a|[[File:Lava Cauldron JE1.png|32px]] Cauldrons can now be filled with [[lava]].}}
{{History|||snap=21w20a|Lava cauldrons now emits redstone signal strength of 3.<ref name=JavaLava/>}}

{{History|bedrock}}
{{History||1.9.0|snap=beta 1.9.0.2|[[File:Lava Cauldron BE1.png|32px]] Cauldrons can now be filled with lava.}}
{{History||1.10.0|snap=beta 1.10.0.3|[[File:Lava Cauldron BE2.png|32px]] The texture of cauldrons filled with lava has been changed.}}

{{History|console}}
{{History||xbox=none|xbone=none|ps=1.88|wiiu=none|switch=none|[[File:Lava Cauldron LCE1.png|32px]] Cauldrons can now be filled with lava.}}
{{History||xbox=none|xbone=none|ps=1.90|wiiu=none|switch=none|[[File:Lava Cauldron LCE2.png|32px]] The texture of cauldrons filled with lava has been changed.}}
{{History|foot}}

=== Powder Snow Cauldron ===
{{History|java}}
{{History||1.17|snap=20w46a|[[File:Powder Snow Cauldron (level 1) JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Powder Snow Cauldron (level 2) JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Powder Snow Cauldron JE1.png|32px]] Cauldrons can now be filled with powder snow.}}
{{History||1.17.1|snap=Pre-release 1|Powder snow now fills twice as fast in a cauldron.}}

{{History|bedrock}}
{{History||1.17.0|snap=beta 1.17.0.52|[[File:Powder Snow Cauldron (level 1) JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Powder Snow Cauldron (level 2) JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Powder Snow Cauldron JE1.png|32px]] Cauldrons can now be filled with powder snow.}}
{{History|foot}}

=== Potion cauldron ===
{{cleanup|Many potion cauldrons here are listed as being added in versions where said potion did not exist yet - please rearrange and add new history entries accordingly}}
{{History|java}}
{{History||1.0.0|snap=Beta 1.9 Prerelease 2|[[File:Arrran Cauldron 1.png|32px]] [[File:Arrran Cauldron 2.png|32px]] [[File:Arrran Cauldron 3.png|32px]] [[File:Arrran Cauldron 4.png|32px]] <br/>[[File:Cauldron (item) JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Cauldrons are intended to be used for the creation of [[potion]]s. 
|Cauldrons can be made to work with a mod, through which the following has been revealed:
* Applying a [[potion]] ingredient to a water cauldron cause it to change to a differently-colored [[lava]] texture, and adding any further potion ingredients to the filled cauldron cause the [[liquid]] to change color.
* Scooping out a potion with ingredients applied cause the potion to have an effect related to the ingredient, e.g. a potion brewed with a [[magma cream]] have [[Fire Resistance]] as an effect.}}
{{History|||snap=Beta 1.9 Prerelease 3|The system was deemed too complex and not user-friendly,<ref>{{Tweet|jeb|119466949708222465|Potions are delayed because *add to cauldron, pick up, look at tooltip, pour back into cauldron, repeat* was extremely tedious|September 29, 2011}}</ref> so the cauldron's ability to brew potions has been replaced with the [[brewing stand]].<ref>{{Tweet|jeb|119710836469149697|A quick discussion with @notch led me in on a new way of doing the potion brewing. Cauldron is out...|September 30, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{Tweet|jeb|119762786619359232|Look back at me! Your Cauldron is now a Brewing Stand. Anything's possible when working with interaction design.|September 30, 2011}}</ref> That brewing system is finalized and doesn't change in the rest of the pre-releases.}}
{{History|pocket alpha}}
{{History||v0.14.0|snap=build 1|[[File:Invisibility Potion Cauldron BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Jump Boost Potion Cauldron BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Fire Resistance Potion Cauldron BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Speed Potion Cauldron BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Slowness Potion Cauldron BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Water Breathing Potion Cauldron BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Instant Health Potion Cauldron BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Instant Damage Potion Cauldron BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Poison Potion Cauldron BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Regeneration Potion Cauldron BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Strength Potion Cauldron BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Weakness Potion Cauldron BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Wither Potion Cauldron BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Turtle Master Potion Cauldron BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Slow Falling Potion Cauldron BE1.png|32px]] Cauldrons can store [[potion]]s, and [[explosion|explode]] if potions are mixed.}}
{{History||v0.15.0|snap=build 1|Cauldrons are now used to make [[tipped arrow]]s.}}
{{History|bedrock}}
{{History||1.10.0|snap=beta 1.10.0.3|[[File:Invisibility Potion Cauldron BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Jump Boost Potion Cauldron BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Fire Resistance Potion Cauldron BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Speed Potion Cauldron BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Slowness Potion Cauldron BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Water Breathing Potion Cauldron BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Instant Health Potion Cauldron BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Instant Damage Potion Cauldron BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Poison Potion Cauldron BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Regeneration Potion Cauldron BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Strength Potion Cauldron BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Weakness Potion Cauldron BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Wither Potion Cauldron BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Turtle Master Potion Cauldron BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Slow Falling Potion Cauldron BE2.png|32px]] The textures of cauldrons filled with [[potion]]s have been changed.}}

{{History|console}}
{{History||xbox=TU60|xbone=CU51|ps=1.64|wiiu=Patch 30|switch=1.0.11|[[File:Invisibility Potion Cauldron BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Jump Boost Potion Cauldron BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Fire Resistance Potion Cauldron BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Speed Potion Cauldron BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Slowness Potion Cauldron BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Water Breathing Potion Cauldron BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Instant Health Potion Cauldron BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Instant Damage Potion Cauldron BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Poison Potion Cauldron BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Regeneration Potion Cauldron BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Strength Potion Cauldron BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Weakness Potion Cauldron BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Wither Potion Cauldron BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Turtle Master Potion Cauldron BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Slow Falling Potion Cauldron BE1.png|32px]]{{verify|Were these the models used?}} Cauldrons can now be filled with [[potion]]s and make an explosion [[sound]] if they are mixed.
|[[Effect]]s can now be applied to [[arrow]]s by using them on a potion-filled cauldron.}}
{{History||xbox=none|xbone=none|ps=1.90|wiiu=none|switch=none|[[File:Invisibility Potion Cauldron BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Jump Boost Potion Cauldron BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Fire Resistance Potion Cauldron BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Speed Potion Cauldron BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Slowness Potion Cauldron BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Water Breathing Potion Cauldron BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Instant Health Potion Cauldron BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Instant Damage Potion Cauldron BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Poison Potion Cauldron BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Regeneration Potion Cauldron BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Strength Potion Cauldron BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Weakness Potion Cauldron BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Wither Potion Cauldron BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Turtle Master Potion Cauldron BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Slow Falling Potion Cauldron BE2.png|32px]]{{verify|Were these the models used?}} The textures of cauldrons filled with [[potion]]s have been changed.}}

{{History|new 3ds}}
{{History||0.1.0|[[File:Invisibility Potion Cauldron BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Jump Boost Potion Cauldron BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Fire Resistance Potion Cauldron BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Speed Potion Cauldron BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Slowness Potion Cauldron BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Water Breathing Potion Cauldron BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Instant Health Potion Cauldron BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Instant Damage Potion Cauldron BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Poison Potion Cauldron BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Regeneration Potion Cauldron BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Strength Potion Cauldron BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Weakness Potion Cauldron BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Wither Potion Cauldron BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Turtle Master Potion Cauldron BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Slow Falling Potion Cauldron BE1.png|32px]]{{verify|Were these the models used?}} Cauldrons can store [[potion]]s.
|Cauldrons make an explosion [[sound]] if potions are mixed, and the potions disappear.
|Potions inside cauldrons have a bubbling effect.}}
{{History|foot}}

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

==Issues==

{{issue list}}

==Trivia==
*[[Arrow]]s "stick" to the [[water]] in a cauldron.
*The inside of a cauldron is 0.25 ({{frac|1|4}}) blocks tall.
*A cauldron holding water is the only way to have water in [[the Nether]] without the use of [[commands]].

==Renders== 
; Normal water
<gallery>
Water Cauldron (level 1).png | Level 1
Water Cauldron (level 2).png | Level 2
Water Cauldron.png | Level 3 - full
Water Cauldron (level 1) BE.png | Level 1 (Bedrock Edition)
Water Cauldron (level 2) BE.png | Level 2 (Bedrock Edition)
Water Cauldron BE.png | Level 3 - full (Bedrock Edition)
</gallery> 

;Dyed water {{Only|BE}}
<gallery>
Cauldron (filled with white water).png|White Water Cauldron
Cauldron (filled with light gray water).png|Light Gray Water Cauldron
Cauldron (filled with gray water).png|Gray Water Cauldron
Cauldron (filled with black water).png|Black Water Cauldron
Cauldron (filled with brown water).png|Brown Water Cauldron
Cauldron (filled with red water).png|Red Water Cauldron
Cauldron (filled with orange water).png|Orange Water Cauldron
Cauldron (filled with yellow water).png|Yellow Water Cauldron
Cauldron (filled with lime water).png|Lime Water Cauldron
Cauldron (filled with green water).png|Green Water Cauldron
Cauldron (filled with cyan water).png|Cyan Water Cauldron
Cauldron (filled with light blue water).png|Light Blue Water Cauldron
Cauldron (filled with blue water).png|Blue Water Cauldron
Cauldron (filled with purple water).png|Purple Water Cauldron
Cauldron (filled with magenta water).png|Magenta Water Cauldron
Cauldron (filled with pink water).png|Pink Water Cauldron
</gallery>

;Cauldrons filled with potions {{Only|BE}}
<gallery>
Night Vision Potion Cauldron.png|Night Vision Potion Cauldron
Invisibility Potion Cauldron.png|Invisibility Potion Cauldron
Jump Boost Potion Cauldron.png|Leaping Potion Cauldron
Fire Resistance Potion Cauldron.png|Fire Resistance Potion Cauldron
Speed Potion Cauldron.png|Swiftness Potion Cauldron
Slowness Potion Cauldron.png|Slowness Potion Cauldro
Turtle Master Potion Cauldron.png|Turtle Master Potion Cauldron
Water Breathing Potion Cauldron.png|Water Breathing Potion Cauldron
Instant Health Potion Cauldron.png|Healing Potion Cauldron
Instant Damage Potion Cauldron.png|Harming Potion Cauldron
Poison Potion Cauldron.png|Poison Potion Cauldron
Regeneration Potion Cauldron.png|Regeneration Potion Cauldron
Strength Potion Cauldron.png|Strength Potion Cauldron
Weakness Potion Cauldron.png|Weakness Potion Cauldron
Slow Falling Potion Cauldron.png|Slow Falling Potion Cauldron
Wither Potion Cauldron.png|Decay Potion Cauldron
</gallery> 

;Powder Snow
<gallery>
Powder Snow Cauldron (level 1).png | Level 1
Powder Snow Cauldron (level 2).png | Level 2
Powder Snow Cauldron.png | Level 3 - full
</gallery>

== Gallery==
<gallery>
The three stages of water height in cauldrons.png| All cauldron states in [[Java Edition]].
Cauldrons potion.png|All [[potion]]s in cauldrons.{{only|be|short=1}}
Cauldrons DyeWater.png|All cauldron [[water]] colors possible with one dye.{{only|be|short=1}}
Brewing Potions.png|How potions were brewed in [[Java Edition Beta 1.9 Prerelease 2|Beta 1.9 Pre-Release 2]] if enabled through a mod.
Dyed Water Cauldrons.jpg|Cauldrons filled with dyed water.
Potion Cauldron.jpg|A cauldron filled with potions.
Arrow Tipping 1.jpg|Using a cauldron to make [[tipped arrow]]s.
Arrow Tipping 2.jpg|Using a cauldron to make [[tipped arrow]]s.
Arrow Tipping 3.jpg|Using a cauldron to make [[tipped arrow]]s.
Snow Cauldron.jpg|A cauldron full of snow.
</gallery>

==References==
{{reflist|2}}

{{Blocks|Utility}}
{{items}}

[[Category:Natural blocks]]
[[Category:Job blocks]]
[[Category:Utility blocks]]
[[Category:Storage]]
[[Category:Manufactured blocks]]
[[Category:Generated structure blocks]]
[[Category:Light sources]]

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[[de:Kessel]]
[[es:Caldero]]
[[fr:Chaudron]]
[[hu:Üst]]
[[it:Calderone]]
[[ja:大釜]]
[[ko:가마솥]]
[[nl:Ketel]]
[[pl:Kocioł]]
[[pt:Caldeirão]]
[[ru:Котёл]]
[[th:หม้อปรุงยา]]
[[uk:Казан]]
[[zh:炼药锅]]</li><li>[[Name Tag|Name Tag]]<br/>{{about|the item that gives names to mobs|the nameplate above a player's head|Player#Username}}
{{Item
| image = Name Tag.png
| renewable = Yes
| stackable = Yes (64)
}}
A '''name tag''' is an [[item]] used to name [[mob]]s in the world and prevent them from despawning naturally.

== Obtaining ==

=== Chest loot ===

{{LootChestItem|name-tag}}

=== Fishing ===

Name tags can be caught from [[fishing]] as part of the treasure category with a {{frac|1|6}} chance after the 5% chance of being a treasure catch. The chance of catching treasure increases with the [[Luck of the Sea]] enchantment.

=== Trading ===

Master-level librarian [[villagers]] offer to sell a name tag for 20 [[emerald]]s as one of their available trades.

== Usage ==

To use a name tag, it must first be renamed with an [[anvil]], costing 1 [[experience]] level. 

If it is not renamed, it has no effect when used on a mob. After the name tag is renamed, the player can {{control|use}} it on a mob to give it the name given to the name tag from the anvil. Mobs and name tags can be renamed any number of times. Name tags with the same name are stackable. 

Once a mob is named, it keeps its name, and the name tag is consumed.

When a mob is named, it is excluded from the mob cap count.

Effects on various mobs:
* A named [[silverfish]] that goes into a block appears to lose its name because it is replaced by a newly generated unnamed silverfish when the block is broken.
* A baby (animal or villager) keeps its name when becoming an adult.
** A named [[villager]] keeps its name when transformed into a [[Zombie Villager|zombie villager]].
** A named zombie villager keeps its name when cured.
* [[Wandering Trader|Wandering trader]]s still despawn even if they are named, or in a [[minecart]] or [[boat]].
* A named [[wither]]'s boss bar displays its name instead of "Wither".
* Naming an [[ender dragon]] with commands also displays the name in the boss bar.

=== Limitations ===

Any mob can be named except for the [[ender dragon]] and [[player]]s.

A name tag can rename an [[armor stand]], though it does not show the nameplate above its head until <code>CustomNameVisible:1b</code> is set as an extra step.

{{control|Using|use}} a name tag on a villager renames the villager instead of opening the trading interface. A saddled pig is renamed instead of being ridden. Using a name tag on any other mob that can be interacted with performs the {{control|use}} action instead of being named. These mobs can be renamed if the player uses the name tag while crouching or standing in a [[nether portal]] because the portal suppresses the {{control|use}} action.

Once a name tag is used on a mob, it is impossible to remove the name of that mob without the use of commands or external modifications.

=== Behavior ===

Renamed mobs have their name displayed over their head in the same fashion as a mob named through a renamed [[spawn egg]]. Their names can be seen only if they are aimed at from four or fewer blocks away.

Mobs that are named using the name tag never despawn in the world, similar to tamed mobs.<ref>{{tweet|dinnerbone|327485109940916226}}</ref> The exceptions are [[wandering trader]]s or if the mob is hostile and the difficulty is switched to "[[Peaceful]]", causing any hostile mobs or any named hostile mobs to despawn immediately. 

If a renamed mob kills a player, the custom name is used in the death message in place of the mob type name. For instance, if a vindicator named "Johnny" kills a player, the death message is "Player was slain by Johnny". 

A renamed [[wither]] also has a renamed health bar, and the boss bar doesn't regenerate{{verify}}.

=== Easter eggs ===

* Any mob that receives the name "[[Easter eggs#Upside-down mobs|Dinnerbone]]" or "[[Easter eggs#Upside-down mobs|Grumm]]" is rendered upside down. This even includes the player in early versions of Bedrock Edition if the username is set to either of these and you are not signed into Xbox Live.
* Naming a [[sheep]] "[[Easter eggs#Jeb sheep|jeb_]]" causes its wool to fade between the dye colors, producing a rainbow effect. The [[wool]] that drops when the sheep is [[shear]]ed or killed is the original color of the sheep before the sheep was named.
* Naming a [[rabbit]] "[[Rabbit#Toast|Toast]]" causes it to have a special memorial skin of user xyzen420's girlfriend's [http://www.reddit.com/r/minecraftsuggestions/comments/27hjog/to_themogminer_my_bunny_is_missing_please_help_me/ missing rabbit].
* Naming a [[vindicator]] "Johnny" causes it to be aggressive and attack all [[mob]]s including the wither (except [[ghast]]s and other [[illager]]s). The hostility even extends to [[Ravager|ravagers]] in [[Java Edition|''Java Edition'']], as the "Johnny" vindicator can also attack the ravager while it's riding it.

== Data values ==
=== ID ===
{{edition|java}}:
{{ID table
|edition=java
|showforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Name Tag
|spritetype=item
|nameid=name_tag
|form=item
|foot=1}}

{{edition|bedrock}}:
{{ID table
|edition=bedrock
|shownumericids=y
|showforms=y
|notshowbeitemforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Name Tag
|spritetype=item
|nameid=name_tag
|id=548
|form=item
|foot=1}}

== History ==

{{History|java}}
{{History||1.6.1|snap=13w16b|[[File:Name Tag JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added name tags. They can now be found in [[dungeon]] [[chest]]s.}}
{{History|||snap=13w25a|A [[mob]] named "Dinnerbone" or "Grumm" now renders upside down.}}
{{History||1.7.2|snap=13w36a|Name tags can now rarely be acquired by [[fishing]], making them [[renewable resource|renewable]].}}
{{History||1.7.4|snap=13w48b|A sheep named "jeb_" now fades between the [[dye]] colors.}}
{{History||1.8|snap=14w02a|Name tags can now be [[trading|bought]] from librarian [[villager]]s, at 20–22 [[emerald]]s for 1 name tag.}}
{{History|||snap=14w27a|[[Rabbit]]s have been added and naming one "Toast" gives it a special memorial skin.}}
{{History||1.9|snap=15w44a|Added name tags to [[mineshaft]] [[chest]]s.
|The average yield of name tags in [[dungeon]] chests has been decreased.}}
{{History||1.11|snap=16w39a|Name tags can now be found in the new [[woodland mansion]] chests.
|Added [[vindicator]]s, which attack almost all mobs if named "Johnny".}}
{{History||1.13|snap=17w47a|Prior to [[1.13/Flattening|''The Flattening'']], this [[item]]'s numeral ID was 421.}}
{{History||1.14|snap=18w43a|[[File:Name Tag JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The texture of name tags has been changed.}}
{{History||1.19|snap=Deep Dark Experimental Snapshot 1|Name tags now generate in [[ancient city]] chests.}}

{{History|pocket alpha}}
{{History||v0.15.0|snap=build 1|[[File:Name Tag JE1 BE1.png|32px]]  Added name tags, and a new "Name" Interact button.
|A [[mob]] named "Dinnerbone" or "Grumm" renders upside down.
|A [[sheep]] named "jeb_" fades between the [[dye]] colors.
|Naming a [[rabbit]] "Toast" gives it a special memorial skin.}}
{{History|pocket}}
{{History||1.0.4|snap=alpha 1.0.4.0|Name tags can now be [[trading|bought]] from librarian [[villager]]s for 20-22 [[emerald]]s as their last tier trade.}}
{{History||1.1.0|snap=alpha 1.1.0.0|Naming a [[vindicator]] "Johnny" now makes it hostile to any [[mob]], except other [[illager]]s.
|Name tags can now be found in [[woodland mansion]]s.}}
{{History|bedrock}}
{{History||1.4.0|snap=beta 1.2.14.2|Name tags can now be found in buried treasure [[chest]]s.}}
{{History||1.10.0|snap=beta 1.10.0.3|[[File:Name Tag JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The texture of name tags has been changed.}}
{{History||1.11.0|snap=beta 1.11.0.4|Name tags [[trading|sold]] by librarian [[villager]]s now cost 20 [[emerald]]s.}}

{{History|console}}
{{History||xbox=TU19|xbone=CU7|ps=1.12|wiiu=Patch 1|[[File:Name Tag JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added name tags.}}
{{History|PS4}}
{{History||1.90|[[File:Name Tag JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The texture of name tags has been changed.}}

{{History|3ds}}
{{History||0.1.0|[[File:Name Tag JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added name tags.}}
{{History|foot}}

== Issues ==
{{issue list}}

== Trivia ==
* Name tags were added at the request of [https://www.youtube.com/user/paulsoaresjr/ Paulsoaresjr].<ref>{{tweet|paulsoaresjr|326865482839883777}}</ref><ref>{{tweet|Dinnerbone|326812168630722561}}</ref>
* A stack of up to 64 name tags can be renamed at once. The cost is 1 [[experience]] level per stack, regardless of how many name tags were stacked.
* To name a [[mob]] “Name Tag” the player must give the name tag a random name, then rename it back to “Name Tag”.
* A [[villager]] with a name tag turned into a [[zombie villager]] by a [[zombie]] with a name tag does not despawn, but a villager with a name tag turned into a zombie by a zombie without a name tag does despawn.
* It is impossible to have a rainbow [[sheep]] upside-down, because it is impossible for it to be named “Jeb_” and “Dinnerbone” at the same time.

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
NameTag2.png|To use a name tag, the [[player]] must first rename it using an [[anvil]].
NameTag1.png|A [[wolf]] that has been renamed using a name tag.
RenamedCreeper.png|A [[creeper]] renamed using the name tag.
RenamedWither.png|A [[Wither Boss|wither]] renamed using a name tag. The custom name takes place of "Wither" over the [[health bar]] as well.
YoYo.png|How to use "Grumm" and "Dinnerbone" name tag [[easter egg]] and [[lead]] to make another animal Yo-yo.
Grumm Horse.png|A [[horse]] using the "Grumm" or "Dinnerbone" easter egg to be rendered upside-down.
MineshaftNameTag.png|Name Tag found in a mineshaft chest.
Pocket Edition Name Tag.jpg|First image of a name tag in bedrock edition.
</gallery>

== See also ==
* [[Spawn Egg]]

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External Links ==
*[https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/taking-inventory--name-tag Taking Inventory: Name Tag] – Minecraft.net on March 15, 2019

{{items}}

[[de:Namensschild]]
[[es:Etiqueta]]
[[fr:Étiquette]]
[[it:Targhetta]]
[[ja:名札]]
[[ko:이름표]]
[[nl:Naamkaartje]]
[[pl:Znacznik]]
[[pt:Etiqueta]]
[[ru:Бирка]]
[[zh:命名牌]]
[[Category:Renewable resources]]</li></ul>
(Client/Launcher Update) Added official links, community links and twitter links.
Added command line argument support.
r
1.1
{{Extension DPL}}<ul><li>[[Reality Vision|Reality Vision]]<br/>{{Joke feature}}
{{Item
| title = Reality Vision
| image = Reality Vision.png
| renewable = No
| stackable = Yes (64)
}}

The '''Reality vision''' was a joke [[helmet]].

== Usage ==
Reality vision was equipped via the [[helmet]] slot. When equipped, it showed a [[wikipedia:Mini-map|minimap]] in the bottom-center of the screen (which moved when the [[player]]'s camera moves). The minimap showed all [[chunk]]s that were currently rendered. The player's location was represented by a green [[beacon]] beam marker on the map.

It displayed a vision overlay (similar to the [[pumpkin]] overlay). The overlay would change to a new overlay if the player went into third person (unlike the pumpkin overlay), which made the screen appear like an old [[wikipedia:Television|television]] screen. The overlay was called <code>cantseeshit<!-- Do not change this; this is that word that is actually used-->captain.png</code> in the assets folder. It activated a [[Shaders|shader]] when equipped (<code>scan_pincushion</code>).

== Sounds ==

{{Sound table
|sound=Equipvr.ogg
|subtitle=''None''
|source=player
|description=When equipped
|id=item.reality_vision.use
|translationkey=''None''
|volume=1.0
|pitch=1.0
|distance=16
|foot=1}}

== Data values ==
=== ID ===
{{ID table
|edition=java
|shownumericids=y
|showforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Reality Vision
|spritetype=item
|nameid=reality_vision
|id=500
|form=item
|translationkey=item.realityVision.name
|foot=1}}

== History ==
{{History|java}}
{{History||1.RV-Pre1|[[File:Reality_Vision_(item).png|32px]] [[File:Reality Vision.png|32px]] Added reality vision.}}
{{History|foot}}

== Issues ==
Reality Vision is an unsupported item due to being an [[Wikipedia:April Fools' Day|April Fools']] joke, and therefore such issues relating to them will not be fixed.

== Trivia ==
* [[Sign]]s display the text "OBEY" while equipped, a reference to the movie [[wikipedia:They Live|''They Live'']].

== Gallery ==

<gallery>
Sign2.png|The [[sign]] texture found in the game files.
OBEY.png|OBEY seen in a sign.
OBEY sign in 1.RV-Pre1..png|OBEY seen in a sign, but seen from a better perspective. 
TechGear.png|A [[player]] wearing reality vision, featured in this [[wikipedia:April Fools' Day|April Fools']] joke version.
</gallery>

{{Items}}
{{Jokes}}

[[Category:Non-renewable resources]]
[[Category:Joke items]]

[[pt:Visão da realidade]]
[[es:Reality Vision]]</li><li>[[:Category:Minecraft Legends resources|Category:Minecraft Legends resources]]<br/>[[Category:Minecraft Legends]]
[[Category:Items]]
[[pt:Categoria:Recursos do Minecraft Legends]]</li></ul>
Released in February 21, 2011.[20]
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.[21]
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.[22]
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}}

[[Category:Bedrock Edition specific information]]
[[Category:Items]]
[[Category:Dyes]]
[[Category:Renewable resources]]

[[cs:Váček inkoustu]]
[[de:Tintenbeutel]]
[[es:Saco de tinta]]
[[fr:Poche d'encre]]
[[hu:Tintazsák]]
[[ja:イカスミ]]
[[ko:먹물 주머니]]
[[nl:Inktzak]]
[[pl:Torbiel z atramentem]]
[[pt:Bolsa de tinta]]
[[ru:Чернильный мешок]]
[[uk:Чорнильний мішок]]
[[zh:墨囊]]</li><li>[[Fermented Spider Eye|Fermented Spider Eye]]<br/>{{Item
| image = Fermented Spider Eye.png‎
| renewable = Yes
| stackable = Yes (64)
}}

A '''fermented spider eye''' is a [[brewing]] ingredient.

== Obtaining ==

=== Crafting ===

{{Crafting
|Brown Mushroom
|Sugar
|Spider Eye
|Output= Fermented Spider Eye
|type= Brewing
}}

== Usage ==
They can be used to brew [[potion]]s with negative effects, as well as the [[Potion of Invisibility]]. 

=== Brewing ingredient ===
{{brewing
  |showname=1
  |head=1
  |Fermented Spider Eye
  |Potion of Weakness
  |base=Water Bottle
}}
{{brewing
  |Fermented Spider Eye
  |Potion of Harming
  |base=Potion of Poison;Potion of Healing
}}
{{brewing
  |Fermented Spider Eye
  |Potion of Slowness
  |base=Potion of Swiftness;Potion of Leaping
}}
{{brewing
  |foot=1
  |Fermented Spider Eye
  |Potion of Invisibility
  |base=Potion of Night Vision
}}

== Data values ==
=== ID ===
{{edition|java}}:
{{ID table
|edition=java
|showforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Fermented Spider Eye
|spritetype=item
|nameid=fermented_spider_eye
|form=item
|foot=1}}

{{edition|bedrock}}:
{{ID table
|edition=bedrock
|shownumericids=y
|showforms=y
|notshowbeitemforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Fermented Spider Eye
|spritetype=item
|nameid=fermented_spider_eye
|id=428
|form=item
|foot=1}}

== Video ==

<div style="text-align:center">{{yt|ln8ZQn5MtFI}}</div>

== History ==
{{History|java}}
{{History||1.0.0|snap=Beta 1.9 Prerelease 2|[[File:Fermented Spider Eye JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added fermented spider eyes.}}
{{History|||snap=Beta 1.9 Prerelease 3|Fermented spider eyes can now be [[brewing|brewed]] in a [[water bottle]] to create a [[potion of Weakness]].
|Fermented spider eyes now corrupt potions of [[Swiftness]] and [[Fire Resistance]] into potions of [[Slowness]], for both normal and extended types.
|Fermented spider eyes now corrupts potions of [[Healing]] and [[Poison]] into potions of [[Harming]], as well as Healing II and extended Poison into extended Harming.}}
{{History||1.4.2|snap=12w34a|Fermented spider eyes now change potions of [[Night Vision]] into the new potions of [[Invisibility]], for both normal and extended types.}}
{{History||1.7.2|snap=13w36a|Fermented spider eyes now corrupt the new [[potion of Water Breathing]] into a potion of Harming.}}
{{History||1.8|snap=14w27a|Fermented spider eyes now corrupt the new [[potion of Leaping]] into a potion of Slowness.}}
{{History||1.9|snap=15w31a|[[Potions of Weakness]] can no longer be made using a [[thick potion]], [[mundane potion]], [[awkward potion]], [[potion of Regeneration]], or [[potion of Strength]].
|[[Potions of Slowness]] can no longer be made using a [[potion of Fire Resistance]].
|[[Potions of Harming]] can no longer be made using a [[potion of Water Breathing]].}}
{{History||1.13|snap=17w47a|Prior to [[1.13/Flattening|''The Flattening'']], this [[item]]'s numeral ID was 376.}}
{{History||1.14|snap=18w50a|[[File:Fermented Spider Eye JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The texture of fermented spider eyes has been changed.}}
{{History|upcoming java}}
{{History||Villager Trade Rebalance<br>(Experimental)|link=Java Edition 1.20.2|snap=23w31a|[[Wandering trader]]s now have a chance to [[trading|buy]] a fermented spider eye from the player.}}

{{History|pocket alpha}}
{{History||v0.12.1|snap=build 1|[[File:Fermented Spider Eye JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added fermented spider eyes.}}
{{History|bedrock}}
{{History||1.10.0|snap=beta 1.10.0.3|[[File:Fermented Spider Eye JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The texture of fermented spider eyes has been changed.}}

{{History|console}}
{{History||xbox=TU7|xbone=CU1|ps=1.0|wiiu=Patch 1|switch=1.0.1|[[File:Fermented Spider Eye JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added fermented spider eyes.}}
{{History||xbox=none|xbone=none|ps=1.90|wiiu=none|switch=none|[[File:Fermented Spider Eye JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The texture of fermented spider eyes has been changed.}}

{{History|New 3DS}}
{{History||0.1.0|[[File:Fermented Spider Eye JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added fermented spider eyes.}}
{{History|foot}}

== Issues ==
{{issue list}}

{{items}}

[[Category:Renewable resources]]

[[cs:Zkvašené pavoučí oko]]
[[de:Fermentiertes Spinnenauge]]
[[es:Ojo de araña fermentado]]
[[fr:Œil d'araignée fermenté]]
[[it:Occhio di ragno fermentato]]
[[ja:発酵したクモの目]]
[[ko:발효된 거미 눈]]
[[nl:Gefermenteerd spinnenoog]]
[[pl:Sfermentowane oko pająka]]
[[pt:Olho de aranha fermentado]]
[[ru:Приготовленный паучий глаз]]
[[th:ตาแมงมุมดอง]]
[[uk:Оброблене павуче око]]
[[zh:发酵蛛眼]]</li></ul>
Properly selects 64-bit Java installations for Mac OS X users.[23]
1.3.2
{{Extension DPL}}<ul><li>[[Bookshelf|Bookshelf]]<br/>{{About|the bookshelf used with an enchanting table|the bookshelf that can hold books|Chiseled Bookshelf}}
{{Block
|image=Bookshelf.png
|transparent=No
|light=No
|tool=Axe
|renewable=Yes
|stackable=Yes (64)
|flammable=Yes (30)
|lavasusceptible=Yes
}}
'''Bookshelves''' are [[blocks]] that improve [[enchanting|enchantments]] applied with an [[enchanting table]] when placed around one, up to a maximum of fifteen bookshelves, at the expense of [[Enchanting/Levels|level]] requirement.

== Obtaining ==
=== Natural generation ===
Bookshelves can generate in village libraries and sometimes village houses.

[[Stronghold]]s may contain up to two libraries, each of which may be single-level or have an upper balcony. These feature some bookshelves arranged in pillars, and more bookshelves arranged in pillars in the walls. Single-level libraries contain 161 bookshelves, while libraries with balconies contain 233.

Bookshelves also naturally generate in certain [[woodland mansion]] rooms.

=== Breaking ===
Bookshelves can be broken fairly easily by hand, but can be broken faster by using an [[axe]]. In either case, they drop 3 books when broken, allowing the reconstruction of the bookshelf with the addition of six wood planks. When broken by an item that is [[enchanted]] with [[Silk Touch]], a bookshelf drops itself.
{{breaking row|horizontal=1|Bookshelf|Axe}}

=== Crafting ===
{{Crafting
|A1=Any Planks
|B1=Any Planks
|C1=Any Planks
|A2=Book
|B2=Book
|C2=Book
|A3=Any Planks
|B3=Any Planks
|C3=Any Planks
|Output=Bookshelf
|type=Building block
}}

=== Trading ===
Novice-level librarian [[Villager|villagers]] have a 50% chance to sell 1 bookshelf for 9 [[Emerald|emeralds]] as part of their trades.{{only|bedrock}}

Novice-level librarian villagers have a {{frac|2|3}} chance to sell 1 bookshelf for 9 emeralds.{{only|java}}

== Usage ==
=== Enchanting ===
{{main|Enchantment mechanics#Bookshelf placement}}

If an [[enchanting table]] is placed near a bookshelf, glyph [[particles]] fly from the bookshelf toward the enchanting table. Having bookshelves in the proper position near the table allows the table to apply higher-level enchantments.

=== Crafting ingredient ===
{{crafting usage}}

=== Fuel ===
Bookshelves can be used as a [[fuel]] in [[furnace]]s, smelting 1.5 items per block.

=== Villager ===
Librarian [[villager]]s can interact with bookshelves.

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

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

== Data values ==
=== ID ===
{{edition|java}}:
{{ID table
|edition=java
|showforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Bookshelf
|spritetype=block
|nameid=bookshelf
|showblocktags=y|blocktags=mineable/axe
|foot=1}}

{{edition|bedrock}}:
{{ID table
|edition=bedrock
|shownumericids=y
|showforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Bookshelf
|spritetype=block
|nameid=bookshelf
|id=47
|foot=1}}

== Achievements ==
{{load achievements|Librarian}}

== History ==
{{History|java classic}}
{{History||October 24, 2009|link=https://notch.tumblr.com/post/221308991/the-new-block-types-and-new-graphics-for-the-gold|Bookshelves were teased by [[Notch]].}}
{{History||0.26 SURVIVAL TEST|[[File:Bookshelf JE1.png|32px]] Added bookshelves.
|Bookshelves are currently impossible to obtain without loading a pre-edited map.
|Bookshelves are currently destroyed in [[explosion]]s.
|When bookshelves are broken, they currently do not drop anything.}}
{{History||0.28|Bookshelves can now be freely placed.}}
{{History|java alpha}}
{{History||v1.0.11|Bookshelves can now be [[crafting|crafted]] from 3 [[book]]s and 6 [[planks]].}}
{{History|java beta}}
{{History||1.8|snap=Pre-release|Bookshelves can now be found generated in libraries in [[village]]s, and libraries in [[stronghold]]s.}}
{{History|java}}
{{History||1.0.0|snap=Beta 1.9 Prerelease 3|Bookshelves now drop 3 [[book]]s when broken by a non-[[Silk Touch]] [[item]].
|They are now necessary to [[enchanting|enchant]] with higher levels for better enchanted items.
|The number of bookshelves required to reach the maximum enchantment level is 30.}}
{{History|||snap=Beta 1.9 Prerelease 5|[[File:Bookshelf JE2 BE1.png|32px]] The top texture of bookshelves have now been updated as a result of the [[planks]] texture update.}}
{{History||1.2.4|snap=release|[[Spruce planks]], [[birch planks]], and [[jungle planks]] can now be used to craft bookshelves.}}
{{History||1.3.1|snap=12w21a|Librarian [[villager]]s now [[trading|sell]] 1 bookshelf for 3 [[emerald]]s.}}
{{History|||snap=12w22a|The number of bookshelves required to reach the maximum enchantment level has been now decreased to 15.}}
{{History||1.7.2|snap=1.7.1|[[Acacia planks]] and [[dark oak planks]] can now be used to craft bookshelves.}}
{{History||1.8|snap=14w02a|Librarian villagers now sell 1 bookshelf for 3–4 [[emerald]]s.}}
{{History||1.11|snap=16w39a|Bookshelves now generate in [[woodland mansion]]s.}}
{{History||1.13|snap=17w47a|Prior to [[1.13/Flattening|''The Flattening'']], this [[block]]'s numeral ID was 47.}}
{{History||1.14|snap=18w43a|[[File:Bookshelf JE3.png|32px]] The texture of bookshelves has now been changed.}}
{{History|||snap=18w47a|[[File:Bookshelf JE4 BE2.png|32px]] The texture of bookshelves has now been changed, once again.}}
{{History|||snap=19w02a|Bookshelves can now be used to craft [[lectern]]s.}}
{{History||1.16|snap=20w06a|[[Crimson planks]] and [[warped planks]] can now be used to craft bookshelves.}}
{{History||1.19|snap=22w11a|[[Mangrove planks]] can now be used to craft bookshelves.}}

{{History|pocket alpha}}
{{History||v0.2.1|[[File:Bookshelf JE2 BE1.png|32px]] Added bookshelves.|Bookshelves are currently obtainable only in [[Creative]] mode.}}
{{History||v0.3.0|Bookshelves are now obtainable in [[Survival]] mode.}}
{{History||v0.9.0|snap=build 1|Bookshelves now naturally spawn in [[stronghold]]s and [[village]]s.}}
{{History||v0.12.1|snap=build 1|Bookshelves can now be used to increase [[enchantment table]] levels.|Bookshelves can now be obtained by using a [[tool]] with the [[Silk Touch]] enchantment.}}
{{History|pocket}}
{{History||1.0.4|snap=alpha 1.0.4.0|Librarian [[villager]]s now [[trading|sell]] 1 bookshelf for 3-4 [[emerald]]s as their second tier trade.}} 
{{History||1.1.0|snap=alpha 1.1.0.0|Bookshelves now generate in [[woodland mansion]]s.}}
{{History|bedrock}}
{{History||1.10.0|snap=beta 1.10.0.3|Bookshelves can now be used to craft [[lectern]]s.|Bookshelves now get inspected by librarian [[villager]]s.|[[File:Bookshelf JE4 BE2.png|32px]] The texture of bookshelves has been changed.}}
{{History||1.11.0|snap=beta 1.11.0.4|[[Trading]] has now been changed, librarian villagers now have a 50% chance to sell a bookshelf for 6 [[emerald]]s as part of their first trade.}}

{{History|console}}
{{History||xbox=TU1|xbone=CU1|ps=1.00|wiiu=Patch 1|switch=1.0.1|[[File:Bookshelf JE2 BE1.png|32px]] Added bookshelves. Whether they actually used this texture is unknown.}}
{{History||xbox=none|xbone=none|ps=1.90|wiiu=none|switch=none|[[File:Bookshelf JE4 BE2.png|32px]] The texture of bookshelves has been changed.}}

{{History|new 3ds}}
{{History||0.1.0|[[File:Bookshelf JE2 BE1.png|32px]] Added bookshelves.}}
{{History|foot}}

== Issues ==
{{Issue list}}

== Trivia ==
* Bookshelves' top and bottom textures by default use the same texture as [[oak planks]].
* It takes 90 planks, 45 [[leather]] and 135 [[paper]] to make 15 bookshelves in order to get a level 30 [[enchantment]].
* A bookshelf is the icon for [[Education Edition]].

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
File:Library in Village.png|Naturally occurring bookshelves in a [[village]]. (Before Village & Pillage).
File:Large Stronghold Library.png|Naturally occurring bookshelves in a [[stronghold]].
File:Achievement get! Trading emeralds for bookshelves.png|Bookshelves obtained by [[trading]] with a [[villager]].
File:Enchanting-Table.png|Bookshelves powering an [[enchanting table]].
</gallery>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External Links ==
*[https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/block-week-bookshelf Block of the Week: Bookshelf] – Minecraft.net on December 16, 2016

{{Blocks|Building}}

[[Category:Manufactured blocks]]
[[Category:Natural blocks]]
[[Category:Generated structure blocks]]
[[Category:Utility blocks]]
[[Category:Bedrock Edition]]
[[Category:Java Edition]]
[[Category:Items]]
[[Category:Flammable blocks]]

[[cs:Knihovna]]
[[de:Bücherregal]]
[[es:Librería]]
[[fr:Bibliothèque]]
[[hu:Könyvespolc]]
[[it:Libreria]]
[[ja:本棚]]
[[ko:책장]]
[[nl:Boekenkast]]
[[pl:Biblioteczka]]
[[pt:Estante de livros]]
[[ru:Книжные полки]]
[[th:ชั้นหนังสือ]]
[[uk:Книжкова полиця]]
[[zh:书架]]</li><li>[[Tag (item)|Tag (item)]]<br/>{{About|the April Fools item|the standard item used to rename mobs|Name Tag}}
{{wip}}
{{joke feature}}
{{exclusive|java}}
{{Item
| title = Tag
| image = Tag.png
| renewable = Yes
| stackable = Yes (64)
}}
Tags and Bits are items exclusive to the [[Java Edition 23w13a or b|23w13a_or_b]] [[Easter eggs#April Fools|April Fools' joke]] snapshot from 2023. They are used to craft in-game representations of [[NBT format|NBT tags]].

==Obtaining==
A [[stonecutter]] can be used to cut a [[Name Tag|name tag]] into either 16 "Name" or 16 "Tag" items. These can be cut into 16 Bit items each.

{{Stonecutting
|head=1
|showdescription=1
|Name Tag
|Name, 16; Tag, 16
|description=The resulting "Name" items must be named in an [[anvil]].
}}
{{Stonecutting
|showdescription=
|Name; Tag
|Bit, 16
|foot=1
}}

To be able to proceed from here the <code>nbt_crafting</code> vote must be approved. Bits can be used in a crafting table to craft Left Curly, Right Curly, Left Square, and Right Square. In appears like these are the only tag items that can be crafted from Bits.

A [[Crafting Table|crafting table]] can be used to convert a "Tag" item into a "Byte Tag." The amount of [[stick]]s added to the crafting recipe specifies the value of the Byte, as a [[wikipedia:Signed number representations#Two's complement|signed 8-bit value]]. For example, a "Tag" and a full stack of sticks make a Byte with the value <code>64b</code>, while 255 sticks result in <code>-1b</code>. Only one of the sticks is consumed. Two Bytes can be crafted into a "Short Tag" (equivalent to 16 bit), two Shorts into an "Int Tag" (equivalent to 32 bit), and two Ints into a "Long Tag" (equivalent to 64 bit). Many other combinations that form either 16, 32, or 64 bit are possible. For example, two Shorts and an Int make a Long. When combining values, their digits are stuck together in the given order, e.g. <code>1b</code> and <code>0b</code> make <code>256s</code> (equivalent to 0100<sub>16</sub> in [[wikipedia:Hexadecimal|hexadecimal]]). Undoing any of these crafting actions in e.g. a stonecutter is not possible.

"Float" and "Double Tags" can be crafted by adding one or two [[boat]]s to any numeric tag. A "String Tag" is crafted with a "Tag" and a piece of [[string]].

{{Crafting
|head=1
|showdescription=1
|A1= Bit;    ; Bit; Bit |B1=    ; Bit; Bit; Bit
|A2=    ; Bit; Bit;     |B2= Bit;    ;    ; Bit
|A3= Bit;    ; Bit; Bit |B3=    ; Bit; Bit; Bit
|Output= Right Curly; Left Curly; Left Square; Right Square
|ignoreusage=1
}}
{{Crafting
|Tag
|String
|Output= String Tag
|description=String tags must be named in an [[anvil]] to set their value.
|ignoreusage=1
}}
{{Crafting
|Tag; Tag;   Tag
|;    Stick; Stick, 64
|;    ;      Stick, 63
|Output= Byte Tag; Byte Tag; Byte Tag
|description=Only 1 stick is consumed. 128 and more sticks make [[wikipedia:Signed number representations#Two's complement|two's complements]]:
128 sticks = <code>-128b</code><br>
129 sticks = <code>-127b</code><br>
⋮<br>
254 sticks = <code>-2b</code><br>
255 sticks = <code>-1b</code>
|ignoreusage=1
}}
{{Crafting
|Byte Tag; Byte Tag; Byte Tag
|Byte Tag; Byte Tag; Byte Tag
|        ; Byte Tag; Byte Tag
|        ; Byte Tag; Byte Tag
|        ;         ; Byte Tag
|        ;         ; Byte Tag
|        ;         ; Byte Tag
|        ;         ; Byte Tag
|Output= Short Tag; Int Tag; Long Tag
|description=Shorts and Ints can be combined the same way, even mixed.

Digits are appended, e.g. two <code>1b</code> tags make <code>257b</code> (0101<sub>16</sub> in [[wikipedia:Hexadecimal|hexadecimal]]).
|ignoreusage=1
}}
{{Crafting
|Byte Tag; Short Tag; Int Tag; Long Tag
|Any Boat; Any Boat; Any Boat; Any Boat
|Output= Float Tag; Float Tag; Float Tag; Float Tag
|ignoreusage=1
}}
{{Crafting
|Byte Tag; Short Tag; Int Tag; Long Tag
|Any Boat; Any Boat; Any Boat; Any Boat
|Any Boat; Any Boat; Any Boat; Any Boat
|Output= Double Tag; Double Tag; Double Tag; Double Tag
|ignoreusage=1
}}
{{Crafting
|Left Curly;  Left Curly
|Name;        Name
|Byte Tag;    Byte Tag
|Right Curly; Name |; Byte Tag | |; Name |; Byte Tag |; Right Curly
|Output= Compound Tag; Compound Tag
|description=Instead of Bytes any other tag can be used, including other compound tags.
|ignoreusage=1
}}
{{Crafting
|Left Square;  Left Square
|Byte Tag;     Byte Tag
|Right Square; Byte Tag |; Byte Tag |; Byte Tag |; Byte Tag |; Byte Tag |; Byte Tag |; Right Square
|Output= List Tag; List Tag
|description=Instead of Bytes any other tag can be used, including other list tags.
|ignoreusage=1
}}
{{Crafting
|Compound Tag; List Tag
|Compound Tag; List Tag
|Output= Compound Tag; List Tag
|description=Up to 9 can be combined.

When compound tags contain identical names, only the latest of the corresponding values is used.
|ignoreusage=1
|foot=1
}}

"Name" and "String Tags" must be named in an [[anvil]] before they can be used. Unnamed Names and Strings always produce a "Sssyntax Error". None of the other tag items can be named.

All these items can be combined in a crafting table to form a short sequence of JSON code, as long as the resulting syntax is valid. For example: 
*A pair of Curlies that enclose a named "Name" item and some value, e.g. a Byte, create a "Compound Tag" with the content <code>{Example:0b}</code>.
**Because of the limited size of the crafting table only 3 name-value pairs can be put between Curlies at a time. Compound Tags of any length can be created by concatenating two or more Compound Tags.
**An empty pair of Curlies produces an empty Compound Tag with the content <code>{}</code>.
*A pair of Square brackets that enclose any number of values, e.g. 7 Bytes, create a "List Tag" with the content <code>[0b,0b,0b,0b,0b,0b,0b]</code>.
**Because of the limited size of the crafting table only 7 values can be put between Square brackets at a time. List Tags of any length can be created by concatenating two or more List Tags.
**An empty pair of Square brackets produces an empty List with the content <code>[]</code>.
**"Name" items cannot be used in a List.

The resulting Compound and List Tags can be used as values in other Compound and List Tags, as deeply nested as you want.

==Usage==
Tags appear to have no further functionality. They cannot be eaten or placed in the world, except in an item frame, as each other item can. However, Compound Tags with values like <code>{Enchantments:[{id:"minecraft:sharpness",lvl:127b}]}</code> will show the [[Enchanting|enchantment]] glint and actually act accordingly when used.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/129xdyl/i_figure_out_how_the_nbtcrafting_in_the_vote/</ref> This appears to work with many weapon and tool [[Enchanting#Summary of enchantments by item|enchantments]].

In theory, an extremely lucky <code>replace_recipe_output</code> vote can change the crafting recipe for compound tags to output something else. When cheats are enabled you can test this with a command like <code>/vote rule minecraft:replace_recipe_output approve {key:"minecraft:compound_tag",value:"minecraft:netherite_sword"}</code>. However, as long as this vote is approved no other compound tag can be crafted. Use <code>/vote rule minecraft:replace_recipe_output repeal *</code> to undo all recipe replacements.

In combination with the <code>midas_touch</code> vote tag items can be converted into [[Gold Ingot|gold ingots]]. These retain their NBT data. When the world is loaded in another version of the game tag items disappear, but gold ingots persist.

==Trivia==
*This implies that a [[Name Tag|name tag]] is 128 bit.
*Compound and list tags are special in so far that the value they show in their [[tooltip]] is not merely a property of the item, but their ''actual'' [[NBT format|NBT data]]. This is also the reason why naming them is disabled as that would mess up the NBT data.
*The snapshot also contains an [[History of textures/Unused textures|unused texture]] for an {{ItemLink|End Tag}}.

==History==
{{History|java}}
{{History||23w13a_or_b|[[File:Tag.png|32px]] Added tags.}}
{{History|foot}}

==Gallery==
<gallery>
Tag.png|Tag
Bit.png|Bit
Byte Tag.png|Byte Tag
Double Tag.png|Double Tag
End Tag.png|End Tag
Float Tag.png|Float Tag
Int Tag.png|Int Tag
Left Curly.png|Left Curly
Left Square.png|Left Sqaure
List Tag.png|List Tag
Long Tag.png|Long Tag
Name (23w13a or b).png|Name
Right Curly.png|Right Curly
Right Square.png|Right Square
Short Tag.png|Short Tag
Sssyntax Error.png|Sssyntax Error
String Tag.png|String Tag
</gallery>

== References ==
{{reflist}}

{{items}}
{{jokes}}

[[pt:Tag (item)]]
[[Category:Joke items]]</li></ul>
Added ability to launch demo mode for non-premium users.
1.6
{{Extension DPL}}<ul><li>[[Blaze Rod|Blaze Rod]]<br/>{{Item
| image = Blaze Rod.png
| renewable = Yes
| stackable = Yes (64)
}}

'''Blaze rods''' are [[item]]s exclusively obtained from [[blaze]]s. They act as a fuel for both brewing and [[smelting]], and are required to craft [[eye of ender|eyes of ender]] used to access to [[the End]].

== Obtaining ==

=== Mob loot ===
When killed by a player or tamed [[wolf]], a [[blaze]] has a 50% chance to drop a blaze rod. The [[Looting]] [[enchantment]] can increase the drops by one per level, for a maximum of 4 blaze rods. Blazes do not drop any blaze rods if killed by any other source.

== Usage ==

=== Crafting ingredient ===

{{crafting usage}}

=== Fuel ===

When used in a [[furnace]], a blaze rod lasts 120 seconds (12 items).

== Achievements ==
{{load achievements|Into Fire}}

== Advancements ==
{{load advancements|Into Fire}}

== Video ==
{{Video note|This video does not mention the crafting of [[End Rod]]s.|minor}}

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

== Data values ==
=== ID ===
{{el|java}}:
{{ID table
|edition=java
|showforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Blaze Rod
|spritetype=item
|nameid=blaze_rod
|form=item
|foot=1}}

{{el|bedrock}}:
{{ID table
|edition=bedrock
|shownumericids=y
|showforms=y
|notshowbeitemforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Blaze Rod
|spritetype=item
|nameid=blaze_rod
|id=423
|form=item
|foot=1}}

== History ==

{{History|java}}
{{History||1.0.0|snap=Beta 1.9 Prerelease|[[File:Blaze Rod JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added blaze rods.}}
{{History|||snap=Beta 1.9 Prerelease 2|Blaze rods are now used to craft [[blaze powder]].}}
{{History|||snap=Beta 1.9 Prerelease 3|Blaze rods are now used to craft [[brewing stand]]s.}}
{{History||1.8|snap=14w07a|Blaze rods are now held similarly to [[tools]].}}
{{History||1.9|snap=15w44b|Blaze rods are now used to craft [[end rod]]s.}}
{{History||1.13|snap=17w47a|Prior to [[1.13/Flattening|''The Flattening'']], this [[item]]'s numeral ID was 369.}}

{{History|pocket alpha}}
{{History||v0.12.1|snap=build 1|[[File:Blaze Rod JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added blaze rods. 
|Blaze rods can be used to craft [[blaze powder]] and [[brewing stand]]s.}}
{{History|pocket}}
{{History||1.0.0|snap=alpha 0.17.0.1|Blaze rods are now used to craft [[end rod]]s.}}

{{History|console}}
{{History||xbox=TU7|xbone=CU1|ps=1.00|wiiu=Patch 1|switch=1.0.1|[[File:Blaze Rod JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added blaze rods.
|Blaze rods can be used to craft [[blaze powder]] and [[brewing stand]]s.}}
{{History||xbox=TU46|xbone=CU36|ps=1.38|wiiu=Patch 15|Blaze rods are now used to craft [[end rod]]s.}}

{{History|New 3DS}}
{{History||0.1.0|[[File:Blaze Rod JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added blaze rods.
|Blaze rods can be used to craft [[blaze powder]] and [[brewing stand]]s.}}
{{History|foot}}

== Issues ==
{{issue list}}

== Trivia ==
* As part of an official collaboration, blaze rods are included in a free add-on for the roleplaying game [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dungeons_%26_Dragons ''Dungeons and Dragons''].<ref>https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwj9uvqlwIT-AhV7LUQIHYlVDiwQFnoECBAQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.minecraft.net%2Fcontent%2Fdam%2Fgames%2Fminecraft%2Fsoftware%2FMinecraft-Monstrous-Compendium.pdf&usg=AOvVaw0aKOqpKAHSH11qgZhN_Bhx</ref> In the game, they are worth 100 gold pieces, create light, and can be broken to create an explosion.

{{items}}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Renewable resources]]

[[cs:Ohnivá hůl]]
[[de:Lohenrute]]
[[el:Οι ράβδοι των Blaze]]
[[es:Vara de blaze]]
[[fr:Bâton de Blaze]]
[[hu:Lángrúd]]
[[it:Verga di blaze]]
[[ja:ブレイズロッド]]
[[ko:블레이즈 막대]]
[[lzh:炎靈桿]]
[[nl:Blazestaf]]
[[pl:Płomienna różdżka]]
[[pt:Vara de blaze]]
[[ru:Огненный стержень]]
[[th:แท่งเบลซ]]
[[tr:Alaz Çubuğu]]
[[uk:Стрижень Блейза]]
[[zh:烈焰棒]]</li><li>[[Sugar Cane|Sugar Cane]]<br/>{{Block
|image=Sugar Cane.png
|image2=Sugar Cane (item) JE3.png
|extratext = View all [[#Gallery|renders]]
|transparent=Yes
|light=No
|tool=any
|renewable=Yes
|stackable=Yes (64)
|flammable=No
|lavasusceptible=No
}}
'''Sugar cane''' is a block found as 1–4-block-tall. It plants near water in the [[Overworld]]. As an item, it is an important crafting ingredient.

== Obtaining ==
Sugar cane can be mined instantly with anything.

When the spot a sugar cane block is placed in becomes unsuitable, such as when the supporting block is removed, the sugar cane block uproots and drops as an item. {{IN|be}}, sugar cane uproots immediately after all adjacent water is removed. {{IN|je}}, sugar cane uproots on the next block update or [[Tick#Random tick|random tick]].

A sugar cane block drops itself as an item if a piston tries to push it (trying to pull it does nothing) or moves a block into its space.

=== Natural generation ===
[[File:Sugar Canez.png|thumb|250px|Naturally-occurring sugar cane near a river.]]
Sugar cane can generate naturally near [[water]], as two ({{frac|11|18}} chance), three ({{frac|5|18}} chance), or four ({{frac|2|18}} chance) blocks tall. Rare taller sugar canes can be found if the world generator places two smaller canes on top of each other. It generates in approximately 0.8 sugar cane per chunk seeing as how they only generate near bodies of water.

Sugar canes attempt to generate 10 times in any Overworld biome, which requires water. An extra 10 attempts are made in [[swamp]] biomes, and 50 in [[desert]] biomes, which makes sugar cane twice as frequent in swamps and six times as frequent in desert biomes, making the banks of [[river]]s that cut through deserts lined with sugar canes.

Sugar cane cannot generate in caves {{in|je}}.<ref>{{bug|MC-214959||Sugar cane generated in cave|Fixed}}</ref>

=== Trading ===
[[Wandering trader]]s can sell sugar cane for an [[emerald]].

== Usage ==
Due to its water-displacing properties, sugar cane can interestingly be used to create underwater paths, allowing [[player]]s to move at normal speed and breathe if it is two blocks in height.{{only|java}}<ref>{{bug|MC-929||Sugar cane can be placed underwater|WAI}}</ref>

Sugar cane takes on a different shade of green depending on the biome in which it is placed.

=== Crafting ingredient ===
{{crafting usage}}

=== Farming ===
{{main|Tutorials/Sugar cane farming}}
[[File:Underground Sugar Farm.png|200px|thumb|An underground sugar cane farm.]]

Sugar cane can generate naturally up to any number of blocks tall, but ''grow'' only to a height of three blocks, adding a block of height when the top sugar cane block has received 16 random [[Tick#Block tick|block tick]]s (i.e. on average every 18 minutes on ''Java Edition''<!-- Average 68.27 seconds/tick * 16 ticks/growth = 18.2 minutes --> or 54 minutes on Bedrock Edition, but the actual rate can vary widely). 
Sugar cane must be planted on a [[grass block]], [[dirt]], [[coarse dirt]], [[rooted dirt]], [[podzol]], [[mycelium]], [[sand]], [[red sand]], [[suspicious sand]], [[moss block]], or [[mud]] that is directly adjacent to [[water]], [[waterlogged]] block, or [[frosted ice]] (not merely above or diagonal to water), or on top of another sugar cane block. The adjacent water block can be covered with another block, whether [[opacity|opaque or transparent]], and sugar cane can still be placed and grow next to it. Sugar cane grows regardless of light level, even in complete darkness.
[[File:4blockcane.png|thumb|A natural 4-block-high sugar cane plant.]]
{{IN|bedrock}}, [[bone meal]] can be used to instantly grow sugar cane to three blocks. Only one bone meal is consumed. {{IN|java}}, bone meal cannot be used on sugar cane.<ref>{{bug|MC-73963||Can't use bonemeal on cacti or sugar cane|WAI}}</ref>

On average, it takes [[Tutorials/Sugar_cane_farming#Mechanics|18 minutes]] for a single block of sugar cane to grow 3 blocks tall.

=== Composting ===
Placing sugar cane into a [[composter]] has a 50% chance of raising the compost level by 1.

== List of colors ==
{{Missing information|Bedrock Edition colors (see [[Water#Color]]{{verify|it's there?}})}}

=== ''Java Edition'' ===
These values are generated by the biome dyeing algorithm. See [[Color#Biome colors|Biome colors]] for more information.
<div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="float: left">
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" data-description="Java edition biome colors"
!Biome !! Category !! Rainfall !! Sugarcane Color !! Temperature Affects !! Render
|-
| {{BiomeLink|Badlands}} || Mesa || No || #90814d || No || [[File:Badlands Sugar Cane.png|32px]]
|-
| {{BiomeLink|Beach}} || Beach || Rain || #91bd59 || || [[File:Plains Sugar Cane.png|32px]]
|-
| {{BiomeLink|Birch Forest}} || Forest || Rain || #88bb67 || || [[File:Birch Forest Sugar Cane.png|32px]]
|-
| {{BiomeLink|Cold Ocean}} || Ocean || Rain || #8eb971 || || [[File:Ocean Sugar Cane.png|32px]]
|-
| {{BiomeLink|Dark Forest}} || Forest || Rain || #507a32 || || [[File:Dark Forest Sugar Cane.png|32px]]
|-
| {{BiomeLink|Deep Cold Ocean}} || Ocean || Rain || #8eb971 || || [[File:Ocean Sugar Cane.png|32px]]
|-
| {{BiomeLink|Deep Frozen Ocean}} || Ocean || Rain || #8eb971 || || [[File:Ocean Sugar Cane.png|32px]]
|-
| {{BiomeLink|Deep Lukewarm Ocean}} || Ocean || Rain || #8eb971 || || [[File:Ocean Sugar Cane.png|32px]]
|-
| {{BiomeLink|Deep Ocean}} || Ocean || Rain || #8eb971 || || [[File:Ocean Sugar Cane.png|32px]]
|-
| {{BiomeLink|Desert}} || Desert || No || #bfb755 || || [[File:Desert Sugar Cane.png|32px]]
|-
| {{BiomeLink|End Barrens}} || The End || No || #8eb971 || || [[File:Ocean Sugar Cane.png|32px]]
|-
| {{BiomeLink|End Highlands}} || The End || No || #8eb971 || || [[File:Ocean Sugar Cane.png|32px]]
|-
| {{BiomeLink|End Midlands}} || The End || No || #8eb971 || || [[File:Ocean Sugar Cane.png|32px]]
|-
| {{BiomeLink|Eroded Badlands}} || Mesa || No || #90814d || No || [[File:Badlands Sugar Cane.png|32px]]
|-
| {{BiomeLink|Flower Forest}} || Forest || Rain || #79c05a || || [[File:Forest Sugar Cane.png|32px]]
|-
| {{BiomeLink|Forest}} || Forest || Rain || #79c05a || || [[File:Forest Sugar Cane.png|32px]]
|-
| {{BiomeLink|Frozen Ocean}} || Ocean || Snow || #80b497 || || [[File:Snowy Plains Sugar Cane.png|32px]]
|-
| {{BiomeLink|Frozen River}} || River || Snow || #80b497 || || [[File:Snowy Plains Sugar Cane.png|32px]]
|-
| {{BiomeLink|Old Growth Spruce Taiga}} || Taiga || Rain || #86b783 || || [[File:Taiga Sugar Cane.png|32px]]
|-
| {{BiomeLink|Old Growth Pine Taiga}} || Taiga || Rain || #86b87f || || [[File:Old Growth Pine Taiga Sugar Cane.png|32px]]
|-
| {{BiomeLink|Ice Spikes}} || Icy || Snow || #80b497 || || [[File:Snowy Plains Sugar Cane.png|32px]]
|-
| {{BiomeLink|Jungle}} || Jungle || Rain || #59c93c || || [[File:Jungle Sugar Cane.png|32px]]
|-
| {{BiomeLink|Sparse Jungle}} || Jungle || Rain || #64c73f || || [[File:Sparse Jungle Sugar Cane.png|32px]]
|-
| {{BiomeLink|Lukewarm Ocean}} || Ocean || Rain || #8eb971 || || [[File:Ocean Sugar Cane.png|32px]]
|-
| {{BiomeLink|Windswept Hills}} || Extreme Hills || Rain || #8ab689 || || [[File:Windswept Hills Sugar Cane.png|32px]]
|-
| {{BiomeLink|Mushroom Fields}} || Mushroom || Rain || #55c93f || || [[File:Mushroom Fields Sugar Cane.png|32px]]
|-
| {{BiomeLink|Nether}} || Nether || No || #bfb755 || || [[File:Desert Sugar Cane.png|32px]]
|-
| {{BiomeLink|Ocean}} || Ocean || Rain || #8eb971 || || [[File:Ocean Sugar Cane.png|32px]]
|-
| {{BiomeLink|Plains}} || Plains || Rain || #91bd59 || || [[File:Plains Sugar Cane.png|32px]]
|-
| {{BiomeLink|River}} || River || Rain || #8eb971 || || [[File:Ocean Sugar Cane.png|32px]]
|-
| {{BiomeLink|Savanna}} || Savanna || No || #bfb755 || || [[File:Desert Sugar Cane.png|32px]]
|-
| {{BiomeLink|Savanna Plateau}} || Savanna || No || #bfb755 || || [[File:Desert Sugar Cane.png|32px]]
|-
| {{BiomeLink|Windswept Savanna}} || Savanna || No || #bfb755 || || [[File:Desert Sugar Cane.png|32px]]
|-
| {{BiomeLink|Small End Islands}} || The End || No || #8eb971 || || [[File:Ocean Sugar Cane.png|32px]]
|-
| {{BiomeLink|Snowy Beach}} || Beach || Snow || #83b593 || || [[File:Snowy Beach Sugar Cane.png|32px]]
|-
| {{BiomeLink|Snowy Taiga}} || Taiga || Snow || #80b497 || || [[File:Snowy Plains Sugar Cane.png|32px]]
|-
| {{BiomeLink|Snowy Plains}} || Icy || Snow || #80b497 || || [[File:Snowy Plains Sugar Cane.png|32px]]
|-
| {{BiomeLink|Stony Shore}} || None || Rain || #8ab689 || || [[File:Windswept Hills Sugar Cane.png|32px]]
|-
| {{BiomeLink|Sunflower Plains}} || Plains || Rain || #91bd59 || || [[File:Plains Sugar Cane.png|32px]]
|-
| {{BiomeLink|Swamp}} || Swamp || Rain || #6A7039 || If temperature below -0.1, used #4C763C. || [[File:Swamp Sugar Cane.png|32px]] / [[File:Swamp Sugar Cane (Cold).png|32px]]
|-
| {{BiomeLink|Taiga}} || Taiga || Rain || #86b783 || || [[File:Taiga Sugar Cane.png|32px]]
|-
| {{BiomeLink|Old Growth Birch Forest}} || Forest || Rain || #88bb67 || || [[File:Birch Forest Sugar Cane.png|32px]]
|-
| {{BiomeLink|The End}} || The End || No || #8eb971 || || [[File:Ocean Sugar Cane.png|32px]]
|-
| {{BiomeLink|The Void}} || None || No || #8eb971 || || [[File:Ocean Sugar Cane.png|32px]]
|-
| {{BiomeLink|Warm Ocean}} || Ocean || Rain || #8eb971 || || [[File:Ocean Sugar Cane.png|32px]]
|-
| {{BiomeLink|Wooded Badlands}} || Mesa || No || #90814d || No || [[File:Badlands Sugar Cane.png|32px]]
|-
| {{BiomeLink|Windswept Forest}} || Extreme Hills || Rain || #8ab689 || || [[File:Windswept Hills Sugar Cane.png|32px]]
|}
</div>
{{clear}}
=== Bedrock Edition ===
{{empty section}}

== Sounds ==
{{Sound table/Block/Grass}}

== Data values ==
=== ID ===
{{edition|java}}:
{{ID table
|edition=java
|showforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Sugar Cane
|spritetype=block
|nameid=sugar_cane
|foot=1}}

{{edition|bedrock}}:
{{ID table
|edition=bedrock
|firstcolumnname=Sugar Cane
|shownumericids=y
|showforms=y
|showaliasids=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Block
|spritename=sugar-cane
|spritetype=block
|nameid=reeds
|id=83
|form=block
|itemform=item.reeds}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Item
|spritename=sugar-cane
|spritetype=item
|nameid=sugar_cane
|id=385
|form=item
|aliasid=reeds
|translationkey=item.reeds.name
|foot=1}}

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

{{/BS}}

== Video ==
{{Video note|This video was made before sugar cane had a different shade of green depending on the biome.|minor}}
<div style="text-align:center">{{yt|zlOnwn3PH5o}}</div>

== History ==
{{more images|Appearance when affected by {{bug|MC-48831}}}}
{{History|java alpha}}
{{History||v1.0.11|[[File:Sugar Cane JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Sugar Cane (item) JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added reeds in the [[Seecret Updates|Seecret Friday Update 6]].
|Reeds are informally referred to as "bamboo" or "papyrus" by many [[player]]s. 
|Since reeds can be washed away with [[water]] currents or instantly destroyed by removing the water adjacent to them, automated reed farms can be made. 
|Reeds can be used to craft [[paper]].}}
{{History|java beta}}
{{History||1.2|[[Notch]] has [[wikipedia:Retroactive continuity|retconned]] reeds into sugar cane so that it can now be [[crafting|crafted]] into [[sugar]], included in the recipe for the [[cake]]s.}}
{{History||1.6|snap=Test Build 3|[[Arrow]]s no longer stick to sugar cane, and instead, they pass through. However, [[snowball]]s still come into contact with any sugar cane blocks, as if they are solid.}}
{{History||1.8|snap=Pre-release|Sugar cane can now grow and be placed onto [[sand]] as long as they are adjacent to [[water]]. This update allows sugar canes to appear next to [[water]] ponds in [[desert]] biomes.
|Sugar cane is now available in the [[creative]] [[inventory]] in both block and item forms.}}
{{History|java}}
{{History||1.0.0|snap=?|The sugar cane block has been removed from the creative inventory.}}
{{History||1.7.2|snap=13w36a|[[File:Sugar Cane JE2 BE2.png|32px]] Sugar cane is now [[tint]]ed depending on the [[biome]] it's in.
|The item texture remained unchanged, however, and still used the color palette from Alpha to 1.6.4.<ref name="Bug">{{bug|MC-216227}}</ref>}}
{{History||1.9|snap=15w43a|Sugar cane no longer breaks if its adjacent [[water]] is turned to [[frosted ice]].}}
{{History||1.13|snap=17w47a|The ID of sugar cane has now been changed from <code>reeds</code> to <code>sugar_cane</code>.
|"Sugar Canes" have now been renamed to "Sugar Cane".
|Prior to [[1.13/Flattening|''The Flattening'']], this [[block]]'s numeral ID was 83, and the [[item]]'s 338.}}
{{History||1.14|snap=18w43a|[[File:Sugar Cane (item) JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The texture of the sugar cane item has been changed.}}
{{History|||snap=19w03a|Placing sugar cane into a [[composter]] has a 20% chance of raising the compost level by 1.}}
{{History|||snap=19w05a|Sugar cane now has a 50% chance of increasing the compost level in a composter by 1.
|Added [[wandering trader]]s, which sell sugar cane.}}
{{History||1.16|snap=20w13a|Sugar cane has been moved from the Miscellaneous tab to the Decoration Blocks tab in the [[Creative inventory]].<ref name="misc decoration">https://bugs.mojang.com/browse/MC-174434</ref>}}
{{History||1.17|snap=21w11a|[[File:Sugar Cane (item) JE3.png|32px]] The texture of the sugar cane item has been changed, so that it actually matches the color it uses when placed again.<ref name="Bug"/>}}
{{History|||snap=Pre-release 1|Sugar cane now generates in mushroom fields.<ref>{{bug|MC-226683}}</ref>}}
{{History||1.19|snap=22w15a|Sugar cane can now be planted on mud.}}
{{History||1.20|snap=23w14a|Sugar cane can now be planted on [[suspicious sand]].}}

{{History|pocket alpha}}
{{History||Pre-release|[[File:Sugar Cane JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Sugar Cane (item) JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added sugar cane.}}
{{History||v0.2.0|Despite being visible in the inventory, sugar cane does not drop anything when mined, making it unobtainable in Survival mode.}}
{{History||v0.2.1|Survival players now start with an infinite stack of sugar cane in the inventory.}}
{{History||v0.3.0|Sugar cane now drops its item form when mined.
|Survival players no longer start with an infinite stack of sugar cane in the inventory.}}
{{History||v0.5.0|Sugar cane can now be grown on [[sand]].
|Sugar cane can now be obtained after activating the [[nether reactor]].}}
{{History||v0.8.0|snap=build 5|[[Bone meal]] can now grow sugar cane to maximum height.}}
{{History||v0.9.0|snap=build 1|[[File:Sugar Cane JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The color of sugar cane now changes depending on the [[biome]] they are in.
|Using bone meal on sugar cane is no longer able to break blocks above it.}}
{{History||v0.12.1|snap=build 1|Sugar cane is no longer available from the [[nether reactor]].}}
{{History|pocket}}
{{History||1.0.0|snap=alpha 0.17.0.1|[[File:Sugar Cane JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Due to a bug, sugar canes no longer change color depending on the [[biome]].}}
{{History|bedrock}}
{{History||1.2.13|snap=beta 1.2.13.5|[[File:Sugar Cane JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The color of sugar canes now changes depending on the [[biome]], once again.}}
{{History||1.10.0|snap=beta 1.10.0.3|[[File:Sugar Cane (item) JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The texture of the sugar cane [[item]] has been changed.
|Sugar cane can now be [[trading|bought]] from [[wandering trader]]s.}}
{{History||1.11.0|snap=beta 1.11.0.1|Sugar canes can now be used to fill up [[composter]]s.}}
{{History||1.17.0|snap=beta 1.17.0.50|[[File:Sugar Cane (item) JE3.png|32px]] The texture of the sugar cane item has been changed, so that it actually matches the color it uses when placed again.}}

{{History|console}}
{{History||xbox=TU1|xbone=CU1|ps=1.0|wiiu=Patch 1|switch=1.0.1|[[File:Sugar Cane JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Sugar Cane (item) JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added sugar canes.
|Sugar canes are solid, making it useful for growable walls. Unlike on Java Edition, they were never renamed to Sugar Cane.}}
{{History||xbox=TU2|Sugar canes are no longer solid, and arrows pass through them.}}
{{History||xbox=TU31|xbone=CU19|ps=1.22|wiiu=Patch 3|[[File:Sugar Cane JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The color of sugar cane now changes depending on the [[biome]] they're in.}}
{{History||xbox=TU60|xbone=CU51|ps=1.64|wiiu=Patch 30|switch=1.0.11|Sugar cane can now be grown with [[bonemeal]].}}
{{History||xbox=none|xbone=none|ps=1.90|wiiu=none|switch=none|[[File:Sugar Cane (item) JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The texture of the sugar cane [[item]] has been changed.}}
{{History||xbox=none|xbone=none|ps=1.91|wiiu=none|switch=none|Sugar cane can now be [[trading|bought]] from [[wandering trader]]s.
|Sugar canes can now be used to fill up [[composter]]s.}}

{{History|New Nintendo 3DS Edition}}
{{History||0.1.0|[[File:Sugar Cane JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Sugar Cane (item) JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added sugar cane.}}
{{History|foot}}

=== Sugar cane "item" ===
{{:Technical blocks/Sugar Cane}}

== Issues ==
{{Issue list}}

== Trivia ==
*When a sugar cane is broken at the second level, the time resets (for example, if a two-block high sugar cane is broken, but is just about to grow to the third stage, it would reset that time).
*By placing more sugar canes on top of a sugar cane plant, it is possible to create tall sugar canes (up to y=319, the maximum height for building), although they do not naturally grow this high.
*Before sugar cane received an official name, they were sometimes referred to as [[bamboo]], a block added 9 years later. Other names were "reeds" and "papyrus".

== Gallery ==
=== Renders ===
<gallery>
Plains Sugar Cane.png|Plains
Taiga Sugar Cane.png|Taiga
Snowy Plains Sugar Cane.png|Snowy plains
Jungle Sugar Cane.png|Jungle
Desert Sugar Cane.png|Desert
Swamp Sugar Cane (Cold).png|Swamp (cold)
Swamp Sugar Cane.png|Swamp
Badlands Sugar Cane.png|Badlands
</gallery>

=== In-game ===
<gallery>
Huge Sugar Farm.png|A large sugar cane farm using 2×2 [[water]] holes.
Sugar Cane Waterfall.png|Water flowing over sugar cane.
UnderwaterSugarCane.png|Naturally generated sugar cane found underwater.
Sugar and Cactus.png|A [[cactus]] and sugar cane stalk generated next to each other.
SugarCaneRavine.png|Sugar cane found in the [[ravine]].
Reeds in Winter mode.png|Reeds generated in the [[winter mode]].
Sugar Cane Naturally Growing.png|Sugar cane growing between [[biome]]s.
Mesa Sugar Cane.jpg|Sugar cane growing on [[red sand]] in a [[badlands]] biome.
Sugarcanenowaterglitch.png|Sugar cane generated without a water source.
SwampCane.png|Sugar cane generated in a [[swamp]] biome.
Sugar cane savanna.png|Sugar cane growing in a [[savanna]] biome.
ForestSugarcane.png|Sugar cane growing in a [[forest]] biome.
Lava cane.png|Sugar cane growing with lava flowing around it.
Before breaking.png|Sugar canes few seconds before breaking because the water is frozen.
Undergroundreed.png|A sugar cane plant that generated in an underground [[water lake]].
Cave Sugar.png|Another example.
</gallery>

=== Heights ===
<gallery>
Tall Sugar Cane.png|Four-block tall sugar cane.
4RiverCane.png|Four-block tall sugar cane.
4-block tall sugar cane.png|Four-block tall sugar cane in a [[plains]] biome.
</gallery>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{Blocks|vegetation}}

{{Items}}

[[Category:Plants]]
[[Category:Natural blocks]]
[[Category:Non-solid blocks]]

[[cs:Cukrová třtina]]
[[de:Zuckerrohr]]
[[es:Caña de azúcar]]
[[fr:Canne à sucre]]
[[hu:Cukornád]]
[[it:Canna da zucchero]]
[[ja:サトウキビ]]
[[ko:사탕수수]]
[[nl:Suikerriet]]
[[pl:Trzcina cukrowa]]
[[pt:Cana-de-açúcar]]
[[ru:Сахарный тростник]]
[[th:อ้อย]]
[[uk:Цукрова тростина]]
[[zh:甘蔗]]</li></ul>
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