Many transparent blocks exhibit unique behavior when it comes to being placed or being placed on. This page covers only those blocks that exhibit unique behavior. For example, glass is not covered as everything can be placed on it. In addition, only blocks that need some sort of support are covered in the columns.
Placement on top of blocks[]
Place On
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Amethyst Cluster | Banner | Bell | Button | Cake | Candle | Carpet | Coral | Coral Fan | Door | Fire | Glow Lichen | Kelp[n 1] | Lantern | Lever | Mushrooms[n 2] | Pressure Plate | Pointed Dripstone | Rail | Redstone Comparator | Redstone Repeater | Redstone Wire | Scaffolding | Sculk Vein | Seagrass[n 1] | Sea Pickle | Sign | Snow | Torch | Twisting Vines | Item Frame[JE only] | Item Frame[BE only] |
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Anvil | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | |
Azalea | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No[n 3] | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No[n 3] | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | |
Bamboo | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | |
Barrier | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No[JE only] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Bell | No | Yes | No[1] | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | |
Brewing Stand | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | |
Cactus | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No[n 4] | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No[n 4] | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | |
Cauldron | No | Yes | No[1] | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No[2] | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | |
Chain | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | |
Chorus Flower | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | |
Chorus Plant (up=true) | No | No | No | No | No | Yes[n 5] | Yes[n 5] | No | No | No | No | No | No[n 3] | Yes[n 5] | No | No | Yes[n 5] | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No[n 3] | Yes[n 5] | No | No | Yes[n 5] | No | No | |
Cobweb | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No[n 3] | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No[n 3] | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | |
Composter | No | Yes | No[1] | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No[2] | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | |
Decorated Pot | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | |
Dirt Path | No | Yes[n 6] | No | No | Yes[n 6] | No | Yes[n 7] | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes[n 6] | No | No | No | Yes | |
Doors | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | |
Dragon Egg | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | |
End Portal Frame (with eye) | No | Yes | No | No[3] | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No[3] | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | |
End Portal Frame (without eye) | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | |
End Rod | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No[n 3] | Yes | No | No[n 8] | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No[n 3] | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | |
Farmland | No | Yes[n 6] | No | No | Yes[n 6] | No | Yes[n 7] | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes[n 6] | No | No | No | Yes | |
Fences | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes[n 9] | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | |
Fence Gates | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes[n 10] | No | No | Yes[4] | No | No | Yes[4] | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes[4] | Yes | No | Yes[4] | No | No | |
Glass Pane | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | |
Grindstone | No | Yes | No | No[5] | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No[5] | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | |
Hanging Sign | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | |
Honey Block | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | |
Hopper | No | Yes | No[1] | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No[6] | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No[2] | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | |
Ice Packed Ice |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | unknown | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Iron Bars | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | |
Ladder | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | |
Leaves | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | |
Lectern | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | |
Lightning Rod | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | |
Scaffolding | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | |
Sniffer Egg | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | |
Snow Layer (2–7) | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No[n 3] | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No[n 3] | No | No | Yes[n 11] | No | No | No | |
Snow Layer (8) | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No[n 3] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No[n 3] | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | |
Stairs | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes[n 10] | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | |
Wall | No | Yes | No | No[7] | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No[7] | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No |
Everything can support:
Everything can be placed on:
- ↑ a b Need water first.
- ↑ Need to have a light level ≤ 12 first.
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l This block breaks when water flow into it.
- ↑ a b Cactus does not break when water flows against the side, but breaks when water flows on top.
- ↑ a b c d e f This can cause the chorus plant to update.
- ↑ a b c d e f Block is converted to dirt.
- ↑ a b Block is not converted to dirt when placed on top.
- ↑ End rod emit a light level of 14, more than the maximum light level that mushrooms can place on blocks that not podzol, mycelium, and nylium.
- ↑ Works only on Overworld wood fences.
- ↑ a b Works only on Overworld wood fence gates.
- ↑ Adds another snow a layer instead of adding a block of snow.
Placement on the side of blocks[]
Place On
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Banner | Bell | Button | Ladder | Lever | Sign | Torch | Tripwire Hook | Vines | Amethyst Cluster | Coral Fan | Glow Lichen | Hanging Sign | Sculk Vein | Painting | Item Frame[JE only] | Item Frame[BE only] |
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Anvil | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
Bamboo | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
Bell | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
Brewing Stand | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
Cactus | Yes[n 1] | No | No | No | No | Yes[n 1] | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
Cauldron | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
Chain | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
Chorus Flower | No | Yes[n 2] | Yes[n 2] | Yes[n 2] | Yes[n 2] | No | Yes[n 2] | Yes[n 2] | Yes[n 2] | Yes[n 2] | Yes[n 2] | Yes[n 2] | Yes[n 2] | Yes[n 2] | No | No | |
Cobweb | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
Decorated Pot | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
Dirt Path | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
Dragon Egg | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
Enchantment Table | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
End Portal Frame | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
Farmland | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
Fences | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
Fence Gates | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
Glass Pane | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
Grindstone | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
Hanging Sign | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | |
Honey Block | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
Hopper | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
Iron Bars | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
Leaves | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Lectern | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
Lightning Rod | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
Slabs | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
Sniffer Egg | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
Wall | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes |
Everything can be placed on the side of:
- Beacon
- Glass
- Tinted Glass
- Glowstone
- Ice
- Sea Lantern
- Doors
- Trapdoors (top or bottom, open)
- Barrier
- Composter
- Observer
Everything cannot be placed on the side of:
Placement on bottom of blocks[]
Place On
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Amethyst Cluster | Bell | Buttons | Glow Lichen | Hanging Sign | Lantern | Lever | Pointed Dripstone | Sculk Vein | Spore Blossom | Vines[n 1] | Weeping Vines | Item Frame |
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Brewing Stand | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | |
Campfire | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | |
Chain | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | |
Chests | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | |
Composter | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | |
Daylight Sensor | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | |
Decorated Pot | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | |
Dirt Path | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | |
Enchanting Table | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | |
End Portal Frame | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | |
End Rod | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | |
Farmland | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | |
Fences | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | |
Fence Gates | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | |
Flower Pot | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | |
Glass Panes | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | |
Grindstone | No | Yes[n 2] | No | No | Yes[n 2] | Yes[n 2] | No | No | No | Yes[n 2] | No | No | |
Hanging Sign | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | |
Heads | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | |
Honey Block | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | |
Hopper | No | Yes[n 3] | No | No | Yes[n 3] | Yes[n 3] | No | No | No | Yes[n 3] | No | No | |
Iron Bars | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | |
Leaves | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | |
Lectern | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | |
Lightning Rod | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | |
Sniffer Egg | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | |
Trapdoors[n 4] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | |
Turtle Egg | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | |
Walls | No | Yes | No[7] | No | Yes | Yes | No[7] | No | No | Yes | No | No |
Everything can be placed under:
- Beacon
- Glass
- Tinted Glass
- Glowstone
- Sea Lantern
- Ice
- Barrier
- Soul Sand
- Observer
- Chorus Flower (the chorus flower breaks)
Everything cannot be placed under:
Doors and trapdoors[]
Doors and trapdoors behave in unique ways. The flat side of each block acts as a solid surface, allowing anything to be placed on it. However, all other sides act as non-solid blocks. Because of this, many blocks that can be placed on doors and trapdoors do not stay in place if the door or trapdoor is opened or closed.
Signs and banners can be placed anywhere on a door or a trapdoor and cannot be destroyed unless the door or trapdoor itself is destroyed. Cakes and sea pickles can be placed on the tops of doors and trapdoors and are not destroyed when the door or trapdoor opens and closes. Rails, redstone dust, redstone repeaters, and redstone comparators can be placed only on a closed trapdoor in the top half of a block, but are not destroyed if the trapdoor is opened until the block is updated. All other blocks are destroyed when the door or trapdoor changes states.
Shulker boxes[]
Shulker boxes typically act as a solid block in that they allow everything to be placed on them. However, many of these blocks are destroyed when the shulker box is opened. This behavior is also dependent on the rotation of the shulker box.
Upward-facing shulker boxes[]
Upward-facing shulker boxes do not destroy most transparent blocks placed on their tops or bottoms when opened. However, some blocks stop the opening of the box.
- Cake
- Doors
- Lantern (top only)
- Repeater
- Comparator
- Bell (top only)
- Scaffolding
- Sea Pickle
While most blocks placed on top of upward-facing shulker boxes, the same is not true for blocks placed on the sides. Signs are not destroyed, but the following blocks are.
Sideways-facing shulker boxes[]
The following blocks stop a sideways shulker box from opening when placed on their front
Sideways facing shulker boxes destroy the following blocks when opened.
- Buttons (top, side, and bottom only)
- Lever (top, side, and bottom only)
- Snow Layer
- Torch (side only)
- Doors
- Ladder (side only)
- Vines (side and bottom only)
- Bell (top, side, and bottom only)
- Scaffolding
- Tripwire Hook (side only)
Downward-facing shulker boxes[]
The following blocks stop downward-facing shulker boxes from opening.
Downward-facing shulker boxes do not destroy any blocks placed on their tops or bottoms when opened. However, they do destroy some when placed on the sides.
Pistons[]
All transparent blocks can be placed on unextended pistons. However, on Java, many blocks cannot be placed on extended pistons and/or are destroyed when pistons extend or retract.
Upward-facing pistons[]
All blocks (except for vines) can be placed on the top or bottom of an extended upward-facing pistons. Only signs and banners can be placed on the sides of extended upward-facing pistons. However, they destroy most blocks when extending or retracting.
Blocks destroyed on extention[n 1] | Blocks destroyed on retraction | Blocks that stop extention[n 2] | Blocks not destroyed |
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Sideways-facing pistons[]
The following blocks can be placed on extended sideways pistons.
- Pressure Plates
- Signs
- Torch (top, head, and back of piston only)
- Cake
- Lantern
- Ladder (head and back of piston only)
- Buttons (head and back of piston only)
- Lever (head and back of piston only)
- Vines (head and back of piston only)
- Bell (head and back of piston only)
- Sea Pickle
- Banners
- Tripwire Hook (head and back of piston only)
Blocks destroyed on extention[n 1] | Blocks destroyed on retraction | Blocks that stop extention[n 2] | Blocks not destroyed |
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Banners (head) |
Downward-facing pistons[]
All blocks (except vines) can be placed on the top and bottom of extended downward facing pistons. The only blocks that can be placed on the sides of extended downward facing pistons are signs.
Blocks destroyed on extention[n 1] | Blocks destroyed on retraction | Blocks not destroyed |
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Torch (side)
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