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Particles are special graphical effects in Minecraft.

Behavior

Particles always seem to face the player and will usually disappear after a short period of time. Particles collide with solid blocks and are slowed by cobwebs, but are unaffected by other entities. They can be created using the /particle command.‌[Computer Edition only]

Types of particles

The types of particles and their names in the game's code are displayed below. Particle names in italic are shown when using the "Minimal" particles setting.

Particle name Block/entity/event Image
angryVillager
(PE: villagerangry)
Attacking a villager in a village File:Particle angryVillager.png
barrier‌[Computer Edition only] Barriers Particle barrier
blockcrack
(PE: ?)
Breaking blocks, sprinting, walking iron golems File:Particle blockcrack.png
blockdust Breaking armor stands, falling File:Particle blockdust.png
bubble Entities in water, guardian laser beams, fishing Particle bubble
cloud
(PE: evaporation)
Particle explode
crit Critical hits, bows, evocation fangs Particle crit
damageIndicator[Computer Edition only] Mobs when hurt by a player's melee attack File:Particle damageIndicator.png
depthsuspend‌[Computer Edition only] File:Particle depthsuspend.png
dragonbreath Ender Dragon's breath, ender charges File:Particle dragonbreath.png
dripLava
(PE: driplava)
Lava File:Particle dripLava.png
dripWater
(PE: dripwater)
Water, wet sponges, leaves (when raining) File:Particle dripWater.png
droplet
(PE: rainsplash)
Rain File:Particle droplet.png
enchantmenttable
(PE: enchantingtable)
Enchantment tables near bookshelves File:Particle enchantmenttable.png
endRod
(PE: ?)
End rods, shulker bullets File:Particle endRod.png
explode Explosions, mob death, mobs spawned by monster spawners, silverfish entering blocks Particle cloud
fallingdust Unstable sand, gravel, concrete powder, and anvils. File:Particle unstable gravel.png
fireworksSpark[Computer Edition only] Firework rocket trail and explosion (trail is not shown when the "Minimal" particle setting is used) File:Particle fireworksSpark.png
flame Torches, furnaces, Magma Cubes, monster spawners Particle flame
footstep‌[Computer Edition only] Particle footstep
happyVillager
(PE: villagerhappy)
Bone meal, trading with a villager, feeding a baby animal File:Particle happyVillager.png
heart Breeding, taming Particle heart
hugeexplosion Explosions, Ender Dragon death File:Particle hugeexplosion.png
iconcrack Eating, thrown eggs, splash potions, eyes of ender, breaking tools File:Particle iconcrack.png
ink‌[Pocket Edition only] Squid ink Particle squid ink
instantSpell
(PE: mobspellinstantaneous)
Instant health/damage splash and lingering potions, spectral arrows File:Particle instantSpell.png
largeexplode Explosions, ghast fireballs, wither skulls, Ender Dragon death, shearing mooshrooms File:Particle largeexplode.png
largesmoke Fire, Minecart with furnace, blazes, water flowing into lava,[note 1] lava flowing into water [note 1] File:Particle largesmoke.png
lava Lava Particle lava
magicCrit‌[Computer Edition only] Sword or axe enchanted with Sharpness, Smite, or Bane of Arthropods File:Particle magicCrit.png
mobappearance
(PE: ?)
Elder guardians File:Particle mobappearance.png
mobflame[Pocket Edition only] Burning entities.
mobSpell
(PE: mobspell)
Status effects, lingering potions, tipped arrows, trading, wither armor (linger effect not shown when the "Minimal" particle setting is used) File:Particle mobSpell.png
mobSpellAmbient
(PE: mobspellambient)
Beacon effects File:Particle mobSpellAmbient.png
none‌[Pocket Edition only] None
note Note blocks Particle note
portal Nether portals, endermen, endermites, ender pearls, eyes of ender, ender chests, dragon eggs, eating chorus fruits, end gateway portals Particle portal
reddust Redstone ore, powered redstone, redstone torches, powered redstone repeaters File:Particle reddust.png
slime Slimes File:Particle slime.png
smoke Torches, primed TNT, droppers, dispensers, end portals, brewing stands, monster spawners, furnaces, ghast fireballs, wither skulls, taming, withers, lava (when raining), placing an eye of ender in an end portal frame,[note 1] redstone torches burning out [note 1] Particle smoke
snowballpoof Thrown snowballs, creating withers,[note 1] creating iron golems [note 1] File:Particle snowballpoof.png
snowshovel
(PE: ?)
Creating snow golems [note 1] File:Particle snowshovel.png
spell Splash potions, lingering potions, bottles o' enchanting, evokers File:Particle spell.png
spit[Computer Edition only] Llamas attacking a player or mob Particle spit
splash
(PE: watersplash)
Entities in water, wolves after swimming, boats Particle splash
suspended‌[Computer Edition only] Underwater File:Particle suspended.png
sweepAttack[Computer Edition only] Swords File:Particle sweepAttack.png
take‌[Computer Edition only]
terrain‌[Pocket Edition only] ?
totem‌[Computer Edition only] Totems of Undying File:Particle talisman.png
townaura Mycelium File:Particle townaura.png
trackingemitter‌[Pocket Edition only] ?
wake
(PE: waterwake)
Fishing File:Particle wake.png
witchMagic
(PE: witchspell)
Witches File:Particle witchMagic.png
  1. a b c d e f g Does not spawn due to a bug.

Note that the calculation method for blocks with metadatas when using in the params tag of the /particle command, is (id+(data*4096))

Additional Uses

Certain particles can be changed in color, with a slightly different syntax: the dx, dy, dz co-ordinates represent the RGB code (0 ... 2,55), speed must be set to 1 and the particle count to 0.

This will emit only 1 particle of the desired color.

For example:

/particle mobSpell ~ ~ ~ 2.55 1 2.55 1 0

History

pre-classic
rd-160052Added "blockcrack" particle
indev
January 25, 2010Added "flame" particle
infdev
June 18, 2010Added "bubble" particle
Added "splash" particle
alpha
1.0.1Added "reddust" particle
1.0.5Added "snowballpoof" particle
1.2.0Added "largeexplode" particle
Added "portal" particle
beta
1.2Added "note" particle
1.8Added "crit" particle
Added "hugeexplosion" particle
Added "townaura" particle
release
1.0.0Beta 1.9-pre4Added "magicCrit" particle
Added "spell" particle
Added "instantSpell" particle
Added "mobSpell" particle
Beta 1.9-pre6Added "Particles" setting in Video Settings
?Added "dripWater" particle
Added "dripLava" particle
1.4.212w32aAdded "angryVillager" particle
Added "happyVillager" particle
12w38aAdded "witchMagic" particle
1.4.4Added "mobSpellAmbient" particle
1.4.612w49aAdded "fireworksSpark" particle
1.7.213w36aAdded "wake" particle
Added falling particles (original suggestion: https://www.reddit.com/r/minecraftsuggestions/comments/1jru0v/when_you_fall_more_than_10_blocks_particles_of/)
1.814w04aParticles can now be spawned with /particle
14w06aAdded "barrier" particle
14w25aAdded "droplet" particle
Added "take" particle
Added "mobappearance" particle
14w27aFalling particles now move in a random direction
14w31aThrown eggs now use the iconcrack particle instead of the snowballpoof particle
14w34cThe void no longer produces "depthSuspend" particles.
1.915w31aAdded "dragonbreath" particle
Added "endRod" particle
15w32cParticles are no longer handled as entities.
Range increased from 16 blocks to 32 blocks.
Count limit of particles increased from 4,000 to 16,384.
15w34bAdded "damageIndicator" particle
15w34cAdded "sweepAttack" particle
1.1016w20aAdded "fallingdust" particle
1.10-pre1fallingdust particle now collides with blocks.
1.1116w39aAdded "spit" particle
Added "talisman" particle
16w39cRenamed "talisman" to "totem"
Pocket Edition Alpha
0.1.0Added "blockcrack?" particle
Added "flame" particle
Added "smoke" particle
Added "bubble" particle
Added "watersplash" particle
0.3.2"flame" particles now appear near furnaces.
0.4.0Added "crit" particle
Added "snowballpoof" particle
0.5.0Added "reddust" particle
0.9.0build 1Added "dripwater" particle
Added "driplava" particle
Added "townaura" particle
Added "heart" particle
Added "portal" particle
0.10.0build 1Added fallingdust particles for unstable sand and gravel.
0.11.0build 1Added squid ink particles
Added "spell" particle
Added "mobspellinstantaneous" particle
Added "mobspell" particle
Added "waterwake" particle
0.12.1build 1"crit" particles now appear when performing a critical hit
"portal" particles now appear near nether portals
Added "villagerangry" particle
Added "largeexplode" particle
Added "hugeexplode" particle
Added "blockdust" particle
Added "slime" particle
Added "enchantingtable" particle
Added "rainsplash" particle
Added "snowshovel" particle
build 8"largeexplode" and "hugeexplosion" particles now have a higher definition.
build 9Particles are now visible through water.
Particles will no longer appear darkened when inside a block.
0.13.0build 1Particles are no longer handled as entities.
"reddust" particles now appear near powered redstone
Added "villagerhappy" particle
Added "note" particle.
0.16.0build 1Added "mobappearance?".
Pocket Edition
1.0build 1Added "endRod?" particle.
Added "dragonbreath" particle.
1.0.4build 1"villagerhappy" particle now appear by trading.
1.0.5build 1Particles can now be spawned with /particle.
build 2Removed the above command.

Issues

Issues relating to "Particles" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.

Trivia

  • Most particle colors can be changed using resource packs, however the color of smoke particles used in redstone, portals, and endermen can not be changed without mods.
  • Status effect particles will appear where your face is pointing.
  • Bubble and suspended particles seem to only appear when they are in water.
  • The "mobappearance" particle will always follow the player regardless of what its location has been set to.
  • The torches on redstone repeaters spawn particles, but the torches on redstone comparators do not.
  • In Pocket Edition, Burning entities emit rounded particles with Fire's animation.

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