A pumpkin is a fruit block that appears in patches in grassy biomes. Pumpkins have the same texture on all 4 sides.
A carved pumpkin is a carved version of a pumpkin that can be worn or used to spawn golems. It can be made by using shears on a pumpkin placed in the world.
Obtaining[]
Natural generation[]
- Pumpkin
Pumpkins naturally generate with the terrain in most biomes in the Overworld, in the form of random patches. They require only grass blocks with air above (clear of any plants such as flowers or grass), and can generate regardless whether that grass block has a layer of snow cover. Practically speaking, this means that the occurrence of pumpkins in stony or sandy biomes, or in grassy biomes with few clear grass blocks, is comparatively rare. Each chunk has a 1⁄32 chance to generate a pumpkin patch, making naturally-generated pumpkins rarer than diamond ore.
Pumpkins naturally generate in stem farm rooms in woodland mansions.
4 pumpkins generate naturally in woolen tents in pillager outposts.
Pumpkins generate naturally as pile (and in some farms) in taiga and snowy taiga[BE only] villages.
- Carved pumpkin
Carved pumpkins generate in rail rooms in woodland mansions, as well as in pillager outposts as a part of scarecrows.
Breaking[]
Pumpkins can be mined using any tool, but axes are the quickest way.
Block | Pumpkin Carved Pumpkin | |
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Hardness | 1 | |
Tool | ||
Breaking time[A] | ||
Default | 1.5 | |
Wooden | 0.75 | |
Stone | 0.4 | |
Iron | 0.25 | |
Diamond | 0.2 | |
Netherite | 0.2 | |
Golden | 0.15 | |
Sword | 1 |
- ↑ Times are for unenchanted tools as wielded by players with no status effects, measured in seconds. For more information, see Breaking § Speed.
When a pumpkin and a carved pumpkin is pushed by a piston, it breaks and drops as an item. It cannot be pulled.
Chest loot[]
Item | Structure | Container | Quantity | Chance |
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Java Edition | ||||
Pumpkin | Shipwreck | Supply chest | 1–3 | 14.4% |
Bedrock Edition | ||||
Pumpkin | Shipwreck | Supply chest | 1–3 | 14.4% |
Mob loot[]
The carved pumpkin of a snow golem can be obtained by shearing its head, revealing the golem's face. The carved pumpkin cannot be put back on the golem.
Trading[]
Wandering traders can sell a pumpkin for one emerald.
Post-generation[]
A carved pumpkin (and 4 pumpkin seeds) is obtained by using shears on an uncarved pumpkin. Once carved, a pumpkin cannot be changed back to uncarved. This changes the rotation of the top texture.[1]
Usage[]
When placed, a carved pumpkin automatically faces the player.
Farming[]
Pumpkin farming strategies parallel those of melons. Planted pumpkin seeds grow a central stem that, after maturing, generates pumpkins randomly on adjacent vacant dirt-based blocks (dirt, coarse dirt, rooted dirt, grass block, farmland, podzol, mycelium, moss block, mud or muddy mangrove roots). If a pumpkin is harvested without also cutting the central stalk, another pumpkin generates afterward without requiring replanting or waiting for the stalk to mature again. If a carved pumpkin is desired, simply use the shears on the pumpkin on the ground, and then harvest it as normal.
Pumpkin stems take around 10 to 30 minutes to fully develop. They require a light level of 9 or higher to grow. Bone meal can be used on pumpkin stems to become fully-grown, but this does not produce a pumpkin immediately.
Helmet[]
A carved pumpkin can be equipped as a helmet without any actual armor value. When worn, it limits the player's viewing area to a mask pattern that resembles the pumpkin's carved face. The pattern does not appear when using the third-person view (toggled by F5 by default). It also doesn't appear when the heads-up display is disabled by pressing F1.[2][Java Edition only]
A player wearing a carved pumpkin does not aggravate endermen when looking at them.
Dispensers[]
Dispensers can equip a carved pumpkin on a player, mob or armor stand with an empty helmet slot, within the block the dispenser is facing. It can also place the carved pumpkin as a block, if a snow or iron golem can be spawned after the pumpkin is placed.
Building golems[]
Carved pumpkins can be used to make snow golems and iron golems as shown below. Snow golems require snow blocks for their bodies, while iron golems require iron blocks. The carved pumpkin must be placed last or the golem does not spawn. The orientation of the carved pumpkin does not matter while building an iron golem or snow golem.
Crafting ingredient[]
Name | Ingredients | Crafting recipe |
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Jack o'Lantern | Carved Pumpkin + Torch |
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Pumpkin Pie | Pumpkin + Sugar + Egg |
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Pumpkin Seeds | Pumpkin |
Trading[]
Apprentice-level Farmer villagers buy 6 pumpkins for an emerald as part of their trades.[Bedrock Edition only]
Apprentice-level Farmer villagers have a 2⁄3 chance to buy 6 pumpkins for one emerald.[Java Edition only]
Enchantments[]
Carved Pumpkins can receive the following enchantments, but only through an anvil.
Name | Max Level | Method |
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Curse of Binding | I | |
Curse of Vanishing | I |
Composting[]
Placing a pumpkin or carved pumpkin into a composter has a 65% chance of raising the compost level by 1.
Note blocks[]
Pumpkin can be placed under note blocks to produce didgeridoo sounds. This doesn't apply to carved pumpkins.[3]
Sounds[]
Generic[]
Sound | Subtitles | Source | Description | Resource location | Translation key | Volume | Pitch | Attenuation distance |
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Block broken | Blocks | Once the block has broken | block | subtitles | 1.0 | 0.8 | 16 | |
Block placed | Blocks | When the block is placed | block | subtitles | 1.0 | 0.8 | 16 | |
Block breaking | Blocks | While the block is in the process of being broken | block | subtitles | 0.25 | 0.5 | 16 | |
None[sound 1] | Entity-Dependent | Falling on the block with fall damage | block | None[sound 1] | 0.5 | 0.75 | 16 | |
Footsteps | Entity-Dependent | Walking on the block | block | subtitles | 0.15 | 1.0 | 16 |
Sound | Source | Description | Resource location | Volume | Pitch |
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Blocks | Once the block has broken | dig | 1.0 | 0.8-1.0 | |
Blocks | When the block is placed | dig | 1.0 | 0.8 | |
Blocks | While the block is in the process of being broken | hit | 0.23 | 0.5 | |
Players | Falling on the block with fall damage | fall | 0.4 | 1.0 | |
Players | Walking on the block | step | 0.3 | 1.0 | |
Players | Jumping from the block | jump | 0.12 | 1.0 | |
Players | Falling on the block without fall damage | land | 0.18 | 1.0 |
Unique[]
Sound | Subtitles | Source | Description | Resource location | Translation key | Volume | Pitch | Attenuation distance |
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Shears carve | Blocks | When a pumpkin is carved | block | subtitles | 1.0 | 1.0 | 16 | |
Gear equips | Players | When a carved pumpkin is equipped | item | subtitles | 1.0 | 1.0 | 16 |
Sound | Source | Description | Resource location | Volume | Pitch |
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Blocks | When a pumpkin is carved | pumpkin | 1.0 | 1.0 | |
Players | When a carved pumpkin is equipped | armor | 1.0 | 1.0 |
Data values[]
ID[]
Name | Identifier | Form | Block tags | Translation key |
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Pumpkin | pumpkin | Block & Item | enderman_holdable mineable/axe | block.minecraft.pumpkin |
Carved Pumpkin | carved_pumpkin | Block & Item | enderman_holdable mineable/axe | block.minecraft.carved_pumpkin |
Name | Identifier | Numeric ID | Form | Item ID[i 1] | Translation key |
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Pumpkin | pumpkin | 86 | Block & Giveable Item[i 2] | Identical[i 3] | tile.pumpkin.name |
Carved Pumpkin | carved_pumpkin | 410 | Block & Giveable Item[i 2] | Identical[i 3] | tile.carved_pumpkin.name |
Block states[]
Java Edition:
Carved pumpkin:
Name | Default value | Allowed values | Description |
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facing | north | east north south west | The direction the pumpkin's carved face is facing. The opposite from the direction the player faces while placing the pumpkin. |
Name | Metadata Bits | Default value | Allowed values | Values for Metadata Bits |
Description |
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direction (Deprecated) | 0x1 0x2 | 0 | 0 1 2 3 | 0 1 2 3 | The direction the pumpkin is facing.
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minecraft:cardinal_direction | Not Supported | south | east north south west | Unsupported | The direction the pumpkin and carved pumpkin are facing. The opposite from the direction the player faces while placing the pumpkins. Though it doesn't affect the pumpkin at all. |
Achievements[]
Icon | Achievement | In-game description | Actual requirements (if different) | Gamerscore earned | Trophy type (PS4) | |
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PS4 | Other | |||||
Body Guard | Create an Iron Golem | — | 20G | Bronze |
Advancements[]
Icon | Advancement | In-game description | Parent | Actual requirements (if different) | Resource location |
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Hired Help | Summon an Iron Golem to help defend a village | What a Deal! | Summon an iron golem. | adventure/summon_iron_golem
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History[]
Java Edition Alpha | |||||
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v1.2.0 | preview | Added pumpkins. | |||
Pumpkins generate in many of the newly-added biomes. | |||||
Pumpkins can be worn by players. | |||||
Pumpkins can be crafted into jack o'lanterns. | |||||
Java Edition Beta | |||||
1.8 | Pre-release | Pumpkins have become a renewable resource, as it is possible to farm pumpkins in the same way as melons. | |||
They have been changed to face away from the player. | |||||
They can appear also in swamps | |||||
Mineshafts can now have pumpkin seeds, providing another way to farm pumpkins besides finding them. | |||||
? | Endermen no longer become hostile when players look at them if they're wearing a pumpkin. | ||||
Java Edition | |||||
1.0.0 | Beta 1.9 Prerelease | Snow golems have been introduced, which can be "crafted" by stacking two snow blocks on top of each other, then placing a pumpkin on top of the snow. | |||
Beta 1.9 Prerelease 2 | Pumpkins can now be crafted into pumpkin seeds. | ||||
Beta 1.9 Prerelease 6 | Pumpkins are now broken faster using an axe. | ||||
1.1 | 11w49a | Pumpkins no longer require farmland to grow on. | |||
1.2.1 | 12w08a | Pumpkins can now be used to make iron golems. | |||
1.4.2 | 12w37a | Pumpkins are now used to craft pumpkin pie. | |||
Some zombies, skeletons, zombie pigmen, and wither skeletons wear pumpkins during Halloween on the player's computer's clock. | |||||
1.8 | 14w02a | Pumpkins can now be sold to farmer villagers, at 8–13 pumpkins for 1 emerald. | |||
14w04a | Dispensers can now be used to place the pumpkin to activate iron golems and snow golems. | ||||
14w25a | The top and bottom texture now rotates according to the facing direction. | ||||
1.9 | 15w31a | Faceless pumpkins have been removed from the game, presumably due to block states not including it. | |||
15w32c | Pumpkins now generate in end ships, replacing beacons. | ||||
15w33c | Pumpkins no longer generate in end ships, they have been replaced by a hopper. | ||||
15w39a | Dispensers can now equip pumpkins onto players, mobs and armor stands. | ||||
1.11 | 16w39a | Pumpkins now generate in woodland mansions. | |||
16w44a | Pumpkins can now be enchanted in Survival mode using an anvil with cursed books. | ||||
1.12 | 17w18b | Placing a pumpkin seeds in farmland now gives the player the "A Seedy Place" advancement.[verify] | |||
1.13 | 17w47a | "Pumpkin" has been renamed to "Carved Pumpkin". | |||
The ID of pumpkins has been changed from pumpkin to carved_pumpkin . | |||||
Added pumpkins. | |||||
Shearing a pumpkin now turns it into a carved pumpkin, and drops 1 pumpkin seeds. | |||||
Pumpkins can now be placed without a block beneath them. | |||||
Prior to The Flattening, this block's numeral ID was 86. | |||||
18w11a | Pumpkins now sometimes generate in shipwreck chests. | ||||
1.14 | 18w43a | The textures of pumpkins have been changed. | |||
18w44a | The texture of carved pumpkins have been slightly changed. | ||||
18w47a | Pumpkins can now generate in pillager outpost tents. | ||||
Carved pumpkins can now generate as pillager outpost targets. | |||||
18w50a | Pumpkins can now generate in taiga villages. | ||||
19w03a | Placing any pumpkin into the new composter has a 50% chance of raising the compost level by 1. | ||||
19w05a | Pumpkins now have a 65% chance of increasing the compost level in a composter by 1. | ||||
Added wandering traders, which sell pumpkins. | |||||
19w09a | Pumpkin can now be used to play the didgeridoo, if they are under note blocks. | ||||
1.15 | 19w35a | After the feature being removed in 1.13, carved pumpkins can now be enchanted in Survival mode. | |||
19w37a | Mobs that spawn wearing carved pumpkins on Halloween no longer drop them. | ||||
1.17 | 21w11a | Changed a pixel on the pumpkin top texture. | |||
1.18 | 1.18-pre5 | Pumpkins generated in overworld are about 6 times more common than in previous snapshots | |||
Pocket Edition Alpha | |||||
v0.8.0 | build 1 | Added pumpkins. | |||
v0.9.0 | build 1 | Pumpkins now generate naturally. | |||
v0.12.1 | build 1 | Pumpkins can now spawn golems. | |||
v0.14.0 | build 1 | Pumpkins can now be worn as armor. | |||
Pocket Edition | |||||
1.0.4 | alpha 1.0.4.0 | Pumpkins can now be sold to farmer villagers, at 8–13 pumpkins for 1 emerald. | |||
1.1.0 | alpha 1.1.0.0 | Pumpkins now generate in woodland mansions. | |||
Bedrock Edition | |||||
1.4.0 | beta 1.2.14.2 | "Pumpkin" has been renamed to "Carved Pumpkin". | |||
Added pumpkins. | |||||
Shearing a pumpkin now turns it into a carved pumpkin, and drops 1 pumpkin seeds. | |||||
Pumpkins can now be found inside shipwreck chests. | |||||
1.10.0 | beta 1.10.0.3 | The textures of pumpkins have been changed. | |||
Pumpkins now generate in pillager outpost tents, taiga villages and snowy taiga villages. | |||||
Carved pumpkins now generate in pillager outpost targets. | |||||
Pumpkins can now be bought from wandering traders. | |||||
1.11.0 | beta 1.11.0.1 | Pumpkins can now be used to fill up composters. | |||
beta 1.11.0.4 | Farmer villagers now buy 6 pumpkins for one emerald. | ||||
1.13.0 | beta 1.13.0.9 | Pumpkin can now be used to play the didgeridoo, if they are under note blocks. | |||
1.16.0 | beta 1.15.0.51 | Pumpkins can now be placed without a block beneath them. | |||
Carved pumpkins can now be enchanted in Survival mode. | |||||
1.20.0 | beta 1.20.0.22 | Now uses the minecraft:cardinal_direction block state instead of direction . | |||
Legacy Console Edition | |||||
TU1 | CU1 | 1.0 | Patch 1 | 1.0.1 | Added pumpkins. |
TU69 | 1.76 | Patch 38 | "Pumpkin" has been renamed to "Carved Pumpkin". | ||
Added pumpkins. | |||||
Shearing a pumpkin now turns it into a carved pumpkin, and drops 4 pumpkin seeds. | |||||
1.90 | The texture of carved pumpkins have been slightly changed. | ||||
New Nintendo 3DS Edition | |||||
0.1.0 | Added pumpkins. |
Issues[]
Issues relating to "Pumpkin" or "Carved Pumpkin" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.
Trivia[]
- The carved pumpkin is the only headgear that obstructs the player's view.
- A carved pumpkin enchanted with Curse of Binding cannot be removed from a player's helmet slot unless the player dies, since it does not lose durability like armor does.
- In Hardcore mode[Java Edition only], such a carved pumpkin effectively stays on the player forever.
Gallery[]
Screenshots[]
Looking at an enderman while wearing a carved pumpkin as a helmet. Notice that its back is turned and it's not attacking the player.
A group of pumpkins generated in a snowy tundra.
Pumpkins in a jungle.
Naturally spawning pumpkins in a village.
A pumpkin patch in a windswept hills biome.
Unreleased texture update carved pumpkin texture.
Other[]
The white pumpkin, a unique coloration featured in Minecraft: Story Mode.
A naturally generated carved pumpkin in a woodland mansion room.
Halloween Mobs[]
The specific instructions are: Drowned & Baby Drowned with pumpkin.
References[]
External Links[]
- Block of the Week: Pumpkin – Minecraft.net on April 14, 2017