Pumpkin

Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)
Tool
Blast resistance	1
Hardness	1
Luminant	No
Transparent	Partial (blocks light)
Flammable	No
Catches fire from lava	No

A pumpkin is a fruit block that appears in patches of 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[edit]

Natural generation[edit]

Pumpkins naturally generate with the terrain in most biomes in the Overworld, requiring only a grass block with air above (clear of any plants such as flowers or grass) and can generate whether or not 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.

Pumpkins naturally generate in stem farm rooms in woodland mansions.

4 pumpkins generate naturally in woolen tents in pillager outposts.

Pumpkins generate naturally in taiga and snowy taiga villages, replacing the haybales that will normally generate in other villages.

Carved pumpkins generate in rail rooms in woodland mansions.

Carved pumpkins also generate in pillager outposts as a part of scarecrows.

Breaking[edit]

Pumpkins can be mined with anything, but axes are the quickest.

Block	Pumpkin Carved Pumpkin
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 is pushed by a piston, it breaks and drops as an item.

Chest loot[edit]

Item	Structure	Container	Quantity	Chance
Java Edition
Pumpkin	Shipwreck	Supply chest	1–3	15.6%
Java Edition 1.17^[upcoming]
Pumpkin	Shipwreck	Supply chest	1–3	14.4%
Bedrock Edition
Pumpkin	Shipwreck	Supply chest	1–3	15.6%
Bedrock Edition 1.17.0^[upcoming]
Pumpkin	Shipwreck	Supply chest	1–3	14.4%

Mob loot[edit]

This feature is exclusive to Java Edition.

Zombies, zombie villagers, skeletons, wither skeletons, drowned, husks, strays, and zombified piglins have a chance of wearing a carved pumpkin if they spawn during Halloween (October 31). If a mob wearing a carved pumpkin is killed using a tool enchanted with Looting, there is a chance equivalent to the level of Looting used to drop the carved pumpkin, up to a maximum of a 3% chance of a drop.

Trading[edit]

Wandering traders can sell a pumpkin for one emerald.

Post-generation[edit]

A carved pumpkin (and 4 pumpkin seeds in Java Edition or 1 unit of pumpkin seeds in Bedrock Edition) 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[edit]

When placed, a carved pumpkin automatically faces the player.

Farming[edit]

Pumpkin farming strategies parallel those of melons. Planted pumpkin seeds grow a central stem that, after maturing, generates pumpkins randomly on adjacent vacant dirt/grass/farmland/podzol/coarse dirt. 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[edit]

A carved pumpkin can be equipped as a helmet without any actual armor value. It functions as a mask that allows the player to look at endermen without provoking an attack. 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 in third person view, or via F1 key.

Dispensers[edit]

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.

Building golems[edit]

Snow Golem

Iron Golem

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. Iron golems cannot be built in water.

Iron Golem build configuration

Snow Golem build configuration

Crafting ingredient[edit]

Name	Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Jack o'Lantern	Carved Pumpkin + Torch
Pumpkin Pie	Pumpkin + Sugar + Egg
Pumpkin Seeds	Pumpkin	4

Trading[edit]

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[edit]

Carved Pumpkins can receive the following enchantments, but only through an anvil.


Name	Max Level	Method
Curse of Binding	I
Curse of Vanishing	I

Composting[edit]

Placing a pumpkin or carved pumpkin into a composter has a 65% chance of raising the compost level by 1.

Note blocks[edit]

Pumpkin can be placed under note blocks to produce didgeridoo sounds.

Sounds[edit]

Generic[edit]

Java Edition:

Subtitle	Source	Description	Namespaced ID	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	`block.wood.break`	`subtitles.block.generic.break`	1.0	0.8	16
None^{[sound 1]}	Blocks	Falling on the block with fall damage	`block.wood.fall`	None^{[sound 1]}	0.5	0.75	16
Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	`block.wood.hit`	`subtitles.block.generic.hit`	0.25	0.5	16
Block placed	Blocks	When the block is placed	`block.wood.place`	`subtitles.block.generic.place`	1.0	0.8	16
Footsteps	Blocks	Walking on the block	`block.wood.step`	`subtitles.block.generic.footsteps`	0.15	1.0	16

↑ ^a ^b MC-177082

Bedrock Edition:

Sound	Source	Description	Namespaced ID	Volume	Pitch
?	Blocks	Once the block has broken	`dig.wood`	1.0	0.8
?	Blocks	Falling on the block with fall damage	`fall.wood`	0.4	1.0
?	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	`hit.wood`	0.23	0.5
?	Blocks	Jumping from the block	`jump.wood`	0.12	1.0
?	Blocks	Falling on the block without fall damage	`land.wood`	0.18	1.0
?	Blocks	Walking on the block	`step.wood`	0.3	1.0
?	Blocks	When the block is placed	`use.wood`	1.0	0.8

Unique[edit]

Java Edition:

Sound	Subtitle	Source	Description	Namespaced ID	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	Shears carve	?	Plays when carving pumpkin	`block.pumpkin.carve`	`subtitles.block.pumpkin.carve`	?	?	16

Data values[edit]

ID[edit]

Java Edition:

Name	Namespaced ID	Block tags (JE)	Form	Translation key
Pumpkin	`pumpkin`	`enderman_holdable`	Block & Item	`block.minecraft.pumpkin`
Carved Pumpkin	`carved_pumpkin`	`enderman_holdable`	Block & Item	`block.minecraft.carved_pumpkin`

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Namespaced ID	Numeric ID	Form	Translation key
Pumpkin	`pumpkin`	`86`	Block & Item	`tile.pumpkin.name`
Carved Pumpkin	`carved_pumpkin`	`410`	Block & Item	`tile.carved_pumpkin.name`

Metadata[edit]

In Bedrock Edition, carved pumpkins use the following data values:

Lowest two bits value	Facing
0	Pumpkin facing south
1	Pumpkin facing west
2	Pumpkin facing north
3	Pumpkin facing east

Block states[edit]

Java Edition:
Carved pumpkin:

Name	Default value	Allowed values	Description
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.

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Default value	Allowed values	Description
direction	`0`	`0` `1` `2` `3`	The direction the pumpkin is facing.^{[check the code]}

Achievements[edit]

Icon		Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS)
		Body Guard	Create an Iron Golem	—	20G	Bronze

Advancements[edit]

Icon	Advancement	In-game description	Parent	Actual requirements (if different)	Namespaced ID
	Hired Help	Summon an Iron Golem to help defend a village	What a Deal!	Summon an iron golem.	`adventure/summon_iron_golem`

History[edit]

This section is missing information about when were pumpkins changed to face away from the player upon placement? there were multiple such times (once in beta and once in 1.8 dev).

Please expand the section to include this information. Further details may exist on the talk page.

Java Edition Alpha
v1.2.0		?			Added pumpkins.
					Pumpkins generate in many of the newly-added biomes.
					Pumpkins can be crafted into jack o'lanterns.
Java Edition Beta
1.8		Pre-release			Pumpkins have become a renewable resource, have been changed to face away from the player, they can appear also in swamps and it is possible to farm pumpkins in the same way as melons.
1.8		Pre-release			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.^{[more information needed]}
Java Edition
1.0.0		?			Pumpkins can now be crafted into pumpkin seeds.
		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 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.
1.4.2		?			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.
1.11		16w44a			Pumpkins can now be now enchanted in survival mode using an anvil with cursed books.
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.^[verify]
		18w47a			Carved pumpkins can now generate as pillager outpost targets.
		18w50a			Pumpkins can now generate in taiga villages.^[verify]
		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.
		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.
Upcoming Java Edition
1.17		21w11a			Changed a pixel on the pumpkin top texture.
Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.8.0		build 2			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.
1.11.0		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.
1.16.0		beta 1.15.0.51			Carved pumpkins can now be enchanted in survival mode.
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.

Trivia[edit]

The carved pumpkin is the only headgear that obstructs the player's view.
Pumpkins, mob heads and banners are the only blocks that can be placed in an armor slot without commands.
Each chunk has a ¹⁄₃₂ chance to generate a pumpkin patch (grass blocks are required), making naturally-generated pumpkins rarer than diamond ore.
Carved pumpkins are the only headgear that protects a lot of damage of the pointed dripstone when falling in the player.

Gallery[edit]

A group of pumpkins.
View of the world while wearing a carved pumpkin as a helmet.
A screenshot of a pumpkin on a stem in Beta 1.8 pre-release.^{[n 1]}
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 floating pumpkin due to ponds being generated after the rest of the terrain.^{[n 1]}
A naturally generated carved pumpkin in a woodland mansion room.
Due to a glitch, this baby zombie wearing a carved pumpkin renders as if the carved pumpkin is floating above its head.
A group of pumpkins generated in a snowy tundra.