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Block Disambig color.svg This article is about the various blocks found in Minecraft. For the blocking with shields that reduces damage when performed, see Blocking. All of the blocks in Java Edition 1.15.

Blocks are the basic units of structure in Minecraft that can be directly placed in the game world. Contents

1 Behavior 2 Block height 3 Textures 4 List of blocks 4.1 Bedrock Edition 4.2 Education Edition (mobile) only 4.3 Removed blocks 5 Technical blocks 6 Videos 7 History 8 Issues 9 Gallery 10 Trivia 11 See also 12 References

Behavior A variety of different blocks occurring in an underwater coral reef; sand can be seen lining the ground, cut sandstone in underwater ruin structures, and various forms of coral.

Blocks are arranged in a three-dimensional grid of 1-cubic-meter cells. Each cell usually contains exactly one block; exceptions exist in the form of slabs, vines, snow layers, turtle eggs and sea pickles.

Together, blocks and fluids build up the in-game environment, and most can be harvested and utilized in various fashions. Some blocks, such as dirt and sandstone, are opaque and occupy their entire cubic meter, while other blocks, such as glass and flowers, are transparent or non-solid. Explosions destroy some blocks more easily than they destroy others.

Some blocks, such as torches and glowstone, emit light. The amount of light they emit varies widely; see this table of light values for further information. Opaque blocks completely block light, while transparent blocks can have no effect on light, block the light, or merely weaken it.

Almost all blocks ignore gravity, with the exception of sand, red sand, gravel, anvils, dragon eggs, concrete powder, scaffolding, and snow.‌[Bedrock Edition only]

When broken, blocks emit sounds and particles associated with themselves, except in the following cases:

When the block is removed by a piston.[1] If the block is affected by gravity and falls into an invalid space.‌[Java Edition only][2] Anvils that are destroyed by running out of durability or falling. Only particles are missing.[3] If the block is washed away by a flowing fluid.[4] If the block can be replaced by other blocks, and is replaced.[5] If the block is a rail, powered rail, detector rail, activator rail, redstone wire, redstone comparator or redstone repeater and its supporting block is removed.[6] If the block is leaves and decays.[7]

Block height Main article: Solid block § Height

Most solid blocks are 1 meter high (3.28084 ft), but certain blocks (especially slabs and stairs) have non-standard block heights.

A player can automatically step up from a lower to a higher height if the difference is at most 0.6 (3⁄5) of a block or 1.9685 feet.

Also, the world height limit is 256 blocks/meters (839.895 ft). Textures

The textures on the faces of blocks are 16×16 pixels. Most blocks are proportionately one cubic meter by default, but their shape can be changed using models.

Most blocks have static textures, but these blocks are animated: water, lava, Nether portal, End portal, End gateway, prismarine (slab; stairs; wall), sea lantern, magma block, seagrass, kelp, fire, lantern, lit campfire and their soul variants‌[upcoming: JE 1.16], lit blast furnace, lit smoker, stonecutter and command block.

Using resource packs, the player can change the textures and resolution of blocks, including whether their texture is animated. They can also change the shapes of blocks using models and the size of blocks to any size with equal width and height, though sizes that are a power of two tend to work better. List of blocks Click show/hide to show or hide the list[ ] Bedrock Edition

These blocks can be accessed only in Bedrock Edition. In this edition, item frames work as block entities, old stonecutters are obtainable only by inventory editing, and glowing obsidian, invisible bedrock, and nether reactor cores are not obtainable at all but continue to exist in old worlds.

Update Game.png 248 Update Game.png 249 Glowing Obsidian BE1.png Glowing Obsidian Invisible Bedrock Item Frame.png Item Frame (as a block) Nether Reactor Core.png Nether Reactor Core Update Game.png reserved6 Stonecutter (Old) BE1.png Stonecutter (legacy)

Education Edition (mobile) only

These blocks can be accessed only in Education Edition and in Bedrock Edition when education options are enabled. (Elements are not listed here.)

Allow.png Allow Blue Torch.png Blue Torch Blue Wall Torch.png Blue Wall Torch 30px Board Border.png Border Compound Creator.png Compound Creator Deny.png Deny Element Constructor.png Element Constructor Green Torch.png Green Torch Green Wall Torch.png Green Wall Torch Heat Block.gif Heat Block Lab Table.png Lab Table Material Reducer.png Material Reducer 30px Poster Purple Torch.png Purple Torch Purple Wall Torch.png Purple Wall Torch Red Torch.png Red Torch Red Wall Torch.png Red Wall Torch 30px Slate Underwater TNT.png Underwater TNT Underwater Torch.png Underwater Torch Underwater Wall Torch.png Underwater Wall Torch

Removed blocks

Removed blocks no longer exist in current versions of the game.

Cyan Flower BE1.png Cyan Flower Missing Texture Block.png Locked chest Potted Rose JE1.png Potted Rose Rose JE1.png Rose

Technical blocks Technical blocks up to Java Edition 1.6.1. Blocks in this image are no longer available in the current Minecraft version, except farmland and spawner.

Technical blocks are blocks whose main functions are strictly tied to the usage of other blocks. They cannot be acquired through normal gameplay. Most of them cannot be obtained with commands and even external editors,‌[Java Edition only] but others require commands or mods to obtain. They serve various purposes during events within the game. If acquired, they usually have a missing texture.

Many of these blocks have different representations in the inventory; flint and steel is used to place fire, water and lava can be placed with their respective buckets, and blocks such as beds, doors, cake and flower pots have separate inventory items.