Talk:Damage

I've done testing in game and after 25w03a (including 1.21.5+), players die from a fall of exactly 23 blocks or more. This is lower than the distance described in the damage page: "a fall of at least 23.5 blocks is required to kill the player". I don't exactly know the technical part behind it so I would need some help with that. Here is a video of fall damage on 1.21.6: https://youtu.be/f1dUq8IWyrE. Pale Manny (talk) 20:21, 26 June 2025 (UTC)

The information is currently correct. BDJP ^(t|c) 13:55, 2 July 2025 (UTC)

The attack damage listed on the in-game item's tooltip is decreased by 1 point for some reason. But yeah, they are currently correct when counted against a mob. Outrowed (talk) 13:59, 2 July 2025 (UTC)

Tool attack damage in Bedrock is additive, meaning it adds onto the base 1 hp player damage.--Capopanzo (talk | contribs) 14:03, 2 July 2025 (UTC)

Ah, got it. That's why it's marked with a positive symbol before the number value. This is noted on the article to prevent confusion, thank you! Outrowed (talk) 14:09, 2 July 2025 (UTC)

It is supposed to. There was a bug related to that at one point in time, at least in one of the editions. It got fixed. -- Simanelix ^(T|C) 00:44, 17 September 2025 (UTC)

I think it’s supposed to do that Copper Monstrosity (talk) 13:38, 29 September 2025 (UTC)

That is normal. BDJP ^(t|c) 13:49, 29 September 2025 (UTC)

I don't think it's normal for a text to go beyond the layout in mobile like this: https://discord.com/channels/447104142729674753/1333455669940191334/1422285221348380884 👁 Image
QwertyLilley [ talk ] 20:12, 29 September 2025 (UTC)

That is far more suited for a tutorial and is not needed here. BDJP ^(t|c) 14:34, 16 October 2025 (UTC)

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 Done – Added by User:ArthurTheCrafter2000. (In the future make sure to leave a comment when resolving feedback so it's more clear if the feedback was implemented or if it was ignored due to being incorrect. Thank you for editing the article though, I appreciate it). TheCaptainYaya (talk) 10:37, 25 April 2026 (UTC)

You're Welcome :) ArthurTheCrafter2000 (talk) 11:53, 25 April 2026 (UTC)

The spear is missing in the table for java edition. Can someone add it, because I do not know how to do it. Dgwn9 (talk) 19:24, 26 May 2026 (UTC)

Per my reddit comment, in Revision 2024-February-20 23:46 the entry for fall damage into lava was changed.

Old:

 "Being in lava reduces fall distance by half each tick."

New:

 "Being in lava reduces fall distance by half a block each game tick."

Changing from "by half" to "by half a block" represents a very big difference in meaning and game effect (despite the indubitably rare resultant play difference... y'know, due to the subsequent burning in lava). The former implies that Δ^fall reduces by 50% each tick, while the latter is Δ^fall changes -0.5m per tick. Without a citation it's unclear why this change was made. As the author, User:Simanelix hopefully has some insight into the change. Or maybe someone familiar with the minecraft source code can confirm which is the correct game effect and text version to preserve.

-- Limestonebuilder (talk) 13:28, 28 June 2026 (UTC)

Well considering how many other things I did in that edit, I might have typed "a block" accidentally, potentially without thinking. Or I might have misinterpreted the original text and thought it means half a block each tick, even though that would not make sense in gameplay in my opinion. In either case it was just a mistake. I'm sorry. These happen and no one noticed until you. --   Simanelix   (T|C) 00:12, 29 June 2026 (UTC)

That makes sense. Thanks for such a prompt reply. Limestonebuilder (talk) 16:27, 29 June 2026 (UTC)

Also, I hope tagging you in to the thread was ok. @Simanelix I wasn't trying to call you out, but in hindsight I realize it may have seemed that way. If I at all made you feel poorly, please accept my apologies. Limestonebuilder (talk) 16:30, 29 June 2026 (UTC)

In the Java code, lava reduces fall distance by 50% each tick. This is in the baseTick() function of the Entity class for reference. Rampage455 (talk) 00:30, 29 June 2026 (UTC)

Thanks so much for the clarification. Limestonebuilder (talk) 16:33, 29 June 2026 (UTC)