Talk:Item (entity)

The current picture is too dark and too small. Perhaps a new one? 173.188.137.206 02:24, 16 December 2012 (UTC)

I originally wanted to title this page “Resource”, on the grounds that on this wiki “Items” refers to non-blocks specifically, and the linked video. However, more evidence (e.g. the Entity ID) says that they are called items by Mojang. This leads to the problem that an item-entity may be a block, i.e. not an item.

This would seem to indicate that we are incorrect to call non-block inventory objects “items” elsewhere on the wiki. But,

• there is no in-game text making this distinction, so we don't have an official name to use instead, and there is no obvious word to apply
• and, of course, it would be a massive change.

However, if we were to find out that such a name exists, I feel that we should make the change, so as to have a clear and consistent vocabulary. We can see that there is a problem from the circumlocutions and assorted words used to refer to the subject of this article: "Item (entity)", "dropped item", "dropped blocks/items", "drops", "resources", etc.

—kpreid 17:12, 18 February 2012 (UTC)

What do you mean the game never calls them items? Take a look at the stats screen... –ultradude25 ^(T|C) at 17:48, 18 February 2012 (UTC)

The entity's name is item.(you can run /summon item) 00001H (talk) 13:59, 30 July 2021 (UTC)

As of at least 1.5, item despawns seem to have been decreased to 1 min. Can someone else please verify and add this to the article, please? 65.33.107.187 23:52, 28 March 2013 (UTC)

It looks like this only applies in creative mode, and when items are dropped out of an inventory window; in survival mode or if using the drop/throw control, they still have a 5-minute timer. -- Orthotope 00:38, 29 March 2013 (UTC)

Just saying, it says on Xbox you press B to drop items when you hit down on the dpad to drop items on default controls. Larryoofoof (talk) 02:19, 18 December 2020 (UTC)

"Item pickup range for players is 1.425 blocks."

So does it mean you have to be within a 1.425-block radius to pick up an item? 76.65.23.224 13:13, 25 June 2021 (UTC)

It would seem so. This doesn't apply to experience orbs though. But if you approach an item with empty space in your inventory, it gets sucked into your inventory when your distance from the item is less than 1.425 blocks. Amatulic (talk) 13:32, 25 June 2021 (UTC)

So the item pickup radius is the same for other mobs? 99.225.26.102 21:00, 6 September 2021 (UTC)

In the latest version of the game, 1.21.5, I saw that items falling from a height bounced regardless of the block underneath when they hit the ground. Cıva i ile yazılmaz (talk) 18:15, 14 April 2025 (UTC)

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 Added. --MinecraftExp123^{(talk|contribs)} 03:26, 9 November 2025 (UTC)