Torch

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For other uses, see Torch (disambiguation).

Torch

👁 Torch.gif: Infobox image for Minecraft block 'Torch'

👁 Invicon Torch.png: Inventory sprite for Torch in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Torch

Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)
Tool	Any tool
Blast resistance	0
Hardness	0
Luminous	Yes (14)
Transparent	Yes
Flammable	No
Catches fire from lava	No
Map color	0 NONE
Note block instrument	Default (Harp)

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Torches are non-solid blocks that emit light.

Obtaining

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Breaking

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Torches can be broken instantly using anything, and drop themselves as an item.

Block	👁 Image
Hardness	0
Breaking time (secs)
Default	0.05

Legend

incorrect tool, drops nothing
correct tool, drops nothing or something other than the block itself
correct tool, drops the block itself
italicized can be instant mined

A torch is removed and drops itself as an item if:

Its attachment block is moved, removed, or destroyed
Water or lava flows into its space
A piston pushes it or moves a block into its space

Crafting

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Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Coal or Charcoal + Stick	👁 Invicon Coal.png: Inventory sprite for Coal in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Coal with description: Coal 👁 Invicon Charcoal.png: Inventory sprite for Charcoal in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Charcoal with description: Charcoal 👁 Invicon Stick.png: Inventory sprite for Stick in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Stick with description: Stick 👁 Invicon Torch.png: Inventory sprite for Torch in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Torch 4

Ingredients

Crafting recipe

Coal or
Charcoal +
Stick

👁 Invicon Coal.png: Inventory sprite for Coal in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Coal with description: Coal
👁 Invicon Charcoal.png: Inventory sprite for Charcoal in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Charcoal with description: Charcoal
👁 Invicon Stick.png: Inventory sprite for Stick in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Stick with description: Stick

👁 Invicon Torch.png: Inventory sprite for Torch in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Torch
4

Natural generation

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In the Overworld, torches can be found among the supports in a mineshaft's corridors, as part of village lamp posts and most houses, in various rooms in strongholds, in the basements of igloos, in woodland mansions, and on top of pillager outposts. Torches also generate around bonus chests if each side has a block at the same height around it. Torches also generate in ancient cities.

Generated loot

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Item	Structure	Container	Quantity	Chance
Java Edition and Bedrock Edition
👁 Image	👁 Image Mineshaft	Chest not located in a sulfur cave	1–16	65.7% { "item": "Torch", "stacksize": "1–16", "chance": 0.657, "structure": "Mineshaft", "container": "Chest not located in a sulfur cave" }
	👁 Image Mineshaft	Chest located in a sulfur cave	1–16	57.8% { "item": "Torch", "stacksize": "1–16", "chance": 0.578125, "structure": "Mineshaft", "container": "Chest located in a [[sulfur cave]]" }
	👁 Image Trial Chambers	Supply chest	3–6	20.4% { "item": "Torch", "stacksize": "3–6", "chance": 0.20351336037302348, "structure": "Trial Chambers", "container": "Supply chest" }
	👁 Image Trial Chambers	Corridor chest	3–6	19.6% { "item": "Torch", "stacksize": "3–6", "chance": 0.19614132283617636, "structure": "Trial Chambers", "container": "Corridor chest" }
	👁 Image Village	Savanna house chest	1–2	11.3% { "item": "Torch", "stacksize": "1–2", "chance": 0.11323884996174782, "structure": "Village", "container": "Savanna house chest" }

Post-generation

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When the ender dragon dies or is re-summoned using end crystals, the four torches on the exit portal regenerate. If the original torches are still in position, they drop as items, and the new torches take their place.

Usage

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Torches in various positions on chiseled stone bricks.

Torches can be placed on the top or the sides of most solid blocks, although some blocks require sneaking. Being non-solid, torches have no collision box. More information about placement can be found at Opacity/Placement.

Gravity-affected blocks like sand and gravel will not start falling if the space immediately beneath is occupied by a torch. Falling blocks break if they fall onto a solid block with a torch above it. If there is an air block under the torch, the falling blocks fall through the torch onto the surface below.^[1]

Light

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Torches give off a light level of 14. Torches also melt snow layers within 2 blocks and ice within 3 blocks (taxicab distance).

When the Render Dragon Features for Creators experiment is enabled in Minecraft Preview, the top part of torches emits colored point lighting with
#f39a5e. This causes the bottom part of the torch to render a small square shadow.

Crafting ingredient

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Name	Ingredients	Crafting recipe	Description
Blue Torch or Red Torch or Purple Torch or Green Torch	Cerium Chloride or Mercuric Chloride or Potassium Chloride or Tungsten Chloride +	👁 Invicon Cerium Chloride.png: Inventory sprite for Cerium Chloride in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Cerium Chloride with description: Cerium Chloride 👁 Invicon Mercuric Chloride.png: Inventory sprite for Mercuric Chloride in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Mercuric Chloride with description: Mercuric Chloride 👁 Invicon Potassium Chloride.png: Inventory sprite for Potassium Chloride in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Potassium Chloride with description: Potassium Chloride 👁 Invicon Tungsten Chloride.png: Inventory sprite for Tungsten Chloride in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Tungsten Chloride with description: Tungsten Chloride 👁 Invicon Torch.png: Inventory sprite for Torch in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Torch 👁 Invicon Blue Torch.png: Inventory sprite for Blue Torch in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Blue Torch with description: Blue Torch 👁 Invicon Red Torch.png: Inventory sprite for Red Torch in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Red Torch with description: Red Torch 👁 Invicon Purple Torch.png: Inventory sprite for Purple Torch in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Purple Torch with description: Purple Torch 👁 Invicon Green Torch.png: Inventory sprite for Green Torch in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Green Torch with description: Green Torch	Cerium Chloride: Blue Mercuric Chloride: Red Potassium Chloride: Purple Tungsten Chloride: Green ‌^{[Bedrock Edition and Minecraft Education only]}
Jack o'Lantern	Carved Pumpkin +	👁 Invicon Carved Pumpkin.png: Inventory sprite for Carved Pumpkin in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Carved Pumpkin with description: Carved Pumpkin 👁 Invicon Torch.png: Inventory sprite for Torch in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Torch 👁 Invicon Jack o'Lantern.png: Inventory sprite for Jack o'Lantern in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Jack o'Lantern with description: Jack o'Lantern
Lantern	Iron Nugget +	👁 Invicon Iron Nugget.png: Inventory sprite for Iron Nugget in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Iron Nugget with description: Iron Nugget 👁 Invicon Iron Nugget.png: Inventory sprite for Iron Nugget in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Iron Nugget with description: Iron Nugget 👁 Invicon Iron Nugget.png: Inventory sprite for Iron Nugget in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Iron Nugget with description: Iron Nugget 👁 Invicon Iron Nugget.png: Inventory sprite for Iron Nugget in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Iron Nugget with description: Iron Nugget 👁 Invicon Torch.png: Inventory sprite for Torch in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Torch 👁 Invicon Iron Nugget.png: Inventory sprite for Iron Nugget in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Iron Nugget with description: Iron Nugget 👁 Invicon Iron Nugget.png: Inventory sprite for Iron Nugget in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Iron Nugget with description: Iron Nugget 👁 Invicon Iron Nugget.png: Inventory sprite for Iron Nugget in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Iron Nugget with description: Iron Nugget 👁 Invicon Iron Nugget.png: Inventory sprite for Iron Nugget in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Iron Nugget with description: Iron Nugget 👁 Invicon Lantern.png: Inventory sprite for Lantern in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Lantern with description: Lantern
Underwater Torch	Magnesium +	👁 Invicon Magnesium.png: Inventory sprite for Magnesium in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Magnesium with description: Magnesium 👁 Invicon Torch.png: Inventory sprite for Torch in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Torch 👁 Invicon Underwater Torch.png: Inventory sprite for Underwater Torch in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Underwater Torch with description: Underwater Torch	‌^{[Bedrock Edition and Minecraft Education only]}

Sounds

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Java Edition:

v t e 👁 BlockSprite oak-planks.png: Sprite image for oak-planks in Minecraft `wood` sound type
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	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
Block placed	Blocks	When the block is placed	`block.wood.place`	`subtitles.block.generic.place`	1.0	0.8	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
Something falls on a block	Entity-Dependent	Falling on the block with fall damage	`block.wood.fall`	`subtitles.block.generic.fall`	0.5	0.75	16
Footsteps	Entity-Dependent	Walking on the block	`block.wood.step`	`subtitles.block.generic.footsteps`	0.15	1.0	16

Bedrock Edition:

v t e 👁 BlockSprite oak-planks.png: Sprite image for oak-planks in Minecraft `wood` sound type
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch
Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	`dig.wood`	`subtitles.block.generic.break`	1.0	0.8–1.0
Block placed	Blocks	When the block is placed	`place.wood`	`subtitles.block.generic.place`	1.0	0.8
Axe strips	Blocks	When an axe strips a log or wood block ^{[sound 1]}	`use.wood`	`subtitles.block.generic.hit`	1.0	0.8
Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	`hit.wood`	`subtitles.block.generic.hit`	0.23	0.5
Footsteps	Players	Falling on the block with fall damage	`fall.wood`	`subtitles.block.generic.footsteps`	0.4	1.0
Footsteps	Players	Walking on the block	`step.wood`	`subtitles.block.generic.footsteps`	0.3	1.0
Footsteps	Blocks	Jumping from the block	`jump.wood`	`subtitles.block.generic.footsteps`	0.12	1.0
Footsteps	Blocks	Falling on the block without fall damage	`land.wood`	`subtitles.block.generic.footsteps`	0.18	1.0

↑ MCPE-189879

Data values

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ID

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Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Block tags	Item tags	Translation key
👁 BlockSprite torch.png: Sprite image for torch in Minecraft Torch	`torch`	Block & Item	`wall_post_override`	None	`block.minecraft.torch`
👁 BlockSprite wall-torch.png: Sprite image for wall-torch in Minecraft Wall Torch	`wall_torch`	Block	None	—	`block.minecraft.wall_torch`

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Item ID^{[i 1]}	Translation key
👁 BlockSprite torch.png: Sprite image for torch in Minecraft Torch	`torch`	`50`	Block & Giveable Item^{[i 2]}	Identical^{[i 3]}	`tile.torch.name`

↑ ID of block's direct item form, which is used in savegame files and addons.
↑ Available with /give command.
↑ The block's direct item form has the same ID as the block.

Block states

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Name	Default value	Allowed values	Description
facing	`north`	`east` `north` `south` `west`	The direction the top of the torch is facing.

Name	Metadata Bits	Default value	Allowed values	Values for Metadata Bits	Description
torch_facing_direction	`0x1` `0x2` `0x4`	`west`	`west` `east` `north` `south` `top`	`1` `2` `3` `4` `5`	The face of the block that the torch is attached to. If the torch is a wall torch, the top of the torch faces opposite to this direction.^[2]
`unknown`	`0`	Unused

Videos

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History

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There is an associated page listing all historical changes related to the appearance and/or sounds associated with this block in further detail than below; see /Asset history.

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This section is missing information about: When did torches get a bottom texture?

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

Development

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May 16, 2009							Notch suggests adding torches, which would "light up a 3×3 tile" area.

Java Edition

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Java Edition Indev
0.31	20091223-1459	👁 Image 👁 Image Added torches.
		👁 Image Torches currently render 3D in the inventory.
		Torches can be placed in the air without any block supporting them and do not have a top texture.
		When removing a block, a torch now moves to another available block.^[3]
	20091231-1856	👁 Image 👁 Image The top red part from the torch has been removed.
	20091231-1856	👁 Image Torches now render 2D in the inventory.^{[is this the correct version?]}
	20100104-2154	Added torches to the hotbar.
	20100109-1939	Torches are now slightly dimmer.
	20100124-2310	👁 Image 👁 Image Torches now have a top texture.
	20100125	Torches now have particle effects.
	20100129-1447	Torches have been made craftable.
20100212-1210		Torches no longer snap to other potential valid attachments once their supporting block is removed.
Java Edition Infdev
20100618		Falling blocks are implemented, which can be broken by torches.
Java Edition Alpha
v1.1.0		Torches can no longer be placed on leaves when fancy graphics are enabled.
October 4, 2010		Notch originally planned for torches to become temporary light sources that would eventually burn out and require re-lighting with flint and steel. This was planned to add with the Halloween Update.
v1.2.0	?	Torches are now used to craft jack o'lanterns.
Java Edition Beta
1.2		Torches can now be crafted using charcoal, making them the first renewable light source in the game that is also obtainable and permanent.
1.6	Test Build 3	Torches can no longer be placed on leaves in fast graphics anymore.
1.6	Test Build 3	Torches can no longer be placed on glowstone.
1.6.6		Torches can now be placed on glowstone once again.
1.7		Torches and redstone torches can now be placed on top of fences.
1.8	Pre-release	Torches now generate in mineshafts, villages and strongholds.
Java Edition
1.0.0	Beta 1.9 Prerelease 4	Torches now generate as part of the exit portal structure.
1.2.1	12w07a	Torches can now be placed on top of glass blocks.
1.3.1	12w19a	Torches now spawn around bonus chests if each side has a block at the same height around it.
1.3.1	12w25a	Torches can now be placed on top of upside down slabs and stairs.
1.4.2	12w42b	Falling sand now properly "pops" when falling on torches.
1.4.4	1.4.3	Torches now have a bottom texture, visible on wall torches or torches placed on top of glass.^[4]
1.8	14w07a	👁 Image Torches placed on walls are now rotated cuboids rather than a parallelepiped. Their top texture now also rotates accordingly.
	14w17a	Torches, as part of the exit portal, now generate incorrectly and fall into the portal as items.^[5]
	14w18a	Torches can now be placed on stained glass.
	14w25a	👁 Image 👁 Image Torches are now incorrectly affected by ambient occlusion.
	14w33c	👁 Image 👁 Image Torches are no longer affected by ambient occlusion.
1.9	15w31a	Torches on the exit portal now regenerate when the ender dragon is re-summoned.
	15w43a	Torches can now generate within igloo basements.
	15w44a	Torches can now be found inside minecart with chests in mineshafts.
1.11	16w39a	Torches now generate in woodland mansions.
1.12	pre4	Torches can no longer be placed on top of jack o'lanterns.^[6]
1.13	17w48a	Torches can now be placed on the top of jack o'lanterns once again.
1.14	18w43a	👁 Image 👁 Image 👁 Image The texture of torches has been changed.
	18w46a	Torches can now be used to craft lanterns.
	18w47a	Torches now generate in pillager outposts.
	18w48a	With the update of plains villages, houses are generally better lit with torches.
	18w49a	With the update of savanna villages, houses are generally better lit with torches.
	18w49a	Torches can now be found in chests in savanna village houses.
	18w50a	With the update of desert and taiga villages, houses are generally better lit with torches.
1.14.3	pre3	Torches can now be placed on iron bars and glass panes.
1.19	22w13a	Torches now generate in ancient cities.
1.20.3 Experiment Update 1.21	23w45a	Torches can now be found in trial chambers supply chests and corridor chests.

Bedrock Edition

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Pocket Edition Alpha
Pre-release		👁 Image 👁 Image 👁 Image Added torches.
v0.3.0		Survival players no longer start out with an infinite amount of torches in the inventory.
v0.8.0	build 1	Torches are now used to craft jack o'lanterns.
v0.9.0	build 1	Torches now spawn naturally in villages, mineshafts and strongholds.
	build 2	Torches can now be placed on monster spawners.
	build 5	The placing speed of torches has been improved.
	build 6	The lighting from torches is now brighter and more PC-like. What exactly this means is unknown.
v0.14.0	build 1	Torches can now be found inside minecart with chests in mineshafts.
Pocket Edition
1.0.0	alpha 0.17.0.1	Torches now generate within igloo basements.
1.0.0	alpha 0.17.0.1	Four torches now generate as part of the exit portal after the ender dragon dies.
1.1.0	alpha 1.1.0.0	Torches now generate in mansions.
Bedrock Edition
1.2.0	beta 1.2.0.2	Up to four torches can now generate in bonus chests.
1.4.0	beta 1.2.20.1	Torches can now be used to craft underwater torches and colored torches.
1.10.0	beta 1.10.0.3	👁 Image 👁 Image 👁 Image The texture of torches has been changed.
		Torches now generate in pillager outposts.
		Torches can now be used to craft lanterns.
1.11.0	beta 1.11.0.1	Torches can now be found in savanna village house chests.
1.19.0	Preview 1.19.0.27	Torches now generate in ancient cities.
1.20.60 Experiment Update 1.21	Preview 1.20.60.20	Torches can now be found in trial chambers supply chests and corridor chests.
26.20	Preview 26.20.20	The recipe for torches can now be unlocked by acquiring either a stick, coal, charcoal, or any pickaxe.

Legacy Console Edition

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Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360	Xbox One	PS3	PS4	PS Vita	Wii U	Switch
TU1	CU1	1.00	1.00	1.00	Patch 1	1.0.1	👁 Image 👁 Image 👁 Image Added torches.
TU43	CU33	1.36	1.36	1.36	Patch 13	1.0.1	Torches can now generate within igloo basements.
TU54	CU44	1.52	1.52	1.52	Patch 24	1.0.4	Torches now generate in woodland mansions.
TU54	CU44	1.52	1.52	1.52	Patch 24	1.0.4	Torches can now be placed on the full-block side of stairs.
			1.90				👁 Image 👁 Image ^[verify] 👁 Image The texture of torches has been changed.
			1.90				Torches can now be used to craft lanterns.
			1.91				Torches now generate in pillager outposts.

New Nintendo 3DS Edition

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New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0							👁 Image 👁 Image ^[verify] 👁 Image Added torches.
1.9.19							Torches now generate in woodland mansions.

👁 The first image of torches posted by Notch.

The first image of torches posted by Notch.
👁 Torches in early Java Edition Indev 0.31.

Torches in early Java Edition Indev 0.31.
👁 A torch from a Pocket Edition Alpha version with a cross outline box.

A torch from a Pocket Edition Alpha version with a cross outline box.
👁 A wall torch from a Pocket Edition Alpha version with a cross outline box.

A wall torch from a Pocket Edition Alpha version with a cross outline box.

Data history

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Java Edition
1.8	14w06a	Torches now have dedicated model json files; previously the geometry was defined in the game code itself.
1.13	17w47a	The non-up facing block states for the `torch` ID have been split up into `wall_torch`.
1.13	17w47a	Prior to The Flattening, this block's numeral ID was 50.

Issues

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Issues relating to "Torch" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

Trivia

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In physically based rendering, the block light of a torch is 1262.665039 lumens.^[7]

Gallery

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References

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↑ MC-3262 – resolved as "Works As Intended".
↑ MCPE-152036
↑ https://youtube.com/watch?v=OpmK7rDU5bA&t=4m13s
↑ MC-1153 – Torch texture – resolved as "Fixed".
↑ MC-53897 – Torches in Villages, Mineshafts, Stronghold, & End exit portal spawned dropped
↑ MC-118408 – Torches and redstone torches cannot be placed on top of a Jack o'Lantern but can be placed on pumpkin – resolved as "Fixed".
↑ "Modernizing the rendering of 'Minecraft'" by A.J. Fairfield – GDC Vault, March 9, 2026.

External links

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"Taking Inventory: Torch" by Duncan Geere – Minecraft.net, December 10, 2018.

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Decorative	👁 Image Crying Obsidian 👁 Image Gilded Blackstone 👁 Image Reinforced Deepslate
Partial Block	👁 Image Bars 👁 Image Iron 👁 Image Copper 👁 Image Chains 👁 Image Iron 👁 Image Copper 👁 Image Fences 👁 Image Wooden 👁 Image Nether Brick 👁 Image Slabs 👁 Image Cut Copper 👁 Image Wooden 👁 Image Stairs 👁 Image Cut Copper 👁 Image Wooden 👁 Image Walls
Dyeable/Dyed	👁 Image Wool 👁 Image Slab^{[upcoming: Third Drop 2026]} 👁 Image Stairs^{[upcoming: Third Drop 2026]} 👁 Image Carpets 👁 Image Terracotta 👁 Image Stained 👁 Image Glazed 👁 Image Concrete 👁 Image Powder 👁 Image Glass 👁 Image Pane 👁 Image Tinted 👁 Image Stained Glass 👁 Image Pane
Lighting	👁 Image Candle 👁 Image Dyed 👁 Image End Rod 👁 Image Froglight 👁 Image Glowstone 👁 Image Jack o'Lantern 👁 Image Lantern 👁 Image Copper 👁 Image Soul 👁 Image Sea Lantern 👁 Image 👁 Image Copper 👁 Image Soul
BE & Edu only	👁 Image Colored Torches 👁 Image Elements 👁 Image Hardened Glass 👁 Image Pane 👁 Image Hardened Stained Glass 👁 Image Pane

👁 BlockSprite peony.png: Sprite image for peony in Minecraft Natural
Sediment/Soil	👁 Image Clay 👁 Image Dirt 👁 Image Coarse 👁 Image Path 👁 Image Grass Block 👁 Image Mycelium 👁 Image Podzol 👁 Image Rooted 👁 Image Gravel 👁 Image Mud 👁 Image Nylium 👁 Image Crimson 👁 Image Warped 👁 Image Sand 👁 Image Red 👁 Image Soul Sand 👁 Image Soil
Misc. rock	👁 Image Bedrock 👁 Image Magma Block 👁 Image Obsidian 👁 Image Calcite 👁 Image Sulfur Spike 👁 Image Potent Sulfur 👁 Image Pointed Dripstone 👁 Image Block
Ore/Mineral	👁 Image Amethyst Bud 👁 Image Cluster 👁 Image Budding Amethyst 👁 Image Ancient Debris 👁 Image Coal Ore 👁 Image Deepslate 👁 Image Copper Ore 👁 Image Deepslate 👁 Image Raw Block 👁 Image Diamond Ore 👁 Image Deepslate 👁 Image Emerald Ore 👁 Image Deepslate 👁 Image Gold Ore 👁 Image Deepslate 👁 Image Nether 👁 Image Raw Block 👁 Image Iron Ore 👁 Image Deepslate 👁 Image Raw Block 👁 Image Lapis Lazuli Ore 👁 Image Deepslate 👁 Image Nether Quartz Ore 👁 Image Redstone Ore 👁 Image Deepslate
Plant	👁 Image Azalea 👁 Image Flowering 👁 Image Bamboo 👁 Image Shoot 👁 Image Big Dripleaf 👁 Image Small 👁 Image Bush 👁 Image Cactus 👁 Image Creaking Heart 👁 Image Dead Bush 👁 Image Fern 👁 Image Large 👁 Image Firefly Bush 👁 Image Hanging Roots 👁 Image Leaf Litter 👁 Image Leaves 👁 Image Mangrove Propagule 👁 Image Mangrove Roots 👁 Image Muddy 👁 Image Moss Block 👁 Image Carpet 👁 Image Pale Moss Block 👁 Image Carpet 👁 Image Hanging 👁 Image Red Shrub^{[upcoming: Third Drop 2026]} 👁 Image Resin Clump 👁 Image Block 👁 Image Saplings 👁 Image Short Dry Grass 👁 Image Tall 👁 Image Short Grass 👁 Image Tall 👁 Image Vines
Flower	👁 Image Allium 👁 Image Azure Bluet 👁 Image Blue Orchid 👁 Image Cactus Flower 👁 Image Cornflower 👁 Image Dandelion 👁 Image Golden 👁 Image Eyeblossom 👁 Image Closed 👁 Image Open 👁 Image Lilac 👁 Image Lily of the Valley 👁 Image Oxeye Daisy 👁 Image Peony 👁 Image Pink Petals 👁 Image Pitcher Plant 👁 Image Crop 👁 Image Poppy 👁 Image Rose Bush 👁 Image Spore Blossom 👁 Image Sunflower 👁 Image Torchflower 👁 Image Crop 👁 Image Tulips 👁 Image Wildflowers 👁 Image Wither Rose
Crops & related	👁 Image Beetroots 👁 Image Carrots 👁 Image Cave Vines 👁 Image Chorus Plant 👁 Image Flower 👁 Image Cocoa 👁 Image Melon 👁 Image Stem 👁 Image Potatoes 👁 Image Pumpkin 👁 Image Carved 👁 Image Stem 👁 Image Sugar Cane 👁 Image Sweet Berry Bush 👁 Image Wheat Crops 👁 Image Hay Bale
Fungus & related	👁 Image Brown Mushroom 👁 Image Red Mushroom 👁 Image Shelf Mushroom^{[upcoming: Third Drop 2026]} 👁 Image Mushroom Blocks 👁 Image Glow Lichen 👁 Image Crimson Fungus 👁 Image Warped Fungus 👁 Image Nether Wart 👁 Image Nether Sprouts 👁 Image Crimson Roots 👁 Image Warped Roots 👁 Image Nether Wart Block 👁 Image Warped Wart Block 👁 Image Shroomlight 👁 Image Twisting Vines 👁 Image Weeping Vines
Fauna & Related	👁 Image Bee Nest 👁 Image Honeycomb Block 👁 Image Bone Block 👁 Image Cobweb 👁 Image Dragon Egg 👁 Image Dried Ghast 👁 Image Infested Blocks 👁 Image Sniffer Egg 👁 Image Turtle Egg
Aquatic	👁 Image Coral 👁 Image Dead 👁 Image Coral Blocks 👁 Image Dead 👁 Image Coral Fans 👁 Image Dead 👁 Image Frogspawn 👁 Image Kelp 👁 Image Dried Block 👁 Image Lily Pad 👁 Image Sea Pickle 👁 Image Seagrass 👁 Image Tall
Sculk	👁 Image Sculk 👁 Image Sculk Catalyst 👁 Image Sculk Sensor 👁 Image Calibrated 👁 Image Sculk Shrieker 👁 Image Sculk Vein
Fluid & Related	👁 Image Lava 👁 Image Water 👁 Image Bubble Column 👁 Image Ice 👁 Image Blue 👁 Image Packed 👁 Image Snow 👁 Image Powder 👁 Image Block
Non-physical	👁 Image Air 👁 Image Cave‌^{[JE only]} 👁 Image Void‌^{[JE only]} 👁 Image Invisible Bedrock‌^{[BE & edu only]} 👁 Image Fire 👁 Image Soul

👁 BlockSprite red-bed.png: Sprite image for red-bed in Minecraft Utility
Interactable	👁 Image Anvil 👁 Image Chipped 👁 Image Damaged 👁 Image Barrel 👁 Image Beacon 👁 Image Brewing Stand 👁 Image Cartography Table 👁 Image Chest 👁 Image Ender 👁 Image Copper 👁 Image Crafting Table 👁 Image Enchanting Table 👁 Image Furnace 👁 Image Blast 👁 Image Smoker 👁 Image Grindstone 👁 Image Lectern 👁 Image Loom 👁 Image Shulker Box 👁 Image Dyed 👁 Image Sign 👁 Image Hanging 👁 Image Smithing Table 👁 Image Stonecutter
Utilizable	👁 Image Banners 👁 Image Ominous 👁 Image Beehive 👁 Image Beds Straw^[upcoming] 👁 Image Bell 👁 Image Bookshelf 👁 Image Cake 👁 Image with Candle 👁 Image Campfire 👁 Image Soul 👁 Image Cauldron 👁 Image Chiseled Bookshelf 👁 Image Composter 👁 Image Conduit 👁 Image Copper Golem Statue 👁 Image Decorated Pot 👁 Image End Gateway 👁 Image End Portal 👁 Image End Portal Frame 👁 Image Farmland 👁 Image Fletching Table 👁 Image Flower Pot 👁 Image Frosted Ice 👁 Image Heads 👁 Image Skeleton 👁 Image Wither Skeleton 👁 Image Zombie 👁 Image Creeper 👁 Image Piglin 👁 Image Dragon 👁 Image Heavy Core 👁 Image Jukebox 👁 Image Ladder 👁 Image Lodestone 👁 Image Monster Spawner 👁 Image Nether Portal 👁 Image Respawn Anchor 👁 Image Scaffolding 👁 Image Shelf 👁 Image Sponge 👁 Image Wet 👁 Image Suspicious Gravel 👁 Image Suspicious Sand 👁 Image TNT 👁 Image Trial Spawner 👁 Image Ominous 👁 Image Vault 👁 Image Ominous
Redstone/ Mechanical	👁 Image Buttons 👁 Image Wooden 👁 Image Stone 👁 Image Polished Blackstone 👁 Image Copper Bulb 👁 Image Crafter 👁 Image Daylight Detector 👁 Image Dispenser 👁 Image Dropper 👁 Image Doors 👁 Image Copper 👁 Image Iron 👁 Image Wooden 👁 Image Honey Block 👁 Image Hopper 👁 Image Lever 👁 Image Lightning Rod 👁 Image Note Block 👁 Image Observer 👁 Image Piston 👁 Image Sticky 👁 Image Pressure Plates 👁 Image Wooden 👁 Image Stone 👁 Image Polished Blackstone 👁 Image Heavy Weighted 👁 Image Light Weighted 👁 Image Rail 👁 Image Activator 👁 Image Detector 👁 Image Powered 👁 Image Redstone Lamp 👁 Image Redstone Wire 👁 Image Comparator 👁 Image Repeater 👁 Image Torch 👁 Image Slime Block 👁 Image Target 👁 Image Trapped Chest 👁 Image Trapdoors 👁 Image Copper 👁 Image Iron 👁 Image Wooden 👁 Image Fence Gates 👁 Image Tripwire Hook 👁 Image Tripwire
BE & Edu only	👁 Image Allow 👁 Image Border 👁 Image 👁 Image 👁 Image Chalkboards 👁 Image Compound Creator 👁 Image Deny 👁 Image Element Constructor 👁 Image Heat Block 👁 Image Item Frame 👁 Image Glow 👁 Image Lab Table 👁 Image Material Reducer 👁 Image Underwater TNT 👁 Image Underwater Torch

👁 BlockSprite command-block.png: Sprite image for command-block in Minecraft Creative or commands only
All editions	👁 Image Barrier 👁 Image Command Block 👁 Image Chain 👁 Image Repeating 👁 Image Jigsaw Block 👁 Image 👁 Image Light 👁 Image Petrified Oak Slab 👁 Image Player Head 👁 Image Structure Block 👁 Image Void
Java Edition only	👁 Image Test Block 👁 Image Test Instance Block
China Edition only	👁 Image mod_ore 👁 Image micro_block

👁 BlockSprite gear.png: Sprite image for gear in Minecraft Removed
Java Edition only	👁 Image Cloth 👁 Image Dead Coral Block 👁 Image Gear 👁 Image Lava Spawner 👁 Image Locked chest 👁 Image Rose 👁 Image Potted 👁 Image Shrub 👁 Image Water Spawner
Bedrock Edition only	👁 Image Blue Rose 👁 Image grass_carried 👁 Image leaves_carried 👁 Image Fern 👁 Image Fern 👁 Image Second Black Wool 👁 Image Smooth Stone Bricks 👁 Image Structure Air 👁 Image mysterious_frame_slot
MinecraftEdu only	👁 Image Big Sign 👁 Image Border block 👁 Image Build allow block 👁 Image Build disallow block 👁 Image Foundation block 👁 Image Home Block 👁 Image Information block 👁 Image Information Sign 👁 Image Number Block 👁 Image Spawn Block 👁 Image Steppe dirt 👁 Image Steppe sand 👁 Image Teleport Block 👁 Image Quiz Block
Minecraft 4k only	👁 Image ID 9 Dirt 👁 Image XOR Block

👁 BlockSprite glowing-obsidian.png: Sprite image for glowing-obsidian in Minecraft Unused
BE & Edu only	👁 Image Camera Block 👁 Image Chiseled Purpur 👁 Image tile.client_request_placeholder_block.name 👁 Image Deprecated Anvil 👁 Image tile.deprecated_purpur_block_2.name 👁 Image Glowing Obsidian 👁 Image tile.info_update.name 👁 Image tile.info_update2.name 👁 Image Nether Reactor Core 👁 Image tile.reserved6.name 👁 Image Stonecutter (old) 👁 Image Unknown

👁 BlockSprite dirt-slab.png: Sprite image for dirt-slab in Minecraft Unimplemented
All editions	👁 Image Branches 👁 Image Copper Button 👁 Image Colored Planks 👁 Image Coral Slab 👁 Image Dead 👁 Image Dirt Slab 👁 Image Empty Barrel 👁 Image Fish Barrel 👁 Image Furniture 👁 Image Paeonia 👁 Image 👁 Image Sculk Jaw 👁 Image Spike Block 👁 Image Wax Block

👁 Image Joke
April Fools 2013	👁 Image Block of Coal 👁 Image Etho Slab 👁 Image Tinted Glass 👁 Image Torch (Burnt-out)
April Fools 2016	👁 Image USB Charger Block
April Fools 2020	👁 Image An Ant 👁 Image Box of Infinite Books 👁 Image Cursor 👁 Image Funky Portal 👁 Image Leftover 👁 Image Swaggiest stairs ever
April Fools 2022	👁 Image How did we get here?
April Fools 2023	👁 Image Cheese 👁 Image Copper Sink 👁 Image Filled 👁 Image Copper Spleaves 👁 Image Golden Chest 👁 Image Other Portal 👁 Image Packed Air 👁 Image Pickaxe Block 👁 Image Place Block
April Fools 2024	👁 Image Baked Potato Bricks 👁 Image Expired 👁 Image Charred 👁 Image Big Brain 👁 Image Block of Amber 👁 Image Block of Potato Peels 👁 Image Corrupted 👁 Image Floatater 👁 Image Floatato 👁 Image Frying Table 👁 Image Gravtater 👁 Image Pedestal 👁 Image Peelgrass Block 👁 Image Corrupted 👁 Image Poison Farmland 👁 Image Poison Path 👁 Image Poisonous Mashed Potato 👁 Image Poisonous Potato Block 👁 Image Compressed 👁 Image Double Compressed 👁 Image Triple Compressed 👁 Image Quadruple Compressed 👁 Image Poisonous Potato Cutter 👁 Image Poisonous Potato Head Block 👁 Image Poisonous Potato Headpiece 👁 Image Poisonous Potato Ore 👁 Image Deepslate 👁 Image Potato Battery 👁 Image Potato Bud 👁 Image Potato flower 👁 Image Potato Fruit 👁 Image Potato Leaves 👁 Image Potato Pedicule 👁 Image Potato Portal 👁 Image Potato Refinery 👁 Image Potato Sprouts 👁 Image Potato Stem 👁 Image Planks 👁 Image Slab 👁 Image Stairs 👁 Image Door 👁 Image Trapdoor 👁 Image Button 👁 Image Pressure Plate 👁 Image Sign 👁 Image Hanging Sign 👁 Image Fence 👁 Image Fence Gate 👁 Image Potone 👁 Image Copper Ore 👁 Image Diamond Ore 👁 Image Gold Ore 👁 Image Iron Ore 👁 Image Lapis Lazuli Ore 👁 Image Redstone Ore 👁 Image Resin Ore 👁 Image Powerful Potato 👁 Image Strong Roots 👁 Image Taterstone 👁 Image Terre de Pomme 👁 Image Vicious Potato 👁 Image Weak Roots
April Fools 2025	👁 Image Dimension Control 👁 Image Mine Travelling Block 👁 Image Mine Revisitor 👁 Image Mine Crafter 👁 Image Mob Trophy 👁 Image Shimmering Door 👁 Image Sky 👁 Image Trophy
April Fools 2026	👁 Image Copper Trap 👁 Image Iron Trap

👁 BlockSprite potted-block.png: Sprite image for potted-block in Minecraft Extreme metadata variants
All editions	👁 Image Directionless Hopper 👁 Image Seamless Stone Slab 👁 Image Six-sided Hay Bale 👁 Image 👁 Image 👁 Image Six-sided Piston
Java Edition only	👁 Image Faceless Furnace 👁 Image Faceless Jack o'Lantern 👁 Image Green Shrub 👁 Image Potted 👁 Image Invisible stairs 👁 Image Misaligned torch 👁 Image Redstone 👁 Image Nether portal post 👁 Image Overripe Melon Stem 👁 Image Attached 👁 Image Overripe Pumpkin Stem 👁 Image Attached 👁 Image Overgrown Cocoa 👁 Image Overeaten Cake 👁 Image Overgrown Wheat Crops 👁 Image Potted non-flower block 👁 Image Snowy Dirt 👁 Image Coarse 👁 BlockSprite stone-revision-1.png: Sprite image for stone-revision-1 in Minecraft 👁 Image Strange buttons 👁 Image Others
Bedrock Edition only	👁 Image Bell Stand 👁 Image Diorite Bell 👁 Image Granite Bell 👁 Image Polished 👁 Image Six-sided Bone Block 👁 Image Six-sided Purpur Pillar 👁 Image Six-sided Quartz Pillar 👁 Image Smokeless Campfire

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