Blocks are the most basic units in Minecraft, and are essential to the gameplay. Together, they build up the in-game environment, and can be collected and utilized in various fashions. Some blocks are created naturally, such as dirt or stone, while others, such as Wooden Planks or sticks, must be crafted by the player.

Some blocks have special uses, such as Jack-O-Lanterns, Glowstone and Redstone Lamps which can be used to light underwater areas, as they cannot be put out by water(if the Redstone signal is not destroyed).

There are three different transparency levels of blocks. There are completely transparent blocks like air. There are semi-transparent blocks like glass and leaves. There are also blocks with 0% transparency, like wood or cobblestone. Most blocks that are at least some what transparent will not be able to have torches placed on them.

The face of a block is 16×16 pixels, and each block is proportionately one cubic meter.^[1] Most blocks are static, although Water, Lava, Portal, and Fire blocks have a shifting pattern for each side. While the default texture pack's textures are 16x16, there are texture packs with 32x32 or even 64x64 textures. These texture packs often require a mod.

Contents 1 World-generated Blocks 1.1 The Overworld 1.1.1 Naturally Generated 1.1.2 Naturally Created 2 Structures 2.1 The Nether 2.1.1 Naturally Generated 2.1.2 Naturally Created 2.1.3 Structures 3 Additional Reading 4 See also 5 Trivia 6 References

World-generated Blocks Edit

Entries marked with a ^D require additional data values to entirely define the block in a Minecraft world. Entries marked with an ^I have a different ID as a inventory item. Entries marked with a ^B require additional inventory data to fully define the inventory item. Entries marked with a ^T have tile entities associated with them to store additional data. Items with IDs in red cannot be legitimately obtained by the player in the game; they can only be obtained by "hacking" (Such as using an inventory editor) or, in multiplayer servers, using the /give command. Items available only in Creative mode are in blue. Items only obtainable through the Silk Touch enchantment in survival mode are in green.

The Overworld Edit

Under is a list of blocks that naturally occur in the overworld.

Naturally GeneratedEdit

Naturally Generated blocks include blocks that are created through a seed either player generated or generated by a random seed generator.

Icon	Dec	Hex	Block type
	00	00	Air
	01	01	Stone
	02	02	Grass Block
25px	03	03	Dirt
	07	07	Bedrock
	08	08	Water D
	10	0A	Lava D
	12	0C	Sand
	13	0D	Gravel
	14	0E	Gold Ore
25px	15	0F	Iron Ore
25px	16	10	Coal Ore
	17	11	Wood D B
25px	18	12	Leaves D B
	21	15	Lapis Lazuli Ore
	24	18	Sandstone
25px	31	1F	Grass D B
25px	32	20	Dead Bush

Icon	Dec	Hex	Block type
	37	25	Dandelion
	38	26	Rose
	39	27	Brown Mushroom
	40	28	Red Mushroom
25px	56	38	Diamond Ore
	73	49	Redstone Ore
	78	4E	Snow
	79	4F	Ice
	81	51	Cactus D
	82	52	Clay Block
	83	53	Sugar Cane D I
	86	56	Pumpkin D
25px	99	63	Huge Brown Mushroom D
25px	100	64	Huge Red Mushroom D
	106	6A	Vines D
	110	6E	Mycelium
	111	6F	Lily Pad
	120	78	End Portal Frame

Naturally CreatedEdit

Naturally Created means a combination of events that cause a new block to be placed by natural causes, not the Player. The best choice on your first house is that you use most of these to make it. or in the side of a mountain. Alpha 14:15, November 21, 2012 (UTC)

Icon	Dec	Hex	Block type
	00	00	Air
	01	01	Stone
	02	02	Grass
25px	03	03	Dirt
	04	04	Cobblestone
	09	09	Stationary water D
25px	31	1F	Tall Grass D B
	39	27	Brown Mushroom
	40	28	Red Mushroom
	49	31	Obsidian

Icon	Dec	Hex	Block type
	37	25	Dandelion
	38	26	Rose
	51	33	Fire D
	78	4E	Snow
	79	4F	Ice
	81	51	Cactus D
	83	53	Sugar Cane D I
	106	6A	Vines D
	110	6E	Mycelium
	74	4A	Redstone Ore

StructuresEdit

Same as Naturally Generated, but these blocks are only created with the "Generate Structures" option enabled.

Icon	Dec	Hex	Block type
	04	04	Cobblestone
	05	05	Wooden Plank
	09	09	Stationary Water D
	11	0B	Stationary Lava D
	13	0D	Gravel
	17	11	Wood D B
25px	30	1E	Cobweb
25px	35	23	Wool (Black) D B
25px	44	2C	Slabs D B
	47	2F	Bookshelf
	48	30	Moss Stone
	50	32	Torch D
	52	34	Monster Spawner T
25px	53	35	Wooden Stairs D
25px	54	36	Chest D T
25px	58	3A	Crafting Table

Icon	Dec	Hex	Block type
25px	59	3B	Seeds D
25px	60	3C	Farmland D
	61	3D	Furnace D T
25px	64	40	Wooden Door D I
	65	41	Ladders D
	66	42	Rails D
25px	67	43	Stone Stairs
25px	71	47	Iron Door D I
25px	72	48	Wooden Pressure Plate D
	77	4D	Button D
	85	55	Fence
	97	61	Hidden Silverfish D
	98	62	Stone Bricks D B
	101	65	Iron Bars
	102	66	Glass Pane

The Nether Edit

To get to the nether, one must obtain at least 10 Obsidian Blocks from the

Overworld, a result of the collision of water with still lava. Then fire is added and one can travel to the nether.

Naturally GeneratedEdit

Icon	Dec	Hex	Block type
	00	00	Air
	07	07	Bedrock
	11	0B	Stationary LavaD
	13	0D	Gravel
	39	27	Brown Mushroom
	40	28	Red Mushroom
	51	33	Fire D
	87	57	Netherrack
	88	58	Soul Sand
25px	89	59	Glowstone

Naturally CreatedEdit

Icon	Dec	Hex	Block type
	00	00	Air
	10	0A	Lava D
	39	27	Brown Mushroom
	40	28	Red Mushroom
	49	31	Obsidian
25px	90	5A	Portal

StructuresEdit

Icon	Dec	Hex	Block type
	00	00	Air
	52	34	Monster Spawner T
	88	58	Soul Sand
	112	70	Nether Brick
	113	71	Nether Brick Fence
25px	114	72	Nether Brick StairsD
25px	115	73	Nether Wart D

Additional ReadingEdit

There are currently 153 different types of blocks, including Air,which cannot be built, still Water, still Lava, various types of Wood, various colors of Wool, various types of Pressure Plates, Slabs, Stairs and Double Slabs. See Data Values for the full list.

In a standard randomly generated Map, you can find Air, Stone, Grass, Snow, Dirt, Water, Water Source, Lava, Lava Source, Sand, Sandstone, Gravel, Gold Ore, Iron Ore, Diamond Ore, Redstone Ore, Lapis Lazuli Ore, Clay Block, Coal Ore, Bedrock, Ice, Wood, Birch Wood, Wooden Planks in Abandoned Mines Pine/Spruce Wood, Leaves, Cactus, Sugar Canes, Vines, Pumpkins, yellow and red Flowers, brown and red Mushrooms, dead and living Shrubs and Tall Grass. In dungeons (added in Seecret Friday Update 2), you can also find Cobblestone, Moss Stone, a Monster Spawner, and Chests, even though cobblestone and chests are usually made by the player. Cobblestone, Wooden Planks, Fences, Pressure Plates, Bookshelves, Crafting Tables, Stairs, Torches, Black Wool, Iron Bars, Lava, Chests and Furnaces may also be found in the randomly generated NPC villiages that were added in 1.8, and Stone Brick, Mossy Stone Brick, Cracked Stone Brick, Iron Bars, End Portal Frame, Monster Spawner, Bookshelves, Wooden Planks, Fence, Chest, and Cobweb can be found in the strongholds and abandoned mines also added in 1.8. Obsidian can be found naturally, but it is not part of the random generation; instead it is created when naturally occurring lava source blocks and water come in contact. Cobblestone can also be found naturally, and is formed with the same circumstances as obsidian, except that it is formed when water and moving lava contact. Dungeons are also built of cobblestone in parts.

In the initial, free version of Survival the player began with 10 TNT blocks and could obtain Dirt, Cobblestone from Stone, Wooden Planks from Wood, Gold Blocks from Gold Ore, Iron Blocks from Iron ore, Stone Slabs from Coal Ore, and white Wool from Sheep.

In Classic mode the player can build with naturally occurring blocks (except for Redstone and Diamond), and can use Bookcase, Sponge, Coloured Wool, Brick, Obsidian and Moss Stone. Operators of servers can also build Bedrock. Some custom servers give the ability to place Grass and (still) Fluids, too.

When playing the current version, the player can craft a variety of blocks not naturally found in maps, including Crafting Tables, Bookshelves, Furnaces and more. Redstone, Diamond, Gold and Lapis Lazuli can be found in the lower areas of maps.

Netherrack, Glowstone, Gravel, Soul Sand, Nether Brick, Nether Brick Fence, Nether Brick Stairs and Nether Wart can be found in The Nether, which the player can only enter by creating a Nether Portal and End Stone and Obsidian can be found in The End, which the player can only enter by inserting Eyes of Ender in all the End Portal Frames. Bedrock, Torches, End Portal and a Dragon Egg are created after beating the Ender Dragon.

The Pocket Edition has 3 additional blocks: The Cyan Flower, Nether reactor core, and glowing obsidian.

See also Edit

• Data values
• Item
• Opacity
• Luminance
• Ore
• Technical blocks

TriviaEdit

• When placing a block in any version of Minecraft with a slightly laggy computer, it may place two blocks when only clicking once, and when you remove one block, it removes them both. This also happens with doors. People with particularly low-end hardware may even experience three blocks being placed or removed with one click of the mouse. A good way of combating this problem is to reduce your view distance to speed up the game.
• Water is one of the only blocks that you can walk through. The other one is doors.
• Lava only flows 4 blocks in the Overworld. In the Nether, it can flow 8 blocks, similar to water in the Overworld. If the water block is hacked into your inventory, it can be placed without evaporating and it will flow the same as in the overworld. However, a block update will cause it to evaporate. Lava also flows faster in the Nether.
• Nether Portal blocks may be considered artificial blocks because players must strike the portal frame with a Flint and Steel to create them.
• Netherrack, glowstone and Soul Sand are blocks found only in the Nether. They both have helpful uses in the Overworld, such as an infinite light source and traps.
• Some blocks must be destroyed by a specific tool in order to be collected, such as Diamonds being mined with an Iron Pickaxe or better.

References Edit

1. ↑ http://notch.tumblr.com/post/422515389/clearing-up-the-world-size-math

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