Java Edition data values

For data values on mods that add new items, see Mod data values

These data values refer to the different types of blocks and items. They are used in many, many places in Minecraft. Block IDs are used to define blocks placed in the world and inventory items (including items in chests and items dropped in the world). Item IDs are only valid for items. Each inventory slot has a unique slot number. In a Beta world, Block data further defines blocks placed, describing for example the height of water or the direction a torch points.

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Block IDs

These values apply to both inventory items and to blocks placed in the world. This reflects the most recent version. Entries marked with a ^D require additional data to fully define the block in a Beta world. Entries marked with an ^I have a different ID as an inventory item. Entries marked with a ^B require additional inventory data to fully define the inventory item. Items with IDs in red cannot be legitimately obtained in the player's inventory in the game; they can only be obtained by "hacking" (such as the use of Inventory editors) or, in multiplayer using the /give server command.
Notice: Removed items are green. (Removed but special items are: April Fools' Locked Chest, Collectors' items, testing items, etc.)

Icon	Dec	Hex	Block type
	00	00	Air
	01	01	Stone
	02	02	Grass
	03	03	Dirt
	04	04	Cobblestone
File:Wooden Plank.png	05	05	Wooden Plank
	06	06	Sapling D
	07	07	Bedrock
	08	08	Water D
	09	09	Stationary water D
	10	0A	Lava D
	11	0B	Stationary lava D
	12	0C	Sand
	13	0D	Gravel
File:Gold (Ore).png	14	0E	Gold Ore
File:Iron (Ore).png	15	0F	Iron Ore
File:Coal (Ore).png	16	10	Coal Ore
File:Wood.png	17	11	Wood D B
File:Leaves.png	18	12	Leaves D
	19	13	Sponge
	20	14	Glass
File:Lapis Lazuli (Ore).png	21	15	Lapis Lazuli Ore
File:Lapis Lazuli (Block).png	22	16	Lapis Lazuli Block
	23	17	Dispenser D
	24	18	Sandstone
	25	19	Note Block
File:Bed.png	26	1A	Bed D I
	35	23	Wool D B
	37	25	Dandelion
	38	26	Rose
	39	27	Brown Mushroom
	40	28	Red Mushroom

Icon	Dec	Hex	Block type
File:Gold (Block).png	41	29	Gold Block
File:Iron (Block).png	42	2A	Iron Block
File:Double Stone Slab.png	43	2B	Double Slabs D B
	44	2C	Slabs D B
File:Brick (Block).png	45	2D	Brick Block
	46	2E	TNT
	47	2F	Bookshelf
File:Moss Stone.png	48	30	Moss Stone
	49	31	Obsidian
	50	32	Torch D
	51	33	Fire D
	52	34	Monster Spawner
File:Wooden Stairs.png	53	35	Wooden Stairs D
	54	36	Chest
File:Redstone (Wire).png	55	37	Redstone Wire D I
File:Diamond (Ore).png	56	38	Diamond Ore
File:Diamond (Block).png	57	39	Diamond Block
	58	3A	Crafting Table
File:Crops.png	59	3B	Seeds D
	60	3C	Farmland D
	61	3D	Furnace D
File:Furnace (Active).png	62	3E	Burning Furnace D
File:Sign.png	63	3F	Sign Post D I
File:Wooden Door.png	64	40	Wooden Door D I
File:Ladders.png	65	41	Ladders D
File:Rails.png	66	42	Rails D
	67	43	Cobblestone Stairs D
File:Wall Sign.png	68	44	Wall Sign D I
	69	45	Lever D
	70	46	Stone Pressure Plate D
	71	47	Iron Door D I
File:Wooden Pressure Plate.png	72	48	Wooden Pressure Plate D

Icon	Dec	Hex	Block type
File:Redstone (Ore).png	73	49	Redstone Ore
File:Redstone (Ore).png	74	4A	Glowing Redstone Ore
File:Redstone (Torch, Inactive).png	75	4B	Redstone Torch ("off" state) D
File:Redstone (Torch, Active).png	76	4C	Redstone Torch ("on" state) D
	77	4D	Stone Button D
	78	4E	Snow
	79	4F	Ice
File:Snow (Block).png	80	50	Snow Block
	81	51	Cactus D
File:Clay (Block).png	82	52	Clay Block
	83	53	Sugar Cane D, I
	84	54	Jukebox D
File:Fence.png	85	55	Fence
	86	56	Pumpkin D
	87	57	Netherrack
	88	58	Soul Sand
File:Glowstone (Block).png	89	59	Glowstone Block
File:Portal.png	90	5A	Portal
File:Jack-O-Lantern.png	91	5B	Jack-O-Lantern D
	92	5C	Cake Block D
File:Redstone (Repeater, Inactive).png	93	5D	Redstone Repeater ("off" state) D I
File:Redstone (Repeater, Active).png	94	5E	Redstone Repeater ("on" state) D I
	95	5F	Locked Chest

Item IDs

All items have values above 255, making it easy to separate the Block IDs from the Item IDs. Entries marked with a ^D require additional data to fully define the item in a Beta world. The chainmail set is currently unobtainable without hacking or, in multiplayer, the /give server command.

Icon	Dec	Hex	Item
	256	100	Iron Shovel
	257	101	Iron Pickaxe
	258	102	Iron Axe
	259	103	Flint and Steel
	260	104	Apple
	261	105	Bow
	262	106	Arrow
	263	107	Coal D
	264	108	Diamond
	265	109	Iron Ingot
	266	10A	Gold Ingot
	267	10B	Iron Sword
	268	10C	Wooden Sword
	269	10D	Wooden Shovel
	270	10E	Wooden Pickaxe
	271	10F	Wooden Axe
	272	110	Stone Sword
	273	111	Stone Shovel
	274	112	Stone Pickaxe
	275	113	Stone Axe
	276	114	Diamond Sword
	277	115	Diamond Shovel
	278	116	Diamond Pickaxe
	279	117	Diamond Axe
	280	118	Stick
	281	119	Bowl
	282	11A	Mushroom Soup
	283	11B	Gold Sword
	284	11C	Gold Shovel
	285	11D	Gold Pickaxe
	286	11E	Gold Axe
	287	11F	String

Icon	Dec	Hex	Item
	288	120	Feather
	289	121	Gunpowder
	290	122	Wooden Hoe
	291	123	Stone Hoe
	292	124	Iron Hoe
	293	125	Diamond Hoe
	294	126	Gold Hoe
	295	127	Seeds
	296	128	Wheat
	297	129	Bread
	298	12A	Leather Helmet
	299	12B	Leather Chestplate
	300	12C	Leather Leggings
	301	12D	Leather Boots
	302	12E	Chain Helmet
	303	12F	Chain Chestplate
	304	130	Chain Leggings
	305	131	Chain Boots
	306	132	Iron Helmet
	307	133	Iron Chestplate
	308	134	Iron Leggings
	309	135	Iron Boots
	310	136	Diamond Helmet
	311	137	Diamond Chestplate
	312	138	Diamond Leggings
	313	139	Diamond Boots
	314	13A	Gold Helmet
	315	13B	Gold Chestplate
	316	13C	Gold Leggings
	317	13D	Gold Boots
	318	13E	Flint
	319	13F	Raw Porkchop

Icon	Dec	Hex	Item
	320	140	Cooked Porkchop
	321	141	Paintings
	322	142	Golden Apple
	323	143	Sign
	324	144	Wooden door
	325	145	Bucket
	326	146	Water bucket
	327	147	Lava bucket
	328	148	Minecart
	329	149	Saddle
	330	14A	Iron door
	331	14B	Redstone
	332	14C	Snowball
	333	14D	Boat
	334	14E	Leather
	335	14F	Milk
	336	150	Clay Brick
	337	151	Clay
	338	152	Sugar Cane
	339	153	Paper
	340	154	Book
	341	155	Slimeball
	342	156	Storage Minecart
	343	157	Powered Minecart
	344	158	Egg
	345	159	Compass
	346	15A	Fishing Rod
	347	15B	Clock
	348	15C	Glowstone Dust
	349	15D	Raw Fish
	350	15E	Cooked Fish
	351	15F	Dye D

Icon	Dec	Hex	Item
	352	160	Bone
	353	161	Sugar
	354	162	Cake
	355	163	Bed
	356	164	Redstone Repeater
	357	165	Cookie
	2256	8D0	Gold Music Disc
	2257	8D1	Green Music Disc

Data

Special data for certain block and item types. Storage differs according to level format.

Block	dec	hex	Use
Wood	0-2	0-2	Wood Texture
Fire	0-15	0-F	Age in some fraction of a second
Leaves	0-2	0-2	Leaves Texture
Jukebox	0-2	0-2	Disc in jukebox
Saplings	0-15	0-F	Age
Cactus	0-15	0-F	Age
Sugar Canes	0-15	0-F	Age
Water and Lava	0-15	0-F	Fluid level
Soil/Farmland	0-8	0-8	Wetness
Crops	0-7	0-7	Crop size
Wool	0-15	0-F	Color
Dyes	0-15	0-F	Dye Color
Torches and Redstone Torches	0-5	0-5	Torch orientation
Redstone	0-15	0-F	Current strength
Rails	0-9	0-9	Rail slope and orientation
Ladders	0-3	0-3	Ladder orientation
Stairs	0-3	0-3	Stair orientation
Levers	6-14	6-E	Lever orientation and thrown state
Doors	0-15	0-F	Hinge corner position and swing state
Buttons	0-15	0-F	Button orientation
Sign Posts	0-15	0-F	Sign orientation
Wall Signs	2-5	2-5	Sign orientation
Furnaces and Dispensers	2-5	2-5	Furnace or Dispenser orientation
Pumpkins and Jack-o-lanterns	0-3	0-3	Pumpkin orientation
Pressure Plates	0-1	0-1	Whether it's pressed
Coal	0-1	0-1	Type of coal (mined coal or charcoal)
Tools and Armor	varies		Damage level
Slabs	0-3	0-3	Type of slab
Cake	0-5	0-5	Pieces eaten
Bed	0-3, 8-11	0-3, 8-B	Orientation and head/foot
Redstone Repeater/Delayer	0-15	0-F	Orientation and delay
Redstone Wire	0-15	0-F	Power level

Wood

Icon	Value	Description
	0	Is the usual trunk texture
	1	Is the redwood like texture
	2	Is a birch texture

Fire

0x0 is a placed or spread fire. Once it reaches 0xF the eternal fire-trick will work since there will be no further updates of the block

Leaves

If bit 0x4 is set, the leaves will be checked for decay. The bit will be cleared after the check if the leaves do not decay. The bit will be set again whenever a block adjacent to the leaves is changed.

Icon	Value	Description
	0	Is the usual tree's leaves texture
	1	Is the redwood tree's leaves texture
	2	Is a birch tree's leaves texture

Coal

Icon	Value	Description
	0	Coal
	1	Charcoal

Jukebox

Icon	Value	Description
	0	Nothing
	1	Gold Music Disc
	2	Green Music Disc

Saplings

0x0 is a freshly planted sapling. The data value is incremented at random intervals. When it becomes 15, a new tree is created in its place.

Cactus

0x0 is a freshly planted cactus. The data value is incremented at random intervals. When it becomes 15, a new cactus block is created on top as long as the total height does not exceed 3.

Sugar Canes

0x0 is a freshly planted cane. The data value is incremented at random intervals. When it becomes 15, a new sugar cane block is created on top as long as the total height does not exceed 4.

Water and Lava

0x0 is a full block. Water goes up to 0x7, Lava goes up to 0x6 (using the steps 0x0, 0x2, 0x4 and 0x6). If bit 0x8 is set, this liquid is "falling" and only spreads downward.

Farmland

0x0 is dry land, 0x1-0x8 are increasing levels of wetness. The wetness value depends on how far the block is away from water.

Crops

Crops grow from 0x0 to 0x7 (Pictured below).

Icon	Value
	0
	1
	2
	3
	4
	5
	6
	7

Wool

Note: Only the default wool block - block ID #35 - can be spawned using the /give method. The materials for dying wool must be spawned or collected in order to get colored wool.

These values specify the color of the wool. This data is stored in block metadata for placed wool, and as the "damage" for wool in the inventory.

Icon	Dec	Hex	Description
	0	0x0	Regular wool (white)
	1	0x1	Orange
	2	0x2	Magenta
	3	0x3	Light Blue
	4	0x4	Yellow
	5	0x5	Light Green
	6	0x6	Pink
	7	0x7	Gray
	8	0x8	Light Gray
	9	0x9	Cyan
	10	0xA	Purple
	11	0xB	Blue
	12	0xC	Brown
	13	0xD	Dark Green
	14	0xE	Red
	15	0xF	Black

Dyes

Icon	Dec	Hex	Description
	0	0x0	Ink Sac
	1	0x1	Rose Red
	2	0x2	Cactus Green
	3	0x3	Cocoa Beans
	4	0x4	Lapis Lazuli
	5	0x5	Purple Dye
	6	0x6	Cyan Dye
	7	0x7	Light Gray Dye
	8	0x8	Gray Dye
	9	0x9	Pink Dye
	10	0xA	Lime Dye
	11	0xB	Dandelion Yellow
	12	0xC	Light Blue Dye
	13	0xD	Magenta Dye
	14	0xE	Orange Dye
	15	0xF	Bone Meal

Torches and Redstone Torches

• 0x1: Pointing south
• 0x2: Pointing north
• 0x3: Pointing west
• 0x4: Pointing east
• 0x5: Standing on the floor

Rails

• 0x0: flat track going east-west
• 0x1: flat track going north-south
• 0x2: track ascending to the south
• 0x3: track ascending to the north
• 0x4: track ascending to the east
• 0x5: track ascending to the west

Make a circle from four rails:

• 0x6: Northeast corner
• 0x7: Southeast corner
• 0x8: Southwest corner
• 0x9: Northwest corner

Ladders

• 0x2: Attached to the east side of a block
• 0x3: West side of a block
• 0x4: North side
• 0x5: South side

Stairs

• 0x0: Ascending south
• 0x1: Ascending north
• 0x2: Ascending west
• 0x3: Ascending east

Levers

• 0x8: If this bit is set, the lever has been thrown and is providing power.

Wall levers:

• 0x1: Facing south
• 0x2: Facing north
• 0x3: Facing west
• 0x4: Facing east

Ground levers:

• 0x5: Lever points west when off.
• 0x6: Lever points south when off. (Note that unlike the other types of switch, this version will not power wires around the block it is sitting on.)

Doors

• 0x8: If this bit is set, this is the top half of a door.
• 0x4: If this bit is set, the door has swung counterclockwise around its hinge.

Location of hinge within block:

• 0x0: Northeast corner
• 0x1: Southeast corner
• 0x2: Southwest corner
• 0x3: Northwest corner

Buttons

• 0x8 If this bit is set, the button has been pressed. If this bit is set in a saved level, the button will remain pressed for an undefined length of time after the level is loaded.

Button direction:

• 0x1: Facing south
• 0x2: Facing north
• 0x3: Facing west
• 0x4: Facing east

Sign Posts

• 0x0: West
• 0x1: West-Northwest
• 0x2: Northwest
• 0x3: North-Northwest
• 0x4: North
• 0x5: North-Northeast
• 0x6: Northeast
• 0x7: East-Northeast
• 0x8: East
• 0x9: East-Southeast
• 0xA: Southeast
• 0xB: South-Southeast
• 0xC: South
• 0xD: South-Southwest
• 0xE: Southwest
• 0xF: West-Southwest

Wall Signs

• 0x2: Facing east
• 0x3: Facing west
• 0x4: Facing north
• 0x5: Facing south

Furnaces and Dispensers

• 0x2: Facing east
• 0x3: Facing west
• 0x4: Facing north
• 0x5: Facing south

Pumpkins and Jack-O-Lanterns

• 0x0: Facing east
• 0x1: Facing south
• 0x2: Facing west
• 0x3: Facing north

Pressure Plates

• 0x1: If this bit is set, the plate is pressed.

Slab and Double Slab material

Icon	Value	Description
	0x0	Stone Slab
	0x1	Sandstone Slab
	0x2	Wooden Slab
	0x3	Cobblestone Slab

Cake

• 0x0: Full cake
• 0x1-0x5: 1 to 5 pieces eaten

Beds

• 0x0: Head is pointing West
• 0x1: Head is pointing North
• 0x2: Head is pointing East
• 0x3: Head is pointing South

• 0x8: (bit flag) - When 0, the foot of the bed. When 1, the head of the bed.

Redstone Repeater

Low (1st & 2nd) bits:

• 0x0: Facing east
• 0x1: Facing south
• 0x2: Facing west
• 0x3: Facing north

High (3rd & 4th) bits:

• 0x0: 1 tick delay
• 0x1: 2 tick delay
• 0x2: 3 tick delay
• 0x3: 4 tick delay

Redstone Wire

0xF is a wire placed right next to a power source (like a redstone torch). The value declines with distance until 0x0, which is a non-powered wire. The direction of the wire is not saved but calculated at runtime.