Technical blocks are blocks that cannot be acquired legitimately and serve various purposes during events within the game.

Contents 1 Piston related technical blocks 1.1 Piston Extension 1.2 Block 36 2 Furnace related technical blocks 2.1 Burning Furnace 3 Redstone related technical blocks 3.1 Glowing Redstone Ore 3.2 Block 75 3.3 Active Redstone Repeater 4 Fluid related technical blocks 4.1 Flowing Water 4.2 Flowing Lava 5 Farming related technical blocks 5.1 Farmland 5.2 Pumpkin Stem 5.3 Melon Stem 6 Mobs related technical blocks 6.1 Block 97 7 Nether Portals related technical block 7.1 Nether Portal 8 End Portals related technical blocks 8.1 End Portal Frame 8.1.1 Uses 8.1.2 History 8.1.3 Trivia 8.2 End Portal 9 Invisible Bedrock 10 Trivia 11 References

Piston related technical blocks Edit

These blocks serve a purpose when a piston is used.

Piston Extension Edit

Block 34
Type of Block	Technical, Solid
Tool Used	?

Block 34 is a block used by the piston's extension arm. One of the data bits of this block defines if it is a normal piston or a sticky piston extension. If block 34 is destroyed in creative mode, the piston/sticky piston will be destroyed too, and will drop pistons/ sticky pistons

Block 36 Edit

Block 36
Type of Block	Technical
Tool Used	?

Block 36 is a block used by pistons. It is a side effect of the method of storing moving blocks as tile entities instead of entities. This block's color, when located next to a block in the world, is black. When a block next to it is removed, it becomes invisible, can be walked through, and when light passes through it the light level decreases by 1. They are unbreakable by traditional methods; however, can be removed by right-clicking. The game treats the block as stone when it comes to breaking animation and step sound. In the inventory it has a top of grass block texture in terrain.png, presumably since it is the first texture, and it cannot be placed.

Furnace related technical blocks Edit

Burning Furnace Edit

Block 62
Type of Block	Technical, Solid
Tool Used

This is a block used to make furnaces shed light when smelting. It has a different texture than the normal furnace and emits particles. If the burning furnace is activated and the fuel runs out, the block will not return to a normal Furnace As of 1.5.

Redstone related technical blocks Edit

Glowing Redstone Ore Edit

Block 74
Type of Block	Technical, Solid
Tool Used

This is a block used to make Redstone Ore glow when stepped on, right-clicked, or left-clicked. While the redstone ore is lit, it will emit light but will wear off after a while.

Block 75 Edit

Block 75
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Type of Block	Technical, Nonsolid Block
Tool Used	All

Main article: Redstone (Torch)

Block 75 is a block representing an off-state Redstone Torch. When a normal Redstone Torch (standing on the top of a block) receives power from a layer below the block it's standing on, it turns off, and stops giving power. When the torch stops getting power, it turns back to the normal on-state torch, and gives power again. For the game to know the torch stopped getting power, the game must update the block - this happens when a block near the torch changes, and when it's turned off because of the Redstone current, this is not a problem, but when spawned into the world it will be turned off, and because no block is updated, it will stay this way, until a block updates. When the block is removed it will turn to a normal on-state torch.

Active Redstone Repeater Edit

Block 94
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Type of Block	Technical, Solid block
Tool Used	All

This is the on state of the Redstone Repeater.

Fluid related technical blocks Edit

Flowing Water Edit

Block 08
Type of Block	Technical, Fluid
Tool Used	Bucket

The flowing Water block tells the game to check for any Air blocks around it and put some Water into them if applicable.

Flowing Lava Edit

Block 10
Type of Block	Technical, Fluid
Tool Used	bucket

The flowing lava block tells the game to check for any air blocks around it and put some lava into them if applicable.

Farming related technical blocks Edit

Farmland Edit

Main article: Farmland

Farmland
Type of Block	Solid block
Tool Used	hoe

Farmland is a block on which seeds can be planted and grown. It is made by using a Hoe on Dirt or Grass. If Farmland is near water it becomes hydrated, and if not it turns dried again, and will eventually turn back to Dirt. As of Minecraft 1.1, walking on farmland will not un-till the land. However, jumping will. Turning Grass into Farmland will cause it to become Dirt, once reverted.

Pumpkin Stem Edit

Pumpkin Stem
Type of Block	Technical

The block that is planted on farmland when pumpkin seeds are used on it. It starts off-set/under-ground, and rises up as the plant grows, as opposed to the method wheat seeds uses, where each growth stage is an individual texture. The stem is coloured green by the game, and then brown once fully grown.

The stem will change to the second image once a pumpkin has grown off the stem. A single stem will connect to any Pumpkin in an adjacent square, thus there are 5 possible appearances to a stem. When the pumpkin is removed, the stem will return to its original image.

A single pumpkin will grow off of a full grown stem at a time, but once that pumpkin is removed, another can grow in its place.

Destroying a fully-grown stem yields 0-3 pumpkin seeds.

Melon Stem Edit

Melon Stem
Type of Block	Technical

The block that is planted on farmland when melon seeds are used on it. The coloring and growth methods are the same as the Pumpkin Stem's.

The stem will change to the second image once a melon has grown off the stem. A single stem will connect to any Melon in an adjacent square, thus there are 4 possible appearances to a stem with a melon on it and 1 without. When the melon is removed, the stem will return to its original image.

A single melon will grow off a full grown stem at a time, but once that melon is removed, another can grow in its place.

Destroying a fully-grown stem yields 0-3 melon seeds.

Mobs related technical blocks Edit

Block 97 Edit

Block 97
Type of Block	Technical, Solid
Tool Used	Hands

Block 97 is a block that may look like a Stone block, a Cobblestone block, or a Stone Brick block, but is actually a block that when destroyed will spawn a Silverfish. The block is easily destroyed by hand, distinguishing it from regular blocks. If you attack a Silverfish directly with a sword or a bow(without killing it), nearby Block 97 will break, spawning other aggressive Silverfish. With the Silk Touch enchantment this block may be mined and placed elsewhere to create traps for players. In the Creative Mode inventory, Block 97 is called the Stone Monster Egg and also has a variant called the Cobblestone Monster Egg.

Nether Portals related technical block Edit

Nether Portal Edit

Nether Portal
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Type of Block	Non-Solid Block
Tool Used	N/A

Nether Portal blocks are generated when a portal is formed, standing on them will teleport The Player from The Overworld to the Nether and vice versa. However, they become transparent when another "portal" block is placed next to it (the only way to do this is through inventory editing). When invisible they are still detectable and can still send you from the Overworld to the Nether and vice versa. In creative mode you can break this block and it will make the glass breaking sound.

End Portals related technical blocks Edit

End Portal Frame Edit

End Portal Frame
Type of Block	Solid Block
Tool Used	None

End Portal Frame is a block that can be found in strongholds, it has a decorative bluish-green top, while the sides and bottom are an off-white color, like the white stone that The End is made out of, decorated in hollow rounded rectangles with the same color as the top. They are found in a 12 block ring shape within a room over a pool of lava and a staircase containing a Silverfish spawner. They have a high explosive resistance, so it is pointless putting TNT next to it.

Uses Edit

Some of the blocks have an Eye of Ender inserted into it, Using other Eyes of Ender on the rest of the blocks inserts them to the top of the blocks. Once an Eye of Ender has been inserted in all 12 Frame blocks, then the Ender Portal will activate and the player can pass through to access The End.It is now (in 1.3.1 not 1.3) in the creative inventory under the decorations tab.

History Edit

The Ender Portal Frame used to have a different texture, emitted a blue shaded light at level 15 and was non-solid block when cracked 30px, becoming solid when repaired 30px. Although it couldn't be mined, an explosion caused them to drop as an item shaped like a Glass Pane. They had no tooltip, indicating that them dropping at all was a bug. The player had to repair a cracked Ender Portal Frame by right clicking it with an Eye of Ender.

Trivia Edit

• When destroyed in Beta 1.9 Prerelease for Creative Mode, you hear the sound of Glass breaking. Unlike Nether Portals this does not disable the portal. By destroying the End Portal Frame around the End Portal blocks, you can create a free floating 3x3 End Portal.

End Portal Edit

End Portal
Type of Block	Non-solid Block
Tool Used	None

Ender Portal is a block that will teleport the player into The End dimension. It looks like a white-on-black two-dimensional star map, and emits light and black smoke particles. Only the top side of the block is visible, and the bottom side is invisible. In addition, the bottom and top cannot be passed through, although the sides can be. The collision box for this block takes up the lower 1/16th of the block, similar to Snow.

Invisible BedrockEdit

Only found in the Pocket Edition

Invisible Bedrock is a special form of Bedrock found around maps to stop players from dropping into the Void.

TriviaEdit

In Pocket Edition, when you either throw something through the invisible bedrock, it will go through it.

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ReferencesEdit

Blocks
Natural	Air • Bedrock • Clay Block • Cobblestone ( Mossy) • Cobweb • Dirt • Gravel • Ice • Monster Spawner • Sand • Sandstone • Obsidian • Snow • Stone • Stone Brick ( Cracked • Mossy)
Manufactured	Bookshelf • Brick Block • Fence • Glass ( Pane) • Iron Bars • Jack-O-Lantern • Ladder • Slab • Snow Block • Stairs • Wooden Planks • Wool
Ore	Coal Ore • Diamond Ore • Emerald Ore • Gold Ore • Iron Ore • Lapis Lazuli Ore • Redstone Ore
Mineral Blocks	Block of Diamond • Block of Emerald • Block of Gold • Block of Iron • Lapis Lazuli Block • Block of Quartz • Block of Redstone
Utility	Bed • Brewing Stand • Cake • Cauldron • Chest • Crafting Table • Enchantment Table • Furnace • Jukebox • TNT
Mechanisms	Button • Dispenser • Redstone Lamp • Door • Fence Gate • Lever • Note Block • Piston ( Sticky) • Pressure Plate • Rail ( Powered • Detector • Activator) • Redstone ( Wire • Torch • Repeater) • Trapdoor
Plants	Cactus • Dead Bush • Flowers • Grass Block ( Grass • Fern) • Leaves • Lily Pad • Melon • Mushrooms ( Huge)  • Mycelium • Pumpkin • Saplings • Sugar Cane • Vines • Wheat • Wood
Liquids	Lava • Water
Non-Solid	Fire • Sign • Torch
The Nether	Glowstone Block • Netherrack • Nether Brick ( Fence)  • Nether Wart • Soul Sand
The End	Dragon Egg • End Stone
Creative only	Sponge
Pocket Edition only	Cyan Flower • Camera
Technical	Piston Arm • Block 36 • Burning Furnace • Glowing Redstone Ore • Off-state Redstone Torch • Active Redstone Repeater • Flowing Water • Flowing Lava • Farmland • Pumpkin Stem • Melon Stem • Block 97 • Portal Block • End Portal Frame • End Portal
Planned	Hopper • Daylight Sensor • Block 446
Removed	Gear • Dirt Slab
Unimplemented	Crying Obsidian • Lantern