Air

Air

Type	Non-Solid Block
Transparency	Yes
Luminance	No
Data value	dec: 0 hex: 0 bin: 0
Name	air cave_air void_air

Air is the block present in otherwise empty space.

Cave air is the underground air found in Generated structures.

Void air are unloaded chunks it below in altitude layer 0.

Obtaining

Air cannot be kept in the inventory and can only be destroyed or created by the placement or removal of other blocks respectively, assuming the block space is not already occupied by water.^{[upcoming 1.13]}

Natural generation

Most generated structures generate air. Air is also generated in any space not occupied by another block.

Structures above ground generate normal air (with the exception of exposed mesa abandoned mineshafts and surface ponds, which generate cave air), and underground structures generate cave air and void air are unloaded chunks.

Usage

Air, shown at right, is represented by blue cubes within structures. Red cubes represent structure void.

Air shares some properties with non-solid blocks, including allowing the player or mob to move within that space without suffocating, and also to catch their breath if they are drowning in water.

Air can be visualized with the use of structure blocks in save mode. With "Show invisible blocks" enabled, air is represented as small blue cubes.

History

Pre-classic
Pre 0.0.0					Air was added, but it wasn't internally a block.
Indev
0.31					Air affected liquid blocks that were horizontally adjacent to it. If air was touching the fluid block, there was a 2⁄3 chance the fluid block would disappear and make the pool recede and a 1⁄3 chance the fluid block would fill the air, making the pool spread.
Official release
1.7.2			13w38b		Air is now internally a block and can be kept in the inventory. It has a missing texture, .
			13w38c		Air cannot be kept in the inventory anymore, but is internally still handled as a block.
1.10			16w20a		Air can now be visualized with the use of structure blocks.
Upcoming
1.13			18w06a		Added two new variations of air: cave air and void air.
					Caves now generate cave air instead of normal air.
					Void air now generates instead of cave air at Y values less than 0 or greater than 256, as well as in unloaded chunks.
Pocket Edition Alpha
0.1.0					Added air.
Legacy Console Edition
TU1	CU1	1.00	Patch 1		Added air.

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References

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