Bone Block

Bone Block

Transparent	No
Luminant	No
Blast resistance	2
Tool
Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)
Flammable	No
Catches fire from lava	No

	“	Once upon a time, perhaps millions of years ago, there were huge creatures in Minecraft. Bigger than a house, we can only speculate on their lives, diets, habits or why they disappeared. All that's left of them is their skeletons, strewn across the world, a mixture of coal ore and our Block of the Week - bone.	„
		— Duncan Geere

Bone blocks are decorative blocks that can face in different directions.

Occurrence

Natural generation

Bone blocks are generated naturally as part of fossil structures found in desert and swamp biomes. They also generate as part of nether fossils in soul sand valley biomes.‌^{[upcoming: JE 1.16]}

Obtaining

Loot

From block loot

Bone blocks can be mined using any pickaxe. If mined without a pickaxe, they drop nothing.

Namespaced ID	Source	Incorrect tool	Correct tool
blocks/bone_block	Bone Block	Nothing (100%)	1 (100%)

Recipes

From crafting

Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Bone Meal

Usage

Info

Bone blocks are decorative blocks, and can also be used as compact storage for bone meal.

Breaking

Bone blocks can be mined using any pickaxe. If mined without a pickaxe, they drop nothing.

Block	Bone Block
Hardness	2
Tool
Breaking time
Default	10
Wooden	1.5
Stone	0.75
Iron	0.5
Diamond	0.4
Netherite	0.35
Golden	0.25

Block loot

Namespaced ID	Source	Incorrect tool	Correct tool
blocks/bone_block	Bone Block	Nothing (100%)	1 (100%)

Crafting ingredient

Name	Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Bone Meal	Bone Block	9

Note blocks

Bone blocks can be placed under note blocks to produce xylophone sounds.

Sounds

Java Edition: ‌^{[upcoming: JE 1.16]}

Sound	Subtitle	Source	Description	Namespaced ID	Subtitle key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	Block broken	Blocks	Breaking the block	block.bone_block.break	subtitles.block.generic.break	0.9	?	16
	None	Blocks	Falling on the block with fall damage	block.bone_block.fall	None	0.5	?	16
	Block breaking	Blocks	Mining the block	block.bone_block.hit	subtitles.block.generic.hit	0.25	?	16
	Block placed	Blocks	Placing the block	block.bone_block.place	subtitles.block.generic.place	0.9	?	16
	Footsteps	Blocks	Walking on the block	block.bone_block.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps	0.15	?	16

Java Edition: ^{[until JE 1.16]}

Sound	Subtitle	Source	Description	Namespaced ID	Subtitle key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	Block broken	Blocks	Breaking the block	block.stone.break	subtitles.block.generic.break	1.0	0.8	16
	None	Blocks	Falling on the block with fall damage	block.stone.fall	None	0.5	0.75	16
	Block breaking	Blocks	Mining the block	block.stone.hit	subtitles.block.generic.hit	0.25	0.5	16
	Block placed	Blocks	Placing the block	block.stone.place	subtitles.block.generic.place	1.0	0.8	16
	Footsteps	Blocks	Walking on the block	block.stone.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps	0.15	1.0	16

Bedrock Edition:

Sound	Description	Namespaced ID	Volume	Pitch
	Breaking the block	dig.stone	?	0.8
	Falling on the block with fall damage	fall.stone	?	?
	Mining the block	hit.stone	?	0.5
?	Jumping from the block	jump.stone	?	?
?	Falling on the block without fall damage	land.stone	?	?
	Walking on the block	step.stone	?	?
	Placing the block	use.stone	?	0.8

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Namespaced ID	Translation key
Bone Block	bone_block	block.minecraft.bone_block

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Namespaced ID	Numeric ID	Translation key
Bone Block	bone_block	216	tile.bone_block.name

Block data

See also: data values

In Bedrock Edition, bone blocks use the following data values:

	DV	Description
	0	Bone block facing up/down
	1	Unused
	2	Unused
	3	Unused
	4	Bone block facing east/west
	5	Unused
	6	Unused
	7	Unused
	8	Bone block facing north/south

Block states

See also: Block states

Java Edition:

Name	Default value	Allowed values	Description
axis	y	x	The bone block is oriented east–west.
		y	The bone block is oriented vertically.
		z	The bone block is oriented north–south.

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Default value	Allowed values	Description
pillar_axis	y	x y z	The axis along which the block is oriented
deprecated	0	0 1 2 3	Unused, has no effect in game.

History

Java Edition
1.10		16w20a			Added bone blocks.
					Bone blocks generate in fossils.
		16w21a			Bone blocks are no longer transparent.
1.12		17w17a			Bone blocks placed under note blocks now cause the note block to play xylophone music.
1.13		17w47a			Prior to The Flattening, this block's numeral ID was 216.
1.14		18w43a			The textures of bone blocks have been changed.
		19w09a			Bone blocks placed under note blocks now cause the note block to play xylophone music.
Upcoming Java Edition
1.16		20w06a			Bone blocks now generate in the new nether fossils.
					New unique sounds have been added for bone blocks.
Pocket Edition
1.1.3		alpha 1.1.3.0			Added bone blocks.
					Bone blocks generate in fossils.
Bedrock Edition
1.10.0		beta 1.10.0.3			The textures of bone blocks have been changed.
1.13.0		beta 1.13.0.9			Bone blocks placed under note blocks now cause the note block to play xylophone music.
?					Bone blocks with the side texture on all faces has been removed, and replaced with the y axis aligned block.
Legacy Console Edition
TU43	CU33	1.36	Patch 13	1.0.1	Added bone blocks.
					Bone blocks generate in fossils.
TU53	CU43	1.49	Patch 23	1.0.3	Bone blocks placed under note blocks now cause the note block to play xylophone music.
		1.90			The textures of bone blocks have been changed.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
1.9.19					Added bone blocks.
					Bone blocks generate in fossils.

Issues

Issues relating to "Bone Block" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.

Gallery

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  Bone blocks.

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  The different orientations bone blocks can have.

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  Bone blocks generated naturally underground.

References

Blocks

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