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Cobweb
| Transparent |
Partial (diffuses sky light) |
|---|---|
| Luminance |
0 |
| Blast resistance |
20 |
| Tools | |
| Renewable |
No |
| Stackable |
Yes (64) |
| Flammable |
No |
| Drops |
|
| Data value |
dec: 30 hex: 1E bin: 11110 |
| Namespaced ID |
See § Data values |
A cobweb is a block that slows down movement.
Contents
Obtaining[edit]
Cobwebs can be obtained by clipping them with shears. A cobweb also drops itself if broken with a sword enchanted with Silk Touch.[a] A cobweb drops one piece of string if broken with a non-Silk Touch sword, or if water touches or flows over it ,or a piston pushes it. It drops nothing when broken using anything else.
| Block | Cobweb | |
|---|---|---|
| Hardness | 4 | |
| Breaking time | ||
| Hand | 20 | |
| Shears | 0.4 | |
| Sword | 0.4 | |
Natural generation[edit]
Cobwebs generate naturally in stronghold libraries, igloo basements, abandoned mineshafts and woodland mansion spider spawner rooms. Cobwebs also generate in zombie villages.
Usage[edit]
Mobs can spawn inside of cobwebs, in which case they do not catch fire if they are caught in a cobweb. Cobwebs also diffuse sky light.
Blocks can be placed on cobwebs. Paintings[Java Edition only] and signs can be placed on their sides, or on top in the case of signs.
Redstone circuits[edit]
Cobwebs can be used as a delaying mechanism in a redstone circuit, for example to delay an item falling on a pressure plate or into a hopper.
Effects[edit]
All mobs except for spiders and cave spiders experience slow movement through a cobweb. A mob falling through a cobweb takes 13 seconds to move down 1 block. A cobweb can partially stop blast damage if a player and the TNT/creeper/etc. are both caught in the cobweb. The slowing effect of the cobweb increases if it is placed on ice.
A cobweb affects the player's movement abilities, as well. While in contact with it, the player can move at a speed about 15% of the normal walking speed. Additionally, jumping vibrates the player akin to jumping in a 2-block-high space.[Java and Legacy Console editions only] A cobweb also limits the rate at which a player can break blocks. Like water, falling into a cobweb prevents a player from taking fall damage, meaning a fatal fall can be mitigated with cobwebs. Attacking while falling through a cobweb counts as a critical hit, the same as when falling after a jump.
Items thrown into a cobweb are slowed and fall through it after a maximum of about 24 seconds depending on where it enters. They do not merge with other items of the same type thrown on the ground.
Cobwebs have different effects on moving entities. A falling block that falls or is shot into a cobweb slows down, then drops as an item after about 4 seconds.[Java Edition only] An arrow shot at a cobweb passes through without being slowed.
A minecart with no players in it takes about 9 seconds to fall through a cobweb if a rail is placed directly under the cobweb, however if there is air between the cobweb and the rail, the minecart takes about 34 seconds to fall. Every extra cobweb added gives an additional 25 seconds of falling time. Players are unaffected by cobwebs when in a minecart unless they come into direct contact.
Crafting ingredient[edit]
| Name | Ingredients | Crafting recipe | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| String | Cobweb | [Bedrock and Legacy Console editions only] |
Data values[edit]
ID[edit]
| Block | Namespaced ID |
|---|---|
| Cobweb | cobweb
|
| Block | Namespaced ID | Numeric ID |
|---|---|---|
| Cobweb | web
|
30 |
History[edit]
| Java Edition Classic | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 23, 2009 | Notch originally planned for spiders to produce webs. | ||||
| 0.24_SURVIVAL_TEST |  Cobwebs were added to the terrain.png file, but were not implemented as an object in the game. | ||||
| Java Edition Beta | |||||
| 1.5 | Cobweb blocks were introduced, but did not occur in the world and could be obtained only with a third party mod or cheat. | ||||
 The texture was changed, having a string based texture instead of a white solid texture.
| |||||
| Cobwebs would suffocate the player like solid blocks if entered. | |||||
| Cobwebs would drop only string when broken using a sword. | |||||
| 1.7 | Cobwebs now drop string when broken using shears. | ||||
| 1.8 | New structures were introduced that incorporated cobwebs: abandoned mineshafts, especially dense near their cave spider spawners, and strongholds, especially in the libraries. | ||||
| Cobwebs no longer suffocate the player if entered. | |||||
| Java Edition | |||||
| 1.2.1 | 12w06a | Cobwebs now completely absorb all fall damage. | |||
| 1.4.4 | pre | Cobwebs no longer slow down flying players in Creative. | |||
| 1.4.6 | 12w49a | Cobwebs can be now obtained in Survival with the Silk Touch enchantment on shears or a sword. In Survival mode, however, shears can be enchanted with Silk Touch to obtain cobwebs. | |||
| 1.9 | 15w43b | Cobwebs now can be found in igloo basements. | |||
| 15w47c | Silk Touch is no longer required to obtain cobweb when using shears. | ||||
| 15w49a | Cobwebs now catch ender pearls, snowballs, eggs, bottles o' enchanting, and thrown potions as the corresponding dropped items. | ||||
| 15w49b | Cobwebs no longer catch thrown projectiles as dropped items. | ||||
| 1.11 | 16w39a | Cobwebs now generate in woodland mansions. | |||
| 1.13 | 17w47a | The ID has been changed from web to cobweb.
| |||
| Prior to The Flattening, this block's numeral ID was 30. | |||||
| Pocket Edition Alpha | |||||
| 0.5.0 | Added cobwebs. Unobtainable without inventory editors. | ||||
| 0.8.0 | build 6 | Cobwebs were added to the Creative inventory. | |||
| 0.9.0 | build 1 | Cobwebs now spawn naturally in abandoned mineshafts. | |||
| Added smooth lighting to cobwebs. | |||||
| 0.12.1 | build 1 | Cobwebs can be now obtained in Survival with the Silk Touch enchantment on shears. | |||
| Pocket Edition | |||||
| 1.0.0 | alpha 0.17.0.1 | Cobwebs now can be found in igloo basements. | |||
| 1.1.0 | alpha 1.1.0.0 | Cobwebs now generate in woodland mansions. | |||
| alpha 1.1.0.3 | Cobweb can now be crafted into 9 string. | ||||
| ? | Breaking cobweb no longer require shears with silk touch enchantment. | ||||
| Legacy Console Edition | |||||
| TU5 | CU1 | 1.0 | Patch 1 | Added webs. | |
| TU57 | CU49 | 1.56 | Patch 27 | Patch 7 | Cobweb can now be crafted into 9 string. |
| TU69 | 1.76 | Patch 38 | Renamed to cobwebs. | ||
| New Nintendo 3DS Edition | |||||
| 0.1.0 | Added Cobwebs. | ||||
Issues[edit]
Issues relating to "Cobweb" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.
Gallery[edit]
A cobweb in game.
Naturally occurring cobwebs in abandoned mineshafts.
Cobwebs also naturally occur in stronghold libraries.
A naturally generated cobweb in an igloo basement.
Naturally generated cobwebs in a woodland mansion room.
Notes[edit]
