Fence

Fence

Transparency	Yes
Luminance	No
Blast resistance	15 (Wood) 30 (Nether Brick)
Tools
Renewable	Wood: Yes Nether Brick: No
Stackable	Yes (64)
Flammable	Wood: Yes Nether Brick: No
Drops	Itself
Data values	See Data values
Name	See Data values

Fences are wall blocks that cannot normally be jumped over.

Obtaining

Wood fences are broken most quickly with an axe, but will drop when broken with any tool. Nether brick fences require a pickaxe, mining it with anything else will drop nothing.

Block	Wood	Nether Brick
Hardness	2	2
Tool
Breaking time
Hand	3	10
Wooden	1.5	1.5
Stone	0.75	0.75
Iron	0.5	0.5
Diamond	0.4	0.4
Golden	0.25	0.25

Natural generation

Oak fences spawn naturally:

• As the uprights for the supports in abandoned mineshafts, where they are plentiful.
• In villages, where they appear in tables, lamp posts, and even enclosures on roofs or behind buildings.
• In library rooms of strongholds as railings and chandeliers. In the latter case, there are many torches attached to them.
• On the "patios" and in the front window of witch huts.

Oak, birch and dark oak wood fences generate naturally in woodland mansions.

Nether brick fences can be found naturally in nether fortresses where they form window bars, balcony fencing, and gate-like structures.

Dark oak fences spawn as the supports in above-ground mineshafts.

Crafting

Name	Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Wood Fence	Matching Wood Planks + Stick	3 3 3 3 3 3
Nether Brick Fence	Nether Brick	6

Usage

Barrier

While fences appear to be a single block tall, and have a hitbox height of one block, their collision box (for entities) is 1.5 blocks tall, meaning most mobs cannot jump over them without the Jump Boost status effect. They are transparent to light and have visual gaps in the model.

A fence occupies the center space of blocks and automatically connects to any solid block that is placed next to it. Wood fences will connect to other wood fences, but will not connect to nether brick fences.

Since their hitbox is smaller than a single block, it will allow a player/mob in the block to breathe even when submerged.

Leads

Fences can be used to attach mobs with a lead.

Fuel

Wooden fences can be used as a fuel in furnaces, smelting 1.5 items per block.

Clicking target

Unlike with most blocks, right-clicking on a fence will attempt to play an action. This is an intentionally programmed feature.

Data values

ID

Type	ID Name	JE Numeric ID	BE Numeric ID
Oak	fence	85	850
Spruce	spruce_fence	188	851
Birch	birch_fence	189	852
Jungle	jungle_fence	190	853
Dark Oak	dark_oak_fence	191	855
Acacia	acacia_fence	192	854
Nether Brick	nether_brick_fence	113	113

Block state

See also: Block states

Name	Value	Description
north  south  east  west	true false	When true, the fence extends from the center post in this direction.

History

Alpha
v1.0.17					Added fences. Nothing could be placed on top of them. There was only 1 type at the time, which had the texture of what is now called oak fence.
					They do not connect to solid blocks (when was this changed?).
Beta
1.3					Fixed standing on top of fences causing players to get stuck and crashing the server in SMP.
1.6					Fences made flammable and visibility improved
1.7					Any block, including torches and other fences, now able to be placed on fences.
1.8			?		Added villages, abandoned mineshafts, and strongholds, where wooden fences naturally generate.
					Axes break fences faster.
Official release
1.0.0			Beta 1.9 Prerelease		Added nether fortresses, including nether brick fences.
			Beta 1.9 Prerelease 2		Fence collision box reduced.
					Fences now connect to solid blocks.
			Beta 1.9 Prerelease 5		Fence selection area changed to match its collision box.
			Beta 1.9 Prerelease 6		Fences no longer prevent farmland from decaying when placed below farmland.
1.4.2			12w36a		It is now possible to place pressure plates on top of nether brick fences.
1.4.4			?		Mobs no longer try to jump over nether brick fences.
					Nether brick fence texture fixed.
1.5			?		Fence corners now have a smaller collision box, allowing players to fall through the gap in the middle of four fences placed in a square.
1.6.1			13w16a		Mobs can be tied to fences.
1.8			14w32b		Fences have a new crafting recipe, previously requiring six sticks in a 2×3 grid. The recipe also now produces 3 fences instead of 2.
					Fences now vary in appearance based on the planks used to make them.
					The recipe now requires 4 plank blocks of the same species, but fence blocks of different woods can connect.
1.11			16w39a		Oak, birch and dark oak wood fences now generate in woodland mansions.
1.12			17w15a		Now connect to the solid back sides of stairs.
Upcoming Java Edition
1.13			?		It is now possible to place a fence when the player is within a corner of three fences to form a ring of four, provided the space is sufficient.
			18w10c		Water can now be placed on the same block as fences.
Pocket Edition Alpha
0.2.0					Added fences.
0.9.0			build 1		Fences now naturally spawn in strongholds, abandoned mineshafts and villages.
					Added smooth lighting to fences.
0.10.0			build 1		Added spruce, birch, jungle, acacia and dark oak variants.
					Renamed fence to oak fence.
0.12.1			build 1		Added nether brick fences.
			build 12		Torches can now be placed on top of nether brick fences.
0.14.2					The texture for the nether brick fence is changed.
Pocket Edition
1.1			build 1		Oak, birch and dark oak wood fences now generate in woodland mansions.
Legacy Console Edition
TU1	CU1	1.0	Patch 1	Patch 1	Added fences.
TU3					Fences are now stackable.
TU5					Pressure plates are placeable on fences.
TU6					Fence collision box decreased to size of fence block.
TU7					Added nether brick fences.
TU25	CU14	1.17			Added spruce, birch, and jungle variants.
					The crafting recipe now uses 4 planks and 2 sticks instead of 6 sticks.
					Renamed fence to oak fence.
TU27	CU15	1.18			Added acacia and dark oak fences to the creative inventory.
TU54	CU44	1.52	Patch 24	Patch 4	Now connect to the solid back sides of stairs.

Issues

Issues relating to "Fence" are maintained on the issue tracker. Report issues there.

Trivia

• If a carpet is placed on top of a fence, a player can jump onto the carpet, while mobs will not (except rabbits).
• Getting hit by someone else (or shooting yourself with a Punch enchanted bow while sprinting forwards) while in midair can cause the knockback to propel you over a fence you would not be able to jump over normally.
• When 1.13 is released for Java Edition, water will be able to be placed on the same block on semi-transparent blocks, by using a water bucket on that block.

Gallery

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  Pressure plates on fences, used to create tables.

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  Naturally occurring fences in a village.

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  Mobs can jump onto this fence because of the red block. Remove the red block or replace the adjacent fence with a solid block.

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  Underwater buildings with walls composed of stacked fences.

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  All fence types.

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  First screenshot of nether brick fences released by Jeb. The nether brick fences are visible on the side of the nether fortress bridges.

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  Brightly lit version.

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  Three nether brick fences in the pre-release of 1.9. Some nether bricks can also be seen in the background.

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  Fences and nether brick fences connected by fence gates. Notice that they do not form a connection directly between the two types of fences (in the middle).

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  Mobs standing on fences appear to float. This can give the effect of them appearing unnaturally large.

See also

• Fence Gate
• Cobblestone Wall

References

Blocks

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