Item Frame

"Frame" redirects here. For the blocks that surround an end portal, see End Portal Frame.

Item Frame

Rarity	Common
Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)
Drops	Item Frame (1) The item it contains.

An item frame is an entity‌^{[JE only]} or block entity‌^{[BE only]} that displays the item or block that is inside it.

Obtaining

Breaking

An empty item frame can be broken simply by punching it. If the item frame contains an item, punching it drops the item, leaving the frame on the wall.

Because item frames are entities in Java Edition, they can be broken in Adventure mode.‌^{[Java Edition only]}

Crafting

Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Stick + Leather

Trading

Expert-level cartographer villagers sell an item frame for 7 emeralds.

Usage

Item frame with partially filled map

Item frames can be placed on the sides of cactus blocks, pressure plates, fences, trees, slabs, cobblestone walls, chests, doors, and all solid blocks. They can also be placed on the top and bottom of these blocks. As item frames are an entity, multiple item frames can occupy the same block, although on different faces. It also allows non-solid blocks to occupy the same space.‌^{[Java Edition only]}

Players can place items in the frame by using the item. If a map is placed in an item frame, it enlarges to show the map in the size of a full block, with the item frame's location displayed as a green pointer on the map, pointing in the direction the item frame is facing. If this is done in the Nether, the green cursor spins around similar to the white cursor (players). If the item in the item frame has been renamed using an anvil, it displays its custom name when the cursor is over the item frame. If the player places a block inside the frame, it is displayed in miniature half in, half out of the block. This can be most notably seen on stairs or slabs.

Pick block may be used on item frames by players in creative mode only, the control has no effect for players in survival or adventure mode. When the item frame is displaying an item, pick block picks the displayed item instead of the item frame.

Item frames can be placed on the lid of a shulker box that is positioned horizontally, but pop off when the lid is opened.

Rotation

The displayed item can then be rotated by right-clicking the frame. Items displayed in the item frame can turn 45° diagonally, with a total of 8 possibilities (90° and 4 possibilities if it is a map), and the frame outputs a redstone signal depending on the rotation phase that can be interpreted by a redstone comparator (note that this rotation value is separate from the clock or compass rotation). As long as the frame remains placed, it remembers the orientation of the last item it held, and uses it for the next item it holds.‌^{[Java Edition only]} If a block exists within the same space as the frame that would not cause it to pop off, the next rotation causes the emitted power from the comparator to instantly become 0 until the block is removed.

Sounds

Sound	Subtitle	Source	Description	Namespaced ID	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	Item Frame fills	?	?	entity.item_frame.add_item	subtitles.entity.itemframe.add_item	?	?	16
	Item Frame breaks	?	?	entity.item_frame.break	subtitles.entity.itemframe.break	?	?	16
	Item Frame placed	?	?	entity.item_frame.place	subtitles.entity.itemframe.place	?	?	16
	Item Frame empties	?	?	entity.item_frame.remove_item	subtitles.entity.itemframe.remove_item	?	?	16
	Item Frame clicks	?	?	entity.item_frame.rotate_item	subtitles.entity.itemframe.rotate_item	?	?	16

Achievements

Main article: Achievement

Icon	Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS)
	Map Room	Place 9 fully explored, adjacent map items into 9 item frames in a 3 by 3 square.	The frames have to be on a wall, not the floor.	40G	Silver

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Item Frame	Namespaced ID	Translation key
Item	item_frame	item.minecraft.item_frame
Entity	item_frame	entity.minecraft.item_frame

Bedrock Edition:

Item Frame	Namespaced ID	Numeric ID	Translation key
Item	frame	389	item.frame.name
Block	frame	199	tile.frame.name

Block states

See also: Block states

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Default value	Allowed values	Description
facing_direction	0	0 1 2 3 4 5	The direction the item frame is pointing. The opposite from the direction to the block it is placed on.
item_frame_map_bit	0	0 1	If this item frame contains a map.

Entity data

See also: Chunk format

Item frames have entity data that define various properties of the entity.

• Entity data
  • Tags common to all entities see Template:Nbt inherit/entity/template
  •  TileX: The X coordinate of the block the painting/item frame is in.
  •  TileY: The Y coordinate of the block the painting/item frame is in.
  •  TileZ: The Z coordinate of the block the painting/item frame is in.
  •  Facing: The direction the painting/item frame faces: 3 is south, 4 is west, 2 is north, 5 is east, 1 is top, and 0 is bottom.
  •  Item: The item, without the slot tag. If the item frame is empty, this tag does not exist.
    • Tags common to all items see Template:Nbt inherit/item/template
  •  ItemDropChance: The chance for the item to drop when the item frame breaks. 1.0 by default.
  •  ItemRotation: The number of times the item has been rotated 45 degrees clockwise.
  •  Invisible: 1 or 0 (true/false) - Whether the item frame is invisible. The contained item or map remains visible.
  •  Fixed: 1 or 0 (true/false) - true to prevent it from dropping if it has no support block, being moved (e.g. by pistons), taking damage, and placing an item in it, removing its item or rotating it.

History

Java Edition
August 16, 2012					Dinnerbone tweeted the first image of item frames.
1.4.2		12w34a			Added item frames.
					There is currently a bug where attempting to place an item frame in multiplayer causes an internal server error, as well as other bugs.
		12w34b			The multiplayer item frame bug has been fixed.
		12w38a			Item frames no longer despawn when the player moves 20 blocks away.
1.7.2		13w36a			Items renamed using an anvil now display their name when looked at up close.
		13w41a			Maps placed in an item frame now cover the whole block face, allowing seamless tiling of adjacent maps. This makes undiscovered areas of maps invisible.
		?			Incomplete maps placed in item frames now display the item frame texture underneath.
1.8		14w04a			Items and blocks displayed in the item frame now rotate 45 degrees when rotated instead of 90 degrees, and a comparator outputs a redstone signal depending on the rotation phase.
		14w10a			Multiple item frames can no longer be placed on the same block face.
1.9		15w41a			An item frame now generates in the treasure room of end ships, above the shulker that guards the treasure. It holds an elytra.
		15w49a			Item frames are no longer destroyed by lightning bolts.
		15w50a			Added sounds to item frames: entity.itemframe.add_item, entity.itemframe.break, entity.itemframe.place, entity.itemframe.remove_item, and entity.itemframe.rotate_item.
1.11		16w32a			The entity ID of item frames has been changed from ItemFrame to item_frame.
1.13		17w47a			Prior to The Flattening, this item's numeral ID was 389.
		17w50a			Item frames can now be put on floors and ceilings.
1.14		18w43a			The textures of item frames have been changed.
1.15		19w38a			Item frames now have a darker texture, same as suffocating mobs.
		19w39a			Item frames are now colored correctly.
1.16					Two new entity ID tags have been added to item frames; Invisible and Fixed.
Pocket Edition Alpha
0.14.0		build 1			Added item frames.
					Item frames are considered as a block entity instead of an entity.
Pocket Edition
1.0.0		alpha 0.17.0.1			Item frames now generate in end city ships.
Bedrock Edition
1.10.0		beta 1.10.0.3			The textures of item frames have been changed.
1.11.0		beta 1.11.0.4			Item frames can now be bought from cartographer villagers.
1.13.0		beta 1.13.0.9			Item frames can now be placed on the top and bottom of blocks.
1.16.0		beta 1.16.0.57			Trading has been changed, item frames are now offered by expert-level cartographer villager.
Legacy Console Edition
TU9	CU1	1.0	Patch 1		Added item frames.
TU11					The limit for item frames in a world has been increased. A message is now displayed when the maximum number of item frames are reached.
TU31	CU19	1.22	Patch 3		Items and blocks displayed in the item frame now rotate 45 degrees when rotated instead of 90 degrees, and a comparator now outputs a redstone signal depending on the rotation phase.
TU43	CU33	1.36	Patch 13		Added sounds for item frames.
TU56	CU47	1.55	Patch 26	1.0.6	If the item in the item frame has a name (from an anvil) it now shows as if there is a name tag on the item frame.
		1.90			The textures of item frames have been changed.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0					Added item frames.

Issues

Issues relating to "Item Frame" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.

Trivia

• The item frame is based upon a suggestion on Reddit, like the ender chest and flower pot.
• The item frame is the only entity to reference a block model.‌^{[JE only]} Because of this, the texture of the frame border is the same as the birch planks texture.
• In Bedrock Edition, when an item frame is in the inventory, the player cannot move the item frame to another slot (this also applies to chests and other storage) or drop the item frame. Also, when the item frame is in the player's hand, the player cannot break blocks, interact (like doors or gate fences, except for removing items from an item frame) or place the item frame.

Gallery

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  Dinnerbone's first screenshot showing armor and weapons.

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  Dinnerbone's second screenshot showing a map, a compass, and two diamond swords.

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  Dinnerbone's third screenshot showing a golden sword in all directions, the item frame item itself, and a working clock.

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  Jeb's screenshot of the item frame.

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  Dinnerbone's fourth screenshot, showing flower pots and item frames.

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  Snapshot image.

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  An item frame at the side of a slab.

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  Four item frames in a one-block space.‌^{[Java Edition only]}

• 

  The frame itself uses the texture of birch planks.

• 

  An image of a fireplace retweeted by Dinnerbone.

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  An image tweeted by Dinnerbone showing how hovering over an item frame containing a renamed item shows a name tag.

• 

  A rotated apple in an item frame.

• 

  The front and back of an item frame are the same.

• 

  Original Reddit image suggesting item frames and flower pots.

See also

• Painting

References

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