Materials

Materials in Minecraft classify blocks into different types, more or less indicating what the block is "made of".

Materials

The following materials exist in Minecraft. Each material gives certain properties to the block, although individual blocks can and often will override them.

Material	Map color		Liquid?	Solid?​	Block movement?​	Need tool?​	Can burn?​	Can replace?​	Piston​
Air		None	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Pushed
Bamboo		143,119,72	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Replace
Bamboo sapling		143,119,72	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	Replace
Barrier		None	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Blocked
Bubble column		64,64,255	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	Replace
Buildable glass		None	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Pushed
Cactus		0,124,0	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Replace
Cake		None	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Replace
Clay		164,168,184	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Pushed
Cloth decoration		199,199,199	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	Pushed
Coral		0,124,0	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Replace
Decoration		None	No	No	No	No	No	No	Replace
Dirt		151,109,77	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Pushed
Egg		0,124,0	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Replace
Explosive		255,0,0	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Pushed
Fire		None	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Replace
Glass		None	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Pushed
Grass		127,178,56	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Pushed
Heavy metal		167,167,167	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Blocked
Ice		160,160,255	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Pushed
Ice solid		160,160,255	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Pushed
Lava		255,0,0	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	Replace
Leaves		0,124,0	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Replace
Metal		167,167,167	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Pushed
Piston		112,112,112	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Blocked
Plant		0,124,0	No	No	No	No	No	No	Replace
Portal		None	No	No	No	No	No	No	Blocked
Replaceable plant		0,124,0	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Replace
Replaceable water plant		64,64,255	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Replace
Sand		247,233,163	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Pushed
Shulker shell		127,63,178	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Pushed
Snow		255,255,255	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Pushed
Sponge		229,229,51	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Pushed
Stone		112,112,112	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Pushed
Structural air		None	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Pushed
Top snow		255,255,255	No	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	Replace
Vegetable		0,124,0	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Replace
Water		64,64,255	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	Replace
Water plant		64,64,255	No	No	No	No	No	No	Replace
Web		199,199,199	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Replace
Wood		143,119,72	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Pushed
Wool		199,199,199	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Pushed

Blocks

Material	Blocks
Air	Air, Void Air, Cave Air
Bamboo
Bamboo sapling	Bamboo sapling
Barrier
Bubble column
Buildable glass
Cactus
Cake
Clay
Cloth decoration
Coral	Not applied to any blocks.
Decoration
Dirt
Egg
Explosive
Fire
Glass
Grass
Heavy metal
Ice
Ice solid
Lava
Leaves
Metal
Piston
Plant
Portal
Replaceable plant
Replacable water plant
Sand
Shulker shell
Snow
Sponge
Stone
Structural air
Top snow
Vegetable
Water
Water plant
Web
Wood
Wool

Effects

• Endermen will teleport depending on materials which block movement. They choose a random destination and then seek downwards until they find a block with a movement-blocking material.
• Various things that spawn on the "surface" similarly check material movement-blocking to find the surface.
• Paintings, banners, signs, cakes, and mob heads are placed on any solid material. This is why signs can be placed on each other without any visible connection.
• Player spawning checks for obstruction based on material solidity.
• Lava checks for a burnable material nearby when attempting to start fires. The fire itself uses its own list of flammable materials, which is why fire will start next to some wood blocks but will never consume the block.
• Water and lava spread and currents generally depend on whether the block's materials blocks movement, while placement from a bucket depends on the block's solidity.
• Fence gates must be placed above a block with a solid material.
• When broken, ice will turn to water if above a block with a liquid or movement-blocking material.
• Cacti break depending on the solidity of an adjacent block's material.
• Farmland turns to dirt if a solid-material block is placed on top.
• Rain and snowfall fall through blocks that have a non-liquid material that does not block movement.
• Dungeon, lake, and Nether portal generation checks for solid materials, rather than solid blocks.
• Solid-material blocks cannot be placed at Y=255, while non-solid-material blocks can.
• Note blocks check materials to determine some instruments. They check for a material of stone, sand, glass, and wood, with the resulting instrument being the base drum, snare, glass, and bass, respectively.
• Various tools check for materials to get breaking speeds.
• Various blocks with different variants check the material to determine what sounds to play.
• Doors and trapdoors often use the wood and metal materials to differentiate between wood and iron doors and trapdoors.

Gameplay

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