Scaffolding

Scaffolding

Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)
Tool	Any tool
Blast resistance	0
Hardness	0
Luminant	No
Transparent	Partial
Flammable	Yes (60)
Catches fire from lava	No

Scaffolding is a block used when building structures to help the player reach higher places, or to descend safely without taking fall damage.

Obtaining

Breaking

Scaffolding is broken instantly, and no tools are required. Scaffolding requires support and drops as an item if it loses this support.

In Bedrock Edition, scaffolding takes a small amount of time to break, but no tools are required either.

Crafting

Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Bamboo + String	6

Usage

A stack of scaffolding created by placing another scaffolding block on the side face of the bottom scaffolding block.

When the bottom block of scaffolding is destroyed, all scaffolding blocks above it break, similar to chorus plants; this makes it easier for players to make temporary structures.

The placement of scaffolding is different from any other blocks in the game. When pressing use on the side of a scaffolding, the scaffolding is added on top of the highest scaffolding in that location, allowing the player to build the scaffolding structure higher on the ground.‌^{[Java Edition only]} Pressing use on the top face of the scaffolding adds the scaffolding to the side, depending on the direction the player is facing.‌^{[Java Edition only]} When trying to place a scaffolding inside of another scaffolding, the scaffolding is added on top of the highest scaffolding in that location, allowing the player to build the scaffolding structure higher on the ground. While sneaking, pressing use on the top face of the scaffolding places the new scaffolding on top of the targeted one if the top is available, otherwise it is placed under the targeted scaffolding if possible. Pressing use on the side while sneaking places it on the side like placing other blocks.

Scaffolding has no collision detection. The player can climb up or down by jumping or sneaking respectively. A scaffolding block can be moved by pistons, allowing them to be broken easily.

A diagram showing that scaffolding can be placed up to 6 blocks away from the base of support.

Scaffolding can be placed up to 6 blocks out from its base of support; any further scaffolding placed falls to the ground.

In Bedrock Edition, scaffolding cannot be placed inside lava; if scaffolding is placed next to lava or fire, the scaffolding is destroyed. If it falls into lava or fire, it is destroyed immediately.

In Java Edition, scaffolding can be placed inside lava but burns after some time.

When holding scaffolding, the hitbox of scaffolding in the world is a full block.‌^{[Java Edition only]} Otherwise, a player can interact with other blocks through the scaffolding.

Fuel

Scaffolding can be used as a fuel in furnaces, smelting 2 items per block in Java Edition, and 6 items per block in Bedrock Edition.

Sounds

Sound	Subtitle	Source	Description	Namespaced ID	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	Block breaking	Blocks	?	block.scaffolding.hit	subtitles.block.generic.hit	0.25	0.5	16
	Block broken	Blocks	?	block.scaffolding.break	subtitles.block.generic.break	0.8	1.12	16
	Block placed	Blocks	?	block.scaffolding.place	subtitles.block.generic.place	0.9	0.8	16
	Footsteps	Blocks	?	block.scaffolding.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps	0.15	1.0	16
	None	Blocks	?	block.scaffolding.fall	None	0.5	0.75	16

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Namespaced ID	Block tags (JE)	Translation key
Scaffolding	scaffolding	climbable	block.minecraft.scaffolding

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Namespaced ID	Numeric ID	Translation key
Scaffolding	scaffolding	419	tile.scaffolding.name

Block states

See also: Block states

Java Edition:

Name	Default value	Allowed values	Description
bottom	false	false true	If this scaffolding is floating.
distance	7	0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7	The distance from a center scaffolding horizontally. If it is 7, it becomes a falling block entity.
waterlogged	false	false true	Whether or not there's water in the same place as the scaffolding.

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Default value	Allowed values	Description
stability	7	0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7	The distance from a center scaffolding horizontally. If it is 7, it becomes a falling block entity.
stability_check	0	0 1	If this scaffolding is floating.[verify]

Falling block entity

Falling Block

Hitbox size	Height: 0.98 Blocks Width: 0.98 Blocks

Main article: Falling Block

• Dynamic block entity data
  • Tags common to all entities see Template:Nbt inherit/entity/template
  •  TileEntityData: Optional. The tags of the block entity for this block.
  •  BlockState: The falling block represented by this entity.
    •  Name: The namespaced ID of the block.
    •  Properties: Optional. The block states of the block.
      •  Name: The block state name and its value.
  •  Time: The number of ticks the entity has existed. If set to 0, the moment it ticks to 1, it vanishes if the block at its location has a different ID than the entity's TileID. If the block at its location has the same ID as its TileID when Time ticks from 0 to 1, the block is deleted, and the entity continues to fall, having overwritten it. When Time goes above 600, or above 100 while the block is below Y=0, the entity is deleted.
  •  DropItem: 1 or 0 (true/false) – true if the block should drop as an item when it breaks. Any block that does not have an item form with the same ID as the block does not drop even if this is set.
  •  HurtEntities: 1 or 0 (true/false) – true if the block should hurt entities it falls on.
  •  FallHurtMax: The maximum hit points of damage to inflict on entities that intersect this falling_block . For vanilla falling_block, always 40 × 20.
  •  FallHurtAmount: Multiplied by the FallDistance to calculate the amount of damage to inflict. By default this value is always 2.

Achievements

Icon	Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS)
	Top of the World	Place scaffolding to the world limit.	Build a stack of scaffolding 256 blocks high.	20G	Bronze

History

September 29, 2018					Scaffolding is announced at MINECON Earth 2018.
Java Edition
1.14		18w45a			Added scaffolding.
		18w46a			Scaffolding can now be placed 6 blocks (was 4 blocks) out from its base of support without falling.
					The smelting of scaffolding has been changed to 0.25.
		19w03a			When built up from the bottom, blocks such as water and vines are now properly placed above scaffolding.
					The floating scaffolding model has been changed.
		19w05a			Scaffolding can now be instantly broken.
		19w12a			The textures of scaffolding have been changed slightly.
1.15		Pre-release 1			When used as a fuel, scaffolding now smelts 2 items instead of 0.25.
Bedrock Edition
1.8.0		beta 1.8.0.8			Added scaffolding.
		beta 1.8.0.10			Sounds have been added for scaffolding.
					A guide in the "How to Play" menu has been added for scaffolding.
					Scaffolding now burns in lava.
		beta 1.8.0.11			The flight controls on touch devices after climbing scaffolding have been fixed.
?					Scaffolding blocks now have a 3D mesh.
1.11.0		beta 1.11.0.4			Scaffolding can now be placed 6 blocks (was 4 blocks) out from its base of support without falling.
Legacy Console Edition
		1.83			Added scaffolding.

Issues

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

Gallery

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  The first image released of scaffolding.

References

Blocks

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