Waterlogging

Waterlogging is the mechanic that allows non-cube blocks (that is, blocks that do not completely fill their block volume, such as doors, ladders, and plants) to be filled with a water source block. Both the non-cube block and the water source block occupy the same space. If the non-cube block is destroyed, the water source block remains.
In Bedrock Edition, generally all non-cube blocks can be waterlogged and none can be used to displace water source blocks, although they can still displace flowing water.
Mechanism[edit]
In Java Edition, certain blocks have a waterlogged
block state that can be true
or false
. This is a temporary solution; a full separation of blocks and fluids is planned.
In Bedrock Edition, waterlogging is handled by the game's layers system. Through editing, any block can be waterlogged, as well as other things such as placing multiple slabs into a single block. In normal gameplay, a player cannot displace water source blocks using doors or other non-cube blocks to create breathing spaces underwater, like one can do in Java Edition. Only flowing water can be displaced in Bedrock Editon.
Behavior[edit]
Section may be incomplete.
Block | Can be in water in JE | Can be in water in BE | Additional notes |
---|---|---|---|
Activator Rail | Pops off[until 1.17] | Source | |
Source[upcoming: 1.17] | |||
Amethyst Cluster[upcoming: JE 1.17] | Source | N/A | |
Anvil | No | Source | |
Bamboo | No | Pops off | Placement in water completely fails in Bedrock. |
Banner | No | Source | |
Barrier | No | Source | |
Beacon | No | Source | |
Bed | No | Source | Water Breathing or Conduit Power is required to sleep in waterlogged beds. |
Beetroots | Pops off | Pops off | Placement in water completely fails in Bedrock. |
Bell | No | Source | |
Brewing Stand | No | Source | |
Bubble Column | Inherent | Inherent | |
Button | Pops off | Source | Destroyed by flowing water in Java Edition |
Cactus | No | Source | Cannot be placed inside water in Bedrock, even though they can technically be waterlogged |
Cake | No | Source | |
Campfire | Source | Source | Campfires unlight upon becoming waterlogged. |
Candle[upcoming: JE 1.17] | Source | N/A | Candles unlight upon becoming waterlogged. |
Carpet | Pops off | Source | Destroyed by flowing water. |
Carrots | Pops off | Pops off | Placement in water completely fails in Bedrock. |
Cauldron | No | Source | Waterlogged cauldrons fill up. If a cauldron contains a potion when it becomes waterlogged, the potion is replaced with water. |
Chain | Source | Source | |
Chest | Source | Source | |
Chorus Flower | No | No | Placement in water completely fails in Bedrock. |
Chorus Plant | Pops off | Pops off | Placement in water completely fails in Bedrock. |
Cobweb | Pops off | Source | Destroyed by flowing water. |
Cocoa | Pops off | Pops off | Placement in water completely fails in Bedrock Edition. |
Composter | No | Source | |
Compound Creator[BE only] | N/A | Flowing and source | Removes flowing water it is placed in, see MCPE-33345 |
Conduit | Source | Source | |
Coral | Source | Source | |
Coral Fan | Source | Source | Destroyed by flowing water in Bedrock Edition |
Daylight Detector | No | Source | |
Dead Bush | Pops off | Source | Destroyed by flowing water. |
Dead Coral | Source | Source | |
Dead Coral Fan | Source | Source | Destroyed by flowing water in Bedrock Edition |
Detector Rail | Pops off[until 1.17] | Source | |
Source[upcoming: 1.17] | |||
Door | No | Source | |
Dragon Egg | No | Source | |
Element Constructor[BE only] | N/A | Flowing and source | Removes flowing water it is placed in, see MCPE-33345 |
Enchanting Table | No | Source | |
End Portal Frame | No | Source | |
End Rod | Pops off | Flowing and source | Removes flowing water it is placed in, see MCPE-33345 |
Ender Chest | Source | Source | |
Fence | Source | Source | |
Fence Gate | No | Source | |
Fern | Pops off | Pops off | Destroyed by flowing water. |
Flower | Pops off | Pops off | Destroyed by flowing water. Can also be waterlogged if it contains a plant. |
Flower Pot | Pops off | Source | Destroyed by flowing water. |
Fungus | Pops off | Pops off | Placement in water completely fails in Bedrock. |
Glass Pane | Source | Source | |
Grass | Pops off | Pops off | Destroyed by flowing water. |
Grindstone | No | Source | |
Hardened Glass Pane[BE only] | N/A | Source | |
Hopper | No | Source | |
Iron Bars | Source | Source | |
Item Frame | Flowing and source | Source | Handled as a block only in Bedrock Edition. |
Kelp | Inherent | Inherent | |
Lab Table[BE only] | N/A | Flowing and source | Removes flowing water it is placed in, see MCPE-33345 |
Ladder | Source | Source | |
Lantern | Source | Source | Can be placed as of Bedrock 1.16.100 |
Large Fern | Pops off | Pops off | Destroyed by flowing water. |
Leaves | No | Source | |
Lectern | No | Source | |
Lever | Pops off | Flowing and source | Removes flowing water it is placed in, see MCPE-33345 |
Light Block[BE only] | N/A | Flowing and source | Removes flowing water it is placed in, see MCPE-33345 |
Lightning Rod[upcoming: JE 1.17] | No | N/A | |
Lily Pad | Pops off | Pops off | Placement in water completely fails in Bedrock. |
Material Reducer[BE only] | N/A | Flowing and source | Removes flowing water it is placed in, see MCPE-33345 |
Mob head | Pops off | Source | Destroyed by flowing water. |
Mushroom | Pops off | Pops off | Placement in water completely fails in Bedrock Edition. |
Nether Sprouts | Pops off | Pops off | Placement in water completely fails in Bedrock Edition. |
Nether Wart | Pops off | Pops off | Placement in water completely fails in Bedrock Edition. |
Piston | No | Source | In Bedrock, piston heads extending into water do not become waterlogged, but can be waterlogged manually. |
Potatoes | Pops off | Pops off | Placement in water completely fails in Bedrock Edition. |
Pointed Dripstone[JE only] | Source[upcoming: 1.17] | N/A | Able to drip lava in a waterlogged state, see MC-207419. |
Powered Rail | Pops off[until 1.17] | Source | |
Source[upcoming: 1.17] | |||
Pressure Plate | No | Source | |
Rail | Pops off[until 1.17] | Source | |
Source[upcoming: 1.17] | |||
Redstone Comparator | Pops off | Flowing and source | Removes flowing water it is placed in, see MCPE-33345 |
Redstone Dust | Pops off | Pops off | Placement in water completely fails in Bedrock Edition. |
Redstone Repeater | Pops off | Flowing and source | Removes flowing water it is placed in, see MCPE-33345 |
Redstone Torch | Pops off | Pops off | Placement in water completely fails in Bedrock. |
Roots | Pops off | Pops off | Placement in water completely fails in Bedrock. |
Sapling | Pops off | Pops off | Destroyed by flowing water. |
Scaffolding | Source | Source | |
Sculk Sensor[JE only] | Source[upcoming: 1.17] | N/A | Applies glowing effect to water it's placed in when activates. Sculk sensors are silent in water. |
Sea Pickle | Source | Source | Destroyed by flowing water. Only waterlogged sea pickles emit light. |
Seagrass | Inherent | Inherent | |
Shulker Box | No | Source | |
Sign | Source | Source | |
Slab | Source | Source | |
Snow | Pops off | Pops off | Placement in water completely fails in Bedrock. |
Spawner | No | Source | |
Stairs | Source | Source | |
Structure Block | No | Source | |
Stonecutter | No | Source | |
Sugar Cane | No | Pops off | Placement in water completely fails in Bedrock. |
Sweet Berry Bush | Pops off | Pops off | Placement in water completely fails in Bedrock. |
Tall Grass | Pops off | Pops off | Destroyed by flowing water. |
Tall Seagrass | Inherent | Inherent | |
Torch | Pops off | Pops off | Placement in water completely fails in Bedrock. |
Trapdoor | Source | Source | |
Trapped Chest | Source | Source | |
Tripwire | Pops off | Flowing and source | Removes flowing water it is placed in, see MCPE-33345 |
Tripwire Hook | Pops off | Flowing and source | Removes flowing water it is placed in, see MCPE-33345 |
Turtle Egg | No | Source | |
Twisting Vines | Pops off | Flowing and source | Placement in water completely fails in Bedrock, but water can still be placed into it. |
Underwater Torch[BE & EE only] | N/A | Source | |
Vines | Pops off | Source | Destroyed by flowing water. |
Wall | Source | Source | |
Wheat | Pops off | Pops off | Placement in water completely fails in Bedrock Edition. |
Weeping Vines | Pops off | Flowing and source | Placement in water completely fails in Bedrock Edition, but water can still be placed into it. |
All other blocks | No | No |
See MC-125351 for more info on Java Edition.
History[edit]
Java Edition Classic | |||||
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May 22, 2009 | Notch pointed out that "odd-shaped" blocks would appear as if in air, and proposes potential fixes. | ||||
Java Edition | |||||
1.13 | 18w10c | Chests, trapped chests, stairs, slabs, fences, walls, iron bars, and glass panes are now able to be waterlogged. | |||
18w10d | Ender chests, trapdoors, ladders, and signs are now able to be waterlogged. | ||||
18w14b | Waterlogged blocks now no longer remove the water they are inside when broken.[1] | ||||
1.14 | 18w45a | Added scaffolding, which can be waterlogged. | |||
19w02a | Added the campfire, which can be waterlogged. | ||||
1.16 | 20w18a | Chains can now be waterlogged. | |||
1.16.2 | 20w30a | Lanterns and soul lanterns can now be waterlogged. | |||
Upcoming Java Edition | |||||
October 22, 2020 | A leaked screenshot was accidentally posted in a bug report that said "waterlogged-rail", which was later removed. | ||||
1.17 | 20w45a | Rails can now be waterlogged. | |||
Bedrock Edition | |||||
November 18, 2017 | Flowing water was shown to intersect oak fences and grass, a feature that never actually made it into the game. | ||||
1.2.13 | beta 1.2.13.5 | Water now can be placed in the same blocks as slabs and stairs. | |||
1.4.0 | beta 1.2.14.2 | Water now can be placed inside of most non-solid blocks,[more information needed] instead of just slabs and stairs. | |||
? | Most land plants can no longer be waterlogged.[more information needed] | ||||
1.8.0 | ? | Rail variants can no longer be waterlogged by flowing water. | |||
1.9.0 | beta 1.9.0.2 | Added more waterlogged blocks.[more information needed] | |||
1.10.0 | beta 1.10.0.3 | Added more waterlogged blocks.[more information needed] | |||
1.16.0 | beta 1.16.0.57 | Added more waterlogged blocks.[more information needed] |
Trivia[edit]
- Glass bottles can be filled up with water from waterlogged blocks, even if water is not accessible from the targeted area[Java Edition only].[2] In Bedrock Edition, this is not possible since waterlogged blocks in general can’t be used to fill empty bottles.[3]