Waterlogging
See also: Snowlogging
A waterlogged oak fence
For non-cube blocks (that is, blocks that don't completely fill their block volume, such as doors, ladders, and plants), a water source block may occupy the unfilled volume. The non-cube block is then "waterlogged". 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 Java Edition, the effect may also be created using a debug stick. In Bedrock Edition, generally all non-cube blocks are waterlogged and none can be used to displace water source blocks, although they can still displace flowing water.
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Mechanism[edit]
In Java Edition, certain blocks have a waterlogged block state which can be either true or false. This is only a temporary solution, and 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.
Behavior[edit]
Section may be incomplete.
| Block | Can be in water in JE | Can be in water in BE & LCE | Additional notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Activator Rail | Pops off | Flowing and source | Will remove flowing water it is placed in, see MCPE-33345 |
| 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, despite being waterloggable |
| Cake | No | Source | |
| Campfire | Source | Source | Campfires 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 will be replaced with water. |
| 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 | Flowing and source | Attempting to place a cocoa pod in flowing water in Bedrock will completely fail; see MCPE-33360 |
| Composter | No | Source | |
| Compound Creator[BE only] | NA | Flowing and source | Will remove flowing water it is placed in, see MCPE-33345 |
| Conduit | Source | Source | |
| Coral | Source | Source | Requires two high water in Bedrock. |
| 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 | Flowing and source | Will remove flowing water it is placed in, see MCPE-33345 |
| Door | No | Source | |
| Dragon Egg | No | Source | |
| Element Constructor[BE only] | NA | Flowing and source | Will remove 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 | Will remove 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. Also watterloggable if it contains a plant. |
| Flower Pot | Pops off | Source | Destroyed by flowing water. |
| Glass Pane | Source | Source | |
| Grass | Pops off | Pops off | Destroyed by flowing water. |
| Grindstone | No | Source | |
| Hardened Glass Pane[BE only] | NA | 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] | NA | Flowing and source | Will remove flowing water it is placed in, see MCPE-33345 |
| Ladder | Source | Source | |
| Large Fern | Pops off | Pops off | Destroyed by flowing water. |
| Leaves | No | Source | |
| Lectern | No | Source | |
| Lever | Pops off | Flowing and source | Will remove flowing water it is placed in, see MCPE-33345 |
| Lily Pad | Pops off | Pops off | Placement in water completely fails in Bedrock. |
| Material Reducer[BE only] | NA | Flowing and source | Will remove 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. |
| Nether Wart | Pops off | Pops off | Placement in water completely fails in Bedrock. |
| Piston | No | Source | In Bedrock, piston heads extending into water will not become waterlogged through this, but can be waterlogged manually. |
| Potatoes | Pops off | Pops off | Placement in water completely fails in Bedrock. |
| Powered Rail | Pops off | Flowing and source | Will remove flowing water it is placed in, see MCPE-33345 |
| Pressure Plate | No | Source | |
| Rail | Pops off | Flowing and source | Will remove flowing water it is placed in, see MCPE-33345 |
| Redstone Comparator | Pops off | Flowing and source | Will remove flowing water it is placed in, see MCPE-33345 |
| Redstone Dust | Pops off | Pops off | Placement in water completely fails in Bedrock. |
| Redstone Repeater | Pops off | Flowing and source | Will remove flowing water it is placed in, see MCPE-33345 |
| Redstone Torch | Pops off | Pops off | Placement in water completely fails in Bedrock. |
| Sapling | Pops off | Pops off | Destroyed by flowing water. |
| Scaffolding | Source | Source | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | Will remove flowing water it is placed in, see MCPE-33345 |
| Tripwire Hook | Pops off | Flowing and source | Will remove flowing water it is placed in, see MCPE-33345 |
| Turtle Egg | No | Source | |
| Underwater Torch[BE only] | NA | Source | |
| Vines | Pops off | Source | Destroyed by flowing water. |
| Wall | Source | Source | |
| Wheat | Pops off | Pops off | Placement in water completely fails in Bedrock. |
| All other blocks | No | No |
See MC-125351 for more info on Java Edition.
History[edit]
| Java Edition Classic | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 waterloggable. | |||
| 18w10d | Ender chests, trapdoors, ladders, and signs are now waterloggable. | ||||
| 18w14b | Waterlogged blocks now no longer remove the water they are inside when broken.[1] | ||||
| 1.14 | 19w02a | Added the campfire, which can be waterlogged. It is not known when scaffolding was added. | |||
| 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 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 block[more information needed]. | |||
| 1.10.0 | beta 1.10.0.3 | Added more waterlogged block[more information needed]. | |||
References[edit]
