Bed

Bed

Renewable	Yes
Stackable	No
Tool	Any tool
Blast resistance	0.2
Hardness	0.2
Luminant	No
Transparent	Yes
Flammable	Yes
Catches fire from lava	JE: Yes BE: No

	“	Beds were added to Minecraft in February 2011, in beta version 1.3, alongside redstone repeaters and sandstone slabs. Originally, a creepy-sounding block called "crying obsidian", made of obsidian and lapis, was going to be put into the game to let the user change their spawn point. But then beds came along instead. Beds have changed in functionality a little over the years. Originally, sleeping in an area where monsters could get to you would sometimes cause you to wake up early, under attack from a skeleton or a zombie. This functionality was removed in version 1.0, and today instead it's impossible to sleep if you're in an area with monsters around.	„
		— Duncan Geere

A bed is a block that allows a player to sleep and to reset their spawn point to within a few blocks of the bed in the Overworld. If the bed is obstructed, the player spawns at the default world spawning location.

Obtaining

Natural generation

A red bed naturally generates in each igloo.

Beds of various colors generate in village houses, depending on the specific structure and biome:

• Desert village houses have cyan, green, or lime beds.
• Plains village houses have white or yellow beds.
• Savanna village houses have orange, red, or yellow beds.
• Snowy taiga‌^{[BE only]} and taiga village houses have blue or purple beds.
• Snowy tundra village houses have blue, red, or white beds.

• The red bed was the original default bed color. In later versions of the game, the default color was changed to white; however, if you use red dye on a white bed, you will obtain the classic red colored one.

Breaking

Beds can be mined with any tool, or without a tool.

Block	Bed
Hardness	0.2
Breaking time
Default	0.35

A bed also drops itself as an item when pushed by a piston.

Crafting

Ingredients	Crafting recipe	Description
Matching Wool + Any Planks		Wool color must match. Planks do not need to match.
White Bed + Matching Colored Dye		White beds can be re-dyed using dyes.‌[Java Edition only]
Any Bed + Matching Dye		A bed of any color can be re-dyed using dyes.‌[Bedrock and Education editions only]
Any Dyed Bed + Bleach		Removes the color from the bed.‌[Bedrock and Education editions only]

Ingredients	Crafting recipe	Description
Any Bed + Bone Meal or Lapis Lazuli or Cocoa Beans or Ink Sac		‌[Bedrock and Education editions only]

Trading

Journeyman-level shepherd villagers sell 1 of 16 beds for 3 emeralds as part of their trades.

Placement

Beds require two blocks of floor space. Placement requires at least 2 blocks from the player's facing direction. When placed, the foot of the bed is placed on the block selected and the head of the bed on the block farther away from the player. In Bedrock Edition, beds require solid blocks below them when placed. However, the bed remains in place if its supporting blocks are later removed. In Java Edition, beds do not require supporting blocks and can be placed anywhere, provided there is enough room.

Usage

Sleeping

The animation when falling asleep.

Beds are used by pressing the use item button while looking at the bed.

A player sleeps by using a bed during a thunderstorm, or at night (between 12541 and 23458 ticks, when stars appear in the sky). Attempting to use a bed at any other time results in the message "You can sleep only at night and during thunderstorms"‌^{[JE only]} or "You can only sleep at night".‌^{[BE only]} A player sleeps in a bed for 101 in-game ticks, or 5.05 seconds before the time skips to the next day. Sleeping in a bed with the /gamerule doDaylightCycle set to false results in the player being kicked out of the bed after the 101 ticks, but does not change time of the world to day.

A player sleeping in a bed is possible only in the Overworld. Attempting to use a bed in the Nether, the End and customized dimensions causes it to explode and set fire to surrounding blocks; The explosion has power 5, which is stronger than TNT (4), but not as strong as a charged creeper or end crystal (6). Villagers can sleep normally in any dimension.

The player must be close to the bed to sleep. If the player is close enough to click on the bed, but not close enough to sleep in it, the message "You may not rest now, the bed is too far away"‌^{[JE only]}/"The bed is too far away"‌^{[BE only]} appears.

If a "monster" is within 8 blocks of the bed horizontally (in the X- and Z-axis), and 5 blocks vertically (in the Y-axis), the message "You may not rest now, there are monsters nearby" appears and the player is prevented from sleeping until the monsters leave or are killed. Most hostile mobs, as well as some neutral mobs prevent players from sleeping, as shown in the table below.

If the player has not entered a bed (or died) for 3 in-game days, phantoms can spawn unless /gamerule doInsomnia is set to false.

Mob	Prevent the player from sleeping
Blaze	Yes
Chicken Jockey	When hostile
Creeper	Yes
Drowned	Yes
Endermite	Yes
Enderman	When hostile
Ender Dragon	No
Evoker	Yes
Ghast	No
Giant	Yes
Guardian Elder Guardian	Yes
Hoglin	No
Illusioner	Yes
Killer Bunny	No
Magma Cube	No
Piglin	When not wearing golden armor or when the piglin is not a baby
Pillager	Yes
Phantom	Yes
Ravager	Yes
Shulker	No
Silverfish	Yes
Skeleton Stray Wither Skeleton	Yes
Spider Cave Spider Spider Jockey	Yes
Slime	No
Vex	Yes
Vindicator	Yes
Witch	Yes
Wither	Yes
Zoglin	Yes
Zombie Zombie Villager Husk	Yes
Zombified Piglin	When hostile

The player also cannot sleep in a bed occupied by another player, resulting in the message, "This bed is occupied".

A player can, however, sleep in a bed being used by a villager. The player may first wake the villager (pressing use on the villager) and then quickly enter the bed before the villager can lie down again. The villager reclaims the bed after the player wakes. The villager is kicked out of its bed when a player attempts to sleep there.

A player also cannot sleep while on fire, while poisoned, or while starving.

If all sleeping requirements are met and the player enters a bed, the player is positioned in the bed. The player falls asleep as the screen fades to black. In Bedrock Edition, the sleeping animation slowly lowers the player into bed.

Once all players in a world are asleep, after 5 seconds (101 ticks) the time of day changes to sunrise.

During this time, the chat window is focused, and the player can leave the bed by clicking the Leave Bed button.

Waterlogged beds‌^{[Bedrock Edition only]} cannot be slept in unless the player or villager has the Water Breathing or Conduit Power status effects. Attempting to use a waterlogged bed otherwise does not display any message.

Beds displaying an error above the hotbar is a feature exclusive to beds; other blocks that cannot be used do not display such a message.

Passing the night

Sleeping changes the time of day to sunrise and resets the weather to clear weather. The player wakes up next to the bed, facing west.

Sleeping does not accelerate processes that take place over time such as the growth of crops or smelting. If /gamerule doDaylightCycle is false, the player instead wakes up in the night.

To skip the night in multiplayer, all players in the Overworld must be in bed at the same time. Pressing the Leave Bed button is not necessary in this case.

If the bed is destroyed while the player is in it, due to for example an explosion or by another player, the player wakes prematurely and the night does not pass.

Setting the spawn point

Once a player has entered a bed, their spawn point is set to the location of that bed.

Using a bed in the daytime likewise sets the spawn point, without actually entering the bed.

The message "Respawn point set" is displayed in chat when the respawn point is successfully changed.

The check for a bed is only made when the player respawns. This means that the bed can be destroyed and replaced or even reoriented, but as long as there is an bed present in the same location, the player can respawn there. If a player's bed is absent, or if the area around the bed is made unsuitable for respawning (see below), a message is displayed saying You have no home bed or respawn anchor, or it was obstructed, and the player respawns at the world spawn point.

When choosing where the respawn the player, the northwesternmost (lowest X- and Z-coordinates) location of the seven adjacent to the head of the bed is chosen first. If this location is obstructed, the next choice is to its south (+Z), rather than the east (+X). Only when all seven locations around the head are obstructed are the three remaining ones adjacent to the foot then to be considered.

For a location to be unobstructed, the block at the level of the bed must be air or non-colliding (e.g. torches, but not glass) and there must be a space with a solid block below it and two non-colliding blocks for the player to stand in 0-2 blocks below the bed. It does not matter if the bed itself has blocks above it. The bed never spawns the player on or directly below itself even if all other locations are obstructed. If a bed is obstructed, the player's spawnpoint is cleared after they respawn. That is, even if the bed is subsequently made usable again, the player continues to respawn at the world spawn until interacting with the bed again.

Specifically, when interacting with it, the location of the head of the bed is saved as the spawnpoint, and if a bed is in that space (whether it is the foot or the head) then the respawn works. This can be observed by reorienting the bed with its head in the same location. Interacting with it does not produce a "Respawn point set" message as the game doesn't change the saved spawnpoint. If a bed is reoriented so that its foot is in this space, it still functions on the next death, but it can also be interacted with to update the spawnpoint to the new head of the bed and cause a "Respawn point set" message. Attempting the reverse, reorienting the bed so that it overlaps the original location of the foot, results in a respawn at world spawn. However, the location of the foot of the bed is also saved. If the bed is moved so that part of it overlaps the original location of the head, it can be observed that the same locations need to be obstructed to stop spawning. It is possible to respawn 2 blocks away from the bed this way.

Bouncing

Falling onto a bed bounces the player with 66% strength – the bouncing-up velocity is 66% of the impact velocity. The player also takes 50% of normal fall damage.

Baby villagers bounce on beds during the day.

If the player is falling while sleeping requirements are met, and presses use on a bed within reach before hitting the ground, the fall damage is delayed until the player wakes.

Housing

Beds are used to count the number of houses in a village, with one bed equating to one house.

Curing

Beds speed up the curing process of zombie villagers.

Sounds

Java Edition:

Sound	Subtitle	Source	Description	Namespaced ID	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	Block broken	Blocks	Breaking the block	block.wood.break	subtitles.block.generic.break	1.0	0.8	16
	None	Blocks	Falling on the block with fall damage	block.wood.fall	None	0.5	0.75	16
	Block breaking	Blocks	Mining the block	block.wood.hit	subtitles.block.generic.hit	0.25	0.5	16
	Block placed	Blocks	Placing the block	block.wood.place	subtitles.block.generic.place	1.0	0.8	16
	Footsteps	Blocks	Walking on the block	block.wood.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps	0.15	1.0	16

Bedrock Edition: ^{[needs in-game testing]}

Sound	Description	Namespaced ID	Volume	Pitch
?	Breaking the block	dig.wood	?	0.8
?	Falling on the block with fall damage	fall.wood	?	?
?	Mining the block	hit.wood	?	0.5
?	Jumping from the block	jump.wood	?	?
?	Falling on the block without fall damage	land.wood	?	?
?	Walking on the block	step.wood	?	?
?	Placing the block	use.wood	?	0.8

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Namespaced ID	Translation key
White Bed	white_bed	block.minecraft.white_bed
Orange Bed	orange_bed	block.minecraft.orange_bed
Magenta Bed	magenta_bed	block.minecraft.magenta_bed
Light Blue Bed	light_blue_bed	block.minecraft.light_blue_bed
Yellow Bed	yellow_bed	block.minecraft.yellow_bed
Lime Bed	lime_bed	block.minecraft.lime_bed
Pink Bed	pink_bed	block.minecraft.pink_bed
Gray Bed	gray_bed	block.minecraft.gray_bed
Light Gray Bed	light_gray_bed	block.minecraft.light_gray_bed
Cyan Bed	cyan_bed	block.minecraft.cyan_bed
Purple Bed	purple_bed	block.minecraft.purple_bed
Blue Bed	blue_bed	block.minecraft.blue_bed
Brown Bed	brown_bed	block.minecraft.brown_bed
Green Bed	green_bed	block.minecraft.green_bed
Red Bed	red_bed	block.minecraft.red_bed
Black Bed	black_bed	block.minecraft.black_bed

Name	Namespaced ID
Block entity	bed

Bedrock Edition:

Bed	Namespaced ID	Numeric ID	Translation key
Standing	bed	26	tile.bed.name
Item	bed	355	item.bed.black.name item.bed.red.name item.bed.green.name item.bed.brown.name item.bed.blue.name item.bed.cyan.name item.bed.silver.name item.bed.gray.name item.bed.pink.name item.bed.lime.name item.bed.yellow.name item.bed.lightBlue.name item.bed.magenta.name item.bed.orange.name item.bed.white.name

Name	Savegame ID
Block entity	?

Block data

See also: Data values

In Bedrock Edition, beds use the following data values:

Block

Lowest two bits value	Facing
0	Head facing South
1	Head facing West
2	Head facing North
3	Head facing East
Bit flag	Meaning
0x4	When 0, the bed is empty When 1, the bed is occupied
0x8	When 0, the foot of the bed When 1, the head of the bed

Item

	DV	Description
	0	White Bed
	1	Orange Bed
	2	Magenta Bed
	3	Light Blue Bed
	4	Yellow Bed
	5	Lime Bed
	6	Pink Bed
	7	Gray Bed
	8	Light Gray Bed
	9	Cyan Bed
	10	Purple Bed
	11	Blue Bed
	12	Brown Bed
	13	Green Bed
	14	Red Bed
	15	Black Bed

Block entity

See also: Block entity format

A bed has a block entity associated with it that holds additional data about the block.

• Block entity data
  • Tags common to all block entities see Template:Nbt inherit/blockentity/template
  •  color:‌^{[Bedrock Edition only]} 0–15: The data value that determines the color of the half-bed block. When a bed is broken, the color of the block entity of the bed's head becomes the color of the bed item when it drops.

Color tag values

	Data value		Description
	Dec	Hex
	0	0x0	White bed
	1	0x1	Orange bed
	2	0x2	Magenta bed
	3	0x3	Light blue bed
	4	0x4	Yellow bed
	5	0x5	Lime bed
	6	0x6	Pink bed
	7	0x7	Gray bed
	8	0x8	Light gray bed
	9	0x9	Cyan bed
	10	0xA	Purple bed
	11	0xB	Blue bed
	12	0xC	Brown bed
	13	0xD	Green bed
	14	0xE	Red bed
	15	0xF	Black bed

Block states

See also: Block states

Java Edition:

Name	Default value	Allowed values	Description
facing	north	east north south west	The direction the head of the bed is pointing. The same direction the player faces when placing the bed.
occupied	false	false true	True when a player is using the bed.
part	foot	foot head	The half of the bed in the current block.

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Default value	Allowed values	Description
facing_bit	0	0 1 2 3	The direction the head of the bed is pointing. The same direction the player faces when placing the bed.
head_bit	false	false true	If the current block is the head part.
occupied_bit	false	false true	True when a player is using the bed.

Advancements

Main article: Advancement

Icon	Advancement	In-game description	Parent	Actual requirements (if different)	Namespaced ID
	Sweet Dreams	Sleep in a bed to change your respawn point	Adventure	Lie down in a bed. The advancement is granted as soon as the player is in the bed, even if the player does not successfully sleep.	adventure/sleep_in_bed

History

Java Edition Beta
November 26, 2011					Originally, crying obsidian was intended to act as a block to reset spawn points, until beds were introduced.
1.3					Added beds.
					The only color for beds is red.
					Sleeping in an area potentially exposed to monsters can cause players to wake up early, with a skeleton or zombie spawned next to them.
					The block form of beds shows the lower half of them.
1.4					Sleeping in a bed now resets the player's spawn position, though it does not work for most users. Apparently, at the moment, the spawn point unintentionally changes only if Leave Bed is clicked and the function is limited to multiplayer.
1.4_01					Beds now act as a respawn point as intended.
1.6		Test Build 3			Trying to sleep in a bed in the Nether now causes the bed to explode.
1.7					The bed side texture has been moved in the texture pack file.
Java Edition
1.0.0		Beta 1.9 Prerelease 5			The bottom textures of bed have been changed to the texture of the new oak planks from to .
		Beta 1.9 Prerelease 6			Beds no longer spawn monsters, instead, trying to sleep when monsters are around displays a message saying You may not rest now, there are monsters nearby.
1.2.4					Cats while in standing position now purposely go and sit on beds.
1.5		?			Beds now check their biome for detonation rather than just their dimension.
1.7.2		13w37a			The item form of block ID 26 (bed) has been removed from the game. It can no longer exist in inventories, only as a placed block.
1.8		14w29a			Beds now display the cracking animation on top and bottom.
		14w33a			Beds now make sounds when placed, and plays logical sounds when stepped on and broken.
1.9		15w43a			A bed now generates inside igloos.
1.11		16w32a			The messages "You can only sleep at night", "You may not rest now, there are monsters nearby", and "This bed is occupied" now appears on top of the hotbar, the place that the message "Press <whatever your sneak key is> to dismount" also appears when the player is riding a mob.
		16w33a			If the player is close enough to click on the bed, but not close enough to sleep in it, the message "You may not rest now, the bed is too far away" is now displayed.
1.12		17w06a			Neutral zombie pigmen no longer prevent the player from sleeping in a bed.
		March 13, 2017			Jeb mentions colored beds for 1.12.
		17w15a			Dyed beds have been added.
					The former "Bed" has been renamed to "Red Bed".
					The texture of red beds has been slightly changed. The top of the beds are no longer mirrored.
					Beds now appear 3D in the inventory.
					Beds now have 3D legs.
					Beds have been made bouncy, though they do not completely reduce all fall damage.
					Beds are now a block entity.
		17w17a			The four legs of a bed are now each textured separately, and their model is different.
					The textures of beds have now also been slightly changed.
1.13		17w47a			The different block states for the bed ID have been split up into their own IDs.
					Beds now require solid blocks below them, or they break into an item. Previously, a bed needed to be placed on solid blocks, but the blocks could later be removed.
					Prior to The Flattening, this block's numeral ID was 26, and the item's 355.
		18w07a			Sleeping in a bed is now important to keep phantoms from spawning.
		18w20a			Players in creative mode can now sleep even if monsters are nearby.
		18w22a			Beds no longer require supporting blocks below them; they do not break into an item if said blocks are removed, and can be directly placed on top of non-solid blocks.
		pre2			The "You can only sleep at night" message when using a bed has been changed to "You can sleep only at night and during thunderstorms."
1.14		18w43a			The textures of all beds have been changed.
					The bottom textures of beds have been changed to new oak planks texture.
		18w44a			Cats can now sleep in empty beds or sit on their owner when their owner is sleeping.
		18w47a			The bottom textures of beds have been changed to the new oak planks to texture, once again.
		19w08a			All mobs can now sleep in beds using commands.
		19w11a			Villagers now claim beds and sleep in them during the night.
1.15		19w35a			If a player tries to sleep in a bed that is occupied by a villager, that villager is now kicked out of the bed.
		19w36a			Trying to sleep in a bed during the daytime now sets the player's spawn location to that bed.
		pre2			Successfully changing a spawn point using a bed now displays a message in chat.
1.16		20w12a			The message "Your home bed was missing or obstructed" has been changed to "You have no home bed or respawn anchor, or it was obstructed" due to the addition of the respawn anchor, used to set the player's spawn in the Nether.
Pocket Edition Alpha
0.4.0					Added beds.
0.9.0		build 1			Beds no longer restore health in normal difficulty, making food a more reliable survival-needed resource.
					Added smooth lighting to beds.
0.11.0		build 8			The lighting on beds has been improved.
0.12.1		build 1			Tamed ocelots while standing now purposely go and sit on beds.
0.16.0		build 1			Beds now make a sound when placed, identical to blocks like stone.
Pocket Edition
1.0.0		?			Sleeping now ends weather.
					Beds are now generated in igloos.
		alpha 0.17.0.2			The Leave Bed button now has a new texture.
1.1.0		alpha 1.1.0.0			Added the other 15 colors of beds.
					The former "Bed" has been renamed to "Red Bed".
					The texture of red beds has been slightly changed.
					A new animation when sleeping has been added to beds.
					Beds in igloos are now white in ice plains and brown in cold taigas.
					Beds now bounce the player two blocks up, and have 3D legs.
					Placement, stepping and breaking sounds for beds are now correctly wooden.
Bedrock Edition
1.4.0		beta 1.2.14.2			Beds can now be waterlogged and require Water Breathing to sleep in.
		beta 1.2.20.1			Colored beds can now be turned into white beds by adding bleach. This works only if Education Edition features are turned on.
1.6.0		beta 1.6.0.1			Sleeping in a bed is now important to keep phantoms from spawning.
1.8.0		beta 1.8.0.8			Cats can now sleep in empty beds or sit on their owner when their owner is sleeping.
1.10.0		beta 1.10.0.3			Various beds now generate in the new villages.
					Villagers can now sleep by occupying a bed, which prevent players from using it.
					Igloos now generate with red beds.
					Beds are now used to count the number of available houses in villages.
					The textures of all beds have been changed.
1.11.0		beta 1.11.0.4			Beds can now be bought from shepherd villagers.
1.13.0		?			Players now succeed in attempting to sleep on villager-occupied beds, kicking the villager off.
Legacy Console Edition
TU1	CU1	1.00	Patch 1	1.0.1	Added beds.
TU12					Cats in standing position now purposely go and sit on beds, preventing players from using them.
TU43	CU33	1.36	Patch 13		The sleeping animation while in beds has been changed.
TU54	CU44	1.52	Patch 24	1.0.4	Added the other 15 colors of beds.
					The former "Bed" has been now renamed to "Red Bed".
					The texture of red beds has been slightly changed.
					Beds are now dyeable and bounce the player two blocks up, and have a single 3D legs.
TU60	CU51	1.64	Patch 30	1.0.11	The sleeping animation in beds has been changed again.
TU69		1.76	Patch 38		Sleeping in a bed is now important to keep phantoms from spawning.
					Beds can now be waterlogged and require Water Breathing to sleep in.
		1.83			The sleeping animation for beds has been reverted to how it was before 1.64.
		1.90			The textures of all beds have been changed.
		1.91			Various beds now generate in the new villages.
					Villagers can now sleep by occupying a bed, which prevents players from using it.
					Beds are now used to count the number of available houses in villages.
					Beds can now be bought from shepherd villagers.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0					Added beds.
1.9.19					Added the other 15 colors of beds.
					The former "Bed" has been renamed to "Red Bed".
					The texture of red beds has been slightly changed.
					Beds now bounce the player two blocks up and have 3D legs.
Education Edition
1.0					Added beds.
1.0.1					Added the other 15 colors of beds.
					The former "Bed" has been renamed to "Red Bed".
					The texture of red beds has been slightly changed.
					Beds now bounce the player two blocks up, and have 3D legs.
1.0.27					Colored beds can now be turned into white beds by adding bleach.
1.12					The textures of all beds have been changed.

• 

  The bottom of a bed. Note the invisible leg farthest from the player (before 1.12).

• 

  A stack of beds in Beta 1.3_01.

• 

  Player being awakened by a zombie.

• 

  The message that can be seen when any players attempt to sleep during daytime (before 1.11).

Issues

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

Trivia

• The reason beds explode in the Nether and the End is because Notch found it was the easiest solution to dimension-unique respawning.
• If the player quits the game while sleeping, upon return the player wakes beside the bed.
• The player's avatar clips just slightly into the bed if they have something in their hand and their feet protrude off the edge.
• Using the /teleport command while another player is sleeping still teleports the sleeping player, but the player wakes immediately.‌^{[Java Edition only]}
• If the player places a bed on ice, running over the bed acts like running over ice, similar to slabs.
• Before differently colored beds were added, using all 6 planks and all 16 wool combinations, there were 3,456 different ways to craft a bed.
• When placed using the /setblock command, only one half of a bed is placed, because beds are two blocks long. A single half can be slept in like a whole bed.
• Villagers can sleep in the Nether and the End without causing the bed to explode.
• If the player crouches while attempting to sleep the player gets inside the sheets.
• While the block state used to determine the half of a two-block block such as doors and double-tall flowers is called half, in the case of beds this is called part.
• Due to how beds work in the Nether, players can exploit the method to clear out large chunks of blocks in the dimension, especially when finding ancient debris.
• With the same exploding method in the End, player need approximately 4 beds to defeat an Ender Dragon, if healing is enabled, a 5th bed is required.

Gallery

• 

  A sleeping player in multiplayer.

• 

  The message that can be seen after a failed attempt to respawn at the spawn point set by a bed.

• 

  A crater created by attempting to sleep in the Nether.

• 

  A crater created by attempting to sleep in the End.

• 

  The bottom of the bed with the 3D legs.

• 

  All the different color variants.

• 

  An unemployed villager and a butcher villager goes to sleep, unaware of the zombies outside.

References

Blocks

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