Content inaccessible in Survival

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There are many elements in Minecraft that are completely inaccessible to the player in Survival mode. This is due to many factors, such as game balance, or due to the fact that the player accessing certain content would not have any logical sense in the context of playing Survival mode, such as barrier blocks and spawn eggs.

The article encompasses all things unavailable to the player in Survival. Note that many - if not all - of the listed content can still be obtained in Creative mode, with the use of commands, or mods. Also note that most of these blocks can be obtained in item form in Survival mode through various bugs and glitches, such as Falling Block Transmutation (also known as Gravity Block Conversion), or via specific Minecraft versions, such as the Java Edition 22w13oneBlockAtATime April Fools snapshot.

Blocks, items, and entities exclusive to Minecraft Education or Bedrock Edition with "Minecraft Education features" enabled are not included in this list.

Blocks

The following blocks cannot be encountered in normal Survival gameplay:

Creative and mapmaking tools

• Barrier
• Structure Void
• Light
• Impulse Command Block
• Chain Command Block
• Repeating Command Block
• Structure Block
• Jigsaw Block
• Test Instance Block‌^{[JE only]}
• Test Block‌^{[JE only]}
• Allow‌^{[BE only]}
• Deny‌^{[BE only]}
• Border‌^{[BE only]}

Others

• Petrified Oak Slab^{[note 1]}
• Player Head
• Chalkboard‌^{[BE only]}
• Camera‌^{[BE only]}
• Chiseled Purpur‌^{[BE only]}
• Deprecated Anvil‌^{[BE only]}
• tile.deprecated_purpur_block_2.name‌^{[BE only]}
• Glowing Obsidian‌^{[BE only][note 1]}
• Nether Reactor Core‌^{[BE only][note 1]}
• info_update‌^{[BE only]}
• info_update2‌^{[BE only]}
• reserved6‌^{[BE only]}
• Stonecutter (old)‌^{[BE only][note 1]}
• Unknown‌^{[BE only]}

Items

Creative and mapmaking tools

• Item forms of all blocks and entities listed in the respective sections elsewhere
• Spawn Egg
• Knowledge Book‌^{[JE only]}
• Debug Stick‌^{[JE only]}
• Items that have two or more incompatible enchantments or enchantments beyond a certain level limit like Protection+Blast Protection or Sharpness 128.

Encounterable in block form, but not item form

The following blocks have direct item forms. The blocks themselves can be encountered in Survival, but their item forms cannot.

• Bedrock
• Reinforced Deepslate
• Budding Amethyst
• Chorus Plant
• Dirt Path‌^{[Java Edition only]}
• End Portal Frame
• Farmland
• Frogspawn
• Infested Chiseled Stone Bricks
• Infested Cracked Stone Bricks
• Infested Cobblestone
• Infested Deepslate
• Infested Mossy Stone Bricks
• Infested Stone
• Infested Stone Bricks
• Monster Spawner
• Trial Spawner
• Ominous Trial Spawner
• Vault
• Ominous Vault
• Client_request_placeholder_block‌^{[Bedrock Edition only]}
• Frosted Ice‌^{[Bedrock Edition only]}
• Technical blocks unobtainable in Creative‌^{[Bedrock Edition only]}

Others

• Potion of Luck‌^{[JE only]}
• Splash Potion of Luck‌^{[JE only]}
• Lingering Potion of Luck‌^{[JE only]}
• Arrow of Luck‌^{[JE only]}
• Uncraftable Potion‌^{[JE only]}
• Uncraftable Splash Potion‌^{[JE only]}
• Uncraftable Lingering Potion‌^{[JE only]}
• Uncraftable Tipped Arrow‌^{[JE only]}
• Potion of Decay‌^{[BE only]}
• Splash Potion of Decay‌^{[BE only]}
• Lingering Potion of Decay‌^{[BE only]}
• Long Mundane Potion‌^{[BE only]}
• Splash Long Mundane Potion‌^{[BE only]}
• Lingering Long Mundane Potion‌^{[BE only]}

Entities

Creative and mapmaking tools

• Block Display‌^{[JE only]}
• Item Display‌^{[JE only]}
• Text Display‌^{[JE only]}
• Mannequin‌^{[JE only]}
• Marker‌^{[JE only]}
• Interaction‌^{[JE only]}
• Minecart with Command Block
• Minecart with Spawner‌^{[JE only]}

Mobs

• Agent‌^{[BE only]}
• Elder Guardian Ghost‌^{[BE only]}
• Giant‌^{[JE only]}
• Illusioner‌^{[JE only]}
• Killer Bunny‌^{[JE only]}
• NPC‌^{[BE only]}
• Old Villager‌^{[BE only]}
• Old Zombie Villager‌^{[BE only]}
• Zombie Horse

Paintings

• Earth
• Fire
• Water
• Wind

Biomes

• The Void‌^{[JE only]}
• Biomes before 1.18‌^{[BE only][note 1]}
• Legacy Frozen Ocean‌^{[BE only][note 1]}
• Mountain Edge‌^{[BE only][note 1]}
• Deep Warm Ocean‌^{[BE only]}

Effects

• Luck‌^{[JE only]}
• Bad Luck‌^{[JE only]}
• Health Boost

Notes