Invisible Blocks

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• Major changes have been made in 2023^{[what version?]} to these blocks and their particle behaviour

This article is missing information about: block particles when dug by a warden

 

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Certain blocks in the game are designed to be invisible.

Intentionally invisible blocks

• Air
• Cave Air‌^{[Java Edition only]}
• Void Air‌^{[Java Edition only]}
• Light Block
• Barrier
• Invisible Bedrock‌^{[Bedrock Edition and Minecraft Education only]}
• Structure Void
• client_request_placeholder_block‌^{[Bedrock Edition only]}

Properties

Block	Solid?	Blocks third-person view?	Visible when held?	Shown by structure blocks?
Java Edition
Air	No	No	N/A[note 1]	Yes: [1]
Cave Air	No	No	N/A[note 1]	Yes: [1]
Void Air	No	No	N/A[note 1]	Yes: [1]
Light Block	No	No	Yes:	Yes:
Barrier	Yes	Yes[2]	Yes:	Yes:
Structure Void	No	No	No[3]	Yes:
Bedrock Edition
Air	No	No	N/A[note 1]	No such functionality
Light Block	No	No	Yes:	No such functionality
Barrier	Yes	Yes[4]	Yes:
Invisible Bedrock	Yes	No	No
Structure Void	No	No	Yes:
client_request_placeholder_block	​[more information needed]	​[more information needed]	​[more information needed]

Visibility

Invisible blocks are intended to never be directly visible to those not directly manipulating them, due to being intended for mapmaking and other such purposes. Despite this, there are cases where they can actually be seen, directly contradicting their intended invisibility.

Block	Shown when targeted?		Block particles?
	Highlight	Outline	When breaking	When broken	When sprinted on	When fallen on	When walked on by an iron golem	When dug through by a warden
Java Edition
Air	No such functionality	Never	No	No	No	No	No	​[more information needed]
Cave Air		Never	No	No	No	No	No	​[more information needed]
Void Air		Never	No	No	No	No	No	​[more information needed]
Light Block		Only when held	No	No	No	Yes[5]	Yes[6]	​[more information needed]
Barrier		Always[7]	No	No	No	Yes[8]	Yes[9]	​[more information needed]
Structure Void		Always[10]	No	No	No	Yes[8]	Yes[11]	​[more information needed]
Bedrock Edition
Air	Never	Never	No	No	No	No	No such functionality	​[more information needed]
Light Block	Yes			Yes[12]	No	No	No such functionality	​[more information needed]
Barrier	Never[13]	Always	No	Yes[14]	No	No		​[more information needed]
Invisible Bedrock	Cannot be targeted			Yes	No	No		​[more information needed]
Structure Void	Always	Never[15]	Yes[16]	Yes[17]	No	No		​[more information needed]
client_request_placeholder_block	​[more information needed]	​[more information needed]	​[more information needed]	​[more information needed]	​[more information needed]	​[more information needed]		​[more information needed]

Other invisible blocks

This section is missing information about: At a point in time, there were invisible variants of (in Java) doors, ladders, multiple chests, (in Bedrock) end rods and probably more. Could a history section be made on these?

 

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The following blocks can also be invisible under certain circumstances:

• Walls, if all states false
• Moving Piston

References