An Ant

An ant is a joke block introduced in Java Edition 20w14∞ that moves around when placed on top of black or white concrete.

An Ant

Renewable	No
Stackable	No
Tool	None
Blast resistance	3,600,000
Hardness	-1
Luminous	No
Transparent	No
Flammable	No
Catches fire from lava	No

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            "field": "No",
            "label": "(link to Flammable article, displayed as Flammable)"
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Obtaining

An ant cannot be obtained as an item even by using the /give command. An ant can be placed using commands such as /fill or /setblock, and naturally generates in the "ant" dimension. It cannot be mined or exploded.

Natural generation

One ant block naturally generates in the "ant" dimension, where it begins moving immediately.

Usage

An ant simulates Langton's ant. If placed on top of black or white concrete, it moves in a deterministic pattern, turning the concrete underneath it into its other variation. The ant block is the Turing machine mentioned in the update's changelog.

If two ant blocks collide, they merge into one. It cannot be pushed by pistons, and can replace bedrock.

Langton's Ant interactive demo

Sounds

[hide] v t e wet_grass sound type
Sound	Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	​Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	block.wet_grass.break	subtitles.block.generic.break​	0.8	0.8	16
	​Block placed	Blocks	When the block is placed	block.wet_grass.place	subtitles.block.generic.place​	0.8	0.8	16
	​Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	block.wet_grass.hit	subtitles.block.generic.hit​	0.25	0.5	16
	​Something falls on a block	Entity-Dependent	Falling on the block with fall damage	block.wet_grass.fall	subtitles.block.generic.fall​	0.5	0.75	16
	​Footsteps	Entity-Dependent	Walking on the block	block.wet_grass.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.15	1.0	16

Data values

ID

Name	Identifier	Form	[hide]Translation key
An Ant	ant	Block	block.minecraft.ant

Issues

Issues relating to "An Ant" are not maintained on the bug tracker because it is an April Fools' joke, and is therefore not in the newest stable version or snapshot. Issues reported there are closed as "Invalid".

Gallery

Screenshots

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  An ant in the ant dimension.