Bell

Bell

• Floor
• Ceiling
• Wall
• Double Wall

Java Edition

Bedrock Edition

Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)
Tool
Blast resistance	5
Hardness	5
Luminous	No
Transparent	Yes
Waterloggable	JE: No BE: Yes
Flammable	No
Catches fire from lava	No
Map color (JE)	30 GOLD

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A bell is a transparent, animated block entity that produces a sound when used. Unlike most utility blocks, bells cannot be crafted.

Obtaining

Breaking

A bell can be mined with anything, but pickaxes are the fastest. A bell also breaks and drops itself if a piston extends or pushes a block into its location, or if the block the bell is attached to is moved or destroyed.

Block	Bell
Hardness	5
Tool
Breaking time (sec)
Default	7.5
Wooden	3.75
Stone	1.9
Iron	1.25
Diamond	0.95
Netherite	0.85
Golden	0.65
Options
Efficiency	000
Haste	001 1JEBE

Legend

• incorrect tool, drops nothing
• correct tool, drops nothing or something other than the block itself
• correct tool, drops the block itself
• italicized can be instant mined

Natural generation

Bells can generate naturally in all village variants, usually near the center of the village in the meeting point.

Generated loot

Item	Structure	Container	Quantity	[hide]Chance
Java Edition and Bedrock Edition
Bell	Ruined Portal	Chest	1	1.5% { "item": "Bell", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.014974764874937763, "structure": "Ruined Portal", "container": "Chest" }

Trading

Villager	Probability		Villager wants	Player receives
	JE	BE
Apprentice Armorer	50%	33%	36 × Emerald	Bell
Apprentice Toolsmith	100%	100%	36 × Emerald	Bell
Apprentice Weaponsmith	100%	100%	36 × Emerald	Bell

Usage

Bells can be anchored to the side of blocks, ceilings, and floors and drop as an item if the sustain block is broken or moved by a piston. They can also be attached to trapdoors but break if the trapdoor is opened.

When the use control is pressed while looking at the side of a bell, it produces a sound as well as a "swaying" animation. A bell can also be rung using a redstone signal, by any projectile, or by dropping an item on it. ‌

If the player rings the bell while villagers are sleeping, all of the villagers wake up. Bells can be rung by players only from certain angles (villagers are not subject to this restriction); trying from an incorrect angle does not cause the bell to ring.

Villagers ring the bell only during raids.

Claiming

A villager can detect a bell within 48 blocks euclidean distance horizontally and 6 block vertically (either up or down) from the base of his hitbox and can claim it if he gets within 6 blocks taxicab distance of it and there is a valid path that can lead them to be in the block right besides the bell. Baby villagers do not claim nor ring a bell.

When villagers spawn and have not already claimed a bed or workstation, they will automatically claim any bell 6 blocks from them, even if they cannot reach it. Additionally, when a bell is placed within 48 blocks from the pillow of a claimed bed and there is a valid path a villager can walk through, the bell gets automatically claimed in the afternoon (between 9000t and 12000t), which is displayed by green particles appearing above the bell. This does not work with claimed workstations.

Claimed bells are POIs and determine the position of a village center among claimed beds and workstations.

When a player subject to the Bad Omen effect enters a village with a bell, the claiming mechanisms are forced no matter the time, meaning that if the bell is close enough either from a villager or from a claimed bed, it becomes part of the village.

A claimed bell defines a gathering site of a village, and villagers pathfind close to it in the afternoon.

If the bell is broken, anger particles appear above the village leader's head.‌

If a player rings a bell, the villagers run to their houses even if there is no raid. Villagers can activate a bell even through blocks, but only if it was previously claimed and at least 2 blocks (also diagonal) from the base of their hitbox.

Raid

When the bell is rung, villagers within a distance of 32 blocks run to the nearest bed within 32 blocks immediately.

In Java Edition, when a raid's first wave appears, at least one villager rushes to ring the bell in the center of the village (if they are close enough) to warn the other villagers of an incoming raid before going into their house. In Bedrock Edition, bells in the corresponding village ring automatically at the start of a raid, warning villagers to return to their houses.

Glowing effect

In Java Edition, if a bell is rung and there is a raid mob within a 32 block spherical range, the Glowing effect is applied to all raid mobs within 48 blocks for 3 seconds, and particles appear. It produces a resonating sound once this process is complete. The raid mobs do not have to be actively participating in a raid to receive the Glowing effect; the effect applies to illagers in woodland mansions, or witches that naturally spawn in the Overworld.

Piglins

Piglins admire bells as golden items. However, breaking a bell does not aggravate them.

Redstone component

In Java Edition, bells ring one time upon receiving a redstone signal. Observers can detect when a bell receives a redstone signal, and when it stops receiving a signal (corresponding to the powered block state). Observers cannot detect when a bell is activated by the player or other entities. Sculk sensors, however, can detect a bell being rung in any way, or when placed or broken. Bells are transparent blocks and cannot be powered.

In Bedrock Edition, observers can detect when a bell is rung. Observers do not emit a signal when the bell stops ringing or becomes unpowered.

Sounds

Generic

Java Edition:

[hide] v t e anvil sound type
Sound	Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	​Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	block.anvil.break	subtitles.block.generic.break​	0.65	0.8	16
	​Block placed	Blocks	When the block is placed	block.anvil.place	subtitles.block.generic.place​	0.65	0.8	16
	​Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	block.anvil.hit	subtitles.block.generic.hit​	0.1625	0.5	16
	​Something falls on a block	Entity-Dependent	Falling on the block with fall damage	block.anvil.fall	subtitles.block.generic.fall​	0.15	0.75	16
	​Footsteps	Entity-Dependent	Walking on the block	block.anvil.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.045	1.0	16

Bedrock Edition:

[hide] v t e metal sound type
Sound	Source	Description	Resource location	Volume	Pitch
	Blocks	Once the block has broken	dig.stone	1.0	1.1-1.2
	Blocks	When the block is placed	use.stone	1.0	1.2-1.25
	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	hit.stone	0.3	0.75
	Players	Falling on the block with fall damage	fall.stone	0.4	1.0
	Players	Walking on the block	step.stone	0.35	1.0
	Blocks	Jumping from the block	jump.stone	0.12	1.0
	Blocks	Falling on the block without fall damage	land.stone	0.22	1.0

Unique

Java Edition:

[hide]Sounds
Sound	Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	​Bell rings	Blocks	When a bell is hit	block.bell.use	subtitles.block.bell.use​	24.0	varies	16
	​Bell resonates	Blocks	When a bell is rung and raiders are nearby	block.bell.resonate	subtitles.block.bell.resonate​	1.0	varies	16

Bedrock Edition:

[hide]Sounds
Sound	Source	Description	Resource location	Volume	Pitch
	Blocks	When a bell is hit	block.bell.hit	1.0	varies

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Item tags	[hide]Translation key
Bell	bell	Block & Item	piglin_loved	block.minecraft.bell

Name	[hide]Identifier
Block entity	bell

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Item ID	[hide]Translation key
Bell	bell	461	Block & Giveable Item	Identical (Numeric: -206)	tile.bell.name

Name	[hide]Savegame ID
Block entity	Bell

Block states

Java Edition:

Name	Default value	Allowed values	[hide]Description
attachment	floor	ceiling double_wall floor single_wall	What the bell is attached to.
facing	north	east north south west	The direction the bell is facing. Opposite from the direction the player faces when placing a bell.
powered	false	true false	Whether the bell is attached to a power source, such as a redstone torch.

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Metadata Bits	Default value	Allowed values	Values for Metadata Bits	[hide]Description
attachment	0x4 0x8	standing	standing hanging side multiple	0 1 2 3	What the bell is attached to.
direction	0x1 0x2	0	0 1 2 3	0 1 2 3	The direction the bell is facing. Opposite from the direction a player faces when placing the block. 0: South facing bell 1: West facing bell 2: North facing bell 3: East facing bell
toggle_bit	0x10	false	false true	0 1	Each time the bell is rung, this value toggles between true and false.

Block data

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

Java Edition:

• [NBT Compound / JSON Object] Block entity data
  • Tags common to all block entities see Template:Nbt inherit/blockentity/template[show]

Bedrock Edition:

See Bedrock Edition level format/Block entity format.

Achievements

[hide]
Icon		Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS)
PS4	Other
		Oooh, shiny!	Distract a Piglin using gold	Give a piglin a gold item while it is aggressive toward the player.	30	Silver
		Sound the Alarm!	Ring the bell in a village after a villager has been hurt.	—	20	Bronze

Advancements

Icon	Advancement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)
	Oh Shiny	Distract Piglins with gold	While aggravated, give a piglin one of these 25 gold-related items in the #piglin_loved item tag:[hide] The player must not be wearing any gold armor. Other gold-related items do not distract the piglin and do not trigger this advancement.

History

For a history of changes to textures and models for each block state, see /Asset history

[hide]Java Edition
1.14			18w44a				Added bells, with "floor", "wall" and "ceiling" attachments. The "wall" attachment is inaccessible, and has no model.
			18w47a				Planks textures have been updated, changing the appearance of bells.
			18w48a				Bells now generate in the updated plains villages.
			18w49a				Bells now generate in the updated savanna villages and the new snowy tundra villages.
			18w50a				The models for floor and ceiling bells have changed, matching Bedrock Edition in the former case.
							Bells with wall attachments are now properly implemented, no longer not having models. An oddity regarding their states is that their facing state corresponds to the direction they attach to, as opposed to the block face they attach to (an oddity shared with cocoa).
							Bells with two wall attachments have also been added.
							Bells now generate in the updated desert and taiga villages.
							Added sounds for bells.
							Bells now have a shaking animation when hit.
			19w03a				More cullface arguments have been added to bell model.
			19w11a				Bells are now sold by armorer, toolsmith and weaponsmith villagers, making them renewable.
							Bells now ring when hit by some projectiles, but not all.​
			19w13b				Hitting a bell now gives the glowing effect to raiders within a 32-block-radius of the bell.
			Pre-Release 3				The models of bells has been changed.
1.15			19w36a				Bells now ring if powered with a redstone signal.
1.16			20w11a				Bells now ring when hit by any projectile.
			20w16a				Bells now generate in ruined portal chests.
			20w22a				Bells now do not need a completely full face to hang from, and as such can be attached to the bottom face of many more blocks.
1.21.4			24w44a				Bells now drop when broken with any tool. Before, they needed at least a wooden pickaxe, or to have their supporting block removed.
[hide]Bedrock Edition
1.9.0 Experiment Experimental Gameplay			beta 1.9.0.2				Added bells behind Experimental Gameplay.
							Unlike in Java Edition, the side texture of bells is currently made of stone rather than planks.
1.10.0 Experiment Experimental Gameplay			beta 1.10.0.3				Bells can now generate in the new villages.
1.11.0			beta 1.11.0.1				Functionality has been added to bells. The player can now interact with the bell by shooting it with projectiles such as arrows, tridents, splash potions, firework rockets, snowballs and throwing dropped items, or activating it when wired to redstone.
							Bells are no longer locked behind Experimental Gameplay.
			beta 1.11.0.4				Bells can now be obtained from trading with armorer, toolsmith, and weaponsmith villagers.
							Villagers now run into their houses when a bell is rung.
1.16.0			beta 1.16.0.57				Bells now generate in ruined portal chests.
1.19.20			Preview 1.19.20.22				Bells can no longer catch on fire or be destroyed by fire.
1.20.30			Preview 1.20.20.21				Increased the hardness of bells from 1 to 5.
							Increased the blast resistance of bells from 3 to 5.
1.21.50			Preview 1.21.50.24				Bells are mined faster when using an improper tool.
[hide]PlayStation 4 Edition
1.91							Added bells.
							Bells can be obtained from trading with armorer, toolsmith, and weaponsmith villagers.

Data history

[hide]Java Edition
1.14			18w50a				The block states face=ceiling|floor|wall of bells have been changed to attachment=ceiling|double_wall|floor|single_wall.
[hide]Bedrock Edition
1.9.0			beta 1.9.0.2				There are unused bells with the side textures of granite, polished granite and diorite that can be obtained via commands. These are without a doubt due to rotation metadata being misinterpreted as variant data, as granite, polished granite and diorite are simply metadata variants of stone in this version.
1.10.0			beta 1.10.0.3				The bells with stone variant textures also generate in the new villages.
1.11.0			beta 1.11.0.1				The bells with granite, polished granite and diorite textures have been removed.

Issues

Issues relating to "Bell" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

Trivia

• In Bedrock Edition, bells deflect any projectile that does not disappear when hitting a surface (arrows or tridents).
• In Bedrock Edition, when holding down right-click while looking at a bell and holding an item with a right-click action, the bell rings once and then the player uses the item.
• In Bedrock Edition, If a villager tries to give another villager food near a bell, there is a chance it might hit the bell with the food and cause all the villagers to run, thrower included.

Gallery

Renders

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  An animation of a bell gong.

Screenshots

• 

  LadyAgnes tweets a screenshot of an updated savanna village, which features a bell.

• 

  A close up of the bell in the previous image. Also uses the old bell texture.

• 

  A bell between two market stalls in a superflat village.

• 

  Villagers ringing a bell during a raid.

• 

  A bell placed on the underside of a block.

• 

  Bells placed on a cozy cabin.