Bell

Bells are yellow, transparent animated blocks that produce a bell sound when used.

Obtaining

Bells require a pickaxe to be mined.

Block	Bell
Hardness	?
Tool	Pickaxe
Breaking time
Hand	25
Wood	3.75
Stone	1.9
Iron	1.25
Diamond	0.95
Gold	0.65

Natural generation

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

Usage

When the side of a bell is used it will produce a sound and will also produce a "swaying" animation. Bells can also be anchored to the side of blocks, ceilings, and floors.

Data values

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 entity

A bell has a block entity associated with it that holds additional data about the block. The bell's block entity ID is bell.

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

History

[hide]Upcoming Java Edition
1.14							Added bells. {"type": "java upcoming", "version": "1.14", "exp": "", "snap": "", "content": "Added bells."}
							Bells currently have a state for anchoring to the side of blocks but this state currently has a missing model. {"type": "java upcoming", "version": "1.14", "exp": "", "snap": "", "content": "Bells currently have a state for anchoring to the side of (link to block article, displayed as blocks) but this state currently has a missing (link to model article, displayed as model)."}
1.14							Bells now spawn in plains villages. {"type": "java upcoming", "version": "1.14", "exp": "", "snap": "", "content": "Bells now spawn in (link to plains article, displayed as plains) villages."}
							Bells can also now spawn in savanna and snowy villages as well. {"type": "java upcoming", "version": "", "exp": "", "snap": "", "content": "Bells can also now spawn in (link to savanna article, displayed as savanna) and snowy villages as well."}
							Added sounds for bells. {"type": "java upcoming", "version": "", "exp": "", "snap": "", "content": "Added sounds for bells."}
							Bells now have a shaking animation when hit. {"type": "java upcoming", "version": "", "exp": "", "snap": "", "content": "Bells now have a shaking animation when hit."}
							Changed the bell's texture to match Bedrock Edition's. {"type": "java upcoming", "version": "", "exp": "", "snap": "", "content": "Changed the bell's texture to match ''Bedrock Edition'''s."}
							Bells now spawn in taiga and desert villages. {"type": "java upcoming", "version": "", "exp": "", "snap": "", "content": "Bells now spawn in taiga and desert villages."}
							Added more cullface arguments to bell states. {"type": "java upcoming", "version": "", "exp": "", "snap": "", "content": "Added more cullface arguments to bell states."}
[hide]Upcoming Bedrock Edition
1.9							Added bells. {"type": "bedrock upcoming", "version": "1.9", "exp": "", "snap": "", "content": "Added bells."}
							Unlike in Java Edition at the time, the side texture of bells is made of stone rather than planks. {"type": "bedrock upcoming", "version": "1.9", "exp": "", "snap": "", "content": "Unlike in ''Java Edition'' at the time, the side texture of bells is made of stone rather than planks."}
							Unused bells with side texture of granite, polished granite, and diorite can be obtained via commands. {"type": "bedrock upcoming", "version": "1.9", "exp": "", "snap": "", "content": "Unused bells with side texture of granite, polished granite, and diorite can be obtained via commands."}

Issues

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

Gallery

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  A custom-made bell structure. With the original bell texture (from it's addition in 18w44a until 18w50a).

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

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