Bone Block

Bone Block

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  Bone Block (UD)

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  Bone Block (EW)

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  Bone Block (NS)

Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)
Tool
Blast resistance	2
Hardness	2
Luminous	No
Transparent	No
Flammable	No
Catches fire from lava	No
Map color (Java)	2 SAND

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Bone blocks are storage blocks equivalent to 9 pieces of bone meal.

Obtaining

Breaking

Bone blocks can be mined using any pickaxe. If mined without a pickaxe, they drop nothing.

Block	Bone Block
Hardness	2
Tool
Breaking time (sec)
Default	10
Wooden	1.5
Stone	0.75
Iron	0.5
Diamond	0.4
Netherite	0.35
Golden	0.25
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

Bone blocks are generated naturally as part of fossil structures found in desert and swamp biomes. They also generate as part of nether fossils in soul sand valley biomes and also in trial chambers indicating trial spawners if it is a skeleton and a mixture with podzol indicating if it is a bogged.

Generated loot

Item	Structure	Container	Quantity	[hide]Chance
Java Edition and Bedrock Edition
Bone Block	Bastion Remnant	Generic chest	3–6	24.4% { "item": "Bone Block", "stacksize": "3–6", "chance": 0.24372395924512447, "structure": "Bastion Remnant", "container": "Generic chest" }

Crafting

Ingredients	[hide]Crafting recipe
Bone Meal

Usage

Bone blocks are decorative blocks, and can also be used as compact storage for bone meal.

Crafting ingredient

Name	Ingredients	Crafting recipe	[hide]Description
Bone Meal	Bone Block	9
Dried Ghast	Ghast Tear + Bone Block		​

Note blocks

Bone blocks can be placed under note blocks to produce xylophone sounds.

Sounds

Java Edition:

[hide] v t e bone_block sound type
Sound	Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	​Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	block.bone_block.break	subtitles.block.generic.break​	0.9	0.8	16
	​Block placed	Blocks	When the block is placed	block.bone_block.place	subtitles.block.generic.place​	0.9	0.8	16
	​Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	block.bone_block.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.bone_block.fall	subtitles.block.generic.fall​	0.5	0.75	16
	​Footsteps	Entity-Dependent	Walking on the block	block.bone_block.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.15	1.0	16

Bedrock Edition:

[hide] v t e bone_block sound type
Sound	Source	Description	Resource location	Volume	Pitch
	Blocks	Once the block has broken	dig.bone_block	1.0	0.8-1.0
	Blocks	When the block is placed	dig.bone_block	1.0	0.8-1.0
	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	hit.bone_block	0.38	0.5
	Players	Falling on the block with fall damage	fall.bone_block	0.4	1.0
	Players	Walking on the block	step.bone_block	0.22	1.0
	Blocks	Jumping from the block	jump.bone_block	0.15	1.0
	Blocks	Falling on the block without fall damage	land.bone_block	0.18	1.0

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	[hide]Translation key
Bone Block	bone_block	Block & Item	block.minecraft.bone_block

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Item ID	[hide]Translation key
Bone Block	bone_block	216	Block & Giveable Item	Identical	tile.bone_block.name

Block states

Java Edition:

Name	Default value	Allowed values	[hide]Description
axis	y	x	The bone block is oriented east–west.
		y	The bone block is oriented vertically.
		z	The bone block is oriented north–south.

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Metadata Bits	Default value	Allowed values	Values for Metadata Bits	[hide]Description
pillar_axis	0x4 0x8	y	y x z	0 1 2	The axis along which the block is oriented
deprecated	0x1 0x2	0	0 1 2 3	0 1 2 3	Unused, has no effect in game.

History

[hide]Java Edition
1.10			16w20a				Added bone blocks.
							Bone blocks generate in fossils.
			16w21a				Bone blocks are no longer considered transparent.
1.12			17w17a				Bone blocks placed under note blocks now cause the note block to play xylophone sounds.
1.14			18w43a				The textures of bone blocks have been changed.
1.16			20w06a				Bone blocks now generate in the new nether fossils.
							New unique sounds have been added for bone blocks.
			20w16a				Bone blocks now generate in bastion remnants chests.
1.16.2			20w30a				The chance of finding bone blocks in bastion remnant chests has been decreased from 31.5% to 24.4%.
1.20.3 Experiment Update 1.21			23w45a				Bone blocks now naturally generate in trial chambers.
[hide]Upcoming Java Edition
1.21.6			25w15a				Bone blocks can now be used to craft dried ghasts.
[hide]Pocket Edition
1.1.3			alpha 1.1.3.0				Added bone blocks.
							Bone blocks generate in fossils.
[hide]Bedrock Edition
1.10.0			beta 1.10.0.3				The textures of bone blocks have been changed.
1.13.0			beta 1.13.0.9				Bone blocks placed under note blocks now cause the note block to play xylophone sounds.
1.16.0			beta 1.16.0.57				Bone block now generate as part of nether fossils in the soul sand valley.
1.20.60 Experiment Update 1.21			Preview 1.20.60.20				Bone blocks now naturally generate in trial chambers.
[hide]Upcoming Bedrock Edition
1.21.80 Experiment Drop 2 2025			Preview 1.21.80.25				Bone blocks can now be used to craft dried ghasts.
[hide]Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360	Xbox One	PS3	PS4	PS Vita	Wii U	Switch
TU43	CU33	1.36	1.36	1.36	Patch 13	1.0.1	Added bone blocks.
							Bone blocks generate in fossils.
TU53	CU43	1.49	1.50	1.49	Patch 23	1.0.3	Bone blocks placed under note blocks now cause the note block to play xylophone sounds.
			1.90				The textures of bone blocks have been changed.
[hide]New Nintendo 3DS Edition
1.9.19							Added bone blocks.
							Bone blocks generate in fossils.

Data history

[hide]Java Edition
1.13			17w47a				Prior to The Flattening, this block's numeral ID was 216.
[hide]Pocket Edition
1.1.3			alpha 1.1.3.0				A bone block variant with the side texture on all six faces exists.
[hide]Bedrock Edition
1.10.0			beta 1.10.0.3				The textures of bone blocks have been changed.
?							Bone blocks with the side texture on all faces has been removed, and replaced with the y-axis aligned block.
[hide]New Nintendo 3DS Edition
1.9.19							A bone block variant with the side texture on all six faces apparently exists.

Issues

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

Gallery

Screenshots

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  Bone blocks.

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  The different orientations bone blocks can have.

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  Bone blocks generated naturally underground and in the Nether as well.

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  Bone blocks in Bedrock Edition.

External links

• Block of the Week: Bone – Minecraft.net on August 4, 2017