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All walls.

A wall is a decorative block. Like fences, they can be used to create boundaries, because players and most mobs cannot climb or jump over them.

Variants[edit | edit source]

There are 26 variants of walls:

Obtaining[edit | edit source]

Crafting[edit | edit source]

All walls have the same crafting recipe shape, with six blocks of the same type resulting in six walls of the same type.

Ingredients [hide]Crafting recipe
Stone or brick blocks

Stonecutting[edit | edit source]

All walls can be obtained by stonecutting. As with crafting, each used block results in one crafted wall.

Ingredients [hide]Cutting recipe
Stone or brick block
Invicon Cobblestone.png: Inventory sprite for Cobblestone in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Cobblestone with description: CobblestoneInvicon Mossy Cobblestone.png: Inventory sprite for Mossy Cobblestone in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Mossy Cobblestone with description: Mossy CobblestoneInvicon Stone Bricks.png: Inventory sprite for Stone Bricks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Stone Bricks with description: Stone BricksInvicon Mossy Stone Bricks.png: Inventory sprite for Mossy Stone Bricks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Mossy Stone Bricks with description: Mossy Stone BricksInvicon Granite.png: Inventory sprite for Granite in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Granite with description: GraniteInvicon Diorite.png: Inventory sprite for Diorite in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Diorite with description: DioriteInvicon Andesite.png: Inventory sprite for Andesite in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Andesite with description: AndesiteInvicon Cobbled Deepslate.png: Inventory sprite for Cobbled Deepslate in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Cobbled Deepslate with description: Cobbled DeepslateInvicon Polished Deepslate.png: Inventory sprite for Polished Deepslate in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Polished Deepslate with description: Polished DeepslateInvicon Deepslate Bricks.png: Inventory sprite for Deepslate Bricks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Deepslate Bricks with description: Deepslate BricksInvicon Deepslate Tiles.png: Inventory sprite for Deepslate Tiles in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Deepslate Tiles with description: Deepslate TilesInvicon Tuff.png: Inventory sprite for Tuff in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Tuff with description: TuffInvicon Polished Tuff.png: Inventory sprite for Polished Tuff in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Polished Tuff with description: Polished TuffInvicon Tuff Bricks.png: Inventory sprite for Tuff Bricks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Tuff Bricks with description: Tuff BricksInvicon Bricks.png: Inventory sprite for Bricks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Bricks with description: BricksInvicon Mud Bricks.png: Inventory sprite for Mud Bricks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Mud Bricks with description: Mud BricksInvicon Sandstone.png: Inventory sprite for Sandstone in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Sandstone with description: SandstoneInvicon Red Sandstone.png: Inventory sprite for Red Sandstone in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Red Sandstone with description: Red SandstoneInvicon Prismarine.png: Inventory sprite for Prismarine in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Prismarine with description: PrismarineInvicon Nether Bricks.png: Inventory sprite for Nether Bricks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Nether Bricks with description: Nether BricksInvicon Red Nether Bricks.png: Inventory sprite for Red Nether Bricks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Red Nether Bricks with description: Red Nether BricksInvicon Blackstone.png: Inventory sprite for Blackstone in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Blackstone with description: BlackstoneInvicon Polished Blackstone.png: Inventory sprite for Polished Blackstone in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Polished Blackstone with description: Polished BlackstoneInvicon Polished Blackstone Bricks.png: Inventory sprite for Polished Blackstone Bricks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Polished Blackstone Bricks with description: Polished Blackstone BricksInvicon End Stone Bricks.png: Inventory sprite for End Stone Bricks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to End Stone Bricks with description: End Stone BricksInvicon Cobblestone Wall.png: Inventory sprite for Cobblestone Wall in Minecraft as shown in-gameInvicon Mossy Cobblestone Wall.png: Inventory sprite for Mossy Cobblestone Wall in Minecraft as shown in-gameInvicon Stone Brick Wall.png: Inventory sprite for Stone Brick Wall in Minecraft as shown in-gameInvicon Mossy Stone Brick Wall.png: Inventory sprite for Mossy Stone Brick Wall in Minecraft as shown in-gameInvicon Granite Wall.png: Inventory sprite for Granite Wall in Minecraft as shown in-gameInvicon Diorite Wall.png: Inventory sprite for Diorite Wall in Minecraft as shown in-gameInvicon Andesite Wall.png: Inventory sprite for Andesite Wall in Minecraft as shown in-gameInvicon Cobbled Deepslate Wall.png: Inventory sprite for Cobbled Deepslate Wall in Minecraft as shown in-gameInvicon Polished Deepslate Wall.png: Inventory sprite for Polished Deepslate Wall in Minecraft as shown in-gameInvicon Deepslate Brick Wall.png: Inventory sprite for Deepslate Brick Wall in Minecraft as shown in-gameInvicon Deepslate Tile Wall.png: Inventory sprite for Deepslate Tile Wall in Minecraft as shown in-gameInvicon Tuff Wall.png: Inventory sprite for Tuff Wall in Minecraft as shown in-gameInvicon Polished Tuff Wall.png: Inventory sprite for Polished Tuff Wall in Minecraft as shown in-gameInvicon Tuff Brick Wall.png: Inventory sprite for Tuff Brick Wall in Minecraft as shown in-gameInvicon Brick Wall.png: Inventory sprite for Brick Wall in Minecraft as shown in-gameInvicon Mud Brick Wall.png: Inventory sprite for Mud Brick Wall in Minecraft as shown in-gameInvicon Sandstone Wall.png: Inventory sprite for Sandstone Wall in Minecraft as shown in-gameInvicon Red Sandstone Wall.png: Inventory sprite for Red Sandstone Wall in Minecraft as shown in-gameInvicon Prismarine Wall.png: Inventory sprite for Prismarine Wall in Minecraft as shown in-gameInvicon Nether Brick Wall.png: Inventory sprite for Nether Brick Wall in Minecraft as shown in-gameInvicon Red Nether Brick Wall.png: Inventory sprite for Red Nether Brick Wall in Minecraft as shown in-gameInvicon Blackstone Wall.png: Inventory sprite for Blackstone Wall in Minecraft as shown in-gameInvicon Polished Blackstone Wall.png: Inventory sprite for Polished Blackstone Wall in Minecraft as shown in-gameInvicon Polished Blackstone Brick Wall.png: Inventory sprite for Polished Blackstone Brick Wall in Minecraft as shown in-gameInvicon End Stone Brick Wall.png: Inventory sprite for End Stone Brick Wall in Minecraft as shown in-gameInvicon Cobblestone Wall.png: Inventory sprite for Cobblestone Wall in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Cobblestone Wall with description: Cobblestone WallInvicon Mossy Cobblestone Wall.png: Inventory sprite for Mossy Cobblestone Wall in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Mossy Cobblestone Wall with description: Mossy Cobblestone WallInvicon Stone Brick Wall.png: Inventory sprite for Stone Brick Wall in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Stone Brick Wall with description: Stone Brick WallInvicon Mossy Stone Brick Wall.png: Inventory sprite for Mossy Stone Brick Wall in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Mossy Stone Brick Wall with description: Mossy Stone Brick WallInvicon Granite Wall.png: Inventory sprite for Granite Wall in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Granite Wall with description: Granite WallInvicon Diorite Wall.png: Inventory sprite for Diorite Wall in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Diorite Wall with description: Diorite WallInvicon Andesite Wall.png: Inventory sprite for Andesite Wall in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Andesite Wall with description: Andesite WallInvicon Cobbled Deepslate Wall.png: Inventory sprite for Cobbled Deepslate Wall in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Cobbled Deepslate Wall with description: Cobbled Deepslate WallInvicon Polished Deepslate Wall.png: Inventory sprite for Polished Deepslate Wall in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Polished Deepslate Wall with description: Polished Deepslate WallInvicon Deepslate Brick Wall.png: Inventory sprite for Deepslate Brick Wall in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Deepslate Brick Wall with description: Deepslate Brick WallInvicon Deepslate Tile Wall.png: Inventory sprite for Deepslate Tile Wall in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Deepslate Tile Wall with description: Deepslate Tile WallInvicon Tuff Wall.png: Inventory sprite for Tuff Wall in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Tuff Wall with description: Tuff WallInvicon Polished Tuff Wall.png: Inventory sprite for Polished Tuff Wall in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Polished Tuff Wall with description: Polished Tuff WallInvicon Tuff Brick Wall.png: Inventory sprite for Tuff Brick Wall in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Tuff Brick Wall with description: Tuff Brick WallInvicon Brick Wall.png: Inventory sprite for Brick Wall in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Brick Wall with description: Brick WallInvicon Mud Brick Wall.png: Inventory sprite for Mud Brick Wall in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Mud Brick Wall with description: Mud Brick WallInvicon Sandstone Wall.png: Inventory sprite for Sandstone Wall in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Sandstone Wall with description: Sandstone WallInvicon Red Sandstone Wall.png: Inventory sprite for Red Sandstone Wall in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Red Sandstone Wall with description: Red Sandstone WallInvicon Prismarine Wall.png: Inventory sprite for Prismarine Wall in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Prismarine Wall with description: Prismarine WallInvicon Nether Brick Wall.png: Inventory sprite for Nether Brick Wall in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Nether Brick Wall with description: Nether Brick WallInvicon Red Nether Brick Wall.png: Inventory sprite for Red Nether Brick Wall in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Red Nether Brick Wall with description: Red Nether Brick WallInvicon Blackstone Wall.png: Inventory sprite for Blackstone Wall in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Blackstone Wall with description: Blackstone WallInvicon Polished Blackstone Wall.png: Inventory sprite for Polished Blackstone Wall in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Polished Blackstone Wall with description: Polished Blackstone WallInvicon Polished Blackstone Brick Wall.png: Inventory sprite for Polished Blackstone Brick Wall in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Polished Blackstone Brick Wall with description: Polished Blackstone Brick WallInvicon End Stone Brick Wall.png: Inventory sprite for End Stone Brick Wall in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to End Stone Brick Wall with description: End Stone Brick Wall

Usage[edit | edit source]

Due to the wall's hitboxes being 1.5 blocks tall for mobs, this rabbit could be seen "floating".

Walls are one and a half blocks tall for player or mob collisions, and one block tall for all other purposes, similar to fences. This prevents players and mobs from jumping over them, while using only one actual block space. A wall occupies the center space of blocks.

A wall block connects to side and top blocks in three ways:

  • A wall block automatically connects to any horizontally adjacent connectable block surface, iron bars or glass pane. Although they connect horizontally to iron bars and glass panes, they do not connect horizontally to fences (fence gates can be connected though).[1]
  • The top of a connect-to-side part rises slightly to support any block immediately above if it covers the 2-pixel-wide area on the wall top from the four pixels at the center to the connected side.
  • A wall block always has a center post connecting to the top if covered by a banner, a pressure plate, a ground torch, soul torch or redstone torch, a sign, tripwire, another wall block with a center post, or any block covering the four pixels at the center on its top without making the wall block raise its top on any two opposite sides.[2]

A wall block has a center post even if not covered by the blocks mentioned above, unless connecting to only two opposite sides or all four sides. Without center posts, walls connect to other walls to create a large, flat wall.

Wall blocks are more efficient at fencing off mobs than a two-block high wall of regular blocks, costing half as many blocks, and being more space-efficient as well. However, a skeleton might shoot over the wall, a creeper could explode if a player is standing near the wall, a spider could still climb over the wall, and a camel can walk over the wall.

Unlike fences, if two walls are placed one block apart diagonally, the player cannot walk between them.


Note blocks[edit | edit source]

Walls can be placed under note blocks to produce "bass drum" sounds.

Leads[edit | edit source]

In Bedrock Edition, like fences, walls can be used to attach mobs with a lead.

Redstone[edit | edit source]

Walls can be used to give block updates (in Java Edition post placement updates) to other walls under it when connected to another block, the walls under the connected wall will change the block state that controls the center post to the same state as the wall above if the wall above makes the wall below raise its top on any two opposite sides, which can be detected by an observer, this sort of redstone is called wallstone.

Block states[edit | edit source]

See also: Block states

Java Edition:

Name Default value Allowed values [hide]Description
eastnonelow
none
tall		How the wall extends from the center post to the east.
northnonelow
none
tall		How the wall extends from the center post to the north.
southnonelow
none
tall		How the wall extends from the center post to the south.
uptruefalse
true		When true, the wall has a center post.
waterloggedfalsefalse
true		Whether or not there's water in the same place as this wall.
westnonelow
none
tall		How the wall extends from the center post to the west.

Bedrock Edition:

NameMetadata Bits Default value Allowed valuesValues for
Metadata Bits		 [hide]Description
wall_connection_type_eastNot Supportednonenone
short
tall		UnsupportedHow the wall extends from the center post to the east.
wall_connection_type_northNot Supportednonenone
short
tall		UnsupportedHow the wall extends from the center post to the north.
wall_connection_type_southNot Supportednonenone
short
tall		UnsupportedHow the wall extends from the center post to the south.
wall_connection_type_westNot Supportednonenone
short
tall		UnsupportedHow the wall extends from the center post to the west.
wall_post_bitNot Supportedtruefalse
true		UnsupportedWhether or not the wall has a center post.

History[edit | edit source]

[hide]Java Edition Classic
May 22, 2009Notch shows in adding "thin walls", saying that water does not flow into the empty space of saplings and other non-full blocks, which he plans to possibly fix.
[hide]Java Edition
August 16, 2012Jeb tweets the first image of cobblestone walls.
August 17, 2012Dinnerbone tweets another image of cobblestone walls.
1.4.212w34a
Added cobblestone and mossy cobblestone walls.
12w40aMob AI no longer considers cobblestone walls as blocks of a normal height.
1.814w10a The item models of cobblestone and mossy cobblestone walls now look different from how they did previously, as the top texture now appears different. This may be due to rotation, translation, or a combination thereof.
14w25a The tops of the item models of walls now look different yet again.
1.915w43bWall models have been improved, in order to work with model combining, that up is active even when there is no block above it. Now, there are unused wall models, which are now accessible only on a debug-map.
1.1116w38aMoved both types of cobblestone walls from the Building Blocks tab to the Decoration Blocks tab in the Creative inventory.[3]
1.1217w15aBoth types of cobblestone walls now connect to the solid back sides of stairs.
1.1317w47aThe different block states for the cobblestone_wall ID have been split up into their own IDs.
Prior to The Flattening, this block's numeral ID was 139.
18w10cWalls can now be waterlogged.
October 11, 2018Dinnerbone announces that 12 new walls are upcoming.
1.1418w43a Added new walls: stone brick, mossy stone brick, granite, diorite, andesite, brick, sandstone, red sandstone, prismarine, nether brick, red nether brick and end stone brick walls.
All new types of walls are found in the Building Blocks tab in the Creative inventory, unlike both cobblestone walls in the Decoration Blocks tab.[4]
19w11aMoved all new types of walls from the Building Blocks tab to the Decoration Blocks tab in the Creative inventory.[4]
1.1620w06aWalls no longer have gaps when stacked vertically. Their blockstates now use "none" "low" and "tall" for east/west/north/south directional values.
20w15a Added blackstone, polished blackstone, and polished blackstone brick walls.
Walls now connect to the bottom and sides of glass panes and iron bars.
Walls now connect to the bottom of sea pickles.
20w17aWalls now properly connect to pressure plates, banners, and string.
1.1721w07a Added grimstone (cobbled deepslate), polished grimstone (polished deepslate), grimstone brick (deepslate brick), and grimstone tile (deepslate tile) walls.
1.1922w11a Added mud brick wall.
1.20.3
Experiment
Update 1.21		23w43a Added tuff, tuff brick, and polished tuff walls.
1.21.424w44a Added resin brick wall.
[hide]Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.8.0build 1 Added cobblestone and mossy cobblestone walls.
The inventory models of cobblestone and mossy cobblestone walls show two posts.
[hide]Bedrock Edition
1.9.0beta 1.9.0.0 Added stone brick, mossy stone brick, granite, diorite, andesite, brick, sandstone, red sandstone, prismarine, nether brick, red nether brick, and end stone brick walls.
1.16.0beta 1.16.0.51Walls no longer have gaps when stacked vertically.
beta 1.16.0.57 Added blackstone, polished blackstone, and polished blackstone brick walls.
beta 1.16.0.63Now connects to the bottom and sides of glass panes and iron bars.
1.16.20beta 1.16.20.50Walls now connect to glass blocks and trapdoors.
1.17.0beta 1.16.230.52 Added cobbled deepslate, polished deepslate, deepslate brick, and deepslate tile walls.
1.19.0beta 1.19.0.20 Added mud brick wall.
1.20.50
Experiment
Update 1.21		Preview 1.20.50.22 Added tuff, tuff brick, and polished tuff walls.
1.21.50Preview 1.21.50.25 Added resin brick wall.
[hide]Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360Xbox OnePS3PS4PS VitaWii USwitch
TU14CU11.041.001.00Patch 11.0.1 Added cobblestone and mossy cobblestone walls.
Both types of cobblestone walls can be found in the Miscellaneous tab in the Creative inventory.
TU19CU71.121.121.12Moved both types of cobblestone walls from the Miscellaneous tab to the Building Blocks tab in the Creative inventory.
TU54CU441.521.521.52Patch 241.0.4Moved both types of cobblestone walls from the Building Blocks tab to the Decorations tab in the Creative inventory.
Both types of cobblestone walls now connect to the solid back sides of stairs.
1.88 Added stone brick, mossy stone brick, granite, diorite, andesite, brick, sandstone, red sandstone, prismarine, nether brick, red nether brick, and end stone brick walls.
1.91The item model of all walls has been changed to match Bedrock Edition.
[hide]New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0 Added cobblestone and mossy cobblestone walls.

Issues[edit | edit source]

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

Trivia[edit | edit source]

  • When a fence gate is placed next to a wall, it stoops down slightly to match the height of the wall.

Gallery[edit | edit source]

Screenshots[edit | edit source]

  • An official image by Dinnerbone using beds (and cobblestone walls) to indirectly point to the ending URL of an Imgur image, used to reveal dye-able leather armor.

    An official image by Dinnerbone using beds (and cobblestone walls) to indirectly point to the ending URL of an Imgur image, used to reveal dye-able leather armor.

  • The walls added in the Village and Pillage update.

    The walls added in the Village and Pillage update.

  • Walls before and after 1.16.

    Walls before and after 1.16.

Concept artwork[edit | edit source]

  • The original suggestion image for walls.

    The original suggestion image for walls.

See also[edit | edit source]

  • Border, a block with the same geometry as walls.

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ MC-179830 — resolved as "Works As Intended".
  2. ↑ https://joakimthorsen.github.io/MCPropertyEncyclopedia/?selection=variants,tag_wall_post_override&filter=(tag_wall_post_override:No)
  3. ↑ https://bugs.mojang.com/browse/MC-93435
  4. ↑ Jump up to: a b https://bugs.mojang.com/browse/MC-137471

Navigation[edit | edit source]

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