Bell

This article is about the block. For the note block instrument, see Note Block § Instruments.

Bell

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	30 GOLD
Note block instrument	Default (Harp)

A bell is a block that can be rung by hand, with a projectile or using a redstone signal to make all nearby villagers run to their beds. In Java Edition, this also reveals all illager-related mobs in a large radius. It can be found in villages or purchased from villagers, and 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 the block it is attached to is moved or destroyed, and, in Java Edition, if a piston extends or pushes a block into its location.

Block	Bell
Hardness	5
Tool
Breaking time (sec)[A]
Default	17.5 (JE) 7.5 (BE)
Wooden	13.75 (JE) 3.75 (BE)
Stone	11.9 (JE) 1.9 (BE)
Copper	11.5 (JE) 1.5 (BE)
Iron	11.25 (JE) 1.25 (BE)
Diamond	10.95 (JE) 0.95 (BE)
Netherite	10.85 (JE) 0.85 (BE)
Golden	10.65 (JE) 0.65 (BE)
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	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	Trades in stock	Villager experience	Price multiplier
		JE	BE
Armorer	Apprentice	50%	33%	36 × Emerald	Bell	12	5	0.2
Toolsmith	Apprentice	100%	100%	36 × Emerald	Bell	12	5	0.2
Weaponsmith	Apprentice	100%	100%	36 × Emerald	Bell	12	5	0.2

Bells are only renewable through trading with villagers as they cannot be crafted.

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.‌^{[Bedrock Edition only]}

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 blocks vertically (either up or down) from the base of its hitbox. The villager can claim the bell if it gets within 6 blocks taxicab distance of the bell and there is a valid path that can lead them to be in the block beside 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 within 6 blocks of 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.‌^{[BE only]}

If a player rings a bell, the villagers run to their beds 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 running to their beds. In Bedrock Edition, bells in the corresponding village ring automatically at the start of a raid, warning villagers to return to their beds.

Glowing effect

This feature is exclusive to 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 run toward any bell item on the ground, and inspect it for 6 seconds in Java Edition or 8 seconds in Bedrock Edition^[1] before putting it in their inventory. Breaking or ringing a bell does not aggravate them.^[2]

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. Bells also conduct redstone power in Bedrock Edition.

In Bedrock Edition, bells can only activate on the input/consume redstone tick (C-tick).

Piston interactivity

In Java Edition, bells are destroyed when pistons push them. It also can not be pulled by sticky pistons.

In Bedrock Edition, bells can be pushed and pulled by both pistons and sticky pistons, but breaks if unsupported, turning into drops when applicable.

Sounds

Generic

Java Edition:

anvil sound type
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	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​[until: JE 26.4]	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: ^{[sound 1]}

metal sound type
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch
	​Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	dig.stone	subtitles.block.generic.break​	1.0	1.1–1.2
	​Block placed	Blocks	When the block is placed	use.stone	subtitles.block.generic.place​	1.0	1.2–1.25
	​Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	hit.stone	subtitles.block.generic.hit​	0.3	0.75
	​Footsteps	Players	Falling on the block with fall damage	fall.stone	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.4	1.0
	​Footsteps	Players	Walking on the block	step.stone	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.35	1.0
	​Footsteps	Blocks	Jumping from the block	jump.stone	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.12	1.0
	​Footsteps	Blocks	Falling on the block without fall damage	land.stone	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.22	1.0

Unique

Java Edition:

Bedrock Edition:

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Block tags	Item tags	Translation key
Bell	bell	Block & Item	blocks_motion_no_leaves	piglin_loved	block.minecraft.bell

Name	Identifier
Block entity	bell

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Item ID[i 1]	Block tags	Translation key
Bell	bell	461	Block & Giveable Item[i 2]	Identical[i 3] (Numeric: -206)	minecraft:is_pickaxe_item_destructible	tile.bell.name

Name	Savegame ID
Block entity	Bell

Block states

Java Edition:

Bedrock Edition:

Block data

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

Java Edition:

Bedrock Edition:

See Bedrock Edition level format/Block entity format.

Achievements

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

Advancements

Icon	Advancement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)
	Oh Shiny	Distract Piglins with gold	Use a gold ingot on an adult piglin, or throw one of these 28 gold-related items in the #piglin_loved item tag for it to pick up: Bell Block of Gold Block of Raw Gold Clock Deepslate Gold Ore Enchanted Golden Apple Gilded Blackstone Glistering Melon Slice Gold Ingot Gold Ore Golden Apple Golden Axe Golden Boots Golden Carrot Golden Chestplate Golden Dandelion Golden Helmet Golden Hoe Golden Horse Armor Golden Leggings Golden Nautilus Armor Golden Pickaxe Golden Shovel Golden Spear Golden Sword Light Weighted Pressure Plate Nether Gold Ore Raw Gold The player must not be wearing any golden armor when the piglin accepts or picks up the item.

History

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

Java Edition

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 (a curiosity 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.
							Since the bell is now rendered as an entity, falling block entities representing bell render only as the stone pillars and wooden attachments.[3]
			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 arrows, spectral arrows, tipped arrows, and tridents.
			19w13b				Hitting a bell now gives the glowing effect to raiders within a 32-block-radius of the bell.
			pre3				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.[4]
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.

Bedrock Edition

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.

PlayStation 4 Edition

PlayStation 4 Edition
1.91							Added bells.
							Bells can be obtained from trading with armorer, toolsmith, and weaponsmith villagers.

Data history

Java Edition

Bedrock Edition

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 granite, polished granite, and diorite textures have been removed. Existing bells with these textures are automatically converted to rotated standing bells.

Issues

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

Trivia

• 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

• 
  An animation of a bell gong

Screenshots

• 
  LadyAgnes tweets a screenshot of an updated savanna village, which features a bell.^[5]
• 
  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

In other media

• 
  Samuel Åberg looking at Efe ringing a bell in Dev Diaries
• 
  A bell used in a frame

References