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Border

Border blocks are unbreakable blocks that prohibit any movement through, over or under them.

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Blocks Stackable resources Non-renewable resources Bedrock Edition Minecraft Education Minecraft Education blocks
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Contents (14)
  1. Obtaining
  2. Usage
  3. Piston interactivity
  4. Sounds
  5. Data values
  6. ID
  7. Block states
  8. History
  9. Bedrock Edition
  10. Minecraft Education
  11. Issues
  12. Trivia
  13. Gallery
  14. Screenshots
Not to be confused with Border block.
For other uses, see Border (disambiguation).
This feature is exclusive to Bedrock Edition and Minecraft Education.
Border
Border.png: Infobox image for Minecraft block 'Border'
Invicon Border.png: Inventory sprite for Border in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Border
Renewable No
Stackable Yes (64)
Tool None
Blast resistance 3,600,000
Hardness -1
Luminous No
Transparent Yes
Waterloggable Yes
Flammable No
Catches fire
from lava 		No
Note block instrument Bass Drum

Border blocks are unbreakable blocks that prohibit any movement through, over or under them.

Obtaining

Border blocks can be obtained only by using the Creative inventory,‌[Minecraft Education only] commands, or pick block in Creative mode. No tool or explosion can damage them (they act as if they have no collision box when the player tries).

Usage

Border blocks are generally used to surround an area to prevent students (or players) and mobs from entering it, or to confine them within the surrounded area. They create an invisible, impassable barrier of infinite height above and below themselves (but not sideways). They prevent players who lack the worldbuilder ability from doing any of the following:

  • Jumping, climbing, tunneling, walking, or swimming over or under them,
  • Building (placing or destroying blocks) over or under them,
  • Destroying the border block.

Most mobs cannot pass over or under border blocks and cannot target a player or other mob through them. However, they do not stop the ender dragon. Weapons, projectiles, and explosions interact with them as if they were regular walls. Because of this, it is possible to use an ender pearl, chorus fruit, or rideable entity on the other side, to cross one.

Placing or breaking a border block requires the worldbuilder or operator‌[Bedrock Edition only] ability, which can be granted to the player by an operator or host. Borders continuously emit red particles upward and downward, which can be toggled with the showbordereffect game rule.

When used in Bedrock Edition without Minecraft Education features enabled, border blocks are indestructible, with a height of 1.5 blocks and a width of 1 block.

Piston interactivity

Border cannot be pushed by pistons. It also cannot be pushed nor pulled by sticky pistons.

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Sounds

BlockSprite stone.png: Sprite image for stone in Minecraft stone sound type
SoundClosed captionsSourceDescriptionIdentifierTranslation keyVolumePitch
​Block brokenBlocksOnce the block has brokendig.stonesubtitles.block.generic.break​1.00.8–1.0
​Block placedBlocksWhen the block is placedplace.stonesubtitles.block.generic.place​1.00.8–1.0
​Block breakingBlocksWhile the block is in the process of being brokenhit.stonesubtitles.block.generic.hit​0.370.5
​FootstepsPlayersFalling on the block with fall damagefall.stonesubtitles.block.generic.footsteps​0.41.0
​FootstepsPlayersWalking on the blockstep.stonesubtitles.block.generic.footsteps​0.31.0
​FootstepsBlocksJumping from the blockjump.stonesubtitles.block.generic.footsteps​0.121.0
​FootstepsBlocksFalling on the block without fall damageland.stonesubtitles.block.generic.footsteps​0.221.0

Data values

ID

NameIdentifierNumeric ID FormItem ID[i 1] Translation key
BlockSprite border.png: Sprite image for border in Minecraft Borderborder_block212Block & Giveable Item[i 2]Identical[i 3] tile.border_block.name
  1. ↑ ID of block's direct item form, which is used in savegame files and addons.
  2. ↑ Available with /give command.
  3. ↑ The block's direct item form has the same ID as the block.

Block states

Bedrock Edition and Minecraft Education:

NameMetadata Bits Default value Allowed valuesValues for
Metadata Bits		 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

Bedrock Edition

Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.16.0build 1 Added border blocks.
Their addition was likely accidental due to Pocket Edition sharing the same codebase as Education Edition.
build 2 Removed border blocks.
Bedrock Edition
1.16.0beta 1.15.0.51 Re-added border blocks.
1.19.20Preview 1.19.20.22 Borders can no longer be destroyed by the ender dragon.
1.20.70Preview 1.20.70.21 Border no longer drops itself when breaking.

Minecraft Education

Minecraft Education
1.0.0 Added border blocks.

Issues

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

Trivia

  • Border blocks and walls share the same block models and the inventory model.

Screenshots

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