Carved Pumpkin

Carved Pumpkin

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Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)
Tool
Blast resistance	1
Hardness	1
Luminous	No
Transparent	No
Flammable	No
Catches fire from lava	No
Map color	15 COLOR_ORANGE
Note block instrument	Default (Harp)
Sulfur cube archetype	Fast Flat

A carved pumpkin is a block obtained by using shears on a pumpkin. It is used to craft jack o'lanterns, build golems, and can be worn as a helmet.

Obtaining

Breaking

Carved pumpkins can be mined using any tool, but axes are the quickest way.

Block	Carved Pumpkin
Hardness	1
Tool
Breaking time (sec)[A]
Default	11.5 (JE) 1.5 (BE)
Wooden	10.75 (JE) 0.75 (BE)
Stone	10.4 (JE) 0.4 (BE)
Copper	10.3 (JE) 0.3 (BE)
Iron	10.25 (JE) 0.25 (BE)
Diamond	10.2 (JE) 0.2 (BE)
Netherite	10.2 (JE) 0.2 (BE)
Golden	10.15 (JE) 0.15 (BE)
Sword	11 (JE) 1 (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

When a carved pumpkin is pushed by a piston, it breaks and drops as an item. It cannot be pulled.

Natural generation

Carved pumpkins generate in rail rooms in woodland mansions, as well as in pillager outposts as a part of scarecrows.

Mob loot

The carved pumpkin of a snow golem can be obtained by shearing its head, revealing the golem's face. The carved pumpkin cannot be put back on the golem.

Post-generation

A carved pumpkin (and 4 pumpkin seeds in Java Edition or 1 unit of pumpkin seeds in Bedrock Edition) is obtained by using shears on an uncarved pumpkin. Once carved, a pumpkin cannot be changed back to uncarved. This changes the rotation of the top texture.‌^{[Java Edition only][1]}

Usage

When placed, a carved pumpkin automatically faces the player. However, in Java Edition the stems are directional, meaning the stem will point towards the face, while in Bedrock Edition the stems are non-directional, meaning the stems always face northwest just like normal pumpkins.

Crafting ingredient

Name	Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Jack o'Lantern	Carved Pumpkin + Torch

Helmet

A carved pumpkin can be equipped as a helmet without any actual armor value. When worn, it limits the player's viewing area to a mask pattern that resembles the pumpkin's carved face. The pattern does not appear when using the third-person view (toggled by F5 by default). In Java Edition, it also doesn't appear when the heads-up display is disabled by pressing F1.^[2]

A player wearing a carved pumpkin does not aggravate endermen or freeze creakings when looking at them. Wearing a carved pumpkin makes the player invisible to other players on a locator map and locator bar.

In Java Edition, the following entities will visually appear as wearing a carved pumpkin if summoned as such with commands:

Dispensers

Dispensers can equip a carved pumpkin on a player, mob or armor stand with an empty helmet slot, within the block the dispenser is facing. It can also place the carved pumpkin as a block, if a snow, iron, or copper golem can be spawned after the pumpkin is placed.

Building golems

Carved pumpkins can be used to make snow golems, iron golems, and copper golems as shown below. Snow golems require snow blocks for their bodies, iron golems require iron blocks, and copper golems require copper blocks. The carved pumpkin must be placed last or the golem does not spawn. The orientation of the carved pumpkin does not matter while building any golem.

Snow golem build configuration

Iron golem build configuration

Copper golem build configuration

Enchantments

Carved pumpkins can receive the following enchantments, but only through an anvil.

Name	Max level	Method
Curse of Binding	I	Anvil
Curse of Vanishing	I	Anvil

Composting

Placing a carved pumpkin into a composter has a 65% chance of raising the compost level by 1.

Sounds

Generic

Java Edition:

wood sound type
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	​Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	block.wood.break	subtitles.block.generic.break​	1.0	0.8	16
	​Block placed​[until: JE 26.4]	Blocks	When the block is placed	block.wood.place	subtitles.block.generic.place​	1.0	0.8	16
	​Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	block.wood.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.wood.fall	subtitles.block.generic.fall​	0.5	0.75	16
	​Footsteps	Entity-Dependent	Walking on the block	block.wood.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.15	1.0	16

Bedrock Edition:

wood sound type
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch
	​Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	dig.wood	subtitles.block.generic.break​	1.0	0.8–1.0
	​Block placed	Blocks	When the block is placed	place.wood	subtitles.block.generic.place​	1.0	0.8
	​Axe strips	Blocks	When an axe strips a log or wood block [sound 1]	use.wood	subtitles.block.generic.hit​	1.0	0.8
	​Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	hit.wood	subtitles.block.generic.hit​	0.23	0.5
	​Footsteps	Players	Falling on the block with fall damage	fall.wood	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.4	1.0
	​Footsteps	Players	Walking on the block	step.wood	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.3	1.0
	​Footsteps	Blocks	Jumping from the block	jump.wood	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.12	1.0
	​Footsteps	Blocks	Falling on the block without fall damage	land.wood	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.18	1.0

Unique

Java Edition

Bedrock Edition:

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Block tags	Translation key
Carved Pumpkin	carved_pumpkin	Block & Item	enderman_holdable mineable/axe	block.minecraft.carved_pumpkin

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Item ID[i 1]	Translation key
Carved Pumpkin	carved_pumpkin	410	Block & Giveable Item[i 2]	Identical[i 3] (Numeric: -155)	tile.carved_pumpkin.name

Block states

Java Edition:

Bedrock Edition:

Achievements

Icon		Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS)
PS4	Other
		Body Guard	Create an Iron Golem.	—	20	Bronze

Advancements

Icon	Advancement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)
	Hired Help	Summon an Iron Golem to help defend a village	Summon an iron golem.

Videos

History

Java Edition

Java Edition Alpha
v1.2.0			preview				Added carved pumpkins, then simply called pumpkins as they were the only form of pumpkins at the time.
							Pumpkins generate in many of the newly-added biomes.
							Pumpkins can be worn by players.
							Pumpkins can be combined with torches to craft jack o'lanterns.
Java Edition Beta
1.8			Pre-release				Pumpkins have become a renewable resource, as it is possible to farm pumpkins in the same way as melons.
							They have been changed to face away from the player.
							They can also appear in swamps.
							Mineshafts can now have pumpkin seeds, providing another way to farm pumpkins besides finding them.
							Endermen have been introduced, which do not become hostile when players look at them if they're wearing a pumpkin.
Java Edition
1.0.0			Beta 1.9 Prerelease				Snow golems have been introduced, which can be built by stacking two snow blocks on top of each other, then placing a pumpkin on top of the snow.
			Beta 1.9 Prerelease 2				Pumpkins can now be crafted into pumpkin seeds.
			Beta 1.9 Prerelease 6				Pumpkins are now broken faster using an axe.
1.1			11w49a				Pumpkins no longer require farmland to grow on.
1.2.1			12w08a				Pumpkins can now be used to make iron golems.
1.3.1			12w23a				Pumpkins now face the correct direction on the player's head.
1.4.2			12w37a				Pumpkins are now used to craft pumpkin pie.
							Some zombies, skeletons, zombie pigmen, and wither skeletons wear pumpkins during Halloween on the player's computer clock.
1.8			14w02a				Pumpkins can now be sold to farmer villagers, at 8–13 pumpkins for 1 emerald.
			14w04a				Dispensers can now be used to place the pumpkin to activate iron golems and snow golems.
			14w25a				The top and bottom texture now rotates according to the facing direction.
1.9			15w31a				Faceless pumpkins have been removed from the game, presumably due to block states not including it.
			15w32c				Pumpkins now generate in end ships, replacing beacons.
			15w33c				Pumpkins no longer generate in end ships, they have been replaced by a hopper.
			15w39a				Dispensers can now equip pumpkins onto players, mobs, and armor stands.
			15w49a				Worn pumpkins no longer turn red when the player or mob takes damage.[3]
1.11			16w39a				Pumpkins now generate in woodland mansions.
			16w44a				Pumpkins can now be enchanted in Survival mode using an anvil with cursed books.
1.13			17w47a				"Pumpkin" has been renamed to "Carved Pumpkin".
							Shearing a regular pumpkin now turns it into a carved pumpkin, and drops 1 pumpkin seeds.
							Carved pumpkins can now be placed without a block beneath them.
							Carved pumpkins can no longer be enchanted.[4]
October 30, 2017							Showed new textures of carved pumpkin.
1.14			18w43a				The textures of carved pumpkins have been changed.
			18w44a				The texture of carved pumpkins have been slightly changed.
			18w47a				Carved pumpkins can now generate as pillager outpost targets.
1.15			19w35a				After the feature being removed in 1.13, carved pumpkins can now be enchanted in Survival mode.
			19w37a				Mobs that spawn wearing carved pumpkins on Halloween no longer drop them.
1.16			20w07a				A carved pumpkin is now dropped when a snow golem is sheared.[5]
1.17			21w11a				Changed a pixel on the pumpkin top texture.
1.19.4			23w05a				Worn carved pumpkins can now be swapped by using helmets in the hotbar[6], but not vice versa.
1.21.2			24w39a				Carved pumpkins now hide their wearers' player markers on other players' maps.
1.21.6 Experiment Locator Bar			25w15a				Will now hide players from the locator bar when worn in the head slot.
1.21.9			25w31a				Carved pumpkins can now be used to make copper golems.
26.2			snap1				Added sulfur cubes, which have the ability to absorb carved pumpkins, providing the golf ball/fast flat effect to the mob.

Bedrock Edition

Bedrock Edition
1.4.0			beta 1.2.14.2				Added carved pumpkins.
							Shearing a regular pumpkin turns it into a carved pumpkin.
1.10.0			beta 1.10.0.3				The textures of carved pumpkins have been changed.
							Carved pumpkins now generate in pillager outpost targets.
1.16.0			beta 1.15.0.51				Carved pumpkins can now be placed without a block beneath them.
							Carved pumpkins can now be enchanted in Survival mode.
1.16.100			beta 1.16.100.51				A carved pumpkin is now dropped when a snow golem is sheared.[7]
1.21.80 Experiment Locator Bar			Preview 1.21.80.20				Will now hide players from the locator bar when worn in the head slot.
1.21.100 Experiment Drop 3 2025			Preview 1.21.100.23				Carved pumpkins can now be used to make copper golems.
26.20 Experiment Drop 2 of 2026			Preview 26.20.23				Added sulfur cubes, which have the ability to absorb carved pumpkins, providing the golf ball/fast flat effect to the mob.
26.30			Preview 26.30.20				Implemented all features from the "Drop 2 of 2026" experiment in vanilla gameplay.

Legacy Console Edition

Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360	Xbox One	PS3	PS4	PS Vita	Wii U	Switch
TU1	CU1	1.00	1.00	1.00	Patch 1	1.0.1	Added pumpkins.
TU7							Snow golems have been introduced, which can be "crafted" by stacking two snow blocks on top of each other, then placing a pumpkin on top of the snow.
TU12							Pumpkins can now be used to make iron golems.
TU14		1.04					Pumpkins are now used to craft pumpkin pies.
TU31	CU19	1.22	1.22	1.22	Patch 3		Pumpkins can now be sold to farmer villagers, at 8–13 pumpkins for 1 emerald.
							Dispensers can now be used to place the pumpkin to activate iron golems and snow golems.
TU34	CU22	1.25	1.25	1.25	Patch 4		Worn pumpkins can now be swapped by using helmets in the hotbar, but not vice versa.
TU54	CU44	1.52	1.52	1.52	Patch 24	1.0.4	Pumpkins now generate in woodland mansions.
							Pumpkins can now be enchanted in Survival mode using an anvil with cursed books.
TU69		1.76	1.76	1.76	Patch 38		"Pumpkin" has been renamed to "Carved Pumpkin".
							Shearing a regular pumpkin now turns it into a carved pumpkin, and drops 1 pumpkin seeds.
			1.90				The texture of carved pumpkins have been slightly changed.
			1.91				Carved pumpkins now generate in pillager outpost targets.

New Nintendo 3DS Edition

New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0							Added pumpkins.

Data history

Java Edition

Bedrock Edition

Issues

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

Trivia

• The carved pumpkin is the only headgear that obstructs the player's view.
• The function of using the carved pumpkin as a headgear might be a reference to the web-comic "Jailbreak" where one of the main characters carved a pumpkin that got stuck on his head to see.
• A carved pumpkin enchanted with Curse of Binding cannot be removed from a player's helmet slot unless the player dies, since it does not lose durability like armor does.
  • In Hardcore mode, such a carved pumpkin effectively stays on the player forever.

Gallery

Renders

Blocks

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  Facing south
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  Facing south‌^{[Bedrock Edition only]}
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  Facing west
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  Facing west or north‌^{[Bedrock Edition only]}
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  Facing north
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  Facing east
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  Facing east‌^{[Bedrock Edition only]}

Mobs

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Please update this article to reflect recent updates or newly available information. The talk page may contain suggestions.
Reason: New Tiny Takeover renders

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  Baby husk​^{[until: Tiny Takeover]}
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  Baby zombified piglin​^{[until: Tiny Takeover]}
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  Baby zombie villager
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  Baby zombie
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  Chicken jockey​^{[until: Tiny Takeover]}
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  Husk
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  Skeleton
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  Stray
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  Wither skeleton
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  Parched
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  Bogged
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  Zombified piglin
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  Zombie villager
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  Zombie
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  Spider jockey
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  Drowned
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  Gurgle

Screenshots

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  View of the world while wearing a carved pumpkin as a helmet
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  Looking at an enderman while wearing a carved pumpkin as a helmet. Notice that its back is turned and it's not attacking the player
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  A player wearing a pumpkin
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  A player wearing a pumpkin
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  Carved pumpkin face texture

Mojang screenshots

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  A carved pumpkin being enchanted with Curse of Binding
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  First image of a pumpkin being worn in Bedrock Edition
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  Unreleased Texture Update carved pumpkin texture
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  Makena wearing a carved pumpkin
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  Zuri wearing a carved pumpkin

In other media

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  The original suggestion image for pumpkins protecting from endermen
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  "Pumpkin Carving and Crafting", an official T-Shirt design featuring a carved pumpkin
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  Jesse trying to rip a carved pumpkin off an icy golem
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  An Avatar item of a carved pumpkin

References

External links

• "Block of the Week: Pumpkin" by Alex Wiltshire – Minecraft.net, April 14, 2017.