For how to create water infinitely in modern versions, see Water § Source blocks.
| Renewable | No |
|---|---|
| Tool | Any tool |
| Blast resistance | 0 |
| Hardness | 0 |
| Luminous | No |
| Transparent | No |
| Flammable | No |
| Catches fire from lava |
No |
An infinite water source[1] was a block that would repeatedly create water on each of its four orthogonal sides.
Obtaining
Breaking
Infinite water sources can be broken instantly, regardless of held items.
| Block |  Infinite Water Source
| |
|---|---|---|
| Hardness | 0 | |
| Breaking time (secs) | ||
| Default | 0.05 (JE) 0.05 (BE) | |
- 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
Generated loot
Infinite water sources could be found in starting house chests in stacks of 99 in Indev 0.31 20100124-2310, and stacks of 100 in Indev 0.31 20100128-2200. Prior to this, they were added to the player's inventory by default in a stack of 5.
Usage
The infinite water source has many visual and functional differences from normal water:
- It is a full, solid cube block with full block collision.
- It is completely opaque.
- All sides use the same still water texture.
Creating liquids
Immediately after placement, the infinite water source creates source blocks of water on each of its four orthogonal sides. If these created sources are removed, they get regenerated after enough time.
Sponges
Infinite water sources are deleted by sponges.
Data values
ID
| Name | Numeric ID | Form |
|---|---|---|
| [No displayed name] | 52 | Block & Item |
History
| Java Edition Classic | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 2009 | Notch states that a "water spawner tile would probably be silly". | ||||||
| Java Edition Indev | |||||||
| 0.31 | 20100114 |  Added infinite water sources.
| |||||
| The block is referred to as an "item spawner block".[2] | |||||||
| The blocks were added to allow for players to create lakes on floating maps. | |||||||
| 20100124-2310 | Infinite water sources can now be found in starting house chests in a stack of 99. | ||||||
| 20100128-2200 | Infinite water sources can now be found in starting house chests in a stack of 100. | ||||||
| 20100129-1447 | Infinite water sources can no longer be found in starting house chests. | ||||||
| 20100131-2156 | Infinite water sources now periodically generate water around themselves even if said water was previously removed. | ||||||
| 20100201-2227 | Infinite water sources are now deleted by sponges. | ||||||
| Java Edition Infdev | |||||||
| 20100624 | The infinite water source has been removed. As the ID is now empty, it now crashes the game with a NullPointerException if a chunk containing said block is loaded or an inventory containing one opened. | ||||||
| 20100625-1917 |  The numeric ID that infinite water sources used is now used by the monster spawner, and as such all existing infinite water sources seamlessly convert into monster spawners instead of causing the game to crash. | ||||||
Issues
"Infinite Water Source" is a removed block and as such issues relating to it cannot be fixed.
Gallery
Screenshots
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An infinite water source. It could be held in the inventory by inventory editing.
See also
References
- ↑ "Level File Format" (archived) – Minecraft.net. "52: Infinite water source"
- ↑ "I SHOULD be sleeping, but.." (archived) – The Word of Notch, Tumblr, January 14, 2010.
