Invisible Bedrock

This feature is exclusive to Bedrock Edition and Minecraft Education.

Invisible Bedrock

Renewable	No
Stackable	Yes (64)
Tool	None
Blast resistance	3,600,000
Hardness	-1
Luminous	No
Transparent	Transparent in rendering only (blocks light)
Flammable	No
Catches fire from lava	No
Note block instrument	Bass Drum

Invisible bedrock is an invisible block used to create a world boundary around Old worlds and the void floor in Bedrock Edition.

Appearance

Invisible bedrock is fully transparent in rendering and thus is completely invisible.

The texture used for invisible bedrock in the inventory is that of stone, but it fills the whole slot, unlike stone. If the player lands onto invisible bedrock, particles from the stone texture can be seen. In Pi Edition, it used the grass texture instead, as the game is based on an old version of Pocket Edition Alpha before the texture was changed to stone.

Obtaining

Invisible bedrock can only be obtained through add-ons or inventory editing.

Natural generation

One layer of invisible bedrock generates in the void at Y=-105 in the Overworld and Y=-41 in the Nether and the End.

Invisible bedrock comprised the border surrounding Old worlds. It did not generate above or below the height limit, allowing the player to travel beyond it by flying over or under it, or by pillaring up and walking over it. This could not be done in the Nether in Survival mode, because of the bedrock ceiling.

Usage

The purpose of invisible bedrock is to prevent the player from getting past the border of the world and falling into the void infinitely. It cannot be targeted; attempting to do so targets anything behind it. The only way to destroy invisible bedrock is by using /setblock or /fill.

Invisible bedrock interacts with players and mobs as a solid block and blocks light. Because of this, blocks such as torches and ladders can be placed on it. The player cannot interact with it; attempting to break an invisible bedrock block instead breaks the block behind it.

Sounds

stone 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	0.8–1.0
	​Block placed	Blocks	When the block is placed	place.stone	subtitles.block.generic.place​	1.0	0.8–1.0
	​Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	hit.stone	subtitles.block.generic.hit​	0.37	0.5
	​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​	0.3	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

Data values

ID

Name	Identifier	Alias ID	Numeric ID	Form	Item ID[i 1]	Translation key
Invisible Bedrock	invisible_bedrock	invisibleBedrock	95	Block & Ungiveable Item[i 2]	invisible_bedrock Alias ID: invisiblebedrock	tile.invisibleBedrock.name

History

Invisible bedrock "item"

Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.1.0							When obtained as an item, invisible bedrock appears as a flat sheet composed of the grass block top texture.
v0.2.0							The grass block top texture has been changed, also changing the invisible bedrock item form appearance.
v0.5.0							The invisible bedrock item is now called ".name<".
v0.8.0			build 1				The item texture now refers to the stone texture, likely due to the scrapping of terrain.png in this version.
Bedrock Edition
1.2.0			beta 1.2.0.2				Invisible bedrock is now called "Invisible Bedrock" as an item.
1.10.0			beta 1.10.0.3				As stone's texture has been changed as per the Texture Update, the item appearance of invisible bedrock has also.

Issues

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

References