Item Frame

For the glowing variant, see Glow Item Frame. For other uses, see Frame.

Item Frame

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Rarity tier	Common
Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)
Tool‌[BE only]	Any
Drops	Item Frame (1) The item it contains.
Blast resistance‌[BE only]	0.25
Hardness‌[BE only]	0.25
Luminous‌[BE only]	No
Transparent‌[BE only]	Yes
Waterloggable‌[BE only]	Yes
Flammable‌[BE only]	No
Catches fire from lava‌[BE only]	No

An item frame is an entity‌^{[JE only]} or block‌^{[BE only]} that displays the item or block that is inside of it.

Obtaining

Breaking

In Java Edition, because the item frame is an entity, it can be broken by simply punching it, even in Adventure mode. It is also targeted by commands using the @e selector.

In Bedrock Edition, no tool can accelerate the breaking process of the item frame.

Block	Item Frame
Hardness	0.25
Breaking time (secs)
Default	10.4 (JE) 0.4 (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

An item frame drops itself when it's destroyed.

If the item frame contains an item, punching it drops the item, leaving the frame.

Natural generation

An item frame containing a pair of elytra generates in each End ship in the End.

Crafting

Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Stick + Leather

Trading

Villager		Probability		Villager wants	Player receives	Trades in stock	Villager experience	Price multiplier
		JE	BE
Cartographer	Expert	33%–50%	33%–50%	7 × Emerald	Item Frame	12	15	0.05

Usage

Placement

Item frames can be placed on the sides of most solid blocks (including slabs, stairs, fences, walls, doors, trapdoors, fence gates, glass panes, iron bars, chains, etc), in Java Edition as well as some non-solid blocks such as repeaters and comparators. They can also be placed on the top and bottom of the solid blocks. To place item frames on interactable blocks (such as chests and doors), the player needs to be sneaking. Item frames can also be placed on the lid of a shulker box, but, in Java Edition, they pop off when the lid is opened. In Java Edition, item frames cannot be placed on the top face of fences, walls, and fence gates.

As item frames are an entity in Java Edition, multiple item frames can occupy the same block, although on different faces. An item frame can occupy the same space as any non-solid block, or a solid block whose collision box does not intersect the item frame's hitbox. In Bedrock Edition, item frames behave like signs and thus cannot occupy the same space as other blocks or other item frames. They can, however, be waterlogged.

Item display

Players can place items in the frame by using the item. If a map is placed in an item frame, it enlarges to show the map in the size of a full block, with the item frame's location displayed as a green pointer on the map, pointing in the direction the item frame is facing. If this is done in the Nether, the green cursor spins around similar to the white cursor (players).

If an item in an item frame has been renamed using an anvil, it displays its custom name when the cursor is over the item frame.

If the player places a block inside the frame, it is displayed in miniature half in, half out of the block. This can be most notably seen on stairs or slabs.

When the item frame is displaying an item, pressing the pick block control picks the displayed item instead of the item frame.

Rotation

The displayed item can be rotated by right-clicking the frame. Items displayed in the item frame can turn 45° diagonally, with a total of 8 possibilities (90° and 4 possibilities if it is a map), and the frame outputs a redstone signal depending on the rotation phase that can be interpreted by a redstone comparator (note that this rotation value is separate from the clock or compass rotation). As long as the frame remains placed, it remembers the orientation of the last item it held, and uses it for the next item it holds.‌^{[Java Edition only]}

Crafting ingredient

Name	Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Glow Item Frame	Glow Ink Sac + Item Frame

Sounds

Generic

Bedrock Edition:

itemframe sound type
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch
	​ ?	Blocks	Once the block has broken	block.itemframe.break	​ ?	1.0	0.8–1.0
	​ ?	Blocks	When the block is placed	block.itemframe.place	​ ?	1.0	0.8–1.0
	​ ?	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	hit.wood	​ ?	0.22	0.5

Unique

Java Edition:

Bedrock Edition:

Achievements

Icon		Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS)
PS4	Other
		Map Room	Place 9 fully explored, adjacent maps into 9 item frames in a 3 by 3 square.	The item frames have to be on a 3×3 flat wall; not on the floor nor ceiling. Level 0 maps are the easiest and fastest.​	40	Silver

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Item	Identifier	Form	Translation key
Item Frame	item_frame	Item	item.minecraft.item_frame

Entity	Identifier	Translation key
Item Frame	item_frame	entity.minecraft.item_frame

Bedrock Edition:

Item Frame	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Item ID[i 1]	Translation key
Item	frame	513	Item	—	item.frame.name
Block	frame	199	Block & Ungiveable Item[i 2]	item.frame	tile.frame.name

Name	Savegame ID
Block entity	ItemFrame

Block states

Java Edition:
Despite being an entity in Java Edition, item frames utilize block states internally.

Bedrock Edition:

Item data

Java Edition:

Entity data

In Java Edition, item frames have entity data that define various properties of the entity.

Block data

In Bedrock Edition, an item frame has a block entity associated with it that holds additional data about the block.

See Bedrock Edition level format/Block entity format.

Videos

History

Reveal

August 15, 2012							Dinnerbone showed the first image of item frames.
August 15, 2012							Dinnerbone showed item frame in item form.
August 15, 2012							Jeb showed the item frames with new model.
August 16, 2012							Dinnerbone showed the item frame in item form with new texture.

Java Edition

Java Edition
1.4.2			12w34a				Added item frames.
							There is currently a bug where attempting to place an item frame in multiplayer causes an internal server error, as well as other bugs.
			12w34b				The multiplayer item frame bug has been fixed.
			12w38a				Item frames no longer despawn when the player moves 20 blocks away.
1.7.2			13w36a				Items renamed using an anvil now display their name when looked at up close.
			13w38a				Maps placed in an item frame now cover the whole block face, allowing seamless tiling of adjacent maps. This makes undiscovered areas of maps invisible.
			13w43a				Incomplete maps placed in item frames now display the item frame texture underneath.
1.8			14w04a				Items and blocks displayed in the item frame now rotate 45 degrees when rotated instead of 90 degrees, and a comparator outputs a redstone signal depending on the rotation phase.
			14w10a				Multiple item frames can no longer be placed on the same block face.
			14w25a				Item frames now use the oak planks texture instead of the birch planks texture.
			14w28b				Item frames now use the birch planks texture again instead of the oak planks texture.
1.9			15w41a				An item frame now generates in the treasure room of End ships, above the shulker that guards the treasure. It holds elytra.
			15w49a				Item frames are no longer destroyed by lightning bolts.
			15w50a				Added sounds to item frames: entity.itemframe.add_item, entity.itemframe.break, entity.itemframe.place, entity.itemframe.remove_item, and entity.itemframe.rotate_item.
1.11			16w32a				The entity ID of item frames has been changed from ItemFrame to item_frame.
1.13			17w47a				As part of The Flattening, the numeric item ID (389) of item frames has been removed.​
			17w50a				Item frames can now be placed on floors and ceilings.
1.14			18w43a				The textures of item frames have been changed.
			19w11a				Item frames are now sold by cartographer villagers for 7 emeralds.
1.15			19w38a				Item frames now appear dark, same as suffocating mobs.[1]
			19w39a				Item frames are now colored correctly.
1.16			20w10a				The NBT Invisible and Fixed have been added to item frames.
1.18			21w41a				The textures of item frames as an item have been changed.[2]
1.19			22w15a				Item frames now adjusts its hitbox to account for the larger size of a framed map.
			pre3				Reverted the change in 22w15a.
1.21.2			24w33a				Item frames are no longer destroyed by TNT that explodes in water.[3]
1.21.4			24w44a				Players in Survival or Adventure can now use pick block on item frames.[4]
26.3			snap8				Breaking item frames can now trigger sculk shriekers.[5]

Bedrock Edition

Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.14.0			build 1				Added item frames.
							Item frames are considered as a block entity instead of an entity.[6]
Pocket Edition
1.0.0			alpha 0.17.0.1				An item frame containing elytra now generates in End city ships.
Bedrock Edition
1.10.0			beta 1.10.0.3				The textures of item frames have been changed.
1.11.0			beta 1.11.0.4				Item frames can now be bought from cartographer villagers.
1.13.0			beta 1.13.0.9				Item frames can now be placed on the top and bottom of blocks.
1.16.0			beta 1.16.0.57				Trading has been changed, item frames are now offered by expert-level cartographer villager.
1.18.10			beta 1.18.10.20				The textures of item frames as an item have been changed.

Legacy Console Edition

Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360	Xbox One	PS3	PS4	PS Vita	Wii U	Switch
TU9	CU1	1.00	1.00	1.00	Patch 1	1.0.1	Added item frames.
							Maps now show an X at the location of the End portal if someone is in the End.
							Maps in item frames have their position represented by a green triangle.
TU10							Reaching the maximum number of item frames/paintings in a world now prevents the player from placing more of them instead of removing existing ones.
TU11							The limit for item frames in a world has been increased. A message is now displayed when the maximum number of item frames are reached.
TU12							Item frames now use the same textures as Java Edition, instead of using the bottom texture for cake.
TU24	CU12	1.16	1.16	1.16			Maps placed in an item frame now cover the whole block face.
TU31	CU19	1.22	1.22	1.22	Patch 3		Item frames now use oak planks textures for the border.
							Items and blocks displayed in the item frame now rotate 45 degrees when rotated instead of 90 degrees, and a comparator now outputs a redstone signal depending on the rotation phase.
							Hitting an item frame with an item inside now only removes the item instead of destroying the entire item frame.
TU41	CU30	1.33	1.33	1.33	Patch 11		Only up to 100 item frames and paintings can now be rendered on the screen at once.
TU43	CU33	1.36	1.36	1.36	Patch 13		Item frames now use the textures for birch planks instead of oak planks once again.
							Added sounds for item frames.
TU46	CU36	1.38	1.38	1.38	Patch 15		An item frame now generates in the treasure room of End ships, above the shulker that guards the treasure. It holds elytra.
TU54	CU44	1.52	1.52	1.52	Patch 24	1.0.4	Maps in item frames now have their position represented by an item frame icon.
TU56	CU47	1.55	1.55	1.55	Patch 26	1.0.6	If the item in the item frame has a name (from an anvil) it now shows as if there is a name tag on the item frame.
TU57	CU49	1.57	1.56	1.56	Patch 27	1.0.7	Observers now register changes to item frames.
			1.90				The textures of item frames have been changed.

New Nintendo 3DS Edition

New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0							Added item frames.

Issues

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

Trivia

• The item frame is based upon a suggestion on Reddit, like the ender chest and flower pot.^[7]

Gallery

Renders

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  Item frame
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  Map item frame
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  With item
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  With rotated item
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  With block
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  With rotated block

Screenshots

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  An item frame on the side of a slab
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  Four item frames in a one-block space‌^{[Java Edition only]}
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  The frame itself uses the texture of birch planks.
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  The rotation of an item in the item frame
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  The front and back of an item frame are the same
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  An image of a fireplace retweeted by Dinnerbone
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  11 in an item frame

Development images

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  Original Reddit image suggesting item frames and flower pots
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  Dinnerbone's first screenshot showing armor and weapons
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  Dinnerbone's second screenshot showing a map, a compass, and two diamond swords
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  Dinnerbone's third screenshot showing a golden sword in all directions, the item frame item itself, and a working clock
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  Jeb's screenshot of the item frame
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  Snapshot showing plant pots and item frames
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  Snapshot image of an ender pearl in an item frame
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  An image tweeted by Dinnerbone showing how hovering over an item frame containing a renamed item shows a name tag
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  First image of item frames in Bedrock Edition

See also

• Painting
• Shelf
• Glow item frame

References