Particles

Particles are special graphical effects in Minecraft that are created when certain events occur, such as explosions, rainfall, or smelting items in a furnace.

Behavior

Particles are rendered as front-facing 2D sprites, meaning they always face the player. They disappear after a short animation, in which they may change sizes and rotate, and cycle between a number of animation sprites. They collide with solid blocks and are slowed by cobwebs, but are unaffected by other entities.

Particles render in a spherical area around the player with a radius of 32 blocks, except campfire smoke and firework particles, which are visible within the simulation distance.

Alongside potion particles, several other particles are stored as gray textures with colors applied to them after the fact. Note particles change color through the spectrum.

In Bedrock Edition, each particle has unique MERS values defined in a texture set used in Vibrant Visuals. Most particles have different roughness values per pixel all other channels set to 0, but some particles have subsurface scattering or are emissive. See § Texture files for all particle MERS textures,

The /particle command can be used to create particles and set the colors of some. In Java Edition, if a player uses the "minimal" particles option in the video settings, some particles may not appear.

Particle textures are stored in particles.png,‌^{[BE only]} and some particles use their own texture atlas.

Emitters

Some particles are produced by separate technical particles known as "emitters". The emitter is the centerpiece of the particle effect and is responsible for spawning particles.^[1] The emitter defines how many particles are spawned per second for as long as the emitter exists, at the position of the emitter. Emitters themselves are invisible.

Weather particles

A special type of particles occurs during different weather conditions. These are not loaded in-game with a position, movement, and collision, and cannot be created with commands. They are more or less rendered as a graphical effect within the player's view.

Specifically, this includes the rainfall and snowfall particles, visible during their respective precipitation in non-dry biomes, at any height above Y=-64 in the Overworld, in blocks exposed to the sky. In Java Edition, each block with precipitation displays the particles of that precipitation type only, while in Bedrock Edition, the density of particles depends on the player's eye position. On the border of rainfall/snowfall/no precipitation, particles decrease in density and mix with each other.

On both editions, they gradually increase/decrease in density if the weather changes. Their behavior differs; raindrops fall at varying speeds downward and slightly tilted in Bedrock Edition. Snowflakes have much more horizontal movement and fall down slower; they twist randomly in Java Edition or fall twisting in matching, changing directions in Bedrock Edition resembling wind. Weather particles have different textures, defined in weather.png in Bedrock Edition or two separate files in Java Edition.

In Bedrock Edition, ambient underwater particles and Nether biome particles (ash and spores) are also treated as weather particles, taking their textures from weather.png:

Underwater: blue, visible even outside water bodies as long as the eye level is underwater, very slowly moving.
Soul sand valley: gray/brown/black, floating slowly and with low density anywhere in the atmosphere as long as the player's eye level is in the biome. Density: 0.05.
Crimson forest: bright red, floating at a higher speed and higher density similar to soul sand valley particles. Density: 0.25.
Warped forest: dark blue, floating similarly to crimson forests but slightly slower. Density: 0.25.
Basalt deltas: light gray, floating at a very high speed and density, noticable like a storm. Density: 2.0.

Nether particles are controlled in client biome JSON files in resource packs, where each biome can have one of the four "precipitation" particles at a set density/speed. On the edges of biomes, these precipitation particles gradually increase or decrease in density similar to rain and snow particles.

ash
red_spores
blue_spores
white_ash

Types of particles

The types of particles and their ID names are displayed below. Particles are namespaced with the prefix minecraft:.

Unique particles

ID		Description	Texture	Example
Java Edition	Bedrock Edition	Description	Texture	Example
`bubble`	`basic_bubble_particle`	Produced by entities splashing underwater, trails behind underwater projectiles.
	`basic_bubble_particle_manual`	Produced by entities floating on the surface of the water, produced when underwater TNT is ignited.‌^{[BE only]}
	`eye_of_ender_bubble_particle`	Trails behind eyes of ender underwater.
	`fish_hook_particle`	Produced by the fishing bobber.
	`fish_pos_particle`	Produced by the fishing trail occasionally.
	`guardian_attack_particle`	Produced by guardians' lasers.
	`guardian_water_move_particle`	Trails behind guardians moving underwater.
	`nautilus_bubbles_particle`	Trails behind nautiluses moving underwater.
`bubble_column_up`	`bubble_column_up_particle`	Represents upward bubble columns, if "Fancy Bubbles" are enabled.
`current_down`	`bubble_column_down_particle`	Represents downward bubble columns, if "Fancy Bubbles" are enabled.
—	`underwater_torch_particle`	Produced by underwater torches.
—	`cauldron_bubble_particle`	Unused^[2]
—	`squid_flee_particle`	Unused.
`sulfur_bubble_particle`		Represents bubble columns above potent sulfur.
`dolphin`	`dolphin_move_particle`	Trails behind dolphins.	‌^{[JE only]} ‌^{[BE only]}
—	`cauldron_splash_particle`	Unused^[3]
`bubble_pop`	—	Unused.^[4]
`fishing`	`water_wake_particle`	Represents the fish trail when fishing.
`rain`	`rain_splash_particle`	Produced when rain hits the ground, appears when ice bombs are produced in a lab table.‌^{[BE only]}
`splash`	`rain_splash_particle`	Created when water particles hit the ground, produced by villagers sweating during a raid.‌^{[JE only]}
	`water_splash_particle`	Appears when splashing at the top of bubble columns, appears when ice bombs are produced in a lab table,‌^{[BE only]} shaken off by wolves.
	`water_splash_particle_manual`	Produced by entities splashing in water, produced by fishing bobbers splashing.
`pale_oak_leaves`	`pale_oak_leaves_particle`	Swirls from the bottom of pale oak leaves, more commonly than biome-tinted leaves.
`cherry_leaves`	`cherry_leaves_particle`	Floats from the bottom of cherry leaves, in south-west direction, more commonly than biome-tinted leaves.
`yellow_poplar_leaves`	`yellow_poplar_leaves_particle`	Swirls from the bottom of the respective poplar leaves color, more commonly than biome-tinted leaves.
`orange_poplar_leaves`	`orange_poplar_leaves_particle`
`red_poplar_leaves`	`red_poplar_leaves_particle`
`flame`	`basic_flame_particle`	Appears inside of monster spawners, produced by magma cubes, represents the flame of torches, emitted by furnaces, blast furnaces, and smokers when smelting items, occasionally appears when garbage is produced in a lab table.‌^{[BE only]}
`small_flame`	`candle_flame_particle`	Represents the flame of candles.
`small_flame`	`small_flame_particle`	Appears inside of active trial spawners.
`soul_fire_flame`	`blue_flame_particle`	Represents the flame of soul torches.	^{[note 1]}^{[note 2]}
`soul_fire_flame`	`small_soul_fire_flame_particle`	Appears inside of active ominous trial spawners.	^{[note 1]}^{[note 2]}
`copper_fire_flame`	`green_flame_particle`	Represents the flame of copper torches.
`lava`	`lava_particle`	Produced by campfires, produced by lava.
—	`mobflame_emitter`	Emitter that produces `mobflame_single` particles produced by blazes.	^{[note 1]}
—	`mobflame_single`	Floats around blazes during attacks.	^{[note 1]}
`damage_indicator`	—	Appears when a melee attack damages an entity.
`angry_villager`	`villager_angry`	Produced when hitting a villager,‌^{[BE only]} produced when villagers fail to breed or when a job site block gets unclaimed due to the villager being unable to reach it,‌^{[JE only]} or anytime they lose a job site block or a bed.‌^{[BE only]}
—	`bleach`	Displayed when bleach is created in a lab table.
`composter`	`crop_growth_emitter`	Produced when placing items in a composter.	^{[note 1]}
`egg_crack`		Appears when sniffer eggs are placed on moss blocks, appears when sniffer eggs crack.
`happy_villager`		Appears when using bone meal on crops or other plants, appears when bees pollinate crops, displayed when turtle eggs are placed on sand.
	`crop_growth_area_emitter`	Appears when using bone meal on grass blocks, flowers,‌^{[BE only]} or moss.
	`villager_happy`	Produced by villagers and the block‌^{[BE only]} when villagers claim a job site block or a bed, produced when feeding baby animals, appears when trading with villagers.
`pause_mob_growth`		Shown when a golden dandelion is used on a mob to stop its growth.
`reset_mob_growth`		Shown when a golden dandelion is used on a mob to resume its growth.
`heart`	`heart_particle`	Appears when taming mobs, emitted by breeding mobs, feeding mobs, appears when allays duplicate.
`elder_guardian`	—^{[note 3]}	Displayed when elder guardians inflict Mining Fatigue.	—^{[note 4]}
`firefly`	`firefly_particle`	Spawns from firefly bushes when the internal light level is at 13 or lower.	^{[note 1]}
—	`conduit_absorb_particle`	Appears and moves toward activated conduits.
—	`conduit_attack_emitter`	Emitter that spawns `conduit_particle`, created by conduits attacking mobs.
—	`conduit_particle`	Appears and moves toward hostile mobs being attacked by conduits.
`nautilus`	—	Appears and floats toward conduits, appears and floats toward mobs being attacked by a conduit.
`infested`	`infested_ambient`	Produced by entities with the Infested effect.
`infested`	`infested_emitter`	Emitter that spawns `infested_ambient`, produced by entities with the Infested effect.‌^{[BE only]}
`raid_omen`	`raid_omen_ambient`	Produced by players and mobs with the Raid Omen effect.
`raid_omen`	`raid_omen_emitter`	Emitter that spawns `raid_omen_ambient` at entities with the Raid Omen effect.‌^{[BE only]}
`small_gust`	`wind_charged_ambient`	Produced by mobs with the Wind Charged effect.
`small_gust`	`wind_charged_emitter`	Emitter that spawns `wind_charged_ambient` at mobs with the Wind Charged effect.‌^{[BE only]}
`trial_omen`	`trial_omen_ambient`	Produced by players and mobs with the Trial Omen effect.
	`trial_omen_emitter`	Emitter that spawns `trial_omen_ambient` entities with the Trial Omen effect.‌^{[BE only]}
	`trial_omen_single`	Produced by players and mobs with the Trial Omen effect.
`gust`	`breeze_wind_explosion_emitter`	Created when a wind charge from a breeze hits a block hits a block,‌^{[BE only]} created by `gust_emitter`.‌^{[JE only]}
`gust_emitter`	`wind_explosion_emitter`	Created when a wind charge hits a block. Spawns a number of gust particles.
`campfire_cosy_smoke`	`campfire_smoke_particle`	Floats off the top of campfires and soul campfires.
`campfire_signal_smoke`	`campfire_tall_smoke_particle`	Floats off the top of campfires and soul campfires above hay bales.
`soul`	`soul_particle`	Created by players with Soul Speed boots running on soul sand or soul soil.
`sculk_soul`	`sculk_soul_particle`	Appears above sculk catalysts when activated.
`sculk_charge`	`sculk_charge_particle`	Marks the path of a sculk charge.
`sculk_charge_pop`	`sculk_charge_pop_particle`	Appears when a sculk charge ends.
`shriek`	`shriek_particle`	Emitted by activated sculk shriekers.
`sonic_boom`	`sonic_explosion`	Produced by the warden during its sonic boom attack.
`vibration`	`vibration_signal`	Moves from sounds to the warden or a sculk sensor, moves from note blocks to allays.
`trial_spawner_detection`		Produced when a trial spawner is activated.
`trial_spawner_detection_ominous`		Produced when an ominous trial spawner is activated.
`vault_connection`		Produced when a player is near a vault.
`sulfur_cube_goo`		Produced by sulfur cubes jumping. Each particle uses a random part of the texture, similar to slime particles below.
`noxious_gas`	`noxious_gas_particle`	Appears above water with potent sulfur below.
`noxious_gas_particle_cloud`	—	Unused.
`geyser_base`		Floats randomly from the bottom of geysers.
`geyser_plume`		Forms the main plume of geysers.
`geyser_poof`		Appears at the bottom of geysers, underneath the base particles

Block or item particles

These particles re-use textures from blocks or items, which depends on the situation. They are squared and use a random part of the textures, transparencies in the textures result in different shapes.

ID		Description	Texture	Example
Java Edition	Bedrock Edition	Description	Texture	Example
`block`	`block_destruct`	Produced when blocks are broken, flakes off blocks being brushed, produced when iron golems walk, produced when entities fall a long distance, produced when players and cats sprint, displayed when armor stands are broken, appears when sheep eat grass, appears when super fertilizer is produced in a lab table, shown when balloons break.	From the broken block
	`block_destruct`	Straw beds use a unique texture instead of the block texture.
	`block_slide`	Shown when sliding down the side of a honey block.	Honey block
	`breeze_ground_particle`	Shown below breezes.	From the block below the breeze
	`sponge_absorb_water_particle`	Shown when sponges absorb water.	Respective water block
	`warden_dig`	Created when the warden emerges from the ground.	From the block where the warden spawns
`block_crumble`	`creaking_crumble_body`	Shown when a creaking despawns.	Active creaking heart^{[note 1]}
`block_crumble`	`creaking_crumble_head`	Shown when a creaking heart is destroyed.	Dormant creaking heart
`dust_pillar`	`smash_ground_particle`	Produced by mace smash attacks.	Which block the targeted mob is standing on
`dust_pillar`	`smash_ground_particle_center`	Produced by mace smash attacks.	Which block the targeted mob is standing on
`block_marker`	—	Marks the position of barriers and light blocks when they are held in the main hand.	Which block this particle represents
—	`breaking_item_terrain`	Shown when feeding mobs, shown when a panda eats bamboo or a cake.	The used item
`item`	`breaking_item_icon`	Produced when tools break, produced when players or foxes eat food, produced when splash potions, lingering potions, or bottles o' enchanting break, produced by turtle eggs hatching, shown when thrown eggs break, shown when the wither is created, shown when any kind of fireballs break, shown when eyes of ender break,‌^{[JE only]} shown when thrown ice bombs break.‌^{[BE only]}	The used item
`item_snowball`^{[until: JE 26.4]}		Produced when thrown snowballs break.	Snowball
`item_slime`		Shown when slimes jump.	Slimeball
	`oozing_ambient`	Produced by entities with the Oozing effect.
	`oozing_emitter`	Emitter that spawns `oozing_ambient` at entities with the Oozing effect.
`item_cobweb`	`weaving_ambient`	Produced by entities with the Weaving effect.	Cobweb
`item_cobweb`	`weaving_emitter`	Emitter that spawns `weaving_ambient`at entities with the Weaving effect.	Cobweb

Colored particles

The grayscale textures of these particles are colored differently depending on the situation.

ID Description Texture Color Example

Java Edition

Bedrock Edition

trail creaking_heart_trail Traces a trail between two points. Shown when the creaking is attacked, to link it to its heart. ^{[note 1]} #FC7812/
#5F5F5F

eyeblossom_open Emitted by the eyeblossom flower when it opens during the night. #FC7812

eyeblossom_close Emitted by the eyeblossom flower when it closes during the day. #5F5F5F

— bubble_column_bubble Produced by entities at the top of bubble columns.

— squid_ink_bubble Produced by squid and glow squid being hit. #0001f4

— squid_move_particle Unused.

mycelium mycelium_dust_particle Appears above mycelium. Gray^{[note 5]}

phantom_trail_particle Trails behind the wings of phantoms.

— lab_table_heatblock_dust_particle Appears when heat blocks are produced in a lab table.

underwater —^{[note 6]} Floats in the atmosphere underwater.

ash —^{[note 6]} Floats throughout the atmosphere in the soul sand valley biome.

crimson_spore —^{[note 6]} Floats throughout the atmosphere in the crimson forest biome.

warped_spore —^{[note 6]} Floats in the atmosphere in warped forest biomes.

white_ash —^{[note 6]} Floats in the atmosphere in basalt deltas.

tinted_leaves

biome_tinted_leaves_particle

Swirls from the bottom of any type leaves except for spruce,‌^{[JE only]} pale oak, cherry, and poplar leaves.

Corresponds to the biome-tinted leaves that produced the particles, can be snowy in Bedrock Edition.

See Biome § Color

— colored_flame_particle Represents the flame of colored torches. ^{[note 2]}

witch witchspell_emitter Emitted by witches. Purple

instant_effect — Produced when splash potions or lingering potions of Instant Health or Instant Damage break. Red

— falling_border_dust_particle Falls off the bottom of border blocks, if the showbordereffect game rule is enabled. Red^{[note 7]}

— rising_border_dust_particle Rises off the top of border blocks, if the showbordereffect game rule is enabled.

crit

basic_crit_particle

Trails behind crossbow shots and fully charged bow shots.

‌^{[JE only]}

‌^{[BE only]}

White, fades to orange^{[note 8]}}

critical_hit_emitter Displayed when enities are struck by a critical hit.

evocation_fang_particle Produced by evoker fangs.

enchanted_hit magical_critical_hit_emitter Appears when hitting the respective entities with a weapon enchanted with Sharpness, Bane of Arthropods, Smite or Impaling. Purple or white^{[note 9]}

sweep_attack — Appears when a sweeping attack is performed. Gray

firework Trails behind fireworks, produced when fireworks crafted with firework stars explode. Corresponds to the color of the firework star.

— sparkler_emitter Emitted by sparklers.

flash Shown when fireworks with crafted with firework stars explode. Corresponds to the color of the firework star.

glow glow_particle Emitted by glow squid.

electric_spark electric_spark_particle Emitted by lightning rods during thunderstorms, produced when lightning hits copper. #ffe6ff

scrape wax_particle Shown when scraping oxidization off copper.

wax_off Produced when scraping wax off copper.

wax_on Produced when using honeycomb on copper.

note note_particle Produced by jukeboxes, produced by note blocks. See Note Block § Usage. Jukeboxes use these colors randomly.

enchant enchanting_table_particle Floats from bookshelves to enchanting tables. Gray^{[note 10]}

— lab_table_misc_mystical_particle Occasionally appears when garbage is produced in a lab table.

end_rod endrod Emitted by end rods. Gray^{[note 11]}

shulker_bullet Trails behind shulker bullets.

totem_of_undying totem_manual Unused. Yellow or green^{[note 12]}}

totem_particle Produced when a totem of undying is used.

— balloon_gas_particle Left behind by balloons popping, and quickly dissipates. White, fades to transparent^{[note 11]}

—

mobspell_ambient

Emitted by players with ambient effects from a beacon or conduit.


Effect	Hex
Absorption	#2552A5
Bad Luck‌^{[JE only]}	#C0A44D
Bad Omen	#0B6138
Blindness	#1F1F23
Conduit Power	#9208FF
Darkness	#292721
Dolphin's Grace‌^{[JE only]}	#88A3BE
Fatal Poison‌^{[BE only]}	#4E9331
Fire Resistance	#FF9900
Glowing‌^{[JE only]}	#94A061
Haste	#D9C043
Health Boost	#F87D23
Hero of the Village‌^{[JE only]}	#44FF44
Hunger	#587653
Instant Health	#F82423
Instant Damage	#A9656A
Invisibility	#F6F6F6
Jump Boost	#FDFF84
Levitation	#CEFFFF
Luck‌^{[JE only]}	#59C106
Mining Fatigue	#4A4217
Nausea	#551D4A
Night Vision	#C2FF66
Poison	#87A363
Regeneration	#CD5CAB
Resistance	#99453A
Saturation	#F82423
Slow Falling	#FEEAD6
Slowness	#8BAFE0
Strength	#FFC700
Swiftness	#33EBFF
Water Breathing	#98DAC0
Weakness	#484D48
Wither	#736156

With multiple effects, each particle uses the color of one of them at random, except from tipped arrows and effect clouds, which merge with multiple effects.^{[note 13]}

effect splash_spell_emitter Produced by splash potions.

entity_effect Produced by dragon fireballs exploding, produced when bottles o' enchanting hit the ground, produced when lingering potions hit the ground.

arrow_spell_emitter Floats off tipped arrows, trails behind spectral arrows.

cauldron_spell_emitter Displayed when putting potions in cauldrons, emitted by cauldrons with potions.

mobspell_emitter Produced by area of effect clouds from lingering potions, emitted by players with non-ambient effects.

evoker_spell

Produced by evokers casting spells.

stunned_emitter Produced when a ravager is stunned after being blocked by a shield. #7f8392

wither_boss_invulnerable Emitted by the wither while it is invulnerable as it is being born, produced by the wither's armor when it is at half health. #000000

— magnesium_salts_emitter Appears when magnesium salts are produced in a lab table.

— mobspell_lingering

dripping_water water_drip_particle Represents water drips collected on the bottom of leaves in rain and blocks with water above or the bottom, sides of wet sponges, and on pointed dripstone with water above when it fills a cauldron below,‌^{[BE only]} that have not yet dripped down. #334dff

falling_water Drips off of the bottom of blocks with water above, drips off the bottom of leaves during rain, drips off of wet sponges, drips from pointed dripstone with water above when it fills a cauldron below.‌^{[BE only]}

dripping_dripstone_water stalactite_water_drip_particle Represents water drips collected on pointed dripstone with water or nothing above that have not yet dripped down. #334dff

falling_dripstone_water Drips off pointed dripstone with nothing or water above.

dripping_lava lava_drip_particle Represents lava drips collected on the bottom of blocks with lava above or pointed dripstone with lava above when it fills a cauldron below,‌^{[BE only]} that have not yet dripped down, occasionally appears when garbage is produced in a lab table. ‌^{[BE only]} Orange.^{[note 14]}

falling_lava Drips off the bottom of blocks with lava above, drips from pointed dripstone with lava above when it fills a cauldron below,‌^{[BE only]} occasionally appears when garbage is produced in a lab table,‌^{[BE only]} lies on the ground for a while.‌^{[BE only]}

dripping_dripstone_lava stalactite_lava_drip_particle Represents lava drips collected on pointed dripstone with lava above that have not yet dripped down. Orange^{[note 14]}

falling_dripstone_lava Drips off pointed dripstone with lava above, lies on the ground for a while.‌^{[BE only]}

dripping_honey honey_drip_particle Represents honey drips collected on the bottom of full bee nests or beehives that have not yet dripped down. #947215

falling_honey Drips off beehives and bee nests that are full of honey, lies on the ground for a while.‌^{[BE only]}

falling_nectar nectar_drip_particle Falls off bees that have collected pollen. #ebc7b8

falling_spore_blossom spore_blossom_shower_particle Drips off of spore blossoms. #528038

spore_blossom_air spore_blossom_ambient_particle Floats in the atmosphere around spore blossoms.

dripping_obsidian_tear obsidian_tear_particle Represents tears collected on the sides or bottom of crying obsidian that have not yet dripped down. #8208e3

falling_obsidian_tear Drips off crying obsidian, lies on the ground for a while.‌^{[BE only]}

landing_honey —^{[note 15]} Created when honey particles hit the ground. #947215

landing_lava —^{[note 15]} Created when lava or dripstone lava particles hit the ground. Orange^{[note 14]}

landing_obsidian_tear —^{[note 15]} Created when obsidian tear particles hit the ground. #8208e3

explosion_emitter

dragon_death_explosion_emitter

Produced by explosions.

‌^{[JE only]}

‌^{[BE only]}

Gray^{[note 16]}

explosion Shown when shearing mooshrooms, produced by the final explosion when the ender dragon dies.

dragon_destroy_block Produced by blocks destroyed by the ender dragon, appears when shulker bullets hit the ground.‌^{[JE only]}

dragon_dying_explosion Emitted by the ender dragon as it dies.

— camera_shoot_explosion Displayed when cameras take pictures.

— large_explosion Unused.^[5]

— huge_explosion_emitter Unused.^[6]

— huge_explosion_lab_misc_emitter Occasionally appears when garbage is produced in a lab table.

dragon_breath dragon_breath_fire Spit out by the ender dragon during its breath attack. Purple or magenta.^{[note 17]}

dragon_breath_trail Trails behind the ender dragons's fireballs.

dragon_breath_lingering Produced by area effect clouds created by the ender dragon's breath attack or fireballs. #dc00ef

spit llama_spit_smoke Spit out by llamas. Gray^{[note 18]}

— misc_fire_vapor_particle Occasionally appears when garbage is produced in a lab table.

— water_evaporation_bucket_emitter Appears when using water buckets in the Nether.

cloud cauldron_explosion_emitter Produced when filling a cauldron with something other than what it already contained,‌^{[BE only]} shown when entering a village with the Bad Omen effect.‌^{[JE only]}

ice_evaporation_emitter Produced when powder snow sublimates.

water_evaporation_actor_emitter Produced when entities on fire enter water.

water_evaporation_manual Represents water evaporating from wet sponges placed in the Nether or dry biomes

poof Created when fireworks crafted without stars expire.

death_explosion_emitter Left behind when a mob dies.

egg_destroy_emitter Shown when zombies trample turtle eggs

mob_block_spawn_emitter Appears when mobs are spawned from a monster spawner.

silverfish_grief_emitter Left behind by silverfish entering stone blocks.

knockback_roar_particle Produced by ravagers roaring after being stunned. Gray^{[note 19]}

— explosion_manual Unused.^[7]

— explosion_particle Produced by blocks destroyed by explosions.

smoke

basic_smoke_particle

Displayed when failing to tame a mob, represents the smoke produced when a campfire or soul campfire is extinguished, floats off the top of food placed on a campfire, produced by lava during rain, produced by furnaces, blast furnaces, and smokers when smelting items, shot out of dispensers and droppers when they fire, trails behind blaze fireballs, trails behind wither skulls, trails behind ghast fireballs, emitted by the wither, floats off the top of monster spawners, represents the smoke from candles, floats off the top of torches and soul torches, emitted by the end portal when active, floats off the top of wither roses, emitted by brewing stands, trails behind lava particles, emitted by campfires in the rain, appears when a heat block is produced in a lab table, occasionally appears when garbage is produced in a lab table.

In Java Edition, also appears when TNT is primed, produced when placing eyes of ender in an end portal frame, produced when redstone torches burn out.

Dark gray^{[note 20]}

large_smoke Floats off the top of fire, produced by blazes, appears when trying to place water in the Nether,‌^{[JE only]} appears when obsidian, stone, or cobblestone is created by lava and water.‌^{[JE only]}

glow_squid_ink ink_emitter Produced by glow squid when hit.

squid_ink Produced by squid when hit.

sneeze Sneezed out by pandas. Green

snowflake snowflake_particle Created by entities in powder snow. #dfe5ed

white_smoke white_smoke_particle Emitted by crafters when ejecting an item. White

portal basic_portal_particle Trails behind eyes of ender. Purple or magenta.^{[note 21]}

end_chest Appears and floats toward ender chests.

eyeofender_death_explode_particle Produced when an eye of ender breaks.

portal_directional Floats toward where an ender pearl broke, floats behind a teleporting dragon egg, floats toward where players teleport with chorus fruit.

mob_portal Emitted by endermen, emitted by endermites.

portal_east_west Floats toward nether portals and end gateway portals along the x axis.

portal_north_south Floats toward nether portals and end gateway portals along the z axis.

reverse_portal portal_reverse_particle Floats off the top of respawn anchors that have some level of charge.

dust — Emitted by powered levers. Red.^{[note 7]}

redstone_ore_dust_particle Emitted by redstone ore.

redstone_repeater_dust_particle Emitted by powered redstone repeaters.

redstone_wire_dust_particle Emitted by powered redstone dust.

redstone_torch_dust_particle Emitted by powered redstone torches.

dust_color_transition sculk_sensor_redstone_particle Emitted by activated sculk sensors. Red, fades to blue.^{[note 22]}}

dust_plume Shown when adding items to decorated pots. Gray

falling_dust falling_dust Unused. Black

falling_dust_concrete_powder_particle Falls off the bottom of floating concrete powder.

falling_dust_dragon_egg_particle Falls off the bottom of floating dragon eggs. #000000

falling_dust_gravel_particle Falls off the bottom of floating gravel, suspicious gravel, and hanging sulfur spikes.‌^{[BE only]} #807c7b

falling_dust_red_sand_particle Falls off the bottom of floating red sand. #a95821

falling_dust_sand_particle Falls off the bottom of floating sand and suspicious sand. #dbd3a0

falling_dust_scaffolding_particle Falls off the bottom of scaffolding blocks six blocks away from a scaffolding block supported by the ground. #e6c775

— falling_dust_top_snow_particle Falls off the bottom of snow placed on leaves, or floating. #ffffff

— obsidian_glow_dust_particle Appears at coordinates 0, 0, 0, when a glowing obsidian is placed. These particles then reappear when one is nearby every so often. This is most likely a bug. Red.^{[note 7]}

— elephant_tooth_paste_vapor_particle Represents elephant toothpaste produced in a lab table.^{[note 23]} Orange^{[note 18]}

ominous_spawning ominous_spawning_particle Appears when an ominous item spawner spawns a item during an ominous event. Gradient
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#FFFFFFFF

Unused particle textures

The following textures exist in the game, but are not associated with any particle definitions controlling their behavior and appearance; they are unused and cannot be created with commands.

goldheart_0‌^{[JE only]}
goldheart_1‌^{[JE only]}
goldheart_2‌^{[JE only]}
"Soul lava"‌^{[BE only]}
"Copper lava"‌^{[BE only]}
"Angry villager head"‌^{[BE only]}
"Water flame"‌^{[BE only]}
"Water lava"‌^{[BE only]}
"Fishing rod bobber"‌^{[BE only]}
"Drip land"^{[note 24]}

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Java Edition pre-Classic
rd-160052		Added `blockcrack`.
rd-160052		64 particles are generated when a block is broken.
Java Edition Classic
0.0.15a (Multiplayer Test 4)		Re-added particles to multiplayer.
0.26 SURVIVAL TEST		Added some form of smoke and rain particles.
0.26 SURVIVAL TEST		Added `splash`.
Java Edition Indev
0.31	20100124-2310	Added `bubble`.
0.31	20100125	Added `flame` and `lava`.
Java Edition Infdev
20100325-1545		Particles are now generated at the edges of water blocks.
Java Edition Alpha
v1.0.1		Added `reddust`, `snowballpoof`, `largeexplode`, and `portal`.
v1.0.4		Updated `splash`.
Java Edition Beta
1.2		Added `note`.
1.5		Added `footstep`.
1.8	Pre-release	Added `crit`, `hugeexplosion`, `townaura`, and `depthsuspend`.
Java Edition
1.0.0	Beta 1.9 Prerelease	Added `dripWater` and `dripLava`.
	Beta 1.9 Prerelease 4	Added `magicCrit`, `spell`, `instantSpell`, and `mobSpell`.
	Beta 1.9 Prerelease 6	Added "Particles" setting in the video settings.
1.1	11w49a	Particles no longer turn farmland into dirt.
1.4.2	12w32a	Added `angryVillager` and `happyVillager`.
1.4.2	12w38a	Added `witchMagic`.
1.4.4	pre	Added `mobSpellAmbient`.
1.4.6	12w49a	Added `fireworksSpark`.
1.7.2	13w36a	Added `wake`.
1.7.2	13w36a	Added falling particles.
1.8	14w04a	Added `/particle` command.
	14w06a	Added `barrier`.
	14w25a	Added `droplet`, `take`, and `mobappearance`.
	14w27a	Falling particles now move in a random direction.
	14w31a	Thrown eggs now use the `iconcrack` particle, instead of the `snowballpoof` one.
	14w34c	The void no longer produces `depthSuspend` particles.
1.9	15w31a	Added `dragonbreath` and `endRod`.
	15w32c	Particles are no longer handled as entities.
		Particle range increased from 16 blocks to 32 blocks.
		Particle count, limit of increased from 4,000 to 16,384.
	15w34b	Added `damageIndicator`.
	15w34c	Added `sweepAttack`.
1.10	16w20a	Added `fallingdust`.
1.10	pre1	`fallingdust` now collides with blocks.
1.11	16w39a	Added `spit` and `talisman`.
1.11	16w39c	Renamed `talisman` to `totem`
1.13	17w47a	Due to the flattening, particles now use resource locations, and 32 particles are renamed.
		Removed `footstep` and `depthsuspend`. However, the texture for footsteps still exists in the jar.
		Removed name for `take`.
		Merged `blockcrack` and `blockdust` into `block`, and `explode` and `snowshovel` into `poof`.
	18w07a	Added `bubble_column_up`, `bubble_pop`, `current_down`, and `squid_ink`.
	18w09a	Optimized particle rendering slightly.
	18w15a	Added `nautilus`.
	18w19a	Added `dolphin`.
	pre7	`dripping_water` particles are now generated by waterlogged blocks where appropriate.
	pre7	`dripping_water` particles now snap to the hitbox of the block they appear on.
	pre8	`dripping_water` particles are no longer generated by impermeable blocks.
1.14	18w43a	Added `sneeze`.
	19w02a	Added `campfire_cosy_smoke` and `campfire_signal_smoke`.
	19w05a	Added `composter`.
	19w06a	Particles are now broken up into individual textures files per frame rather than being in `particles.png`, `explosion.png` and `sweep.png`.
1.15	19w34a	Added `dripping_honey`, `landing_honey`, `falling_honey` and `falling_nectar`.
1.16	20w06a	Added `ash`, `crimson_spore`, `soul_fire_flame` and `warped_spore`.
	20w09a	Added `dripping_obsidian_tear`, `falling_obsidian_tear`, `landing_obsidian_tear`.
	20w11a	Added `soul`.
	20w15a	Added `white_ash`.
1.17	20w45a	Particles now appear if a block is broken by a piston.
	20w46a	Added `snowflake`.
	20w48a	Added `dripping_dripstone_lava`, `dripping_dripstone_water`, `falling_dripstone_lava`, and `falling_dripstone_water`.
	20w49a	Added `vibration` and `dust_color_transition`.
	21w03a	Added `glow` and `glow_squid_ink`.
	21w05a	Added `falling_spore_blossom` and `spore_blossom_air`.
	21w11a	Added `electric_spark`, `scrape`, `wax_off` and `wax_on`.
	21w13a	The unused texture of `footprint`^{[note 25]} has been removed.
	21w13a	Added `light`.
1.18	21w42a	Added `block_marker`, to replace `light` and `barrier`.
1.19	Deep Dark Experimental Snapshot 1	Added `shriek`, `sculk_soul`, `sculk_charge_pop`, `sculk_charge`.
	22w13a	Added `allay_dust`.
	22w15a	Added `sonic_boom`.
	22w16a	Removed `allay_dust`.
1.19.4 Experiment Update 1.20	23w07a	Added `dripping_cherry_leaves`, `falling_cherry_leaves`, and `landing_cherry_leaves`.
1.20	23w12a	Wither effect particle colors have been adjusted to make them more distinguishable.
1.20	23w12a	`dripping_cherry_leaves`, `falling_cherry_leaves`, and `landing_cherry_leaves` have been merged into `cherry_leaves`, and the texture was changed.
1.20.3	23w41a	Added `dust_plume`.
	23w42a	Added `white_smoke`.
	23w45a	Added `gust`, `gust_dust` and `trial_spawner_detection`.
1.20.5 Experiment Update 1.21	24w03b	Removed `gust_dust`.
	24w05a	Added `vault_connection`.
	24w13a	Added `infested`, `item_cobweb`, `ominous_spawning`, `raid_omen`, `small_gust`, `trial_omen`, and `trial_spawner_detection_ominous`.
1.21.2	24w40a	Added `block_crumble` and `trail`.
1.21.2	pre1	The format of color fields in particle options is now more standardized.
1.21.4	24w44a	`trail` particle has a new required field: `duration`.
1.21.4	24w44a	Added `pale_oak_leaves`.
1.21.5	25w02a	Added `tinted_leaves`.
1.21.5	25w04a	`tinted_leaves` particle has a new required field: `color`.
1.21.9	25w32a	Added `copper_fire_flame`.
26.1	snap10	Added `pause_mob_growth` and `reset_mob_growth`.
26.2	snap1	Added `sulfur_cube_goo` and `noxious_gas`.
	snap1	Added the `noxious_gas_cloud` but is unused.
	snap5	Added `geyser_base`, `geyser_poof`, `geyser_plume` and `geyser`.
	pre4	When the game is overwhelmed with particles, instead of removing existing particles in flight, it will now randomly select for particles to render or not render to stay under the particle limit.
26.3	snap1	Added `red_poplar_leaves`, `orange_poplar_leaves` and `yellow_poplar_leaves`.
Upcoming Java Edition
26.4	snap3	Added `freezing`.
26.4	snap3	Removed `item_snowball`.

Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.1.0		Added `blockcrack`, `flame`, `smoke`, `bubble`, and `watersplash`.
v0.3.2		`flame` particles now appear near furnaces.
v0.4.0		Added `crit` and `snowballpoof`.
v0.5.0		Added `reddust`.
v0.9.0	build 1	Added `dripwater`, `townaura`, `heart`, and `portal`.
v0.10.0	build 1	Added `fallingdust`.
v0.11.0	build 1	Added `ink`.
v0.11.0	build 1	Added `spell`, `mobspellinstantaneous`, `mobspell`, and `waterwake`.
v0.12.1	build 1	`crit` particles now appear when performing a critical hit.
		`portal` particles now appear near nether portals.
		Added `villagerangry`, `largeexplode`, `hugeexplode`, `blockdust`, `slime`, `enchantingtable`, `rainsplash`, and `snowshovel`.
	build 8	Changed `largeexplode` and `hugeexplosion` particle sprites.
	build 9	Particles are now visible through water.
	build 9	Particles no longer appear darkened when inside a block.
v0.13.0	build 1	Particles are no longer handled as entities.
		`reddust` particles now appear near powered redstone.
		Added `villagerhappy`.
		Added `note`.
v0.16.0	build 1	Added `mobappearance`.
Pocket Edition
1.0.0	alpha 0.17.0.1	Added `endRod` and `dragonbreath`.
1.0.4	alpha 1.0.4.0	`villagerhappy` particles now appear when trading.
1.0.5	alpha 1.0.5.0	Particles can now be spawned with `/particle`.
1.0.5	alpha 1.0.5.3	Removed the `/particle` command.
1.1.0	alpha 1.1.0.0	Added `spit` and `totem`.
Bedrock Edition
1.2.0	beta 1.2.0.2	Added `fireworksSpark`.
1.5.0	beta 1.5.0.0	Added `dolphin`.
	beta 1.5.0.1	Added `nautilus`.
	beta 1.5.0.7	Added `bubble_column_up`, `bubble_pop`and `current_down`.
1.6.0	beta 1.6.0.1	Added `barrier`.
1.8.0	beta 1.8.0.8	Re-added the `/particle` command, which now temporarily summons particle emitters, instead of particle areas with volumes. The following can be summoned: `mobflame_emitter` `test_beziercurve` `test_bounce` `test_catmullromcurve` `test_colorcurve` `test_combocurve` `test_highrestitution` `test_linearcurve` `test_mule` `test_smoke_puff` `test_sphere` `test_spiral` `test_watertest`
1.8.0	beta 1.8.0.8	Added `sneeze`.
1.10.0	beta 1.10.0.3	Particles can now be edited using standard JSON formatting.
1.11.0	beta 1.11.0.1	Added `campfire_cosy_smoke` and `campfire_signal_smoke`.
1.14.0	beta 1.14.0.1	Added `dripping_honey`, `landing_honey`, `falling_honey` and `falling_nectar`.
1.16.210 Experiment Caves and Cliffs	beta 1.16.210.53	Added `snowflake_particle`.
	beta 1.16.210.56	Added `vibration_signal` and `sculk_sensor_redstone_signal`.
	beta 1.16.210.59	Added `glow_particle`.
	beta 1.16.210.60	Removed `glow_particle`.
1.16.220 Experiment Caves and Cliffs	beta 1.16.220.50	Added `stalactite_lava_drip_particle`, `stalactite_water_drip_particle`, and `ink_emitter`.
	beta 1.16.220.50	Re-added `glow_particle`.
	beta 1.16.220.52	Added `electric_spark_particle`, `spore_blossom_ambient_particle`, `spore_blossom_shower_particle` and `wax_particle`
1.20.50	Preview 1.20.50.20	Added `dust_plume`.
1.20.50	Preview 1.20.50.21	Added `white_smoke_particle`.
1.21.0	?	Added `breeze_ground_particle`, `breeze_wind_explosion_emitter`, `infested_ambient`, `infested_emitter`, `ominous_spawning_particle`, `oozing_ambient`, `oozing_emitter`, `raid_omen_ambient`, `raid_omen_emitter`, `small_flame_particle`, `small_soul_fire_flame_particle`, `smash_ground_particle`, `smash_ground_particle_center`, `trial_omen_ambient`, `trial_omen_emitter`, `trial_omen_single`, `trial_spawner_detection`, `trial_spawner_detection_ominous`, `vault_connection`, `weaving_ambient`, `weaving_emitter`, `wind_charged_ambient`, `wind_charged_emitter`, and `wind_explosion_emitter`.
1.21.50	?	Added `creaking_crumble_body`, `creaking_crumble_head`, `creaking_heart_trail`, `eyeblossom_close`, `eyeblossom_open`, `mobspell_lingering`, and `pale_oak_leaves_particle`.
1.21.70	?	Added `biome_tinted_leaves_particle` and `firefly_particle`.
1.21.80	?	Added `magical_critical_hit_emitter.`
1.21.90	?	Updated each particle with a texture set for Vibrant Visuals.
1.21.111	Preview 1.21.110.23	Added `green_flame_particle`.
1.21.130	?	Added `nautilus_bubbles_particle`.
26.0	Preview 26.0.23	Mob effect particles can now appear slightly outside of the mob's bounding box.
26.20 Experiment Drop 2 of 2026	Preview 26.20.23	Added `noxious_gas_particle`, `sulfur_cube_goo`, and `sulfur_bubble_particle`.
26.30	Preview 26.30.25	Added `geyser_poof`, `geyser_plume`, and `geyser_base`.
26.40 Experiment Drop 3 of 2026	Preview 26.40.27	Added `yellow_poplar_leaves_particle`, `orange_poplar_leaves_particle`, and `red_poplar_leaves_particle`.
26.40 Experiment Drop 3 of 2026	Preview 26.40.30	Added a unique texture for `block_destruct` for straw beds.
26.50	Preview 26.50.22	All features from the "Drop 3 of 2026" experiment have been fully implemented.

Particles

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Weather particles

Types of particles

Unique particles

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Colored particles

Unused particle textures

History

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