A spring is a feature consisting of a single block of liquid that flows out into spaces level with or lower than the source.
Types of springs
From a practical standpoint, there are three main categories of fluid springs:
Normal springs
Normal springs can generate as either water or lava in the walls of underground surfaces. These are commonly encountered on the sides of cliffs, as well as inside caves. Lava springs are a common source of forest fires. Additionally, water springs can only generate below Y=192.
Ceiling springs
Ceiling springs are exclusive to the Nether, and only generate with lava. They generate on ceilings, and the lava flows directly downward from them.
Hidden springs
In the Nether, lava springs can generate without any exposed faces. They are buried in terrain, potentially becoming hazardous when blocks around them are mined.
Data values
ID
| Feature type | Identifier |
|---|---|
 [No displayed name] | spring_feature |
| Configured feature | Identifier |
|---|---|
| [No displayed name] | spring_water |
 [No displayed name] | spring_lava_overworld |
| [No displayed name] | spring_lava_frozen |
| [No displayed name] | spring_lava_nether |
| [No displayed name] | spring_nether_closed |
| [No displayed name] | spring_nether_open |
| Feature | Identifier |
|---|---|
| [No displayed name] | lava_spring_feature |
| [No displayed name] | water_spring_feature |
| [No displayed name] | minecraft:legacy:springs_feature |
| [No displayed name][a] | [No ID] |
Config
- [NBT Compound / JSON Object] config
- [NBT Compound / JSON Object] state The fluid to use.
- Block state see Template:Nbt inherit/block state/template
- [Int] rock_count (optional, defaults to 4) The required number of blocks adjacent to the spring that belong to [NBT List / JSON Array] valid_blocks. Block above is not counted.
- [Int] hole_count (optional, defaults to 1) The required number of air blocks adjacent to the spring. Block above is not counted.
- [Boolean] requires_block_below (optional, defaults to true) Whether the spring feature requires a block in [NBT List / JSON Array] valid_blocks below it.
- [String][NBT List / JSON Array] valid_blocks Can be a block ID or a block tag, or a list of block IDs.
- [NBT Compound / JSON Object] state The fluid to use.
{
"type": "minecraft:spring_feature",
"config": {
"hole_count": 1,
"requires_block_below": true,
"rock_count": 4,
"state": {
"Name": "minecraft:water",
"Properties": {
"falling": "true"
}
},
"valid_blocks": [
"minecraft:stone",
"minecraft:granite",
"minecraft:diorite",
"minecraft:andesite",
"minecraft:deepslate",
"minecraft:tuff",
"minecraft:calcite",
"minecraft:dirt",
"minecraft:snow_block",
"minecraft:powder_snow",
"minecraft:packed_ice"
]
}
}
Feature is hardcoded to check if the block above it belongs to [NBT List / JSON Array] valid_blocks and does not place if the block is not there.
History
Java Edition
| Java Edition Infdev | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20100616-1808 | Added springs. | ||||||
| Java Edition Alpha | |||||||
| v1.2.0 | preview | Added the Nether, which contains open nether springs. | |||||
| Java Edition | |||||||
| 1.5 | 13w02a | Added closed nether springs in the Nether. | |||||
| 1.17 | 21w08a | Normal springs are now able to generate below Y=0. | |||||
| 21w15a | Normal springs are no longer able to generate below Y=0. | ||||||
| 1.18 | Experimental Snapshot 1 | Springs are now able to generate in meadows, lofty peaks, snowcapped peaks, snowy slopes, and groves. | |||||
| Normal springs are able to generate below Y=0 once again. | |||||||
| experimental snapshot 5 | Water springs are now able to replace dirt and snow blocks. | ||||||
| Springs are now able to generate in lush caves. | |||||||
| experimental snapshot 6 | Water springs are slightly less common. | ||||||
| 21w42a | The maximum Y-level of water spring generation has been changed to Y=192. | ||||||
| Water springs have been made slightly less common again. | |||||||
| Lava springs are now able to replace calcite, dirt, powder snow, and packed ice. | |||||||
| 21w43a | Lava springs are no longer able to replace snow block, powder snow, packed ice.[1] | ||||||
| Added frozen lava springs, which can replace snow blocks, powder snow, packed ice, and which generate in jagged peaks, frozen peaks, snowy slopes, and grove biomes. | |||||||
| 1.18-pre1 | Regular lava springs are able to replace snow block, powder snow, packed ice again. | ||||||
| 1.18-pre3 | Regular lava springs are no longer able to replace snow block, powder snow, packed ice again.[1] | ||||||
Bedrock Edition
| Pocket Edition Alpha | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| v0.1.0 | Added springs. | ||||||
| v0.12.1 | build 1 | Added the Nether, which contains open and closed nether springs. | |||||
Issues
Issues relating to "Spring" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.
Gallery
Screenshots
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2 lava springs that appear to have caused a small forest fire -
Numerous water springs and lava springs that have generated together in a windswept hills biome -
Lava spring flowing to the ocean -
2 water springs that have generated in a birch forest biome -
A lava spring in a deep dark biome, being directed by sculk veins -
A closed nether spring near a quartz ore blob -
A lava spring generated next to a water spring, with the water touching the lava
Notes
- ↑ Lava spring in the Nether
