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Waterlogging

Waterlogging is the mechanic that allows non-cube blocks (that is, blocks that do not completely fill their block volume, such as ladders, fences, and…

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Contents (11)
  1. Properties
  2. Behavior
  3. History
  4. Development
  5. Java Edition
  6. Bedrock Edition
  7. Legacy Console Edition
  8. Issues
  9. Trivia
  10. See also
  11. References
A waterlogged oak fence.

Waterlogging is the mechanic that allows non-cube blocks (that is, blocks that do not completely fill their block volume, such as ladders, fences, and plants) to be filled with a water source block. Both the non-cube block and the water source block occupy the same space. If the non-cube block is destroyed, the water source block still remains in the original spot it came from.

In Bedrock Edition, generally all non-cube blocks can be waterlogged and none can be used to displace water source blocks, although they can still displace flowing water.

Properties

In Java Edition, certain blocks have a waterlogged block state that can be true, or false. If a waterlogged block is pushed by a piston or sticky piston, the waterlogged state of the block is typically removed. However, if a sticky piston gets powered by a short pulse so that the sticky piston spits out the block when pulling, the block retains its waterlogged state.

In Bedrock Edition, waterlogging is handled by the game's layers system. Through editing, any block can be waterlogged, as well as other features such as placing multiple slabs into a single block. In normal gameplay, a player cannot displace water source blocks using doors or other non-cube blocks to create breathing spaces underwater, like one can do in Java Edition. Only flowing water can be displaced in Bedrock Edition.

Like water source blocks, all waterlogged blocks are non-flammable and explosion-proof, even if said waterlogged block is flammable. Waterlogged blocks can also interact with lava to produce cobblestone or obsidian, although lava cannot convert waterlogged blocks to stone. Unlike water sources, waterlogged blocks are immune to freezing.

Water can flow from a non-full face, so waterlogged stairs and trapdoors have no water flowing from their solid face. Despite this, interactions between it and lava are still possible.

Behavior

Blocks have different behavior between Java Edition and Bedrock Edition, as shown by the table below.

  • Red background: This block cannot be placed in water. Attempting to do so replaces the space they are in with water, breaking and dropping them or their corresponding item.
  • Dark red background: Water cannot be placed in this block at all. When this block is placed in water, it removes water.
  • Green background: Water can be placed in this block, and this block does not remove the water source.
  • Dark green background: This block can only exist in its waterlogged state.
  • Blue background: Water can be placed in this block, this block does not remove the water source, and water can flow through this block.
Block Can be in water in JE Can be in water in BE Additional notes
Activator Rail Source Source Destroyed by flowing water in Bedrock Edition.
BlockSprite small-amethyst-bud.png: Sprite image for small-amethyst-bud in MinecraftBlockSprite medium-amethyst-bud.png: Sprite image for medium-amethyst-bud in MinecraftBlockSprite large-amethyst-bud.png: Sprite image for large-amethyst-bud in MinecraftAmethyst Cluster Source Source
Anvil No Source
Attached Melon Stem Pops off Pops off Placement in water completely fails in Bedrock Edition.
Attached Pumpkin Stem Pops off Pops off Placement in water completely fails in Bedrock Edition.
Azalea Pops off Source Destroyed by flowing water.
Bamboo No No Placement in water completely fails.
Bamboo Shoot Pops off Pops off Placement in water completely fails.
Banners No Source
Barrier Source Source Can only be waterlogged by players in Creative mode, or through commands.
Beacon No Source
Beds No Source Water Breathing or Conduit Power is required to sleep in waterlogged beds.
Beetroots Pops off Pops off Placement in water completely fails in Bedrock Edition.
Bell No Source
Big Dripleaf Source Flowing and source Removes flowing water it is placed in.[1]
Border‌[BE & edu only] N/A Source
Brewing Stand No Source
Bubble Column Inherent Inherent In Java Edition by customizing the tag #bubble_column_can_occupy, it is possible to place the bubble in other fluids or prevent it from being placed in water.
Bush Pops off Pops off Destroyed by flowing water.
Buttons Pops off Source Destroyed by flowing water in Java Edition.
Cactus Pops off Source Cannot be placed inside water in Bedrock Edition, even though they can technically be waterlogged. If the block above is water, the cactus cannot grow further. Also destroyed by flowing water.
Cactus Flower Pops off Pops off Destroyed by flowing water.
Cake No Source
Cakes with Candle No Source Cakes with candles unlight upon becoming waterlogged but can be lit using the /setblock.
Campfire Source Source Campfires unlight upon becoming waterlogged but can be lit using the /setblock.
Candle Source Source Candles unlight upon becoming waterlogged. In Bedrock Edition, candles cannot be placed underwater, but can be waterlogged manually.[2]
Carpets Pops off Source Destroyed by flowing water.
Carrots Pops off Pops off Placement in water completely fails in Bedrock Edition.
Calibrated Sculk Sensor Source Source Calibrated sculk sensors are silent in water.
Cauldron No No Waterlogged cauldrons fill up. If a cauldron contains a potion when it is underwater, the potion is replaced with water.‌[BE & edu only]
Cave Vines Pops off Pops off Placement in water completely fails in Bedrock Edition.
Colored Torches‌[BE & edu only] N/A Pops off Placement in water completely fails in Bedrock Edition.
Compound Creator‌[BE & edu only] N/A Flowing and source Removes flowing water it is placed in.[1]
Chains Source Source
Chest Source Source
Chorus Flower No No Placement in water completely fails in Bedrock Edition.
Chorus Plant Pops off Pops off Placement in water completely fails in Bedrock Edition.
Cobweb Pops off Source Destroyed by flowing water.
Cocoa Pops off Pops off Placement in water completely fails in Bedrock Edition.
Composter No Source
Conduit Source Source
Copper Bars Source Source
Copper Chest Source Source
Copper Golem Statue Source Source
Copper Grate Source Source As this is a full block, water will not flow from it.‌[JE only]
Copper Lantern Source Source
Copper Torch Pops off Pops off
Coral Source Source
Coral Fans Source Inherent Destroyed by flowing water in Bedrock Edition.
Crimson Fungus Pops off Pops off Placement in water completely fails in Bedrock Edition.
Crimson Roots Pops off Pops off Placement in water completely fails in Bedrock Edition.
Daylight Detector No Source
Dead Bush Pops off Source Destroyed by flowing water.
Dead Coral Source Source
Dead Coral Fans Source Source Destroyed by flowing water in Bedrock Edition.
Decorated Pot Source Source
Detector Rail Source Source Destroyed by flowing water in Bedrock Edition.
Dirt Path No No
Doors No Source
Dragon Egg No Source
Dried Ghast Source Source
Dyed Candles Source Source Dyed candles unlight upon becoming waterlogged. In Bedrock Edition, dyed candles cannot be placed underwater, but can be waterlogged manually.[2]
Dyed Shulker Box No Source
Element Constructor‌[BE & edu only] N/A Flowing and source Removes flowing water it is placed in.[1]
Enchanting Table No Source
End Portal No No
End Portal Frame No Source
End Rod Pops off Flowing and source Removes flowing water it is placed in.[1]
Ender Chest Source Source
Fences Source Source
Farmland No No
Fence Gate No Source
Fern Pops off Pops off Destroyed by flowing water.
Fire Extinguishes Extinguishes Placement in water completely fails.
Firefly Bush Pops off Pops off Destroyed by flowing water.
Flowers Pops off Pops off Destroyed by flowing water.
Flowering Azalea Pops off Source Destroyed by flowing water.
Flower Pot Pops off Source Destroyed by flowing water. Can still be waterlogged if it contains a plant.
Frogspawn Pops off Pops off Placement in water completely fails.
Glass No No Not being waterlogged reveals water texture through transparent sides.
Glass Pane Source Source
Glow Lichen Source Source
Glow Item Frame N/A Source Handled only as a block in Bedrock Edition.
Grindstone No Source
Hanging Roots Source Source
Hanging Sign Source Source
Hardened Glass‌[BE & edu only] N/A No Not being waterlogged reveals water texture through transparent sides.
Hardened Glass Pane‌[BE & edu only] N/A Source
Hardened Stained Glass‌[BE & edu only] N/A No Not being waterlogged reveals water texture through transparent sides.
Hardened Stained Glass Panes‌[BE & edu only] N/A Source
Heads Pops off Source Destroyed by flowing water.
Heavy Core Source Source
Honey Block No No Not being waterlogged reveals water texture through transparent sides.
Hopper No Source
Ice No No Not being waterlogged reveals water texture through transparent sides.
Iron Bars Source Source
Item Frame N/A Source Handled as a block only in Bedrock Edition.
Kelp Inherent Inherent
Kelp Plant Inherent Inherent
Lab Table‌[BE & edu only] N/A Flowing and source Removes flowing water it is placed in.[1]
Ladder Source Source
Lantern Source Source
Large Fern Pops off Pops off Destroyed by flowing water.
Leaves Source Source As this is a full block, water will not flow from it.‌[JE only]
Leaf Litter Pops off Pops off Destroyed by flowing water.
Lectern No Source
Lever Pops off Flowing and source Removes flowing water it is placed in.[1]
Light (block) Source Flowing and source Removes flowing water it is placed in.[1]
Lightning Rod Source Source
Lily Pad Pops off Pops off Placement in water completely fails.
Material Reducer‌[BE & edu only] N/A Flowing and source Removes flowing water it is placed in.[1]
Mangrove Propagule Source Flowing and source Removes flowing water it is placed in.[1]
Mangrove Roots Source Source As this is a full block, water will not flow from it.‌[JE only]
Monster Spawner No Source
Mushrooms Pops off Pops off Placement in water completely fails in Bedrock Edition.
Nether Portal Breaks Breaks Only breaks if water is forced on the block instead of breaking in flowing water. Placement in water completely fails in Bedrock Edition.
Nether Sprouts Pops off Pops off Placement in water completely fails in Bedrock Edition.
Nether Wart Pops off Pops off Placement in water completely fails in Bedrock Edition.
Pale Hanging Moss Pops off Pops off Placement in water completely fails in Bedrock Edition.
Pink Petals Pops off Pops off Placement in water completely fails in Bedrock Edition.
Piston No Source In Bedrock Edition, piston heads extending into water do not become waterlogged, but can be waterlogged manually.
Pitcher Crop Pops off Pops off Placement in water completely fails in Bedrock Edition.
Poster‌[BE & edu only] N/A Source
Potatoes Pops off Pops off Placement in water completely fails in Bedrock Edition.
Pointed Dripstone Source Source Able to drip lava in a waterlogged state.[1]
Shelf Source Source
Short Dry Grass Pops off Pops off Destroyed by flowing water.
Short Grass Pops off Pops off Destroyed by flowing water.
Soul Campfire Source Source Extinguishes when waterlogged.
Soul Fire Extinguishes Extinguishes Placement in water completely fails in Bedrock Edition.
Soul Lantern Source Source
Soul Torch Pops off Pops off
Powder Snow Pops off Pops off
Powered Rail Source Source Destroyed by flowing water in Bedrock Edition.
Pressure Plates No Source
Rail Source Source Destroyed by flowing water in Bedrock Edition.
Redstone Comparator Pops off Flowing and source Removes flowing water it is placed in.[1]
Redstone Dust Pops off Pops off Placement in water completely fails in Bedrock Edition.
Redstone Repeater Pops off Flowing and source Removes flowing water it is placed in.[1]
Redstone Torch Pops off Pops off Placement in water completely fails in Bedrock Edition.
Resin Clump Source Source
Saplings Pops off Pops off Destroyed by flowing water.
Scaffolding Source Source
Sculk Sensor Source Source Sculk sensors are silent in water.
Sculk Shrieker Source Source Sculk shriekers are silent in water.
Sculk Vein Source Source
Sea Pickle Source Source Destroyed by flowing water. Only waterlogged sea pickles emit light.
Seagrass Inherent Inherent
Shulker Box No Source
Sign Source Source
Slabs Source Source
Slate‌[BE & edu only] N/A Source
Slime Block No No Not being waterlogged reveals water texture through transparent sides.
Small Dripleaf Source Flowing and source Destroyed by flowing water, but will sometimes remain if placed in quick succession in Bedrock Edition.
Sniffer Egg No No
Snow Pops off Pops off Placement in water completely fails in Bedrock Edition.
Spore Blossom Pops off Pops off Placement in water completely fails in Bedrock Edition.
Stained Glass No No Not being waterlogged reveals water texture through transparent sides.
Stained Glass Panes Source Source
Stairs Source Source
Stonecutter No Source
BlockSprite structure-void-be.png: Sprite image for structure-void-be in MinecraftStructure Void No No
Sugar Cane No Pops off Placement in water completely fails in Bedrock Edition.
Sweet Berry Bush Pops off Pops off Placement in water completely fails in Bedrock Edition.
Tall Dry Grass Pops off Pops off Destroyed by flowing water.
Tall Grass Pops off Pops off Destroyed by flowing water.
Tall Seagrass Inherent Inherent
Tinted Glass No No Not being waterlogged reveals water texture through transparent sides.
Torch Pops off Pops off Placement in water completely fails in Bedrock Edition.
Torchflower Crop Pops off Pops off Destroyed by flowing water in Bedrock Edition.
Trapdoor Source Source
Trapped Chest Source Source
Trial Spawner No Source
Tripwire Pops off Flowing and source Removes flowing water it is placed in.[1]
Tripwire Hook Pops off Flowing and source Removes flowing water it is placed in.[1]
Turtle Egg No Source
Twisting Vines Pops off Pops off Placement in water completely fails in Bedrock Edition.
Twisting Vines Plant Pops off Pops off Placement in water completely fails in Bedrock Edition.
Underwater Torch‌[BE & edu only] N/A Source
Vines Pops off Source Destroyed by flowing water.
Walls Source Source
Warped Fungi Pops off Pops off Placement in water completely fails in Bedrock Edition.
Warped Roots Pops off Pops off Placement in water completely fails in Bedrock Edition.
Wheat Pops off Pops off Placement in water completely fails in Bedrock Edition.
Wildflowers Pops off Pops off Destroyed by flowing water.
Weeping Vines Pops off Pops off Placement in water completely fails in Bedrock Edition.
Weeping Vines Plant Pops off Pops off Placement in water completely fails in Bedrock Edition.
All other blocks No No

See MC-125351 for more info on Java Edition.

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History

Development

May 22, 2009 Notch pointed out that "odd-shaped" blocks would appear as if in air, and proposes potential fixes.

Java Edition

Java Edition
1.1318w10c Added waterlogging.
Chests, trapped chests, stairs, slabs, fences, walls, iron bars, and glass panes are now able to be waterlogged.
18w10d Ender chests, trapdoors, ladders, and signs are now able to be waterlogged.
18w14b Waterlogged blocks no longer remove the water they are inside when broken.[3]
18w16a Water can now spread onto waterloggable blocks creating an infinite water source.
1.1418w45a Added scaffolding, which can be waterlogged.
19w02a Added the campfire, which can be waterlogged.
1.1620w18a Iron chains can now be waterlogged.
1.16.220w30a Lanterns and soul lanterns can now be waterlogged.
October 22, 2020 A leaked screenshot was accidentally posted in a bug report that said "waterlogged-rail", which was later removed.
1.1720w45a Added candles and amethyst clusters, which can be waterlogged.
Rails can now be waterlogged.
20w48a Added pointed dripstone, which can be waterlogged.
20w49a Added sculk sensors, which can be waterlogged.
20w51a Sculk sensors are now silent when waterlogged.
21w03a Added glow lichen, which can be waterlogged.
21w05a Added small dripleaf and big dripleaf, which can be waterlogged.
21w10a Changelog states that lightning rods can now be waterlogged, though this is not the case.
21w11a Lightning rods can now be waterlogged.
21w17a Hanging roots can now be waterlogged.
1.19Deep Dark Experimental Snapshot 1 Added sculk veins and sculk shriekers, which can be waterlogged.
22w11a Add mangrove roots and all types of mangrove, which can be waterlogged.
22w12a Leaves can now be waterlogged.
Mangrove propagule no longer break by flowing water.[4]
1.19.322w45a Water buckets can now be emptied into waterlogged blocks, instead of placing water against them.[5]
1.19.4
Experiment
Update 1.20		23w07a Added decorated pots, which can be waterlogged.
1.20.223w31a Barriers can now be waterlogged, but only by players in Creative mode.
1.20.5
Experiment
Update 1.21		24w12a Heavy cores can now be waterlogged.
1.21.925w33a Sneak-clicking water buckets against a waterloggable block now places the water beside the waterloggable block instead of waterlogging it.[6]

Bedrock Edition

Bedrock Edition
November 18, 2017 Flowing water was shown to intersect oak fences and short grass, a feature that never actually made it into the game.
1.4.0beta 1.2.14.2 Water now can be placed inside of most non-cube blocks.​
? Most land plants can no longer be waterlogged.​
1.7.0beta 1.7.0.2 Rail variants can no longer be waterlogged by flowing water.
1.9.0beta 1.9.0.2 Added bells, grindstones and lanterns, which can be waterlogged.
1.10.0beta 1.10.0.3 Added stonecutters, campfires and lecterns, which can be waterlogged.
1.16.0beta 1.16.0.57 Added soul campfires, quartz bricks, twisting vines, chains and variants of blackstone, which can be waterlogged.
1.16.220
Experiment
Caves and Cliffs		beta 1.16.220.50 Pointed dripstones can now be waterlogged.
beta 1.16.220.52 Added small dripleaf and big dripleaf, which can be waterlogged.
Lightning rods can now be waterlogged.
1.17.0
Experiment
Caves and Cliffs		beta 1.16.230.50 Added glow lichen, which can be waterlogged.
beta 1.17.0.50 Added amethyst clusters, which can be waterlogged.
1.17.10beta 1.17.10.22 Added candles, which can be waterlogged.
1.18.0
Experiment
Vanilla Experiments		beta 1.18.0.22 Added sculk veins, which can be waterlogged.
1.19.70
Experiment
Next Major Update		Preview 1.19.70.23 Added decorated pots, which can be waterlogged.
1.20.80
Experiment
Update 1.21		Preview 1.20.80.22 Added heavy cores, which can be waterlogged.
1.21.50
Experiment
Upcoming Creator Features		Preview 1.21.50.26 Added the minecraft:liquid_detection component which controls the basic liquid detection properties of a custom block, such as waterlogged, liquid blocking, and being broken or popped by liquid spread. The only liquid currently supported by the component is water.
1.21.60Preview 1.21.60.24 The minecraft:liquid_detection component it is no longer experimental, and anyone can leave custom blocks waterlogged without any experiment.
1.21.130Preview 1.21.130.27 Hanging roots can now be waterlogged once again.[7]

Legacy Console Edition

Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360Xbox OnePS3PS4PS VitaWii USwitch
TU69 1.761.761.76Patch 38 Added waterlogging.
1.88 Added scaffolding which can be waterlogged.
1.90 Added lecterns, which can be waterlogged.
1.91 Added stonecutters and campfires, which can be waterlogged.

Issues

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

Trivia

  • In Java Edition, glass bottles can be filled up with water from waterlogged blocks, even if water is not accessible from the targeted area.[8] In Bedrock Edition, this is not possible because waterlogged blocks in general cannot be used to fill empty bottles.[9]
  • Waterlogging was the hardest feature to implement on Legacy Console Edition for 4J Studios.[10]
  • In Java Edition, the interaction with sticky pistons can be used to move water sources with "flying machines", since dispensers cannot be pushed by pistons.

See also

References

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n MCPE-33345 – resolved as "Won't Fix".
  2. ↑ a b MCPE-130577
  3. ↑ MC-125212 – resolved as "Fixed".
  4. ↑ MC-249081 – resolved as "Fixed".
  5. ↑ MC-127110 – resolved as "Fixed".
  6. ↑ MC-173730 – resolved as "Fixed".
  7. ↑ MCPE-128957 – resolved as "Fixed".
  8. ↑ MC-171629 – resolved as "Won't Fix".
  9. ↑ MCPE-83420
  10. ↑ https://discord.com/channels/1212769882001776650/1220687775150637076/1230962628856250390
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