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Heat Block

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This page describes an education-related feature.
 
This feature is available only in Minecraft Education or when enabling the "Minecraft Education features" cheat setting in Bedrock Edition.
Heat Block
Heat Block (animated) BE1.png: Infobox image for Minecraft block 'Heat Block'
Invicon Heat Block.png: Inventory sprite for Heat Block in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Heat Block
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            "field": "No",
            "label": "(link to Renewable resource article, displayed as Renewable)"
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            "label": "Stackable"
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            "field": "<span class=\"sprite-file\" to File:Invicon Wooden Pickaxe.png article, displayed as 32x32px|link=|alt=Invicon Wooden Pickaxe.png: Sprite image for Wooden Pickaxe in Minecraft|class=pixel-image|A wooden pickaxe or better is required to mine this block)</span>",
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            "label": "(link to Breaking#Blocks by hardness article, displayed as Hardness)"
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            "label": "(link to Waterlogging article, displayed as Waterloggable)"
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            "field": "No",
            "label": "(link to Fire#Flammable blocks article, displayed as Flammable)"
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            "field": "No",
            "label": "Catches fire<br>from (link to lava article, displayed as lava)"
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Heat block is a block that can melt snow and ice like a torch, but it does not give off light.

Obtaining

Breaking

The suitable tool to break heat block is pickaxe. Heat block needs to be broken using a pickaxe, otherwise the breaking time will increase and the block drops nothing.

Block Heat Block
Hardness 2.5
Tool
Breaking time (sec)[A]
Default 12.5
ItemSprite wooden-pickaxe.png: Sprite image for wooden-pickaxe in MinecraftWooden 1.9
ItemSprite stone-pickaxe.png: Sprite image for stone-pickaxe in MinecraftStone 0.95
ItemSprite copper-pickaxe.png: Sprite image for copper-pickaxe in MinecraftCopper 0.75
ItemSprite iron-pickaxe.png: Sprite image for iron-pickaxe in MinecraftIron 0.65
ItemSprite diamond-pickaxe.png: Sprite image for diamond-pickaxe in MinecraftDiamond 0.5
ItemSprite netherite-pickaxe.png: Sprite image for netherite-pickaxe in MinecraftNetherite 0.45
ItemSprite golden-pickaxe.png: Sprite image for golden-pickaxe in MinecraftGolden 0.35
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
  1. ↑ These durations ignore any other influential factors (e.g., Mining Fatigue) and are measured in seconds. For more information, see Breaking § Mining efficiency.

Heat block drops itself when it's destroyed.

Lab table

Result Materials needed
Invicon Heat Block.png: Inventory sprite for Heat Block in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Heat Block
Heat Block 		Invicon Iron.png: Inventory sprite for Iron in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Element with description: IronInvicon Water (compound).png: Inventory sprite for Water (compound) in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Compound with description: WaterInvicon Charcoal.png: Inventory sprite for Charcoal in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Charcoal with description: CharcoalInvicon Salt.png: Inventory sprite for Salt in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Compound with description: Salt
Iron, Water, Charcoal, Salt

Usage

Heat blocks melt snow layers and ice within 2 blocks (taxicab distance). It is unique in that it is the only block that melts objects without giving off light.

Sounds

Generic

BlockSprite stone.png: Sprite image for stone in Minecraft stone sound type
SoundClosed captionsSourceDescriptionIdentifierTranslation keyVolumePitch
​Block brokenBlocksOnce the block has brokendig.stonesubtitles.block.generic.break​1.00.8–1.0
​Block placedBlocksWhen the block is placedplace.stonesubtitles.block.generic.place​1.00.8–1.0
​Block breakingBlocksWhile the block is in the process of being brokenhit.stonesubtitles.block.generic.hit​0.370.5
​FootstepsPlayersFalling on the block with fall damagefall.stonesubtitles.block.generic.footsteps​0.41.0
​FootstepsPlayersWalking on the blockstep.stonesubtitles.block.generic.footsteps​0.31.0
​FootstepsBlocksJumping from the blockjump.stonesubtitles.block.generic.footsteps​0.121.0
​FootstepsBlocksFalling on the block without fall damageland.stonesubtitles.block.generic.footsteps​0.221.0

Unique

Sounds
SoundClosed captionsSourceDescriptionIdentifierTranslation keyVolumePitch
​ ?Hostile MobsWhen a heat block is created by a lab tablemob.ghast.fireball​ ?1.00.5/0.7

Data values

ID

NameIdentifierNumeric ID FormItem ID[i 1] Translation key
BlockSprite heat-block.png: Sprite image for heat-block in Minecraft Heat Blockchemical_heat192Block & Giveable Item[i 2]Identical[i 3] tile.chemical_heat.name
  1. ↑ ID of block's direct item form, which is used in savegame files and addons.
  2. ↑ Available with /give command.
  3. ↑ The block's direct item form has the same ID as the block.

History

Bedrock Edition

Bedrock Edition
1.4.0beta 1.2.20.1 Added heat blocks.
1.21.0Preview 1.21.0.21Heat blocks now appear in the Creative inventory when the Education edition toggle is on.

Minecraft Education

Minecraft Education
1.0.27 Added heat blocks.
1.21.03Preview 1.21.01.0Heat blocks now appear in the Creative inventory.

Issues

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

Trivia

  • The ingredients of the heat block corresponds to the contents of hand warmers. A hand warmer generates heat due to the same electrochemistry that rusts iron in seawater, but with powdered iron the effect becomes more appreciable.

Sources