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Technical blocks/Air

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This article describes content that has been officially made unobtainable in Bedrock Edition.
 
It can still be obtained using third-party software. However, this can cause unexpected behavior such as bugs and crashes.


This section is missing information about:
  • Has this ever existed in Bedrock Edition? This edit seems to imply so.
  • Apparently, air item entities can be generated in 1.4 - early 1.5 dev via jukeboxes: [1]
 
Please expand the section to include this information. Further details may exist on the talk page.
Java Edition
1.7.213w38bAir now has an item form corresponding to its block ID, which can be obtained via the /give command or inventory editors with numeric item ID 0. It is not intended to be obtained in conventional gameplay.
It is also dropped in quantities of 0-2 by entities with no actually defined item drops:
However, air is not dropped by the following:
Air blocks cannot be placed in spaces which are themselves air. However, they can be placed in blocks such as water and grass, as well as probably any other replaceable block.
13w38cThe direct item form of air has been removed from the game. It can once again no longer exist as an item in any way, only as a placed block.
It is still, however, suggested with the /give command.[1]
1.915w42aBreaking frosted ice with a Silk Touch tool would create an invisible air item entity. This cannot be picked up by the player directly, but could by hoppers; interacting with such a hopper results in an instant crash.
15w45aFrosted ice no longer drops air.[2]
Appearances
Java Edition
1.7.213w38b The air item uses this texture in inventories, as a dropped item or when in an item frame.
The air item is completely invisible when held in first or third person view.
If anisotropic filtering is set to a nonzero value, the missing texture is a 4×4 checkerboard, resulting in this item's appearance changing.
? The air item is now completely invisible when dropped.[3]
Names
Java Edition
  • 13w38b: tile.air.name
  • (As block name, item does not exist) 13w38c - 16w38a: tile.air.name
  • (As block name, item does not exist) 16w39a and onwards: Air

References

  1. ↑ MC-108872 – resolved as "Works As Intended".
  2. ↑ MC-90635
  3. ↑ MC-90635

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