Honey Block

Honey blocks are storage blocks equivalent to four honey bottles. Honey blocks are sticky and can be used in conjunction with pistons to move blocks and adhered entities.

Obtaining[]

Honey blocks can be broken instantly, and always drop as an item, regardless of what is used to mine them.

Crafting[]

Ingredients	Crafting recipe	Description
Honey Bottle		Empty bottles remain in the crafting grid after crafting the honey block.

The 2×2 inventory crafting grid is sufficient to craft a honey block.

Usage[]

Unlike the slime block, the honey block does not carry a redstone signal because it is a transparent block.‌^{[Java Edition only]}

Redstone[]

When being moved by a piston, entities on a honey block's top surface move with it. They are not launched in the direction of the push, as a slime block would do.

When a honey block is moved by a piston, it attempts to move all adjacent blocks in the same direction. A honey block can move any block a sticky piston can pull, except for glazed terracotta and slime blocks. The blocks that are moved may, in turn, push other blocks, as if they were being pushed by a piston. For example, a honey block sitting on the ground attempts to move the ground block underneath itself, which pushes additional ground blocks in the direction of motion.

When the adjacent block that is moved is also a honey block, that block also attempts to move all its adjacent blocks. For example, a 2×2×2 cube of honey blocks may be pushed or pulled as a unit by a single piston acting on any of the blocks in the cube.

A honey block adjacent to a block that cannot be moved by pistons ignores the immobile block. However, if an adjacent block could be moved but is prevented by the presence of an immobile block, the honey block is also prevented from moving. Liquids are an exception: they are not moved, but neither do they stop a piston from pushing or pulling blocks into their space (usually destroying the liquid, and in a rare case displacing it through the piston). Honey blocks, unlike slime blocks, cannot have a redstone signal sent through them via a repeater or an observer, etc.

Honey blocks are not pulled by a non-sticky piston, nor are they moved if an adjacent (non-honey) block is moved by a piston.

The maximum of 12 blocks moved by a piston still applies. For example, a 2×2×3 of honey blocks may be pushed or pulled by a sticky piston as long as no other movable blocks are adjacent to it. However, the platform in which a honey block shifts is entirely dependent on the placement of the sticky piston, as well as placement of blocks too.

In Java Edition honey blocks moved by pistons do not move entities that are touching the side or bottom of the block.^[1] In Bedrock Edition honey blocks moved by pistons do move entities that are touching the side of the block.^{[more information needed for Bedrock Edition]}

Slowing down entities[]

Honey blocks slow down entities walking on top of them and prevent them from jumping. Players walking on honey blocks move 2.508 m/s, about a 60% reduction from the normal walking speed. In Bedrock Edition, players also slow down slightly if walking up against the side of it. Players, who can normally jump about 1 ¹⁄₄ blocks high, can jump about ³⁄₁₆ blocks high on honey; this is an 85% reduction. They can more easily step up onto other blocks than jump up onto them.

This effect applies even through other blocks on top of honey blocks, as long as they are half-block or less in height - so the player cannot jump on carpets, bottom slabs or daylight detectors that are placed on honey blocks.

This effect also applies regardless of a player's mode of movement, such as gliding with elytra or swimming.

Sliding[]

Entities pressed against the sides of a honey block slide down at a slow speed and do not take fall damage, similar to going down a ladder but with a gradually decreasing horizontal momentum.‌^{[Java Edition only]} This allows players to jump 2 blocks further by holding on to the walls. The slowdown induced by honey blocks also stacks with the Slow Falling status effect.

Falling[]

As with hay bales, falling onto a honey block reduces fall damage by 80%. For example, if a player or mob falls from a height that would normally cause 10 fall damage, the fall causes 2 damage instead.

Bees[]

When a honey block is near bees and a beehive or bee nest, bees occasionally fly close and attach to it for a few seconds, resembling an action of eating honey. When doing this, the bee stops fluttering its wings, and firmly attaches its face to the honey block regardless of whether flowers are nearby.

Crafting ingredient[]

Although the 2×2 inventory crafting grid is sufficient to craft a honey block, a 3×3 crafting table grid is required to convert a honey block back into four honey bottles.

Name	Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Honey Bottle	Glass Bottle + Honey Block	4

Sounds[]

Generic[]

Java Edition:

Sound	Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	block.honey_block.break	subtitles.block.generic.break	1.0	0.8	16
	Block placed	Blocks	When the block is placed	block.honey_block.place	subtitles.block.generic.place	1.0	0.8	16
	Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	block.honey_block.hit	subtitles.block.generic.hit	0.25	0.5	16
	None[sound 1]	Entity-Dependent	Falling on the block with fall damage	block.honey_block.fall	None[sound 1]	0.5	0.75	16
	Footsteps	Entity-Dependent	Walking on the block	block.honey_block.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps	0.15	1.0	16

Bedrock Edition:

Sound	Source	Description	Resource location	Volume	Pitch
	Blocks	Once the block has broken	dig.honey_block	1.0	0.8-1.0
	Blocks	When the block is placed	dig.honey_block	1.0	0.8-1.0
	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	hit.honey_block	0.23	0.5
	Players	Falling on the block with fall damage	fall.honey_block	0.4	1.0
	Players	Walking on the block	step.honey_block	0.15	1.0
	Players	Jumping from the block	jump.honey_block	0.12	1.0
	Players	Falling on the block without fall damage	land.honey_block	0.14	1.0

Unique[]

Java Edition:

Sound	Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	Sliding down a honey block	Entity-Dependent	While something is sliding down a honey block	block.honey_block.slide	subtitles.block.honey_block.slide	0.8	varies [sound 1]	16

Bedrock Edition:

Sound	Source	Description	Resource location	Volume	Pitch
	Players	While something is sliding down a honey block	step.honey_block [.fandom.com/wiki/Talk:Honey_Block <span title="Could also be jump.honey_block, land.honey_block, or fall.honey_block and sound the same " style="border-bottom: 1px dotted">verify]	1.0	1.0

Data values[]

ID[]

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Translation key
Honey Block	honey_block	Block & Item	block.minecraft.honey_block

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Item ID[i 1]	Translation key
Honey Block	honey_block	473	Block & Giveable Item[i 2]	Identical[i 3]	tile.honey_block.name

Achievements[]

Icon		Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS4)
PS4	Other
		Sticky Situation	Slide down a honey block to slow your fall.	—	30G	Silver

Advancements[]

Icon	Advancement	In-game description	Parent	Actual requirements (if different)	Resource location
	Sticky Situation	Jump into a Honey Block to break your fall	Adventure	Collide on a vertical side of a honey block when in air.	adventure/honey_block_slide

History[]

September 28, 2019					Honey blocks are announced at MINECON Live 2019.
September 28, 2019					In official article about all content announced at Minecon 2019 was shown another honey block texture, which wasn't shown on live.
Java Edition
1.15		19w41a			Added honey blocks.
		19w42a			Honey blocks no longer stick to slime blocks when pushed by pistons.
		19w44a			Honey blocks can now be used to craft honey bottles.
					The inventory icon of honey blocks has been slightly changed from to .
		Pre-release 1			The sliding sound event for honey blocks no longer uses the same subtitles as footsteps.
1.17		21w08a			Honey block have been moved to the redstone tab of the Creative inventory.
		21w18a			Goats can no longer make long jumps on honey blocks.
1.20		23w12a			The inventory icon of the honey block has been changed from to .
		23w18a			Entities touching the edge of a honey block now properly get affected by the stickiness.[2]
Bedrock Edition
1.14.0		beta 1.14.0.1			Added honey blocks.
		beta 1.14.0.2			The model of honey blocks has been changed to match Java Edition's.
					Honey blocks no longer stick to slime blocks when pushed by pistons.
		beta 1.14.0.4			Honey blocks can now be used to craft honey bottles.
1.14.20		beta 1.14.2.50			Projectiles can now be shot through the gap between two honey blocks.
1.16.0		beta 1.16.0.57			New sounds have been added for honey blocks.

Issues[]

Issues relating to "Honey Block" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.

Trivia[]

• Honey blocks are not full blocks: despite taking up 16³ pixels, the collision box is only 14×14×15 pixels.
  • The bottom face of the honey block is the same depth as a full block, though it is only 14×14 pixels.
  • Small entities such as arrows are free to move through the gap between honey blocks as they are under 2 pixels wide.
  • Only when entities are partially "in" the honey block (i.e., they are touching the 14³-pixel hitbox) can they slide down against it.
• In real life, bees eat honey when the temperature is low and flowers are difficult to find. Otherwise, pollen and nectar are their primary food sources.
• The bottom surface of the honey block does not slow down entities.
• It takes 1 minute and 14 seconds to slide down 256 honey blocks.
• The player cannot place some blocks on the honey block such as vines, ladders and torches.‌^{[Java Edition only][3]}

Gallery[]

Screenshots[]

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  A bee "eating" from a honey block.

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  A pollen-loaded bee stopping by, having some honey.

Development images[]

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  A player sliding down a stack of honey blocks, as seen in the reveal.

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  Early honey block with lack of cube inside.

Notes[]

References[]

External Links[]

• Block of the Week: Honey – Minecraft.net on May 21, 2020