Invisible block

Certain blocks in the game are designed to be invisible.

Intentionally invisible blocks[]

• Air
• Cave Air‌^{[Java Edition only]}
• Void Air‌^{[Java Edition only]}
• Light Block
• Barrier
• Invisible Bedrock‌^{[Bedrock Edition only]}
• Structure Air‌^{[Bedrock Edition only]}
• Structure Void
• client_request_placeholder_block‌^{[Bedrock Edition only]}

Properties[]

Block	Solid?	Blocks third-person view?	Visible when held?	Shown by structure blocks?
Java Edition
Air	No	No	N/A[note 1]	Yes: [1]
Cave Air	No	No	N/A[note 1]	Yes: [1]
Void Air	No	No	N/A[note 1]	Yes: [1]
Light Block	No	No	Yes:	Yes:
Barrier	Yes	Yes[2]	Yes:	Yes:
Invisible Bedrock	Does not exist in Java Edition
Structure Air	Does not exist in Java Edition
Structure Void	No	No	No[3]	Yes:
client_request_placeholder_block	Does not exist in Java Edition
Bedrock Edition
Air	No	No	N/A[note 1]	No such functionality
Cave Air	Does not exist in Bedrock Edition
Void Air	Does not exist in Bedrock Edition
Light Block	No	No	No[4]	No such functionality
Barrier	Yes	Yes[5]	Yes:
Invisible Bedrock	Yes	No	No
Structure Air	No	No	Yes:
Structure Void	No	No	Yes:
client_request_placeholder_block	[more information needed]	[more information needed]	[more information needed]

Visibility[]

Invisible blocks are intended to never be directly visible to those not directly manipulating them, due to being intended for mapmaking and other such purposes. Despite this, there are cases where they can actually be seen, directly contradicting their intended invisibility.

Other invisible blocks[]

The following blocks can also be invisible under certain circumstances:

• Walls, if all states false
• Moving Piston

References[]

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