Particles

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Particles are special graphical effects in Minecraft that are created when certain events occur, such as explosions, rainfall, or smelting items in a furnace.

Behavior[]

Particles are rendered as front-facing 2D sprites, meaning they always face the player. They disappear after a short animation, in which they may change sizes and rotate, and cycle between a number of animation sprites. They collide with solid blocks and are slowed by cobwebs, but are unaffected by other entities.

The /particle command can be used to create particles.

If a player uses the "minimal" particles option in the video settings, some particles may not appear.

Types of particles[]

The types of particles and their ID names are displayed below. Particles are namespaced with the prefix minecraft:.

Particle names marked with an asterisk ( * ) are shown when using the "minimal" particles setting. In Bedrock Edition particles currently do not show color if a specific particle has multiple colors (an example is the note particle), these particles are marked with ( ! ).

Java Edition ID Name	Bedrock Edition Name	Description	Example scenario
ambient_entity_effect	mobspell_emitter !	Beacon effects.
angry_villager	villager_angry or bleach	Attacking a villager in a village; when villagers can't breed because there aren't enough beds nearby or when a panda is attacked by a player on the village.‌[JE only]
ash	—	Naturally generated in soul sand valley biome environment.
block *	breaking_item_icon	Breaking blocks, sprinting, iron golems walking.
	blockdust	Breaking armor stands, falling.
block_marker		Barriers and light when their corresponding item is held.
bubble	—	Entities in water, guardian laser beams, fishing.
bubble_column_up *	bubble_column_up_particle	Upward bubble columns made by soul sand under water.
bubble_pop	—	Unused.[1]
campfire_cosy_smoke	campfire_smoke_particle	Smoke produced by campfires and soul campfires.
campfire_signal_smoke	campfire_tall_smoke_particle	Smoke produced by campfires and soul campfires when above a hay bale.
cherry_leaves	cherry_leaves_particle	Falling petals from the cherry leaves.
cloud	water_evaporation_bucket_emitter	After jumping into water while on fire in Bedrock Edition or an entity dies in Java Edition.
composter	crop_growth_emitter	Filling a composter.
crimson_spore	—	A crimson particle generated in crimson forest biome environment.
—	conduit_particle	Appears around activated conduits in Bedrock Edition.
crit	critical_hit_emitter	Critical hits, fully charged bow shots, crossbows, evoker fangs.
current_down *	bubble_column_down_particle	Bubble column whirlpools made by magma blocks underwater.
damage_indicator *		From mobs and players when hurt by a melee attack.
dolphin	dolphin_move_particle	Trails behind swimming dolphins.
dragon_breath	dragon_breath_trail or dragon_breath_lingering	An ender dragon's breath and dragon fireballs.
dripping_dripstone_lava	—	Dripping lava from the pointed dripstone.
dripping_dripstone_water	—	Dripping water from the pointed dripstone.
dripping_honey	—	Dripping honey through blocks that haven't dripped down yet.
dripping_lava	lava_drip_particle	Dripping lava through blocks that haven't dripped down yet.
dripping_obsidian_tear	—	Dripping crying obsidian's particles through blocks that haven't dripped down yet.
dripping_water	water_drip_particle	Dripping water through blocks, wet sponges, leaves when raining that haven't dripped down yet.
dust	redstone_wire_dust_particle	Redstone ore, powered redstone dust, redstone torches, powered redstone repeaters.
dust_color_transition	sculk_sensor_redstone_particle	Sculk sensor gets triggered.
effect	splash_spell_emitter !	Splash potions, lingering potions, bottles o' enchanting, evokers.
elder_guardian *	—	Elder guardians.
electric_spark	electric_spark_particle	Appears when a lightning bolt hits copper blocks.
enchant	enchanting_table_particle	From bookshelves near an enchanting table.
enchanted_hit	—	Attacking with a sword or axe enchanted with Sharpness, Smite, or Bane of Arthropods.
end_rod	endrod or balloon_gas_particle	End rods, shulker bullets.
entity_effect	evoker_spell	Status effects, lingering potions, tipped arrows, trading, withered armor (linger potion particles decrease when the "minimal" particle setting is used).
explosion *	large_explosion	Explosions, ghast fireballs, wither skulls, ender dragon death, shearing mooshrooms.
explosion_emitter *	huge_explosion_emitter	Explosions, ender dragon death.
falling_dripstone_lava	—	Falling lava particles from the pointed dripstone.
falling_dripstone_water	—	Falling water particles from the pointed dripstone.
falling_dust	falling_dust_red_sand_particle, falling_dust_sand_particle, falling_dust_gravel_particle, falling_dust_top_snow_particle, falling_dust_dragon_egg_particle, falling_dust_concrete_particle, falling_dust_scaffolding_particle	Floating sand, gravel, concrete powder, and anvils.
falling_honey	honey_drip_particle	Dripping honey through blocks that is dripping down in air.
falling_lava	lava_drip_particle	Dripping lava through blocks that is dripping down in air.
falling_nectar	nectar_drip_particle	Nectar on the pollen-loaded bees.
falling_obsidian_tear	obsidian_tear_particle	Dripping crying obsidian's particles through blocks that is dripping down in air and has fallen to the ground.
falling_spore_blossom	spore_blossom_shower_particle	Dripping green particle from the spore blossom.
falling_water	water_splash_particle	Dripping water through blocks that is dripping down in air and has fallen to the ground.
firework *	sparkler_emitter !	Firework rocket trail and explosion (trail is not shown when the "minimal" particle setting is used), when dolphins track shipwrecks and underwater ruins.
fishing	water_wake_particle	Fishing.
flame	basic_flame_particle	Torches, furnaces, magma cubes, spawners.
flash	flash	Flash light when firework rocket explodes.
glow	glow_particle !	Glow squid.
glow_squid_ink	—	Glow squid getting hurt.
happy_villager	villager_happy	Applying bone meal to a crop, trading with villagers, feeding baby animals, walking or jumping on turtle eggs.
heart	heart_particle	Breeding and taming animals.
instant_effect	mobspell_emitter !	Instant health/damage splash and lingering potions, spectral arrows.
item	breaking_item_icon	Eating, thrown eggs, splash potions, eyes of ender, breaking tools.
item_slime	—	Jumping slimes.
item_snowball	—	Thrown snowballs, creating withers, creating iron golems.
landing_honey	—	Dripping honey through blocks that has fallen to the ground.
landing_lava	—	Dripping lava through blocks that has fallen to the ground.
landing_obsidian_tear	—	Dripping crying obsidian's particles through blocks that has fallen to the ground.
large_smoke	water_evaporation_actor_emitter	Fire, minecart with furnace, blazes, water flowing into lava, lava flowing into water.
lava	lava_particle	Lava bubble.
—	mobflame_emitter, mobflame_single	Burning entities, skeletons for example.
mycelium	mycelium_dust_particle	Mycelium blocks.
nautilus	conduit_particle	Activated conduits.
note	note_particle !	Emitted from note blocks and jukeboxes‌[Bedrock Edition only].
poof*	explode	Explosions, death of mobs, mobs spawned from a spawner, silverfish infesting blocks.
portal	mob_portal	Nether portals, endermen, endermites, ender pearls, eyes of ender, ender chests, dragon eggs, teleporting from eating chorus fruits, end gateway portals.
rain	rainsplash	Rain splashes on the ground.
scrape	—	Scraping oxidation off a copper block with an axe.
sculk_charge*	sculk_charge_particle	Shown as sculk spreads through other blocks.
sculk_charge_pop	sculk_charge_pop_particle	Sculk charge ends by popping.
sculk_soul	sculk_soul_particle	When a mob dies near a sculk catalyst these particles are shown.
shriek	shriek_particle	Shown when a sculk shrieker triggers.
smoke	basic_smoke_particle	Torches, primed TNT, droppers, dispensers, end portals, brewing stands, spawners, furnaces, ghast fireballs, wither skulls, taming, withers, lava (when raining), placing an eye of ender in an end portal frame, redstone torches burning out, food items on campfire.
sneeze	—	Baby pandas sneezing.
snowflake	snowflake_particle	Appears when sinking in powder snow.
sonic_boom*	sonic_explosion	Wardens casting sonic boom.
soul	soul_particle	Appears when walking on soul sand or soul soil with the Soul Speed Enchantment, when a mob dies near a sculk catalyst.
soul_fire_flame	blue_flame_particle	Appears on top of soul torches as a flame.
spit *	—	Llamas spitting at a player or mob.
spore_blossom_air	spore_blossom_ambient_particle	Emits around a spore blossom.
splash	watersplash	Entities in water, wolves shaking off after swimming, boats.
squid_ink *	ink	Produced by squid when attacked.
sweep_attack *	—	A sword's sweep attack.
—	terrain	?
totem_of_undying	totem_particle	Activated totem of undying.
—	trackingemitter	?
underwater	—	Seen while underwater.
vibration	vibration_signal	Sculk sensor gets triggered.
warped_spore	—	A warped particle generated in warped forest biome environment.
wax_off	wax_particle !	Appears when removing wax from a copper block.
wax_on	wax_particle !	Appears when waxing a copper block with honeycomb.
white_ash	—	Naturally generated in basalt deltas biome environment.
witch	witchspell	Witches.

Particle textures[]

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• There may be multiple crit particles in bedrock edition
• Bedrock Edition gray bubble particle and uses

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Texture files	Applied colors	Associated particles
	N/A	angry_villager
	N/A	campfire_cosy_smoke, campfire_signal_smoke
	N/A	bubble, bubble_column_up, current_down
	N/A	bubble_pop
	orange[more information needed]	crit
	N/A	damage_indicator
	Name Hex falling_honey  #9E8114 falling_lava  #D23B11 falling_nectar  #C3A699 falling_water  #2B3FD5 falling_obsidian_tear  #6B06BB falling_spore_blossom needs info spore_blossom_air needs info	falling_honey, falling_lava, falling_nectar, falling_water, falling_obsidian_tear, falling_spore_blossom, spore_blossom_air
	Name Hex dripping_honey needs info dripping_lava needs info dripping_water needs info dripping_obsidian_tear  #9208FF	dripping_honey, dripping_lava, dripping_water, dripping_obsidian_tear
	Name Hex landing_honey needs info landing_lava needs info landing_obsidian_tear  #9208FF	landing_honey, landing_lava, landing_obsidian_tear
	Effect Hex Absorption  #2552A5 Bad Luck  #C0A44D Bad Omen  #0B6138 Blindness  #1F1F23 Conduit Power  #9208FF Dolphin's Grace  #88A3BE Merges when with multiple effects	ambient_entity_effect, effect
	N/A	enchant
	#449A94	enchanted_hit
	N/A	explosion_emitter, explosion
	N/A	flame
	N/A[verify]	flash
	N/A	composter, happy_villager
	[more information needed]	totem_of_undying, Shulker bullet, End rods
	N/A	heart
	N/A	lava
	N/A	nautilus
	many colors, pitch dependent[more information needed]	note
	[more information needed]	cloud, dragon_breath, dust, falling_dust, large_smoke, poof, portal, smoke, sneeze, spit, squid_ink
	N/A	soul
	N/A	soul_fire_flame
	[more information needed]	firework(only twinkle effect), Underwater Torch
	[more information needed]	instant_effect, firework
	N/A	rain, splash
	N/A	sweep_attack

Particle IDs[]

Java Edition:

Bedrock Edition:

History[]

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Instructions: Java & Bedrock particles in 1.16/1.17 Historical particles associated with cauldrons in Bedrock Edition)

Issues[]

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

Trivia[]

• In Java Edition, most particle textures can be changed using resource packs, however, the color of smoke particles used in redstone, portals, and endermen cannot be changed without mods.
  • The dust particle has unique syntax used for color, represented with three RGB values as decimal percentages.
• Status effect particles appear where the player face is pointing.
• The elder_guardian particle always follows the player regardless of what its location has been set to.
• Redstone repeaters emit particles, but redstone comparators do not.
• In Bedrock Edition, burning entities emit rounded particles with a fire animation.
• There is a particle that is internally used to implement the item pickup animation, but it cannot be summoned with the /particle command. Before the name was removed in 1.13, it was called take.

Gallery[]

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  The render radius of particles. It seems to be round, but not entirely circular, as seen at the back.

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  An annotated image of particles.png with the primary purposes of each particle texture explained.‌^{[Bedrock Edition only]}

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  Old eating particles in Bedrock Edition, which appears as miniatures of the food itself.

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  A burning zombie in Bedrock Edition, emitting particles with fire's animation.

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  Particles from a small explosion.

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  Particles being summoned with commands.

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  A chicken emitting fire particles.

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  Dinnerbone creating fall particles.

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  Searge emitting fire and smoke particles.

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