Pumpkin

A pumpkin is a fruit block that appears in patches in grassy biomes. Pumpkins have the same texture on all 4 sides.

A carved pumpkin is a carved version of a pumpkin that can be worn or used to spawn golems. It can be made by using shears on a pumpkin placed in the world.

Obtaining[]

Natural generation[]

Pumpkin

Pumpkins naturally generate with the terrain in most biomes in the Overworld, in the form of random patches. They require only grass blocks with air above (clear of any plants such as flowers or grass), and can generate regardless whether that grass block has a layer of snow cover. Practically speaking, this means that the occurrence of pumpkins in stony or sandy biomes, or in grassy biomes with few clear grass blocks, is comparatively rare. Each chunk has a ¹⁄₃₂ chance to generate a pumpkin patch, making naturally-generated pumpkins rarer than diamond ore.

Pumpkins naturally generate in stem farm rooms in woodland mansions.

4 pumpkins generate naturally in woolen tents in pillager outposts.

Pumpkins generate naturally as pile (and in some farms) in taiga and snowy taiga‌^{[BE only]} villages.

Carved pumpkin

Carved pumpkins generate in rail rooms in woodland mansions, as well as in pillager outposts as a part of scarecrows.

Breaking[]

Pumpkins can be mined using any tool, but axes are the quickest way.

Block	Pumpkin Carved Pumpkin
Hardness	1
Tool
Breaking time[A]
Default	1.5
Wooden	0.75
Stone	0.4
Iron	0.25
Diamond	0.2
Netherite	0.2
Golden	0.15
Sword	1

When a pumpkin and a carved pumpkin is pushed by a piston, it breaks and drops as an item. It cannot be pulled.

Chest loot[]

Item	Structure	Container	Quantity	Chance
Java Edition
Pumpkin	Shipwreck	Supply chest	1–3	14.4%
Bedrock Edition
Pumpkin	Shipwreck	Supply chest	1–3	14.4%

Mob loot[]

The carved pumpkin of a snow golem can be obtained by shearing its head, revealing the golem's face. The carved pumpkin cannot be put back on the golem.

Trading[]

Wandering traders can sell a pumpkin for one emerald.

Post-generation[]

A carved pumpkin (and 4 pumpkin seeds) is obtained by using shears on an uncarved pumpkin. Once carved, a pumpkin cannot be changed back to uncarved. This changes the rotation of the top texture.^[1]

Usage[]

When placed, a carved pumpkin automatically faces the player.

Farming[]

Pumpkin farming strategies parallel those of melons. Planted pumpkin seeds grow a central stem that, after maturing, generates pumpkins randomly on adjacent vacant dirt-based blocks (dirt, coarse dirt, rooted dirt, grass block, farmland, podzol, mycelium, moss block, mud or muddy mangrove roots). If a pumpkin is harvested without also cutting the central stalk, another pumpkin generates afterward without requiring replanting or waiting for the stalk to mature again. If a carved pumpkin is desired, simply use the shears on the pumpkin on the ground, and then harvest it as normal.

Pumpkin stems take around 10 to 30 minutes to fully develop. They require a light level of 9 or higher to grow. Bone meal can be used on pumpkin stems to become fully-grown, but this does not produce a pumpkin immediately.

Helmet[]

A carved pumpkin can be equipped as a helmet without any actual armor value. When worn, it limits the player's viewing area to a mask pattern that resembles the pumpkin's carved face. The pattern does not appear when using the third-person view (toggled by F5 by default). It also doesn't appear when the heads-up display is disabled by pressing F1.^[2]‌^{[Java Edition only]}

A player wearing a carved pumpkin does not aggravate endermen when looking at them.

Dispensers[]

Dispensers can equip a carved pumpkin on a player, mob or armor stand with an empty helmet slot, within the block the dispenser is facing. It can also place the carved pumpkin as a block, if a snow or iron golem can be spawned after the pumpkin is placed.

Building golems[]

Carved pumpkins can be used to make snow golems and iron golems as shown below. Snow golems require snow blocks for their bodies, while iron golems require iron blocks. The carved pumpkin must be placed last or the golem does not spawn. The orientation of the carved pumpkin does not matter while building an iron golem or snow golem.

Crafting ingredient[]

Name	Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Jack o'Lantern	Carved Pumpkin + Torch
Pumpkin Pie	Pumpkin + Sugar + Egg
Pumpkin Seeds	Pumpkin	4

Trading[]

Apprentice-level Farmer villagers buy 6 pumpkins for an emerald as part of their trades.‌^{[Bedrock Edition only]}

Apprentice-level Farmer villagers have a ²⁄₃ chance to buy 6 pumpkins for one emerald.‌^{[Java Edition only]}

Enchantments[]

Carved Pumpkins can receive the following enchantments, but only through an anvil.

Name	Max Level	Method
Curse of Binding	I
Curse of Vanishing	I

Composting[]

Placing a pumpkin or carved pumpkin into a composter has a 65% chance of raising the compost level by 1.

Note blocks[]

Pumpkin can be placed under note blocks to produce didgeridoo sounds. This doesn't apply to carved pumpkins.^[3]

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.wood.break	subtitles.block.generic.break	1.0	0.8	16
	Block placed	Blocks	When the block is placed	block.wood.place	subtitles.block.generic.place	1.0	0.8	16
	Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	block.wood.hit	subtitles.block.generic.hit	0.25	0.5	16
	None[sound 1]	Entity-Dependent	Falling on the block with fall damage	block.wood.fall	None[sound 1]	0.5	0.75	16
	Footsteps	Entity-Dependent	Walking on the block	block.wood.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.wood	1.0	0.8-1.0
	Blocks	When the block is placed	dig.wood	1.0	0.8
	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	hit.wood	0.23	0.5
	Players	Falling on the block with fall damage	fall.wood	0.4	1.0
	Players	Walking on the block	step.wood	0.3	1.0
	Players	Jumping from the block	jump.wood	0.12	1.0
	Players	Falling on the block without fall damage	land.wood	0.18	1.0

Unique[]

Java Edition:

Sound	Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	Shears carve	Blocks	When a pumpkin is carved	block.pumpkin.carve	subtitles.block.pumpkin.carve	1.0	1.0	16
	Gear equips	Players	When a carved pumpkin is equipped	item.armor.equip_generic	subtitles.item.armor.equip	1.0	1.0	16

Bedrock Edition:

Sound	Source	Description	Resource location	Volume	Pitch
	Blocks	When a pumpkin is carved	pumpkin.carve	1.0	1.0
	Players	When a carved pumpkin is equipped	armor.equip_generic	1.0	1.0

Data values[]

ID[]

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Block tags	Translation key
Pumpkin	pumpkin	Block & Item	enderman_holdable mineable/axe	block.minecraft.pumpkin
Carved Pumpkin	carved_pumpkin	Block & Item	enderman_holdable mineable/axe	block.minecraft.carved_pumpkin

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Item ID[i 1]	Translation key
Pumpkin	pumpkin	86	Block & Giveable Item[i 2]	Identical[i 3]	tile.pumpkin.name
Carved Pumpkin	carved_pumpkin	410	Block & Giveable Item[i 2]	Identical[i 3]	tile.carved_pumpkin.name

Block states[]

Java Edition:
Carved pumpkin:

Name	Default value	Allowed values	Description
facing	north	east north south west	The direction the pumpkin's carved face is facing. The opposite from the direction the player faces while placing the pumpkin.

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Metadata Bits	Default value	Allowed values	Values for Metadata Bits	Description
direction (Deprecated)	0x1 0x2	0	0 1 2 3	0 1 2 3	The direction the pumpkin is facing. 0: facing south 1: facing west 2: facing north 3: facing east
minecraft:cardinal_direction	Not Supported	south	east north south west	Unsupported	The direction the pumpkin and carved pumpkin are facing. The opposite from the direction the player faces while placing the pumpkins. Though it doesn't affect the pumpkin at all.

Achievements[]

Icon		Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS4)
PS4	Other
		Body Guard	Create an Iron Golem	—	20G	Bronze

Advancements[]

Icon	Advancement	In-game description	Parent	Actual requirements (if different)	Resource location
	Hired Help	Summon an Iron Golem to help defend a village	What a Deal!	Summon an iron golem.	adventure/summon_iron_golem

History[]

Java Edition Alpha
v1.2.0		preview			Added pumpkins.
					Pumpkins generate in many of the newly-added biomes.
					Pumpkins can be worn by players.
					Pumpkins can be crafted into jack o'lanterns.
Java Edition Beta
1.8		Pre-release			Pumpkins have become a renewable resource, as it is possible to farm pumpkins in the same way as melons.
					They have been changed to face away from the player.
					They can appear also in swamps
					Mineshafts can now have pumpkin seeds, providing another way to farm pumpkins besides finding them.
?					Endermen no longer become hostile when players look at them if they're wearing a pumpkin.
Java Edition
1.0.0		Beta 1.9 Prerelease			Snow golems have been introduced, which can be "crafted" by stacking two snow blocks on top of each other, then placing a pumpkin on top of the snow.
		Beta 1.9 Prerelease 2			Pumpkins can now be crafted into pumpkin seeds.
		Beta 1.9 Prerelease 6			Pumpkins are now broken faster using an axe.
1.1		11w49a			Pumpkins no longer require farmland to grow on.
1.2.1		12w08a			Pumpkins can now be used to make iron golems.
1.4.2		12w37a			Pumpkins are now used to craft pumpkin pie.
					Some zombies, skeletons, zombie pigmen, and wither skeletons wear pumpkins during Halloween on the player's computer's clock.
1.8		14w02a			Pumpkins can now be sold to farmer villagers, at 8–13 pumpkins for 1 emerald.
		14w04a			Dispensers can now be used to place the pumpkin to activate iron golems and snow golems.
		14w25a			The top and bottom texture now rotates according to the facing direction.
1.9		15w31a			Faceless pumpkins have been removed from the game, presumably due to block states not including it.
		15w32c			Pumpkins now generate in end ships, replacing beacons.
		15w33c			Pumpkins no longer generate in end ships, they have been replaced by a hopper.
		15w39a			Dispensers can now equip pumpkins onto players, mobs and armor stands.
1.11		16w39a			Pumpkins now generate in woodland mansions.
		16w44a			Pumpkins can now be enchanted in Survival mode using an anvil with cursed books.
1.12		17w18b			Placing a pumpkin seeds in farmland now gives the player the "A Seedy Place" advancement.[verify]
1.13		17w47a			"Pumpkin" has been renamed to "Carved Pumpkin".
					The ID of pumpkins has been changed from pumpkin to carved_pumpkin.
					Added pumpkins.
					Shearing a pumpkin now turns it into a carved pumpkin, and drops 1 pumpkin seeds.
					Pumpkins can now be placed without a block beneath them.
					Prior to The Flattening, this block's numeral ID was 86.
		18w11a			Pumpkins now sometimes generate in shipwreck chests.
1.14		18w43a			The textures of pumpkins have been changed.
		18w44a			The texture of carved pumpkins have been slightly changed.
		18w47a			Pumpkins can now generate in pillager outpost tents.
					Carved pumpkins can now generate as pillager outpost targets.
		18w50a			Pumpkins can now generate in taiga villages.
		19w03a			Placing any pumpkin into the new composter has a 50% chance of raising the compost level by 1.
		19w05a			Pumpkins now have a 65% chance of increasing the compost level in a composter by 1.
					Added wandering traders, which sell pumpkins.
		19w09a			Pumpkin can now be used to play the didgeridoo, if they are under note blocks.
1.15		19w35a			After the feature being removed in 1.13, carved pumpkins can now be enchanted in Survival mode.
		19w37a			Mobs that spawn wearing carved pumpkins on Halloween no longer drop them.
1.17		21w11a			Changed a pixel on the pumpkin top texture.
1.18		1.18-pre5			Pumpkins generated in overworld are about 6 times more common than in previous snapshots
Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.8.0		build 1			Added pumpkins.
v0.9.0		build 1			Pumpkins now generate naturally.
v0.12.1		build 1			Pumpkins can now spawn golems.
v0.14.0		build 1			Pumpkins can now be worn as armor.
Pocket Edition
1.0.4		alpha 1.0.4.0			Pumpkins can now be sold to farmer villagers, at 8–13 pumpkins for 1 emerald.
1.1.0		alpha 1.1.0.0			Pumpkins now generate in woodland mansions.
Bedrock Edition
1.4.0		beta 1.2.14.2			"Pumpkin" has been renamed to "Carved Pumpkin".
					Added pumpkins.
					Shearing a pumpkin now turns it into a carved pumpkin, and drops 1 pumpkin seeds.
					Pumpkins can now be found inside shipwreck chests.
1.10.0		beta 1.10.0.3			The textures of pumpkins have been changed.
					Pumpkins now generate in pillager outpost tents, taiga villages and snowy taiga villages.
					Carved pumpkins now generate in pillager outpost targets.
					Pumpkins can now be bought from wandering traders.
1.11.0		beta 1.11.0.1			Pumpkins can now be used to fill up composters.
		beta 1.11.0.4			Farmer villagers now buy 6 pumpkins for one emerald.
1.13.0		beta 1.13.0.9			Pumpkin can now be used to play the didgeridoo, if they are under note blocks.
1.16.0		beta 1.15.0.51			Pumpkins can now be placed without a block beneath them.
					Carved pumpkins can now be enchanted in Survival mode.
1.20.0		beta 1.20.0.22			Now uses the minecraft:cardinal_direction block state instead of direction.
Legacy Console Edition
TU1	CU1	1.0	Patch 1	1.0.1	Added pumpkins.
TU69		1.76	Patch 38		"Pumpkin" has been renamed to "Carved Pumpkin".
					Added pumpkins.
					Shearing a pumpkin now turns it into a carved pumpkin, and drops 4 pumpkin seeds.
		1.90			The texture of carved pumpkins have been slightly changed.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0					Added pumpkins.

Issues[]

Issues relating to "Pumpkin" or "Carved Pumpkin" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.

Trivia[]

• The carved pumpkin is the only headgear that obstructs the player's view.
• A carved pumpkin enchanted with Curse of Binding cannot be removed from a player's helmet slot unless the player dies, since it does not lose durability like armor does.
  • In Hardcore mode‌^{[Java Edition only]}, such a carved pumpkin effectively stays on the player forever.

Gallery[]

Screenshots[]

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  A group of pumpkins.

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  View of the world while wearing a carved pumpkin as a helmet.

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  A screenshot of a pumpkin on a stem.

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  Looking at an enderman while wearing a carved pumpkin as a helmet. Notice that its back is turned and it's not attacking the player.

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  A floating pumpkin due to ponds being generated after the rest of the terrain.

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  A group of pumpkins generated in a snowy tundra.

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  A player wearing a pumpkin.

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  Pumpkins in a jungle.

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  Naturally spawning pumpkins in a village.

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  A pumpkin patch in a windswept hills biome.

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  A pumpkin generated on top of grass.

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  Unreleased texture update carved pumpkin texture.

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  A pumpkin patch in a field.

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  A pumpkin patch on a mountaintop.

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  A carved pumpkin being enchanted with the Curse of Binding.

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  First image of a pumpkin being worn in Bedrock Edition.

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  A player wearing a pumpkin.

Other[]

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  The original suggestion image for pumpkins protecting from endermen.

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  "Pumpkin Carving and Crafting," an official T-Shirt design featuring a carved pumpkin.

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  The white pumpkin, a unique coloration featured in Minecraft: Story Mode.

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  A naturally generated carved pumpkin in a woodland mansion room.

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References[]

External Links[]

• Block of the Week: Pumpkin – Minecraft.net on April 14, 2017