Bone Block

Bone blocks are storage blocks equivalent to nine pieces of bone meal.

Obtaining

Natural generation

Bone blocks are generated naturally as part of fossil structures found in desert and swamp biomes. They also generate as part of nether fossils in soul sand valley biomes.

Breaking

Bone blocks can be mined using any pickaxe. If mined without a pickaxe, they drop nothing.

Block	Bone Block
Hardness	2
Tool
Breaking time^[A]
Default	10
Wooden	1.5
Stone	0.75
Iron	0.5
Diamond	0.4
Netherite	0.35
Golden	0.25

↑ Times are for unenchanted tools as wielded by players with no status effects, measured in seconds. For more information, see Breaking § Speed.

Chest loot

Item	Structure	Container	Quantity	Chance
Java Edition
Bone Block	Bastion remnant	Generic chest	3–6	24.4%
Bedrock Edition
Bone Block	Bastion remnant	Generic chest	3–6	24.4%

Crafting

Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Bone Meal

Usage

Bone blocks are decorative blocks, and can also be used as compact storage for bone meal.

Crafting ingredient

Name	Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Bone Meal	Bone Block	9

Note blocks

Bone blocks can be placed under note blocks to produce xylophone sounds.

Sounds

Java Edition:

Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	`block.bone_block.break`	`subtitles.block.generic.break`	0.9	0.8	16
Block placed	Blocks	When the block is placed	`block.bone_block.place`	`subtitles.block.generic.place`	0.9	0.8	16
Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	`block.bone_block.hit`	`subtitles.block.generic.hit`	0.25	0.5	16
None^{[sound 1]}	Entity-Dependent	Falling on the block with fall damage	`block.bone_block.fall`	None^{[sound 1]}	0.5	0.75	16
Footsteps	Entity-Dependent	Walking on the block	`block.bone_block.step`	`subtitles.block.generic.footsteps`	0.15	1.0	16

↑ ^a ^b MC-177082

Bedrock Edition:

Source	Description	Resource location	Volume	Pitch
Blocks	Once the block has broken	`dig.bone_block`	1.0	0.8-1.0
Blocks	When the block is placed	`dig.bone_block`	1.0	0.8-1.0
Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	`hit.bone_block`	0.38	0.5
Players	Falling on the block with fall damage	`fall.bone_block`	0.4	1.0
Players	Walking on the block	`step.bone_block`	0.22	1.0
Players	Jumping from the block	`jump.bone_block`	0.15	1.0
Players	Falling on the block without fall damage	`land.bone_block`	0.18	1.0

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Translation key
Bone Block	`bone_block`	Block & Item	`block.minecraft.bone_block`

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Item ID^{[i 1]}	Translation key
Bone Block	`bone_block`	`216`	Block & Giveable Item^{[i 2]}	Identical^{[i 3]}	`tile.bone_block.name`

↑ ID of block's direct item form, which is used in savegame files and addons.
↑ Available with /give command.
↑ The block's direct item form has the same id as the block.

Block states

Java Edition:

Name	Default value	Allowed values	Description
axis	`y`	`x`	The bone block is oriented east–west.
		`y`	The bone block is oriented vertically.
		`z`	The bone block is oriented north–south.

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Metadata Bits	Default value	Allowed values	Values for Metadata Bits	Description
pillar_axis	`0x4` `0x8`	`y`	`y` `x` `z`	`0` `1` `2`	The axis along which the block is oriented
deprecated	`0x1` `0x2`	`0`	`0` `1` `2` `3`	`0` `1` `2` `3`	Unused, has no effect in game.

History

Java Edition
1.10		16w20a			Added bone blocks.
		16w20a			Bone blocks generate in fossils.
		16w21a			Bone blocks are no longer transparent.
1.12		17w17a			Bone blocks placed under note blocks now cause the note block to play xylophone music.
1.13		17w47a			Prior to The Flattening, this block's numeral ID was 216.
1.14		18w43a			The textures of bone blocks have been changed.
1.16		20w06a			Bone blocks now generate in the new nether fossils.
		20w06a			New unique sounds have been added for bone blocks.
		20w16a			Bone blocks now generate in bastion remnants chests.
1.16.2		20w30a			The chance of finding bone blocks in bastion remnant chests has been decreased from 31.5% to 24.4%.
Pocket Edition
1.1.3		alpha 1.1.3.0			Added bone blocks.
					A bone block side texture on all three sides exists.
					Bone blocks generate in fossils.
Bedrock Edition
1.10.0		beta 1.10.0.3			The textures of bone blocks have been changed.
1.13.0		beta 1.13.0.9			Bone blocks placed under note blocks now cause the note block to play a Xylophone sound.
?					Bone blocks with the side texture on all faces has been removed, and replaced with the y axis aligned block.
1.16.0		beta 1.16.0.57			Bone block now generate as part of nether fossils in the soul sand valley.
Legacy Console Edition
TU43	CU33	1.36	Patch 13	1.0.1	Added bone blocks.
TU43	CU33	1.36	Patch 13	1.0.1	Bone blocks generate in fossils.
TU53	CU43	1.49	Patch 23	1.0.3	Bone blocks placed under note blocks now cause the note block to play xylophone music.
		1.90			The textures of bone blocks have been changed.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
1.9.19					Added bone blocks.
					A bone block side texture on all three sides exists.
					Bone blocks generate in fossils.