Heat Block
This page describes an education-related feature.
This feature is available only in Minecraft Education or when enabling the "Education" option in Bedrock Edition.
This feature is exclusive to Bedrock Edition and Minecraft Education.
Heat Block

| Renewable |
No |
|---|---|
| Stackable |
Yes (64) |
| Tool | |
| Blast resistance |
? |
| Hardness |
2.5 |
| Luminous |
No, but melts blocks |
| Transparent |
Partial |
| Waterloggable |
No |
| Flammable |
No |
| Catches fire from lava |
No |
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Heat block is a block that can melt snow and ice like a torch, but it does not give off light.
Obtaining
Breaking
| Block | ||
|---|---|---|
| Hardness | 2.5 | |
| Tool | ||
| Breaking time (sec)[A] | ||
| Default | 12.5 | |
| 1.9 | ||
| 0.95 | ||
|
0.75 | |
| 0.65 | ||
| 0.5 | ||
| 0.45 | ||
| 0.35 | ||
Legend
- incorrect tool, drops nothing
- correct tool, drops nothing or something other than the block itself
- correct tool, drops the block itself
- italicized can be instant mined
- ↑ These durations ignore other influential factors (e.g. Mining Fatigue), and are measured in seconds. For more information, see Breaking § Speed.
Lab table
| Result | Materials needed |
|---|---|
| Iron, Water, Charcoal, Salt |
Usage
Heat blocks melt snow layers and ice within 2 blocks (taxicab distance). It is unique in that it is the only block that melts objects without giving off light.
Sounds
Generic
stone sound type | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sound | Source | Description | Resource location | Volume | Pitch |
| Blocks | Once the block has broken | dig | 1.0 | 0.8-1.0 | |
| Blocks | When the block is placed | dig | 1.0 | 0.8-1.0 | |
| Blocks | While the block is in the process of being broken | hit | 0.37 | 0.5 | |
| Players | Falling on the block with fall damage | fall | 0.4 | 1.0 | |
| Players | Walking on the block | step | 0.3 | 1.0 | |
| Blocks | Jumping from the block | jump | 0.12 | 1.0 | |
| Blocks | Falling on the block without fall damage | land | 0.22 | 1.0 | |
Unique
| Sounds | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sound | Source | Description | Resource location | Volume | Pitch |
| Hostile Creatures Hostile Mobs | When a heat block is created by a lab table | mob | 1.0 | 0.5/0.7 | |
Data values
ID
| Name | Identifier | Numeric ID | Form | Item ID[i 1] | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
chemical_heat | 192 | Block & Giveable Item[i 2] | Identical[i 3] | tile |
History
| Bedrock Edition | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.4.0 | beta 1.2.20.1 | ||||||
| 1.21.0 | Preview 1.21.0.21 | Heat blocks now appear in the Creative inventory when the Education edition toggle is on. | |||||
| Minecraft Education | |||||||
| 1.0.27 | |||||||
| 1.21.03 | Preview 1.21.01.0 | Heat blocks now appear in the Creative inventory. | |||||
Issues
Issues relating to "Heat Block" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.
Trivia
- The ingredients of the heat block corresponds to the contents of hand warmers. A hand warmer generates heat due to the same electrochemistry that rusts iron in seawater, but with powdered iron the effect becomes more appreciable.
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