Pile

Not to be confused with Pie.
Pile

Hay Pile.png: Infobox image for Pile the structure in Minecraft

Ice Pile.png: Infobox image for Pile the structure in Minecraft

Melon Pile.png: Infobox image for Pile the structure in Minecraft

Pumpkin Pile.png: Infobox image for Pile the structure in Minecraft

Snow Pile.png: Infobox image for Pile the structure in Minecraft

Biomes

See Village

Generates in
existing chunks

No

Consists of

Hay Pile:

Ice Pile:

Melon Pile:

Pumpkin Pile:

Snow Pile:

A pile is a feature that generates up to 25 specific blocks, the type of which correspond to the theme of a given village.

Piles may generate anywhere inside the village and the amount of piles that spawn in a village varies.

There are five variants of a pile: hay, ice, melon, pumpkin, and snow.

Generation

Piles generate only inside villages.

Hay piles contain hay bales; ice piles contain packed ice and sometimes blue ice; melon piles contain melon blocks; pumpkin piles contain pumpkin blocks and sometimes jack o'lanterns; and snow piles contain snow layers. Up to 25 blocks can be in a given pile.

The variants of the pile spawn naturally in the following villages:

Village type Pile variant
Hay Bale Packed Ice Melon Pumpkin Snow
Plains Village Yes
Desert Village Yes
Savanna Village Yes Yes
Snowy Village Yes Yes
Taiga village Yes

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Feature typeIdentifier
[No displayed name]block_pile

Java Edition:

Configured featureIdentifier
EnvSprite pile.png: Sprite image for pile in Minecraft [No displayed name]pile_hay
EnvSprite pile.png: Sprite image for pile in Minecraft [No displayed name]pile_ice
EnvSprite pile.png: Sprite image for pile in Minecraft [No displayed name]pile_melon
EnvSprite pile.png: Sprite image for pile in Minecraft [No displayed name]pile_pumpkin
EnvSprite pile.png: Sprite image for pile in Minecraft [No displayed name]pile_snow

Bedrock Edition:

FeatureIdentifier
EnvSprite pile.png: Sprite image for pile in Minecraft [No displayed name]hay_pile_feature
EnvSprite pile.png: Sprite image for pile in Minecraft [No displayed name]ice_pile_feature
EnvSprite pile.png: Sprite image for pile in Minecraft [No displayed name]melon_pile_feature
EnvSprite pile.png: Sprite image for pile in Minecraft [No displayed name]pumpkin_pile_feature
EnvSprite pile.png: Sprite image for pile in Minecraft [No displayed name]snow_pile_feature

Config

Main article: Configured feature

Java Edition:

  • [NBT Compound / JSON Object] config
    • [NBT Compound / JSON Object] state_provider The block to use.
      • Block state provider see Template:Nbt inherit/block state provider/template

History

Java Edition
1.1418w48aAdded hay pile.
18w49aAdded melon pile, ice pile, and snow pile.
18w50aAdded pumpkin pile.
Bedrock Edition
1.10.0?Added hay pile.
?Added ice pile.
?Added melon pile.
?Added pumpkin pile.
?Added snow pile.

Issues

Issues relating to "Pile" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

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