Pumpkin

This article is about the block currently named pumpkin. For the block that was formerly named "pumpkin", see Carved Pumpkin.
For other uses, see Pumpkin (disambiguation).
Pumpkin
Pumpkin.png: Infobox image for Pumpkin the block in Minecraft
Invicon Pumpkin.png: Inventory sprite for Pumpkin in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Pumpkin
Renewable

Yes

Stackable

Yes (64)

Tool

Blast resistance

1

Hardness

1

Luminous

No

Transparent

Partial (blocks light)

Flammable

No

Catches fire
from lava

No

Map color (JE)


 15 COLOR_ORANGE 

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A pumpkin is a block that appears in patches in grassy biomes. Pumpkins have the same texture on all 4 sides. The stalk on the top always points northwest (towards lower coordinates).

Obtaining

Breaking

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

Block BlockSprite pumpkin.png: Sprite image for pumpkin in MinecraftPumpkin
Hardness 1
Tool
Breaking time (sec)[A]
Default 1.5
BlockSprite oak-planks.png: Sprite image for oak-planks in MinecraftWooden 0.75
BlockSprite cobblestone.png: Sprite image for cobblestone in MinecraftStone 0.4
ItemSprite copper-ingot.png: Sprite image for copper-ingot in MinecraftCopper
​ 		0.3
ItemSprite iron-ingot.png: Sprite image for iron-ingot in MinecraftIron 0.25
ItemSprite diamond.png: Sprite image for diamond in MinecraftDiamond 0.2
ItemSprite netherite-ingot.png: Sprite image for netherite-ingot in MinecraftNetherite 0.2
ItemSprite gold-ingot.png: Sprite image for gold-ingot in MinecraftGolden 0.15
ItemSprite wooden-sword.png: Sprite image for wooden-sword in MinecraftSword 1
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
  1. ↑ These durations ignore other influential factors (e.g. Mining Fatigue), and are measured in seconds. For more information, see Breaking § Speed.

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

Natural generation

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 short 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 a pile (and in some farms) in taiga and snowy taiga‌ villages.

Mob loot

An enderman holding a pumpkin drops the block upon death.

Generated loot

Item Structure Container Quantity Chance
Java Edition and Bedrock Edition
Shipwreck Supply chest 1–3 14.4%
{ "item": "Pumpkin", "stacksize": "1–3", "chance": 0.14367923534041638, "structure": "Shipwreck", "container": "Supply chest" }

Trading

Wandering traders can sell a pumpkin for one emerald.

Usage

Crafting ingredient

Name Ingredients Crafting recipe
Pumpkin Pie  +
Sugar +
Any Egg
Invicon Pumpkin.png: Inventory sprite for Pumpkin in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: PumpkinInvicon Sugar.png: Inventory sprite for Sugar in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Sugar with description: SugarInvicon Egg.png: Inventory sprite for Egg in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Egg with description: EggInvicon Blue Egg.png: Inventory sprite for Blue Egg in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Blue Egg with description: Blue EggInvicon Brown Egg.png: Inventory sprite for Brown Egg in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Brown Egg with description: Brown Egg
Invicon Pumpkin Pie.png: Inventory sprite for Pumpkin Pie in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Pumpkin Pie with description: Pumpkin Pie
Pumpkin Seeds

Farming

Main article: Tutorials/Pumpkin and melon 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, pale 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.

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.

Carving

A placed pumpkin can be made into a carved pumpkin by using shears, which drops 4 pumpkin seeds in Java Edition and 1 in Bedrock Edition. The targeted side becomes the face of the carved pumpkin, unless the top or bottom face of the pumpkin are targeted, in which case the carved side is on the side facing the player‌ or south‌.

Trading

VillagerProbabilityVillager wantsPlayer receives
JEBE
Apprentice Farmer67%100%6 × Emerald

Composting

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

Since both pumpkin variants have equal compost values, carving pumpkins first and composting the additional Pumpkin Seeds can increase Bone Meal yield per pumpkin.

Note blocks

Pumpkins can be placed under note blocks to produce "didgeridoo" sounds. This doesn't apply to carved pumpkins.[1]

Sounds

Generic

Java Edition:

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BlockSprite oak-planks.png: Sprite image for oak-planks in Minecraft wood sound type
SoundSubtitlesSourceDescriptionResource locationTranslation keyVolumePitchAttenuation
distance
​Block brokenBlocksOnce the block has brokenblock.wood.breaksubtitles.block.generic.break​1.00.816
​Block placedBlocksWhen the block is placedblock.wood.placesubtitles.block.generic.place​1.00.816
​Block breakingBlocksWhile the block is in the process of being brokenblock.wood.hitsubtitles.block.generic.hit​0.250.516
​Something falls on a blockEntity-DependentFalling on the block with fall damageblock.wood.fallsubtitles.block.generic.fall​0.50.7516
​FootstepsEntity-DependentWalking on the blockblock.wood.stepsubtitles.block.generic.footsteps​0.151.016

Bedrock Edition:

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BlockSprite oak-planks.png: Sprite image for oak-planks in Minecraft wood sound type
SoundSourceDescriptionResource locationVolumePitch
BlocksOnce the block has brokendig.wood1.00.8-1.0
BlocksWhen the block is placeddig.wood1.00.8
BlocksWhile the block is in the process of being brokenhit.wood0.230.5
PlayersFalling on the block with fall damagefall.wood0.41.0
PlayersWalking on the blockstep.wood0.31.0
BlocksJumping from the blockjump.wood0.121.0
BlocksFalling on the block without fall damageland.wood0.181.0

Unique

Java Edition

Sounds
SoundSubtitlesSourceDescriptionResource locationTranslation keyVolumePitchAttenuation
distance
​Shears carveBlocksWhen a pumpkin is carvedblock.pumpkin.carvesubtitles.block.pumpkin.carve​1.01.016

Bedrock Edition:

Sounds
SoundSourceDescriptionResource locationVolumePitch
BlocksWhen a pumpkin is carvedpumpkin.carve1.01.0

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

NameIdentifierFormBlock tagsTranslation key
BlockSprite pumpkin.png: Sprite image for pumpkin in Minecraft PumpkinpumpkinBlock & Itemenderman_holdable
mineable/axe		block.minecraft.pumpkin

Bedrock Edition:

NameIdentifierNumeric ID FormItem ID[i 1]Translation key
BlockSprite pumpkin.png: Sprite image for pumpkin in Minecraft Pumpkinpumpkin86Block & Giveable Item[i 2]Identical[i 3]tile.pumpkin.name
  1. ↑ ID of block's direct item form, which is used in savegame files and addons.
  2. ↑ Available with /give command.
  3. ↑ The block's direct item form has the same ID as the block.

Block states

See also: Block states

Java Edition:
Carved pumpkin:

Name Default value Allowed values Description
facingnortheast
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:

NameMetadata Bits Default value Allowed valuesValues for
Metadata Bits		 Description
minecraft:cardinal_directionNot Supportedsoutheast
north
south
west		UnsupportedThe 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.


History

Java Edition Alpha
v1.2.0previewAdded pumpkins, which are always carved.
Java Edition
1.1317w47a Added un-carved pumpkins.
Shearing a pumpkin now turns it into a carved pumpkin, and drops 4 pumpkin seeds.
Pumpkins can now be placed without a block beneath them.
18w11aPumpkins now sometimes generate in shipwreck chests.
1.1418w43a The textures of pumpkins have been changed.
18w47aPumpkins can now generate in pillager outpost tents.
18w50aPumpkins can now generate in taiga villages.
19w03aPlacing any pumpkin into the new composter has a 50% chance of raising the compost level by 1.
19w05aPumpkins now have a 65% chance of increasing the compost level in a composter by 1.
Added wandering traders, which sell pumpkins.
19w09aPumpkin can now be used to play the didgeridoo, if they are under note blocks.
19w11aFarmer villagers now buy 6 pumpkins for 1 emerald.
1.18Pre-release 5The generation of pumpkins are about 6 times more common than in previous snapshots.
Pocket Edition Alpha
October 15, 2013Johan Bernhardsson announces pumpkins for 0.8.0.
v0.8.0build 1 Added pumpkins, which are always carved.
v0.9.0build 1Pumpkins now generate naturally.
v0.12.1build 1Snow golems now spawn wearing a pumpkin, which can be removed with shears.
Pumpkins can now be used to make iron golems.
v0.14.0build 1Pumpkins can now be worn as armor.
Pocket Edition
1.0.4alpha 1.0.4.0Pumpkins can now be sold to farmer villagers, at 8–13 pumpkins for 1 emerald.
1.1.0alpha 1.1.0.0Pumpkins now generate in woodland mansions.
Bedrock Edition
1.4.0beta 1.2.14.2 The textures of pumpkins have been changed; they no longer look carved.
Shearing a pumpkin now turns it into a carved pumpkin, and drops 1 pumpkin seeds.
Pumpkins can be found inside shipwreck chests.
1.10.0beta 1.10.0.3 The textures of pumpkins have been changed.
Pumpkins now generate in pillager outpost tents, taiga villages and snowy taiga villages.
Pumpkins can now be bought from wandering traders.
1.11.0beta 1.11.0.1Pumpkins can now be used to fill up composters.
beta 1.11.0.4Farmer villagers now buy 6 pumpkins for one emerald.
1.13.0beta 1.13.0.9Pumpkin can now be used to play the didgeridoo, if they are under note blocks.
1.16.0beta 1.15.0.51Pumpkins can now be placed without a block beneath them.
1.20.30Preview 1.20.30.21Added unique sounds for using shears to carve pumpkins.
1.21.30Preview 1.21.30.21Iron golems can no longer be created with un-carved pumpkins.
1.21.60Preview 1.21.60.23Pumpkins now generate in larger patches.
Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360Xbox OnePS3PS4PS VitaWii USwitch
TU0CU11.001.001.00Patch 11.0.1Added pumpkins, which are always carved.
TU5Pumpkins can now grow onto dirt instead of only farmland.
Pumpkins grow from stems much faster.
TU69 1.761.761.76Patch 38 Added un-carved pumpkins.
Shearing a pumpkin now turns it into a carved pumpkin, and drops 1 pumpkin seeds.
Pumpkins can now be found inside shipwreck chests.
1.90 The texture of pumpkins have been slightly changed.
1.91Added wandering traders, which sell pumpkins.
Pumpkins now generate in pillager outpost tents, taiga villages and snowy taiga villages.
Farmer villagers now buy 6 pumpkins for one emerald.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0Added pumpkins, which are always carved.

Data history

Bedrock Edition
1.20.0Preview 1.20.0.22Pumpkins now use the minecraft:cardinal_direction block state instead of direction.

Issues

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

Gallery

Screenshots

  • A group of pumpkins.
    A group of pumpkins.
  • A screenshot of a pumpkin on a stem.
    A screenshot of a pumpkin on a stem.
  • A floating pumpkin due to ponds being generated after the rest of the terrain.
    A floating pumpkin due to ponds being generated after the rest of the terrain.
  • A group of pumpkins generated in a snowy tundra.
    A group of pumpkins generated in a snowy tundra.
  • Pumpkins in a jungle.
    Pumpkins in a jungle.
  • Naturally spawning pumpkins in a village.
    Naturally spawning pumpkins in a village.
  • A pumpkin patch in a windswept hills biome.
    A pumpkin patch in a windswept hills biome.
  • A pumpkin generated on top of grass.
    A pumpkin generated on top of grass.
  • A pumpkin patch in a field.
    A pumpkin patch in a field.
  • A pumpkin patch on a mountaintop.
    A pumpkin patch on a mountaintop.

In other media

  • Mobs in a pumpkin patch.
    Mobs in a pumpkin patch.

References

  1. ↑ MC-145068 resolved as "Works As Intended"

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