Shelf

This article describes content that is currently in development for Bedrock Edition.

 

This content has appeared in development versions for Fall Drop 2025, but the full update adding it has not been released yet.

This article describes a feature planned for Java Edition.^[1]

 

It has not appeared in any development versions yet, but is planned to be included in Fall Drop 2025.

Shelf

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Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)
Tool
Blast resistance	?
Hardness	2
Luminous	No
Transparent	Yes
Waterloggable	No
Flammable	Overworld shelves: Yes Nether shelves: Yes[2]
Catches fire from lava	Overworld shelves: Yes Nether shelves: Yes[2]

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        "Oak Shelf.png",
        "Spruce Shelf.png",
        "Birch Shelf.png",
        "Jungle Shelf.png",
        "Acacia Shelf.png",
        "Dark Oak Shelf.png",
        "Mangrove Shelf.png",
        "Cherry Shelf.png",
        "Pale Oak Shelf.png",
        "Bamboo Shelf.png",
        "Crimson Shelf.png",
        "Warped Shelf.png"
    ],
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            "label": "Tool"
        },
        {
            "field": "(link to Template:blast resistance values#Missing value article, displayed as ?)(link to Category:Missing blast resistance article, displayed as Category:Missing blast resistance)",
            "label": "(link to Explosion#Blast resistance article, displayed as Blast resistance)"
        },
        {
            "field": "2",
            "label": "(link to Breaking#Blocks by hardness article, displayed as Hardness)"
        },
        {
            "field": "No",
            "label": "(link to Light article, displayed as Luminous)"
        },
        {
            "field": "Yes",
            "label": "(link to Opacity article, displayed as Transparent)"
        },
        {
            "field": "No",
            "label": "(link to Waterlogging article, displayed as Waterloggable)"
        },
        {
            "field": "'''Overworld shelves''': Yes<br>'''Nether shelves''': Yes",
            "label": "(link to Flammable article, displayed as Flammable)"
        },
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            "label": "Catches fire<br>from (link to lava article, displayed as lava)"
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        "Oak Shelf",
        "Spruce Shelf",
        "Birch Shelf",
        "Jungle Shelf",
        "Acacia Shelf",
        "Dark Oak Shelf",
        "Mangrove Shelf",
        "Cherry Shelf",
        "Pale Oak Shelf",
        "Bamboo Shelf",
        "Crimson Shelf",
        "Warped Shelf"
    ]
}

A shelf is a functional block that can hold and display up to three stacks of items. It comes in twelve different wood variants and is crafted from six matching blocks of any stripped log, stripped stem, or block of stripped bamboo.

Obtaining

Breaking

Shelves can be broken by hand, but using an axe is the fastest.

Block	Shelf
Hardness	2
Tool
Breaking time (sec)[A]
Default	3
Wooden	1.5
Stone	0.75
Copper ​	0.6
Iron	0.5
Diamond	0.4
Netherite	0.35
Golden	0.25
Options
Efficiency	000
Haste	001 1JEBE

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

Crafting

Ingredients	Crafting recipe	Description
Matching Stripped Log or Block of Stripped Bamboo or Matching Stripped Stem	666666666666	​

Usage

Holding items

A shelf can store up to 3 item stacks. Each slot of the shelf can store a full stack of any stackable item, or just 1 of a non-stackable item. The number of items in the stack is not displayed. The shelf displays all items it contains in front of it, similar to an item frame. Interacting with any of the 3 slots swaps the player's main hand item with the content of that slot if it is not powered by redstone.

Redstone

While a shelf is powered by redstone, its front texture changes to reflect that it's powered; when placed next to each other, up to 3 powered shelves of the same wood type will connect together.

Powered shelves can be used to quickly swap the contents of a player's hotbar.

• Interacting with a single powered shelf swaps all its contents with the 3 rightmost slots in the hotbar.
• Interacting with two connected shelves swaps their contents with the 6 rightmost slots.
• Interacting with three connected shelves swaps their contents with all 9 slots of the hotbar.

It does not matter which of the connected shelves the player interacts with.

Despite being a storage block, redstone comparators cannot read how full a shelf is.^[3]

Fuel

Shelves, including Nether wood variants^[4] can be used as a fuel in furnaces, smelting 1.5 items per shelf.

Sounds

Generic

Cherry, bamboo, crimson, and warped shelves use the wood sound type instead of the cherry_wood, bamboo_wood, and nether_wood sound types.^[5]

According to the game files and Mojang's reply to MCPE-225253, shelves are meant to use the chiseled_bookshelf sound type.

v t e wood sound type
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
	Blocks	Jumping from the block	jump.wood	0.12	1.0
	Blocks	Falling on the block without fall damage	land.wood	0.18	1.0

Unique

As of 1.21.110.20, these sounds cannot be heard in-game.

Data values

ID

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Item ID[i 1]	Translation key
Oak Shelf	oak_shelf	1302	Block & Giveable Item[i 2]	Identical[i 3] (Numeric: -1047)	tile.oak_shelf.name
Spruce Shelf	spruce_shelf	1303	Block & Giveable Item[i 2]	Identical[i 3] (Numeric: -1048)	tile.spruce_shelf.name
Birch Shelf	birch_shelf	1304	Block & Giveable Item[i 2]	Identical[i 3] (Numeric: -1049)	tile.birch_shelf.name
Jungle Shelf	jungle_shelf	1305	Block & Giveable Item[i 2]	Identical[i 3] (Numeric: -1050)	tile.jungle_shelf.name
Acacia Shelf	acacia_shelf	1306	Block & Giveable Item[i 2]	Identical[i 3] (Numeric: -1051)	tile.acacia_shelf.name
Dark Oak Shelf	dark_oak_shelf	1307	Block & Giveable Item[i 2]	Identical[i 3] (Numeric: -1052)	tile.dark_oak_shelf.name
Mangrove Shelf	mangrove_shelf	1308	Block & Giveable Item[i 2]	Identical[i 3] (Numeric: -1053)	tile.mangrove_shelf.name
Cherry Shelf	cherry_shelf	1309	Block & Giveable Item[i 2]	Identical[i 3] (Numeric: -1054)	tile.cherry_shelf.name
Pale Oak Shelf	pale_oak_shelf	1310	Block & Giveable Item[i 2]	Identical[i 3] (Numeric: -1055)	tile.pale_oak_shelf.name
Bamboo Shelf	bamboo_shelf	1311	Block & Giveable Item[i 2]	Identical[i 3] (Numeric: -1056)	tile.bamboo_shelf.name
Crimson Shelf	crimson_shelf	1312	Block & Giveable Item[i 2]	Identical[i 3] (Numeric: -1057)	tile.crimson_shelf.name
Warped Shelf	warped_shelf	1313	Block & Giveable Item[i 2]	Identical[i 3] (Numeric: -1058)	tile.warped_shelf.name

Issues

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

History

April 2, 2025							Shelves appear in A Minecraft Movie, as part of the set for Steve's Secret Stash!
Upcoming Bedrock Edition
1.21.110			Preview 1.21.110.20				Added shelves.

Gallery

Renders

Oak

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  Single
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  Leftmost
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  Inbetween
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  Rightmost

Spruce

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  Single
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  Leftmost
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  Inbetween
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  Rightmost

Birch

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  Single
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  Leftmost
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  Inbetween
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  Rightmost

Jungle

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  Single
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  Leftmost
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  Inbetween
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  Rightmost

Acacia

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  Single
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  Leftmost
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  Inbetween
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  Rightmost

Dark Oak

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  Single
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  Leftmost
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  Inbetween
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  Rightmost

Mangrove

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  Single
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  Leftmost
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  Inbetween
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  Rightmost

Cherry

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  Single
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  Leftmost
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  Inbetween
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  Rightmost

Pale Oak

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  Single
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  Leftmost
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  Inbetween
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  Rightmost

Bamboo

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  Single
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  Leftmost
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  Inbetween
• 
  Rightmost

Crimson

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  Single
• 
  Leftmost
• 
  Inbetween
• 
  Rightmost

Warped

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  Single
• 
  Leftmost
• 
  Inbetween
• 
  Rightmost

Mojang screenshots

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  1.21.110.20 Changelog Screenshot.
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  Several shelf variations with copper golem statues.
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  Shelves with the copper chest and copper armor.
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  Shelves with copper chest
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  Shelves in the copper room.
• 
  Shelves in A Minecraft Movie.

See also

• Item Frame
• Bookshelf
• Chiseled Bookshelf

References

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