Translucency

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Translucency is a concept very closely related to transparency. Blocks, items, entities and other game elements said to be translucent allow for vision to pass through them partially, but not fully.

Examples of translucent objects

Blocks

Java Edition

All translucent blocks use the rendertype_translucent core shader, with the exception of tripwire, which uses rendertype_tripwire.

Block	ID
Ice	minecraft:ice
Frosted Ice	minecraft:frosted_ice
Slime Block	minecraft:slime_block
Honey Block	minecraft:honey_block
Tinted Glass	minecraft:tinted_glass
White Stained Glass	minecraft:white_stained_glass
Light Gray Stained Glass	minecraft:light_gray_stained_glass
Gray Stained Glass	minecraft:gray_stained_glass
Black Stained Glass	minecraft:black_stained_glass
Brown Stained Glass	minecraft:brown_stained_glass
Red Stained Glass	minecraft:red_stained_glass
Orange Stained Glass	minecraft:orange_stained_glass
Yellow Stained Glass	minecraft:yellow_stained_glass
Lime Stained Glass	minecraft:lime_stained_glass
Green Stained Glass	minecraft:green_stained_glass
Cyan Stained Glass	minecraft:cyan_stained_glass
Light Blue Stained Glass	minecraft:light_blue_stained_glass
Blue Stained Glass	minecraft:blue_stained_glass
Purple Stained Glass	minecraft:purple_stained_glass
Magenta Stained Glass	minecraft:magenta_stained_glass
Pink Stained Glass	minecraft:pink_stained_glass
White Stained Glass Pane	minecraft:white_stained_glass_pane
Light Gray Stained Glass Pane	minecraft:light_gray_stained_glass_pane
Gray Stained Glass Pane	minecraft:gray_stained_glass_pane
Black Stained Glass Pane	minecraft:black_stained_glass_pane
Brown Stained Glass Pane	minecraft:brown_stained_glass_pane
Red Stained Glass Pane	minecraft:red_stained_glass_pane
Orange Stained Glass Pane	minecraft:orange_stained_glass_pane
Yellow Stained Glass Pane	minecraft:yellow_stained_glass_pane
Lime Stained Glass Pane	minecraft:lime_stained_glass_pane
Green Stained Glass Pane	minecraft:green_stained_glass_pane
Cyan Stained Glass Pane	minecraft:cyan_stained_glass_pane
Light Blue Stained Glass Pane	minecraft:light_blue_stained_glass_pane
Blue Stained Glass Pane	minecraft:blue_stained_glass_pane
Purple Stained Glass Pane	minecraft:purple_stained_glass_pane
Magenta Stained Glass Pane	minecraft:magenta_stained_glass_pane
Pink Stained Glass Pane	minecraft:pink_stained_glass_pane
Nether Portal	minecraft:nether_portal
Tripwire	minecraft:tripwire
Bubble Column	minecraft:bubble_column
Water	minecraft:water

Blocks that are not translucent, even though they'd be expected to

Water cauldrons, despite containing water, render this water as completely opaque. While it was rendered translucent as expected in prior versions, this seems to be inconsistent and possibly hardware-dependent, and when it fully stopped is currently unknown. Its opacity is also a parity issue, as cauldron water appears translucent as expected in Bedrock Edition. This persists to the present day.^[1]

Similarly, while tripwire itself is translucent, the region of tripwire which connects to a tripwire hook is not. This causes the region of tripwire attached to the tripwire hook to appear much darker than the rest of it.^[2]

Miscellaneous

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These visuals are also rendered with translucency:

• The outer body of slimes.
• Certain particles, like the swirls emitted from potion effects.
• Certain screen overlays like the nether portal transition effect and the powder snow freezing overlays.
• Water, while lava is not.
• The outer glow of beacon beams.

References