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Metadata
This page serves as a reference for how certain blocks utilize their metadata/damage values. Please Check out the Minecraft Wiki for more Information.
Some leaves seem to have the 4th Bit, the purpose of this has yet to be determined.
| Meta | Binary | Tree |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0000 | Oak |
| 1 | 0001 | Spruce |
| 2 | 0010 | Birch |
| 3 | 0011 | - |
Rotation in a Minecraft world is easily found out by looking at the sun. In versions prior to Release 1.0.0, the sun rose in the North and set in the South. This is the orientation that will be used on this page going forward.
| Group | Items |
|---|---|
| A | Torch, Lever |
| B | Stairs |
| C | Bed |
| D | Furnace |
| E | Ladder, Wall Signs |
| F | Piston, Sticky Piston |
| G | Trapdoor |
| H | Wooden Door, Iron Door |
| I | Pumpkin, Lit Pumpkin |
| Group | East | West | South | North | Up | Down |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | - |
| B | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | - | - |
| C | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | - | - |
| D | - | - | ||||
| E | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | - | - |
| F | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| G | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | - | - |
| H | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | - | - |
| I | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | - | - |
Wall attached items, such as signs, ladders or torches will be classified based on the direction they face towards, aka the direction away from the block they're attached to.
A beds' direction is determined based on the direction the player faces when sleeping. If I had to guess, the 3rd bit is used for if the bed has a player in it or not, but I have not been able to test this. For all I know it goes unused.
| Metadata | Binary | Orientation | Part |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0000 | North | Foot |
| 1 | 0001 | East | Foot |
| 2 | 0010 | South | Foot |
| 3 | 0011 | West | Foot |
| 4 | 0100 | Foot | |
| 5 | 0101 | Foot | |
| 6 | 0110 | Foot | |
| 7 | 0111 | Foot | |
| 8 | 1000 | North | Head |
| 9 | 1001 | East | Head |
| 10 | 1010 | South | Head |
| 11 | 1011 | West | Head |
| 12 | 1100 | Head | |
| 13 | 1101 | Head | |
| 14 | 1110 | Head | |
| 15 | 1111 | Head |
The 4th Bit is used to determine whether a door is open or closed. In this case, the facing direction is determined by where the thinner side goes when the door is closed
| Metadata | Binary | Part | State | Facing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0000 | Bottom | Closed | West |
| 1 | 0001 | Bottom | Closed | North |
| 2 | 0010 | Bottom | Closed | East |
| 3 | 0011 | Bottom | Closed | South |
| 4 | 0100 | Bottom | Open | West |
| 5 | 0101 | Bottom | Open | North |
| 6 | 0110 | Bottom | Open | East |
| 7 | 0111 | Bottom | Open | South |
| 8 | 1000 | Top | Closed | West |
| 9 | 1001 | Top | Closed | North |
| 10 | 1010 | Top | Closed | East |
| 11 | 1011 | Top | Closed | South |
| 12 | 1100 | Top | Open | West |
| 13 | 1101 | Top | Open | North |
| 14 | 1110 | Top | Open | East |
| 15 | 1111 | Top | Open | South |
Flipped doors seem to also use the Open/Closed bit to determine their state, but in reverse.
A trapdoors orientation is based on which side is facing outward from the wall it's attached to. The 4th Bit appears to go unused.
| Metadata | Binary | State | Facing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0000 | Open | North |
| 1 | 0001 | Open | South |
| 2 | 0010 | Open | West |
| 3 | 0011 | Open | East |
| 4 | 0100 | Closed | North |
| 5 | 0101 | Closed | South |
| 6 | 0110 | Closed | West |
| 7 | 0111 | Closed | East |
| 8 | 1000 | ||
| 9 | 1001 | ||
| 10 | 1010 | ||
| 11 | 1011 | ||
| 12 | 1100 | ||
| 13 | 1101 | ||
| 14 | 1110 | ||
| 15 | 1111 | ||
| dw |
Saplings store their growth progress in their Metadata.
Flowing Water and Lava only refers to liquids that need to be ticked. Still Water and Lava, even when visually flowing, are not ticked.
The Metadata for Liquids refers to how far away from the source it has flowed.
The 4th Bit is always set for vertically flowing liquids. These blocks maintain the above blocks' first 3 Bits
| Metadata | Binary | Height | State |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0000 | 16/16 or 14/16 (if top-most liquid) | Source |
| 1 | 0001 | 14/16 | Flowing Sideways |
| 2 | 0010 | 12/16 | Flowing Sideways |
| 3 | 0011 | 10/16 | Flowing Sideways |
| 4 | 0100 | 8/16 | Flowing Sideways |
| 5 | 0101 | 6/16 | Flowing Sideways |
| 6 | 0110 | 4/16 | Flowing Sideways |
| 7 | 0111 | 2/16 | Flowing Sideways |
| 8-15 | 1xxxx | 16/16 | Flowing Downards |