The amount of light they emit varies widely see this table of light values for further information. Some blocks, such as sea lantern and glowstone, emit light. It has two variants: cave air and void air. It is an unbreakable transparent block, as a substitute for the absence of blocks. Some blocks are completely immune to explosions.Īir is a special block.
Explosions destroy some blocks more easily than they destroy others. Some blocks, such as dirt and sandstone, are opaque and occupy their entire cubic meter, while other blocks, such as glass and flowers, are transparent or non-solid. Together, blocks and fluids build up the in-game environment, and most can be harvested and utilized in various fashions.
A variety of different blocks occurring in an underwater coral reef sand can be seen lining the ground, cut sandstone in underwater ruin structures, and various forms of coral.īlocks are arranged in a 3-dimensional grid of 1-cubic-meter cells, although some blocks appear to occupy a partial cell these include slabs, snow layers, ladders, vines, stairs, turtle eggs, sea pickles, and others.
