Content inaccessible in Survival
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There are many elements in Minecraft that are completely inaccessible to the player in vanilla Survival mode. This is due to many factors, such as game balance, or due to the fact that the player accessing certain content would not have any logical sense in the context of playing Survival mode, such as barrier blocks and spawn eggs.
The article encompasses all things unavailable to the player in Survival. Note that many - if not all - of the listed content can still be obtained in Creative mode, with the use of commands, or mods. Also note that most of these blocks can be obtained in item form in Survival mode through various bugs and glitches, such as Falling Block Transmutation (also known as Gravity Block Conversion), or via specific Minecraft versions, such as the Java Edition 22w13oneBlockAtATime April Fools' Day snapshot.
Blocks, items, and entities exclusive to Minecraft Education or Bedrock Edition with "Minecraft Education features" enabled are not included in this list.
Blocks
[edit | edit source]The following blocks cannot be encountered in normal Survival gameplay:
Creative and mapmaking tools
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Barrier
Structure Void
Light
Impulse Command Block
Chain Command Block
Repeating Command Block
Structure Block
Jigsaw Block
Test Instance Block[JE only]
Test Block[JE only]
Allow[BE only]
Deny[BE only]
Border[BE only]
Others
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Petrified Oak Slab[note 1]
Player Head
Piston Arm Collision
Sticky Piston Arm Collision
Chalkboard[BE only]
Camera[BE only]
Chiseled Purpur[BE only]
Deprecated Anvil[BE only]
tile.deprecated_purpur_block_2.name[BE only]
Glowing Obsidian[BE only][note 1]
Nether Reactor Core[BE only][note 1]
info_update[BE only]
info_update2[BE only]
reserved6[BE only]
Stonecutter (old)[BE only][note 1]
Unknown[BE only]
Items
[edit | edit source]Creative and map-making tools
[edit | edit source]- Item forms of all blocks and entities listed in the respective sections elsewhere
Spawn Egg
Knowledge Book[JE only]
Debug Stick[JE only]- Items that have two or more incompatible enchantments or enchantments beyond a certain level limit like Protection+Blast Protection or Sharpness 128.
Encounterable in block form, but not item form
[edit | edit source]The following blocks have direct item forms. The blocks themselves can be encountered in Survival, but their item forms cannot.
Bedrock
Reinforced Deepslate
Budding Amethyst
Chorus Plant
Dirt Path[JE only]
End Portal Frame
End Portal[BE only]
End Gateway[BE only]
Farmland
Frogspawn
Infested Chiseled Stone Bricks
Infested Cracked Stone Bricks
Infested Cobblestone
Infested Deepslate
Infested Mossy Stone Bricks
Infested Stone
Infested Stone Bricks
Monster Spawner
Trial Spawner
Ominous Trial Spawner
Vault
Ominous Vault
Client_request_placeholder_block[BE only]
Frosted Ice[BE only]- Technical blocks unobtainable in Creative[BE only]
Others
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Potion of Luck[JE only]
Splash Potion of Luck[JE only]
Lingering Potion of Luck[JE only]
Arrow of Luck[JE only]
Uncraftable Potion[JE only]
Uncraftable Splash Potion[JE only]
Uncraftable Lingering Potion[JE only]
Uncraftable Tipped Arrow[JE only]
Potion of Decay[BE only]
Splash Potion of Decay[BE only]
Lingering Potion of Decay[BE only]
Long Mundane Potion[BE only]
Splash Long Mundane Potion[BE only]
Lingering Long Mundane Potion[BE only]
Entities
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Block Display[JE only]
Item Display[JE only]
Text Display[JE only]
Mannequin[JE only]
Marker[JE only]
Interaction[JE only]
Minecart with Command Block
Minecart with Spawner[JE only]
Map Marker[BE only]
Mobs
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Agent[BE only]
Elder Guardian Ghost[BE only]
Giant[JE only]
Illusioner[JE only]
Killer Bunny[JE only]
NPC[BE only]
Old Villager[BE only]
Old Zombie Villager[BE only]
Paintings
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The Void[JE only]- Biomes before 1.18[BE only][note 1]
Legacy Frozen Ocean[BE only][note 1]
Mountain Edge[BE only][note 1]
Deep Warm Ocean[BE only]
Effects
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Luck[JE only]
Bad Luck[JE only]
Health Boost