Fence


Obtaining

Wood fences are broken most quickly with an axe, but will drop when broken with any tool. Nether brick fences require a pickaxe, mining it with anything else will drop nothing.

Block
Wood

Nether Brick
Hardness 2 2
Tool

Breaking "Punch" redirects here. For the enchantment, see Enchanting#Punch. The Player punches trees and gets wood (click to view animation). Breaking, digging, punching, or mining is one of the most fundamental activities in Minecraft, performed (by minecraft time
Hand 3 10
Wooden 1.5 1.5
Stone 0.75 0.75
Iron 0.5 0.5
Diamond 0.4 0.4
Golden 0.25 0.25
  1. ⃢₆ₑ Times are for unenchanted tools in seconds.

Info

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Trivia

  • If a carpet is placed on top of a fence, a player can jump onto the carpet, while mobs will not (except rabbits).
  • Getting hit by someone else (or shooting yourself with a Punch enchanted bow while sprinting forwards) while in midair can cause the knockback to propel you over a fence you would not be able to jump over normally.

Natural generation

Oak fences spawn naturally:

Oak, birch and dark oak wood fences generate naturally in woodland mansions Woodland mansion Biome Roofed Forest Consists of See Structure. Can generate post-generation N/A First appearances See history This article may need cleanup to comply with the style guide. Please help improve this if you can. minecraft .

Nether brick fences can be found naturally in nether fortresses Nether Fortress Biome The Nether Consists of See Structure First appearances See history Nether fortresses are structures that are naturally generated in the Nether. Contents 1 Generation 1.1 Mobs 2 Structure 2.1 Blocks 3 Loot minecraft where they form window bars, balcony fencing, and gate-like structures.

Dark oak fences spawn as the supports in above-ground mineshafts.

Crafting

Name See values from the latest PC version of Minecraft. For values from Classic, see Data values/Classic. For values from Indev, see Data values/Indev. For values from the Pocket Edition, see Pocket Edition minecraft Ingredients Crafting Crafting is the method by which many blocks, tools, and materials are made in Minecraft. In order to craft something, players must move items from their inventory to a crafting grid. A 2×2 crafting grid minecraft recipe
Wood Fence Fence Transparency Yes Luminance No Blast resistance 15 (Wood) 30 (Nether Brick) Tools Renewable Wood: Yes Nether Brick: No Stackable Yes (64) Flammable Wood: Yes Nether Brick: No Drops Itself Data values See Data values minecraft Matching Wood Planks Wood Planks Transparency No Luminance No Blast resistance 15 Tool Renewable Yes Stackable Yes (64) Flammable Yes Drops Itself Data value dec: 05 hex: 5 bin: 101 Name planks Wood planks are common blocks used in many crafting minecraft ⃂+
Stick
Nether Brick Fence Nether Brick

Barrier

While fences appear to be a single block tall, and have a hitbox height of one block, their collision box (for entities) is 1.5 blocks tall, meaning most mobs cannot jump over them without the Jump Boost status effect. They are transparent to light and have visual gaps in the model.

A fence occupies the center space of blocks and automatically connects to any solid block that is placed next to it. Wood fences will connect to other wood fences, but will not connect to nether brick fences.

Since their hitbox is smaller than a single block, it will allow a player/mob in the block to breathe even when submerged.

Leads

Fences can be used to attach mobs with a lead.

Fuel

Wooden fences can be used as a fuel in furnaces, smelting 1.5 items per block.

ID

Type ID Name PC Numeric ID PE Numeric ID
Oak fence 85 850
Spruce spruce_fence 188 851
Birch birch_fence 189 852
Jungle jungle_fence 190 853
Dark Oak dark_oak_fence 191 855
Acacia acacia_fence 192 854
Nether Brick nether_brick_fence 113 113

Block state

See also: Block states
Name See values from the latest PC version of Minecraft. For values from Classic, see Data values/Classic. For values from Indev, see Data values/Indev. For values from the Pocket Edition, see Pocket Edition minecraft Value Description

north

south

east

west
true
false
When true, the fence extends from the center post in this direction.

Video

History

Alpha
1.0.17 Added fences. Nothing could be placed on top of them.
Beta
1.3 Fixed standing on top of fences causing players to get stuck and crashing the server in SMP.
1.6 Fences made flammable and visibility improved
1.7 Any block, including torches and other fences, now able to be placed on fences.
1.8 Added villages Village Biome Plains, desert, savanna, taiga Consists of See Structure Can generate post-generation No First appearances See History See villages. For how to build the natural village style, see Village Blueprints. “ minecraft , abandoned mineshafts Abandoned mineshaft Biome Any Consists of Wooden Planks Fence Rail Torch Cobweb Dirt Monster Spawner Minecart with Chest Can generate post-generation No First appearances See history "Mine" redirects here. For information about mining, see Mining. minecraft , and strongholds Stronghold Portal Room Biome Any Consists of See Structure First appearances See History Strongholds are structures that occur naturally underground, and are primarily important because they house end portals. Strongholds can be located using eyes minecraft , where wooden fences naturally generate.
Axes break fences faster.
Official release
1.0.0 Beta 1.9-pre1 Added nether fortresses Nether Fortress Biome The Nether Consists of See Structure First appearances See history Nether fortresses are structures that are naturally generated in the Nether. Contents 1 Generation 1.1 Mobs 2 Structure 2.1 Blocks 3 Loot minecraft , including nether brick fences.
Beta 1.9-pre2 Fence collision box reduced.
Fences now connect to solid blocks.
Beta 1.9-pre5 Fence selection area changed to match its collision box.
Beta 1.9-pre6 Fences no longer prevent farmland from decaying when placed below farmland.
1.4.2 12w36a It is now possible to place pressure plates on top of nether brick fences.
1.4.4 Mobs no longer try to jump over nether brick fences.
Nether brick fence texture fixed.
1.5 Fence corners now have a smaller collision box, allowing players to fall through the gap in the middle of four fences placed in a square.
1.6.1 13w16a Mobs can be tied to fences.
1.8 14w32b Fences have a new crafting recipe, previously requiring six sticks in a 2ℂₗ3 grid. The recipe also now produces 3 fences instead of 2.
Fences now vary in appearance based on the planks used to make them. The recipe now requires 4 plank blocks of the same species, but fence blocks of different woods can connect.
1.11 16w39a Oak, birch and dark oak wood fences now generate in woodland mansions Woodland mansion Biome Roofed Forest Consists of See Structure. Can generate post-generation N/A First appearances See history This article may need cleanup to comply with the style guide. Please help improve this if you can. minecraft .
1.12 17w15a Now connect to the solid back sides of stairs.
Pocket Edition Alpha
0.2.0 Added fences.
0.9.0 build 1 Fences now naturally spawn in strongholds Stronghold Portal Room Biome Any Consists of See Structure First appearances See History Strongholds are structures that occur naturally underground, and are primarily important because they house end portals. Strongholds can be located using eyes minecraft , abandoned mineshafts Abandoned mineshaft Biome Any Consists of Wooden Planks Fence Rail Torch Cobweb Dirt Monster Spawner Minecart with Chest Can generate post-generation No First appearances See history "Mine" redirects here. For information about mining, see Mining. minecraft and villages Village Biome Plains, desert, savanna, taiga Consists of See Structure Can generate post-generation No First appearances See History See villages. For how to build the natural village style, see Village Blueprints. “ minecraft .
Added smooth lighting to fences.
0.10.0 build 1 Added spruce, birch, jungle, acacia and dark oak variants.
Renamed fence to oak fence.
0.12.1 build 1 Added nether brick fences.
build 12 Torches can now be placed on top of nether brick fences.
0.14.2 The texture for the nether brick fence is changed.
Pocket Edition
1.1 build 1 Oak, birch and dark oak wood fences now generate in woodland mansions Woodland mansion Biome Roofed Forest Consists of See Structure. Can generate post-generation N/A First appearances See history This article may need cleanup to comply with the style guide. Please help improve this if you can. minecraft .
Console Edition
TU1 CU1 1.0 Patch 1 Added fences.
TU3 Fences are now stackable.
TU5 Pressure plates are placeable on fences.
TU6 Fence collision box decreased to size of fence block.
TU7 Added nether brick fences.
TU25 CU14 1.17 Added spruce, birch, and jungle variants.
The crafting recipe now uses 4 planks and 2 sticks instead of 6 sticks.
Renamed fence to oak fence.
TU27 CU15 1.18 Added acacia and dark oak fences to the creative inventory.

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