Painting

Properties

Being an entity, paintings can simultaneously exist in the same space as blocks such as water or torches. Specifically, they can share the space with any block whose collision box does not intersect its hitbox.

Players and mobs are able to walk through paintings, as long as the blocks supporting the painting allow it. Light propagates through paintings as well.

Paintings are non-flammable.

Trivia

• In Minecraft Indev, the Painting had an old crafting recipe. It was crafted by using eight Wood Planks and a piece of Wool in the middle.
• Paintings are randomly generated when placed, and can vary in size greatly. However, if placed on a wall that is too crowded, none of the really big paintings will generate there.
• Paintings can be knocked off of a surface by throwing snowballs at or shooting arrows at them.
• The texture that the painting has in the back is actually the Wood Planks texture, but it has been darkened slightly.
• One of the paintings is called bomb in the game files, because it`s a painting of the Bomb map from the video game, "Counter Strike".
• One of the paintings is called Donkey Kong in the game files, because it`s a painting of the video game, "Donkey Kong".
• In Multiplayer, if a player is standing behind a painting, then the other players will not see the the player`s nametag.
• The painting called Seaside has been changed slightly. In Minecraft Indev, the plant in the painting was dark green, but in Minecraft Alpha, it changed to have a colorful plant.
• The painting called Stage has been changed slightly. In Minecraft Indev, the spider in the painting was very small, but in Minecraft Alpha, it was changed to a bigger spider.
• There are four 2x2 painting that are currently unused in Minecraft: Pocket Edition. They can only be found in the game files.
• There are 30 paintings in total, including the currently unused paintings.

Videos

Info

Painting

Type	Decorations
Durability	N/A
Renewable A renewable resource (as opposed to a non-renewable, or finite, resource) is a resource that can be recreated indefinitely in survival without exploiting glitches or using commands. While running out of resources isn t likely to	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)
Internal ID	PC: 9 PE: 83
Network ID	PC: none
Entity ID	painting
Drops	1 Painting
First appearances	See History
Data value	dec:321 hex:141 bin:101000001
Name See values from the latest PCPersonal Computer 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	painting

Paintings are decorative entities that hang on walls.

Trivia

• On 26 Apr. 2011 Notch stated that the auto mapping code can be used to share custom paintings and books in the future.
• In SMP, if a player is standing behind a painting, other players do not see their name.
• Paintings are not actually attached to the wall. If you look closely, there is a gap between the painting and the wall.
• The texture on the back of a painting is the same texture of wooden planks, darkened slightly.
• On Console Edition, paintings and item frames share the same spawn limit.

Crafting

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 recipe
Stick⃂+ Any Wool

Paintings can be crafted with any color of wool Wool Transparency No Luminance No Blast resistance 4 Tool Renewable Yes Stackable Yes (64), same color only Flammable Yes Drops Itself Data value dec: 35 hex: 23 bin: 100011 Name wool Wool is a block derived from sheep . The color of wool used does not influence the picture chosen when the painting is placed.

Breaking

To remove a painting from a wall, attack it, break one of its supporting blocks, cover one square of it with a block, hit it with an arrow, egg, ender pearl, snowball, or fire charge, or subject it to an explosion. The painting will then drop as an item. Arrows that hit paintings will disappear.

Placement

Paintings can be placed on the sides of solid blocks Comparison of the solid stone and liquid water blocks Solid blocks are a category of block. Contents 1 Properties 2 List of solid blocks 2.1 List of non-solid blocks 3 Height 4 Video 5 History , or signs if you hold shift. The other blocks holding the painting can be almost anything. There are several different sizes of painting (see below). When placed, a painting will check for the largest amount of space it has. It then chooses a random painting of that size. Therefore, the player can add blocks around the painting to ensure it is the size wanted.

Canvases

There are 26 paintings in the game. These are mostly based on paintings by Kristoffer Zetterstrand, who also created the Minecraft versions.

Canvas	Size	Original	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	Description	Version added
	1⃗1 blocks 16⃗16 pixels	Kebab med tre pepperoni	Kebab	A kebab with three green chili peppers.	Indev Indev Starting version 0.31 (Dec. 23, 2009) Latest version Minecraft Indev (Feb. 23, 2010) Paid Yes This page contains content that is no longer in the game. These featuresSpecial attraction only exist in outdated versions of
	1⃗1 blocks 16⃗16 pixels	de_aztec	Aztec	Free-look perspective of the map de_aztec from the video game Counter-Strike.	Indev Indev Starting version 0.31 (Dec. 23, 2009) Latest version Minecraft Indev (Feb. 23, 2010) Paid Yes This page contains content that is no longer in the game. These features only exist in outdated versions of
	1⃗1 blocks 16⃗16 pixels	Albanian	Alban	A man wearing a fez in a desert-type land stood next to a house and a bush. As the name of the painting suggests, it may be a landscape in Albania. However Albania is mostly snowy mountains and there are no “deserts", therefore making it impossible to be located in Albania.	Indev Indev Starting version 0.31 (Dec. 23, 2009) Latest version Minecraft Indev (Feb. 23, 2010) Paid Yes This page contains content that is no longer in the game. These features only exist in outdated versions of
	1⃗1 blocks 16⃗16 pixels	de_aztec	Aztec2	Free-look perspective of the map de_aztec from the video game Counter-Strike.	Indev Indev Starting version 0.31 (Dec. 23, 2009) Latest version Minecraft Indev (Feb. 23, 2010) Paid Yes This page contains content that is no longer in the game. These features only exist in outdated versions of
	1⃗1 blocks 16⃗16 pixels	Target successfully bombed	Bomb	Painting of the Counter-Strike map de_dust2, named “target successfully bombed" in reference to the game.	Indev Indev Starting version 0.31 (Dec. 23, 2009) Latest version Minecraft Indev (Feb. 23, 2010) Paid Yes This page contains content that is no longer in the game. These features only exist in outdated versions of
	1⃗1 blocks 16⃗16 pixels	Paradistr⃤d	Plant	Still life painting of two plants in pots. “Paradistr⃤d" is Swedish for “Paradise tree", which is a common name for the depicted species in Scandinavia.	Indev Indev Starting version 0.31 (Dec. 23, 2009) Latest version Minecraft Indev (Feb. 23, 2010) Paid Yes This page contains content that is no longer in the game. These features only exist in outdated versions of
	1⃗1 blocks 16⃗16 pixels	Wasteland	Wasteland	Painting of a view of some wastelands; a small animal (presumably a rabbit) is sitting on the window ledge.	Indev Indev Starting version 0.31 (Dec. 23, 2009) Latest version Minecraft Indev (Feb. 23, 2010) Paid Yes This page contains content that is no longer in the game. These features only exist in outdated versions of
	1⃗2 blocks 16⃗32 pixels	Wanderer	Wanderer	A low-resolution version of Caspar David Friedrich`s famous painting Wanderer above the Sea of Fog.	Indev Indev Starting version 0.31 (Dec. 23, 2009) Latest version Minecraft Indev (Feb. 23, 2010) Paid Yes This page contains content that is no longer in the game. These features only exist in outdated versions of
	1⃗2 blocks 16⃗32 pixels	Graham	Graham	A small picture of King Graham, the player character in the King`s Quest series.	Alpha 1.1.1
	2⃗1 blocks 32⃗16 pixels	The pool	Pool	Some men and women skinny-dipping in a pool over a cube of sorts. Also there is an old man resting in the lower-right edge.	Indev Indev Starting version 0.31 (Dec. 23, 2009) Latest version Minecraft Indev (Feb. 23, 2010) Paid Yes This page contains content that is no longer in the game. These features only exist in outdated versions of
	2⃗1 blocks 32⃗16 pixels	Bonjour monsieur Courbet	Courbet	Two hikers with pointy beards seemingly greeting each other. This painting is based on the realist painter Gustave Courbet`s 1854 painting of the same title.	Indev Indev Starting version 0.31 (Dec. 23, 2009) Latest version Minecraft Indev (Feb. 23, 2010) Paid Yes This page contains content that is no longer in the game. These features only exist in outdated versions of
	2⃗1 blocks 32⃗16 pixels	sunset_dense	Sunset	Painting of a view of mountains at sunset.	Indev Indev Starting version 0.31 (Dec. 23, 2009) Latest version Minecraft Indev (Feb. 23, 2010) Paid Yes This page contains content that is no longer in the game. These features only exist in outdated versions of
	2⃗1 blocks 32⃗16 pixels	Seaside	Sea	Painting of a view of mountains and a lake, with a small photo of a mountain and a dull-colored plant on the window ledge. Note: In Alpha 1.1.1, this painting was replaced by the second image, featuring a more colorful plant.	Indev Indev Starting version 0.31 (Dec. 23, 2009) Latest version Minecraft Indev (Feb. 23, 2010) Paid Yes This page contains content that is no longer in the game. These features only exist in outdated versions of
	2⃗1 blocks 32⃗16 pixels	Seaside	Creebet	Painting of a view of mountains and a lake, with a small photo of a mountain and a creeper looking at the viewer through a window.	Alpha 1.1.1
	2⃗2 blocks 32⃗32 pixels	Match	Match	A hand holding a match, causing pixelated fire on a white cubic gas fireplace.	Indev Indev Starting version 0.31 (Dec. 23, 2009) Latest version Minecraft Indev (Feb. 23, 2010) Paid Yes This page contains content that is no longer in the game. These features only exist in outdated versions of
	2⃗2 blocks 32⃗32 pixels	Bust	Bust	Painting of a statue bust surrounded by pixelated fire.	Indev Indev Starting version 0.31 (Dec. 23, 2009) Latest version Minecraft Indev (Feb. 23, 2010) Paid Yes This page contains content that is no longer in the game. These features only exist in outdated versions of
	2⃗2 blocks 32⃗32 pixels	The stage is set	Stage	Painting of scenery from Space Quest I, with the character Graham from King`s Quest. Note: In Alpha 1.1.1, this painting was replaced by the second image, featuring a larger spider.	Indev Indev Starting version 0.31 (Dec. 23, 2009) Latest version Minecraft Indev (Feb. 23, 2010) Paid Yes This page contains content that is no longer in the game. These features only exist in outdated versions of
	2⃗2 blocks 32⃗32 pixels	The Void	Void	Painting of an angel praying into what appears to be a void with pixelated fire below.	Indev Indev Starting version 0.31 (Dec. 23, 2009) Latest version Minecraft Indev (Feb. 23, 2010) Paid Yes This page contains content that is no longer in the game. These features only exist in outdated versions of
	2⃗2 blocks 32⃗32 pixels	Moonlight Installation	SkullAndRoses	Painting of a skeleton at night with red flowers in the foreground. The original painting is very different, depicting a woman sitting in a couch, while the skull is in the middle of a body of glacial water of sorts.	Indev Indev Starting version 0.31 (Dec. 23, 2009) Latest version Minecraft Indev (Feb. 23, 2010) Paid Yes This page contains content that is no longer in the game. These features only exist in outdated versions of
	2⃗2 blocks 32⃗32 pixels		Wither	Painting depicting the creation of a wither Wither Health points 300 ( × 150) 600 ( × 300) Pocket edition only] Armor points 4 () Attack strength Easy: 5 () Normal: 8 () Hard: 12 () Size Height: 3.5 Blocks Width: 0.9 Blocks Spawn . This is the only painting not based on a real painting.	1.4.2 (Snapshot 12w36a)
	4⃗2 blocks 64⃗32 pixels	Fighters	Fighters	Two pixelated men poised to fight. Paper versions of fighters from the game “International Karate+".	Indev Indev Starting version 0.31 (Dec. 23, 2009) Latest version Minecraft Indev (Feb. 23, 2010) Paid Yes This page contains content that is no longer in the game. These features only exist in outdated versions of
	4⃗3 blocks 64⃗48 pixels	Mortal Coil	Skeleton	A painting of the “Mean Midget" from the adventure game Grim Fandango.	Alpha 1.1.1
	4⃗3 blocks 64⃗48 pixels	Kong	DonkeyKong	A paper-looking screenshot of the level 100 m. from the original “Donkey Kong" arcade game.	Alpha 1.1.1
	4⃗4 blocks 64⃗64 pixels	Pointer	Pointer	A painting of the main character of the classic Atari game International Karate (the Karateka character had white hair, this one clearly has black hair) fighting a large hand. It could also be interpreted as the two hands touching as seen in Michelangelo`s Sistine Chapel painting.	Indev Indev Starting version 0.31 (Dec. 23, 2009) Latest version Minecraft Indev (Feb. 23, 2010) Paid Yes This page contains content that is no longer in the game. These features only exist in outdated versions of
	4⃗4 blocks 64⃗64 pixels	RGB	Pigscene	Painting of a girl that is pointing to a pig on a canvas. In the original version, the canvas shows red, green and blue blocks, representing the three colors of the RGB color model that is typically used by computer displays.	Alpha 1.1.1
	4⃗4 blocks 64⃗64 pixels	Skull on Fire	BurningSkull	A Skull on pixelated fire; in the background there is a moon in a clear night sky.	Beta 1.2_01

Pocket Edition

In Pocket Edition, there are four additional 2ℂₗ2 tile paintings with no clear purpose or use. See Pocket Edition unused features#Paintings for more information.

Data values

See also: Chunk format Chunks store the terrain and entities within a 16×256×16 area. They also store precomputed lighting, heightmap data for Minecraft s performance, and other meta information. Contents 1 NBT structure 2 Block format 3 Entity format 3.1

Paintings have entity data which define various properties of the entity. Their entity ID is Painting.

Video

Note: This video is outdated as it is now easier to get the painting you want

History

Indev Indev Starting version 0.31 (Dec. 23, 2009) Latest version Minecraft Indev (Feb. 23, 2010) Paid Yes This page contains content that is no longer in the game. These features only exist in outdated versions of
Feb. 23, 2010 This is not an official version history or changelog. For the official list, please visit the Minecraft website. For versions 1.11 and prior, please check the Mojang website. For versions prior to Beta 1.8, please					Added paintings with 19 canvases available.
					The recipe used eight 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 rather than using eight sticks Stick Type Raw materials Durability N/A Renewable Yes Stackable Yes (64) First appearances See History Data value dec: 280 hex: 118 bin: 100011000 Name stick A stick is an item used for crafting many tools and items. Contents
Infdev Infdev Starting version Minecraft Infdev (27th of Feb., 2010) Latest version Minecraft Infdev (27th of Jun., 2010) Paid Yes A version of Infdev from Jun. 18, 2010 is available to play in the launcher. Be that as it may,
?					The recipe changed so that it now uses sticks, rather than planks.
Alpha Alpha Starting version Alpha 1.0.0 (Jun. 28, 2010) Latest version Alpha 1.2.6 (Dec. 3, 2010) Paid Yes Alpha versions 1.0.0 to 1.2.6 are available to play in the launcher. Be that as it may, please note that these versions
1.1.1 Alpha 1.1.1 Official name Seecret Saturday 1 Server version 0.2.1 Release date Sep. 18, 2010 Download Client Server Other editions of 1.1.1 Pocket Edition ◄◄ Alpha 1.1.0 Alpha 1.1.2 ► Alpha 1.2.0 ►► This article					Added five more paintings and altered two of the originals.
Beta Beta Starting version Beta 1.0 (Dec. 20, 2010) Latest version Beta 1.9-pre6 (Nov. 13, 2011) Paid Yes These versions are available to play in the launcher. Be that as it may, please note that these versions contain bugs. You ll
1.2_01 Beta 1.2_01 Release date Jan. 14, 2011 Download Client Server ◄◄ Beta 1.2 Beta 1.2_02 ► Beta 1.3 ►► See the computer edition. For other editions, see Version history (disambiguation). Beta 1.2_01					Added code for a new painting.
1.3 Beta 1.3 Release date Feb. 22, 2011 Download Client Server Other editions of 1.3 Java Edition ◄◄ Beta 1.2 ◄ Beta 1.2_02 Beta 1.3_01 ► Beta 1.4 ►► See the computer edition.					Added image of the new painting, `Flaming Skull`.
1.7.3 Beta 1.7.3 Release date Jul. 8, 2011 Download Client Server Other editions of 1.7.3 Java Edition ◄◄ Beta 1.7 ◄ Beta 1.7.2 Beta 1.8 ►► See the computer edition. For other editions,					Paintings pushed by pistons will now pop off.
1.8					Players can now critical hit a painting by hitting it while jumping.
Official release
1.4.2			12w36a		Added a new painting depicting the creation of a Wither.
					Paintings can be placed overlapping one another.
1.5					Paintings unable to be placed.
1.5.1					Fixed the painting issue from 1.5.
1.8			14w10a		Paintings can no longer be placed directly inside of each other.
1.9			15w49a		Paintings can no longer be destroyed by Lightning.
			15w50a		Added sounds: entity.painting.place and entity.painting.break.
1.11			16w32a		Changed entity ID from Painting to painting
1.12			17w06a		Paintings now have a more intuitive placement system. When placed, a painting will always utilize the maximum possible amount of available space.
Pocket Edition Alpha
0.5.0					Added paintings.
0.8.0			build 3		New painting rendering.
0.15.0			build 1		Paintings now have sounds when placed and broken.
Pocket Edition
1.0.7					Added the painting of the creation of a wither.
Console Edition
TU1	CU1	1.0	Patch 1		Added paintings.
TU11					Increased the limit for paintings in a world. A message is now displayed when the maximum paintings are reached.
TU14		1.04			Added new painting depicting the creation of a wither Wither Health points 300 ( × 150) 600 ( × 300) Pocket edition only] Armor points 4 () Attack strength Easy: 5 () Normal: 8 () Hard: 12 () Size Height: 3.5 Blocks Width: 0.9 Blocks Spawn .
TU43	CU33	1.36	Patch 13		Added sounds for paintings.

Issues

Issues relating to ⃢₀ₜPainting⃢₀₝ are maintained on the issue tracker. Report issues there.

Gallery

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  File found in the Minecraft program files for the creation of paintings in the game.

Contents

Usage/Placement

To place an image, select it in the inventory bar, and right-click a wall of blocks that is not obstructed by any blocks making it "un-flat" (with the exception of torches, the painting will lay under them). The image will be displayed randomly. Depending on the size of the wall the image can be anywhere from a 1x1 (one block) size, up to a whopping 4x4. In 1.12 (upcoming), paintings fit the largest space possible, making it more likely to get the desired painting (by using scaffolding to limit the area). They are not always even though. Some may be 1x2 or 2x1 while others are 4x3. Each of these sizes has different images that can be displayed, so the user may want to retry several times before obtaining the one that is desired.

Crafting

Sources

The paintings are based on real works of art. The following video shows 26 paintings and the originals they are based on: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ri4_6UnRdHA

Bugs

• As of 1.5 there is a "glitch" that when a painting is placed it will appear for about 1 tick then disappear. This glitch was fixed in 13w11a.
• Paintings can be walked through, allowing the player to cover up passageways.
• Paintings placed near torches may expand through them leaving the torch to appear stuck on the painting instead of the wall.
• If a painting is hit with water, it will not be destroyed, but it will darken.