Pumpkin

Obtaining

Pumpkins can be mined with anything, but axes are the quickest.

Block	Pumpkin
Hardness	1
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 time
Hand	1.5
Wooden	0.75
Stone	0.4
Iron	0.25
Diamond	0.2
Golden	0.15
Sword	1

1. ⃢₆ₑ Times are for unenchanted tools in seconds.

When a pumpkin is pushed by a piston Piston Transparency Yes Luminance None Blast resistance 2.5 Tool Any tool Renewable Yes Stackable Yes (64) Flammable No Drops Itself Data values See Data values Pistons are blocks capable of pushing most blocks, depending on , it breaks and drops as an item.

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Pumpkin

Transparency When leaves are opaque (in "fast" graphics), they completely block rendering. When leaves are transparent (in "fancy" graphics), the world behind them is also rendered. Opacity (and its inverse, transparency) are properties of blocks with	Partial (blocks light)
Luminance Light (or lighting) in Minecraft affects visibility, mob spawning, and plant growth. Contents 1 Brightness 1.1 Spread 2 Sources of light 2.1 Blocks 2.2 Other 3 Light-filtering blocks 4 Effects of light 4.1 Mobs 4.2	No
Blast resistance	5
Tool
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)
Flammable	No
Drops See the items that drop from entities and blocks. For drops as in falls, see Fall Damage. Typical drops from a skeleton: experience orbs, an arrow, and bones. Drops are items that	Itself
Data value	dec:86 hex:56 bin:1010110
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	pumpkin

	“	Part food! Part hat! All block.	„
		—Alex Wiltshire

Pumpkins are blocks See the various blocks found in Minecraft. For the blocking with shields that reduces damage when performed, see Blocking. All blocks Blocks are the basic units of structure in Minecraft. Contents 1 that appear on grass blocks, generated in random clusters in most Overworld The Overworld, as seen in an extreme hills and a forest biome The Overworld is the dimension in which all players begin their Minecraft journey. Contents 1 Creation 1.1 Seeds 2 Environment 2.1 Biomes 2.2 biomes, though somewhat rarely.

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Trivia

• The pumpkin is the only headgear that obstructs the player`s view.

Natural generation

Pumpkins can naturally generate with the terrain in any biome A river bisecting a jungle biome. At the top right is a forest. A river running through a mesa biome with mesa plateaus, with a savanna biome in the bottom right. “ In case you in the Overworld The Overworld, as seen in an extreme hills and a forest biome The Overworld is the dimension in which all players begin their Minecraft journey. Contents 1 Creation 1.1 Seeds 2 Environment 2.1 Biomes 2.2 , requiring only a grass block Grass Block Transparency No Luminance No Blast resistance 3 Tool Renewable No Stackable Yes (64) Flammable No Drops Dirt (1) Data value dec: 02 hex: 2 bin: 10 Name grass See the dirt block with with air above (clear of any plants such as flowers or grass) and can generate whether or not that grass block has a layer of snow cover. Practically speaking, this means that the occurrence of pumpkins in stony or sandy biomes, or in very grassy biomes with few clear grass blocks, is comparatively rare.

Pumpkins also naturally 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. .

Farming

Pumpkin farming strategies parallel those of melons Melon Transparency Partial (blocks light) Luminance No Blast resistance 5 Tools Renewable Yes Stackable Yes (64) Flammable No Drops Melon (3–7) (9 if broken with shears Pocket edition only]) Data value dec: 103 hex: 67 bin: 1100111 Name melon_block . Planted pumpkin seeds Pumpkin Seeds Transparency Yes Luminance No Blast resistance 0 Tool None Renewable Yes Stackable Yes (64) Flammable No Drops Pumpkin Seeds (0–3) Data values Block dec: 104 hex: 68 bin: 1101000 Item dec: 361 hex: 169 bin: 101101001 Name See Data grow a central stem that, after maturing, generates pumpkins randomly on adjacent vacant dirt Dirt Transparency No Luminance No Blast resistance 2.5 Tool Renewable No Stackable Yes (64) Flammable No Drops Itself Data value dec: 03 hex: 3 bin: 11 Name dirt See Dirt. For the similar block, see / grass Grass Block Transparency No Luminance No Blast resistance 3 Tool Renewable No Stackable Yes (64) Flammable No Drops Dirt (1) Data value dec: 02 hex: 2 bin: 10 Name grass See the dirt block with / farmland Farmland Transparency PC: Partial (Blocks light) PE: Yes Luminance No Blast resistance 3 Tool Renewable No Stackable Yes (64) Flammable No Drops Dirt (1) Data value dec: 60 hex: 3C bin: 111100 Name farmland “ Want to live . If a pumpkin is harvested without also cutting the central stalk, another pumpkin will generate afterwards without requiring replanting or waiting for the stalk to mature again.

Pumpkin stems take around 10 to 30 minutes to fully develop. Bone meal Bone Meal Type Wool dyes Durability N/A Renewable Yes Stackable Yes (64) Data value dec: 35115 hex: 15F15 bin: 10101111115 Name dye 15 Bone meal is a material that can be used as a dye as well as can be used on pumpkin stems to become fully-grown, but will not produce a pumpkin immediately.

Mobs

Zombies Zombie Health points 20 () Armor points 2 () Attack strength Easy: 2 () Normal: 3 () Hard: 4 () Size Adult: Height: 1.95 Blocks Width: 0.6 Blocks Baby: Height: 0.975 Blocks Width: 0.3 Blocks Spawn , zombie villagers Zombie Health points 20 () Armor points 2 () Attack strength Easy: 2 () Normal: 3 () Hard: 4 () Size Adult: Height: 1.95 Blocks Width: 0.6 Blocks Baby: Height: 0.975 Blocks Width: 0.3 Blocks Spawn , skeletons Skeleton Health points 20 () Attack strength Bow: Easy: 1 () - 4 () Normal: 1 () - 4 () Hard: 1 () - 5 () Sword: Easy: 2 () Normal: 2 () Hard: 3 , wither skeletons Wither Skeleton Health points 20 () Attack strength Easy: 4 () Normal: 7 () Hard: 10 () Size Height: 2.4 Blocks Width: 0.7 Blocks Spawn Nether fortresses at light level 7 or less First appearances , husks Zombie Health points 20 () Armor points 2 () Attack strength Easy: 2 () Normal: 3 () Hard: 4 () Size Adult: Height: 1.95 Blocks Width: 0.6 Blocks Baby: Height: 0.975 Blocks Width: 0.3 Blocks Spawn , strays Skeleton Health points 20 () Attack strength Bow: Easy: 1 () - 4 () Normal: 1 () - 4 () Hard: 1 () - 5 () Sword: Easy: 2 () Normal: 2 () Hard: 3 , and zombie pigmen Zombie Pigman Health points 20 () Armor points 2 () Attack strength Easy: 5 () Normal: 9 () Hard: 13 () Size Height: 1.95 Blocks Width: 0.6 Blocks Spawn Any 2 block high space in any have a chance of wearing a pumpkin if they spawn during Halloween. If a mob wearing a pumpkin is killed using a tool enchanted with Looting, there will be a chance equivalent to the level of Looting used to drop the pumpkin, up to a maximum of a 3% chance of a drop.

Helmet

A pumpkin can be equipped as a helmet without any actual armor Armor Type Wearable items Durability See Durability Renewable Yes Stackable No Data values See Data values Name See Data values For the armor that can be worn by horses, see Horse Armor. Armor classes. From value, but will instead function as a mask that allows the player to look at endermen Enderman Health points 40 ( × 20) Attack strength Easy: 4 () Normal: 7 () Hard: 10 () Size Height: 2.9 Blocks Width: 0.6 Blocks Spawn In the Overworld, the Nether or the End in without provoking an attack. When worn, they limit the player`s viewing area to a mask pattern that resembles the pumpkin`s carved face.

Dispensers

Dispensers Dispenser Type Block Requirements None Physics No Transparency No Luminance No Blast resistance 17.5 Hardness 3.5 Tool Renewable Yes Stackable Yes (64) Flammable No First appearances See history Drops Dispenser (1) plus contents Block entity will equip a pumpkin on a player, mob or armor stand with an empty helmet slot, within the block the dispenser is facing. ^{Java⃂edition only Minecraft Author(s) Mojang AB (Credits) Markus "Notch" Persson (Creator) Jens "Jeb" Bergensten (Lead Developer) Jon "jonkagstrom" Kågström (AI Programmer) Nathan "Dinnerbone" Adams Erik "Grum" Broes Michael "Searge" Stoyke Thomas "ProfMobius" Guimbretière Agnes "LadyAgnes" Larsson Maria}

Building golems

Pumpkins can be used to make snow golems Snow Golem Health points 4 () Attack strength 0 () (only pushes mobs back) 3 () to Blaze Size Height: 1.9 Blocks Width: 0.7 Blocks Spawn Where created by the player First appearances See History and iron golems Iron Golem Health points 100 ( × 50) Attack strength 7 () to 21 ( × 10.5) To players: Easy: 4 () to 11 () Normal: 7 () to 21 ( × 10.5) Hard: 10 as shown below. Snow golems require snow blocks Snow Transparency No Luminance No Blast resistance 1 Tool Renewable Yes Stackable Yes (64) Flammable No Drops Snowball (4) Data value dec: 80 hex: 50 bin: 1010000 Name snow See the full block. For the for their bodies, while Iron Golems require iron blocks Block of Iron Transparency No Luminance No Blast resistance 30 Tool Renewable Yes Stackable Yes (64) Flammable No Drops Itself Data value dec: 42 hex: 2A bin: 101010 Name iron_block See the solid Blocks of . The pumpkin must be placed last or the Golem will not spawn.

Iron Golem Iron Golem Health points 100 ( × 50) Attack strength 7 () to 21 ( × 10.5) To players: Easy: 4 () to 11 () Normal: 7 () to 21 ( × 10.5) Hard: 10 build configuration

Snow Golem Snow Golem Health points 4 () Attack strength 0 () (only pushes mobs back) 3 () to Blaze Size Height: 1.9 Blocks Width: 0.7 Blocks Spawn Where created by the player First appearances See History build configuration

Crafting ingredient

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	Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Jack o`Lantern	Pumpkin+ Torch
Pumpkin Pie	Pumpkin+ Sugar+ Egg
Pumpkin Seeds	Pumpkin	4

Placement

Pumpkins cannot be placed without a block under them, but once placed, will remain even if the block underneath is mined away. When placed, pumpkins automatically face the player. Pumpkins cannot be placed on a transparent block.

Trading

Farmers will buy 8⃢₀ₓ13 pumpkins for an emerald.

Enchantments

Pumpkins can receive the following enchantments, but only through an anvil.

• Curse of Binding
• Curse of Vanishing

Achievements

Advancements

Icon	Advancement	In-game description	Parent	Actual requirements (if different)	Internal ID
	Hired Help	Summon an Iron Golem to help defend a village	What a Deal!	Summon an iron golem.	minecraft:adventure/summon_iron_golem

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Block data

See also: Data values

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	Value	Description
⃂facing	north south east west	The direction the pumpkin`s carved face is facing. The opposite from the direction the player faces while placing the pumpkin.

History

Alpha
1.2.0					Pumpkins are added, now generating in many of the newly-added biomes. It can be crafted into jack o`lanterns.
Beta
1.8					Pumpkins become a renewable resource, they can appear also in swamp biomes, and it is possible to farm pumpkins in the same way as melons Melon Transparency Partial (blocks light) Luminance No Blast resistance 5 Tools Renewable Yes Stackable Yes (64) Flammable No Drops Melon (3–7) (9 if broken with shears Pocket edition only]) Data value dec: 103 hex: 67 bin: 1100111 Name melon_block . Mineshafts can have pumpkin seeds, providing another way to farm pumpkins besides finding them. Endermen won`t become hostile when you look at them if you`re wearing a pumpkin.
Official release
1.0.0					Pumpkins can now be crafted into pumpkin seeds Pumpkin Seeds Transparency Yes Luminance No Blast resistance 0 Tool None Renewable Yes Stackable Yes (64) Flammable No Drops Pumpkin Seeds (0–3) Data values Block dec: 104 hex: 68 bin: 1101000 Item dec: 361 hex: 169 bin: 101101001 Name See Data .
					A snow golem can be "crafted" by stacking two snow blocks on top of each other, then placing a pumpkin on top of the snow.
1.1					Pumpkins no longer require farmland Farmland Transparency PC: Partial (Blocks light) PE: Yes Luminance No Blast resistance 3 Tool Renewable No Stackable Yes (64) Flammable No Drops Dirt (1) Data value dec: 60 hex: 3C bin: 111100 Name farmland “ Want to live to grow on.
1.2.1			12w08a		Pumpkins can be used to make iron golems Iron Golem Health points 100 ( × 50) Attack strength 7 () to 21 ( × 10.5) To players: Easy: 4 () to 11 () Normal: 7 () to 21 ( × 10.5) Hard: 10 .
1.4.2			12w37a		Pumpkins are now used to craft pumpkin pie.
			?		Some zombies, skeletons, zombie pigmen, and wither skeletons will be wearing pumpkins if it`s Halloween on your computer`s clock.
1.7.2			13w37a		Block ID 104, pumpkin stem, is removed from the /give command.
1.8			14w02a		Pumpkins can now be sold to farmer villagers, at 8⃢₀ₓ13 pumpkins for 1 emerald.
			14w04a		Dispensers can be used to place the pumpkin to activate iron golems and snow golems.
1.9			15w31a		Faceless pumpkins are removed from the game, presumably due to block states not including it
			15w32c		Pumpkins now generate in end ships, replacing beacons.
			15w33c		Pumpkins no longer generate in end ships, they are replaced by a hopper.
			15w39a		Dispensers can now equip pumpkins onto players, mobs and armor stands.
1.11			16w39a		Pumpkins 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. .
			?		Pumpkins can be now enchanted in Survival mode using an anvil with cursed books.
Pocket Edition Alpha
0.8.0			build 2		Added pumpkins.
0.9.0			build 1		Pumpkins now generate naturally.
0.12.1			build 1		Pumpkins can now spawn golems.
0.14.0			build 1		Pumpkins can now be worn as armor.
Pocket Edition
1.1			build 1		Pumpkins 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. .
Console Edition
TU1	CU1	1.0	Patch 1		Added pumpkins.

Gallery

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  A group of pumpkins

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  A player wearing a pumpkin as a head

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  View of the world inside a pumpkin helmet

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  A screenshot of a pumpkin on a stem in Beta 1.8 pre-release

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  Looking at an enderman with a pumpkin helmet on. Notice that its back is turned and it`s not attacking the player.

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  A floating pumpkin due to ponds being generated after the rest of the terrain.

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  A skeleton and a zombie wearing a pumpkin and a Jack o`Lantern respectively on the date of Halloween.

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  Naturally occurring pumpkin.

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  A naturally generated pumpkin in a woodland mansion room

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  A glitch of a baby zombie trying to wear a pumpkin on its head, but instead the pumpkin is floating above its head.

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As a Crafting Ingredient