Pumpkin Renewable Yes Stackable Yes (64) Tool Blast resistance 1 Hardness 1 Luminant No Transparent Partial (blocks light) Flammable No Catches fire from lava No

A pumpkin is a fruit block that appears in patches of grassy biomes. Pumpkins have the same texture on all 4 sides.

A carved pumpkin is a carved version of a pumpkin that can be worn or used to spawn golems. It can be made by placing a pumpkin on the ground and then using shears on it.

Obtaining [ edit ]

Natural generation [ edit ]

Pumpkins naturally generate with the terrain in most biomes in the Overworld, requiring only a grass block 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 grassy biomes with few clear grass blocks, is comparatively rare.

Pumpkins naturally generate in stem farm rooms in woodland mansions.

4 pumpkins generate naturally in woolen tents in pillager outposts.

Pumpkins generate naturally in taiga and snowy taiga villages, changing the hay bales to pumpkins.

Carved pumpkins generate in rail rooms in woodland mansions.

Carved pumpkins also generate in pillager outposts as a part of scarecrows.

Breaking [ edit ]

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

Block Pumpkin

Carved Pumpkin Hardness 1 Tool Breaking time[note 1] Default 1.5 Wooden 0.75 Stone 0.4 Iron 0.25 Diamond 0.25 Netherite 0.25 Golden 0.25 Sword 1

↑ Times are for unenchanted tools as wielded by players with no status effects, measured in seconds. For more information, see Breaking § Speed

When a pumpkin is pushed by a piston, it breaks and drops as an item.

Chest loot [ edit ]

Mob loot [ edit ]

This feature is exclusive to Java Edition.

Zombies, zombie villagers, skeletons, wither skeletons, drowned, husks, strays, and zombified piglins have a chance of wearing a carved pumpkin if they spawn during Halloween (October 31). If a mob wearing a carved pumpkin is killed using a tool enchanted with Looting, there is a chance equivalent to the level of Looting used to drop the carved pumpkin, up to a maximum of a 3% chance of a drop.

Trading [ edit ]

Wandering traders can sell a pumpkin for one emerald.

A carved pumpkin (and 4 pumpkin seeds in Java Edition or 1 unit of pumpkin seeds in Bedrock Edition) is obtained by using shears on an uncarved pumpkin. Once carved, a pumpkin cannot be changed back to uncarved. This changes the rotation of the top texture.[1]

Usage [ edit ]

Placement [ edit ]

Pumpkins can be placed without a block under them. When placed, carved pumpkins automatically face the player. Pumpkins can be placed on a transparent block.

Farming [ edit ]

Pumpkin farming strategies parallel those of melons. Planted pumpkin seeds grow a central stem that, after maturing, generates pumpkins randomly on adjacent vacant dirt/grass/farmland/podzol/coarse dirt. If a pumpkin is harvested without also cutting the central stalk, another pumpkin generates afterward without requiring replanting or waiting for the stalk to mature again. If a carved pumpkin is desired, simply use the shears on the pumpkin on the ground, and then harvest it as normal.

Pumpkin stems take around 10 to 30 minutes to fully develop. They require a light level of 9 or higher to grow. Bone meal can be used on pumpkin stems to become fully-grown, but this does not produce a pumpkin immediately.

Helmet [ edit ]

A carved pumpkin can be equipped as a helmet without any actual armor value. It functions as a mask that allows the player to look at endermen without provoking an attack. When worn, it limits the player's viewing area to a mask pattern that resembles the pumpkin's carved face. The pattern does not appear in third person view.

Dispensers [ edit ]

Dispensers can equip a carved pumpkin on a player, mob or armor stand with an empty helmet slot, within the block the dispenser is facing.

Building golems [ edit ]

Carved pumpkins can be used to make snow golems and iron golems as shown below. Snow golems require snow blocks for their bodies, while iron golems require iron blocks. The carved pumpkin must be placed last or the golem does not spawn. The orientation of the carved pumpkin does not matter while building an iron golem or snow golem. Iron golems cannot be built in water.

Crafting ingredient [ edit ]

Trading [ edit ]

Apprentice-level Farmer villagers buy 6 pumpkins for an emerald as part of their trades.‌[Bedrock Edition only]

Apprentice-level Farmer villagers have a 2⁄ 3 chance to buy 6 pumpkins for one emerald.‌[Java Edition only]

Enchantments [ edit ]

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

Composting [ edit ]

Placing a pumpkin or carved pumpkin into a composter has a 65% chance of raising the compost level by 1.

Note blocks [ edit ]

Pumpkin can be placed under note blocks to produce didgeridoo sounds.

Sounds [ edit ]

Java Edition:

Data values [ edit ]

ID [ edit ]

Java Edition:

Name Namespaced ID Block tags (JE) Translation key Pumpkin pumpkin enderman_holdable block.minecraft.pumpkin Carved Pumpkin carved_pumpkin enderman_holdable block.minecraft.carved_pumpkin

Bedrock Edition:

Name Namespaced ID Numeric ID Translation key Pumpkin pumpkin 86 tile.pumpkin.name Carved Pumpkin carved_pumpkin 410 tile.carved_pumpkin.name

Block data [ edit ]

In Bedrock Edition, carved pumpkins use the following data values:

Lowest two bits value Facing 0 Pumpkin facing south 1 Pumpkin facing west 2 Pumpkin facing north 3 Pumpkin facing east

Block states [ edit ]

Java Edition:

Carved pumpkin:

Name Default value Allowed values Description facing north east

north

south

west The direction the pumpkin's carved face is facing.

The opposite from the direction the player faces while placing the pumpkin.

Bedrock Edition:

Name Default value Allowed values Description direction 0 0

1

2

3 The direction the pumpkin is facing.[ check the code ]

Achievements [ edit ]

Icon Achievement In-game description Actual requirements (if different) Gamerscore earned Trophy type (PS) Body Guard Create an Iron Golem — 20G Bronze

Advancements [ edit ]

Icon Advancement In-game description Parent Actual requirements (if different) Namespaced ID Hired Help

Summon an Iron Golem to help defend a village What a Deal! Summon an iron golem. adventure/summon_iron_golem

History [ edit ]

This section is missing information about when were pumpkins changed to face away from the player upon placement? there were multiple such times (once in beta and once in 1.8 dev). Please expand the section to include this information. Further details may exist on the talk page

Trivia [ edit ]

The carved pumpkin is the only headgear that obstructs the player's view.

Pumpkins, mob heads and banners are the only blocks that can be placed in an armor slot without commands.

Each chunk has a 1 ⁄ 32 chance to generate a pumpkin patch (grass blocks are required). This makes naturally generated pumpkins rarer than diamond ore. A player who accidentally equips a carved pumpkin with the Curse of Binding enchantment on it cannot to take it off except by dying. This is dangerous in Hardcore mode.

⁄ chance to generate a pumpkin patch (grass blocks are required).

Gallery [ edit ]

Halloween Mobs [ edit ]

a b This screenshot was taken prior to the addition of carved pumpkins, leading to grown or naturally generated pumpkins being carved.

References [ edit ]