Item Frame

"Frame" redirects here. For other uses, see Frame (disambiguation).

An item frame is an entity‌^{[JE only]} or block entity‌^{[BE only]} that displays the item or block that is inside it.

A glow item frame keeps itself and the item inside it illuminated, even in the dark.‌^{[upcoming: JE 1.17 & BE 1.17.0]}

Obtaining

Breaking

An empty item frame can be broken simply by punching it.‌^{[Java Edition only]} If the item frame contains an item, punching it drops the item, leaving the frame on the wall.

Because item frames are entities in Java Edition, they can be broken in Adventure mode.‌^{[Java Edition only]}

Natural generation

An item frame containing a pair of elytra generates in each end ship.

File:BoatElytra.png

An item frame naturally generating in an end ship.

Crafting

Name	Ingredients	Crafting recipe	Description
Item Frame	Stick + Leather
Glow Item Frame	Glow Ink Sac + Item Frame		‌[upcoming: JE 1.17 & BE 1.17.0]

Trading

Expert-level cartographer villagers have a chance to sell an item frame for 7 emeralds.

Usage

File:Item Frame (map filled partial).png

Item frame with partially filled map

Item frames can be placed on the sides of cactus blocks, pressure plates, fences, trees, slabs, cobblestone walls, chests, doors, and all solid blocks. They can also be placed on the top and bottom of these blocks. To place on chests and doors, the player needs to be sneaking. As item frames are an entity, multiple item frames can occupy the same block, although on different faces. It also allows non-solid blocks to occupy the same space.‌^{[Java Edition only]}

Players can place items in the frame by using the item. If a map is placed in an item frame, it enlarges to show the map in the size of a full block, with the item frame's location displayed as a green pointer on the map, pointing in the direction the item frame is facing. If this is done in the Nether, the green cursor spins around similar to the white cursor (players). If the item in the item frame has been renamed using an anvil, it displays its custom name when the cursor is over the item frame. If the player places a block inside the frame, it is displayed in miniature half in, half out of the block. This can be most notably seen on stairs or slabs.

Pick block may be used on item frames by players in creative mode only, the control has no effect for players in survival or adventure mode. When the item frame is displaying an item, pick block picks the displayed item instead of the item frame.

Item frames can be placed on the lid of a shulker box that is positioned horizontally, but pop off when the lid is opened.‌^{[Java Edition only]}

Rotation

The displayed item can then be rotated by right-clicking the frame. Items displayed in the item frame can turn 45° diagonally, with a total of 8 possibilities (90° and 4 possibilities if it is a map), and the frame outputs a redstone signal depending on the rotation phase that can be interpreted by a redstone comparator (note that this rotation value is separate from the clock or compass rotation). As long as the frame remains placed, it remembers the orientation of the last item it held, and uses it for the next item it holds.‌^{[Java Edition only]}

Glow Item Frames

When an item is placed inside a glow item frame, it appears to glow, even though it does not emit any light.

Sounds

Glowing item frames currently do not have different sounds.

Sound	Subtitle	Source	Description	Namespaced ID	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
File:Item Frame add item1.oggFile:Item Frame add item2.oggFile:Item Frame add item4.ogg	Item Frame fills	?	?	entity.item_frame.add_item	subtitles.entity.itemframe.add_item	?	?	16
File:Item Frame break1.oggFile:Item Frame break2.oggFile:Item Frame break3.ogg	Item Frame breaks	?	?	entity.item_frame.break	subtitles.entity.itemframe.break	?	?	16
File:Item Frame place1.oggFile:Item Frame place2.oggFile:Item Frame place3.oggFile:Item Frame place4.ogg	Item Frame placed	?	?	entity.item_frame.place	subtitles.entity.itemframe.place	?	?	16
File:Item Frame remove item1.oggFile:Item Frame remove item2.oggFile:Item Frame remove item3.oggFile:Item Frame remove item4.ogg	Item Frame empties	?	?	entity.item_frame.remove_item	subtitles.entity.itemframe.remove_item	?	?	16
File:Item Frame rotate item1.oggFile:Item Frame rotate item2.oggFile:Item Frame rotate item3.oggFile:Item Frame rotate item4.ogg	Item Frame clicks	?	?	entity.item_frame.rotate_item	subtitles.entity.itemframe.rotate_item	?	?	16

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Item	Namespaced ID	Form	Translation key
Item Frame	item_frame	Item	item.minecraft.item_frame
Glow Item Frame‌[upcoming: JE 1.17]	glow_item_frame	Item	item.minecraft.glow_item_frame

Entity	Namespaced ID	Translation key
Template:EntitySprite Item Frame	item_frame	entity.minecraft.item_frame
Template:EntitySprite Glow Item Frame‌[upcoming: JE 1.17]	glow_item_frame	entity.minecraft.glow_item_frame

Bedrock Edition:

Item Frame	Namespaced ID	Numeric ID	Form	Translation key
Item	frame	389	Item	item.frame.name
Template:EntitySprite Block	frame	199	Block	tile.frame.name
Item‌[upcoming: BE 1.17.0]	glow_frame	?	Item	item.glow_frame.name
Template:EntitySprite Block‌[upcoming: BE 1.17.0]	glow_frame	594	Block	tile.glow_frame.name

Metadata

See also: Data values

In Bedrock Edition, item frames use the following data values:

Block states

See also: Block states

Entity data

See also: Chunk format

Item frames have entity data that define various properties of the entity.

History

Java Edition
August 16, 2012					32px 32px Dinnerbone tweeted the first image of item frames.
1.4.2		12w34a			32px 32px Added item frames.
					There is currently a bug where attempting to place an item frame in multiplayer causes an internal server error, as well as other bugs.
		12w34b			The multiplayer item frame bug has been fixed.
		12w38a			Item frames no longer despawn when the player moves 20 blocks away.
1.7.2		13w36a			Items renamed using an anvil now display their name when looked at up close.
		13w41a			Maps placed in an item frame now cover the whole block face, allowing seamless tiling of adjacent maps. This makes undiscovered areas of maps invisible.
		13w43a			32px Incomplete maps placed in item frames now display the item frame texture underneath.
1.8		14w04a			Items and blocks displayed in the item frame now rotate 45 degrees when rotated instead of 90 degrees, and a comparator outputs a redstone signal depending on the rotation phase.
		14w10a			Multiple item frames can no longer be placed on the same block face.
1.9		15w41a			An item frame now generates in the treasure room of end ships, above the shulker that guards the treasure. It holds elytra.
		15w49a			Item frames are no longer destroyed by lightning bolts.
		15w50a			Added sounds to item frames: entity.itemframe.add_item, entity.itemframe.break, entity.itemframe.place, entity.itemframe.remove_item, and entity.itemframe.rotate_item.
1.11		16w32a			The entity ID of item frames has been changed from ItemFrame to item_frame.
1.13		17w47a			Prior to The Flattening, this item's numeral ID was 389.
		17w50a			Item frames can now be put on floors and ceilings.
1.14		18w43a			32px 32px 32px The textures of item frames have been changed.
1.15		19w38a			32px 32px Item frames now appear dark, same as suffocating mobs.
		19w39a			Item frames are now colored correctly.
1.16		20w10a			The NBT Invisible and Fixed have been added to item frames.
Upcoming Java Edition
1.17		21w03a			32px 32px 32px Added glow item frames.
		21w10a			Added new sounds for Glow Item Frames.
Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.14.0		build 1			32px 32px 32px Added item frames.
					Item frames are considered as a block entity instead of an entity.
Pocket Edition
1.0.0		alpha 0.17.0.1			Item frames now generate in end city ships.
Bedrock Edition
1.10.0		beta 1.10.0.3			32px 32px 32px The textures of item frames have been changed.
1.11.0		beta 1.11.0.4			Item frames can now be bought from cartographer villagers.
1.13.0		beta 1.13.0.9			Item frames can now be placed on the top and bottom of blocks.
1.16.0		beta 1.16.0.57			Trading has been changed, item frames are now offered by expert-level cartographer villager.
1.16.210		beta 1.16.210.59			32px 32px 32px Added glow item frames under the Caves and Cliffs experimental gameplay toggle.
					Has the default item frame block texture.
		beta 1.16.210.60			Temporarily removed glow item frames due to a crash.
1.16.220		beta 1.16.220.50			32px 32px 32px Re-added glow item frames under the Caves and Cliffs experimental gameplay toggle.
		beta 1.16.220.52			32px 32px Glow Item Frame block texture uses update block texture due to a bug.
		release			Glow item frames have been made inaccessible in the full release.
Upcoming Bedrock Edition
1.16.230		beta 1.16.230.52			32px 32px The glow item frame block textures have been reverted back to the previous one.
1.17.0		beta 1.17.0.50			32px 32px The textures of glow item frames have been changed to match Java Edition.
					Now produces redstone signals.
		beta 1.17.0.52			Maps now glow in Glow Item Frames.
					Glow Item Frames are no longer available only through Experimental Gameplay.
Legacy Console Edition
TU9	CU1	1.0	Patch 1	1.0.1	32px 32px 32px Added item frames.
TU11					The limit for item frames in a world has been increased. A message is now displayed when the maximum number of item frames are reached.
TU31	CU19	1.22	Patch 3		Items and blocks displayed in the item frame now rotate 45 degrees when rotated instead of 90 degrees, and a comparator now outputs a redstone signal depending on the rotation phase.
TU43	CU33	1.36	Patch 13		Added sounds for item frames.
TU56	CU47	1.55	Patch 26	1.0.6	If the item in the item frame has a name (from an anvil) it now shows as if there is a name tag on the item frame.
		1.90			32px 32px 32px The textures of item frames have been changed.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0					32px 32px 32px Added item frames.

Gallery

• Suggestion for itemframes.png

  Original Reddit image suggesting item frames and flower pots.

• Item frame2.png

  Dinnerbone's first screenshot showing armor and weapons.

• Item frame3.png

  Dinnerbone's second screenshot showing a map, a compass, and two diamond swords.

• Item frame4.png

  Dinnerbone's third screenshot showing a golden sword in all directions, the item frame item itself, and a working clock.

• Item frame1.png

  Jeb's screenshot of the item frame.

• FlowerPot.png

  Snapshot showing plant pots and item frames.

• Item frame5.png

  Snapshot image of an ender pearl in an item frame.

• Frame fireplace.png

  An image of a fireplace retweeted by Dinnerbone.

• SOATPC.png

  An image tweeted by Dinnerbone showing how hovering over an item frame containing a renamed item shows a name tag.

Issues

Issues relating to "Item Frame" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.

Trivia

• The item frame is based upon a suggestion on Reddit, like the ender chest and flower pot.
• The item frame is the only entity to reference a block model.‌^{[JE only]} Because of this, the texture of the frame border is the same as the birch planks texture.
• Item frame is the only placeable item that can interfere with other non-full block entity.

Gallery

• Slab Frame.png

  An item frame on the side of a slab.

• ItemFrameBoxed.png

  Four item frames in a one-block space.‌^{[Java Edition only]}

• Item Frames Woodbase.png

  The frame itself uses the texture of birch planks.

• Item Frame rotation.gif

  The rotation of an item in an item frame.

• Front-back-itemframe.png

  The front and back of an item frame are the same.

• Item Frames Comparison.png

  The comparison between item frame (left) and glow item frame (right).

See also

• Painting

References

Items

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