Fence

This article is about the thing made out of wood or Nether brick. For the fence-like thing made out of stone types, see wall. For the openable fence, see Fence Gate.

Fence

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Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)
Tools
Blast resistance	3 (Wood) 6 (Nether Brick)
Hardness	2
Luminant	No
Transparent	Yes
Flammable	Overworld Wood: Yes (5) Nether Wood: No Nether Brick: No
Catches fire from lava	Overworld Wood: Yes Nether Wood: No Nether Brick: No

A fence is a barrier block that cannot normally be jumped over, similar to a wall. Unlike a wall, a player (but not mobs) can see through the openings in a fence.

Obtaining

Breaking

Wooden fences are broken most quickly with an axe, but drop when broken with any tool. Nether brick fences require a pickaxe; mining it with anything else destroys it and drops nothing.

Block	Fences	Nether Brick
Hardness	2	2
Tool
Breaking time
Default	3	10
Wooden	1.5	1.5
Stone	0.75	0.75
Iron	0.5	0.5
Diamond	0.4	0.4
Netherite	0.35	0.35
Golden	0.25	0.25

Natural generation

File:Abandoned mineshaft with fences.png

Fence blocks naturally generate as mineshaft supports.

Oak

Oak fences generate as part of:

• Regular Mineshafts, as the uprights for the supports, where they are plentiful.
• Library rooms of Strongholds as railings and chandeliers. In the latter case, there are many torches attached to them.
• Plains villages
• Woodland Mansions
• Shipwrecks

Spruce

Spruce fences generate as part of:

• Swamp huts
• Taiga and snowy tundra villages, where they appear in tables, animal pen, butcher and shepherd houses, lantern lamp post, and other buildings.
• Shipwrecks

Birch

Birch fences generate as part of:

• Woodland mansions
• Shipwrecks

Jungle

Jungle fences generate as part of:

• Desert village armorer houses as the window.
• Shipwrecks

Acacia

Acacia fences generate as part of:

• Savanna villages, where they appear in tables, animal pen, butcher and shepherd house, stilt house buildings, and other buildings.
• Shipwrecks

Dark oak

Dark oak fences generate as part of:

• Mineshafts generated in badlands biomes, as the supports.
• Woodland mansions
• Shipwrecks
• Pillager outposts, as part of watchtower, tent, cage, and scarecrow.

Nether brick

Nether brick fences generate as part of:

• Nether Fortresses, where they form window bars, balcony fencing, and portcullises.

Crafting

Name	Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Wood Fence	Matching Planks + Stick	3333333333
Nether Brick Fence	Nether Bricks + Nether Brick	6

Usage

Barrier

File:FenceConnectivity.png

Fences and Nether brick fences connected by fence gates. Notice that they do not form a connection directly between the two types of fences (in the middle).

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. Spiders can climb over a fence, just like any other vertical object.

A fence occupies the center space of blocks and automatically connects to any solid block that is placed next to it. Wooden fences connect to other wooden fences, but do not connect to Nether brick fences. Interestingly, however, Nether brick fences connect to wooden fence gates.

Leads

File:HorseLeashedOnAFence.png

A horse tied to a tall fence post with a lead.

Fences can be used to attach mobs with a lead.

Fuel

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

Note Blocks

Wooden fences can be placed under note blocks to produce "bass" sound.

Nether brick fences can be placed under note blocks to produce "bass drum" sound.

Sounds

Wood

Java Edition:

Sound	Subtitle	Source	Description	Namespaced ID	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
File:Wood dig1.oggFile:Wood dig2.oggFile:Wood dig3.oggFile:Wood dig4.ogg	Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	block.wood.break	subtitles.block.generic.break	1.0	0.8	16
File:Wood hit1.oggFile:Wood hit2.oggFile:Wood hit3.oggFile:Wood hit4.oggFile:Wood hit5.oggFile:Wood hit6.ogg	None	Blocks	Falling on the block with fall damage	block.wood.fall	None	0.5	0.75	16
File:Wood hit1.oggFile:Wood hit2.oggFile:Wood hit3.oggFile:Wood hit4.oggFile:Wood hit5.oggFile:Wood hit6.ogg	Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	block.wood.hit	subtitles.block.generic.hit	0.25	0.5	16
File:Wood dig1.oggFile:Wood dig2.oggFile:Wood dig3.oggFile:Wood dig4.ogg	Block placed	Blocks	When the block is placed	block.wood.place	subtitles.block.generic.place	1.0	0.8	16
File:Wood hit1.oggFile:Wood hit2.oggFile:Wood hit3.oggFile:Wood hit4.oggFile:Wood hit5.oggFile:Wood hit6.ogg	Footsteps	Blocks	Walking on the block	block.wood.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps	0.15	1.0	16

Bedrock Edition:

Sound	Source	Description	Namespaced ID	Volume	Pitch
?	Blocks	Once the block has broken	dig.wood	1.0	0.8
?	Blocks	Falling on the block with fall damage	fall.wood	0.4	1.0
?	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	hit.wood	0.23	0.5
?	Blocks	Jumping from the block	jump.wood	0.12	1.0
?	Blocks	Falling on the block without fall damage	land.wood	0.18	1.0
?	Blocks	Walking on the block	step.wood	0.3	1.0
?	Blocks	When the block is placed	use.wood	1.0	0.8

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Namespaced ID	Block tags (JE)	Item tags (JE)	Form	Translation key
Oak Fence	oak_fence	fences wooden_fences	fences wooden_fences	Block & Item	block.minecraft.oak_fence
Spruce Fence	spruce_fence	fences wooden_fences	fences wooden_fences	Block & Item	block.minecraft.spruce_fence
Birch Fence	birch_fence	fences wooden_fences	fences wooden_fences	Block & Item	block.minecraft.birch_fence
Jungle Fence	jungle_fence	fences wooden_fences	fences wooden_fences	Block & Item	block.minecraft.jungle_fence
Acacia Fence	acacia_fence	fences wooden_fences	fences wooden_fences	Block & Item	block.minecraft.acacia_fence
Dark Oak Fence	dark_oak_fence	fences wooden_fences	fences wooden_fences	Block & Item	block.minecraft.dark_oak_fence
Crimson Fence	crimson_fence	fences non_flammable_wood wooden_fences	fences non_flammable_wood wooden_fences	Block & Item	block.minecraft.crimson_fence
Warped Fence	warped_fence	fences non_flammable_wood wooden_fences	fences non_flammable_wood wooden_fences	Block & Item	block.minecraft.warped_fence
Nether Brick Fence	nether_brick_fence	fences	fences	Block & Item	block.minecraft.nether_brick_fence

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Namespaced ID	Numeric ID	Form	Translation key
Wood Fence	fence	85	Block & Item	tile.fence.name tile.spruceFence.name tile.birchFence.name tile.jungleFence.name tile.acaciaFence.name tile.darkOakFence.name
Nether Brick Fence	nether_brick_fence	113	Block & Item	tile.nether_brick_fence.name
Crimson Fence	crimson_fence	511	Block & Item	tile.crimson_fence.name
Warped Fence	warped_fence	512	Block & Item	tile.warped_fence.name

Metadata

See also: Data values

In Bedrock Edition, fences use the following data values:

Block states

See also: Block states

History

This section is missing information about when warped fences were first shown on twitter. 

Please expand the section to include this information. Further details may exist on the talk page.

Java Edition Alpha
v1.0.17					32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px Added fences.
					Nothing can be placed on top of fences.
					Fences do not connect to solid blocks.
v1.0.17_01					The player no longer starts with fences in their inventory.[needs testing]
Java Edition Beta
1.3					Standing on top of fences causing players to get stuck and crashing the server in multiplayer have now been fixed.
1.6		Test Build 3			Fences are now flammable and the visibility of them has now been improved.[more information needed]
1.7					32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px The application of textures to the fence model has been changed slightly.
					Any block,[verify] including torches and other fences, are now able to be placed on fences.
1.8		Pre-release			Added villages and strongholds, where wooden fences naturally generate.
					Dropped fence items no longer appear larger than normal blocks.
1.8.1					Fences now generate in mineshafts.
Unknown
?					Fences no longer require a solid block underneath to be placed.
Java Edition
1.0.0		Beta 1.9 Prerelease			32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px Added Nether fortresses, including Nether brick fences.
		Beta 1.9 Prerelease 2			The collision boxes of fences have now been reduced.
					Fences now connect to solid blocks.
		Beta 1.9 Prerelease 5			Fence selection area has now been changed to match its collision box.
					32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px The texture of planks was slightly changed, resulting in fences also changing appearence.
		Beta 1.9 Prerelease 6			Fences no longer prevent farmland from decaying when placed below farmland.
					Axes now break fences faster.
1.4.2		12w36a			It is now possible to place pressure plates on top of Nether brick fences.
1.4.4		1.4.3			Mobs no longer try to jump over Nether brick fences.[more information needed]
					The texture of fences has now been fixed. There was a problem when attached single slab or stairs because the face not rendered when attached other blocks.
1.5		13w06a			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 now be tied to fences.
		1.6			Fences now display a useless hand animation when right clicked.
1.8		14w32b			Fences now have a new crafting recipe using 4 planks of the same type to produce 3 fences. Previously, it required six sticks in a 2×3 grid to produce 2. Template:Pipe escape
					32px 32px 32px 32px 32px Fences now vary in appearance based on the planks used to make them.
					"Fence" has now been renamed to "Oak Fence".
1.9		15w44b			Fences now show glitchy elongated textures when connecting to other fences. These may be GPU dependent.
		15w45a			Fences now no longer show a bugged texture, however they appear different to how they did prior to 15w44b.
1.10		pre1			The correct fence wood types now generate in villages.
1.11		16w39a			Oak, birch and dark oak wood fences now generate in woodland mansions.
1.12		17w15a			Fences now connect to the solid back sides of stairs.
1.13		17w47a			The oak fence ID has now been changed from fence to oak_fence.
					It is now possible to place a fence when the player is within a corner of three fences to form a ring of four, provided the space is sufficient.
					Prior to The Flattening, these blocks' numeral IDs were 85, 113, 188, 189, 190, 191 and 192.
		18w10c			Water can now be placed on the same block as fences.
1.14		18w43a			32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px The textures of fences have now been changed.
					Nether brick fence recipe has now been changed to avoid conflict with the Nether brick wall recipe. Template:Pipe escape
		18w47a			32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px The textures of fences have now been changed.
		18w49a			Spruce fences now generate in the newly added snowy tundra villages.
		18w50a			The updated desert villages now generate with jungle fences instead of oak fences.
					32px The texture of spruce fences has now been changed.
		19w03a			Wood fences can now be used to craft composters.
1.15		19w45a			Fences are no longer used to craft composters.
?					Fences now no longer show a useless hand animation when right clicked.
1.16		20w06a			32px 32px Added crimson and warped fences.
		20w13a			Crimson and warped fences now connect to other types of fences.
Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.2.0					32px Added fences.
v0.3.0					Survival players no longer start out with an infinite amount of fences in the inventory.
v0.9.0		build 1			Fences now naturally spawn in strongholds, mineshafts and villages.
					Added smooth lighting to fences.
v0.10.0		build 1			32px 32px 32px 32px 32px Added spruce, birch, jungle, acacia and dark oak variants.
					"Fence" has now been renamed to "Oak Fence".
v0.12.1		build 1			32px Added Nether brick fences.
		build 12			Torches can now be placed on top of Nether brick fences.
v0.14.0		build 1			Spruce wood fences now generate in witch huts.
v0.14.2					32px The texture of Nether brick fences is now brighter.
v0.15.0		build 1			Savanna villages now generate with acacia wood fences rather than oak fences.
					Spruce wood fences now generate in taiga, snowy tundra and snowy taiga villages.
Pocket Edition
1.1.0		alpha 1.1.0.0			Oak, birch and dark oak wood fences now generate in woodland mansions.
Bedrock Edition
1.4.0		beta 1.2.14.2			Wooden fences now generate in shipwrecks.
1.9.0		beta 1.9.0.0			The recipe for Nether brick fences has now been changed to avoid conflict with the Nether brick wall recipe.
1.10.0		beta 1.10.0.3			32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px The textures of fences have now been changed.
					Dark oak fence gates now generate in pillager outposts.
					Due to architecture changes, oak fences no longer generate in desert villages.
					Jungle fences now generate in desert village armorers.
1.16.0		beta 1.16.0.51			32px 32px Added crimson and warped fences.
		beta 1.16.0.63			32px The texture of Nether brick fences now matches Java Edition's again.
1.16.20		beta 1.16.20.50			Crimson and warped fences now uses regular plank sounds instead of their stem variant sounds.
Legacy Console Edition
TU1	CU1	1.0	Patch 1	1.0.1	32px Added fences.
TU3					Fences are now stackable.
TU5					Pressure plates are now placeable on fences.
TU6					The fence collision box has now been decreased to size of fence block.
TU7					32px Added Nether brick fences.
TU25	CU14	1.17			32px 32px 32px Added spruce, birch, and jungle variants.
					The crafting recipe now uses 4 planks and 2 sticks instead of 6 sticks.
					"Fence" has now been renamed to "Oak Fence".
TU27	CU15	1.18			32px 32px Added acacia and dark oak fences to the creative inventory. When they were actually added to the game is unknown.
TU54	CU44	1.52	Patch 24	1.0.4	Fences now connect to the solid back sides of stairs.
		1.90			32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px The textures of fences have now been changed.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0					32px 32px 32px 32px 32px Added fences.

• New Nether 2.jpg

  First screenshot of Nether brick fences released by Jeb. The Nether brick fences are visible on the side of the nether fortress bridges.

• New Nether 2 bright.jpg

  Brightly lit version.

• Sea base fences.png

  Underwater buildings with walls composed of stacked fences, before waterlogging.

• Netherfence-pre.jpg

  Three Nether brick fences in the pre-release of beta 1.8. Some Nether bricks can also be seen in the background.

• Pocket Edition v0.10.0 alpha build 1 Development fences.png

  First screenshot of new types of fences in Pocket Edition

Issues

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

Trivia

• If a carpet is placed on top of a fence, a player can jump onto the carpet, while mobs cannot (except rabbits).
• Getting hit by someone else (or shooting yourself with a Punch enchanted bow while sprinting forward) while in midair can cause the knockback to propel you over a fence you would not be able to jump over normally.
• Placing a carpet on top of a fence does not reduce the fence or wall collision box down to one block, it just provides a platform one block high around the fence/wall to make it easier for climbing on the top of the fence.
• Projectiles get stuck in the collision box of the fence and remain there if shot from upward.

Gallery

• Pressure plate.png

  Pressure plates on fences, which used to create tables.

• Fences on Village House.png

  Naturally occurring fences in a village.

• Passable 2-high fence.png

  Mobs can jump onto this fence because of the red wool. Remove the red wool or replace the adjacent fence with a solid block.

• New Fences.png

  Not all fence types.

See also

• Fence Gate
• Cobblestone Wall