Glass

This article is about the solid block. For the thin block, see Glass Pane.

Glass

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Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)
Tool	Any tool
Blast resistance	0.3
Hardness	0.3
Luminant	No
Transparent	Yes
Flammable	No
Catches fire from lava	No

Glass is a decorative, fully transparent solid block that can be dyed into stained glass, or crafted into tinted glass.‌^{[upcoming: JE 1.17 & BE 1.17.0]}

Obtaining

Breaking

Glass drops itself only if it is broken with a tool enchanted with Silk Touch; otherwise, it drops nothing.

Block	Glass
Hardness	0.3
Breaking time
Default	0.45

Natural generation

Magenta stained glass naturally generates as windows in end cities.

File:End City Glass2.png

Magenta glass naturally generating in an end city.

White and yellow stained glass naturally generate as windows in villages. A secret room containing glass can be found inside woodland mansions.

Crafting

Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Glass + Matching Dye	8888888888888888

Ingredients	Crafting recipe	Description
Glass + Bone Meal or Lapis Lazuli or Cocoa Beans or Ink Sac	8888	‌[Bedrock and Education editions only]

Smelting

Ingredients	Smelting recipe
Sand or Red Sand + Any fuel	0.1

Trading

Journeyman-level librarian villagers have a 50% chance to sell 4 glass for 1 emerald.‌^{[Bedrock Edition only]}

Journeyman-level librarian villagers have a ²⁄₃ chance to sell 4 glass for 1 emerald.‌^{[Java Edition only]}

Usage

Glass blocks adjacent to other glass blocks are invisible when viewed through glass.

Mobs cannot normally spawn on glass blocks. An exception to this is zombie reinforcement, which can result in unexpected zombies "sneaking into" an otherwise secure area.

Redstone dust and components can be placed on glass, but cannot power glass. Glass can't cut vertical redstone. Vertical redstone can be placed on glass. In Java Edition, it transmits redstone signals up, not down. Otherwise, glass in redstone circuits is functionally the same as an upside-down slab.

Light does not travel through tinted glass blocks.‌^{[upcoming: JE 1.17]}

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Namespaced ID	Block tags (JE)	Form	Translation key
Glass	glass	impermeable	Block & Item	block.minecraft.glass
White Stained Glass	white_stained_glass	impermeable	Block & Item	block.minecraft.white_stained_glass
Orange Stained Glass	orange_stained_glass	impermeable	Block & Item	block.minecraft.orange_stained_glass
Magenta Stained Glass	magenta_stained_glass	impermeable	Block & Item	block.minecraft.magenta_stained_glass
Light Blue Stained Glass	light_blue_stained_glass	impermeable	Block & Item	block.minecraft.light_blue_stained_glass
Yellow Stained Glass	yellow_stained_glass	impermeable	Block & Item	block.minecraft.yellow_stained_glass
Lime Stained Glass	lime_stained_glass	impermeable	Block & Item	block.minecraft.lime_stained_glass
Pink Stained Glass	pink_stained_glass	impermeable	Block & Item	block.minecraft.pink_stained_glass
Gray Stained Glass	gray_stained_glass	impermeable	Block & Item	block.minecraft.gray_stained_glass
Light Gray Stained Glass	light_gray_stained_glass	impermeable	Block & Item	block.minecraft.light_gray_stained_glass
Cyan Stained Glass	cyan_stained_glass	impermeable	Block & Item	block.minecraft.cyan_stained_glass
Purple Stained Glass	purple_stained_glass	impermeable	Block & Item	block.minecraft.purple_stained_glass
Blue Stained Glass	blue_stained_glass	impermeable	Block & Item	block.minecraft.blue_stained_glass
Brown Stained Glass	brown_stained_glass	impermeable	Block & Item	block.minecraft.brown_stained_glass
Green Stained Glass	green_stained_glass	impermeable	Block & Item	block.minecraft.green_stained_glass
Red Stained Glass	red_stained_glass	impermeable	Block & Item	block.minecraft.red_stained_glass
Black Stained Glass	black_stained_glass	impermeable	Block & Item	block.minecraft.black_stained_glass

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Namespaced ID	Numeric ID	Form	Translation key
Glass	glass	20	Block & Item	tile.glass.name
Stained Glass	stained_glass	241	Block & Item	tile.stained_glass.black.name tile.stained_glass.red.name tile.stained_glass.green.name tile.stained_glass.brown.name tile.stained_glass.blue.name tile.stained_glass.cyan.name tile.stained_glass.silver.name tile.stained_glass.gray.name tile.stained_glass.pink.name tile.stained_glass.lime.name tile.stained_glass.yellow.name tile.stained_glass.light_blue.name tile.stained_glass.magenta.name tile.stained_glass.orange.name tile.stained_glass.white.name

Metadata

See also: Data values

In Bedrock Edition, stained glass uses the following data values: Template:/DV

Block states

See also: Block states

History

May 21, 2009					Notch shows interest in adding glass as a purely aesthetic block.
Java Edition Classic
June 16, 2009					32px Glass was tested by Notch.
0.0.19a					32px Added glass.
					32px The inventory texture of glass is almost completely transparent.
0.0.19a_01					32px The texture of glass has been changed back to the one in the development screenshot.
0.0.19a_02					32px The texture of glass has been changed again, adding a border.
0.0.22a					The game now supports sounds, including a sound for a player walking over glass.
Java Edition Indev
?					Glass now has a shattering sound.
Java Edition Alpha
v1.0.5					Snow no longer passes through glass.
August 19, 2010					Notch considers hiring an artist to "make a nicer glass texture".
Java Edition Beta
1.5_01					Rain no longer falls through translucent blocks, including glass.
1.6		Test Build 3			Water placed above glass now creates an infinite water source.
1.8		Pre-release			Glass is now used to craft glass panes.
Java Edition
1.0.0		Beta 1.9 Prerelease 2			Glass is now used to craft glass bottles.
		Beta 1.9 Prerelease 3			Glass pillars have been added on top of strongholds.
		Beta 1.9 Prerelease 4			Glass pillars have been now removed from the top of strongholds.
1.2.1		12w07a			Torches and redstone torches can now be placed on top of glass, but not on the sides.
1.2.4		release			Glass can now be picked up with silk touch.
1.3.1		12w21a			Librarian villagers now sell 4–5 glass for 1 emerald.
1.4.2		12w36a			Glass is now used to craft beacons.
		12w38a			A new block breaking sound for glass has been added.
1.5		13w01a			Glass can now be used to craft daylight sensors.
2.0					Added tinted glass to the april fools update, Minecraft 2.0. Tinted glass would later be added officially as stained glass.
1.7.2		13w41a			32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px Added stained glass, using the texture of Java Edition 2.0, and replacing the ID of locked chest (95).
					The alphanumeric ID for block 95 has been changed from chest_locked_aprilfools_super_old_legacy_we_should_not_even_have_this to stained_glass.
		13w42a			32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px The textures of stained glass have been smoothed, their transparency has been increased and their back sides no longer show.
1.8		14w02a			Librarian villagers now sell 3–5 glass for 1 emerald.
		14w18a			Torches can now be placed on stained glass.
		August 5, 2014			Dinnerbone tweeted a picture showing stained glass changing the color of a beacon beam.
		14w32a			Beacon beams now change color when shining through stained glass.
1.9		15w31a			Magenta stained glass now naturally generate as windows in end cities.
		15w44b			Glass is now used to craft end crystals.
1.11		16w39a			Glass now generates in woodland mansions.
1.13		17w47a			The different block states for the stained_glass ID have been split up into their own IDs.
					Prior to The Flattening, this block's numeral ID was 20 and 95.
1.14		18w43a			Stained glass panes can now also be crafted by surrounding a dye with glass panes.
					32px The texture of glass has been changed.
		February 19, 2019			Jappa tweets an image of smoother stained glass textures.
		19w08a			32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px The textures of stained glass have been changed.
Upcoming Java Edition
1.17		20w45a			Glass can now be used to craft tinted glass.
Pocket Edition Alpha
Pre-release					32px Added glass.
v0.3.2					Glass is now used to craft glass panes.
					Survival players no longer have an infinite amount of glass in the inventory.
v0.9.0		build 1			Smooth lighting from glass has been removed.
v0.10.0		build 1			Glass texture now renders only on the side of the block facing the player.
v0.11.0		build 1			Water placed above glass now creates an infinite water source normally.
v0.12.1		build 1			Glass is now used to craft glass bottles.
v0.13.0		build 1			Glass is now used to craft daylight sensors.
v0.16.0		build 1			Glass is now used to craft beacons.
Pocket Edition
1.0.0		alpha 0.17.0.1			Glass is now used to craft end crystals.
					32px Stained glass blocks have been added, but use the regular glass texture due to issues with the rendering engine. Their back texture also shows.
					Magenta stained glass now generates in end cities.
1.0.4		alpha 1.0.4.0			Librarian villagers now sell 3–5 glass for 1 emerald.
1.1.0		alpha 1.1.0.0			Glass now generates in woodland mansions.
Bedrock Edition
?					Things like torches, buttons, levers and other blocks can now be placed on the side of glass.
1.2.0		beta 1.2.0.2			32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px Stained glass now has its own texture.
					Stained glass is now available without the use of inventory editors and can now be crafted.
					Stained glass no longer renders through itself.
1.4.0		beta 1.2.20.1			Glass and stained glass can now used to craft hardened glass and hardened stained glass, only with Education Edition features turned on.
1.10.0		beta 1.10.0.3			32px The texture of glass has been changed.
1.11.0		beta 1.11.0.4			Trading has been changed, librarian villagers now have a 50% chance to sell 3 glass as part of their third tier trades.
		beta 1.11.0.5			32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px The textures of stained glass have been changed.
Upcoming Bedrock Edition
1.17.0		beta 1.17.0.50			Glass can now be used to craft tinted glass.
Legacy Console Edition
TU1	CU1	1.0	Patch 1	1.0.1	32px Added glass.
TU25	CU14	1.17			32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px Added stained glass.
		1.90			Stained glass panes can now be crafted by surrounding a dye with glass panes.
					32px The texture of glass has been changed.
		1.92			32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px The textures of stained glass have been changed.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0					32px Added glass.
1.5.25					32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px Added stained glass.

Issues

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

Trivia

• Before stained glass was added, there was a similar block named tinted glass in the April Fools version 2.0, which had the same use. The texture for the April Fools block was used before it was replaced.

Gallery

• Glassclassic.jpg

  First picture of glass in a test version of 0.0.18a_02.

• 13w41a Banner.png

  The first image of stained glass released by Mojang. Behind the glass is a cat and Grum.

• Minecraft Stained Glass.png

  The original look of the stained glass blocks.

• View of all Stained Glass.png

  Stained glass as of 1.14.4

• Red Sandstone Coloured Beacon.png

  Stained glass changing the beacon's color.

• GlassPurchase.png

  Glass being obtained by trading with a librarian villager.

See also

• Glass Pane
• Hardened Glass
• Hardened Glass Pane