Snow

Snow

	Layer	Block
Stackable	Yes (64)
Hardness	0.1	0.2
Blast resistance	0.1	0.2
Luminous	No
Block ID	78	80

Snow is both the thin layer that covers cold ground and the full block crafted from snowballs.

Obtaining

Natural generation

Snow layers generate over cold ground. They also settle while it snows in a snowy biome, on a full, solid block other than ice, in block light below 10.

Crafting

Breaking

Broken with a shovel, a snow layer drops one snowball and a snow block four. Broken any other way, neither drops anything. A shovel breaks both fastest.

Behaviour

A snow layer is an eighth of a block tall. Entities pass through it and stand on the block below.

These remove a snow layer without a drop:

• removing the block beneath it;
• placing a block on it, which takes its space;
• flowing water or lava, which flows into it;
• a boat passing over it.

On a random tick, a snow layer in block light above 11 melts away, dropping nothing. Sky light never melts it. A snow block never melts.

Data values

• Block ID: 78 (layer), 80 (block)
• Translation key: tile.snow

The game names both blocks Snow.