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Command Block

12Block states
2Properties
YesItem form

The Command Block is a block in Minecraft. It can be placed facing different directions, so a player chooses which way it points when setting it down.

Contents (4)
  1. Data values
  2. Block states
  3. History
  4. See also

Data values

Read from reports/blocks.json of Minecraft 26.3.

Identifierminecraft:command_block
Numeric default state ID11716
Block states12
State properties2
Item formYes

Block states

2 properties combine into 12 distinct states.

PropertyDefaultAllowed valuesMeaning
conditionalfalsetrue falseWhether the command block is conditional.
facingnorthnorth east south west up downWhich way the block faces.

History

Worked out by reading the registry of every Minecraft build Mojang has published, in release order.

VersionDateWhat the files show
before 18w01a—Already in the game when Mojang’s data generator first shipped, in 18w01a (3 January 2018). The files do not say which earlier version added it.

See also