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Observer

12Block states
2Properties
YesItem form

The Observer is a block that players craft from cobblestone, nether quartz, and redstone dust. It can be placed facing different directions.

A pickaxe is the right tool for mining it, and the block drops itself when broken, so it can be picked up and placed again somewhere else.

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:observer
Numeric default state ID16838
Block states12
State properties2
Item formYes

Block states

2 properties combine into 12 distinct states.

PropertyDefaultAllowed valuesMeaning
facingsouthnorth east south west up downWhich way the block faces.
poweredfalsetrue falseWhether the block is receiving redstone power.

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