Fence

Fence
Type:	Solid block
Mine with:	Wood :Axe Nether Brick:Pickaxe
Drops:	Itself
Stackable:	Yes(64)
Flammable:	No
Physics:	No
Renewable:	Yes
Identifier:	fence nether_fence

The fence is an decorative item in Mine Blocks added in the update 1.27. It comes in two types, wooden and nether brick. The player and most mobs cannot normally jump over it.

Obtaining

When mined with anything, it will drop itself.

Crafting recipes

Currently the only difference between the wooden and nether brick fences is that you mine one with an axe and the other with a pickaxe(respectively) because both of them are not flammable, but this is probably going to be fixed.

This recipe is easier because it only requires wood.

Wooden plank Wooden plank Wooden plank Wooden plank

These are harder to craft, because it requires the player to either slay a lot of nethereyes or go to the nether to get the nether bricks, but because nethereyes drop nether bricks, it is renewable.

Usage

Although it only appears to be one block tall, it is actually 2.5 blocks tall. This means that entities which cannot jump more than 2.5 blocks cannot get through it, making it useful for trapping mobs such as cow, for milk, or chicken, for egg. Players need the jump boost effect to jump over it. If a player or mob falls onto a fence from above, it will act as a normal block, only 1 block tall, until that entity falls of, making it useful for one way staircases. You can place blocks above fences.

The fence can also be used to tie balloons, which stops them from floating away, and does not take up a space in the player's inventory.

When there is a solid block or another fence of the same type next to a fence will connect to that block, but the collision box will be the same. However, if it is connected to something on both sides, it will loose all of its properties and will allow players and mobs to walk through and jump over it. This means that an entity is able to walk around inside a pen, because those fences are connected on both sides, but is not able to escape it, as the edges are only connected to the inside fences. Different types of fences do not connect, and you can still tie balloons to these fences.

History

1.27	Nov 13, 2015	Added wood and nether brick fences.
1.27 patches	Unknown	Wooden fence recipe crafts 3 instead of 16

Bugs

• Wooden fences are not flammable.

Trivia

• Zanzlanz stated he is interested in the idea of mobs trapped using fences not despawning.
• Carpets cannot be placed on top of fences.
• Fences connect to non-full blocks such us stairs.
• Nether brick fences are not renewable in Minecraft, but are in Mine Blocks because nethereyes drop nether bricks.

Pictures

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  Fence being used to hold a cow

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  Different ways fences and gates connect

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  A ghast balloon attached to a wooden fence.

See also

• Fence gate
• Nether Brick