Most mobs do not spawn on magma blocks (exceptions are magma cubes, zombified piglin, ghasts, and squid). Mobs avoid magma blocks that are in the way. Making walls out of magma blocks prevents spiders from climbing them.‌ Magma blocks emit smoke particles under rainfall, much like lava. If a player or named pet was attacked and knocked back to their death onto magma blocks, the message is: ' walked into danger zone due to '. If a player or named pet is killed simply from standing on the block, the death message displayed in the chat is: ' discovered the floor was lava'. There are a few specific death messages associate with magma blocks. Magma blocks do not set mobs or players on fire, and thus do not cook the animals that it kills.īlocks that are the height of a trapdoor or lower (such as snow layers, carpets, repeaters, or comparators) do not prevent a magma block from damaging mobs and players above it. However, a few mobs like shulkers cannot take magma block damage despite not having natural immunity to fire. Unlike other sources of fire damage, sneaking and the Frost Walker enchantment can also grant immunity to damage from magma blocks.Īny mobs immune to fire damage cannot take damage from magma blocks. Because magma blocks deal fire damage, it can be reduced by armor, the Resistance effect, and Protection/ Fire Protection enchantments, and can be completely negated by the Fire Resistance effect. Damage from magma blocks does not reduce durability in netherite armor. Walking into the side of a magma block doesn't cause damage.

Magma blocks damage most living entities standing on top of them, even if underwater, dealing 1 of fire damage every tick, which in practice is reduced to once every half-second with damage immunity. Magma blocks also generate as a part of hoglin stable and treasure room bastion remnants, as well as all ruined portals in this dimension. Magma blocks generate as part of deltas in basalt deltas biomes, replacing some of the lava. It can replace netherrack and blackstone. In Bedrock Edition, it attempts to generate 9 times per chunk in sizes of 0–106, from altitudes Y=23 to Y=36 in all biomes. In Java Edition, it attempts to generate 4 times per chunk in sizes of 0–160, from altitudes Y=27 to Y=36 in all biomes. Magma blocks generate in the Nether in the form of ore features.

Magma blocks also generate as a part of ocean ruins, as well as ruined portals that are not in cold biomes. In the Overworld, magma blocks generate at the bottom of water aquifers in underwater magma features, in clusters of 1–8 blocks. Natural generation of magma blocks in the Nether.

Natural generation of magma blocks underwater in the Overworld. For more information, see Breaking § Speed. ↑ Times are for unenchanted tools as wielded by players with no status effects, measured in seconds.

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