{{distinguish|Honeycomb Block}}
{{Block
|image=Honey Block.png
|transparent=Partial{{fn|Like leaves, this block diffuses sky light only from directly above.}}
|invimage2=Honey Block BE
|light=No
|tool=any
|renewable=Yes
|stackable=Yes (64)
|flammable=No
|lavasusceptible=No
}}
'''Honey blocks''' are storage [[blocks]] equivalent to four [[honey bottle]]s. Honey blocks are sticky and can be used in conjunction with [[Piston|pistons]] to move blocks and adhered [[entities]].

== Obtaining ==
Honey blocks can be broken instantly, and always drop as an item, regardless of what is used to mine them.

=== Crafting ===
{{Crafting
|A1= Honey Bottle 
|B1= Honey Bottle
|A2= Honey Bottle |B2= Honey Bottle
|Output= Honey Block
|type= Decoration block
|showdescription=1
|description= Empty [[glass bottle|bottle]]s remain in the crafting grid after [[crafting]] the honey block.
}}

The 2×2 inventory [[crafting grid]] is sufficient to craft a honey block.

== Usage ==

Unlike the [[slime block]], the honey block does not carry a [[redstone]] signal because it is a transparent block.{{only|java}}

=== Redstone ===

When being moved by a [[piston]], entities on a honey block's top surface move with it. They are not launched in the direction of the push, as a slime block would do.

When a honey block is moved by a piston, it attempts to move all adjacent blocks in the same direction. A honey block can move any block a [[sticky piston]] can ''pull'', except for [[glazed terracotta]] and [[slime block]]s. The blocks that are moved may, in turn, push other blocks, as if they were being pushed by a piston. For example, a honey block sitting on the ground attempts to move the ground block underneath itself, which pushes additional ground blocks in the direction of motion.

When the adjacent block that is moved is also a honey block, that block ''also'' attempts to move all its adjacent blocks. For example, a 2×2×2 cube of honey blocks may be pushed or pulled as a unit by a single piston acting on any of the blocks in the cube.

A honey block adjacent to a block that cannot be moved by pistons ignores the immobile block. However, if an adjacent block ''could'' be moved but is prevented by the presence of an immobile block, the honey block is also prevented from moving. [[Liquid]]s are an exception: they are not moved, but neither do they stop a piston from pushing or pulling blocks into their space ([https://bugs.mojang.com/browse/MC-75581 usually destroying the liquid, and in a rare case displacing it through the piston]). Honey blocks, unlike [[slime block]]s, cannot have a redstone signal sent through them via a [[repeater]] or an [[observer]], etc.

Honey blocks are not pulled by a non-sticky piston, nor are they moved if an adjacent (non-honey) block is moved by a piston.

The maximum of 12 blocks moved by a piston still applies. For example, a 2×2×3 of honey blocks may be pushed or pulled by a sticky piston as long as no other movable blocks are adjacent to it. However, the platform in which a honey block shifts is entirely dependent on the placement of the sticky piston, as well as placement of blocks too.

{{IN|Java}} honey blocks moved by pistons do not move entities that are touching the side or bottom of the block.<ref>{{bug|MC-163122|||WAI}}</ref>
{{IN|Bedrock}} honey blocks moved by pistons do move entities that are touching the side of the block.{{Info needed|Does the bottom of the block move entities?|bedrock=1}}

=== Slowing down entities ===
Honey blocks slow down [[entity|entities]] walking on top of them and prevent them from [[jumping]]. [[Players]] walking on honey blocks move 2.508 m/s, about a 60% reduction from the normal walking speed. {{IN|bedrock}}, players also slow down slightly if walking up against the side of it. Players, who can normally [[Player#Jumping|jump]] about {{frac|1|1|4}} [[block]]s high, can jump about {{frac|3|16}} blocks high on honey; this is an 85% reduction. They can more easily step up onto other blocks than jump up onto them.

This effect applies even through other blocks on top of honey blocks, as long as they are half-block or less in height - so the player cannot jump on [[carpet]]s, bottom [[slab]]s or [[daylight detector]]s that are placed on honey blocks.

This effect also applies regardless of a player's mode of movement, such as gliding with [[elytra]] or [[swimming]].

=== Sliding ===

Entities pressed against the sides of a honey block slide down at a slow speed and do not take fall [[damage]], similar to going down a [[ladder]] but with a gradually decreasing horizontal momentum.{{only|java}} This allows players to jump 2 blocks further by holding on to the walls. The slowdown induced by honey blocks also stacks with the [[Slow Falling]] status effect.

=== Falling ===
As with [[hay bale]]s, falling onto a honey block reduces fall damage by 80%. For example, if a [[player]] or [[mob]] falls from a height that would normally cause {{hp|10}} fall damage, the fall causes {{hp|2}} damage instead.

=== Bees ===
When a honey block is near [[bees]] and a [[beehive]] or [[bee nest]], bees occasionally fly close and attach to it for a few seconds, resembling an action of eating honey. When doing this, the bee stops fluttering its wings, and firmly attaches its face to the honey block regardless of whether flowers are nearby.

=== Crafting ingredient ===
Although the 2×2 inventory crafting grid is sufficient to craft a honey block, a 3×3 crafting table grid is required to convert a honey block back into four honey bottles.
{{Crafting usage|Honey Block}}

== Sounds ==
=== Generic ===
{{Sound table/Block/Honey block}}
=== Unique ===
{{edition|java}}:
{{Sound table
|sound=Honey Block slide1.ogg
|sound2=Honey Block slide2.ogg
|sound3=Honey Block slide3.ogg
|sound4=Honey Block slide4.ogg
|subtitle=Sliding down a honey block
|source=dependent
|description=While something is sliding down a honey block
|id=block.honey_block.slide
|translationkey=subtitles.block.honey_block.slide
|volume=0.8
|pitch=''varies'' <ref group=sound>Can be 1.0 or 0.8 for each sound, except {{cd|slide1}}, which can be 1.0 or 0.9</ref>
|distance=16
|foot=1}}

{{edition|bedrock}}:
{{Sound table
|type=bedrock
|sound=Honey Block hit1.ogg
|sound2=Honey Block hit2.ogg
|sound3=Honey Block hit3.ogg
|sound4=Honey Block hit4.ogg
|sound5=Honey Block hit5.ogg
|source=player
|description=While something is sliding down a honey block
|id=step.honey_block</code> {{verify|Could also be jump.honey_block, land.honey_block, or fall.honey_block and sound the same}}
|volume=1.0
|pitch=1.0
|foot=1}}

== Data values ==
=== ID ===
{{edition|java}}:
{{ID table
|edition=java
|showforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Honey Block
|spritetype=block
|nameid=honey_block
|foot=1}}

{{edition|bedrock}}:
{{ID table
|edition=bedrock
|shownumericids=y
|showforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Honey Block
|spritetype=block
|nameid=honey_block
|id=473
|foot=1}}

== Achievements ==
{{load achievements|Sticky Situation}}

== Advancements ==
{{load advancements|Sticky Situation}}

== History ==
{{History||September 28, 2019|link={{ytl|OZqNaEX8208&t|t=42m24s}}|[[File:Honey Block (pre-release).png|32px]] Honey blocks are announced at [[MINECON Live 2019]].}}
{{History||September 28, 2019|link={{Mcnet|everything-we-announced-minecon-live-2019}}|[[File:Honey Block (pre-release 2).png|32px]] In official article about all content announced at [[Minecon 2019]] was shown another honey block texture, which wasn't shown on live.}}
{{History|java}}
{{History||1.15|snap=19w41a|[[File:Honey Block JE1.png|32px]] Added honey blocks.}}
{{History|||snap=19w42a|Honey blocks no longer stick to [[slime block]]s when pushed by [[piston]]s.}}
{{History|||snap=19w44a|Honey blocks can now be used to craft [[honey bottle]]s.
|The [[inventory]] icon of honey blocks has been slightly changed from {{InvSprite|Honey Block Revision 1}} to [[File:Honey Block (inventory) JE2.png]].}}
{{History|||snap=Pre-release 1|The sliding [[sound]] event for honey blocks no longer uses the same [[subtitles]] as footsteps.}}
{{History||1.17|snap=21w08a|Honey block have been moved to the redstone tab of the [[Creative]] inventory.}}
{{History|||snap=21w18a|[[Goat]]s can no longer make long jumps on honey blocks.}}
{{History||1.20|snap=23w12a|The inventory icon of the honey block has been changed from [[File:Honey Block (inventory) JE2.png]] to {{InvSprite|Honey Block}}.}}
{{History|||snap=23w18a|Entities touching the edge of a honey block now properly get affected by the stickiness.<ref name="MC-1133">{{bug|MC-1133||Whether or not a player experiences some effect is calculated based on the block under the center of the player|Fixed}}</ref>}}

{{History|bedrock}}
{{History||1.14.0|snap=beta 1.14.0.1|[[File:Honey Block BE1.png|32px]] Added honey blocks.}}
{{History|||snap=beta 1.14.0.2|[[File:Honey Block BE2.png|32px]] The [[model]] of honey blocks has been changed to match {{el|je}}'s.
|Honey blocks no longer stick to [[slime block]]s when pushed by [[piston]]s.}}
{{History|||snap=beta 1.14.0.4|Honey blocks can now be used to craft [[honey bottle]]s.}}
{{History||1.14.20|snap=beta 1.14.2.50|Projectiles can now be shot through the gap between two honey blocks.}}
{{History||1.16.0|snap=beta 1.16.0.57|New [[sound]]s have been added for honey blocks.}}
{{History|foot}}

== Issues ==
{{Issue list}}

== Trivia ==
* Honey blocks are not full [[block]]s: despite taking up 16{{^|3}} pixels, the collision box is only 14×14×15 pixels. 
** The bottom face of the honey block is the same depth as a full block, though it is only 14×14 pixels.
** Small [[entities]] such as [[arrow]]s are free to move through the gap between honey blocks as they are under 2 pixels wide.
** Only when entities are partially "in" the honey block (i.e., they are touching the 14{{^|3}}-pixel hitbox) can they slide down against it.
* In real life, bees eat honey when the temperature is low and flowers are difficult to find. Otherwise, pollen and nectar are their primary food sources.
* The bottom surface of the honey block does not slow down entities.
* It takes 1 minute and 14 seconds to slide down 256 honey blocks.
* The [[player]] cannot place some [[block]]s on the honey block such as [[vine]]s, [[ladder]]s and [[torch]]es.{{only|java}}<ref>{{bug|MC-131115}}</ref>

== Gallery ==
=== Screenshots ===
<gallery>
Bee nom.png|A [[bee]] "eating" from a honey block.
Bee Eating Honey.png|A pollen-loaded bee stopping by, having some honey.
</gallery>

=== Development images ===
<gallery>
Dev Sliding Down Honey Blocks.png|A player sliding down a stack of honey blocks, as seen in the reveal.
Dev Honey Block.png|Early honey block with lack of cube inside.
</gallery>

== Notes ==
{{fnlist}}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External Links ==
*[https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/block-week--honey Block of the Week: Honey] – Minecraft.net on May 21, 2020

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