Observer

Obtaining

An observer requires a pickaxe to be collected. Mining it without a pickaxe drops nothing; the block is otherwise a normal manufactured redstone component.

Loot tableObserverDetailed drops are not published yet.

Data: Obtaining

Tool	PickaxeTool
Hardness	◈3
Drop	Observer

• Wooden PickaxeItem

Breaking

The observer has hardness 3 and uses the stone sound group. A pickaxe is the required tool; mining it without one leaves no observer item behind.

Data: Breaking

Hardness	◈3
Blast resistance	3
Tool	PickaxeTool
Correct tool required	Yes
Required tool	Pickaxe
Sound group	Stone
Loot	One observer with a pickaxe

• Wooden PickaxeItem

Crafting

crafting grid

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Result

Observer

Ingredients match the published snapshot.

Usage

The block occupies a standard full volume and is shown with an isometric preview.

Observers are placed directionally: the observing face points away from the player when placed, and the output faces the player. Two observers looking at each other form a compact clock. They also emit a pulse after a piston moves them, which makes them useful in flying machines and other compact redstone devices.

• PistonBlock
• Redstone RepeaterBlock

Sounds

The observer uses the stone block sound family for placement, steps, mining, and breaking.

Behavior

An observer detects a block update on the face with the eyes and emits a strong redstone pulse from the red-dot output face. The pulse has strength 15, turns on for two game ticks, and then schedules its own turn-off. Its facing and powered states are stored in the block state, so the same component can watch any of the six directions.

• Redstone DustItem
• Redstone RepeaterBlock
• PistonBlock
• Block of RedstoneBlock
• TargetBlock

Data values

The observer stores two block-state properties: `facing` selects the input side and `powered` records the short output pulse. Its default state faces south and is unpowered; a block update on the watched side schedules the server tick that starts the pulse.

Data: Data values

Identifier	minecraft:observer
Version	Minecraft 26.2
Blockstate	assets/minecraft/blockstates/observer.json
Loot table	ObserverLoot table
States	`facing`, `powered`
Default facing	south
Default powered	false
Signal strength	15

• Redstone DustItem
• Redstone RepeaterBlock

History

1. 26.2Block facts were published from the verified snapshot.Provenance: 918feb41c87c05a6f3e94e327fb01a82543180a2376b65610c6f0521456532a5

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See also

• Block catalogue
• Recipe
• CobblestoneBlock
• Redstone DustItem
• Nether QuartzItem
• Redstone RepeaterBlock
• PistonBlock
• Block of RedstoneBlock
• TargetBlock

References

The observer's pulse and orientation are owned by the block implementation and

its generated recipe, loot, model, and state files.

Data: References

Source	Validated DeepMine snapshot
Snapshot ID	918feb41c87c05a6f3e94e327fb01a82543180a2376b65610c6f0521456532a5
Digest	02ec1537bf77f923a18295d02aa988bf5b57cb40f849be42de300006fac6133b
Block registration	net/minecraft/world/level/block/Blocks.java
Block behavior	net/minecraft/world/level/block/ObserverBlock.java
Crafting recipe	data/minecraft/recipe/observer.json
Block loot	Observerobserver
Blockstate	assets/minecraft/blockstates/observer.json
Model	assets/minecraft/models/block/observer.json
Sound registry	net/minecraft/sounds/SoundEvents.java

• CobblestoneBlock
• Redstone DustItem
• Nether QuartzItem
• Redstone RepeaterBlock
• PistonBlock

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