Minecraft block and item displays

Commands

Create block_display and item_display entitiesLearn more

Displays with 1.19.4 draw a block or item without a hitbox — rotated, scaled, or stretched. Choose what to show and how to rotate — we'll build the /summon command.

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Keyframe animation

Set the position, rotation, and scale of a block or item over time. Preview, smooth cycle, and ready-to-use datapack with start and stop commands.

Animate the display

What to display

Rotation and size

Yaw rotates around the vertical axis, pitch tilts forward and backward, and roll tilts sideways. A scale of 1 is one block; 0.5 is half a block.

View

Rotation toward player

Result

block_display

Command — the block will spawn on your tile

/summon minecraft:block_display ~-0.5 ~ ~-0.5 {block_state:{Name:"minecraft:grass_block",id:"minecraft:grass_block"},Tags:["display"]}

Remove the nearest one

/kill @e[type=minecraft:block_display,tag=display,limit=1,sort=nearest]

How to use the result

  1. Stand in place

    The block spawns on the tile where you stand (~-0.5 ~ ~-0.5 — center of the cell), item on the block above the feet. Change these numbers to position it more precisely.

  2. Run the command

    With operator permissions in chat or command block — a long command won't fit in chat.

  3. Remove extra items

    Displays have no hitbox — they can't be broken by hand. The second command removes the nearest entity with your tag.

What to know about displays

  • Version 1.19.4 or newer is required. Then came block_display, item_display, and text_display. Starting with 1.20.5, the item count is displayed. count— previously Count:1b.
  • The block rotates around an angle. The game draws a block from the entity's corner, and rotation without correction shifts it off-center. The default page adds a shift to rotate the block around its center.
  • This is an image, not a block. Passes through the display, cannot stand on it, water and light do not affect it. However, any scale is possible — from tiny details to massive blocks.
  • Text in the air — also a display, text_display: it will be summoned by that command hologram generator.

Collects visible entities with hands and pose armor stands, mob — /summon generator.

Frequently asked questions

How to place a block in the air in Minecraft?

The block_display entity, from 1.19.4: /summon minecraft:block_display with block_state. It draws a block without a hitbox — with any rotation and scale.

Why does block_display rotate around the wrong center?

The game draws a block from the entity's corner, and rotation rotates it around the corner. The translation offset returns the rotation center to the block's center — the page adds this shift itself.

How to remove block_display?

Using the command /kill with a selector based on type and tag: a display cannot be broken — it has no hitbox.

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