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Bell
RedstoneCraftable

Bell

A block that rings when activated by hand, redstone or a projectile, causing nearby villagers to gather and seek shelter during raids.

Stack Size

64

Durability

N/A

Category

Redstone

Version Added

1.14

Item ID

bell

Bell at a glance

Bell comes from crafting and generated structures, and Redstone is where it sits as a redstone component. A single slot takes 64 Bell, a hotbar row 576, and 3456 fill a double chest.

As a redstone component, Bell is wired into contraptions and circuits, and what it does with a signal is what gives builders the logic and timing behind automatic farms, doors and machines. On the hardness scale Bell sits at 5. It takes the same 5 from an explosion. A pickaxe makes Bell quick, and even the cheapest one still drops it. Generated chests only ever hold Bell in one place: ruined portal chests (roughly 1 in 67). It opens the Redstone list, Block of Redstone follows it, 29 entries in all.

Crafting recipe

Crafting
StickStick
Iron NuggetIron Nugget
Gold IngotGold Ingot
Iron NuggetIron Nugget
BellBell

How to obtain

  • Crafting
  • Generated structures

Notes

Generates naturally in villages. Ringing it during a raid highlights nearby hostile mobs through walls.

Frequently asked questions about Bell

  1. Stick, Iron Nugget, Gold Ingot going into Bell, the recipe this answer describes

    How do you get Bell in Minecraft?

    Bell is crafted from Stick, Iron Nugget, and Gold Ingot at a Crafting Table, in a single step. It also comes from generated structures, not just the recipe above.

  2. Bell on its own, since nothing in the game is crafted from it

    What is Bell used for?

    A block that rings when activated by hand, redstone or a projectile, causing nearby villagers to gather and seek shelter during raids.

  3. A chest beside Bell, the loot this answer lists

    Where do you find Bell in chests?

    Bell is chest loot in one place and one only: ruined portal chests (roughly 1 in 67). No other generated chest lists it, so that single structure is the whole search, and every other chest in the game will disappoint you.

  4. Bell coming forward out of the past, in the game since 1.14

    When was Bell added to Minecraft?

    Bell was added in version 1.14.

  5. 64 Bell drawn together, the full slot the answer counts

    How many Bell can you stack?

    64 Bell fill one slot, and filling it costs 64 Stick, 128 Iron Nugget, and 64 Gold Ingot: 64 crafts. A full backpack of 36 inventory slots carries 2,304 at once.

  6. Bell as a block, next to the pickaxe its 5 hardness asks for

    How long does Bell take to break?

    Bell has hardness 5, and it has blast resistance 5. Matching numbers put Bell in the ordinary group, the group creepers get through, and it is no exception. A pickaxe makes Bell quick, and even the cheapest one still drops it. Java 26.2 stores Bell with those figures unchanged, so it reads the same here.

Building with it

Bells sit in villages and, when rung, mark every hostile mob within range with a glowing outline for a few seconds. Villagers run indoors at the sound, which makes a bell wired to a raid alarm a genuinely useful piece of village defence rather than decoration.

In practice

A ringing bell marks hostile mobs within a wide radius with a glowing outline for a few seconds, and villagers hear it and run indoors. It can be rung by redstone, so a raid alarm wired to a lever is a real defence rather than decoration.

Related Astroworld Resources

Villager trades for Bell

What villagers ask for Bell on Astroworld Trades

Bell in a redstone circuit

Timing, signal strength and wiring for Bell on Astroworld Redstone

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