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Utility BlocksCraftable

Fence

A barrier block that is 1.5 blocks tall to players and mobs so they cannot jump over it. Crafted from wooden planks and sticks.

Stack Size

64

Durability

N/A

Category

Utility Blocks

Version Added

Alpha

Item ID

fence

Fence at a glance

Crafting gives you Fence, a block filed under Utility Blocks. 64 Fence fit in a slot, 576 across the hotbar, 3456 in a double chest.

Breaking Fence works against a hardness of 2. Explosions work against a resistance of 3. An axe is the right tool for Fence, and any tier of it collects the block. It sits between Ender Chest and Fern in Utility Blocks, number 124 of 340 there.

Crafting recipe

Crafting
StickStick
StickStick
FenceFence3
Recipe data from Astroworld Crafting

How to obtain

  • Crafting

Notes

One variant exists per wood type. Wooden fences can be used as furnace fuel.

Frequently asked questions about Fence

  1. Planks, Stick going into Fence, the recipe this answer describes

    How do you get Fence in Minecraft?

    Fence is crafted from Planks and Stick at a Crafting Table, and each craft returns 3.

  2. 64 Fence drawn together, the full slot the answer counts

    How many Fence can you stack?

    88 Planks and 44 Stick is what 64 Fence costs, since each one returns 3, so filling a single slot is 22 crafts. A full backpack of 36 inventory slots carries 2,304 at once.

  3. Fence coming forward out of the past, in the game since Alpha

    When was Fence added to Minecraft?

    Fence was added in the early Alpha development period.

  4. How long does Fence take to break?

    2 hardness is one number on Fence, and 3 blast resistance is the other number on it. Because the numbers differ on Fence, one of the two routes into it is always quicker. An axe is the right tool for Fence, and any tier of it collects the block. Java 26.2 spells Fence out this way, so nothing on it was guessed.

  5. Fence on its own, since nothing in the game is crafted from it

    What is Fence used for?

    A barrier block that is 1.5 blocks tall to players and mobs so they cannot jump over it. Crafted from wooden planks and sticks.

Building with it

Fences are two blocks tall as far as mobs are concerned, which is what makes them work as a pen wall while still being one block high for building. Six sticks and planks give three, and every wood type has its own, so a fence line always matches the build behind it.