Explosion

An explosion is a physical event, generally destructive, that can be caused by some blocks or entities. It can destroy nearby blocks, propel and damage nearby players, entities, and their armor, and cause one or more fires when coming from correct sources.

Multiple close explosions may propel objects further, but have no cumulative effect on the destruction of a block. This is because explosions' damage to blocks is evaluated individually, and blocks' blast resistance does not become "weakened" per explosion.

"Destroyed" blocks have a chance of dropping as collectible resources (and otherwise disappear), and this chance is 1p, where p is the explosion power. So, a uncharged creeper blast will have a 13 chance of dropping a block.

Explosion strength

Explosion Type	Power	Notes
Wither (when created)	7
Ender Crystal (when destroyed)	6	All other crystals nearby will also explode at the same time.
Charged Creeper	6
Bed when used in the Nether or the End	5	Starts fires
Powder Keg	4
Creeper	3
Ghast fireball	1	Starts fires
Black Wither skull	1
Blue Wither skull	1	Treats blast radius blocks (except bedrock and end portal(both the portal and frame form)) as having a blast resistance of less than 4.

Block Destruction

The block resistances needed for a block to never be destroyed by an explosion are 121.00 (charged creepers), 77.67 (powder keg), 56.00 (creepers), 16.42 (fireballs). Blocks with lower block resistance may still survive explosions if they have to travel through air or other blocks first.

Blast Resistance

Block name	Blast resistance
Bedrock	18,000,000
End Portal	18,000,000
End Portal	18,000,000
Anvil	6,000
Enchantment Table	6,000
Obsidian	6,000
Ender Chest	3,000
Lava	500
Water	500
Dragon Egg	45
End Stone	45
Block of Diamond	30
Block of Emerald	30
Block of Gold	30
Block of Iron	30
Block of Redstone	30
Brick Stairs	30
Bricks	30
Cobblestone	30
Cobblestone Stairs	30
Cobblestone Wall	30
Iron Bars	30
Jukebox	30
Moss Stone	30
Nether Brick	30
Nether Brick Fence	30
Nether Brick Stairs	30
Stone	30
Stone Brick	30
Stone Brick Stairs	30
Stone Slabs	30
Iron Door	25
Monster Spawner	25
Cobweb	20
Dispenser	17.5
Dropper	17.5
Furnace	17.5
Beacon	15
Coal Ore	15
Cocoa	15
Diamond Ore	15
Emerald Ore	15
Oak Wood Fence	15
Fence Gate	15
Gold Ore	15
Vanilla Hopper	15

Block name	Blast resistance
Iron Ore	15
Lapis Lazuli Block	15
Lapis Lazuli Ore	15
Nether Quartz Ore	15
Redstone Ore	15
Trapdoor	15
Wooden Planks	15
Wooden Door	15
Wooden Slabs	15
Wooden Stairs	15
Chest	12.5
Crafting Table	12.5
Trapped Chest	12.5
Cistern	10
Wood	10
Bookshelf	7.5
Jack 'o' Lantern	5
Melon	5
Heads	5
Pumpkin	5
Sign	5
Monster Egg	3.75
Note Block	4
Sandstone	4
Sandstone Stairs	4
Wool	4
Activator Rail	3.5
Detector Rail	3.5
Powered Rail	3.5
Rail	3.5
Clay Block	3
Farmland	3
Grass Block	3
Gravel	3
Sponge	3
Brewing Stand	2.5
Buttons	2.5
Cake	2.5
Dirt	2.5
Ice	2.5
Lever	2.5
Mycelium	2.5
Piston	2.5
Piston Head	2.5
Pressure Plates	2.5

Block name	Blast resistance
Sand	2.5
Soul Sand	2.5
Sticky Piston	2.5
Weighted Pressure Plates	2.5
Cactus	2
Ladder	2
Netherrack	2
Glass	1.5
Glass Pane	1.5
Glowstone	1.5
Redstone Lamp	1.5
Bed	1
Daylight Sensor	1
Huge Mushrooms	1
Leaves	1
Snow Block	1
Vines	1
Snow	1
Air	0
Carrots	0
Command Block	0
Dead Bush	0
Fire	0
Flower Pot	0
Flowers	0
Flowing Lava	0
Grass	0
Lily Pad	0
Locked Chest	0
Melon Stem	0
Mushrooms	0
Nether Portal	0
Nether Wart	0
Moving Piston	0
Potatoes	0
Pumpkin Stem	0
Redstone Comparator	0
Redstone Repeater	0
Redstone Torch	0
Redstone Dust	0
Saplings	0
Wheat	0
Sugar Cane	0
Torch	0
Tripwire	0
Tripwire Hook	0