Over the years and its multiple updates,Minecrafthas introduced a lot of new content. The latest 1.18 update significantly changed how caves and cliffs are generated, and new worlds will look quite different from the old ones going forward.
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However, some features that were once in the earlier versions ofMinecrafthave also been removed. Removed blocks, for example, are a fairly uncommon thing inMinecraft, and most blocks will at least be accessible in creative. However, these blocks either saw their names changed or their designs drastically shifted, resulting in their removal.
7Removed From Bedrock: Grass_Carried & Leaves_ Carried
The grass_carried block was a block unique to the Bedrock Edition of Minecraft. At first glance, this grass block looks like any old patch of grass in the game, but it actually has small differences, particularly in the top partof the texture, which has a different color from the regular one.
It also doesn’t function at all like a grass block. Instead, it was simply used as a way to storethe grass blocks’item model, according to Minecraft Wiki. The block was eventually removed from Bedrock entirely.
The same goes for the similar leaves_carried block, which had the same purpose and was also deleted from Bedrock.
Back before the Aquatic Update of 1.13 was but a whisper on fans' lips, corals were introduced into the game. Mining these corals without a Silk Touch pickaxe resulted in this generic dead coral block to drop, which had nothing to do with the original texture of the coral.
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Eventually, each coral color and texture received its own dead coral block, and this generic texture block which had acted as a temporary placeholder was simply removed from the game, as it no longer served a purpose.
5Removed From Java: Infinite Water & Lava Blocks
Players might be familiar with lava and water source blocks. These are, essentially, blocks where a specific liquid flows from, and when this block is replaced with a solid block, the source is destroyed and the liquid disappears.
Long beforeMinecraftwas even properly released, lava and water both had infinite blocks that would create source blocks on each side when place down. Even if these source blocks were killed, the infinite block would simply create more of them. Think of them as super-souce blocks. Sadly, they were removed very early on from the game’s Indev version.
4Removed From Java: Gear
The gear is somewhat of an odd block. There’s nothing quite like it in Minecraft today, whereas most of these other removed blocks have something similar to them in the game. Gears didn’t have a specific use, but what made them special was their animated texture, which was a rarity for Minecraft for a long time, aside from liquids like lava and water.
Gears were only really a decorative item and were around during Indev and Alpha releases of the game. It almost feels like a lost opportunity forthe game’s redstone feature, and there may yet be a chance it makes a return in the future.
3Removed From Java: Cloth Blocks
Everyone is familiar with wool blocks in the game, but long before there was even such a thing as wool, players had a wide array of something called ‘cloth blocks’. What made these blocks special was also the fact that they had different colors to what players have available now in the game.
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Some examples of colorsand dyesthat no longer exist are spring green, ultramarine, chartreuse, and capri. Nowadays, players have no shortage of color options to choose from, whether it’s for wool blocksor terracotta, or even concrete, so it’s unlikely these colors will return to the game.
2Shrub
If this block looks awfully familiar, it’s because it’s almost a perfect copy of the dead bush block that’s currently in the game. However, the shrub and the dead bush have very different uses, and within the game belonged to different categories, which means they were once meant to be two different things.
The shrub could actually drop seeds when destroyed, while the dead bush only drops sticks. It would be interesting to see the shrub added back into the game, or bushes becoming a full-on addition to the natural environment ofMinecraft.
1Locked Chest
These innocent-looking chests were part of a small April Fool’s joke from Mojang when the Beta edition ofMinecraftwas around. Locked chests would naturally spawn in the world in brand-new chunks, and would actually lead players to the Minecraft Store with the hope of finding a key for the chest.
The store would feature a few cool items for players to purchase, including crate keys, helmets, name changes, creeper saddles, and other cool objects that were fake or jokes. And in true memey fashion, the store’s background would play Rick Astley’s famous Never Gonna Give You Up. It goes without saying that the locked chest was removed after the event was over, though it would be fun if it ever made a return for newer fans unfamiliar with Mojang’s older stunts.
Minecraftwas released on July 24, 2025, and is available on PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Android, iOS, Nintendo Switch, and many other platforms.
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