
When above a block with a replaceable material, the gravity-affected blocks can fall. Water and lava spread and currents generally depend on whether the block's materials blocks movement, while placement from a bucket depends on whether the material is solid or replaceable, except end portal and end gateway. But moving piston can be placed on farmland. Farmland and dirt path turns to dirt if a solid-material block is placed on top, except fence gate. Cacti break depending on the solidity of an adjacent block's material and whether the adjacent block is lava or whether the material of the upper block is liquid. Player spawning checks for obstruction based on whether the material is solid or fluid, apart from banners, pressure plates, and signs. This is why signs can be placed on each other without any visible connection.In addition, paintings and item frames can also be placed on the sides of the redstone comparator and repeater. Paintings, banners, signs, cakes, and item frames are placed on any solid material. Various things that spawn on the "surface" similarly check material movement-blocking to find the surface. They choose a random destination and then seek downward until they find a block with a movement-blocking material. Endermen teleport depending on materials that block movement. ↑ a b c Stairs and walls do not actually have a material, they instead inherit the material of the block they're made out of. If "blocked", the block prevents pistons from extending. If "replace", the block is broken by pistons. ↑ If "pushed", the block is pushed by pistons. ↑ If yes, player succeeds in placing some other block in the spot occupied by this block. ↑ Only used to determine if lava can set fire to blocks not used for fire spreading. ↑ If yes, block dependent blocks can be placed on this block, and it is considered when spawning structures. ↑ The default map base color of this material, but in fact most blocks do not use this default base color. Each material gives certain properties to the block.
The following materials exist in Minecraft.