Blocks
This article lists the hitboxes (aka bounding boxes) of all blocks in 1.8.
Blocks are ordered by length, then width, then height.
Images were taken with Blockbench.
Simple Blocks
| Block | Widths (b) | Height (b) | Comments | Image |
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| Default | 1 × 1 | 1 | 
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| Soulsand | 1 × 1 | 0.875 | Looks like a full block, but is actually 2 px lower. | 
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| End Portal Frame | 1 × 1 | 0.8125 | Eye variant: adds a 0.375 x 0.1875 x 0.375 block on top. | 
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| Enchantment Table | 1 × 1 | 0.75 | 
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| Bed block | 1 × 1 | 0.5625 | The bottom doesn't look tangible, but it actually is. | 
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| Slab | 1 × 1 | 0.5 | Inversible. | 
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| Daylight Sensor | 1 × 1 | 0.375 | ||
| Trapdoor (horizontal) | 1 × 1 | 0.1875 | Can be flipped to its vertical variant. | |
| Repeater | 1 × 1 | 0.125 | 
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| Carpet | 1 × 1 | 0.0625 | ||
| Lilypad | 1 × 1 | 0.015625 | Is ¼ of a pixel in height. | |
| Snow Layer | 1 × 1 | 0
0.125 0.25 0.375 0.5 0.625 0.75 0.875 |
Snow layers look 2 pixels higher than their real height.
Despite having no height, a single layer of snow is tangible. |
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| Anvil | 1 × 0.875 | 1 | Centered. Orientable (2 variants).
Looks thinner than it actually is. |
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| Piston Base (Powered) | 1 × 0.75 | 1 | Centered. Orientable (4 variants). | |
| Wall (3-sided) | 1 × 0.75 | 1.5 | Orientable (4 variants) | |
| Wall (2-opposite) | 1 × 0.375 | 1.5 | Centered. Orientable (2 variants). | |
| Fencegate
Fence (2-opposite) |
1 × 0.25 | 1.5 | Centered. Orientable (2 variants).
Can be flipped to a variant with no hitbox. |
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| Trapdoor (vertical)
Door |
1 × 0.1875 | 1 | Orientable (4 variants).
Can be flipped to another variant. |
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| Ladder | 1 × 0.125 | 1 | Orientable (4 variants). | |
| Pane (2-opposite) | 1 × 0.125 | 1 | Centered. Orientable (2 variants) | |
| Chest (long) | 0.9375 × 0.875 | 0.875 | Must be next to another chest. | |
| Dragon Egg | 0.875 × 0.875 | 1 | Centered.
Looks drastically different than its hitbox. |
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| Cactus | 0.875 × 0.875 | 0.9375 | Centered. Hurts entities close to it. | |
| Chest | 0.875 × 0.875 | 0.875 | Centered. | |
| Cake | 0.875 × 0.875
0.875 × 0.75 0.875 × 0.625 0.875 × 0.5 0.875 × 0.375 0.875 × 0.25 0.875 × 0.125 |
0.5 | The full cake is centered.
Each bite takes away 0.125b from the West (-X) |
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| Wall (2-adjacent) | 0.75 × 0.75 | 1.5 | Orientable (4 variants). | |
| Wall (1-sided) | 0.75 × 0.5 | 1.5 | Orientable (4 variants). | |
| Fence (1-sided) | 0.625 × 0.25 | 1.5 | Orientable (4 variants) | |
| Wall (default) | 0.5 × 0.5 | 1.5 | Centered. | |
| Head (default) | 0.5 × 0.5 | 0.5 | Centered. | |
| Head (walled) | 0.5 × 0.5 | Start: 0.25
Top: 0.75 |
Orientable (4 variants). | |
| Pane (1-sided) | 0.5 × 0.125 | 1 | Orientable (4 variants).
Appears 1 pixel longer than it really is. |
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| Flowerpot | 0.375 × 0.375 | 0.375 | Centered. | |
| Fence (default) | 0.25 × 0.25 | 1.5 | Centered. |
Composite Blocks
"Except" represents an intangible zone rather than a tangible one.
| Block | Widths (b) | Height (b) | Comments | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stair (normal) | Base: 1 × 1
Top: 1 × 0.5 |
Base: 0.5
Top: 1 |
Orientable (4 variants). Inversible. | 
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| Stair (outer) | Base: 1 × 1
Top: 0.5 × 0.5 |
Base: 0.5
Top: 1 |
Orientable (4 variants). Inversible.
Depends on nearby stairs. |
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| Stair (inner) | Base: 1 × 1
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Base: 1
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Orientable (4 variants). Inversible.
Depends on nearby stairs |
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| End Portal Frame (eye) | Base: 1 × 1
Eye: 0.375 × 0.375 |
Base: 0.8125
Eye: 1 |
The eye looks bigger than it is.
(Appears 8 px in width, but is actually 6 px wide) |
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| Cauldron | Base: 1 × 1
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Base: 1
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The bottom doesn't look tangible, but it actually is. | 
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| Brewing Stand | Base: 1 × 1
Rod: 0.125 × 0.125 |
Base: 0.125
Rod: 0.875 |
The base looks smaller than it really is. |  |
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Other
| Block | Widths (b) | Height (b) | Comments | Image |
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| Boat | 1.5 x 1.5 | 0.6 | Entity. | 
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