4 interesting facts about shelf block in Minecraft

Mojang recently introduced a brand new Minecraft block called the shelf. It is a new wooden block that can store and display items anywhere players want. It can also be activated by redstone, making it a quick-equip block for players. The shelf will soon arrive in the game with the fall game drop.

Here are some fascinating facts about the new shelf block coming to Minecraft.

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4 fun facts about Minecraft's shelf block

1) Shelves can hold three item stacks

The shelf can store three stacks of any item (Image via Sportskeeda Gaming || Mojang Studios)

First, let's explore the main purpose of shelves in Minecraft. These wooden blocks can store and display three stacks of items. This means it can store three similar or different items that have full stacks or are unstackable. The picture above shows how a sword, a pickaxe, and an axe are displayed on a shelf.

While shelves can primarily be used as display items, they can also act as small storage blocks since they can store three item stacks at once.

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2) Shelves can be used as vertical slabs

Shelves can act as vertical slabs in Minecraft (Image via Sportskeeda Gaming || Mojang Studios)

For years, the Minecraft community has craved vertical slabs as building blocks. The game has horizontal slabs, but builders have always felt a need for vertical slabs. This is another instance where shelves come in handy. Despite having a completely different primary use, they resemble vertical slabs since they are vertical half-blocks. Hence, shelves can also be used as vertical slabs in builds.

The center of the new block, where items can be stored, has a very small dent. Nonetheless, a shelf will appear to be a vertical slab when placed next to other full blocks because of how thin it is.

Since the shelf block can be constructed from any type of stripped wood, players can create it in a range of colors and even a bamboo version. Hence, this new block has the potential to be a fantastic building and decorative block.

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3) Shelves can be powered by redstone to connect its contents

All three shelves are connected, and nine items in these shelves will collectively appear in a hotbar (Image via Sportskeeda Gaming || Mojang Studios)

When a shelf is activated by a redstone block, all its contents get connected. This means all three items on the shelf can be placed in and retrieved from a hotbar in a single motion. For instance, all three items will show up in the rightmost three slots of the player's hotbar when they interact with a redstone-activated shelf.

Similarly, when two adjacent shelves to one another are activated by redstone, all six items will appear in the player's last six hotbar slots. Finally, when redstone triggers three shelves with nine items, all nine of them will be transferred to the player's entire hotbar.

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4) Shelves can be used as fuel in a furnace

Shelf can burn as a fuel in a furnace (Image via Sportskeeda Gaming || Mojang Studios)

Since the shelf is made entirely from stripped wood logs, it can be burned as a fuel in a furnace. One single new block will burn around 1.5 items in a furnace. Hence, if players are out of regular fuel like coal, lava, bamboo, etc., they can use shelves to cook food items in an emergency as well.

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