World & environment
Fluids and Waterlogging
Understand sources, flow, waterlogging and fluid interactions. This guide summarizes the stable core rules and identifies where edition or version checks are required.
Fluids and Waterlogging- System
- Fluids and Waterlogging
- Category
- World & environment
- Coverage
- Core rules and edition notes
Core rules
- Water and lava spread according to dimension-specific flow rules.
- Source formation and infinite-water behavior depend on neighboring blocks.
- Waterlogged blocks retain water while occupying the same position.
Edition and version notes
The core concept exists in the current game, but exact timings, update order, available recipes, commands and edge cases can differ between Java and Bedrock or change between releases. Use the versioned data pages for identifiers and the Java-vs-Bedrock guides for known edition differences.