[MC-109963] Interacting in adventure mode, changing block states, has inconsistent results

The bug

The bug/inconsistency:
If you're in Adventure Mode, you can still alter some blocks or their states, which could be an issue, even more so if map-/Vanilla mod makers use different textures for each block state.

Expected
People in adventure mode not being able to alter certain blocks (or their states).

Example
Jukebox: Player can eject music disc, but not insert
Note blocks: rightclick still changes the tone and thus the possible alternate texture/model
Flower Pot incl. content: Content can be taken out of flower pot as well as inserted again

Following a list of blocks which can be interacted with as well as not interacted with; the listing does not suggest to change all of them, but is just made for an overview, to better decide which make sense to keep their current behaviour, and which should be changed.

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Can be interacted with in adventure mode

(Trapped) Chests: Can be opened, things taken out and put in
Chests in Minecarts: Can be opened, things taken out and put in
Shulker Boxes: Can be opened, things taken out and put in
Ender Chest: Can be opened, things taken out and put in
Dispenser: Can be opened, things taken out and put in
Furnace: Can be opened, things taken out and put in
Crafting table: Can be accessed, things can be crafted
Flower Pot incl. content: Content can be taken out of flower pot as well as inserted again
Buttons: Can be activated by rightclicking
Wooden buttons: Can be activated by player shooting an arrow at them
Pressure Plates: Can be activated/stepped on
Armor Stand: Armour can be taken from a regular armor stand (and equipped)
Furnace in Minecart: Can be broken (into furnace + cart, then picked up) when player punches them
Chest in Minecart: Can be broken (into chest + cart, then picked up) when player punches them

Minecart: Can be broken if player punches them.
Boat: Can be broken if player punches them.
ItemFrame: Things can be inserted as well as taken out, (not invulnerable) itemframe pops off by player punching or shooting them (e.g. bow, snowballs, egg)
Painting: Pop off if player punches them.
Ender Crystals: blow up when player punches or shoots them.

Living entities: Those which can be leashed as well as unleashed in Survival-, can also in Adventure Mode.
Chicken Eggs: Player in adventure mode can throw eggs and also spawn eventually a chicken by doing so.
Snowballs: Can be thrown, as a result can pop off (not invulnerable) itemframes/paintings.

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Can not be interacted with in adventure mode:

Repeater
Comparator
Daylight detector
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Which of the above mentioned blocks should be possible for someone in Adventure mode to be accessible or changeable or breakable, is of course up to Mojang, but it'd be great if map makers could add their opinion as well.

Linked issues

is duplicated by 4

MC-120830 Players can access to a flower pot in adventure mode Resolved

MC-121539 Can't invert daylight sensors in adventure mode Resolved

MC-202629 Cannot put Music Discs into Jukeboxes in Adventure Mode Resolved

MC-224333 Adventure mode players cannot put discs in a jukebox Resolved

relates to 1

MC-222682 You can fill composters in adventure mode Open

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Comments 30

George Stichel 2016-11-11T15:39:39Z

it was changed in version 16w39b.
Maybe to fix the bug [MC-107405]

Piyotato 2017-05-06T16:49:42Z

Confirmed for 17w18b

Possseidon 2017-06-18T17:01:00Z

confirmed for 1.12

bemoty 2017-08-12T23:42:08Z

Can confirm for MC 1.12.1.

Piyotato 2017-12-16T15:22:05Z

Confirmed for all 1.13 snapshots

20 more comments

pokechu22 2018-01-13T00:07:59Z

I'll just change you to the reporter and you can add them to this ticket yourself; that's probably the easiest way.

NeunEinser 2018-01-28T13:27:42Z

Things I noticed that are still missing from the list:

Minecart: Can be broken if player punches them.
Boat: Can be broken if player punches them.
Ender Crystals: blow up when player punches or shoots them.

Just some opinions here:

Container blocks probably should stay this way, if you want to promit access you can utilize the Lock-Tag. (Althought the furnance minecrat is inconsitent)
Crafting Table kind of makes sense to me that you can access it, however there might be some maps that would like to use crafting tables decoratively only and do not want the player to be able to craft. I guess you could turn the limitedCrafting gamerule on and revoke all recepies if you wanted to...
Flower Pot may be consistent to container blocks, but a flower pot is -not even internally- a real container. You should only be able to take flowers out with a tool that has the appropriate CanDestroy-Tag. With 1.13 you should even be able to only allow specific flowers, since every potted flower has its own ID.
Buttons/Pressure Plates are kind of difficult. It does feel right to me that you can press them, also it is vital for most maps that you can activate redstone curcuits, but technically you are interacting with them. It's also kind of inconsistent with repeaters and such, but obviously it does make sense that you cannot change redstone circuits in adventure mode.
Armor Stand is mostly used decoratively, but you can use the LockSlots-Tag. Most people probably would expect that you cannot take the armor, though. Kind of hard to decide, but I think having the Tag it should stay the way it is, since it allows for more possibilities.
I don't think you should be able to break minecarts or boats. Also inconsistent to armor stand, since it is also an entity you can break in survival. Maybe you could extent the CanDestroy-Tag to entities as well or add a seperate tag for entities. That would raise the question what's with mobs, though. If a tag for entities exsists, you probably expect mobs to be in this category as well.
Ender crystals is something I honestly don't know what the default should be like.

Manuel 2018-06-09T09:48:27Z

Also you can't use a carrot on a stick if you're in the adventure mode and watching on a block.

Meri Diana 2018-06-09T09:59:54Z

@unknown This could be MC-123366, carrot on a stick is mentioned there!

Panda4994 2018-07-04T18:25:17Z

Confirmed for 1.13-pre6.

Panda4994 2018-07-13T10:45:42Z

Confirmed for 1.13-pre7.

Panda4994 2018-07-13T21:50:35Z

Confirmed for 1.13-pre8.

Panda4994 2018-07-20T15:57:54Z

Confirmed for 1.13.

BLack_Tea_RGO 2018-11-24T13:30:20Z

Confirmed for 18w47b

Gatinh0 2019-07-05T18:33:28Z

Confirmed for 1.14.3 official. Stil can't insert music disc to jukebox, by example.

Binary Banana 2019-09-01T18:47:00Z

Still able to remove anything from or place anything in flower pots. (1.14.4)

Chase 2020-10-23T00:38:12Z

Sorry for the duplicate issue just now. Tried searching "cannot insert discs" to see if it had already been reported, and nothing came up. And now I've been told to use the search function properly, because apparently I didn't. Oh, I'm such a fool.

Kidfury 2021-04-28T19:20:46Z

Confirmed for 21w17a

Kidfury 2021-05-20T15:52:30Z

Confirmed for 21w20a

Kidfury 2021-05-31T14:12:28Z

Confirmed for 1.17 pre-release1

Kidfury 2021-06-01T06:06:02Z

Confirmed for 1.17 pre-release2

Kidfury 2021-06-02T18:08:01Z

Confirmed for 1.17 pre-release 4

Kidfury 2021-06-04T09:14:38Z

Confirmed for 1.17 pre-release 5

Kidfury 2021-06-08T18:45:12Z

Confirmed for 1.17 release

Kidfury 2021-07-06T15:26:20Z

Confirmed for 1.17.1 release

Kidfury 2021-09-15T19:35:57Z

Confirmed for 21w37a

Ohtacaro 2023-03-31T20:54:37Z

Wanted to use Suspicious Gravel and Sand in an Adventure map. Can't use the brushing feature. It'd be great if there was a CanBrush-Tag for the brush, CanStrip-Tag for the axe.

user-f2760 2023-03-31T20:56:28Z

You just need CanPlaceOn entries for the desired blocks for those items, Ohtacaro.

Winderine 2024-10-06T20:55:48Z

Doesn't seem like I can lock/seal flower pots in adventure mode in 1.21; although with the lack of consistent documentation I can't be sure that I just don't know how. I did figure out how to lock/seal item frames and paintings, but those are entities, and the flower pot is a block.

Bolshi 2025-07-27T08:58:32Z

Can confirm this still happens in 1.21.8.
I’ve tried most of the instances you stated and the only difference I could find is that the player can now insert a disc into the jukebox as well as eject it.