What is Carved Pumpkin in Minecraft?
A carved pumpkin is a decorative block that looks like a classic Halloween jack o' lantern face has been carved into a pumpkin. Its main purpose is for decoration and for creating golems. A carved pumpkin is a fun and spooky decoration, especially when you turn it into a jack o' lantern by adding a torch. It is also a very important block for creating two types of helpful mobs: snow golems and iron golems. These golems can help defend your base from monsters. A carved pumpkin can also be worn on your head like a helmet, which has a special and very useful effect when dealing with endermen. It is a fun and surprisingly useful block.
How to get Carved Pumpkin in Minecraft
There are two ways to get a carved pumpkin. The first way is to find one naturally. Carved pumpkins sometimes generate in the taiga and snowy taiga biomes, often near villages. They can also be found as part of the scarecrows in pillager outposts. The second, and much more common way, is to carve one yourself. To do this, you first need a regular pumpkin. Pumpkins grow in patches in most grassy biomes. Once you have a pumpkin, place it down on the ground. Then, take a pair of shears and right click on the placed pumpkin. This will instantly carve the face into it, and it will drop four pumpkin seeds on the ground. The pumpkin will now be a carved pumpkin, which you can break with an axe to pick up.
How to use Carved Pumpkin in Minecraft
A carved pumpkin has several great uses. Its most important use is for creating golems. To create a snow golem, place two snow blocks on top of each other, and then place a carved pumpkin on top. To create an iron golem, place four iron blocks in a T shape, and then place a carved pumpkin on the top center block. For decoration, you can combine a carved pumpkin with a torch in a crafting grid to create a jack o' lantern, which is a great spooky light source. A very useful and funny feature is that you can wear a carved pumpkin on your head. While it offers no armor protection, it will prevent endermen from becoming hostile when you look at them. This makes exploring the End much safer. The downside is that it obstructs your view with a pumpkin face overlay.
How to craft Carved Pumpkin in Minecraft
No recipes for this block.
