Clock

This article is about the item. For the redstone circuit, see Redstone circuits/Clock. For the companion item that tracks a specific location, see Compass.

Clock

Rarity tier	Common
Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)

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A clock is an item that shows the state of the daylight cycle in the Overworld. It spins randomly in other dimensions, as those do not have daylight cycles.

Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Gold Ingot + Redstone Dust

Item	Structure	Container	Quantity	Chance
Java Edition and Bedrock Edition
Clock	Ruined Portal	Chest	1	7.3% { "item": "Clock", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.0729006411312747, "structure": "Ruined Portal", "container": "Chest" }
	Shipwreck	Map chest	1	7.7% { "item": "Clock", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.07688803032512026, "structure": "Shipwreck", "container": "Map chest" }

Villager		Probability		Villager wants	Player receives	Trades in stock	Villager experience	Price multiplier
		JE	BE
Librarian	Expert	50%	33%	5 × Emerald	Clock	12	15	0.05

The clock dial consists of two halves, a day side and a night side. The dial spins clockwise slowly to indicate the time of day, corresponding to the sun or moon's actual position in the sky. When the time of day changes suddenly, such as after sleeping or when /time is used, the clock dial spins rapidly to catch up. The player is able to sleep a few seconds after the clock shows exactly dusk.

The dial always shows the current in-game time when in the Overworld, regardless of where it appears. This includes a player's hand, an inventory slot, a crafting grid, an item frame, or even as a dropped item. For a clock to be mounted on a wall, an item frame is required.

Because there is no day–night cycle in the Nether or the End, clocks do not work properly in these dimensions. Instead, the dial rotates rapidly and randomly. Although clocks do not function in these dimensions, the actual daylight cycle does continue.

Piglins will run toward any clock item on the ground and inspect it for 6 seconds in Java Edition, or 8 seconds in Bedrock Edition^[1], before putting it in their inventory.

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Translation key
Clock	clock	Item	item.minecraft.clock

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Translation key
Clock	clock	393	Item	item.clock.name

Icon		Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS)
PS4	Other
		Oooh, shiny!	Distract a Piglin using gold	Give a piglin a gold item​[more information needed] while it is aggressive toward the player.	30	Silver

Icon	Advancement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)
	Oh Shiny	Distract Piglins with gold	Use a gold ingot on an adult piglin, or throw one of these 28 gold-related items in the #piglin_loved item tag for it to pick up: Bell Block of Gold Block of Raw Gold Clock Deepslate Gold Ore Enchanted Golden Apple Gilded Blackstone Glistering Melon Slice Gold Ingot Gold Ore Golden Apple Golden Axe Golden Boots Golden Carrot Golden Chestplate Golden Dandelion Golden Helmet Golden Hoe Golden Horse Armor Golden Leggings Golden Nautilus Armor Golden Pickaxe Golden Shovel Golden Spear Golden Sword Light Weighted Pressure Plate Nether Gold Ore Raw Gold The player must not be wearing any golden armor when the piglin accepts or picks up the item.

Java Edition Alpha
v1.2.0			?				Added clocks.
							They use a procedurally generated texture with 230 visually distinct frames.
Java Edition
1.3.1			12w21a				Librarian villagers now sell clocks for 10-11 emeralds, making them renewable.
1.5			13w02a				Clocks now use the new animation feature included in texture packs. As a result, they are considerably less precise, having only 64 frames.
1.8			14w02a				Librarian villagers now sell clocks for 10-12 emeralds.
1.9			15w31a				Clocks are now broken up into individual textures, instead of having every individual frame on one vertical strip like with animated textures.
1.13			18w14a				Clocks can now be found in shipwreck map rooms.
1.14			19w11a				Librarian villagers now sell clocks for 5 emeralds.
1.16			20w09a				Clocks can now be used to distract piglins.[2]
			20w16a				Clocks now generate in ruined portal chests.
			20w19a				Clocks no longer work in the recipe book.[3]
			20w22a				Clocks no longer work in the villager trading GUI.[4]
1.17			20w48a				The texture of clocks has been changed to match the new gold ingot texture from the texture update.

Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.2.0							Added clocks.
							Clocks currently have no function or legitimate method of obtaining them.
v0.8.0			build 1				Clocks are now functional and craftable. They have been added into the Creative inventory.
							The texture of clocks has been changed. They use a predefined texture file with 64 different frames.
v0.15.0			build 1				The resolution for the texture atlas for clocks has been changed from 128x128 to 16x1024.
Pocket Edition
1.0.4			alpha 1.0.4.0				Librarian villagers now sell clocks for 10-12 emeralds.
Bedrock Edition
1.4.0			beta 1.2.20.1				Clocks can now be found inside map room chests in shipwrecks.
1.11.0			beta 1.11.0.4				Trading has been changed, librarian villagers now have 1⁄3 chance to sell a clock for 4 emeralds as part of their trades.
1.16.0			beta 1.16.0.57				Clocks now generate in ruined portal chests.
1.17.0			beta 1.17.0.54				The texture of clocks has been changed to match the new gold ingot texture from the texture update.

Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360	Xbox One	PS3	PS4	PS Vita	Wii U	Switch
TU1	CU1	1.00	1.00	1.00	Patch 1	1.0.1	Added clocks.
							Like in old versions of Java Edition, they use a dynamically generated texture with 230 visually distinct frames.
TU12							Alongside the addition of texture packs, clocks have been changed to use pre-rendered sprites. As a result, they are considerably less precise, having only 64 frames.
TU14		1.04					Librarian villagers now sell clocks for 10-11 emeralds, making them renewable.
TU31	CU19	1.22	1.22	1.22	Patch 3		Librarian villagers now sell clocks for 10-12 emeralds.
TU69		1.76	1.76	1.76	Patch 38		Clocks can now be found in shipwreck map rooms.
			1.91				Trading has been changed, librarian villagers now have chance to sell a clock for 5 emeralds as part of their trades.

New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0							Added clocks.

Issues relating to "Clock" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

• In Java Edition, the default resource pack for the clock contains 64 individual frames, each frame lasting about 18.75 seconds in real time (375 ticks) (1350 seconds (22 minutes, 30 seconds) in Minecraft time).

• 
  A clock in an item frame on a wall in a player's base, showing it is dawn
• 
  Early-game player holding a clock

• 
  Several clocks used to telegraph time zones, featured in Eerie Mojang Office Party
• 
  Artwork of a clock used for daylight savings time
• 
  A clock being used as a watch
• 
  A giant clock featured in Minecraft: Story Mode

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