Carved Pumpkin
Carved Pumpkin is the helmet-ready Halloween mask — preventing enderman aggression and used to summon snow and iron golems.
Description
The most useful unique property is its wearable status: equipping the block in the helmet slot turns the player's view into a pumpkin-mask perspective with eye-holes for visibility, and most importantly, makes endermen ignore the player even when looked at directly — solving the otherwise constant aggression problem in the End dimension. The block is also the head ingredient for two iconic golems: stack two snow blocks vertically and place a carved pumpkin on top to spawn a snow golem; arrange four iron blocks in a T-shape and place a carved pumpkin on top to spawn an iron golem. Combining with a torch on the crafting grid produces a jack o'lantern.
Java & Bedrock Guide
How to make and use a Carved Pumpkin in Minecraft
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Find a pumpkin
Locate a grown pumpkin, which spawns naturally on grass blocks across most overworld biomes, or harvest one from a pumpkin stem you planted with pumpkin seeds.
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Carve it with shears
Use shears on the placed pumpkin to cut the jack-o-lantern face; the block becomes a Carved Pumpkin and drops four pumpkin seeds for replanting.
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Wear it against endermen
Equip the Carved Pumpkin in the helmet slot to view the world through eye-holes and look directly at endermen without provoking them — ideal for End raids.
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Spawn golems or craft a lantern
Place a Carved Pumpkin on two stacked snow blocks for a snow golem, or on four iron blocks in a T-shape for an iron golem; combine it with a torch to craft a jack o'lantern.
Before Java Edition 1.13 (The Flattening), pumpkins generated already carved and were used directly for golems. Since 1.13, a plain pumpkin must be cut with shears first to obtain a Carved Pumpkin.
How to craft this block
Used in crafts
Frequently asked questions
How do you carve a pumpkin in Minecraft?
Use shears on a placed pumpkin. It becomes a Carved Pumpkin with the jack-o-lantern face and drops four pumpkin seeds you can replant.
Does wearing a Carved Pumpkin stop endermen from attacking?
Yes. With a Carved Pumpkin in the helmet slot you can look directly at endermen without making them hostile, though it adds a mask overlay that narrows your view.
How do you build an iron golem with a Carved Pumpkin?
Place four iron blocks in a T-shape, then set a Carved Pumpkin on the top-center block. The iron golem spawns instantly if there is open space around it.
Can you craft a Carved Pumpkin?
No. A Carved Pumpkin is made by shearing a pumpkin, and it can also be found in pillager outpost chests and as a raid reward.
What is the difference between a Carved Pumpkin and a Jack o'Lantern?
A Jack o'Lantern is a Carved Pumpkin combined with a torch and emits a light level of 15, while a Carved Pumpkin gives off no light.
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