projectiles_can_break_blocks
booleanJava 26.2 onlyControls whether projectiles (arrows, snowballs, tridents, etc.) can destroy certain blocks on impact — including chorus flowers, pointed dripstone, and decorated pots. Disabling preserves these blocks from accidental projectile damage.
Enable projectiles_can_break_blocks
Projectiles break appropriate blocks on impact — arrows shatter chorus flowers, tridents break pointed dripstone, etc.
/gamerule projectiles_can_break_blocks trueDisable projectiles_can_break_blocks
No projectile breaks any block on impact. Chorus flowers, dripstone, and decorated pots are immune to projectile damage.
/gamerule projectiles_can_break_blocks falseDefault: true. Restore with /gamerule projectiles_can_break_blocks true
What projectiles_can_break_blocks does
Controls whether projectiles (arrows, snowballs, tridents, etc.) can destroy certain blocks on impact — including chorus flowers, pointed dripstone, and decorated pots. Disabling preserves these blocks from accidental projectile damage.
projectiles_can_break_blocks is a Java Edition-only gamerule and is not available in Bedrock.