---
title: Windcatchers
type: block
id:
- morered:acacia_windcatcher
- morered:birch_windcatcher
- morered:cherry_windcatcher
- morered:crimson_windcatcher
- morered:dark_oak_windcatcher
- morered:jungle_windcatcher
- morered:mangrove_windcatcher
- morered:oak_windcatcher
- morered:pale_oak_windcatcher
- morered:spruce_windcatcher
- morered:warped_windcatcher
infobox:
  tabs:
  - name: Acacia Windcatcher
    display: morered:item/acacia_windcatcher
  - name: Birch Windcatcher
    display: morered:item/birch_windcatcher
  - name: Cherry Windcatcher
    display: morered:item/cherry_windcatcher
  - name: Crimson Windcatcher
    display: morered:item/crimson_windcatcher
  - name: Dark Oak Windcatcher
    display: morered:item/dark_oak_windcatcher
  - name: Jungle Windcatcher
    display: morered:item/jungle_windcatcher
  - name: Mangrove Windcatcher
    display: morered:item/mangrove_windcatcher
  - name: Oak Windcatcher
    display: morered:item/oak_windcatcher
  - name: Pale Oak Windcatcher
    display: morered:item/pale_oak_windcatcher
  - name: Spruce Windcatcher
    display: morered:item/spruce_windcatcher
  - name: Warped Windcatcher
    display: morered:item/warped_windcatcher
---

Windcatchers generate mechanical power.

<table>
	<thead><tr><th>Contents</th></tr></thead>
	<tbody><tr><td>
		1. [Recipes](#recipes)
		2. [Usage](#usage)
		3. [Data](#data)
		4. [History](#history)
	</td></tr></tbody>
</table>

## Recipes
<table>
	<thead>
		<tr>
			<th>Recipe Type</th>
			<th>Ingredients</th>
			<th>Output</th>
			<th>Example</th>
		</tr>
	</thead>
	<tbody>
		<tr>
			<td>Shaped Crafting</td>
			<td style={{width: '30%'}}>
				* 4x [<ModAsset width={32} height={32} location='white_wool'/> Wool](@wool)
				* 4x [<ModAsset width={32} height={32} location='stick'/> Stick](@stick)
				* 1x [<ModAsset width={32} height={32} location='morered:item/oak_axle'/> Axle](@morered:oak_axle)
			</td>
			<td>
				* 1x Windcatcher (of the same wood type as the axle)
			</td>
			<td>
				<br/>
				![Shaped Crafting Recipe for Windcatchers](https://commoble.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/images/morered/recipes/windcatcher_recipe.png)
				<br/>
			</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Shaped Crafting</td>
			<td style={{width: '30%'}}>
				* 4x [<ModAsset width={32} height={32} location='lime_wool'/> Dyed Wool](@wool)
				* 4x [<ModAsset width={32} height={32} location='stick'/> Stick](@stick)
				* 1x [<ModAsset width={32} height={32} location='morered:item/oak_axle'/> Axle](@morered:oak_axle)
			</td>
			<td>
				* 1x Windcatcher (with the same colors as the wool)
			</td>
			<td>
				<br/>
				![Shaped Crafting Recipe for Dyed Windcatchers](https://commoble.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/images/morered/recipes/windcatcher_recipe_dyed.png)
				<br/>
			</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Shaped Crafting</td>
			<td style={{width: '30%'}}>
				* 4x [<ModAsset width={32} height={32} location='cyan_dye'/> Dye](@dye)
				* 1x [<ModAsset width={32} height={32} location='morered:item/oak_windcatcher'/> Windcatcher](@morered:oak_windcatcher)
			</td>
			<td>
				* 1x Windcatcher (with the same colors as the dye)
			</td>
			<td>
				<br/>
				![Shaped Crafting Recipe for Dyeing Windcatchers](https://commoble.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/images/morered/recipes/windcatcher_dyeing_recipe.png)
				<br/>
			</td>
		</tr>
	</tbody>
</table>

## Usage

Windcatchers take up 3x3 blocks horizontally, and can be placed where enough room exists to place them (the center "axle" block will be placed at the clicked position).

![Windcatcher placed in an area just big enough to hold it](https://commoble.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/images/morered/windcatcher_placement.png)

Windcatchers can be used to power other mechanical blocks such as [Stonemills](@morered:stonemill),
[Extractors](@morered:extractor),
or [Alternators](@morered:alternator).

Mechanical blocks such as [Axles](@morered:oak_axle) and [Gears](@morered:oak_gear)
can be used to get power from one place to another. Windcatchers can connect to other mechanisms vertically (including other windcatchers).

![Several windcatchers stacked together and connected to axles](https://commoble.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/images/morered/windcatchers_stacked.png)

Windcatchers in the overworld generate more power the higher they are (scaling from minimal power at y=63 to maximum power at y=150).
They work best when there aren't too many solid blocks nearby horizontally.
Windcatchers also generate a small amount of power in [The End](https://minecraft.wiki/w/The_End), regardless of y-level.

How much power windcatchers generate is configurable per-dimension via datapacks.

## Data
<table>
	<thead><tr><th>Block</th><th>Block/Item ID</th><th>Localization Key</th></tr></thead>
	<tbody>
		<tr><td><ModAsset width={32} height={32} location='morered:item/acacia_windcatcher'/> Acacia Windcatcher</td><td>`morered:acacia_windcatcher`</td><td>`block.morered.acacia_windcatcher`</td></tr>
		<tr><td><ModAsset width={32} height={32} location='morered:item/birch_windcatcher'/> Birch Windcatcher</td><td>`morered:birch_windcatcher`</td><td>`block.morered.birch_windcatcher`</td></tr>
		<tr><td><ModAsset width={32} height={32} location='morered:item/cherry_windcatcher'/> Cherry Windcatcher</td><td>`morered:cherry_windcatcher`</td><td>`block.morered.cherry_windcatcher`</td></tr>
		<tr><td><ModAsset width={32} height={32} location='morered:item/crimson_windcatcher'/> Crimson Windcatcher</td><td>`morered:crimson_windcatcher`</td><td>`block.morered.crimson_windcatcher`</td></tr>
		<tr><td><ModAsset width={32} height={32} location='morered:item/dark_oak_windcatcher'/> Dark Oak Windcatcher</td><td>`morered:dark_oak_windcatcher`</td><td>`block.morered.dark_oak_windcatcher`</td></tr>
		<tr><td><ModAsset width={32} height={32} location='morered:item/jungle_windcatcher'/> Jungle Windcatcher</td><td>`morered:jungle_windcatcher`</td><td>`block.morered.jungle_windcatcher`</td></tr>
		<tr><td><ModAsset width={32} height={32} location='morered:item/mangrove_windcatcher'/> Mangrove Windcatcher</td><td>`morered:mangrove_windcatcher`</td><td>`block.morered.mangrove_windcatcher`</td></tr>
		<tr><td><ModAsset width={32} height={32} location='morered:item/oak_windcatcher'/> Oak Windcatcher</td><td>`morered:oak_windcatcher`</td><td>`block.morered.oak_windcatcher`</td></tr>
		<tr><td><ModAsset width={32} height={32} location='morered:item/pale_oak_windcatcher'/> Pale Oak Windcatcher</td><td>`morered:pale_oak_windcatcher`</td><td>`block.morered.pale_oak_windcatcher`</td></tr>
		<tr><td><ModAsset width={32} height={32} location='morered:item/spruce_windcatcher'/> Spruce Windcatcher</td><td>`morered:spruce_windcatcher`</td><td>`block.morered.spruce_windcatcher`</td></tr>
		<tr><td><ModAsset width={32} height={32} location='morered:item/warped_windcatcher'/> Warped Windcatcher</td><td>`morered:warped_windcatcher`</td><td>`block.morered.warped_windcatcher`</td></tr>
	</tbody>
</table>

Crimson and warped windcatchers are not flammable.

Windcatcher blocks have the following blockstate properties:

| Blockstate Properties | Values | Description
| --- | - | -
| `wind` | `[0,8]` | Wind level of the block. The higher the wind level, the more power the block generates.

Windcatchers are surrounded by eight invisible [technical blocks](https://minecraft.wiki/w/Technical_blocks), which have the id `morered:airfoil`.
Airfoil blocks have the following blockstate properties:

| Blockstate Properties | Values | Description
| --- | - | -
| `segment` | `[0,7]` | Indicates which of the eight positions around the windcatcher the segment exists at.

Dyed windcatcher blockentities and itemstacks have a `morered:windcatcher_colors` data component of the format
```json
{
	"east": "color",
	"south": "color",
	"north": "color",
	"west": "color"
}
```

Where "color" is any of the sixteen [color names](https://minecraft.wiki/w/Dye#Color_values).

If a direction is absent or the entire datacomponent is absent, the color will be treated as `white`.

Windcatcher blockentities have the same datacomponent in blockentity data:
```json
{
	"morered:windcatcher_colors": {
		"east": "color",
		"south": "color",
		"north": "color",
		"west": "color"
	}
}
```

## History

| Version | Changelog
| --- | -
| 1.21.8.8.0.0.0 | Added to More Red