How To Get Invisible Item Frames In Java & Make Floating Items In Bedrock (Alternative)

Hey everybody, it’s UnderMyCap and welcome back to another video! Today I’m going to be showing you how to get invisible item frames. If you would prefer to watch the video version of this tutorial, you can check it out here: How To Get Invisible Item Frames In Java + Make Floating Items In Bedrock (Alternative).

As you can see in the video, I’m placing a whole bunch of item frames on the ground and they all work beautifully. Currently, invisible item frames are only achievable on Java Edition natively, so I’m going to walk you through the Java method first and then cover the Bedrock alternative as well.

Invisible Item Frames in Java Edition

To get an invisible item frame in Java Edition, all you need is a very simple command. Open your chat and type the following:

/give @p item_frame{EntityTag:{Invisible:1b}}

Let me break that down for you. After typing /give @p item_frame, you open a set of curly brackets — this is where you begin inputting the NBT tag. Inside, you add EntityTag (make sure to use the correct capitalisation: capital E, capital T), followed by a colon. Inside another set of curly brackets, you type Invisible (capital I is important here) followed by a colon and then 1b. You then close both sets of curly brackets to complete the command.

Once you hit enter, you’ll be given the invisible item frame. From there, you can place it on floors, walls, and even ceilings — which is really cool! You can then walk up to the frame and place whatever item you’d like on it and it will appear to be floating.

A couple of important things to keep in mind: because item frames are entities, if you run the /kill @e command it will remove them along with other entities. Water can also affect them, so keep that in mind even though they are invisible. To remove an invisible item frame, simply click on it to remove the item first, then click again to remove the frame itself.

Floating Items in Bedrock Edition (Alternative Method)

Since the invisible item frame command does not work in Bedrock Edition, there is a great alternative using armor stands and a command block. Here is how to set it up.

First, grab a command block by typing /give @s command_block and also grab an armor stand. You may notice that when an armor stand is placed it is fully visible, and while you can splash an invisibility potion on it to apply the effect, this comes with two downsides — the annoying particle swirls and the fact that the effect only lasts around six minutes before you need to reapply it.

Instead, what we can do is use a command block to continuously apply the invisibility effect to the armor stand without the particle swirls. Place your command block down and enter the following command:

/effect @e[type=armor_stand] invisibility 1 1 true

This targets all armor stands specifically and applies the invisibility effect with the particles hidden, thanks to the true at the end of the command. Set the command block to repeat mode so it continuously applies the effect.

You may notice that command block output messages can clutter your screen. To turn those off, simply run the following command:

/gamerule commandBlockOutput false

This will stop those messages from displaying. Now, to position your armor stand exactly where you want it — for example, inside a slab or on a bench — you can summon it using:

/summon armor_stand ~ ~ ~-1

Adjusting the tilde values allows you to control exactly where the armor stand spawns. Once it is in position, simply shift-click to place your desired item into its hand, and you will have a beautifully floating item that looks fantastic in any build.

You can also move the armor stand and adjust its position as needed by shift-clicking. It is a really effective workaround for Bedrock Edition and achieves a very similar result to the Java invisible item frame method.

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