Java Edition:Plants Touching Liquids
From Classic 0.0.12a to Infdev 20100617-1205, water and lava were able to be stopped by various plants, therefore they were be able to be placed in many invalid states. It is also possible to reproduce these states using update suppression in later versions. Due to a bug, flowers are not able to generate from Infdev 20100327 to Infdev 20100615, that means if you want to do this glitch before Infdev 20100616 you must somehow get flowers in another way.
Obtaining
Plants Block Liquids
From Classic 0.0.12a to Infdev 20100617-1205, plants would stop liquids like any other block. To obtain, a player must first obtain buckets of water and lava. Then, the water or lava can be placed next to a suitable plant to stop its flow. This will create the invalid state. After this point, creativity is all that is needed to create interesting invalid states. Note that mushrooms will prevent lava flow but will update off of the block they are on due to the light level produced by lava. This makes lava touching brown or red mushrooms a temporary discontinued feature. Also, note that wheat crops will update the liquid in future versions if they are not fully grown. Further, wheat crops have been noted to random tick liquids on top of them in versions past Infdev 20100615.
List of plants able to stop water and lava flow:
- Sapling
- Dandelion
- Rose
- Brown Mushroom
- Red Mushroom
- Wheat Crops
Update Suppression
Update suppression is a powerful method that allows almost any multi-block discontinued feature to be created by suppressing block updates. This can be used to recreate any plant touching liquid formation.