Pumpkin is a fruit block found in grassy biomes, growing naturally in patches, pillager outposts, woodland mansions, and some villages. It has the same texture on all sides, and its stalk always points northwest. When broken, a Pumpkin drops itself unless it is carved, in which case it drops 4 Pumpkin seeds. Pumpkins can be mined with any tool, but axes break them the fastest. They cannot be pulled by pistons, only pushed.

Pumpkins can be crafted into Pumpkin seeds, which are used to grow more pumpkins. A fully-grown Pumpkin stem generates pumpkins on adjacent dirt-based blocks (grass, farmland, podzol, etc.). The stem does not need to be replanted after harvesting.

Pumpkins are used in crafting Pumpkin pie, which restores 8 hunger points (4 drumsticks), and can also be carved with shears to make carved pumpkins, which are used in iron golem and snow golem creation. A trader sells 1 Pumpkin for an emerald, and pumpkins can be composted with a 65% chance to increase the compost level by 1. Placing pumpkins under a note block produces a didgeridoo sound.