Coarse Dirt

Not to be confused with Dirt.

Coarse Dirt

Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)
Tool
Blast resistance	0.5
Hardness	0.5
Luminant	No
Transparent	No
Flammable	No
Catches fire from lava	No

Coarse dirt is a variation of dirt on which grass blocks cannot spread.

Obtaining

Breaking

Block	Coarse Dirt
Hardness	0.5
Tool
Breaking time
Default	0.75
Wooden	0.4
Stone	0.2
Iron	0.15
Diamond	0.1
Netherite	0.1
Golden	0.1

Natural generation

Coarse dirt can be found as large patches in all Giant Tree Taiga variants, Wooded Badlands Plateau, Modified Wooded Badlands Plateau, Shattered Savanna and Shattered Savanna Plateau biomes.

Crafting

Name	Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Coarse Dirt	Dirt + Gravel	4

Usage

Coarse dirt has the ability to grow saplings, sugar canes, mushrooms, bamboo, and sweet berries which can be planted directly under appropriate conditions.

Neither mycelium nor grass can spread onto coarse dirt.

Coarse dirt can be tilled to become dirt and tilled again to become farmland.

Sounds

Java Edition:

Sound	Subtitle	Source	Description	Namespaced ID	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	Block broken	Blocks	Breaking the block	block.gravel.break	subtitles.block.generic.break	1.0	0.8	16
	None	Blocks	Falling on the block with fall damage	block.gravel.fall	None	0.5	0.75	16
	Block breaking	Blocks	Mining the block	block.gravel.hit	subtitles.block.generic.hit	0.25	0.5	16
	Block placed	Blocks	Placing the block	block.gravel.place	subtitles.block.generic.place	1.0	0.8	16
	Footsteps	Blocks	Walking on the block	block.gravel.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps	0.15	1.0	16

Bedrock Edition: ^{[needs in-game testing]}

Sound	Source	Description	Namespaced ID	Volume	Pitch
?	Blocks	Breaking the block	dig.gravel	?	0.8
?	Blocks	Falling on the block with fall damage	fall.gravel	?	?
?	Blocks	Mining the block	hit.gravel	?	0.5
?	Blocks	Jumping from the block	jump.gravel	?	?
?	Blocks	Falling on the block without fall damage	land.gravel	?	?
?	Blocks	Walking on the block	step.gravel	?	?
?	Blocks	Placing the block	use.gravel	?	0.8

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Namespaced ID	Block tags (JE)	Translation key
Coarse Dirt	coarse_dirt	bamboo_plantable_on enderman_holdable	block.minecraft.coarse_dirt

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Namespaced ID	Numeric ID	Translation key
Coarse Dirt	dirt	3	tile.dirt.coarse.name

Block data

In Bedrock Edition, coarse dirt uses the following data values:

	DV	Description
	0	Dirt
	1	Coarse Dirt

Block states

See also: Block states

In Bedrock Edition, dirt uses the following block states:

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Default value	Allowed values	Description
dirt_type	normal	normal	Dirt
		coarse	Coarse Dirt

History

Java Edition
1.7.2		13w36a			Added grassless dirt.
					Grassless dirt functions exactly like regular dirt, except it doesn't grow grass.
					Grassless dirt doesn't generate naturally yet.
		?			Grassless dirt can now be found naturally in Savanna M biomes.
1.8		14w25a			Added coarse dirt as a craftable and visually distinct replacement for grassless dirt. Its block ID is still minecraft:dirt 1. It could be tilled with a hoe into farmland.
		14w32a			Coarse dirt can now be tilled into regular dirt.
1.13		17w47a			The different variant block states for the dirt ID have now been split up into their own IDs.
					Prior to The Flattening, this block's numeral ID was 3.
Upcoming Java Edition
1.17		20w45a			A shovel can now be used on coarse dirt to create a dirt path block.
Pocket Edition Alpha
0.9.0					Added grassless dirt.
Bedrock Edition
1.2.0		beta 1.2.0.2			Grassless dirt has now been replaced with coarse dirt.
Legacy Console Edition
TU31	CU19	1.22	Patch 3	1.0.1	Added coarse dirt.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
1.5.25					Added coarse dirt.

Issues

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Blocks

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