Coarse Dirt

Coarse Dirt

Transparent	No
Luminance	0
Blast resistance	2.5
Tool
Renewable	No
Stackable	Yes (64)
Flammable	No
Drops	Itself
Data values	See § Data values
Name	See § Data values

	“	Dirt has a ruder, less friendly cousin called "coarse dirt" that won't grow grass under any circumstances. You can make it by combining dirt with gravel in a 2x2 crafting grid, or hunt some down in the Mega Taiga, Mesa Plateau or Savanna Plateau biomes.	„
		— Duncan Geere

Coarse dirt is a variation of dirt that grass blocks won't spread on.

Obtaining

Coarse dirt will drop as an item when mined with anything, but using a shovel is quickest.

Block	Coarse Dirt
Hardness	0.5
Tool
Breaking time
Hand	0.75
Wooden	0.4
Stone	0.2
Iron	0.15
Diamond	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 and bamboo‌^{[upcoming: JE 1.14]}, which can be planted directly under appropriate conditions.

Neither mycelium nor grass will spread onto coarse dirt.

Coarse dirt can be tilled to become dirt. This can be useful in multiplying dirt, assuming the player has a steady source of gravel.

Grassless dirt

Originally, in Bedrock Edition, the corresponding block, formerly known as "grassless dirt", was simply a dirt with a data value of 1. It had most of the same properties as coarse dirt, except that it had the texture of regular dirt, it dropped a regular dirt block when broken, even with Silk Touch, it wasn't able to be crafted, and when it was tilled, it turned to farmland rather than regular dirt.

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Block	Name ID
Coarse Dirt	coarse_dirt

Bedrock Edition:

Block	Name ID	Numeric ID
Coarse Dirt	dirt	3

Block data

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

	DV	Description
	0	Dirt
	1	Coarse Dirt

History

Java Edition
1.7.2			1.7.2		Added grassless dirt. Functioned exactly like a regular dirt block, except for the fact that it did not grow grass. 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 been split up into their own IDs.
					Prior to The Flattening, this block's numeral ID was 3.
Pocket Edition Alpha
0.9.0					Added grassless dirt.
Bedrock Edition
1.2.0			beta 1.2.0.2		Replaced grassless dirt with coarse dirt.
Legacy Console Edition
TU31	CU19	1.22	Patch 3		Added coarse dirt.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
1.5.25					Added coarse dirt.

Issues

Issues relating to "Coarse Dirt" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.

References

Blocks

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