Coarse Dirt

Coarse Dirt

Transparency	No
Luminance	No
Blast resistance	2.5
Tool
Renewable	No
Stackable	Yes (64)
Flammable	No
Drops	Itself
Data value	dec: 31 hex: 31 bin: 111
Name	See Data values[until 1.13] coarse_dirt[upcoming 1.13]

	“	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 will not grow grass.

Obtaining

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

Block	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 in all Mega Taiga variants, Mesa Plateau F (M), and Savanna (Plateau) M biomes.

Crafting

Name	Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Coarse Dirt	Dirt + Gravel	4

Usage

Coarse dirt has the ability to grow saplings, sugar canes, and mushrooms, 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 you have a steady source of gravel.

Grassless dirt

In Bedrock Edition, the corresponding block, known as "grassless dirt", is simply dirt with a data value of 1. It has most of the same properties as coarse dirt, except that it has the texture of regular dirt, it drops a regular dirt block when broken even with Silk Touch, it cannot be crafted, and when tilled it turns to farmland rather than regular dirt.

Data values

Block data

	DV	Description
	0	Dirt
	1	Coarse Dirt
	2	Podzol

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Block states

Name	Value	Description
snowy	true false	If true, Podzol in particular uses a snowy side and top texture. In-game, this is true when dirt has snow or snow (layer) on top.
variant[until 1.13]	dirt	Dirt
	coarse_dirt	Coarse Dirt
	podzol	Podzol

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History

Official release
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 is now tilled into regular dirt.
Upcoming Java Edition
1.13			17w47a		The different variant block states for the dirt ID have been split up into their own IDs.
Pocket Edition Alpha
0.9.0					Added grassless dirt.
Bedrock Edition
1.2			build 1		Replaced grassless dirt with coarse dirt.
Legacy Console Edition
TU31	CU19	1.22	Patch 3		Added coarse dirt.

Issues

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References

Blocks

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