Dried Kelp Block

Dried Kelp Block

Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)
Tool
Blast resistance	2.5
Hardness	0.5
Luminant	No
Transparent	No
Flammable	Yes (30)
Catches fire from lava	No

	“	I built myself a house out of kelp blocks! Some people warned me a house built entirely out of underwater plantlife might have a nasty aroma. But as a man who reeks of rotten fish anyway, I didn't mind in the slightest!	„
		— Tom Stone

Dried kelp blocks are blocks that are primarily used as a fuel in furnaces.

Obtaining

Loot

From block loot

Dried kelp blocks can be mined using any tool or by hand, but a hoe is the fastest way to break it.‌^{[upcoming: JE 1.16 & BE 1.16.0]}

Namespaced ID	Source	Drops
		Default
blocks/dried_kelp_block	Dried Kelp Block	1 (100%)

Recipes

From crafting

Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Dried Kelp

Usage

Info

Unlike hay bales, dried kelp blocks cannot be placed directionally, despite being bundled dried plant matter and using the same type of model.

Breaking

Dried kelp blocks can be mined using any tool or by hand, but a hoe is the fastest way to break it.‌^{[upcoming: JE 1.16 & BE 1.16.0]}

Block	Dried Kelp Block
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

Block loot

Namespaced ID	Source	Drops
		Default
blocks/dried_kelp_block	Dried Kelp Block	1 (100%)

Fuel

Dried kelp blocks can be used as fuel in a furnace. It lasts 200 seconds (i.e. 3.333333 minutes), meaning that it is able to smelt 20 items. This is 2.5 times as long as the burn time for coal or charcoal, but it is one-quarter (¼) the burn time of a block of coal, which can smelt 80 items. It is the fuel with the highest smelt time below 64 items, and just like blaze rods, the highest amount that can be smelted without any refills or hoppers and without loss of fuel is 60 items. This makes the dried kelp block very useful for unsupervised non-automated smelting.

However, crafting it requires first smelting 9 pieces of kelp, so its net fuel value is only 11 items,. Even so, if, e.g., a lava bucket is used to smelt 100 pieces of kelp, these could be used to make 11 dried kelp blocks, which in turn can smelt 220 items, slightly more than doubling the lava's original fuel value.

Crafting ingredient

Name	Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Dried Kelp	Dried Kelp Block	9

Composting

Dried kelp blocks have a 50% chance of increasing the compost level in a composter by 1.

Trading

Expert-level butcher villagers buy 18 dried kelp blocks for an emerald as their seventh trade.‌^{[Bedrock Edition only][until BE 1.16.0]}

Expert-level butcher villagers buy 10 dried kelp blocks for an emerald.‌^{[Java Edition only]}‌^{[upcoming: BE 1.16.0]}

Storage

Dried kelp blocks can be used to store dried kelp in an efficient and compact way.

Sounds

Java Edition:

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

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

Sound	Description	Namespaced ID	Volume	Pitch
?	Breaking the block	dig.grass	0.5	0.8
?	Falling on the block with fall damage	fall.grass	?	?
?	Mining the block	hit.grass	0.6	0.5
?	Jumping from the block	jump.grass	?	?
?	Falling on the block without fall damage	land.grass	?	?
?	Walking on the block	step.grass	?	?
?	Placing the block	dig.grass	1	0.8

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Namespaced ID	Translation key
Dried Kelp Block	dried_kelp_block	block.minecraft.dried_kelp_block

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Namespaced ID	Numeric ID	Translation key
Dried Kelp Block	dried_kelp_block	394	tile.dried_kelp_block.name

Achievements

Main article: Achievement

Icon	Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS)
	Alternative Fuel	Power a furnace with a kelp block	—	20G	Bronze

History

Java Edition
1.13		18w07a			Added dried kelp blocks.
		18w07b			Dried kelp blocks are now flammable.
		18w08b			Dried kelp blocks can now be crafted.
1.14		19w03a			Placing dried kelp blocks in the new composter has a 20% chance of increasing the compost level by 1.
		19w05a			Dried kelp blocks now have a 50% chance of increasing the compost level in a composter by 1.
Upcoming Java Edition
1.16		20w11a			Dried kelp blocks can now be broken faster using hoes.
Bedrock Edition
1.4.0		beta 1.2.14.2			Added dried kelp blocks.
		beta 1.2.20.1			The texture of dried kelp blocks has now been changed.
1.11.0		beta 1.11.0.1			Dried kelp blocks can now be used to fill up composters.
		beta 1.11.0.4			Dried kelp blocks can now be sold to butcher villagers.
Upcoming Bedrock Edition
1.16.0		beta 1.16.0.57			Dried kelp blocks can now be broken faster using hoes.
					Trading changed, expert butcher villager now buy 10 dried kelp block for an emerald.
Legacy Console Edition
TU69		1.76	Patch 38		Added dried kelp blocks.

Issues

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References

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