Dried Kelp Block

Dried Kelp Block

Transparent	No
Luminance	0
Blast resistance	12.5
Tool	Any tool
Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)
Flammable	Yes, but does not catch fire from lava
Drops	Itself
Name	dried_kelp_block

	“	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

A dried kelp block will be broken the quickest with an axe.

Block	Dried Kelp Block
Hardness	0.5
Breaking time
Hand	0.75

Crafting

Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Dried Kelp

Usage

Fuel

Dried kelp blocks can be used as fuel in a furnace. It lasts 200 seconds, meaning that it is able to smelt 20 items. This is 2.5 times as long as the burning time for coal or charcoal, but it is 10 minutes less than 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.

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.‌^{[upcoming: JE 1.14]}

Achievements

Main article: Achievements

Icon	Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Availability				Xbox points earned	Trophy type (PS)
				Xbox	PS	Bedrock	Nintendo
	Alternative Fuel	Power a furnace with a kelp block		Xbox 360	Yes	Yes	Wii U	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.
Upcoming Java Edition
1.14			19w05a		Placing dried kelp block 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.
Bedrock Edition
1.4			1.2.14 build 1		Added dried kelp blocks.
			1.2.20 build 1		Dried kelp block texture changed.
Legacy Console Edition
TU69		1.76	Patch 38		Added dried kelp blocks.

Issues

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References

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