Glistering Melon Slice
A glistering melon slice[a] is an inedible item used for brewing potions of healing. It is also one of the many potion ingredients that can be used to make mundane potions.
Contents
Obtaining[edit]
Chest loot[edit]
| Item | Structure | Container | Quantity | Chance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Java Edition | ||||
| Glistering Melon Slice | Ruined portal | Chest | 4–12 | 7.3% |
| Bedrock Edition | ||||
| Glistering Melon Slice | Ruined portal | Chest | 1 | 7.3% |
Crafting[edit]
| Ingredients | Crafting recipe |
|---|---|
| Gold Nugget + Melon Slice |
Trading[edit]
Master-level farmer villagers have a 50% chance to sell 3 glistering melons for 4 emeralds.
Usage[edit]
Brewing ingredient[edit]
| Name | Ingredients | Brewing recipe |
|---|---|---|
| Mundane Potion | Glistering Melon Slice + Water Bottle |
|
| Potion of Healing | Glistering Melon Slice + Awkward Potion |
 |
Achievements[edit]
Main article: Achievement
| Icon | Achievement | In-game description | Actual requirements (if different) | Gamerscore earned | Trophy type (PS) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oooh, shiny! | Distract a Piglin using gold. | Give a piglin a gold item while it is aggressive toward the player. | 30G | Silver |
Advancements[edit]
Main article: Advancement
| Icon | Advancement | In-game description | Parent | Actual requirements (if different) | Namespaced ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
| Oh Shiny | Distract Piglins with gold | Nether | Give a piglin one of these 22 gold-related items while it is aggressive toward the player. Other gold-related items, if any, may be used, but are ignored for this advancement and by the piglin. | nether/distract_piglin |
Data values[edit]
ID[edit]
| Name | Namespaced ID | Translation key |
|---|---|---|
| Glistering Melon Slice | glistering_melon_slice | item.minecraft.glistering_melon_slice |
| Name | Namespaced ID | Numeric ID | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glistering Melon | speckled_melon | 382 | item.speckled_melon.name |
History[edit]
| Java Edition | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.0.0 | Beta 1.9 Prerelease 4 |  Added glistering melons.
| |||
| The crafting recipe of glistering melons is one melon slice and one gold nugget. | |||||
| Glistering melons have replaced ghast tears as the ingredient to produce potions of Healing due to the difficulty in getting tears.[1] They also now brew with water bottles to create mundane potions. | |||||
| 1.6.1 | 13w23a | The crafting recipe of glistering melons is changed from one gold nugget to eight. | |||
| 1.13 | 17w47a | Prior to The Flattening, this item's numeral ID was 382. | |||
| 18w20b | The name and the ID have now been changed to "Glistering Melon Slice" and glistering_melon_slice, respectively. | ||||
| 1.14 | 18w43a |  The texture of glistering melon slices has now been changed. | |||
| 1.16 | 20w16a | Glistering melon slices now generate in ruined portal chests. | |||
| Pocket Edition Alpha | |||||
| 0.12.1 | build 1 | Added glistering melons. | |||
| Bedrock Edition | |||||
| 1.10.0 | beta 1.10.0.3 | The texture of glistering melons has now been changed. | |||
| 1.11.0 | beta 1.11.0.4 | Glistering melons can now be bought from farmer villagers. | |||
| 1.13.0 | beta 1.13.0.9 | Trading has been changed, master-level farmer now has 1⁄3 chance to sell glistering melon slices. | |||
| 1.16.0 | beta 1.16.0.57 | revert glistering melon slices offering chance to 50% again. | |||
| Glistering melon slices now generate in ruined portal chests. | |||||
| Legacy Console Edition | |||||
| TU7 | CU1 | 1.0 | Patch 1 | Added glistering melons. | |
| 1.90 | The texture of glistering melons has now been changed. | ||||
| New Nintendo 3DS Edition | |||||
| 0.1.0 | Added glistering melons. | ||||
Issues[edit]
Issues relating to "Glistering Melon Slice" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.
Trivia[edit]
- The name is not a misspelling of "glistening" — glistering is an English word meaning to shine or glisten.
- Despite being crafted with a melon slice, it cannot be eaten.
See also[edit]
Notes[edit]
- ↑ Known as Glistering Melon Slice in Java Edition and Glistering Melon in Bedrock Edition.
References[edit]
