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 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]
| 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]
| 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 in the #piglin_loved entity tag while not wearing any golden armor. If this advancement is attempted while the player is wearing golden armor but piglin(s) are still aggressive toward them, the advancement does not trigger. 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. | |||
| 1.9 | 15w49a |  The rotation of glistering melon items has been changed to be more consistent with melon slices.[2] | |||
| 15w49b | The rotation of glistering melons has been reverted and is no longer consistent with melon slices. | ||||
| 1.13 | 17w47a | Prior to The Flattening, this item's numeral ID was 382. | |||
| 18w20b | "Glistering Melon" has been renamed to "Glistering Melon Slice". | ||||
The ID of glistering melon slices has been changed from speckled_melon to glistering_melon_slice. | |||||
| 1.14 | 18w43a |  The texture of glistering melon slices has now been changed. | |||
| 1.16 | 20w09a | Glistering melon slices are now admired by piglins.[3] | |||
| 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 villagers now have a 1⁄3 chance to sell glistering melon slices. | |||
| 1.16.0 | beta 1.16.0.57 | Glistering melons are now sold from farmer villagers as a 50% chance, once again. | |||
| Glistering melons now generate in ruined portal chests. | |||||
| Upcoming Bedrock Edition | |||||
| 1.16.100 | beta 1.16.100.54 | Ruined Portals now can generate with 4–12 glistering melons instead of only one. | |||
| 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]
