Hay Bale

Transparency	No
Luminance	No
Blast resistance	2.5
Tool	Any tool
Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)
Flammable	Yes, but does not catch fire from lava
Drops	Itself
Data value	dec: 170 hex: AA bin: 10101010
Name	hay_block

"Wheat block" redirects here. For the living crop block, see Seeds.

	“	Spring is ruined, all thanks to hay. Hay, you traitorous snake. That's why we prefer hay bales in Minecraft, where instead of ruining our lives, they sometimes save them. Landing on a hay bale in the game reduces any fall damage by 80%. That means you could potentially fall from a hundred blocks high and survive. Just. Our legal team cannot stress enough that you should only try that in Minecraft.	„
		—Tom Stone^[1]

Hay bales are decorative, flammable blocks that can also be used to feed horses and breed llamas.

Obtaining[edit | edit source]

Hay bales can be mined using any tool, or without a tool.

Block	Hay Bale
Hardness	0.5
Breaking time^{[note 1]}
Hand	0.75

↑ Times are for unenchanted tools in seconds.

Crafting[edit | edit source]

Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Wheat

Usage[edit | edit source]

Crafting ingredient[edit | edit source]

Name	Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Wheat	Hay Bale	9

Food item[edit | edit source]

While not edible by players, hay bales can be a useful compact food supply for long periods away from other food sources.

Horses[edit | edit source]

	“	Foals that eat hay bales will actually grow into horses faster. Because who needs a rich and fulfilling childhood when you can just eat your way to the responsibilities, disappointments and baldness of adult life early? Don't do it, foals! Embrace your youth!	„
		—Tom Stone^[1]

Hay bales can also be fed to horses, donkeys, or mules to heal up to 10 hearts. They are an effective method to heal horses if the player wants to heal them in a short period of time. They also speed up the growth of foals by three minutes.

Breeding[edit | edit source]

Hay bales can be used to breed llamas.

Falling[edit | edit source]

Falling onto a hay bale reduces the fall damage by 80%, meaning whatever falls on a hay bale only takes 20% of the normal fall damage.

An unarmored player with full health and no effects can fall as far as 100.27 blocks onto a hay bale, and still survive with 1 () health remaining.

Placement[edit | edit source]

Seen here alongside wood, quartz blocks and purpur pillars, hay bales can be pointed in multiple directions.

Hay bales can be placed pointing in all three spatial dimensions, in the same way as wood is placed. However, there is no fourth "bark block" variant.

Data values[edit | edit source]

Block state[edit | edit source]

See also: Block states

Name	Value	Description
axis	`x`	The hay block is oriented east–west.
	`y`	The hay block is oriented vertically.
	`z`	The hay block is oriented north–south.

Video[edit | edit source]

History[edit | edit source]

Official release
February 24, 2013				A Reddit user (karthus25) discovers a screenshot of hay bales hidden in the files of the Mojam game Nuke the Dinosaurs.
1.6.1			13w16a	Added the hay bale. They have no in-game name. Called “Hay Bale” in the change notes.
			13w16b	The hay bale receives an in-game name as Hay Block.
			13w18a	The hay bale receives a crafting recipe.
			13w21a	Made hay bale flammable.
			13w24a	Name changed from Hay Block to Hay Bale.
1.8			14w17a	When all blocks were converted to use block states, block/data-value combination 170/12 (6-sided hay bale) was removed.
1.8			14w26c	Rebalanced how much hay bale heal, and accelerate the growth of horses.
1.9			15w44b	Falling onto a hay bale does only 20% of the normal fall damage.
1.11			16w39a	Hay bales can now be used to breed llamas.
Pocket Edition Alpha
0.8.0			build 2	Added hay bales.
Console Edition
TU19	CU7	1.12	Patch 1	Added hay bales.