Seagrass
Renewable |
Yes |
---|---|
Stackable |
Yes (64) |
Tool | |
Blast resistance |
0 |
Hardness |
0 |
Luminant |
No |
Transparent |
Yes |
Flammable |
No |
Catches fire from lava |
No |
Seagrass is a non-solid plant block that generates in all oceans, except frozen oceans.
Contents
Obtaining[edit]
Breaking[edit]
Seagrass can be harvested only with shears. Using any other tool, item, or the player's fist destroys seagrass and causes it to drop nothing. When harvested with shears, regular seagrass drops itself as an item, and tall seagrass drops 2 seagrass items.
Natural Generation[edit]
Seagrass generates in either its tall or small form in ocean biomes near kelp, and also generates by itself in rivers, underwater caves and swamps, replacing ice[1] and planks[2] as necessary. Seagrass sometimes can naturally generate on gravel.
Growing[edit]
Using bone meal on a non-transparent block[Java Edition only], or dirt, coarse dirt, sand, red sand, gravel, or clay[Bedrock Edition only] that is underwater generates seagrass on that block and its surrounding blocks. In order for this to work, there must be 2 water blocks above the block the bone meal is being used on, and the lower one must be non-flowing water.
Mob loot[edit]
- Turtles: A turtle drops 0–2 seagrass when killed. The Looting enchantment increases the maximum number of possible seagrass drops by 1 per level.
Usage[edit]
The seagrass item can be placed only on non-transparent blocks. It breaks when non-transparent blocks move into its hitbox.
Like grass, snow layers, and other such blocks, placing blocks inside seagrass deletes the seagrass. However, seagrass prevents coral fan placement.[Bedrock Edition only][3]
Tall seagrass has a hitbox considerably more appropriate for its size than other two-block-tall plants such as tall grass. This inconsistency is intended.[4]
Seagrass is completely resistant to lava trying to flow into it, allowing for lava to be floating on top of the water. This feature is intentional.[5]
Breeding[edit]
Seagrass can be used to breed turtles.
Bone meal[edit]
Applying bone meal to a regular seagrass transforms it to tall seagrass if there is enough space. The bone meal is wasted if insufficient space exists.[6]
Composting[edit]
Placing seagrass into a composter has a 30% chance of raising the compost level by 1.
Growing[edit]
Using seagrass on a baby turtle accelerates its growing time. When the turtle becomes an adult, it drops one scute.
Sounds[edit]
Sound | Subtitle | Source | Description | Namespaced ID | Translation key | Volume | Pitch | Attenuation distance |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Block broken | Blocks | Breaking the block | block.wet_grass.break | subtitles.block.generic.break | 1.0 | 0.8 | 16 | |
None[sound 1] | Blocks | Falling on the block with fall damage | block.wet_grass.fall | None[sound 1] | 0.5 | 0.75 | 16 | |
Block breaking | Blocks | Mining the block | block.wet_grass.hit | subtitles.block.generic.hit | 0.25 | 0.5 | 16 | |
Block placed | Blocks | Placing the block | block.wet_grass.place | subtitles.block.generic.place | 1.0 | 0.8 | 16 | |
Footsteps | Blocks | Walking on the block | block.wet_grass.step | subtitles.block.generic.footsteps | 0.15 | 1.0 | 16 |
Bedrock Edition: [needs in-game testing]
Sound | Source | Description | Namespaced ID | Volume | Pitch |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
? | ? | Breaking the block | ? | ? | 0.8 |
? | ? | Falling on the block with fall damage | ? | ? | ? |
? | ? | Mining the block | ? | ? | 0.5 |
? | ? | Jumping from the block | ? | ? | ? |
? | ? | Falling on the block without fall damage | ? | ? | ? |
? | ? | Walking on the block | ? | ? | ? |
? | ? | Placing the block | ? | ? | 0.8 |
Data values[edit]
ID[edit]
Name | Namespaced ID | Block tags (JE) | Item form? | Translation key |
---|---|---|---|---|
Seagrass | seagrass | underwater_bonemeals | Yes | block.minecraft.seagrass |
Tall Seagrass | tall_seagrass | None | No | block.minecraft.tall_seagrass |
Name | Namespaced ID | Numeric ID | Translation key |
---|---|---|---|
Seagrass | seagrass | 385 | tile.seagrass.seagrass.name |
Block data[edit]
Bedrock Edition has the following data values:
DV | Description | |
---|---|---|
0 | Seagrass | |
1 | Tall Seagrass top | |
2 | Tall Seagrass bottom |
Block states[edit]
Java Edition:
Tall
Name | Default value | Allowed values | Description |
---|---|---|---|
half | lower | lower upper | The half of the plant contained in this block. |
Name | Default value | Allowed values | Description |
---|---|---|---|
sea_grass_type | default
| default | This is seagrass. |
double_bot | This is the bottom half of tall seagrass. | ||
double_top | This is the top half of tall seagrass. |
History[edit]
Java Edition Classic | |||||
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May 21, 2009 | Notch shows interest in adding a "seaweed" block. | ||||
Java Edition | |||||
1.13 | 18w07a | ![]() ![]() | |||
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18w07b | Sea grass is now used to breed turtles. | ||||
The block that sea grass occupies now behaves more like water. For example, mobs can no longer spawn within the plant underwater, nor can they replenish their breath by swimming through it. | |||||
18w08a | ![]() | ||||
18w14a | Sea grass can now generate in rivers and swamps. | ||||
18w19a | Sea grass now generates in underwater caves. | ||||
"Sea Grass" has been renamed to "Seagrass". | |||||
pre2 | Seagrass can now be destroyed by sponges.[7] | ||||
pre6 | Conduits and kelp can now replace seagrass.[8] | ||||
Added 5 new sound events that apply to seagrass: block.wet_grass.break , block.wet_grass.fall , block.wet_grass.hit , block.wet_grass.place , and block.wet_grass.step . | |||||
1.14 | 19w03a | Placing seagrass into the new composter has a 10% chance of raising the compost level by 1. | |||
19w05a | Seagrass now has a 30% chance of increasing the compost level in a composter by 1. | ||||
Bedrock Edition | |||||
1.4.0 | beta 1.2.14.2 | ![]() ![]() | |||
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beta 1.2.20.1 | ![]() | ||||
Seagrass now generate in underwater caves. | |||||
1.5.0 | beta 1.5.0.4 | Seagrass can now be dropped by turtles. | |||
Seagrass can now be used to breed turtles. | |||||
1.11.0 | beta 1.11.0.1 | Seagrass can now be used to fill composters. | |||
1.12.0 | beta 1.12.0.2 | ![]() ![]() | |||
Legacy Console Edition | |||||
TU69 | 1.76 | Patch 38 | ![]() ![]() | ||
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Issues[edit]
Issues relating to "Seagrass" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.
Gallery[edit]
An ocean with seagrass.
Seagrass visible near a coral reef.
Seagrass when first added in Bedrock Edition.