How To Make Moss In Minecraft

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A moss cake is a natural block that can be spread to another blocks by using bone meal.

Obtaining [ ]

Farthest range moss spreads from a primal moss block

Natural generation [ ]

Moss generates on the floor and ceiling inside the lush caves biome.

Trading [ ]

Moss blocks can be obtained by trading with a wandering trader, who may sell 2 moss blocks for 1 emerald.

Breaking [ ]

Moss blocks can be mined using any tool or past paw, but a hoe is the fastest style to interruption it.

Block	Moss Block
Hardness	0.1
Tool
Breaking time^[A]
Default	0.15
Wooden	0.ane
Stone	0.05
Iron	0.05
Diamond	0.05
Netherite	0.05
Golden	0.05

↑ Times are for unenchanted tools every bit wielded by players with no status furnishings, measured in seconds. For more information, see Breaking § Speed.

Chest loot [ ]

Item	Construction	Container	Quantity	Chance
Java Edition
Moss Block	Shipwreck	Supply breast	1–4	42.1%
Bedrock Edition
Moss Block	Shipwreck	Supply breast	1–4	42.ane%

Post–generation [ ]

In Coffee Edition, using os meal on a moss block causes nearby blocks with the base_stone_overworld, cave_vines and clay tags to be converted to moss blocks.^{[ more information needed for Bedrock Edition ]}

Moss spreads to whatsoever blocks with air above them in a corner-less 7×11×7 book centered on the original moss block. Foliage can replace air on any of these blocks.

Beliefs [ ]

In Java Edition, all plants can be placed on moss except for cactus. Nether fungi can too be placed on moss, but mushrooms can just exist placed at calorie-free level 12 or below. In Boulder Edition, cactus, bamboo, expressionless bush, and sugar pikestaff are the only plants which tin not be placed on moss.

Using os meal on moss blocks causes certain types of side by side blocks to be replaced with moss blocks. To permit moss to spread to them, blocks need to have air above.

Blocks that can convert to moss
Block
Andesite
Cave Vines
Coarse Dirt
Deepslate
Diorite
Dirt
Granite
Grass Block
Mud
Mycelium
Podzol
Polished Andesite ‌^{[ Bedrock Edition only ]}
Polished Diorite ‌^{[ Bedrock Edition but ]}
Polished Granite ‌^{[ Boulder Edition just ]}
Rooted Dirt
Stone
Tuff

When a moss cake generates with air above it, information technology has a chance to have grass, an azalea, or a moss carpet growing on it.

Os meal on moss blocks
Cake	Chance
Grass	50%
Moss Carpet	25%
Tall Grass	10%
Azalea	10%
Flowering Azalea	5%

Piston interactivity [ ]

A moss block drops every bit an item when a piston pushes it.

Usage [ ]

Crafting ingredient [ ]

Name	Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Moss Carpet	Moss Block	3
Mossy Cobblestone	Cobblestone + Moss Block
Mossy Stone Bricks	Rock Bricks + Moss Block

Composting [ ]

Placing a moss block into a composter has a 65% run a risk of raising the compost level by ane.

Sounds [ ]

Java Edition:

Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Book	Pitch	Attenuation altitude
Cake broken	Blocks	One time the block has broken	`block.moss.break`	`subtitles.block.generic.suspension`	?	?	sixteen
None ^{[sound 1]}	Blocks	Falling on the cake with fall damage	`cake.moss.fall`	None ^{[sound 1]}	?	?	16
Cake breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of beingness broken	`block.moss.hit`	`subtitles.block.generic.hitting`	?	?	16
Cake placed	Blocks	When the block is placed	`block.moss.place`	`subtitles.block.generic.place`	?	?	16
Footsteps	Blocks	Walking on the cake	`cake.moss.step`	`subtitles.block.generic.footsteps`	?	?	xvi

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Bedrock Edition:^{[ more data needed ]}

Information values [ ]

ID [ ]

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Block tags	Translation fundamental
Moss Block	`moss_block`	Block & Detail	`clay` `lush_plants_replaceable` `small_dripleaf_placeable‌`	`block.minecraft.moss_block`

Bedrock Edition:

Proper noun	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Item ID^{[i i]}	Translation cardinal
Moss Cake	`moss_block`	`575`	Block & Giveable Item^{[i 2]}	Identical^{[i 3]}	`tile.moss_block.proper name`

↑ ID of block'south straight detail form, which is used in savegame files and addons.
↑ Available with /give control.
↑ The block'southward straight particular form has the aforementioned id with the block.

History [ ]

Java Edition
October three, 2020		Moss blocks are shown unnamed every bit part of lush caves at Minecraft Alive 2020.
1.17	21w05a	Added moss block.
	21w10a	Moss blocks now naturally generate in the newly added lush caves biome.
	21w11a	Moss blocks can now be used to arts and crafts mossy cobblestone and mossy rock bricks.
	21w11a	Hoes are now besides the appropriate tool for breaking moss blocks.
	21w13a	Axes are no longer considered an appropriate tool for breaking moss blocks.^[i]
		Moss blocks can now generate as loot in shipwreck chests.
		Wandering traders tin now sell 2 moss blocks for ane emerald.
	21w16a	Moss blocks are now in the `clay` tag.
	21w16a	Moss patches obtained from fertilizing moss blocks contain less vegetation and are now smaller and more irregular in shape.
	21w17a	Small-scale Dripleafs tin now be placed on moss blocks.
one.eighteen	Experimental Snapshot 1	Lush caves at present generate naturally in default worlds, where moss blocks tin be found.
Bedrock Edition
Caves & Cliffs (experimental)	beta i.16.220.52	Added moss cake.
i.17.0	beta 1.16.230.54	Moss blocks can at present generate every bit loot in shipwreck chests.
		Wandering traders can now sell moss blocks.
		Moss tin can at present likewise spread vertically when using bone repast.
		Applying bone meal to a moss block can now also abound vegetation on it.
	beta 1.17.0.l	Moss blocks can at present replace Dirt, Podzol, Rooted Clay, Stone, and Cave Vines.
	beta ane.17.0.52	Moss blocks are no longer available only through Experimental Gameplay.
	release	Cave Vines are no longer affected by Moss Blocks.
one.17.xxx	beta 1.17.20.23	Moss blocks now break when moved past pistons and sticky pistons can no longer pull them.

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A preview of the lush caves with moss blocks from Minecraft Alive 2020.
An additional preview from Minecraft Live.
A preview of the lush caves with moss blocks, tweeted by LadyAgnes.
Another preview of the lush caves with moss blocks, in an interview with LadyAgnes.