Beetroot Seeds

Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)
Tool	Any tool
Blast resistance	0
Hardness	0
Luminant	No
Transparent	Yes
Flammable	No
Catches fire from lava	No

Beetroot seeds are items that can be used to plant beetroot crops.

Obtaining[]

Natural generation[]

Village farm plots have a 10% chance of being beetroots.

Breaking[]

Harvesting fully-grown beetroot yields from 1 to 4 seeds per crop harvested (2 ⁵⁄₇ seeds per crop harvested on average). The Fortune enchantment can be used to improve the drop rate.

Chest loot[]

Item	Structure	Container	Quantity	Chance
Java Edition
Beetroot Seeds	Dungeon	Chest	2–4	18.5%
	Mineshaft	Chest	2–4	27.3%
	End city	Chest	1–10	21.2%
	Village	Snowy house chest	1–5	66.3%
	Woodland mansion	Chest	2–4	18.5%
Bedrock Edition
Beetroot Seeds	Dungeon	Chest	2–4	18.5%
	Mineshaft	Chest	2–4	27.3%
	Bonus chest	Chest	1–2	33.3%
	End city	Chest	1–10	21.2%
	Village	Snowy house chest	1–5	66.3%
	Woodland mansion	Chest	2–4	18.5%

Trading[]

Beetroot seeds are sold by wandering traders for one emerald.

Usage[]

Farming[]

Beetroot seeds can be placed on farmland. After being placed, it goes through four stages of growth. When fully grown it can be broken to produce beetroot seeds and beetroots.

While beetroot crops have only four growth stages compared to eight for wheat, carrots, and potatoes, each growth tick has a ¹⁄₃ chance of not advancing the growth stage and therefore beetroot grows slightly faster than other crops.

One application of bonemeal has a 75% chance of advancing growth by one stage. This is less effective than for other crops: an average of 5 ¹⁄₃ are needed to fully grow beetroot compared to 2 ²⁄₇ for other crops.

Breeding[]

Like other seeds, beetroot seeds can be used to breed chickens, lead chickens around, and make baby chickens grow up faster by 10% of the remaining time.

Taming[]

Like other seeds, beetroot seeds can be used to tame parrots.

Composting[]

Placing beetroot seeds into a composter has a 30% chance of raising the compost level by 1.

Trading[]

Wandering traders may offer to sell beetroot seeds for one emerald.

Sounds[]

Java Edition:

Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	`block.crop.break`	`subtitles.block.generic.break`	0.9	?	16
None^{[sound 1]}	Blocks	Falling on the block with fall damage	`block.grass.fall`	None^{[sound 1]}	0.5	0.75	16
Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	`block.grass.hit`	`subtitles.block.generic.hit`	0.25	0.5	16
Footsteps	Blocks	When the block is placed	`block.grass.step`	`subtitles.block.generic.footsteps`	0.15	1.0	16
Block placed	Blocks	Placing the block	`item.crop.plant^{[sound 2]}`	`subtitles.block.generic.place`	0.45	?, 1.2	16

↑ ^a ^b MC-177082
↑ Unlike all other block placement sound events, these are listed under items. Confirmed to be intentional by Mojang, see MC-177459

Bedrock Edition:^{[more information needed]}

Data values[]

ID[]

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Block tags	Translation key
Beetroots	`beetroots`	Block	`bee_growables` `crops`	`block.minecraft.beetroots`
Beetroot Seeds	`beetroot_seeds`	Item	—	`item.minecraft.beetroot_seeds`

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Item ID^{[i 1]}	Translation key
Beetroots	`beetroot`	`244`	Block & Ungiveable Item^{[i 2]}	`item.beetroot`	`tile.beetroot.name`
Beetroot Seeds	`beetroot_seeds`	`295`	Item	—	`item.beetroot_seeds.name`

↑ ID of block's direct item form, which is used in savegame files and addons.
↑ Unavailable with /give command

Block states[]

Java Edition:

Name	Default value	Allowed values	Description
age	`0`	`0`
		`1`
		`2`
		`3`	Fully grown.

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Metadata Bits	Default value	Allowed values	Values for Metadata Bits	Description
growth	`0x1` `0x2` `0x4`	`0`	`0` `1`	`0` `1`
			`2` `3`	`2` `3`
			`4` `5` `6`	`4` `5` `6`
			`7`	`7`	Fully grown.

Advancements[]

Icon	Advancement	In-game description	Parent	Actual requirements (if different)	Resource location
	A Seedy Place	Plant a seed and watch it grow	Husbandry	Plant one of these 5 crops: Beetroot Melon Nether Wart Pumpkin Wheat Other crops and plants, if any, can be planted, but are ignored for this advancement.	`husbandry/plant_seed`

History[]

Java Edition
1.9		15w31a		Added beetroot seeds.
				Added beetroot crops.
				Beetroot seeds can be found in end city chests.
				Beetroot plants naturally generate in village farms.
				Villagers are able to harvest beetroot crops, but they are not yet able to pick up the seeds and plant them.
		15w38a		The drop chances have been greatly improved from the average ⁴⁄₅ per beetroot crop harvested to 2.
		15w38a		Villagers are now able to pick up and plant beetroot seeds.
		15w44a		Beetroots now generate in dungeon and mineshaft chests.
1.11		16w39a		Beetroot seeds are now found in the new woodland mansion chests.
1.13		17w47a		Prior to The Flattening, this item's numeral ID was 458 and block's numeral ID was 244.
1.14		18w43a		The texture of beetroot seeds has been changed.
		18w43a		The textures of beetroot crops have been changed.
		18w49a		Beetroot seeds can now be found in chests in snowy tundra village houses.
		19w03a		Placing beetroot seeds into the new composter has a 10% chance of raising the compost level by 1.
		19w05a		Beetroot seeds now have a 30% chance of increasing the compost level in a composter.
		19w05a		Added wandering traders, which sell beetroot seeds.
1.15		19w34a		Bees can now pollinate beetroot crops.
1.17		21w13a		The "crop" template model has changed such that pixels appear in the same physical positions on opposite sides of texture planes, changing the beetroot crop's appearance in the process.^[1]
1.18		Pre-release 5		The texture of beetroot seeds has been changed.
Pocket Edition Alpha
November 14, 2013				Johan Bernhardsson previewed an image of beetroot seeds.
v0.8.0		build 2		Added Beetroots seeds.
		build 2		^[verify] Added Beetroots crops.
		build 3		Beetroots seeds now have a chance of dropping when tilling grass blocks.
v0.11.0		?		"Beetroots seeds" have been renamed to "Beetroot Seeds" and the capitalization has now also been fixed.^[2]
v0.12.1		build 1		Beetroot seeds no longer have a chance of dropping when tilling grass blocks.
v0.14.0		build 1		Beetroot seeds can now be found in minecart with chests inside of mineshafts.
v0.16.2				Beetroot seeds can now be found in chests inside the large house in ice plains and cold taiga villages.
Pocket Edition
1.0.0		alpha 0.17.0.1		Beetroot seeds can now be found in the chests of dungeons and end cities.
1.1.0		alpha 1.1.0.0		Beetroot seeds can now be found in woodland mansion chests.
Bedrock Edition
1.2.0		beta 1.2.0.2		Beetroot seeds can now be found inside bonus chests.
1.2.0		beta 1.2.0.2		Beetroot seeds can now be used to tame parrots.
1.10.0		beta 1.10.0.3		The texture of beetroot seeds has been changed.
				^[verify] The textures of beetroot crops have been changed.
				Beetroot seeds are now sold by the new wandering traders.
1.11.0		beta 1.11.0.1		Beetroot seeds can now be used to fill the composter.
1.11.0		beta 1.11.0.1		Beetroot seeds can now be found in snowy tundra village house chests.
1.14.0		beta 1.14.0.1		Bees can now pollinate beetroot crops.
?				Potato crop planes use a mapping that results in very unnatural mirroring when viewed from certain angles, such as northwest.^[3]
Legacy Console Edition
TU43	CU33	1.36	Patch 13	Added beetroot seeds.
TU43	CU33	1.36	Patch 13	^[verify] Added beetroot crops.
		1.90		The texture of beetroot seeds has been changed.
		1.90		^[verify] The textures of beetroot crops have been changed.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0				Added beetroot seeds.
0.1.0				^[verify] Added beetroot crops.