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Elytra (pronunciation: [ˈɛl ɪ trə] el-i-trə)[1] are an item that allows the player to glide. Elytra are grey in color unless the player is wearing a cape, in which case the elytra will adopt the cape's design.

Obtaining

Natural generation

Elytra are found in end cities. One pair of elytra is found within an item frame in each end ship.

Repairing

Ingredients Crafting recipe Description
Damaged Elytra


The durability of the two elytra is added together, plus an extra 5% durability.

Usage

Flight

Elytra are equipped in the chestplate slot. They can either be placed directly in the slot, or be equipped using a dispenser or by right clicking when in hotbar.

To initiate flying, the player must jump in midair. From there, direction is controlled by looking left or right, and the flying speed and rate of descent is controlled by looking up or down. Looking upwards while gliding temporarily increases the player's altitude, however doing this for too long stalls the player, causing it to descend at a faster rate (indicated by the player moving their limbs).

Elytra allow the player to travel 10 blocks horizontally for each block fallen when flying at a constant 0° pitch, not including the initial fall, resulting in a best constant glide angle of about 5.7°. The maximum flight time is obtained with a pitch of about 14° up. The maximum terminal horizontal velocity is approximately 67.5 m/s and is obtained with a pitch of about 52° down.[2]

Durability decreases by one point each second when flying. Elytra have 431 durability, resulting in 7 minutes and 11 seconds of flight. It is possible to apply the Unbreaking enchantment using an anvil and an enchanted book, which affects the elytra in the same way that enchantment affects tools, increasing flight time to about 10 seconds of flight per point of durability for Unbreaking III elytra. Low server tick will also increase this if the chunks are being created too fast for the computer to keep up.

The player will not take fall damage while the elytra are equipped unless hitting the ground or a wall at an excessive velocity, which can be caused by nose-diving or stalling. Fall damage will then be a result of the height fallen during the nose-dive or stall.

A player gliding with elytra has a shorter hitbox than usual: 0.6 blocks in height rather than 1.8 blocks.

Repair

Elytra when broken

When durability reaches 1, elytra will no longer work until they are repaired, and cannot lose more durability. These “broken” elytra have a different, tattered item texture, though they do not appear differently on the player. They may be repaired either by crafting two together or in an anvil, using leather: each piece of leather will repair the elytra by 108 durability, therefore requiring 4 leather to fully repair. You can also repair it by using the mending enchantement(see below).

Enchantments

Elytra can receive the following enchantments in survival, but only through an anvil:

History

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{{Extension DPL}}<ul><li>[[Beetroot Seeds|Beetroot Seeds]]<br/>{{Block
| group = Age 0
| 1-1 = Beetroots Age 0.png
| 1-2 = Beetroots Age 0 BE.png
| group2 = Age 1
| 2-1 = Beetroots Age 1.png
| 2-2 = Beetroots Age 1 BE.png
| group3 = Age 2
| 3-1 = Beetroots Age 2.png
| 3-2 = Beetroots Age 2 BE.png
| group4 = Age 3
| 4-1 = Beetroots Age 3.png
| 4-2 = Beetroots Age 3 BE.png
|image=Beetroot Seeds JE2 BE2.png
|transparent=Yes
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|renewable=Yes
|stackable=Yes (64)
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}}
'''Beetroot seeds''' are items that can be used to plant beetroot crops.

'''Beetroot crops''' are planted in [[farmland]] and used to grow [[beetroot]] and beetroot seeds.

== Obtaining ==

=== Natural generation ===
[[Village]] farms have a chance of growing beetroot. The exact chance depends on the village:

{| class="wikitable"
! Village style !! Chance
|-
| {{EnvSprite|desert-village}} Desert || 20%
|-
| {{EnvSprite|plains-village}} Plains || 5%
|}

=== Breaking ===
Harvesting fully-grown beetroot yields from 1 to 4 seeds per crop harvested ({{frac|2|5|7}} seeds per crop harvested on average). The [[Fortune]] enchantment can be used to improve the drop rate.

=== Chest loot ===
{{LootChestItem|beetroot-seeds}}

=== Trading ===

Beetroot seeds are sold by [[wandering trader]]s 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.

<!-- Java Edition only? -->While beetroot crops have only four growth stages compared to eight for [[wheat]], [[carrot]]s, and [[potato]]es, each growth tick has a {{frac|1|3}} chance of not advancing the growth stage and therefore beetroot grows slightly faster than other crops.

Crops grow faster if the farmland they are planted in is [[Farmland#Hydration|hydrated]]. 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 {{frac|5|1|3}} are needed to fully grow beetroot compared to {{frac|2|2|7}} for other crops.

=== Breeding ===
Like other [[seeds]], beetroot seeds can be used to [[breed]] [[chicken]]s, 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 [[parrot]]s.

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

=== Trading ===
[[Wandering trader]]s may offer to sell beetroot seeds for one emerald.

== Sounds ==
{{Edition|Java}}:
{{Sound table/Block/Crop/JE}}
{{Edition|Bedrock}}:
{{Sound table/Block/Wood/BE}}

== Data values ==
=== ID ===
{{edition|java}}:
{{ID table
|edition=java
|showblocktags=y
|showforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Beetroots
|spritetype=block
|nameid=beetroots
|blocktags=bee_growables, crops
|form=block}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Beetroot Seeds
|spritetype=item
|nameid=beetroot_seeds
|form=item
|foot=1}}

{{edition|bedrock}}:
{{ID table
|edition=bedrock
|shownumericids=y
|showforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Beetroots
|spritetype=block
|nameid=beetroot
|id=244
|form=block
|itemform=item.beetroot}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Beetroot Seeds
|spritetype=item
|nameid=beetroot_seeds
|id=295
|form=item
|foot=1}}

=== Block states ===
{{see also|Block states}}
{{/BS}}

== Advancements ==
{{load advancements|A Seedy Place}}

== History ==
{{History|java}}
{{History||1.9|snap=15w31a|[[File:Beetroot Seeds JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added beetroot seeds.
|[[File:Beetroots Age 0 JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Beetroots Age 1 JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Beetroots Age 2 JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Beetroots Age 3 JE1.png|32px]] Added beetroot crops.
|Beetroot seeds can be found in [[end city]] [[chest]]s.
|Beetroot plants naturally generate in [[village]] farms.
|[[Villager]]s are able to harvest beetroot crops, but they are not yet able to pick up the seeds and plant them.}}
{{History|||snap=15w38a|The [[drop]] chances have been greatly improved from the average {{frac|4|5}} per beetroot crop harvested to 2.
|Villagers are now able to pick up and plant beetroot seeds.}}
{{History|||snap=15w44a|Beetroots now generate in [[dungeon]] and [[mineshaft]] chests.}}
{{History||1.11|snap=16w39a|Beetroot seeds are now found in the new [[woodland mansion]] chests.}}
{{History||1.12|snap=17w18b|Placing a beetroot seeds in farmland now gives the player the "A Seedy Place" [[advancement]].{{verify}}}}
{{History||1.13|snap=17w47a|Prior to [[1.13/Flattening|''The Flattening'']], this item's numeral ID was 458 and block's numeral ID was 244.}}
{{History||1.14|snap=18w43a|[[File:Beetroot Seeds JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The texture of beetroot seeds has been changed.
|[[File:Beetroots Age 0 JE2.png|32px]] [[File:Beetroots Age 1 JE2.png|32px]] [[File:Beetroots Age 2 JE2.png|32px]] [[File:Beetroots Age 3 JE2.png|32px]] The textures of beetroot crops have been changed.}}
{{History|||snap=18w49a|Beetroot seeds can now be found in chests in [[snowy tundra]] village houses.}}
{{History|||snap=19w03a|Placing beetroot seeds into the new [[composter]] has a 10% chance of raising the compost level by 1.}}
{{History|||snap=19w05a|Beetroot seeds now have a 30% chance of increasing the compost level in a composter.
|Added [[Wandering Trader|wandering trader]]s, which sell beetroot seeds.}}
{{History||1.15|snap=19w34a|[[Bee]]s can now pollinate beetroot crops.}}
{{History||1.17|snap=21w13a|[[File:Beetroots Age 0 JE3.png|32px]] [[File:Beetroots Age 1 JE3.png|32px]] [[File:Beetroots Age 2 JE3.png|32px]] [[File:Beetroots Age 3 JE3.png|32px]] 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.<ref>{{bug|MC-199242|||Fixed}}</ref>}}
{{History||1.18|snap=Pre-release 5|[[File:Beetroot Seeds JE3.png|32px]] The texture of beetroot seeds has been changed.}}
{{History||1.20|snap=23w12a|Beetroot seeds can now be found in [[suspicious gravel]] and [[suspicious sand]] in [[trail ruins]].}}
{{History|||snap=23w16a|Beetroot seeds no longer generates in [[suspicious sand]] in [[trail ruins]].|Due to the split of the archaeological loot tables for the suspicious gravel within the [[trail ruins]]; beetroot seeds now are in the common loot.}}

{{History|pocket alpha}}
{{History||November 14, 2013|link=https://twitter.com/jbernhardsson/status/400902957782147072|[[Johan Bernhardsson]] previewed an image of beetroot seeds.}}
{{History||v0.8.0|snap=build 2|[[File:Beetroot Seeds JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added Beetroots seeds.
|[[File:Beetroots Age 0 JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Beetroots Age 1 JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Beetroots Age 2 JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Beetroots Age 3 JE1 BE1.png|32px]]{{verify|Correct models?}} Added Beetroots crops.}}
{{History|||snap=build 3|Beetroots seeds now have a chance of dropping when tilling [[grass block]]s.}}
{{History||v0.11.0|snap=build 1|"Beetroots seeds" have been renamed to "Beetroot Seeds" and the capitalization has now also been fixed.<ref>{{bug|MCPE-7953|||Fixed}}</ref>}}
{{History||v0.12.1|snap=build 1|Beetroot seeds no longer have a chance of dropping when tilling [[grass block]]s.}}
{{History||v0.14.0|snap=build 1|Beetroot seeds can now be found in [[minecart with chest]]s inside of [[mineshaft]]s.}}
{{History||v0.16.2|Beetroot seeds can now be found in [[chest]]s inside the large house in [[ice plains]] and [[cold taiga]] [[village]]s.}}
{{History|pocket}}
{{History||1.0.0|snap=alpha 0.17.0.1|Beetroot seeds can now be found in the [[chest]]s of [[dungeon]]s and [[end city|end cities]].}}
{{History||1.1.0|snap=alpha 1.1.0.0|Beetroot seeds can now be found in [[woodland mansion]] chests.}}
{{History|bedrock}}
{{History||1.2.0|snap=beta 1.2.0.2|Beetroot seeds can now be found inside [[bonus chest]]s.
|Beetroot seeds can now be used to tame [[parrot]]s.}}
{{History||1.10.0|snap=beta 1.10.0.3|[[File:Beetroot Seeds JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The texture of beetroot seeds has been changed.
|[[File:Beetroots Age 0 JE2.png|32px]] [[File:Beetroots Age 1 JE2.png|32px]] [[File:Beetroots Age 2 JE2.png|32px]] [[File:Beetroots Age 3 JE2.png|32px]]{{verify|Correct models?}} The textures of beetroot crops have been changed.
|Beetroot seeds are now [[trading|sold]] by the new [[wandering trader]]s.}}
{{History||1.11.0|snap=beta 1.11.0.1|Beetroot seeds can now be used to fill the [[composter]].
|Beetroot seeds can now be found in [[snowy tundra]] [[village]] house [[chest]]s.}}
{{History||1.14.0|snap=beta 1.14.0.1|[[Bee]]s can now pollinate beetroot crops.}}
{{History||?|[[File:Beetroots Age 0 BE.png|32px]] [[File:Beetroots Age 1 BE.png|32px]] [[File:Beetroots Age 2 BE.png|32px]] [[File:Beetroots Age 3 BE.png|32px]] Potato crop planes use a mapping that results in very unnatural mirroring when viewed from certain angles, such as northwest.<ref>{{bug|MCPE-146936}}</ref>}}

{{History|console}}
{{History||xbox=TU43|xbone=CU33|ps=1.36|wiiu=Patch 13|[[File:Beetroot Seeds JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added beetroot seeds.
|[[File:Beetroots Age 0 JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Beetroots Age 1 JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Beetroots Age 2 JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Beetroots Age 3 JE1 BE1.png|32px]]{{verify|Correct models?}} Added beetroot crops.}}
{{History||xbox=none|xbone=none|ps=1.90|wiiu=none|switch=none|[[File:Beetroot Seeds JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The texture of beetroot seeds has been changed.
|[[File:Beetroots Age 0 JE2.png|32px]] [[File:Beetroots Age 1 JE2.png|32px]] [[File:Beetroots Age 2 JE2.png|32px]] [[File:Beetroots Age 3 JE2.png|32px]]{{verify|Correct models?}} The textures of beetroot crops have been changed.}}

{{History|New 3DS}}
{{History||0.1.0|[[File:Beetroot Seeds JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added beetroot seeds.
|[[File:Beetroots Age 0 JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Beetroots Age 1 JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Beetroots Age 2 JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Beetroots Age 3 JE1 BE1.png|32px]]{{verify|Correct models?}} Added beetroot crops.}}
{{History|foot}}

== Issues ==

{{issue list}}

== Gallery ==

<gallery>
Beetrootstwitpic.png|The first image released of beetroot seeds.
Village Wheat Beetroot Farm.png|Beetroots generated in a [[village]].
File:Beetroot farm.png|A beetroot garden.
</gallery>

== References ==
<references />

{{Blocks|vegetation}}
{{Items}}

[[Category:Plants]]
[[Category:Food]]
[[Category:Generated structure blocks]]
[[Category:Non-solid blocks]]

[[cs:Semínka červené řepy]]
[[es:Semillas de remolacha]]
[[fr:Graines de betterave]]
[[it:Semi di barbabietola]]
[[ja:ビートルートの種]]
[[ko:비트 씨앗]]
[[nl:Bietenzaden]]
[[pl:Nasiona buraka]]
[[pt:Sementes de beterraba]]
[[ru:Семена свёклы]]
[[th:เมล็ดบีตรูท]]
[[zh:甜菜种子]]</li><li>[[:Category:Food|Category:Food]]<br/>Foods in Minecraft.

[[Category:Items]]

[[cs:Kategorie:Potraviny]]
[[fr:Catégorie:Nourriture]]
[[hu:Kategória:Ételek]]
[[zh:Category:食物]]</li></ul>
October 5, 2015Tommaso Checchi tweets that Jeb is working on a secret feature for Minecraft PC, saying that "it's like Mario 64."
October 6, 2015Jeb tweets an animated gif revealing a player gliding around an end city. Elytra have a dragon-wing texture.
Jeb tweets an image of folded wings, which replace the cape the player is wearing.
Jeb tweets another animated gif of his character with Mojang-themed elytra, gliding along a river through a taiga forest.
15w41aAdded elytra.
15w42aElytra now spread slightly when the player crouches.
The player can now take damage from gliding into walls, and crashing into a wall now has its own death message.
The player can now fit through 1-block gaps while gliding.
The player is no longer able to go higher than the starting point of the glide.
15w43aThe player's point of view now gets shifted while gliding.
16w06aElytra now recognize the player's cape and adopt a different elytra cape design for every official cape (see Gallery). In addition, Jeb is working on a feature that will allow players to change the elytra design like regular player skins.
16w07aElytra are now activated by jumping mid-air. The player no longer glides automatically when falling.
The cape option in the options menu now also disables custom elytra textures.

Issues

Issues relating to "Elytra" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.

Gallery

Trivia

  • In real life, elytra are the tough forewings of beetles and earwigs that cover the wings they actually use for flight. Elytra are not actually used for flight in real life.
  • It is possible to jump 1.5 blocks while wearing elytra. If the player sprints at the wall and rapidly presses jump, the player activates the elytra, and swoops up to land on top of the wall, even though the player cannot normally jump it.
  • If you fly into deep water with elytra equipped the flying animation will not stop, making it look as if there's better swimming animations. Once you touch ground, though, the flying animation will stop.
  • Elytra can be equipped onto mobs using commands, although for some it doesn't work. Most mobs will follow one of three different flight paths (which they cannot control) before landing, at which they will regain their AI.
    • Exceptions to this are squid and chickens, as the squid's AI will cause it to try and "swim" in midair, making it fall straight down because it conflicts with the elytra mechanics. Since chickens fall slowly, they will only move so far.
    • Tamed wolves and cats which are not sitting will not teleport until they hit the ground. This also goes for endermen.

References

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