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For biome formerly named mountains, see Windswept Hills.
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A mountain made up of several mountain biomes.

Mountains refer to six somewhat rare cold, snowy, and temperate biomes.

Description

These are the six related sub-biomes that generate in mountainous terrain in areas with low erosion values. They all can generate pillager outposts, with the meadow also being able to generate villages and snowy slopes being able to generate igloos. Some of these biomes are the only places where goats can spawn in the game. Just like the windswept hills, emerald ores can be found in these biomes, specially at higher altitudes and both coal and iron ores are commonly found in the peaks.

Variants

There are six sub-biomes that can make up the mountains.

Slopes

These are the three biomes that can make up the slopes of mountains.

Meadow

The meadow is a grassy biome filled with patches of flowers and turquoise-green grass and tall grass, where sheep, donkeys and rabbits spawn. All small flowers generate except blue orchids, tulips, lilies of the valley or wither roses. Rarely, a lone oak or birch tree of any size can generate and always has a bee nest. Both pillager outposts and plains villages can generate in this biome, making this the only mountain biome where villages can generate. This biome usually generates in the lower sides of some mountains but can also generate standalone in plateaus, mainly next to plains and other temperate biomes.

In Java Edition :

MobSpawn weightGroup size
Creature category
Sheep252–4
Donkey151–2
Rabbit252–6
Monster category
Spider100496.251
Zombie95496.252–4
Zombie villager5496.252–4
Skeleton80496.251–2
Creeper100496.251
Slime[note 1]100496.251
Enderman10496.251–2
Witch5496.251
Spider Jockey1496.251
Chicken Jockey0.25496.251
Ambient category
Bat12
  1. Only on slime chunks.

Grove

The grove creates a forest of spruce trees on the sides of a mountain, reminiscent of a snowy taiga but the surface is covered with snow layers, snow blocks, dirt and a lot of powder snow instead of grass blocks. Rabbits, wolves and red foxes can spawn in this biome. This biome generates in high altitudes beneath the peaks and on hilltops next to forested biomes such as dark forests and taigas, and can generate at lower altitudes if next to snowy biomes.

Grove use the same mob spawning chances as windswept hills for hostile and ambient categories. As for others:

In Java Edition :

MobSpawn weightGroup size
Creature category
Sheep[note 1]12604
Pig10604
Chicken10604
Cow8604
Wolf8604
Rabbit4602–3
Fox8602–4
  1. Common passive mobs are also intended to spawn in this biome, but can't spawn due to the lack of grass blocks

Snowy slopes

The snowy slopes is a mostly barren biome covered in snow, multiple layers of snow blocks and powder snow, with some sides also having stone cliffs. Goats spawn in this biome alongside rabbits. This is the only mountain biome where igloos can generate. Just like the grove, this biome generates at the slopes of the mountain, beneath the peaks and in hilltops, usually in areas with less forested biomes, such as plains and snowy tundras, and can start generating at lower altitudes in snowy regions.

Snowy slopes use the same mob spawning chances as windswept hills for hostile and ambient categories. As for others:

In Java Edition :

MobSpawn weightGroup size
Creature category
Rabbit492–3
Goat591–3

Peaks

There are three peak biomes that generate only at the tops of the mountains, if they are tall enough to generate them, and are dependant on the surrounding biomes' temperatures.

Jagged peaks

The jagged peaks biome generates in regions with snowy, cold and temperate biomes and is more likely to generate in taller and more jagged and pointy peaks that often pass the clouds and can peak at y=256. It is covered by a single layer of snow blocks with stone underneath often exposing ores such as coal, iron and emerald, and just like the snowy slopes, stone cliffs can generate in some sides of the mountain. Only goats spawn in this biome.

Jagged peaks use the same mob spawning chances as windswept hills for hostile and ambient categories. As for others:

In Java Edition :

MobSpawn weightGroup size
Creature category
Goat11–3


Frozen peaks

The frozen peaks are covered by snow, snow blocks, with glaciers of packed ice and occasional small blobs of ice. Only goats can spawn in this biome. This biome usually generates in smaller and smoother hills near snowy, cold and temperate biomes, but it can also generate in slightly jagged and taller peaks but less compared to the jagged peaks biome.

Frozen peaks use the same mob spawning chances as jagged peaks for passive category, and windswept hills for hostile and ambient category.

Stony peaks

The stony peaks are a warmer variation of both the jagged peaks and the frozen peaks biomes that generates when a mountain peak is in a region with lukewarm biomes such as savannas and jungles, and it doesn't generate snowy slopes or groves in the slopes of the mountain, unless there's a colder biome bordering the peak. It is mainly covered by stone with large strips of calcite and exposed ores. The grass and foliage in this biome have a unique vibrant light green tint, similar to the tint of a shattered savanna in Bedrock Edition.

Stony peaks use the same mob spawning chances as jagged peaks for the hostile and ambient categories. No mobs spawn as part of the passive category.

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

NameIdentifier
Meadowmeadow
Grovegrove
Snowy Slopessnowy_slopes
Jagged Peaksjagged_peaks
Frozen Peaksfrozen_peaks
Stony Peaksstony_peaks

Bedrock Edition:

NameIdentifier
[No displayed name]meadow
[No displayed name]grove
[No displayed name]snowy_slopes
[No displayed name]jagged_peaks
[No displayed name]frozen_peaks
[No displayed name]stony_peaks

History

September 28, 2019During MINECON Live 2019, the mountains won the community biome vote; additions were improved terrain generation, powder snow, and goats.
October 3, 2020The Caves & Cliffs update was announced at Minecraft Live 2020, showing a sneak peek at goats and the new mountain generation.
1.18
{{Extension DPL}}<ul><li>[[Blaze Rod|Blaze Rod]]<br/>{{Item
| image = Blaze Rod.png
| renewable = Yes
| stackable = Yes (64)
}}

'''Blaze rods''' are [[item]]s exclusively obtained from [[blaze]]s. They act as a fuel for both brewing and [[smelting]], and are required to craft [[eye of ender|eyes of ender]] used to access to [[the End]].

== Obtaining ==

=== Mob loot ===
When killed by a player or tamed [[wolf]], a [[blaze]] has a 50% chance to drop a blaze rod. The [[Looting]] [[enchantment]] can increase the drops by one per level, for a maximum of 4 blaze rods. Blazes do not drop any blaze rods if killed by any other source.

== Usage ==

=== Crafting ingredient ===

{{crafting usage}}

=== Fuel ===

When used in a [[furnace]], a blaze rod lasts 120 seconds (12 items).

== Achievements ==
{{load achievements|Into Fire}}

== Advancements ==
{{load advancements|Into Fire}}

== Video ==
{{Video note|This video does not mention the crafting of [[End Rod]]s.|minor}}

<div style="text-align:center">{{yt|_mhRHuRlICY}}</div>

== Data values ==
=== ID ===
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|form=item
|foot=1}}

{{el|bedrock}}:
{{ID table
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|showforms=y
|notshowbeitemforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
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|id=423
|form=item
|foot=1}}

== History ==

{{History|java}}
{{History||1.0.0|snap=Beta 1.9 Prerelease|[[File:Blaze Rod JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added blaze rods.}}
{{History|||snap=Beta 1.9 Prerelease 2|Blaze rods are now used to craft [[blaze powder]].}}
{{History|||snap=Beta 1.9 Prerelease 3|Blaze rods are now used to craft [[brewing stand]]s.}}
{{History||1.8|snap=14w07a|Blaze rods are now held similarly to [[tools]].}}
{{History||1.9|snap=15w44b|Blaze rods are now used to craft [[end rod]]s.}}
{{History||1.13|snap=17w47a|Prior to [[1.13/Flattening|''The Flattening'']], this [[item]]'s numeral ID was 369.}}

{{History|pocket alpha}}
{{History||v0.12.1|snap=build 1|[[File:Blaze Rod JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added blaze rods. 
|Blaze rods can be used to craft [[blaze powder]] and [[brewing stand]]s.}}
{{History|pocket}}
{{History||1.0.0|snap=alpha 0.17.0.1|Blaze rods are now used to craft [[end rod]]s.}}

{{History|console}}
{{History||xbox=TU7|xbone=CU1|ps=1.00|wiiu=Patch 1|switch=1.0.1|[[File:Blaze Rod JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added blaze rods.
|Blaze rods can be used to craft [[blaze powder]] and [[brewing stand]]s.}}
{{History||xbox=TU46|xbone=CU36|ps=1.38|wiiu=Patch 15|Blaze rods are now used to craft [[end rod]]s.}}

{{History|New 3DS}}
{{History||0.1.0|[[File:Blaze Rod JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added blaze rods.
|Blaze rods can be used to craft [[blaze powder]] and [[brewing stand]]s.}}
{{History|foot}}

== Issues ==
{{issue list}}

== Trivia ==
* As part of an official collaboration, blaze rods are included in a free add-on for the roleplaying game [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dungeons_%26_Dragons ''Dungeons and Dragons''].<ref>https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwj9uvqlwIT-AhV7LUQIHYlVDiwQFnoECBAQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.minecraft.net%2Fcontent%2Fdam%2Fgames%2Fminecraft%2Fsoftware%2FMinecraft-Monstrous-Compendium.pdf&usg=AOvVaw0aKOqpKAHSH11qgZhN_Bhx</ref> In the game, they are worth 100 gold pieces, create light, and can be broken to create an explosion.
* They are the spinning things surrounding the blaze's head

{{items}}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Renewable resources]]

[[cs:Ohnivá hůl]]
[[de:Lohenrute]]
[[el:Οι ράβδοι των Blaze]]
[[es:Vara de blaze]]
[[fr:Bâton de Blaze]]
[[hu:Lángrúd]]
[[it:Verga di blaze]]
[[ja:ブレイズロッド]]
[[ko:블레이즈 막대]]
[[lzh:炎靈桿]]
[[nl:Blazestaf]]
[[pl:Płomienna różdżka]]
[[pt:Vara de blaze]]
[[ru:Огненный стержень]]
[[th:แท่งเบลซ]]
[[tr:Alaz Çubuğu]]
[[uk:Стрижень Блейза]]
[[zh:烈焰棒]]</li><li>[[Scute|Scute]]<br/>{{about|the item used to craft turtle shell helmets|the helmet|Turtle Shell}}
{{Item
| image = Scute.png
| renewable = Yes
| stackable = Yes (64)
}}

'''Scutes''' are [[item]]s that baby [[turtle]]s drop when they grow into adults. They can be used to craft [[turtle shell]]s which can be used to brew the [[potion of the Turtle Master]].

== Obtaining ==

=== Mob loot ===

Baby [[turtle]]s drop a single scute when they grow up into adults, which is the only way possible to obtain the [[item]].

== Usage ==

Scutes can be crafted into [[turtle shell]]s.

=== Crafting ingredient ===

{{crafting usage}}

=== Repairing ===
Scutes are the [[repair]] items for the turtle [[armor material]], and thus can be used to repair [[turtle shell]]s in an [[anvil]].

=== Trading ===
Expert-level cleric [[villager]]s have a {{frac|2|3}} chance to buy 4 scutes for an [[emerald]] as part of their [[trading|trades]].{{only|java}}

Expert-level cleric villagers have a 50% chance to buy 4 scutes for an emerald as part of their seventh trades.{{only|bedrock}}

Expert-level leatherworker villagers buy 4 scutes for an emerald as part of their trades.

== Data values ==
=== ID ===
{{edition|java}}:
{{ID table
|edition=java
|showforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Scute
|spritetype=item
|nameid=scute
|form=item
|foot=1}}

{{edition|bedrock}}:
{{ID table
|edition=bedrock
|showaliasids=y
|shownumericids=y
|showforms=y
|notshowbeitemforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Scute
|spritetype=item
|nameid=scute
|aliasid=turtle_shell_piece
|id=572
|form=item
|translationkey=item.turtle_shell_piece.name
|foot=1}}

== History ==

{{History|java}}
{{History||1.13|snap=18w07a|[[File:Scute JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added turtle shell pieces.}}
{{History|||snap=18w07b|"Turtle Shell Pieces" have now been renamed to "Scutes."}}
{{History||1.14|snap=19w11a|Cleric and leatherworker [[villager]]s now [[trading|buy]] scutes.}}

{{History|bedrock}}
{{History||1.5.0|snap=beta 1.5.0.4|[[File:Scute JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added scutes.}}
{{History||1.11.0|snap=beta 1.11.0.4|Scutes can be [[trading|sold]] to cleric and leatherworker [[villager]]s.}}

{{History|console}}
{{History||xbox=TU69|ps=1.76|wiiu=Patch 38|[[File:Scute JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added scutes.}}
{{history|foot}}

== Issues ==
{{issue list}}

== Trivia ==
* Scutes used to be called "Turtle Shell Pieces", they were renamed after it was pointed out that "Scute" was a more technical term.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/minecraftsuggestions/comments/7xnp2o/rename_turtle_shell_pieces_to_scutes/</ref>

== References ==
{{reflist}}

{{Items}}

[[Category:Renewable resources]]

[[de:Hornschild]]
[[es:Escama de tortuga]]
[[fr:Écaille de tortue]]
[[ja:カメのウロコ]]
[[ko:인갑]]
[[lzh:鱗]]
[[pl:Tarczka]]
[[pt:Escama de tartaruga]]
[[ru:Щиток]]
[[th:เกล็ดเต่า]]
[[uk:Черепок]]
[[zh:鳞甲]]</li></ul>
Experimental Snapshot 1Added the meadow, grove, snowy slopes, lofty peaks and snowcapped peaks biomes.
experimental snapshot 2Blue orchids no longer spawn in meadows.
Oaks and Birches can now have a small chance of generating in meadows, oftentimes with a bee nest on them.
Infested stone and emerald ore now generate in the new mountain biomes.
experimental snapshot 3Added the stony peaks biome.
Meadows and peaks are less likely to generate in flat, low elevation areas.
Snow capped peaks and snowy slopes no longer generate with dirt under snow layer.
Pillager outposts now generate in all the new mountain biomes.
Villages now generate in mountain meadows.
Goats now spawn in the new mountain biomes.
experimental snapshot 4Snowy slopes no longer generate with dirt under the surface layer.
Strips of andesite, calcite and granite now generate in stony peaks.
experimental snapshot 5Mountain tops are now more jagged and pointy.
Mountain areas and peak biomes now are slightly larger on average.
Raised the average mountain height.
Fixed an unintentional change from snapshot 4 that made mountains lower and smoother.
experimental snapshot 6Groves and snowy slopes are less likely to generate on mountain peaks.
Groves and snowy slopes start generating lower down in cold areas and higher up in warmer areas.
21w37aStrips of andesite, granite, and gravel no longer generate in stony peaks.[1]
Spruce trees no longer generate in mountain groves.[2]
21w38aSpruce trees once again generate in mountain groves.
21w39aTrees in mountain meadows now always contain a bee nest.
21w40aGoats no longer spawn in the stony peaks biome.
"Lofty Peaks" has been renamed to "Jagged Peaks".
"Snowcapped Peaks" has been renamed to "Frozen Peaks".
The ID lofty_peaks has been changed to jagged_peaks.
The ID snowcapped_peaks has been changed to frozen_peaks.
21w41aThe snowy slopes and jagged peaks surfaces have been fixed to work like they did in the experimental snapshots, where some (but not all) sides of the peaks are exposed stone.
Bedrock Edition
Caves & Cliffs (experimental)beta 1.16.200.52Added goats, which currently spawn in extreme hills as a placeholder.
beta 1.16.220.50Added the mountain biome variants: mountain meadow, mountain grove, snowy slopes, jagged peaks, and snow capped peaks.
Goats now spawn in the snowy slopes biome.
?The terrain of the new mountains is now cut off at Y=256.
beta 1.17.20.22Goats now only spawn in snowy slopes biome.
beta 1.17.20.23Hostile mobs can now spawn in the new mountains and cave biomes.
beta 1.17.40.20Villages now spawn in meadows.
Meadows now spawn a lone oak or birch tree, often with bee nests.
Infested stone now generates in the new mountain biomes.
Added stony peaks.
Goats now only spawn in snowy slopes, jagged peaks, stony peaks, and snowcapped peaks.
Rabbits can now spawn in meadows and snowy slopes.
Donkeys and sheeps can now spawn in meadow biome.
Foxes can now spawn in grove biome.
1.18.0
{{Extension DPL}}<ul><li>[[Lava Bucket|Lava Bucket]]<br/>{{Item
| title = Lava Bucket
| image = Lava Bucket.png
| renewable = Yes
| stackable = No 
}}
A '''lava bucket''' is a [[bucket]] filled with [[lava]].

== Obtaining ==
=== Interacting ===
To fill an empty [[bucket]] with lava, {{control|use}} it on a [[lava]] source block or lava in a [[cauldron]]. The block is consumed in the process. Flowing lava does not fill a bucket.

If there is a lava source above the [[pointed dripstone]] stalactite, there is a {{frac|15|256}} (~5.9%) chance for it to completely fill an empty cauldron within 10 blocks under the tip with lava after a [[random tick]]. This lava can then be scooped with a bucket, making it a renewable resource.

==Usage==
A lava bucket can be used to place down lava sources with the {{key|Use Item}} button. Doing so gives the player the bucket back. Lava buckets can be used to replace some transparent, non-full blocks such as [[tall grass]] and [[water]], both flowing and sources.

{{IN|java}}, lava buckets can be used to break [[Nether Portal (block)|Nether portal blocks]] by placing the lava on the side of a block next to the portal block.

=== Smelting ===
A lava bucket can be used as an efficient [[fuel]]. It has the longest burning value of 1000 seconds, compared to 800 seconds for a [[coal block]] (a lava bucket smelts 100 items, and a coal block smelts 80). After smelting starts, the lava bucket turns into an empty bucket.

=== Trading ===
{{IN|bedrock}}, journeyman-level armorer villagers buy a lava bucket for one [[emerald]] as part of their trades.

{{IN|java}}, journeyman-level armorer villagers have a 40% chance of offering to buy a lava bucket for one emerald.

=== Cauldrons === 
A lava bucket can be used to fill a [[cauldron]] with lava. The lava damages any entity standing inside the cauldron, unless the entity is immune to fire damage.<!-- ex: nether mobs--> Flowing water or waterlogging does not affect the lava in the cauldron.

== Sounds ==
{{el|je}}:
{{Sound table
|sound=Fill lava bucket1.ogg
|sound2=Fill lava bucket2.ogg
|sound3=Fill lava bucket3.ogg
|subtitle=Bucket fills
|source=player
|description=When a bucket is filled with lava
|id=item.bucket.fill_lava
|translationkey=subtitles.item.bucket.fill
|volume=1.0
|pitch=1.0
|distance=16}}
{{Sound table
|sound=Empty lava bucket1.ogg
|sound2=Empty lava bucket2.ogg
|sound3=Empty lava bucket3.ogg
|subtitle=Bucket empties
|source=block
|description=When a lava bucket is emptied
|id=item.bucket.empty_lava
|translationkey=subtitles.item.bucket.empty
|volume=1.0
|pitch=1.0
|distance=16
|foot=1}}

{{el|be}}:
{{Sound table
|type=bedrock
|sound=Fill lava bucket1.ogg
|sound2=Fill lava bucket2.ogg
|sound3=Fill lava bucket3.ogg
|source=block
|description=When a bucket is filled with lava
|id=bucket.fill_lava
|volume=1.0
|pitch=1.0}}
{{Sound table
|sound=Empty lava bucket1.ogg
|sound2=Empty lava bucket2.ogg
|sound3=Empty lava bucket3.ogg
|source=block
|description=When a lava bucket is emptied
|id=bucket.empty_lava
|volume=1.0
|pitch=1.0
|foot=1}}

==Data values==
=== ID ===
{{edition|java}}:
{{ID table
|edition=java
|showforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Lava Bucket
|spritetype=item
|nameid=lava_bucket
|form=item
|foot=1}}

{{edition|bedrock}}:
{{ID table
|edition=bedrock
|showaliasids=y
|shownumericids=y
|showforms=y
|notshowbeitemforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Lava Bucket
|spritetype=item
|nameid=lava_bucket
|aliasid=bucket / 10
|id=363
|form=item
|translationkey=item.bucketLava.name
|foot=1}}

== Achievements ==
{{load achievements|Super Fuel}}

== Advancements ==
{{Load advancements|Hot Stuff}}

==History==
{{History|java infdev}}
{{History||20100615|[[File:Lava Bucket JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added lava buckets.}}
{{History|java alpha}}
{{History||v1.1.0|Buckets of lava can now be used to fuel a [[furnace]] for 100 [[smelting|smelts]], consuming the [[lava]] and the [[bucket]]. This is the highest number of smelts of any single [[item]] in the game.}}
{{History||v1.2.6|{{control|use|text=Using}} a lava bucket on [[block]]s with GUIs ([[chest]]s, furnaces, etc.) no longer places the lava.}}
{{History|java}}
{{History||1.2.1|snap=1.2|Changed name from "Lava bucket" to "Lava Bucket".}}
{{History||1.3|snap=12w22a|[[Smelting]] in a [[furnace]] with a lava bucket now leaves an empty [[bucket]] for the [[player]] to retrieve.}}
{{History||1.8|snap=14w25a|A lava bucket is now shown as the icon when [[lava]] is used as a layer in [[Superflat]].}}
{{History||1.9|snap=15w50a|Added sounds for filling and pouring lava buckets.}}
{{History||1.13|snap=17w47a|Prior to the ''[[Flattening]]'' this item's numerical ID was 327.}}
{{History||1.14|snap=18w43a|[[File:Lava Bucket JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The texture of lava buckets has been changed.}}
{{History|||snap=19w11a|Armorer villagers can now [[trading|buy]] lava buckets.}}
{{History||1.17|snap=20w45a|Lava buckets can now be used to fill a [[cauldron]] with lava.}}
{{History|||snap=21w13a|The lava bucket is now fully renewable, as [[pointed dripstone]] can now be obtained in Survival mode without custom generation.}}

{{History|pocket alpha}}
{{History||v0.7.0|[[File:Lava Bucket JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added lava buckets.}}
{{History||v0.7.4|Lava buckets can now be used as [[fuel]] in a [[furnace]].
|Lava buckets no longer stack to 64.}}
{{History|bedrock}}
{{History||1.4.0|snap=beta 1.2.14.2|Moved all bucket items, including lava buckets, from the Equipment tab to the Items tab in the [[Creative inventory]].{{verify|type=update}}{{info needed}}<!---please check snapshots, only 1 major release version was checked each--->}}
{{History||1.9.0|snap=beta 1.9.0.2|Lava bucket can now be used to fill a [[cauldron]].}}
{{History||1.10.0|snap=beta 1.10.0.3|[[File:Lava Bucket JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The texture of lava buckets has been changed.}}
{{History||1.11.0|snap=beta 1.11.0.4|Lava buckets can now be [[trading|sold]] to armorer [[villager]]s.}}
{{History||1.16.100|snap=beta 1.16.100.56|The ID of lava buckets has been changed from <code>bucket/10</code> to <code>lava_bucket</code>.}}
{{History||1.17.0|snap=beta 1.16.230.54|The lava bucket is now fully renewable, as [[pointed dripstone]] can now be obtained in Survival mode without custom generation.}}

{{History|console}}
{{History||xbox=TU1|xbone=CU1|ps=1.0|wiiu=Patch 1|switch=1.0.1|[[File:Lava Bucket JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added lava buckets.}}
{{History||xbox=TU9|[[Dispenser]]s have now been given the ability to shoot out the [[liquids]] inside lava buckets. They can also suck up the liquids if activated again, but do not fill up the [[bucket]]s with the liquid dropped due to a bug.}}
{{History||xbox=none|xbone=none|ps=1.90|wiiu=none|switch=none|[[File:Lava Bucket JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The texture of lava buckets has been changed.}}

{{History|New Nintendo 3DS Edition}}
{{History||0.1.0|[[File:Lava Bucket JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added lava buckets.}}
{{History|foot}}

== Issues ==
{{Issue list}}

==Trivia==
* One lava bucket has the highest number of [[smelting|smelts]] in the game at 100 items per bucket.
** This makes it 12.5 times more efficient than [[coal]] and [[charcoal]].
* A lava bucket is used as Steve's Down-Smash attack in the crossover fighting game Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.

{{Items}}

[[Category:Renewable resources]]
[[Category:Tools]]

[[de:Lavaeimer]]
[[ja:溶岩入りバケツ]]
[[pt:Balde de lava]]
[[th:ถังลาวา]]
[[uk:Відро лави]]
[[zh:熔岩桶]]</li><li>[[Kelp|Kelp]]<br/>{{About|the plant|the dried variant|Dried Kelp}}
{{For}}
{{Block
|image=Kelp.gif
|invimage=Kelp
|transparent=Yes
|tool=Any
|renewable=Yes
|stackable=Yes (64)
|flammable=No
|lavasusceptible=No
|light=No
|hardness=0}}

'''Kelp''' is an underwater plant that generates in most [[ocean]]s.

== Obtaining ==

=== Natural generation ===

Kelp naturally generates in any [[ocean]] [[biome]]s (except in [[Frozen Ocean|frozen]], [[Deep Frozen Ocean|deep frozen]] and [[Warm Ocean|warm]]), near and around [[seagrass]]. Each chunk has {{frac|1|18}} chance to generate a [[vegetation]] of kelp.

=== Breaking ===

Kelp can be mined instantly with any [[tool]] or with the player's fist. Removing water from the kelp block destroys the kelp. Breaking one part of a kelp stalk destroys all kelp [[block]]s above it. Each block drops a kelp [[item (entity)|item]].

=== Trading ===

Kelp can be bought from [[wandering trader]]s for 3 emeralds.

== Usage ==

Kelp can be placed underwater by hand, or anywhere by the use of [[commands]] such as {{cmd|setblock}}. Placing it by hand gives it a random {{code|age}} value between 0 and 24. Kelp can be placed only in [[water]] source blocks or downward-flowing water, not horizontally flowing water.

When placed in downward-flowing water, the flowing water transforms into a water source block,<ref>{{bug|MC-134229}}</ref> which is useful for faster [[bubble column]] elevator creation.

Any building block can be placed on top of a kelp plant, which is useful for building structures over a deep ocean without needing to build from the ocean floor (see also [[lily pad]]).

=== Cooking ingredient ===

{{smelting
| showname = 1
| Kelp
| Dried Kelp
| 0.1
}}

=== Composting ===

Placing kelp into a [[composter]] has a 30% chance of raising the compost level by 1.

=== Growth mechanics ===

Kelp can be planted on a broad variety of blocks. It grows underwater if it has either a source block of water or, {{in|Java}}, flowing water above it.<ref>{{bug|MC-133354}}</ref> Neither [[player]]s nor [[dispenser]]s can remove the water source block that kelp grows in without breaking the kelp first.

Kelp does not require any [[light]] level to grow. Kelp also grows without having [[sky]] access. [[Bone meal]] can be used to grow kelp by 1 block on each use.

Kelp, when planted, is generated with a randomly chosen age value, which can be checked when pressing [[Debug screen|<kbd>F3</kbd>]]{{only|java}}. The age value of a newly planted kelp plant varies randomly from 0 to 24. Each time the kelp grows in height by one block, the newly generated top of the kelp plant increases its age by 1. When the top block of the kelp plant reaches an age of 25, it stops growing. This means that kelp can naturally grow to a height between 2 (if the first kelp plant had an age of 24) and 26 blocks (if the first kelp plant had an age of 0). 

When a kelp plant block is broken, the age of the kelp plant block underneath is randomized to a value from 0 to 24 and the kelp continues growing until it reaches age 25. It is possible to use this mechanic to cultivate a kelp plant to increase its growth height beyond its natural maximum height of 26 blocks. This can be done by breaking the top-most block of the kelp plant each time it reaches age 25. A kelp plant cultivated by a player in this way repeatedly grows until it reaches the water surface.

Each time it receives a [[random tick]], kelp has a 14% chance of growing.

If [[shears]] are used on the topmost block of kelp, that block automatically sets its {{cd|age}} value to {{cd|25}} and stop growing.{{only|JE}}

=== Farming ===
{{Main|Tutorials/Kelp farming}}
Kelp farming is similar to farming [[sugar cane]], although kelp must be placed underwater. Automation of harvest is easier because items float up in water.

== Sounds ==
=== Generic ===
{{Sound table/Block/Wet grass}}
=== Unique ===
{{edition|java}}:
{{Sound table
|sound=Shear.ogg
|subtitle=Plant cropped
|source=block
|description=When the tip of kelp is cropped with [[Shears#Cropping growing plants|shears]]
|id=block.growing_plant.crop
|translationkey=subtitles.block.growing_plant.crop
|volume=1.0
|pitch=1.0
|distance=16
|foot=1}}

{{edition|bedrock}}: ''None''

== Data values ==
=== ID ===
{{edition|java}}:
{{ID table
|edition=java
|showforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Kelp
|spritetype=block
|nameid=kelp}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Kelp Plant
|spritetype=block
|nameid=kelp_plant
|form=block
|foot=1}}

{{edition|bedrock}}:
{{ID table
|edition=bedrock
|firstcolumnname=Kelp
|shownumericids=y
|showforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Item
|spritename=kelp
|spritetype=item
|nameid=kelp
|id=382
|form=item}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Block
|spritename=kelp
|spritetype=block
|nameid=kelp
|id=393
|form=block
|itemform=item.kelp
|translationkey=-
|foot=1}}

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

{{/BS}}

== History ==
{{History|java classic}}
{{History||May 21, 2009|link=https://web.archive.org/web/0/http://notch.tumblr.com/post/110762705/my-list-on-tile-types-so-far|[[Notch]] shows interest in adding a "[[seaweed]]" [[block]].}}
{{History|java}}
{{History||November 18, 2017|link={{YouTubeLink|mAapz_nIC_Y}}|Kelp plants were shown in a clip of [[MineCon Earth]].}}
{{History||1.13|snap=18w07a|[[File:Kelp JE1 BE1.gif|32px]] [[File:Kelp (item) JE1 BE2.png|32px]] Added kelp.}}
{{History|||snap=18w07b|Kelp now behaves more like [[water]], meaning [[mob]]s can no longer spawn within the plant under water nor can they replenish their breath by [[swimming]] through it.}}
{{History|||snap=18w10a|[[File:Kelp JE2.gif|32px]] The texture for kelp has been overhauled.}}
{{History|||snap=18w14a|[[File:Kelp.gif|32px]] Top of the kelp textures have been shifted slightly downward.
|The generation rules for kelp have been changed, it now mainly generates in [[cold ocean]] [[biome]]s and can no longer generate in [[warm ocean]]s.}}
{{History|||snap=18w20a|The {{cd|kelp_top}} has been changed ID to {{cd|kelp}} and {{cd|kelp}} has been changed to {{cd|kelp_plant}}, for both the [[block]] and [[item]] forms.}}
{{History|||snap=pre2|Kelp is now destroyed by [[sponge]]s.<ref>{{bug|MC-127111}}</ref>}}
{{History|||snap=pre6|Added 5 new [[sound]] events that apply to kelp: <code>block.wet_grass.break</code>, <code>block.wet_grass.fall</code>, <code>block.wet_grass.hit</code>, <code>block.wet_grass.place</code>, and <code>block.wet_grass.step</code>.}}
{{History||1.14|snap=19w03a|Placing kelp into the new [[composter]] has a 10% chance of raising the compost level by 1.}}
{{History|||snap=19w05a|Kelp now has a 30% chance of increasing the compost level in a composter by 1.
|Added [[Wandering Trader|wandering trader]]s, which sell kelp.}}
{{History||1.16|snap=20w11a|Kelp can now be grown with [[bone meal]].}}
{{History|||snap=20w13a|Kelp has been moved from the Miscellaneous tab to the Decoration Blocks tab in the [[Creative inventory]].<ref name="misc decoration">https://bugs.mojang.com/browse/MC-174434</ref>}}
{{History||1.17|snap=20w46a|Kelp no longer generates on magma blocks.<ref>{{Bug|MC-185605|resolution=Fixed}}</ref>}}
{{History||1.18|snap=21w37a|Kelp now stops growing if [[shears]] are used on the tip.}}

{{History|bedrock}}
{{History||1.4.0|snap=beta 1.2.14.2|[[File:Kelp JE1 BE1.gif|32px]] [[File:Kelp (item) BE1.png|32px]] Added kelp.}}
{{History|||snap=beta 1.2.20.1|[[File:Kelp (item) JE1 BE2.png|32px]] The kelp [[item]] texture has been updated to the {{el|je}}'s.}}
{{History||1.5.0|snap=beta 1.5.0.4|[[File:Kelp.gif|32px]] The texture of the kelp plant has been updated.}}
{{History||1.10.0|snap=beta 1.10.0.3|Kelp can now be bought from [[wandering trader]]s for 3 [[emerald]]s.}}
{{History||1.11.0|snap=beta 1.11.0.1|Kelp can now be used to fill [[composter]]s.}}

{{History|console}}
{{History||xbox=TU69|ps=1.76|wiiu=Patch 38|[[File:Kelp.gif|32px]] [[File:Kelp (item) JE1 BE2.png|32px]] Added kelp.}}
{{History|foot}}

== Issues ==

{{issue list}}

== Trivia ==
* In real life, [[wikipedia:kelp|kelp]] is not considered a [[wikipedia:plant|plant]]. It is classified by scientists as a [[wikipedia:Brown algae|brown algae]].
** Kelp in real life absorbs nutrients directly from the water, instead of through its root-like structure, [[wikipedia:Holdfast (biology)|holdfast]], which merely attaches it to the seabed. This is in accordance with kelp being able to grow on almost any solid block in ''Minecraft''.

== Gallery ==
<gallery heights="60">
SeaPlantsMineConEarth2017.jpg|Kelp shown in a clip from MINECON Earth 2017. 
Kelp in ocean with Jappa textures.jpg|Naturally generated kelp in an [[ocean]] biome.
Kelp on shoreline.png|Naturally generated kelp near the shore.
Ocean life.png|An ocean with kelp visible in the far distance.
Kelp on Land.png|Kelp placed outside of [[water]] using the {{cmd|setblock}} command before 18w07b.
Waterless kelp.png|What kelp looks like without water (water removed using a [[resource pack]]).
Coral reef at night.png|Kelp within a [[coral reef]].
Floating Kelp.png|Kelp that generated in mid-air due to an [[ocean monument]]'s water cutting through it.
Kelp in ocean.jpg|Multiple kelps.
Kelp 255 blocks tall.png|Without obstacles, kelp can grow all the way to building limit.
ArgoMajor Kelp.jpg|First image of kelp in ''Bedrock Edition''.
</gallery>

== References ==
{{reflist}}

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

[[Category:Plants]]
[[Category:Natural blocks]]
[[Category:Non-solid blocks]]

[[de:Seetang]]
[[es:Alga]]
[[fr:Algue]]
[[ja:コンブ]]
[[ko:켈프]]
[[pl:Wodorosty]]
[[pt:Alga]]
[[ru:Ламинария]]
[[th:สาหร่ายทะเล]]
[[zh:海带]]</li></ul>
beta 1.18.0.20The new mountain biomes can now generate by default without enabling experimental gameplay.

Issues

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

Gallery

See also

References

  1. MC-236816 — "Granite, andesite and gravel strips no longer generate in stony peaks, as well as diorite, granite and andesite strips for stone shores" — resolved as "Works As Intended".
  2. MC-236698 — "Big Spruce Trees don't generate in Groves" — resolved as "Fixed".
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