Mud

This article describes content that may be included in Java Edition and Bedrock Edition.

This content has appeared in Java Edition 1.19 and Bedrock Edition 1.19.0 development versions, but the full update containing it has not been released yet.

Mud

Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)
Tool
Blast resistance	0.5
Hardness	0.5
Luminant	No
Transparent	No
Flammable	No
Catches fire from lava	No

This article is about the block. For the Minecraft Earth fluid, see Minecraft Earth:Mud.

Mud is a decorative block obtained by using a water bottle on a dirt block.

1 Obtaining
- 1.1 Breaking
- 1.2 Natural generation
2 Usage
- 2.1 Crafting ingredient
- 2.2 Clay
3 Data values
- 3.1 ID
4 History
5 References

Obtaining[]

Breaking[]

Mud can be broken by hand, but using a shovel speeds up the process.

Block	Mud
Hardness	0.5
Tool
Breaking time^[A]
Default	0.75
Wooden	0.4
Stone	0.2
Iron	0.15
Diamond	0.1
Netherite	0.1
Golden	0.1

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

Natural generation[]

Mud generates in the mangrove swamp biome, and it can also be obtained by using a water bottle on dirt, coarse dirt, and rooted dirt, transforming it into a mud block.

Usage[]

Entities standing on mud sink 2 pixels into it, similarly to soul sand. Unlike soul sand, however, mud does not slow the movement speed of mobs or players that walk on it.

Mud, not being a full block, has some unique properties; falling blocks such as sand drop as an item when landing on it, a hopper that is under a mud block can collect items dropped on it.

Most blocks that can be placed on full blocks can still be placed on mud.

Crafting ingredient[]

Name	Ingredients	Crafting recipe	Description
Muddy Mangrove Roots	Mud + Mangrove Roots		‌^{[upcoming: JE 1.19 & BE 1.19.0]}
Packed Mud	Mud + Wheat		‌^{[upcoming: JE 1.19 & BE 1.19.0]}

Clay[]

If mud is placed directly above a block that has pointed dripstone underneath, it eventually turns into clay.

Data values[]

ID[]

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Block tags	Translation key
Mud	`mud`	Block & Item	`mineable/shovel` `enderman_holdable`	`block.minecraft.mud`

History[]

Upcoming Java Edition
October 16, 2021		Mud was announced at Minecraft Live 2021.
February 21, 2022		JAPPA tweets an image of a new mud texture.
1.19	22w11a	Added mud.
	22w14a	Mud placed above a block with pointed dripstone underneath now converts the mud into clay.
	22w15a	Now allows sugar cane, bamboo, and big dripleaves to be planted on top of it.
Upcoming Bedrock Edition
1.19.0	beta 1.19.0.20	Added mud.
	beta 1.19.0.24	Mud placed above a block with pointed dripstone underneath now converts the mud into clay.
	beta 1.19.0.26	Now allows sugar cane, bamboo, and big dripleaves to be planted on top of it.

References[]

Blocks

Natural
Soil	Clay Dirt Coarse Rooted Dirt Path Grass Block Gravel Mycelium Nylium Podzol Sand Red Soul Sand Soul Soil
Stone	Andesite Basalt Smooth Bedrock Blackstone Calcite Cobblestone Mossy Deepslate Cobbled Diorite Dripstone Block End Stone Glowstone Granite Infested Block Magma Block Netherrack Obsidian Crying Pointed Dripstone Sandstone Red Stone Terracotta Tuff
Ore/Mineral	Amethyst Bud Cluster Ancient Debris Budding Amethyst Coal Ore Deepslate Copper Ore Deepslate Diamond Ore Deepslate Emerald Ore Deepslate Gilded Blackstone Gold Ore Deepslate Iron Ore Deepslate Lapis Lazuli Ore Deepslate Nether Gold Ore Nether Quartz Ore Redstone Ore Deepslate
Liquid/Related	Bubble Column Ice Blue Packed Lava Powder Snow Snow Block Water
Non-physical	Air Cave‌^{[JE only]} Void‌^{[JE only]} Fire Soul

Biota
Wood/Hypha	Logs Stripped Wood Stripped Stems Stripped Hyphae Stripped
Plant	Azalea Flowering Bamboo Shoot Beetroots Big Dripleaf Small Stem Cactus Carrots Cave Vines Chorus Plant Flower Cocoa Dead Bush Fern Large Flowers Tall Grass Tall Hanging Roots Leaves Lily Pad Melon Stem Moss Block Carpet Potatoes Pumpkin Carved Stem Saplings Seagrass Tall Spore Blossom Sugar Cane Sweet Berry Bush Vines Wheat Crops Hay Bale
Fungus	Fungi Glow Lichen Mushrooms Blocks Stem Nether Sprouts Nether Wart Nether Wart Block Warped Roots Shroomlight Twisting Vines Weeping Vines
Fauna	Coral Dead Coral Blocks Dead Coral Fans Dead Sea Pickle
Faunal Product	Bee Nest Bone Block Cobweb Dragon Egg Turtle Egg
Algae	Kelp Dried Block

Building
Ornamental	Bookshelf Carpets Chain Fences Iron Bars Glass Pane Stained Glass Pane Tinted Glass Glazed Terracotta Honeycomb Block Slabs Stairs Walls Wool
Mineral Block	Block of Amethyst Block of Coal Block of Copper Cut Raw Block of Diamond Block of Emerald Block of Gold Raw Block of Iron Raw Block of Lapis Lazuli Block of Netherite Block of Quartz Bricks Chiseled Pillar Smooth Block of Redstone
Structural	Bricks Concrete Powder Cut Sandstone Chiseled Smooth Cut Red Sandstone Chiseled Smooth Deepslate Bricks Cracked Deepslate Tiles Cracked End Stone Bricks Nether Bricks Chiseled Cracked Red Planks Polished Andesite Polished Basalt Polished Blackstone Bricks Cracked Chiseled Polished Diorite Polished Granite Polished Deepslate Chiseled Prismarine Bricks Dark Purpur Block Pillar Smooth Stone Stone Bricks Chiseled Cracked Mossy
Lighting	Candle End Rod Jack o'Lantern Lantern Soul Sea Lantern Torch Soul
BE & EE only	Elements Hardened Glass Pane

Utility
Interactable	Anvil Barrel Beacon Blast Furnace Brewing Stand Cartography Table Chest Ender Crafting Table Enchanting Table Fletching Table Furnace Grindstone Lectern Loom Shulker Box Sign Smithing Table Smoker Stonecutter
Utilizable	Banners Beehive Beds Bell Cake with Candle Campfire Soul Cauldron Lava Powder Snow Water Composter Conduit End Gateway End Portal End Portal Frame Farmland Flower Pot Frosted Ice Heads Jukebox Ladder Lodestone Nether Portal Respawn Anchor Scaffolding Spawner Sponge Wet TNT
Mechanical	Button Daylight Detector Dispenser Doors Dropper Fence Gates Honey Block Hopper Lever Lightning Rod Note Block Observer Piston Sticky Head Moving Pressure Plates Rail Activator Detector Powered Redstone Wire Comparator Repeater Lamp Torch Slime Block Target Trapdoors Trapped Chest Tripwire Hook Tripwire
Bedrock Edition only	Item Frame Glow
Education Edition only	Chalkboard
BE & EE only	Compound Creator Element Constructor Lab Table Material Reducer Colored Torches Underwater Torch Underwater TNT Allow Border Deny Heat Block

Upcoming JE 1.19 & BE 1.19.0
Natural	Mud Reinforced Deepslate
Biota	Frogspawn Froglight Mangrove Roots Muddy Mangrove Roots Sculk Sculk Vein
Building	Mud Bricks Packed Mud
Utility	Sculk Catalyst Sculk Sensor Sculk Shrieker

Creative only
All editions	Player Head
Java Edition only	Petrified Oak Slab
Bedrock Edition only	Empty Monster Spawner
BE & EE only	Allow Border Deny

Commands only
All editions	Barrier Command Block Chain Repeating Unstable TNT
Java Edition only	Custom Player Head
JE & BE only	Jigsaw Block Light Block Structure Block Structure Void
Bedrock Edition only	Chiseled Purpur Wooden Slab Smooth Stone Bricks tile.purpur_block.smooth.name
Education Edition only	Camera

Unimplemented
All editions	Branches Colored Wood Planks Coral Slab Dirt Slab Empty Barrel Fish Barrel Furniture Paeonia Spike Block Wax Block Copper Button

Unused
Bedrock Edition only	Bell Stand Glowing Obsidian Invisible Bedrock Nether Reactor Core Smokeless Campfire info_update info_update2 reserved6 Unknown Stonecutter (old)

Joke features
Java Edition only	An Ant Block of Coal Box of Infinite Books Burnt-out Torch Cursor Etho Slab Funky Portal How did we get here? Leftover Swaggiest stairs ever Tinted Glass USB Charger Block

Removed

Java Edition only

Bedrock Edition only

Extreme metadata variants
All editions	Seamless Stone Slab Six-sided Hay Bale Weird Piston
Java Edition only	Faceless Jack o'Lantern Overripe Melon Stem Overripe Pumpkin Stem Potted non-flower block Green Shrub
Bedrock Edition only	Diorite Bell Granite Bell Polished Six-sided Bone Block Six-sided Purpur Pillar Six-sided Quartz Pillar

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