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A powered rail is a type of rail that is used to decrease or increase the momentum of moving minecarts. When powered with redstone, powered rails will speed up any minecarts passing over. When turned off, they act as "breaks", and will slow down moving minecarts to a halt.

Crafting

Powered rails are crafted similarly to normal rails, but uses gold instead of iron, and adds redstone to the bottom.

Ingredients Crafting recipe
Gold Ingot +
Stick +
Redstone

6

Behavior

Effects

File:2012-01-04 19.30.31.png

A simple launcher using four powered rails, a button and a solid block

Powered rails have two possible states: on or off.

A rail that is "off" slows any passing minecart by applying a frictional force. The force is generally strong enough to bring a moving minecart to a complete stop, or to hold a minecart in place on a slope. However, after going down a slope of 80 or more rail blocks, one non-powered powered rail cannot stop minecarts.

A rail in the "on" state will accelerate a minecart if any of the following is true:

  1. The minecart is already moving, in which case the cart is accelerated in the direction of motion.
  2. The minecart is stationary, but one end of the powered rail is up against a solid block. In this case, the cart is accelerated in the direction that is not blocked.
  3. The minecart is stationary, but the powered rail is on a slope. The instant the powered rail is activated, the brake is released and the cart will start moving down due to gravity. As the cart is now moving, rule (1) applies and the cart is accelerated in that direction.

The second and third cases can both be used to create simple stone button-activated launchpads. When the powered rail is off, carts are held in place, providing a safe way to load and unload carts without them derailing.

Powering

Power can be transmitted to the rail from any of the six adjacent positions (above, below, or any side) in the same way redstone is powered.

Powered rails will propagate power to each other if they are adjacent and part of the same track, for up to 9 blocks from the power source (1 being powered directly which is propagated to 8 adjacent rails). They will also receive power from any adjacent detector rails (when a cart passes over it), even if they are not part of the same track (which follows from the rules above). Because the detector rail powers attached rails, it could be used to activate power rails only when necessary:

  • For one-way travel, place a detector rail before the powered rail
  • For two-way travel, place a detector rail on both sides of the powered rail

In practice it is far more efficient to have powered rails constantly active using other means:

  • Place a redstone torch either next to the powered rail or two blocks underneath it or use powered redstone wiring to achieve the same effect
  • Place an activated lever on the bottom side of the block the powered rail is on (cheapest, only requires a stick and a cobblestone to make)
  • Place the powered rail on a block of redstone

Momentum

The speed of a cart which is boosted using Powered Rails is calculated to be at the maximum of 8 m/s, however the cart maintains an internal "momentum" value that keeps the cart at the maximum speed of 8 m/s until the excess momentum is depleted.

A single powered rail on flat ground against a stop block gives an occupied cart enough momentum to travel 80 rail tiles on a flat surface, or 8 tiles for an unoccupied cart (in Beta 1.5, this was 64 blocks and 8 blocks respectively). Tests show that putting several powered rails in a row has observable diminishing returns with each additional powered rail on how much farther a cart will travel.[1] This implies that the momentum gained is smaller if the cart's speed is faster and vice versa.

Tests show that climbing slopes impact momentum severely, thus the cart speed plummets fast. However, if there is enough surplus momentum, carts will travel up slopes with ease. Conversely, carts traveling down slopes gain momentum. Downward sloped powered rails will add both the momentum from the rails and the momentum from going downhill to your cart.

Climbing slopes

The maximum height a cart can gain unboosted in beta 1.5 is 6 blocks.

6 blocks up without additional boosting in Beta 1.5, 10 in Beta 1.6

Launching from rest via four powered rails, an occupied cart has enough momentum to climb a 1/1 slope 10 blocks high without further boosting and then travel horizontally at a very slow speed for at least a dozen blocks before coming to a stop. Such a cart does not have enough momentum to climb an 11 block high slope. An empty cart in a similar setup will only climb 5 blocks and then travel a few blocks horizontally.

When minecarts travel upslope without having sufficient stored momentum, a powered rail is needed 1 every 4 blocks to sustain movement all the way to the top of the slope, Alternatively, 2 every 8 blocks are somewhat easier to supply power to. However note this is a worst-case scenario where there is no momentum to start with.

If working with empty carts (for instance, a storage cart transport system), 1 powered every 2 blocks is necessary to sustain movement. To minimize powering requirements, 2 powered followed by 2 unpowered can also be used (analogous to loaded player-carrying carts).

When traveling up a slope at full speed (8 m/s) one powered rail will maintain full speed for two blocks high, meaning that alternating between powered and unpowered rails will maintain full speed up a slope. Consecutive powered rails on a slope will add more momentum, so eight powered rails can be followed by 8 normal rails, and full speed will be maintained while traveling up the slope. Less momentum is gained by each consecutive rail as the strip gets longer.

Optimal Use

A test was conducted by building straight tracks 2000 blocks long on level ground with different intervals of powered rails. The time to travel the full 2 km length on an occupied minecart was recorded with each interval. The following table lists the results:[2]

Powered Rail spacing Time to travel 2 km Speed % Slowdown
1 every 28 meters 250 seconds 8.00 m/s 0.0%
1 every 29 meters 250 seconds 8.00 m/s 0.0%
1 every 30 meters 250 seconds 8.00 m/s 0.0%
1 every 31 meters 250 seconds 8.00 m/s 0.0%
1 every 32 meters 250 seconds 8.00 m/s 0.0%
1 every 33 meters 252 seconds 7.94 m/s 0.8%
1 every 34 meters 250 seconds 8.00 m/s 0.0%
1 every 35 meters 253 seconds 7.91 m/s 1.2%
1 every 36 meters 251 seconds 7.97 m/s 0.4%
1 every 37 meters 252 seconds 7.94 m/s 0.8%
1 every 38 meters 251 seconds 7.97 m/s 0.4%
1 every 39 meters 258 seconds 7.75 m/s 3.1%
1 every 40 meters 259 seconds 7.72 m/s 3.5%
1 every 41 meters 263 seconds 7.60 m/s 4.9%
1 every 42 meters 267 seconds 7.49 m/s 6.4%
1 every 43 meters 270 seconds 7.41 m/s 7.4%
Powered Rail spacing Time to travel 2 km Speed % Slowdown
1 every 44 meters 271 seconds 7.38 m/s 7.7%
1 every 45 meters 281 seconds 7.12 m/s 11.0%
1 every 46 meters 281 seconds 7.12 m/s 11.0%
1 every 47 meters 290 seconds 6.90 m/s 13.8%
1 every 48 meters 301 seconds 6.64 m/s 16.9%
1 every 49 meters 306 seconds 6.54 m/s 18.3%
1 every 50 meters 308 seconds 6.49 m/s 18.8%
1 every 51 meters 306 seconds 6.54 m/s 18.3%
1 every 52 meters 314 seconds 6.37 m/s 20.4%
1 every 53 meters 311 seconds 6.43 m/s 19.6%
1 every 54 meters 319 seconds 6.27 m/s 21.6%
1 every 55 meters 322 seconds 6.21 m/s 22.4%
1 every 56 meters 319 seconds 6.27 m/s 21.6%
1 every 57 meters 333 seconds 6.01 m/s 24.9%
1 every 58 meters 339 seconds 5.90 m/s 26.3%
1 every 59 meters 345 seconds 5.80 m/s 27.5%

3 powered rails in a row on flat terrain is sufficient to boost a minecart from rest to the maximum speed of 8 m/s.

Thereafter, the optimal spacing of powered rails on a level track is to use 1 every 38 blocks (that is, a repeating pattern of 1 powered rail followed by 37 normal rails, then another powered rail, and so on) which maintains a constant minecart speed of 8 m/s. If gold is in short supply, it is possible to use powered rails with more space between them at the cost of reduced overall speed.

However, the optimal spacing of torches is 1 every 13 blocks in order to keep the entire track lit at lightlevel 8 and above. So for aesthetic purposes, it might also be desirable to space out powered rails every 39 blocks with minimal speed losses, or to space them out at 1 every 36 blocks with torches 1 every 12 blocks.

An optimal use requires the synchronization of minecart movement and powered rail placement; moving a powered rail a single block forward or back along a track can make a significant difference. This is because the momentum of a minecart is increased per tick (=1/20 of a second) the cart spends on a powered rail (by 0.9 m/s for occupied carts). When a cart travels at the maximum 8 m/s on a straight track, it alternately spends either 2 or 3 ticks on each block. For an optimal placement, the powered rail must be put where the cart spends 3 ticks, otherwise one third of the boost is wasted.

A diagonal track is a track that consists of the pattern 'left corner' attached to a 'right corner' attached to a 'left corner' ... and so on. When minecarts travel on a diagonal track, the camera is held steady in the diagonal direction and the minecart visually travels diagonally along the track as well. The speed limit of minecarts is actually 8 m/s per cardinal axis, thus when traveling on diagonal tracks, the cart will travel 8 m/s in both cardinal directions of travel to result in a net vector of 11.3 m/s.

Because of this difference, there is also a difference between the optimal spacing of powered rails when used on a diagonal track when compared to straight travel on flat terrain. This is currently undetermined to high accuracy but is roughly 1 every 52 blocks.[3]

There is also a difference in unmanned or storage mine carts so it is advisable to use a shorter interval if these carts will be used on the track.

It seems as if the optimal Powered Rail placing interval to make storage mine carts move is 4 (1 Powered Rail every 4th block). Compared to shorter intervals the reduction in speed is minimal. The maximal possible interval seems to be 9 as the minecart will not reliably reach its destination when using higher intervals.

Usage of detector rails

Main article: Detector Rail

A Detector Rail will power 4 adjacent blocks and 2 blocks below it when a minecart, occupied or empty, is on it. This makes it possible to activate powered rails inline without redstone torches or wiring.

A detector can be used to activate adjacent powered rails. However, if the detector is used to activate more than two or three (depending on approach speed) powered rails, the rails will deactivate before the minecart reaches them, bringing the cart to an immediate stop.

One-way powered rail lines can be created by placing a detector rail before a powered rail. This way, occupied carts will only be boosted if they are traveling the proper direction. Carts going the "wrong" way will be brought to a stop because the powered rail is inactive.

Although inefficient, A two-way rail line can be created by placing detector rails on either side of the powered rail.

Alternately, placing powered and detector rails on a 1x1 slope will not propel a cart more than 3 blocks upward if there is not enough initial momentum. The cart will lose too much speed on the incline, meaning it can't make it from the detector rail to the powered rail before the powered rail returns to the "off" state. If the cart is in a train of two or more carts, the last car in the train will become stuck instead.

A detector rail could also be used to activate an event based on a cart's location. For example, a fail-safe can be created to release a stopped cart in order to prevent a collision with an arriving cart. The arriving cart passes over a detector rail, activating a powered rail that boosts the resting cart away.

Additional properties

File:2012-01-04 19.32.38.png

Powered rails do not curve like other rails.

Curved power rails only exist in the case where the final direction is towards the east (with the powered rail appearing in the north-south orientation), or in a T-junction where one path faces east along a north/south track.[4][5] It is possible to make a one-way curved railway using power rails, but not a bi-directional one.

When placing rails, regular rails prefer to curve towards the powered rail. In cases such as these, the south-west rule applies.

A cart traveling on a powered rail that collides with an object (wall, single block, player, other cart) will reverse direction. It will not reverse direction if it collides with a translucent block, such as Stone Slabs or Glass. If a track including powered rails is bordered by blocks acting as "buffers", the cart will indefinitely continue back and forth along the track. Having carts interact with each other on a short track designed this way can be used to chain multiple carts together as a "train". Once aligned, they will all move together at relatively the same speed.

How far the charge passes down adjacent rails is independent of the length of redstone wire. Even if the rails are connected to a redstone torch by 15 blocks of redstone dust, the 8 adjacent rails will still be powered normally despite the fact that they should be out of range for the torch.

Powered Rail Mechanisms

Stop points

It is possible to make points in your track where a cart is stopped and then jumpstarted again by player input. This can be useful for creating checkpoints to certain sites of interest in your world. This can be done by using two powered track pieces on a one block incline, by having the first powered track piece going down, with the second powered track piece at the bottom and a button placed alongside the second powered track piece, so that the button is directly above the track. You can see an animated example of this stop point if you click on the image to the right.

File:Stop Point.GIF

Animated Gif of a stop point. Click for the animated version

When the cart comes to this point it will stop On the incline, allowing the cart to use gravity to start the boost when the button is pushed. Players can then either stay in the cart and carry on to the next stop, or leave the cart at the station for themselves/other players to use later.

A "two-way" stop can be made by combining two of the normal stops with a detector rail in between. This will pause a minecart travelling in either direction and allow them to be restarted by pressing a button.

File:2012-01-04 21.41.48.png

Two-way minecart stop, click for larger

Starting boost

To create a simple initial boost device using 2 powered rails, dig a hole 1 block deep and 2 blocks long. Place the powered rails inside the trench, connect one end to the track that you wish the mine cart to exit. Finally place the mine cart on the powered rail. Once power is applied to the rail the minecart will be boosted out.

Momentum boost/Climb boost

Note: This trick seems to be outdated in the 1.5 update.[citation needed]

It is possible to reach a remarkable height with just using 4 powered rail[6] by using a 3x3 loop with 4 powered rail that is connected with a T switch to the slope. A cart is placed on the loop and allowed to spin around for a few seconds to build up momentum beyond the speed limit. The best practice is to have a switch with a delay to switch the T section to alternate between a loop and the uphill section. The player switches the loop so it will go uphill, because of the delay the player can get in the cart and the cart will loop a few times building up momentum until the delayed switch of the T-section shoots the player uphill. With just a few seconds of building up momentum, you will reach the cloud layer if sea level was used as starting point. You can make a loop with 3 rails instead of four which is more effective, as seen here. You can implement this trick in a minecart arrival/depart station, as seen here. You can avoid using stacks of redstone for delay repeaters by using a water timer, as seen here.

When making use of this mechanism (assuming the delay it takes for a dispensed item to travel in 8 blocks of water and without additional friction); an occupied minecart will travel at full speed for approximately 330 blocks on a flat horizontal surface (after which momentum loss will become visible as a loss of speed will occur). When making use of this same mechanism to gauge vertical climb at full speed before speed loss occurs - one can observe an occupied minecart able to climb approximately 60 blocks before speed loss occurs.

This leads us to surmise that: Each block climbed vertically consumes approximately the same momentum as travelling 5.5 blocks horizontally. With this knowledge in hand, it is easy to calculate whether the distance you wish to traverse can sufficiently be overcome with this booster; and whether additional support will be necessary.

Video

Powered Rail/video

History

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'''Blaze powder''' is an item made from a [[blaze rod]], which is dropped by a [[blaze]] when killed. Its main uses are to fuel [[brewing stand]]s, to brew [[strength]] [[potions]], and to make [[eyes of ender]] to take the player to [[the End]].

== Obtaining ==

=== Crafting ===
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== Usage ==

=== Crafting Ingredient ===

{{crafting usage}}

=== Brewing stand fuel ===
In addition to being a [[brewing]] ingredient, blaze powder is needed to fuel a [[brewing stand]]. Each piece of blaze powder can brew up to 20 batches of [[Potion|potions]].

=== Brewing ingredient ===
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== Video ==

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== Issues ==
{{issue list}}

== See also ==
* [[The Nether]]
* [[Potions]]

== External Links ==
*[https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/taking-inventory--blaze-powder Taking Inventory: Blaze Powder] – Minecraft.net on November 25, 2021

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[[zh:烈焰粉]]</li><li>[[Melon Seeds|Melon Seeds]]<br/>{{Block
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}}'''Melon seeds''' are items obtained from [[Melon Slice|melon slices]] that can be used to grow melon stems.

'''Melon stems''' are plants grown on [[farmland]] that, over time, grow [[melon]]s on dirt, mud and moss blocks adjacent to them.

== Obtaining ==
=== Breaking ===
When broken, a melon stem drops 0–3 melon seeds. The chance for melon seeds to drop increases with the stem's age.
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=== Natural generation ===
Melon stems generate naturally in stem farm inside [[woodland mansion]]s.

Melon stems generate in 20% of the farm plots in [[savanna]] [[village]]s, and 10% of the farm plots in [[desert]] villages.

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

=== Crafting ===
{{Crafting
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=== Trading ===
[[Wandering trader]]s sell melon seeds for 1 [[emerald]].

== Usage ==
=== Farming ===
{{see also|Tutorials/Pumpkin and melon farming}}
Melon seeds can be planted only on [[farmland]], as stems. Over time, a stem grows through several stages<sup>[''[[Talk:Pumpkin Seeds|needs testing]]'']</sup> and, at its final growth stage, will produce [[melon]]s on any adjacent [[dirt]], [[Coarse Dirt|coarse dirt]], [[Rooted Dirt|rooted dirt]], [[Grass Block|grass block]], [[farmland]], [[podzol]], [[mycelium]], [[Moss Block|moss block]], [[mud]] or [[Muddy Mangrove Roots|muddy mangrove roots]]. If a melon is already occupying a spot adjacent to a stem it does not grow more melons until the melons is removed. A single stem can grow an unlimited number of melons. Melon stems need a minimum light level of 10 in the block above the stem to grow and give melons. Melon seeds are affected by [[bone meal]] only with respect to stem growth; bone meal does not help produce the actual melons.

=== Breeding ===
Like other seeds, melon 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, melon seeds can be used to tame [[parrot]]s.

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

== Melon Stem ==
A '''melon stem''' is the block that is planted on [[farmland]] when melon seeds are used on it. It starts underground, and rises up as the plant grows. The stem is colored green when young, and then yellow once fully grown.

The stem curves once a melon has grown from it. A fully-grown single stem connects to any [[melon]] in an adjacent square, thus there are 5 possible appearances to a stem. If there are multiple melons it can connect to, it favors the east, then west, north, and south. When the melon is removed, the stem returns to its straight shape.

== Sounds ==
{{Sound table/Block/Hard crop}}

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

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

== History ==
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{{History|java beta}}
{{History||1.8|snap=Pre-release|[[File:Melon Seeds JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added melon seeds.
|[[File:Melon Stem Age 0 JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Stem Age 1 JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 2 JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 3 JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 4 JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 5 JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 6 JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 7 JE1.png|32px]] Added the melon stem, with seven stages of growth.
|Melon seeds can found in the new [[mineshaft]] [[chest]]s.
|[[File:Attached Melon Stem (N) JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Attached Melon Stem (E) JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Attached Melon Stem (S) JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Attached Melon Stem (W) JE1.png|32px]] Melon stems have four slightly visually distinct appearances for each facing direction - the bent part of the stem rotates, but the other two planes do not.
|[[File:Melon Stem Age 8 JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 9 JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 10 JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 11 JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 12 JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 13 JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 14 JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 15 JE1.png|32px]] Melon stem data values 8–15 now show a glitched formation, with a floating stem with an attached stem cross eventually emerging below.
|[[File:Attached Stem Age 8 JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Attached Stem Age 9 JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Attached Stem Age 10 JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Attached Stem Age 11 JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Attached Stem Age 12 JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Attached Stem Age 13 JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Attached Stem Age 14 JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Attached Stem Age 15 JE1.png|32px]] Melon stem blocks with data values higher than 7 can now attach to adjacent fruits, which results in buggy stem textures with [[vines]] in the mix due to vines being below attached stems in [[terrain.png]].}}
{{History|||snap=Pre-release 2 ;)|Melon stems can now be grown faster using [[bone meal]].}}
{{History|java}}
{{History||1.3.1|snap=1.3|The texture of melon stems has been moved one pixel to the left in [[terrain.png]].
|[[File:Melon Stem Age 0 JE2.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 1 JE2.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 2 JE2.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 3 JE2.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 4 JE2.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 5 JE2.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 6 JE2.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 7 JE2.png|32px]] Stems now appear slightly different.
|[[File:Melon Stem Age 8 JE2.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 9 JE2.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 10 JE2.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 11 JE2.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 12 JE2.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 13 JE2.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 14 JE2.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 15 JE2.png|32px]] Overgrown stems now appear slightly different.
|[[File:Attached Melon Stem (N) JE2.png|32px]] [[File:Attached Melon Stem (E) JE2.png|32px]] [[File:Attached Melon Stem (S) JE2.png|32px]] [[File:Attached Melon Stem (W) JE2.png|32px]] Attached melon stems now appear slightly different.
|[[File:Attached Stem Age 8 JE2.png|32px]] [[File:Attached Stem Age 9 JE2.png|32px]] [[File:Attached Stem Age 10 JE2.png|32px]] [[File:Attached Stem Age 11 JE2.png|32px]] [[File:Attached Stem Age 12 JE2.png|32px]] [[File:Attached Stem Age 13 JE2.png|32px]] [[File:Attached Stem Age 14 JE2.png|32px]] [[File:Attached Stem Age 15 JE2.png|32px]] Overgrown attached melon stems now appear slightly different.}}
{{History||1.4.2|snap=12w36a|[[Chicken]]s now use [[wheat seeds]], melon seeds, and [[pumpkin seeds]], instead of [[wheat]] to breed.}}
{{History||1.5|snap=13w02a|[[File:Melon Stem Age 0 JE3.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 1 JE3.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 2 JE3.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 3 JE3.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 4 JE3.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 5 JE3.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 6 JE3.png|32px]] Melon stems now use a squished version of their texture for immature stems, depending on age.
|[[File:Melon Stem Age 8 JE3.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 9 JE3.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 10 JE3.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 11 JE3.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 12 JE3.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 13 JE3.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 14 JE3.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 15 JE3.png|32px]] This also affects melon stems of ages 8–15, which are likewise stretched to accommodate its predicted size.
|[[File:Attached Stem Age 8 JE3.png|32px]] [[File:Attached Stem Age 9 JE3.png|32px]] [[File:Attached Stem Age 10 JE3.png|32px]] [[File:Attached Stem Age 11 JE3.png|32px]] [[File:Attached Stem Age 12 JE3.png|32px]] [[File:Attached Stem Age 13 JE3.png|32px]] [[File:Attached Stem Age 14 JE3.png|32px]] [[File:Attached Stem Age 15 JE3.png|32px]] Melon stems of extreme ages, which are attached to adjacent fruits, now show a stretched and tinted stem appearance.}}
{{History|||snap=13w03a|[[File:Melon Stem Age 0 JE4.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 1 JE4.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 2 JE4.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 3 JE4.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 4 JE4.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 5 JE4.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 6 JE4.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 7 JE4.png|32px]] Melon stems are no longer squished or stretched to account for age.<ref>{{bug|MC-7111}}</ref>
|[[File:Melon Stem Age 8 JE4.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 9 JE4.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 10 JE4.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 11 JE4.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 12 JE4.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 13 JE4.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 14 JE4.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 15 JE4.png|32px]] Melon stems with age values 8 through 15 now show a tinted [[trapdoor]] texture.
|From this version up until 14w08a, overgrown melon stems start to draw from the texture below them on the [[texture atlas]], in much the same way they previously did with terrain.png. However, as texture atlases are unstable and textures tend to change positions as new blocks and textures are added, overgrown stems change the texture they draw from every time new textures are added, which includes when textures added by [[mods]].}}
{{History|||snap=13w09a|[[File:Melon Stem Age 8 JE5.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 9 JE5.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 10 JE5.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 11 JE5.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 12 JE5.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 13 JE5.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 14 JE5.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 15 JE5.png|32px]] Melon stems with age values 8–15 now show a tinted [[birch wood]] texture.}}
{{History||1.6.1|snap=13w24a|Melon and pumpkin stems have now been assigned separate textures.
|[[File:Melon Stem Age 8 JE6.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 9 JE6.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 10 JE6.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 11 JE6.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 12 JE6.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 13 JE6.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 14 JE6.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 15 JE6.png|32px]] Melon stems with age values 8–15 now show a tinted [[note block]] texture.}}
{{History||1.7.2|snap=13w37a|Added the {{cmd|setblock}} [[commands|command]], allowing for invalid stem ages to be placed in the world without using external editors. This also allows them to be obtained in earlier versions via backdating.}}
{{History|||snap=13w41a|[[File:Melon Stem Age 8 JE7.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 9 JE7.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 10 JE7.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 11 JE7.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 12 JE7.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 13 JE7.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 14 JE7.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 15 JE7.png|32px]] Melon stems with age values 8–15 now show a tinted [[netherrack]] texture.}}
{{History||1.8|snap=14w10a|[[File:Melon Stem Age 8 JE8.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 9 JE8.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 10 JE8.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 11 JE8.png|32px]] Melon stems with data values 8–11 now display a tinted attached stem, with 8 facing west, 9 facing east, 10 facing north and 11 facing south.
|Invalid melon stems with data values 12-15 now crash the game.}}
{{History|||snap=14w25a|[[File:Melon Stem Age 0 JE5.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 1 JE5.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 2 JE5.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 3 JE5.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 4 JE5.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 5 JE5.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 6 JE5.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 7 JE5.png|32px]] Melon stems now render as a single diagonal plane, or, in the case of attached stems, a diagonal and orthogonal plane.
|[[File:Attached Melon Stem (N) JE3.png|32px]] [[File:Attached Melon Stem (E) JE3.png|32px]] [[File:Attached Melon Stem (S) JE3.png|32px]] [[File:Attached Melon Stem (W) JE3.png|32px]] The attached melon stem [[model]] now fully rotates to the direction the stem points. Prior to this update, the base of the melon stem would stay the same while the long attaching section would differ, resulting in four possible attached stem appearances.
|Invalid overgrown melon stems have effectively been removed from the game, as attempting to place an out of range stem via {{cmd|setblock}} creates a stem of age 0 and loading a world with such stems existing causes a game crash.}}
{{History|||snap=14w26a|[[File:Melon Stem Age 0 JE6.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 1 JE6.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 2 JE6.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 3 JE6.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 4 JE6.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 5 JE6.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 6 JE6.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 7 JE6.png|32px]] [[File:Attached Melon Stem (N) JE4.png|32px]] [[File:Attached Melon Stem (E) JE4.png|32px]] [[File:Attached Melon Stem (S) JE4.png|32px]] [[File:Attached Melon Stem (W) JE4.png|32px]] Melon stems now correctly render as crosses again.<ref>{{bug|MC-58136}}</ref>}}
{{History|||snap=14w27a|[[File:Attached Stem Age 0 14w27a.png|32px]] [[File:Attached Stem Age 1 14w27a.png|32px]] [[File:Attached Stem Age 2 14w27a.png|32px]] [[File:Attached Stem Age 3 14w27a.png|32px]] [[File:Attached Stem Age 4 14w27a.png|32px]] [[File:Attached Stem Age 5 14w27a.png|32px]] [[File:Attached Stem Age 6 14w27a.png|32px]] Due to a bug, all melon stems appear attached regardless of age or any actual attachment.<ref>{{bug|MC-60208}}</ref>}}
{{History|||snap=14w28a|All melon stems appearing attached regardless of age or any actual attachment has been fixed. However, melon stems still appear attached to adjacent fruits regardless of age due to a similar bug.<ref>{{bug|MC-61716}}</ref>}}
{{History|||snap=14w34d|Melon seeds can no longer be used for [[breeding]] [[chicken]]s.}}
{{History||1.9|snap=15w31a|Chickens can now use melon seeds to breed again.}}
{{History|||snap=15w44a|Melon seeds have been added to [[dungeon]] [[chest]]s.
|The average yield of melon seeds from [[mineshaft]] chests has been decreased.}}
{{History|||snap=15w45a|Melon stems must now be fully grown again to attach.}}
{{History||1.11|snap=16w39a|Melon seeds can now be found inside chests in the new [[woodland mansion]]s.
|Melon crops now generate inside woodland mansions.}}
{{History||1.12|snap=17w18b|Placing a melon seeds in farmland now gives the player the "A Seedy Place" [[advancement]].{{verify}}}}
{{History||1.13|snap=17w47a|The different block states for the <code>melon_stem</code> ID have been split up into their own IDs.
|Prior to [[1.13/Flattening|''The Flattening'']], this [[block]]'s numeral ID was 105, and the [[item]]'s 362.}}
{{History|||snap=17w48a|Attached melon stems no longer [[drops|drop]] seeds.}}
{{History||1.14|snap=18w43a|[[File:Attached Melon Stem (N) JE5.png|32px]] [[File:Attached Melon Stem (E) JE5.png|32px]] [[File:Attached Melon Stem (S) JE5.png|32px]] [[File:Attached Melon Stem (W) JE5.png|32px]] The texture of attached melon stems has been changed.}}
{{History|||snap=18w49a|Melon stems now generate in the updated [[savanna]] [[village]]s.}}
{{History|||snap=18w50a|Melon stems now generate in the updated [[desert]] [[village]]s.}}
{{History|||snap=19w03a|Placing melon seeds into the new [[composter]] has a 10% chance of raising the compost level by 1.}}
{{History|||snap=19w05a|Melon seeds now have a 30% chance of increasing the compost level in a composter by 1.
|Added [[Wandering Trader|wandering trader]]s, which sell melon seeds.}}
{{History||1.15|snap=19w34a|[[Bee]]s can now pollinate melon stems.}}
{{History|||snap=19w39a|Attached melon stems now [[drops|drop]] seeds again.<ref>{{bug|MC-136360}}</ref>}}
{{History||1.18|snap=Pre-release 5|[[File:Melon Seeds JE2.png|32px]] The texture of melon seeds has been changed.}}

{{History|pocket alpha}}
{{History||v0.5.0|Added melon seeds.
|[[File:Melon Stem Age 0 JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Stem Age 1 JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 2 JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 3 JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 4 JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 5 JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 6 JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 7 JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Attached Melon Stem (N) JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Attached Melon Stem (E) JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Attached Melon Stem (S) JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Attached Melon Stem (W) JE1.png|32px]]{{verify|Are these models correct?}} Added melon stems.}}
{{History||v0.6.0|[[File:Melon Seeds JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Melon seeds no longer use the pumpkin seeds texture.}}
{{History||v0.9.0|snap=?|Melon seeds can now be found in [[mineshaft]] chests.}}
{{History||v0.12.1|snap=build 1|Melon seeds are no longer available from the [[Nether reactor]].}}
{{History||v0.14.0|snap=build 1|Melon seeds can now be found in [[minecart with chest|minecarts with chests]] in [[mineshaft]]s.}}
{{History|pocket}}
{{History||1.0.0|snap=alpha 0.17.0.1|Melon seeds now generate inside [[dungeon]] [[chest]]s.}}
{{History||1.1.0|snap=alpha 1.1.0.0|Melon crops now generate inside [[woodland mansion]]s.
|Melon seeds can now be found in woodland mansion chests.}}
{{History|bedrock}}
{{History||1.2.0|snap=beta 1.2.0.2|Melon seeds can now be found inside [[bonus chest]]s.
|Melon seeds are now used to tame [[parrot]]s.}}
{{History||1.10.0|snap=beta 1.10.0.3|[[File:Attached Melon Stem (W) JE5.png|32px]]{{info needed|More accurate image}} The texture of attached melon stems has been changed.
|Melon stems now generate in [[savanna]] and [[desert]] [[village]] farms.
|Added [[wandering trader]]s, who [[trading|sell]] melon seeds.}}
{{History||1.11.0|snap=beta 1.11.0.1|Melon seeds can now be used to fill up [[composter]]s.}}
{{History||1.14.0|snap=beta 1.14.0.1|[[Bee]]s can now pollinate melon stems.}}

{{History|console}}
{{History||xbox=TU5|xbone=CU1|ps=1.0|wiiu=Patch 1|[[File:Melon Seeds JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added melon seeds.
|[[File:Melon Stem Age 0 JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Stem Age 1 JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 2 JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 3 JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 4 JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 5 JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 6 JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 7 JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Attached Melon Stem (N) JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Attached Melon Stem (E) JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Attached Melon Stem (S) JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Attached Melon Stem (W) JE1.png|32px]]{{verify|Are these models correct?}} Added melon stems.}}
{{History||xbox=none|xbone=none|ps=1.90|wiiu=none|switch=none|[[File:Attached Melon Stem (W) JE5.png|32px]]{{info needed|More accurate image}} The texture of attached melon stems has been changed.}}

{{History|New 3DS}}
{{History||0.1.0|[[File:Melon Stem Age 0 JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Stem Age 1 JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 2 JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 3 JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 4 JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 5 JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 6 JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 7 JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Attached Melon Stem (N) JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Attached Melon Stem (E) JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Attached Melon Stem (S) JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Attached Melon Stem (W) JE1.png|32px]]{{verify|Are these models correct?}} Added melon stems.}}
{{History|foot}}

<gallery>
Melon Stem with data value 15.png|The final version of the melon stem with age 15, as seen in-game.
Melonstems.png|Melon stems of ages 1–15 on a modded version of 1.7.2, hence the melon stems using the melon top texture.
Stems of 13w02a.png|All 16 stem sizes in 13w02a, with accompanying data values.
</gallery>

=== Melon stem "item" ===
{{:Technical blocks/Melon Stem}}

== Issues ==

{{issue list}}

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
Stem All Ages.png|All stages of growth.
AllSeeds.png|All the [[seeds]] that exist in the game.
</gallery>

== See also ==

* [[Melon]]
* [[Pumpkin Seeds]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

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

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

[[cs:Semínka melounu]]
[[de:Melone]]
[[es:Semillas de sandía]]
[[fr:Graines de pastèque]]
[[hu:Dinnyemagok]]
[[it:Anguria]]
[[ja:スイカの種]]
[[ko:수박씨]]
[[nl:Meloenzaden]]
[[pl:Nasiona arbuza]]
[[pt:Sementes de melancia]]
[[ru:Семена арбуза]]
[[th:เมล็ดแตงโม]]
[[zh:西瓜种子]]</li></ul>
Added Powered Rails.
1.6
{{Extension DPL}}<ul><li>[[Red Dye|Red Dye]]<br/>{{Item
| title = Red Dye
| renewable = Yes
| stackable = Yes (64)
}}
'''Red dye''' is a [[Dye#Primary|primary color dye]] created primarily from flowers.

== Obtaining ==

=== Crafting ===

{{Crafting
|head=1
|showname=0
|Poppy; Red Tulip; Beetroot 
|Output=Red Dye
|type=Material
}}
{{Crafting
|Rose Bush
|Output=Red Dye,2
|type=Material
|foot=1
}}

=== Trading ===

[[Wandering trader]]s sell 3 red dye for an [[emerald]].

== Usage ==

{{dye usage}}

=== Crafting ingredient ===

{{crafting usage|ignore=Banner|continue=1}}
{{banner crafting usage}}

=== Loom ingredient ===
{{Banner loom usage|Red Dye}}

=== Trading ===
Journeyman-level shepherd villagers have a {{frac|1|6}} chance to buy 12 red dye for an emerald.

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

{{edition|bedrock}}:
{{ID table
|edition=bedrock
|showaliasids=y
|shownumericids=y
|showforms=y
|notshowbeitemforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Red Dye
|spritetype=item
|nameid=red_dye
|aliasid=dye / 1
|id=396
|form=item
|translationkey=item.dye.red.name
|foot=1}}

== Video ==

<div style="text-align:center">{{yt|tqTbsbt2irk}}</div>

== History ==
{{History|java beta}}
{{History||January 10, 2011<ref group="n">Supposed time when fragment was filmed. Based on modified date of client.jar/gui/trap.png in [[Beta 1.2]].</ref>|link=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBF2ugTzXqQ&t=181s|[[File:Red Dye (pre-release).png|32px]] Shown rose red in development as part of [[Minecraft: The Story of Mojang]].}}
{{History||1.2|[[File:Red Dye JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added rose red.}}
{{History||1.6.6|Roses can now be generated using [[Bone Meal|bone meal]], making rose red [[renewable resource|renewable]].}}
{{History|java}}
{{History||1.3.1|snap=1.3|[[File:Red Dye JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The texture of rose red has now been changed.}}
{{History||1.4.2|snap=12w34a|Added the ability to [[Armor#Dyeing|dye]] leather [[armor]] and [[wolf]] collars.}}
{{History||1.4.6|snap=12w49a|Rose red can now be crafted with [[gunpowder]] to create a [[firework star]].}} 
{{History||1.6.1|snap=13w19a|Rose red can now be used to craft stained clay.}}
{{History||1.7.2|snap=13w36a|Rose red is now crafted using a poppy instead of a rose, as the latter is removed.
|Rose red can now be crafted using red tulips and rose bushes.}}
{{History|||snap=13w37a|Each poppy now yields only 1 rose red, instead of 2.}}
{{History|||snap=13w41a|Rose red can now be used to craft stained glass.}}
{{History||1.8|snap=14w30a|Added [[banner]]s, which can be dyed.}}
{{History||1.9|snap=15w31a|Rose red can now be crafted using [[beetroot]].}}
{{History||1.11|snap=16w39a|Added the ability to dye [[shulker box]]es.}}
{{History||1.12|snap=17w06a|Rose red can now be used to craft red [[concrete powder]].}}
{{History|||snap=17w15a|Added the ability to dye [[bed]]s.}}
{{History||1.13|snap=17w47a|The different data values for the <code>dye</code> ID have now been split up into their own IDs.
|Prior to [[1.13/Flattening|''The Flattening'']], this [[item]]'s numeral ID was 351.}}
{{History||1.14|snap=18w43a|"Rose Red" has now been renamed to "Red Dye".
|[[File:Red Dye JE3 BE3.png|32px]] The texture of red dye has now been changed.}}
{{History|||snap=18w44a|Red dye can now change the text color on [[sign]]s to red.}}
{{History|||snap=19w05a|Added the [[wandering trader]], which sells red dye.}}
{{History|||snap=19w11a|Red dye can now be [[trading|bought]] by shepherd villagers.}}
{{History||1.17|snap=20w45a|Red dye can now be used to craft [[red candle]]s.}}
{{History|||snap=21w19a|Red dye can no longer be used to craft red candles.}}
{{History|||snap=Pre-release 1|Red dye can once again be used to craft red candles.}}
{{History||1.20<br>(Experimental)|link=1.19.3|snap=22w42a|Red dye can now change the text color on [[hanging sign]]s to red.}}

{{History|pocket alpha}}
{{History||v0.3.0|[[File:Red Dye JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added rose red. It is currently unobtainable and serves no purpose.}}
{{History||v0.4.0|Rose red is now obtainable by smelting red [[mushroom]]s.
|Rose red can now be used to craft other dyes and red wool.}}
{{History||v0.8.0|snap=build 1|[[File:Red Dye JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The texture of red dye has been changed.
|Rose red is now used to craft [[cocoa beans]].}}
{{History||v0.9.0|snap=build 3|Rose red can now be obtained by putting a poppy, red tulip or rose bush [[flower]]s in the crafting grid.}}
{{History||v0.15.0|snap=build 1|Red mushrooms can no longer be smelted to obtain rose red.}}
{{History||v0.16.0|snap=build 1|Rose red is no longer used to craft cocoa beans.}}
{{History|bedrock}}
{{History||1.8.0|snap=beta 1.8.0.10|"Rose Red" has now been renamed to "Red Dye".}}
{{History||1.10.0|snap=beta 1.10.0.3|Red dye can now be [[trading|bought]] from [[wandering trader]]s.
|[[File:Red Dye JE3 BE3.png|32px]] The texture of red dye has now been changed.}}
{{History||1.11.0|snap=beta 1.11.0.4|Red dye can now be [[trading|sold]] to shepherd [[villager]]s.}}
{{History||1.16.100|snap=beta 1.16.100.56|The ID of red dye has been changed from <code>dye/1</code> to <code>red_dye</code>.}}

{{History|console}}
{{History||xbox=TU1|xbone=CU1|ps=1.00|switch=1.0.1|wiiu=Patch 1|[[File:Red Dye JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added rose red.}}
{{History||xbox=none|xbone=none|ps=1.83|switch=none|wiiu=none|"Rose Red" has now been renamed to "Red Dye".}}
{{History||ps=1.90|[[File:Red Dye JE3 BE3.png|32px]] The texture of red dye has now been changed.}}

{{History|new 3ds}}
{{History||0.1.0|[[File:Red Dye JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added rose red.}}
{{History|foot}}

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== Issues ==
{{issue list}}

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[[Category:Items]]
[[Category:Dyes]]
[[Category:Renewable resources]]</li><li>[[Egg|Egg]]<br/>{{About|chicken eggs|the similar item that spawns mobs|Spawn egg|other uses}}
{{ItemEntity
|image=Egg.png
|renewable=Yes
|stackable=Yes (16)
|size=Height: 0.25 Blocks<br>Width: 0.25 Blocks
}}

An '''egg''' is an [[item]] that can be used to craft [[food]] items, or thrown for a chance to spawn [[chick]]s on impact.

== Obtaining ==
=== Mob loot ===
{{see also|Tutorials/Egg farming}}
A [[chicken]] drops an egg item every 5–10 minutes. The theoretical average would be expected at 1 egg every 7.5 minutes, or 0.1333 eggs per minute.

A [[fox]] sometimes spawns holding an egg, which it always drops upon death. Alternatively, a player dropping a food item causes the fox to drop the egg.

=== Chest loot ===
{{LootChestItem|egg}}

== Usage ==

=== Crafting ingredient ===
{{crafting usage}}

=== Combat ===
Players are able to throw eggs and deal knockback to [[mob]]s (but not other players{{only|JE|short=1}}<ref>{{bug|MC-3179|||WAI}}</ref>{{until|JE Combat Tests}}), but no damage is dealt, similar to a [[snowball]]. Likewise, throwing eggs at [[neutral mobs]] provokes them. Eggs can also be fired from [[dispenser]]s and are affected by gravity.

=== Spawning chickens ===
When thrown by a dispenser or by pressing the {{control|use}} button, an egg has a {{fraction|1|8}} (12.5%) chance of spawning a [[chick]]. If this occurs, there is a {{fraction|1|32}} (3.125%) chance of spawning three additional chicks (on average, 1 out of every 256 eggs spawns 4 chicks). In other words, whenever an egg is thrown, there is a {{fraction|31|256}} chance of spawning 1 chick and a {{fraction|1|256}} chance of spawning four chicks.

The expected value of the number of chicks an egg produces is {{fraction|35|256}} or 13.7%. This means that on average, a chick is spawned every 7.3 eggs, a stack of 16 eggs spawns 2.188 chicks, and a full inventory including the hotbar and off-hand (<code>37 * 16 = 592</code> eggs) is expected to spawn approximately 81 chicks.

== Sounds ==
{{Edition|Java}}:<br>
Thrown eggs use the Friendly Creatures sound category for entity-dependent sound events.
{{Sound table
|rowspan=2
|sound=Bow shoot.ogg
|subtitle=Egg flies
|source=player
|description=When an egg is thrown
|id=entity.egg.throw
|translationkey=subtitles.entity.egg.throw
|volume=0.5
|pitch={{frac|1|3}}-0.5
|distance=16}}
{{Sound table
|subtitle=Dispensed item
|source=block
|description=When a dispenser shoots an egg
|id=block.dispenser.launch
|translationkey=subtitles.block.dispenser.dispense
|volume=1.0
|pitch=1.2
|distance=16}}
{{Sound table
|sound=Chicken plop.ogg
|subtitle=Chicken plops
|source=Friendly Creatures
|description=When an egg is laid by a chicken
|id=entity.chicken.egg
|translationkey=subtitles.entity.chicken.egg
|volume=1.0
|pitch=0.8-1.2
|distance=16
|foot=1}}

{{Edition|Bedrock}}:
{{Sound table
|type=bedrock
|rowspan=2
|sound=Bow shoot.ogg
|source=player
|description=When an egg is thrown
|id=random.bow
|volume=0.5
|pitch=0.33-0.5}}
{{Sound table
|source=player
|description=When a dispenser shoots an egg
|id=random.bow
|volume=1.0
|pitch=0.83-1.25}}
{{Sound table
|sound=Chicken plop.ogg
|source=neutral
|description=When an egg is laid by a chicken
|id=mob.chicken.plop
|volume=1.0
|pitch=0.8-1.2
|foot=1}}

== Data values ==
=== ID ===
{{edition|java}}:
{{ID table
|edition=java
|showforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Egg
|spritetype=item
|nameid=egg
|form=item
|foot=1}}
{{ID table
|edition=java
|showentitytags=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Thrown Egg
|spritetype=entity
|spritename=Egg
|nameid=egg
|entitytags=impact_projectiles
|foot=1}}
{{edition|bedrock}}:
{{ID table
|edition=bedrock
|shownumericids=y
|showforms=y
|notshowbeitemforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Egg
|spritetype=item
|nameid=egg
|id=390
|form=item
|foot=1}} 
{{ID table
|edition=bedrock
|shownumericids=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Egg
|spritetype=entity
|nameid=egg
|id=82
|foot=1}}

=== Entity Data ===

Thrown eggs have entity data that define various properties of the entity.

{{el|java}}:
{{main|Entity format}}
{{/ED}}

{{el|bedrock}}:
: See [[Bedrock Edition level format/Entity format]].

== Achievements ==
{{load achievements|The Lie}}

==Advancements==
{{Load advancements|Bullseye}}

== Video ==
<div style="text-align:center">{{yt|8rDbF8UYuTc}}</div>

== History ==
{{History|java alpha}}
{{History||v1.0.14|[[File:Egg JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added eggs.
|Eggs currently have no purpose.}}
{{History|java beta}}
{{History||1.0|Eggs are now throwable at the request of a fan as the result of a [[wikipedia:Twitter|Twitter]] conversation about a man eating his [[wikipedia:USB|USB]], if [[Notch]] added egg throwing.<ref>{{tweet|notch|11773078791000065}}</ref>}}
{{History||1.2|Eggs are now used to craft [[cake]]s.
|Eggs can now be thrown by [[dispenser]]s.}}
{{History|java}}
{{History||1.0.0|snap=Beta 1.9 Prerelease 2|[[Breeding]] has been added, making eggs easier to obtain.}}
{{History|||snap=RC1|Thrown eggs now hatch chicks instead of adult chickens.
|The egg's throw [[sound]] has been changed.}}
{{History||1.4.2|snap=12w37a|Eggs are now used to craft [[pumpkin pie]]s.}}
{{History||1.9|snap=15w32a|Eggs no longer [[damage]] the [[ender dragon]].}}
{{History|||snap=15w36b|Eggs now produce particles when thrown at an entity.}}
{{History|||snap=15w49a|Eggs, like all throwable projectiles, now take the thrower's motion into account when fired.}}
{{History||1.11|snap=16w32a|The [[entity]] ID has now been changed from <code>ThrownEgg</code> to <code>egg</code>.}}
{{History||1.13|snap=17w47a|Prior to [[1.13/Flattening|''The Flattening'']], this [[item]]'s numeral ID was 344.}}
{{History||1.14|snap=18w43a|[[File:Egg JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The texture of eggs has been changed.}}
{{History|||snap=18w50a|Eggs can now be found in [[chest]]s in [[village]] fletcher houses.
|Therefore, chickens are no longer the only source of eggs.}}
{{History|||snap=19w07a|Added [[fox]]es, which sometimes spawn with eggs in their mouths.}}
{{History||1.16.2|snap=Pre-Release 1|Eggs are now affected by [[bubble column]]s.}}

{{History|pocket alpha}}
{{History||v0.4.0|[[File:Egg JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added eggs. They are currently unobtainable.
|Eggs are throwable, but are unable to spawn chickens.}}
{{History||v0.7.0|[[Chicken]]s now occasionally lay eggs.
|Eggs can be used to craft [[cake]].
|Thrown eggs now have a chance of spawning adult chickens.}}
{{History||v0.8.0|snap=build 1|Eggs are now used to craft [[pumpkin pie]]s.}}
{{History|||snap=build 3|Thrown eggs now have a chance of spawning chicks instead of adult chickens.}}
{{History|pocket}}
{{History||1.1.0|snap=alpha 1.1.0.0|The [[entity]] ID has now been changed from <code>thrownegg</code> to <code>egg</code>.}}
{{History|bedrock}}
{{History||1.2.0|Eggs now deal knockback to [[player]]s.}}
{{History||1.10.0|snap=beta 1.10.0.3|[[File:Egg.png|32px]] The texture of eggs has been changed.}}
{{History||1.11.0|snap=beta 1.11.0.1|Eggs can now be found in [[village]] fletcher [[chest]]s.}}
{{History|||snap=beta 1.11.0.4|Eggs can now be [[trading|sold]] to farmer [[villager]]s.}}
{{History||1.13.0|snap=beta 1.13.0.1|Added [[fox]]es, which can [[drops|drop]] eggs.}}
{{History||1.16.0|snap=beta 1.16.0.57|[[Trading]] has now been changed, eggs can no longer be [[trading|sold]] to farmer [[villager]]s.}}

{{History|console}}
{{History||xbox=TU1|xbone=CU1|ps=1.0|wiiu=Patch 1|[[File:Egg JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added eggs.}}
{{History|PS4}}		
{{History||1.90|[[File:Egg JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The texture of eggs has been changed.}}

{{History|New 3DS}}
{{History||0.1.0|[[File:Egg JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added eggs.}}
{{History|foot}}

== Issues ==
{{issue list}}

== Trivia ==
* Eggs break mid-fall if hit by another projectile; the chance of spawning a chick is not affected.
* Throwing an egg at a [[nether portal]] breaks the egg when it hits the portal.
* A thrown egg faces toward the [[player]] in first-person view, while it appears rotated horizontally in third-person view. This is the case for all throwable [[item]]s ([[ender pearl]]s, eggs, [[snowball]]s, and all throwable [[potion]]s).

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{Items}}
{{entities}}

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Increased Powered Rails' effectiveness as a response to fixing the Minecart booster bug.[7]

Issues

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

Trivia

  • For comparison of speeds, walking speed is about 4 m/s (4.27 exactly), thus using powered rail to speed up will almost double your traveling speed.
  • Powered rails will always show as powered in the inventory even if destroyed and collected while it was unpowered.
  • In the game code, powered rails are referenced as "goldenRail".
  • Powered rails were originally a suggestion for golden tracks.[8]
  • A redstone torch or any other power supply will only power a powered rail for 9 blocks, unlike the 15-block range of regular redstone.
  • If you put down a row of powered rails and put another one in a different direction at the end of the row, a minecart will turn like a normal rail.
  • Creative Mode Flying is faster than traveling by powered rail.
  • In pocket edition powered rails are always powered.

See also

References

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