Rooted Dirt

Not to be confused with Dirt or Coarse Dirt. For other uses, see Dirt (disambiguation).

Rooted Dirt

Rarity color	Common
Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)
Tool	Any tool
Blast resistance	0.1
Hardness	0.5
Luminant	No
Transparent	No
Flammable	No
Catches fire from lava	No

Rooted dirt is a natural decorative block.

Obtaining

Natural generation

The rooted dirts generated along with the Azalea tree.

Rooted dirt can generate under azalea trees. This may continue for more than a stack mainly-vertically downward under the trunk base/stump.

Post-generation

Single rooted dirt replaces dirt, coarse dirt or moss below oak logs where azalea trees are grown from azalea or flowering azalea.

Breaking

Rooted dirt can be mined with any tool or without a tool.

Block	Rooted Dirt
Hardness	0.5
Tool
Breaking time
Default	0.75
Wooden	0.4
Stone	0.2
Iron	0.15
Diamond	0.1
Netherite	0.1
Golden	0.1

Trading

Wandering traders can sell 2 rooted dirt for 1 emerald.

Usage

Much like coarse dirt, neither mycelium nor grass can spread onto rooted dirt.

While it yields itself when dug, it does not convert into dirt after a block is placed onto it.

Rooted dirt blocks can be converted into dirt path blocks by using any type of shovel on the side or top of rooted dirt with air above it.

Hanging roots

Using bone meal on rooted dirt causes hanging roots to grow below the block, if space is available for it to grow.

Using a hoe on rooted dirt turns it into normal dirt and drops a hanging roots item.

Sounds

Its sound is between that of wooden planks and dirt variants.

Java Edition:

Sound	Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	Block broken	Blocks	Breaking the block	block.rooted_dirt.break	subtitles.block.generic.break	?	?	16
	None	Blocks	Falling on the block with fall damage	block.rooted_dirt.fall	None	?	?	16
	Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	block.rooted_dirt.hit	subtitles.block.generic.hit	?	?	16
	Block placed	Blocks	When the block is placed	block.rooted_dirt.place	subtitles.block.generic.place	?	?	16
	Footsteps	Blocks	Walking on the block	block.rooted_dirt.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps	?	?	16

Bedrock Edition:^{[more information needed]}

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Block tags	Translation key
Rooted Dirt	rooted_dirt	Block & Item	moss_replaceable lush_ground_replaceable enderman_holdable bamboo_plantable_on mineable/shovel dirt	block.minecraft.rooted_dirt

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Item ID	Translation key
Rooted Dirt	dirt_with_roots	573	Block & Giveable Item	Identical	tile.dirt_with_roots.name

History

October 3, 2020					Rooted dirt are shown unnamed as part of lush caves at Minecraft Live 2020.
Java Edition
1.17		21w05a			Added rooted dirt.
February 5, 2021					JAPPA tweets an image of an alternate rooted dirt texture.
1.17		21w10a			Rooted dirt can now generate as part of the azalea tree.
		21w11a			32px Changed lighting.
					Using bone meal on rooted dirt now grows hanging roots underneath
		21w13a			Can now be converted into dirt path using a shovel.
					Wandering traders now sell rooted dirt.
					The top texture of the rooted dirt now rotates randomly.
					Grass, ferns, flowers, dead bushes, saplings and bamboo can now be planted on rooted dirt. Small dripleaf can be planted as well, but only when underwater.
		21w16a			Rooted dirt is now created when creating azalea tree using bone meal on azalea or flowering azalea.
		21w20a			Tilling rooted dirt with a hoe will now convert it to dirt, and pop out a hanging roots item.
1.18		21w39a			The default brightness has been changed from "Moody" to 50.
Bedrock Edition
Caves & Cliffs (experimental)		beta 1.16.220.52			Added rooted dirt.
1.17.0		beta 1.16.230.50			Can now be turned into dirt path using a shovel.
		beta 1.16.230.54			Wandering traders now sell rooted dirt.
					Rooted dirt now replaces the block below azalea trees when they are grown.
		beta 1.17.0.52			Rooted dirt are no longer available only through Experimental Gameplay.
1.17.10		beta 1.17.10.20			The top texture of the rooted dirt now rotates randomly.

Issues

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