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

Post-generation

In Bedrock Edition, single rooted dirt replaces grass blocks, dirt or coarse dirt 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
Breaking time
Default	0.75

Trading

Wandering traders can sell 2 rooted dirt for 1 emerald.

Usage

Much like coarse dirt, neither mycelium or grass can spread onto rooted dirt. Plants can also not be placed or grown on top of it.

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 a rooted dirt with air above it.

Hanging roots

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

In Bedrock Edition using a hoe on rooted dirt turns it into normal dirt and drops one hanging roots.

Sounds

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

Java Edition:

Sound	Subtitle	Source	Description	Namespaced ID	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	Namespaced ID	Form	Translation key
Rooted Dirt	rooted_dirt	Block & Item	block.minecraft.rooted_dirt

Bedrock Edition:

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

History

October 3, 2020					Rooted dirt are shown as part of lush caves at Minecraft Live 2020.
Upcoming Java Edition
1.17		21w05a			Added rooted dirt.
February 5, 2021					JAPPA tweets an image of an alternate rooted dirt texture.
February 9, 2021					JAPPA again tweets an image of an alternate rooted dirt texture.
1.17		21w10a			Rooted dirt can now generate as part of the azalea tree.
		21w11a			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.
Bedrock Edition
1.16.220		beta 1.16.220.52			Added rooted dirt.
		release			Rooted dirt have been made inaccessible in the full release.
Upcoming Bedrock Edition
1.16.230		beta 1.16.230.50			Can now be turned into grass 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.

Issues

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

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