Roots

Not to be confused with Nether Sprouts.

For other kinds of root blocks in Minecraft, see Hanging Roots, Rooted Dirt, and Mangrove Roots.

Roots
Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)
Blast resistance	0
Hardness	0
Luminous	No
Transparent	Yes
Flammable	No
Catches fire from lava	Yes

Roots are a non-solid "plant" block that come in two variants, crimson roots and warped roots, which generate naturally on warped or crimson nylium and soul soil in their respective biomes. They resemble a colony of tall, thin mushrooms.

Obtaining

Breaking

Roots can be mined instantly using any tool. They drop themselves as items when broken. Flower pots containing roots drop both the flower pot and roots when broken.

Natural generation

Crimson roots generate in the crimson forest biome and rarely in the soul sand valley and warped forest biomes. Warped roots generate in warped forest biomes.

Mob loot

An enderman holding crimson or warped roots drops the block upon death.

Chest loot

Item	Structure	Container	Quantity	Chance
Java Edition
Crimson Roots	Bastion remnant	Hoglin stable chest	2–7	22.8%
Bedrock Edition
Crimson Roots	Bastion remnant	Hoglin stable chest	2–7	22.8%

Post-generation

Applying bone meal to nylium causes roots to appear on that nylium block, and on nearby nylium. The generated roots are the same type as the nylium that the bone meal is used on. Using bone meal on warped nylium can also generate crimson roots at a very low chance.

Usage

Decoration

All of the blocks that roots can be placed on.

Roots are decorative blocks. They can be planted on the same blocks that fungi can be placed on. Roots can be planted in a flower pot, which gives them a different texture.

Compost

Roots can also be used on a composter, with a 65% chance of increasing the level by 1.

Sounds

Java Edition:

Sound	Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	block.roots.break	subtitles.block.generic.break	1.0	0.8	16
	Block placed	Blocks	When the block is placed	block.roots.place	subtitles.block.generic.place	1.0	0.8	16
	Block breaking	Blocks	Unused sound event	block.roots.hit	subtitles.block.generic.hit	0.25	0.5	16
	None	Entity-Dependent	Falling on the block with fall damage	block.roots.fall	None	0.5	0.75	16
	Footsteps	Entity-Dependent	Walking on the block	block.roots.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps	0.15	1.0	16

Bedrock Edition:

Sound	Source	Description	Resource location	Volume	Pitch
	Blocks	Once the block has broken	dig.roots	1.0	0.8-1.0
	Blocks	When the block is placed	dig.roots	1.0	0.8-1.0
	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	hit.roots	0.3	0.5
	Players	Falling on the block with fall damage	fall.roots	0.4	1.0
	Players	Walking on the block	step.roots	0.15	1.0
	Players	Jumping from the block	jump.roots	0.12	1.0
	Players	Falling on the block without fall damage	land.roots	0.14	1.0

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Block tags	Translation key
Crimson Roots	crimson_roots	Block & Item	enderman_holdable	block.minecraft.crimson_roots
Warped Roots	warped_roots	Block & Item	enderman_holdable	block.minecraft.warped_roots

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Item ID	Translation key
Crimson Roots	crimson_roots	478	Block & Giveable Item	Identical	tile.crimson_roots.crimsonRoots.name
Warped Roots	warped_roots	479	Block & Giveable Item	Identical	tile.warped_roots.warpedRoots.name

History

Java Edition
September 28, 2019					Crimson roots was shown as part of crimson forest biome.
1.16		20w06a			Added crimson and warped roots.
					The inventory texture of crimson roots is slightly different from their block texture.
		20w09a			Roots can now be planted in flower pots.
		20w10a			The inventory texture of crimson roots has been changed to match the block form.
		20w15a			Roots can now be composted.
		20w16a			Crimson roots now generate in bastion remnants chests.
1.16.2		Pre-release 1			Roots now require shears to drop themselves.
		Pre-release 2			Roots no longer require shears to drop themselves.
1.19.3		22w44a			Roots now make sounds when being walked on.
Bedrock Edition
1.16.0		beta 1.16.0.51			Added crimson and warped roots.
		beta 1.16.0.57			Crimson roots now generate in bastion remnants chests.
					Roots can now be composted.

Issues

Issues relating to "Crimson Roots" or "Warped Roots" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.

Gallery

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  Crimson Roots which generated in a Soul Sand Valley.