The Slime Block[1] is an upcoming, transparent block that resembles a Slime. If the player (or any other mob) jumps onto the block, they will bounce on it at a slightly lower height than their original jump. When they land back on the block, they will bounce at an even lower height than the previous bounce, and the cycle repeats until the player or mob is just standing on the block. The block will be introduced in the Minecraft 1.8 version for PC. Such blocks (transluscent blocks with two different transparencies) are now able to be implemented due to a new rendering system.[2] Slime blocks also cause players to move slower while walking on it. Their speed is comparable to Sneaking, and is slower than walking on Soul Sand. Walking on a Slime Block with cake, slabs or carpet over it will retain the slowing effect while preventing bouncing. Both players and mobs who fall onto this block will take no fall damage.
Crafting
| Ingredients | Crafting recipe |
|---|---|
| Slimeball |
Usage
Dropped items move quite fast when in water that is flowing over Slime Blocks (although slower than they do over ice). This is particularly useful for transporting resources using water currents because items will keep sliding on Slime Blocks when they are dropped at an angle, even if water is not placed on top. Due to Slime Blocks not melting, unlike ice, Slime Blocks are a far safer and more efficient alternative.
As a crafting ingredient
| Name | Ingredients | Crafting recipe |
|---|---|---|
| Slimeball | Slime Block |
Behavior
Slime Blocks will cause Players and Mobs to bounce at a height relative to the height at which the player/mob fell at. If the player is holding the jump key, they will perform a normal jump on contact with the Slime Block. The bounce height quickly deteriorates. A fall of 250 blocks only produces a bounce height of about 50 blocks, while a fall of 50 blocks is a bounce height of 19.5 blocks. Speed is also taken into account when the player hits the Slime Block. When a player hits "Terminal Velocity" in Minecraft, it means that the player can not travel any faster than he or she is already doing so. You can reach terminal velocity from a few hundred block drop. The maximum jump height is around 57.5 blocks. A fall from 6 blocks would rise a player up to 4 blocks height, while a fall from 3 blocks can rise a player up to 2 blocks height.
Placing Carpets, Rails, Trapdoors, Redstone Repeaters or Redstone Comparators on a Slime Block does not stop mobs from bouncing and not taking fall damage. Likewise, placing a Pressure Plate on a Slime Block does not stop mobs from bouncing, but the Pressure Plate will activate. Cake, Slabs, and other half blocks stop the bouncing effect.
Items, falling sand/gravel, minecarts and boats are not affected by Slime Blocks. Strangely, the item particles that appear when breaking an item are affected by Slime Blocks.
Slime Blocks are the only block that can be broken at speeds quicker than creative mode in survival without the aid of Haste II from a beacon.
Slime Blocks will also insulate explosions from TNT or Creepers when placed around those objects.
History
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1.8{{Extension DPL}}<ul><li>[[Beetroot Seeds|Beetroot Seeds]]<br/>{{Block
| group = Age 0
| 1-1 = Beetroots Age 0.png
| 1-2 = Beetroots Age 0 BE.png
| group2 = Age 1
| 2-1 = Beetroots Age 1.png
| 2-2 = Beetroots Age 1 BE.png
| group3 = Age 2
| 3-1 = Beetroots Age 2.png
| 3-2 = Beetroots Age 2 BE.png
| group4 = Age 3
| 4-1 = Beetroots Age 3.png
| 4-2 = Beetroots Age 3 BE.png
|image=Beetroot Seeds JE2 BE2.png
|transparent=Yes
|light=No
|tool=Any
|renewable=Yes
|stackable=Yes (64)
|flammable=No
|lavasusceptible=No
}}
'''Beetroot seeds''' are items that can be used to plant beetroot crops.
'''Beetroot crops''' are planted in [[farmland]] and used to grow [[beetroot]] and beetroot seeds.
== Obtaining ==
=== Natural generation ===
[[Village]] farms have a chance of growing beetroot. The exact chance depends on the village:
{| class="wikitable"
! Village style !! Chance
|-
| {{EnvSprite|desert-village}} Desert || 20%
|-
| {{EnvSprite|plains-village}} Plains || 5%
|}
=== Breaking ===
Harvesting fully-grown beetroot yields from 1 to 4 seeds per crop harvested ({{frac|2|5|7}} seeds per crop harvested on average). The [[Fortune]] enchantment can be used to improve the drop rate.
=== Chest loot ===
{{LootChestItem|beetroot-seeds}}
=== Trading ===
Beetroot seeds are sold by [[wandering trader]]s for one [[emerald]].
== Usage ==
=== Farming ===
Beetroot seeds can be placed on [[farmland]]. After being placed, it goes through four stages of growth. When fully grown it can be broken to produce beetroot seeds and beetroots.
<!-- Java Edition only? -->While beetroot crops have only four growth stages compared to eight for [[wheat]], [[carrot]]s, and [[potato]]es, each growth tick has a {{frac|1|3}} chance of not advancing the growth stage and therefore beetroot grows slightly faster than other crops.
Crops grow faster if the farmland they are planted in is [[Farmland#Hydration|hydrated]]. One application of [[bonemeal]] has a 75% chance of advancing growth by one stage. This is less effective than for other crops: an average of {{frac|5|1|3}} are needed to fully grow beetroot compared to {{frac|2|2|7}} for other crops.
=== Breeding ===
Like other [[seeds]], beetroot 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, beetroot seeds can be used to tame [[parrot]]s.
=== Composting ===
Placing beetroot seeds into a [[composter]] has a 30% chance of raising the compost level by 1.
=== Trading ===
[[Wandering trader]]s may offer to sell beetroot seeds for one emerald.
== Sounds ==
{{Edition|Java}}:
{{Sound table/Block/Crop/JE}}
{{Edition|Bedrock}}:
{{Sound table/Block/Wood/BE}}
== Data values ==
=== ID ===
{{edition|java}}:
{{ID table
|edition=java
|showblocktags=y
|showforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Beetroots
|spritetype=block
|nameid=beetroots
|blocktags=bee_growables, crops
|form=block}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Beetroot Seeds
|spritetype=item
|nameid=beetroot_seeds
|form=item
|foot=1}}
{{edition|bedrock}}:
{{ID table
|edition=bedrock
|shownumericids=y
|showforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Beetroots
|spritetype=block
|nameid=beetroot
|id=244
|form=block
|itemform=item.beetroot}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Beetroot Seeds
|spritetype=item
|nameid=beetroot_seeds
|id=295
|form=item
|foot=1}}
=== Block states ===
{{see also|Block states}}
{{/BS}}
== Advancements ==
{{load advancements|A Seedy Place}}
== History ==
{{History|java}}
{{History||1.9|snap=15w31a|[[File:Beetroot Seeds JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added beetroot seeds.
|[[File:Beetroots Age 0 JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Beetroots Age 1 JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Beetroots Age 2 JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Beetroots Age 3 JE1.png|32px]] Added beetroot crops.
|Beetroot seeds can be found in [[end city]] [[chest]]s.
|Beetroot plants naturally generate in [[village]] farms.
|[[Villager]]s are able to harvest beetroot crops, but they are not yet able to pick up the seeds and plant them.}}
{{History|||snap=15w38a|The [[drop]] chances have been greatly improved from the average {{frac|4|5}} per beetroot crop harvested to 2.
|Villagers are now able to pick up and plant beetroot seeds.}}
{{History|||snap=15w44a|Beetroots now generate in [[dungeon]] and [[mineshaft]] chests.}}
{{History||1.11|snap=16w39a|Beetroot seeds are now found in the new [[woodland mansion]] chests.}}
{{History||1.12|snap=17w18b|Placing a beetroot seeds in farmland now gives the player the "A Seedy Place" [[advancement]].{{verify}}}}
{{History||1.13|snap=17w47a|Prior to [[1.13/Flattening|''The Flattening'']], this item's numeral ID was 458 and block's numeral ID was 244.}}
{{History||1.14|snap=18w43a|[[File:Beetroot Seeds JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The texture of beetroot seeds has been changed.
|[[File:Beetroots Age 0 JE2.png|32px]] [[File:Beetroots Age 1 JE2.png|32px]] [[File:Beetroots Age 2 JE2.png|32px]] [[File:Beetroots Age 3 JE2.png|32px]] The textures of beetroot crops have been changed.}}
{{History|||snap=18w49a|Beetroot seeds can now be found in chests in [[snowy tundra]] village houses.}}
{{History|||snap=19w03a|Placing beetroot seeds into the new [[composter]] has a 10% chance of raising the compost level by 1.}}
{{History|||snap=19w05a|Beetroot seeds now have a 30% chance of increasing the compost level in a composter.
|Added [[Wandering Trader|wandering trader]]s, which sell beetroot seeds.}}
{{History||1.15|snap=19w34a|[[Bee]]s can now pollinate beetroot crops.}}
{{History||1.17|snap=21w13a|[[File:Beetroots Age 0 JE3.png|32px]] [[File:Beetroots Age 1 JE3.png|32px]] [[File:Beetroots Age 2 JE3.png|32px]] [[File:Beetroots Age 3 JE3.png|32px]] The "crop" template model has changed such that pixels appear in the same physical positions on opposite sides of texture planes, changing the beetroot crop's appearance in the process.<ref>{{bug|MC-199242|||Fixed}}</ref>}}
{{History||1.18|snap=Pre-release 5|[[File:Beetroot Seeds JE3.png|32px]] The texture of beetroot seeds has been changed.}}
{{History||1.20|snap=23w12a|Beetroot seeds can now be found in [[suspicious gravel]] and [[suspicious sand]] in [[trail ruins]].}}
{{History|||snap=23w16a|Beetroot seeds no longer generates in [[suspicious sand]] in [[trail ruins]].|Due to the split of the archaeological loot tables for the suspicious gravel within the [[trail ruins]]; beetroot seeds now are in the common loot.}}
{{History|pocket alpha}}
{{History||November 14, 2013|link=https://twitter.com/jbernhardsson/status/400902957782147072|[[Johan Bernhardsson]] previewed an image of beetroot seeds.}}
{{History||v0.8.0|snap=build 2|[[File:Beetroot Seeds JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added Beetroots seeds.
|[[File:Beetroots Age 0 JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Beetroots Age 1 JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Beetroots Age 2 JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Beetroots Age 3 JE1 BE1.png|32px]]{{verify|Correct models?}} Added Beetroots crops.}}
{{History|||snap=build 3|Beetroots seeds now have a chance of dropping when tilling [[grass block]]s.}}
{{History||v0.11.0|snap=build 1|"Beetroots seeds" have been renamed to "Beetroot Seeds" and the capitalization has now also been fixed.<ref>{{bug|MCPE-7953|||Fixed}}</ref>}}
{{History||v0.12.1|snap=build 1|Beetroot seeds no longer have a chance of dropping when tilling [[grass block]]s.}}
{{History||v0.14.0|snap=build 1|Beetroot seeds can now be found in [[minecart with chest]]s inside of [[mineshaft]]s.}}
{{History||v0.16.2|Beetroot seeds can now be found in [[chest]]s inside the large house in [[ice plains]] and [[cold taiga]] [[village]]s.}}
{{History|pocket}}
{{History||1.0.0|snap=alpha 0.17.0.1|Beetroot seeds can now be found in the [[chest]]s of [[dungeon]]s and [[end city|end cities]].}}
{{History||1.1.0|snap=alpha 1.1.0.0|Beetroot seeds can now be found in [[woodland mansion]] chests.}}
{{History|bedrock}}
{{History||1.2.0|snap=beta 1.2.0.2|Beetroot seeds can now be found inside [[bonus chest]]s.
|Beetroot seeds can now be used to tame [[parrot]]s.}}
{{History||1.10.0|snap=beta 1.10.0.3|[[File:Beetroot Seeds JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The texture of beetroot seeds has been changed.
|[[File:Beetroots Age 0 JE2.png|32px]] [[File:Beetroots Age 1 JE2.png|32px]] [[File:Beetroots Age 2 JE2.png|32px]] [[File:Beetroots Age 3 JE2.png|32px]]{{verify|Correct models?}} The textures of beetroot crops have been changed.
|Beetroot seeds are now [[trading|sold]] by the new [[wandering trader]]s.}}
{{History||1.11.0|snap=beta 1.11.0.1|Beetroot seeds can now be used to fill the [[composter]].
|Beetroot seeds can now be found in [[snowy tundra]] [[village]] house [[chest]]s.}}
{{History||1.14.0|snap=beta 1.14.0.1|[[Bee]]s can now pollinate beetroot crops.}}
{{History||?|[[File:Beetroots Age 0 BE.png|32px]] [[File:Beetroots Age 1 BE.png|32px]] [[File:Beetroots Age 2 BE.png|32px]] [[File:Beetroots Age 3 BE.png|32px]] Potato crop planes use a mapping that results in very unnatural mirroring when viewed from certain angles, such as northwest.<ref>{{bug|MCPE-146936}}</ref>}}
{{History|console}}
{{History||xbox=TU43|xbone=CU33|ps=1.36|wiiu=Patch 13|[[File:Beetroot Seeds JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added beetroot seeds.
|[[File:Beetroots Age 0 JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Beetroots Age 1 JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Beetroots Age 2 JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Beetroots Age 3 JE1 BE1.png|32px]]{{verify|Correct models?}} Added beetroot crops.}}
{{History||xbox=none|xbone=none|ps=1.90|wiiu=none|switch=none|[[File:Beetroot Seeds JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The texture of beetroot seeds has been changed.
|[[File:Beetroots Age 0 JE2.png|32px]] [[File:Beetroots Age 1 JE2.png|32px]] [[File:Beetroots Age 2 JE2.png|32px]] [[File:Beetroots Age 3 JE2.png|32px]]{{verify|Correct models?}} The textures of beetroot crops have been changed.}}
{{History|New 3DS}}
{{History||0.1.0|[[File:Beetroot Seeds JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added beetroot seeds.
|[[File:Beetroots Age 0 JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Beetroots Age 1 JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Beetroots Age 2 JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Beetroots Age 3 JE1 BE1.png|32px]]{{verify|Correct models?}} Added beetroot crops.}}
{{History|foot}}
== Issues ==
{{issue list}}
== Gallery ==
<gallery>
Beetrootstwitpic.png|The first image released of beetroot seeds.
Village Wheat Beetroot Farm.png|Beetroots generated in a [[village]].
File:Beetroot farm.png|A beetroot garden.
</gallery>
== References ==
<references />
{{Blocks|vegetation}}
{{Items}}
[[Category:Plants]]
[[Category:Food]]
[[Category:Generated structure blocks]]
[[Category:Non-solid blocks]]
[[cs:Semínka červené řepy]]
[[es:Semillas de remolacha]]
[[fr:Graines de betterave]]
[[it:Semi di barbabietola]]
[[ja:ビートルートの種]]
[[ko:비트 씨앗]]
[[nl:Bietenzaden]]
[[pl:Nasiona buraka]]
[[pt:Sementes de beterraba]]
[[ru:Семена свёклы]]
[[th:เมล็ดบีตรูท]]
[[zh:甜菜种子]]</li><li>[[Heart of the Sea|Heart of the Sea]]<br/>{{Item
| image = Heart of the Sea.png
| stackable = Yes (64)
| rarity = Uncommon
| renewable = No
}}
A '''heart of the sea''' is a rare [[item]] that can be crafted into a [[conduit]].
== Obtaining ==
The heart of the sea must be found. It cannot be crafted or obtained by trading, making it a [[non-renewable resource]].
A heart of the sea is obtained from a [[buried treasure]]. The location is marked with a noticeable red X on a [[Explorer Map|buried treasure map]], which is found in [[Ocean_Ruins|ocean ruins]] and [[Shipwreck|shipwrecks]]. Feeding [[raw cod]] or [[raw salmon]] to a [[dolphin]] causes the dolphin to swim toward the nearest [[buried treasure]], [[shipwreck]], or [[ocean ruins]].
=== Chest loot ===
{{LootChestItem|heart-of-the-sea}}
== Usage ==
=== Crafting===
{{crafting usage}}
== Data values ==
=== ID ===
{{edition|java}}:
{{ID table
|edition=java
|showforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Heart of the Sea
|spritetype=item
|nameid=heart_of_the_sea
|form=item
|foot=1}}
{{edition|bedrock}}:
{{ID table
|edition=bedrock
|shownumericids=y
|showforms=y
|notshowbeitemforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Heart of the Sea
|spritetype=item
|nameid=heart_of_the_sea
|id=571
|form=item
|foot=1}}
== History ==
{{History|java}}
{{History||1.13|snap=18w15a|[[File:Heart of the Sea JE1 BE2.png|32px]] Added heart of the sea.}}
{{History|||snap=18w19a|Heart of the sea now generates in all [[buried treasure]] [[chest]]s in a stack of 1.}}
{{History|bedrock}}
{{History||1.4.0|snap=beta 1.2.14.2|An entry in the [[buried treasure]] loot table has been added named <code>nautilus_core</code>. It is unobtainable though since the <code>nautilus_core</code> has not been added into the game yet.}}
{{History|||snap=beta 1.2.20.1|[[File:Heart of the Sea BE1.png|32px]] Added heart of the sea as an [[item]] obtainable in buried treasure [[chest]]s. It cannot be used to craft [[conduit]]s yet.}}
{{History|||snap=beta 1.2.20.2|[[File:Heart of the Sea JE1 BE2.png|32px]] The texture of heart of the sea has been changed.}}
{{History||1.5.0|snap=beta 1.5.0.1|Heart of the sea can now be used to craft [[conduit]]s.}}
{{History|console}}
{{History||xbox=TU69|ps=1.76|wiiu=Patch 38|[[File:Heart of the Sea JE1 BE2.png|32px]] Added heart of the sea.}}
{{History|education}}
{{History||1.4.0|[[File:Heart of the Sea JE1 BE2.png|32px]] Added heart of the sea. It generates in all [[buried treasure]] [[chest]]s in a stack of 1.}}
{{History|foot}}
== Issues ==
{{issue list}}
== Trivia ==
* Before the heart of the sea was added to {{el|be}}, there was an entry found in the buried treasure chest loot table named <code>nautilus_core</code>, which was later revealed to be the heart of the sea. Despite the name change, the heart of the sea continues to be referred to as the <code>nautilus_core</code> in most game files.
== External Links ==
*[https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/heart-sea Taking Inventory: Heart of the Sea] – Minecraft.net on August 31, 2023
{{items}}
[[Category:Non-renewable resources]]
[[de:Herz des Meeres]]
[[fr:Cœur de la mer]]
[[es:Corazón del mar]]
[[it:Cuore del mare]]
[[ja:海洋の心]]
[[ko:바다의 심장]]
[[nl:Hart van de zee]]
[[pl:Serce oceanu]]
[[pt:Coração do mar]]
[[ru:Сердце моря]]
[[uk:Серце моря]]
[[zh:海洋之心]]</li></ul> | December 20, 2013 | Jeb posts the first image of the slime block. At this stage slime blocks are known as "Bouncy Blocks" | |||
| 14w02a | Added Slime Block. | ||||
Trivia
- A Minecart leaving a rail onto a Slime Block will be able to continue on a rail on the opposite side, if it has sufficient momentum leaving the initial rail.
- Because Chickens tend to land softly, they rarely if ever will bounce on the block.
- Because it lets light pass through, a Slime Block doesn't deactivate a Beacon.
- Any entity landing on the sides of the block will not bounce. In order to bounce, you need to land in the middle.
- The texture of the inside block uses the 10x10 center of the 16x16 slime.png file.
- Slime blocks under Soul Sand will make you go as slow as ice under Soul Sand.
- Slime blocks will not allow spawning of mobs regardless of light level.
Issues
Issues relating to "Slime Block" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.
Gallery
The 14w02a Banner showing slime blocks in a slime shape. Obsidian for the eyes and the mouth.[3]
- Creeper Bouncing on Slime Blocks.gif
A Creeper bouncing on slime blocks. Click to view animation.
- SlimeblockSpawn.png
Mobs spawn on diorite, but not on the slime blocks under the same light level.
See also
References


![The 14w02a Banner showing slime blocks in a slime shape. Obsidian for the eyes and the mouth.[3]](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/minecraft_gamepedia/images/0/0d/14w02a_Banner.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/120?cb=20200106034819)
