Vines

For other uses, see Vines (disambiguation).

Vines

Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)
Tool
Blast resistance	0.2
Hardness	0.2
Luminant	No
Transparent	Yes
Flammable	Yes (15)
Catches fire from lava	Yes

Vines are non-solid blocks, ¹⁄₁₆ of a block in thickness that can be placed only against a vertical side of a solid block. They also can be placed beneath a solid block ceiling if adjacent to a solid vertical wall.

Obtaining

Natural generation

Vines are naturally generated in jungles, swamps and lush caves. Jungle trees of both sizes have vines on their trunks and canopy edges, and vines grow on the sides of jungle terrain. Vines are also naturally generated on oak trees in swamps. They are found in jungle temples and the allium room in woodland mansions. Vines can also generate on dying oak, spruce, jungle and dark oak trees.‌^{[Bedrock Edition only]} Vines can generate in watchtower walls in pillager outposts.

Breaking

Vines can be destroyed with any item, but in Java Edition, using shears is the only way to collect them, while Bedrock Edition also allows the use of an axe enchanted with Silk Touch. Shears enchanted with Efficiency are more efficient when used on vines; Efficiency II and above allows vines to be instantly broken. Using an axe on vines can also increase efficiency, but does not allow for collection in Java Edition. If multiple vines exist within the same block space, breaking one of them breaks all of them instead of just the one targeted and results in only a single vine dropping.

Block	Vines
Hardness	0.2
Tool
Breaking time
Default	0.3
Wooden	0.15
Stone	0.1
Iron	0.05
Diamond	0.05
Netherite	0.05
Golden	0.05
Shears	0.3
Sword	0.2

Trading

Vines are sold by wandering traders for an emerald.

Behavior

On each block tick, the vine block has a 25% chance to spread in a randomly selected direction. Vines spread to adjacent blocks under certain conditions:

• Downward:
  • If the block below is air, each side (north, south, east, and west) with vines has a 50% chance to spread downward.
  • If the block below is a block, each side of that block with vines on the ticked block has a 50% chance of gaining vines.

• Upward:
  • If the block above is air and there are fewer than 4 other vine blocks in a 9×9×3 area surrounding the ticked vine block, each side (north, south, east, and west) with vines has a 50% chance to spread upward if that side is backed by a block that vines can be placed on.

• Horizontally:
  • If the current vine block isn't covering the target direction and there are fewer than 4 other vine blocks in a 9×9×3 area surrounding the ticked vine block, then:
    • If the block in the target direction is air, then it tries:

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• If the vine block has vines to the right and that side of the air block is backed by something vines can be placed on, spread to the right side of the air block.

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• If the vine block has vines to the left and that side of the air block is backed by something vines can be placed on, spread to the left side of the air block.

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• If the vine block has vines to the right, and that side of the air block is backed by another air block, and the right side of the vine block is backed by something vines can be placed on, spread around the corner.

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• If the vine block has vines to the left, and that side of the air block is backed by another air block, and the left side of the vine block is backed by something vines can be placed on, spread around the corner.

• If the air block in the target direction has something vines could be placed on above it, spread to the top side of the air block.

• If the block in the target direction is opaque and fills its whole cube, spread to that side of the ticked vine block.

Vines cannot be grown using bone meal.

Vines do not need light when growing.

Usage

Vines can be placed on the side of any block that fills its whole cube and blocks entity movement. They can also be placed on the bottom side of a block (although not the bottom side of another vine - this was programmed intentionally). However, a vine block without vines on any of the horizontal sides disappears if it gets an update from a neighboring block. Vines attached to the bottom of stairs are completely deleted by any block update.

Several vines can be placed in the same block space, as long as they are facing different directions.

Vines can be climbed by standing next to them and holding the jump key. If there is a solid block behind the vines, the walk forward key can also be used.

Vines cancel a sprint if the player is sprinting, slowing the movement speed.

Vines absorb all fall damage, even without a solid surface nearby. Sneaking on vines causes the player to hang, even if the vines are not adjacent to any surface.

Blocks can replace vines if placed within the same block space. However, item frames and paintings cannot.

Crafting ingredient

Name	Ingredients	Crafting recipe	Description
Banner Pattern Bordure Indented	Paper + Vines		‌[Bedrock Edition only]
Mossy Cobblestone	Cobblestone + Vines
Mossy Stone Bricks	Stone Bricks + Vines

Composting

Placing vines into a composter has a 50% chance of raising the compost level by 1.

List of colors

Java Edition

Hard-coded Color

• In the Inventory, Vines have a Color:
   #48b518.

Biome Colors

These values are generated by the biome dyeing algorithm. See Biome colors for more information.

Biome	Category	Rainfall	Foliage Color	Temperature Affects	Render
Badlands	Mesa	No	#9e814d	No
Beach	Beach	Rain	#77ab2f
Birch Forest	Forest	Rain	#6ba941
Cold Ocean	Ocean	Rain	#71a74d
Dark Forest	Forest	Rain	#59ae30
Deep Cold Ocean	Ocean	Rain	#71a74d
Deep Frozen Ocean	Ocean	Rain	#71a74d
Deep Lukewarm Ocean	Ocean	Rain	#71a74d
Deep Ocean	Ocean	Rain	#71a74d
Desert	Desert	No	#aea42a
End Barrens	The End	No	#71a74d
End Highlands	The End	No	#71a74d
End Midlands	The End	No	#71a74d
Eroded Badlands	Mesa	No	#9e814d	No
Flower Forest	Forest	Rain	#59ae30
Forest	Forest	Rain	#59ae30
Frozen Ocean	Ocean	Snow	#60a17b
Frozen River	River	Snow	#60a17b
Ice Spikes	Icy	Snow	#60a17b
Jungle	Jungle	Rain	#30bb0b
Lukewarm Ocean	Ocean	Rain	#71a74d
Mushroom Fields	Mushroom	Rain	#2bbb0f
Nether	Nether	No	#aea42a
Ocean	Ocean	Rain	#71a74d
Old Growth Birch Forest	Forest	Rain	#6ba941
Old Growth Pine Taiga	Taiga	Rain	#68a55f
Old Growth Spruce Taiga	Taiga	Rain	#68a464
Plains	Plains	Rain	#77ab2f
River	River	Rain	#71a74d
Savanna	Savanna	No	#aea42a
Savanna Plateau	Savanna	No	#aea42a
Small End Islands	The End	No	#71a74d
Snowy Beach	Beach	Snow	#64a278
Snowy Taiga	Taiga	Snow	#60a17b
Snowy Plains	Icy	Snow	#60a17b
Sparse Jungle	Jungle	Rain	#3eb80f
Stony Shore	None	Rain	#6da36b
Sunflower Plains	Plains	Rain	#77ab2f
Swamp	Swamp	Rain	#6a7039	If temperature below -0.1, used #4C763C.	/
Taiga	Taiga	Rain	#68a464
The End	The End	No	#71a74d
The Void	None	No	#71a74d
Warm Ocean	Ocean	Rain	#71a74d
Windswept Gravelly Hills	Extreme Hills	Rain	#6da36b
Windswept Hills	Extreme Hills	Rain	#6da36b
Windswept Savanna	Savanna	No	#aea42a
Wooded Badlands	Mesa	No	#9e814d	No

Sounds

Generic

Java Edition:

Sound	Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	block.grass.break	subtitles.block.generic.break	1.0	0.8	16
	None	Blocks	Falling on the block with fall damage	block.grass.fall	None	0.5	0.75	16
	Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	block.grass.hit	subtitles.block.generic.hit	0.25	0.5	16
	Block placed	Blocks	When the block is placed	block.grass.place	subtitles.block.generic.place	1.0	0.8	16
	Footsteps	Blocks	Walking on the block	block.grass.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.grass	0.7	0.8
?	Blocks	Falling on the block with fall damage	fall.grass	0.4	1.0
?	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	hit.grass	0.3	0.5
?	Blocks	Jumping from the block	jump.grass	0.11	1.0
?	Blocks	Falling on the block without fall damage	land.grass	0.21	1.0
?	Blocks	Walking on the block	step.grass	0.3	1.0
?	Blocks	When the block is placed	use.grass	0.8	0.8

Unique

Java Edition:

Sound	Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	Footsteps	Blocks	Walking on the block	block.vine.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps	?	?	16

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Block tags	Translation key
Vines	vine	Block & Item	climbable lush_plants_replaceable	block.minecraft.vine

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Item ID	Translation key
Vines	vine	106	Block & Giveable Item	Identical	tile.vine.name

Block states

See also: Block state

Java Edition:

Name	Default value	Allowed values	Description
east	false	false true	When true, a vine texture is displayed on the east.
north	false	false true	When true, a vine texture is displayed on the north.
south	false	false true	When true, a vine texture is displayed on the south.
up	false	false true	When true, a vine texture is displayed on the top.
west	false	false true	When true, a vine texture is displayed on the west.

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Metadata Bits	Default value	Allowed values	Values for Metadata Bits	Description
vine_direction_bits	0x1 0x2 0x4 0x8	0	0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15	0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15	The directions the vine exists, excluding up. Each bit determines one direction: 0x1: Vines at the south 0x2: Vines at the west 0x4: Vines at the north 0x8: Vines at the east Note: Vines gain the ceiling vines if there's a block above, block state doesn't change.

History

August 26, 2011					When the Adventure Update was showcased at PAX, vines hadn't been given a name, and a mouseover would not show a title. This implies that they didn't have an official name at the time.
Java Edition Beta
1.8		Pre-release			32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px Added vines.
					Vines take as long to break as leaves and drop nothing unless collected with shears.
					The used data values are as follows (tested in 1.7.6, any potential changes between Beta 1.8 Pre-release are not known): DV Description 0 No attachments 1 On south face 2 On west face 3 On south and west faces 4 On north face 5 On north and south faces 6 On north and west faces 7 On north, south and west faces 8 On east face 9 On east and south faces 10 On east and west faces 11 On east, south and west faces 12 On north and east faces 13 On north, east and south faces 14 On north, east and west faces 15 On north, east, south and west faces Upwards attachments are likely handled only in the game's memory and are not metadata-controlled. The face a vine is is relative to its block space, and is the opposite of the face of the block it's attached to or the direction it itself faces (a south face vine is in the southernmost area of the block it exists in, but is attached to the north side of a block and itself faces north).
		Pre-release 2 ;)			Vines spread infinitely down now, but do not spread if there are more than four other vine blocks nearby.
Java Edition
1.2.1		12w03a			Vines are now climbable provided they are climbed against a solid block.
		12w04a			Players are now slowed when going through vines due to their nature of being a collisionless ladder.
1.3.1		12w22a			Vines now generate naturally in jungle temples.
1.5		13w02a			Players who die falling off of vines receive a message upon death: "<player> fell off some vines."
1.8		14w02a			Added a crafting recipe for mossy stone bricks (uses 1 vine and 1 stone brick.)
		14w04a			Added a crafting recipe for moss stone (uses 1 vine and 1 cobblestone.)
		14w07a			Vines are no longer visible from behind.
					Vines with no connections have a missing model, which is also tinted.
		14w10a			Vines are visible from behind again. However, the back texture planes are no longer mirrored, unlike before, resulting in the texture always having the same orientation regardless of view direction, which is incorrect.
					Vines with no connections now crash the game, effectively bricking the world for this version.
					Vine data values are strange, often resulting in incorrect orientations in many arrangements. The data values appear to be as follows: DV Description 0 No attachments - causes game crash 1 On south face 2 On west face 3 On west and east faces 4 On north face 5 On north and south faces 6 On north and south faces 7 On north, south and west faces 8 On east face 9 On north and south faces 10 On east and west faces 11 On east, south and west faces 12 On east and west faces 13 On north, east and south faces 14 On north, east and west faces 15 On north, east, south and west faces
		?
					Likely as a crash fix, vines with no attachments now use the southmost vine model.
		14w18a			32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px Vine data values, according to  Setblock, appear to have reverted to their pre-14w10a states: DV Description 0 No attachments - appears on south face 1 On south face 2 On west face 3 On south and west faces 4 On north face 5 On north and south faces 6 On north and west faces 7 On north, south and west faces 8 On east face 9 On east and south faces 10 On east and west faces 11 On east, south and west faces 12 On north and east faces 13 On north, east and south faces 14 On north, east and west faces 15 On north, east, south and west faces However, MC-50729 implies some mismatching still exists in some form, possibly with upwards-attached vines, or possibly due to the grown vine blocks themselves usng the wrong states instead of just models.[more information needed]
		14w30c			Vines are now used to create the fancy border pattern for banners.
1.11		16w39a			Vines now generate in woodland mansions.
1.13		17w47a			Vines can now be placed on the bottom of blocks, as well as not replacing existing vines.
					Prior to The Flattening, this block's numeral ID was 106.
1.14		18w43a			The texture of vines have been changed.
		18w48a			Vines can now be climbed without it being attached to supporting blocks.
		19w03a			Placing a vine into the new composter now has a 20% chance of raising the compost level by 1.
		19w05a			Vines now have a 50% chance of increasing the compost level in a composter by 1.
					Added wandering traders, which sell vines.
1.16		20w11a			Vines now play sounds when climbed.
1.17		21w03a			Vines now use a multipart model, rather than each combination of vines having a unique model which would be rotated accordingly. As such, vine blocks with an upper vine present no longer rotate with certain state changes, and vine blocks with no vines present are once again invisible.
		21w05a			Vines now have unique sounds.
					Shears enchanted with Efficiency now break vines faster.
		21w10a			Vines can now generate in lush caves.
		21w13a			The model of the vines has been changed that the rear texture plane is correctly mirrored again.
Upcoming Java Edition
1.19		22w15a			Can now be placed on the top and sides of soul sand, mud and maximum height snow.
Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.9.0		build 1			[verify] Added vines.
v0.15.0		build 1			Vines now generate naturally in jungle temples.
Pocket Edition
1.1.0		alpha 1.1.0.0			Vines now generate in woodland mansions.
Bedrock Edition
1.2.0		beta 1.2.0.2			Vines can now be used to make border patterns on banners.
1.10.0		beta 1.10.0.3			The texture of vines have been changed.
					Vines can now be used to craft bordure indented banner pattern.
					Vines now generate in pillager outpost watchtowers.
					Vines are now sold by wandering traders.
1.11.0		beta 1.11.0.1			Vines can now be used to fill up composters.
					Vines can now be climbed by without supporting block.
1.16.20		beta 1.16.20.50			Vines now play sounds when climbed.
1.17.0		beta 1.16.230.52			Vines can now generate in lush caves.
Legacy Console Edition
TU5	CU1	1.0	Patch 1	1.0.1	[verify] Added vines.
TU9					Vines are now climbable provided they are climbed against a solid block.
		1.90			The texture of vines have been changed.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0					[verify] Added vines.

Issues

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

Gallery

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  A screenshot by Jeb of a floating island with vines.

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  Griefing with vines in the Beta 1.8 pre-release.

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  Growing player-placed vines.

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  Vines hanging from trees in the swamp.

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  Vines in a jungle biome.

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  Vines growing from the edges of small jungle trees.

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  Vines growing in a cave.

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  Vines on a jungle temple.