Golden Dandelion

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A golden dandelion is a craftable flower that can be fed to baby mobs to pause their aging, or resume it by feeding another one to the same baby mob. It does not generate naturally and can only be obtained through crafting or the wandering trader.

Unlike other one-block-tall flowers in Bedrock Edition, players cannot spread golden dandelions on top of nearby grass blocks by applying bone meal on a golden dandelion.

A golden dandelion can be broken instantly with any item or by hand, dropping itself.

A golden dandelion also breaks if water or lava runs over its location, if a piston extends or pushes a block into its location, or if a block under the plant is moved or destroyed.

Like other flowers, golden dandelions can be used as decoration, placed in flower pots, and planted on grass blocks, dirt, coarse dirt, rooted dirt, farmland, podzol, mycelium, moss blocks, pale moss blocks, mud, or muddy mangrove roots. Unlike other flowers however, golden dandelions cannot be composted, and neither attract nor get pollinated by bees.

A golden dandelion can be used on a baby mob that normally ages (excluding villagers), which resets and locks its aging time (24000 game ticks (20 minutes) for most mobs, or 48000 game ticks (40 minutes) for snifflets), prevents it from despawning, and displays downward-moving particles. One cannot be used if the mob has the cannot_be_age_locked entity tag. The golden dandelion is consumed when used on a mob. If a second golden dandelion is used on the same mob, the mob resumes aging and upward-moving particles are displayed. The golden dandelion has a 2 second use cooldown per mob.

Using a golden dandelion on a baby mob sets the NBT value AgeLocked‌^{[Java Edition only]} or GrowthPaused‌^{[Bedrock Edition only]} to 1. Using it again sets the NBT value back to 0.

• 👁 Particles shown when a baby mob's aging is halted
  
  Particles shown when a baby mob's aging is halted
• 👁 Particles shown when a baby mob's aging is resumed
  
  Particles shown when a baby mob's aging is resumed

Suspicious stew that is created using a golden dandelion imparts the Saturation effect for 0.35 seconds in Java Edition or 0.3 seconds in Bedrock Edition. The Saturation effect restores an additional 7 (👁 🍖
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) hunger and 14 saturation in Java Edition, or 6 (👁 🍗
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) hunger in Bedrock Edition. The suspicious stew can be made using a golden dandelion or produced by feeding a dandelion to a non-baby brown mooshroom and then milking it with a bowl.

Piglins run toward any golden dandelion item on the ground and inspect it for 6 seconds in Java Edition or 8 seconds in Bedrock Edition^[1] before putting it in their inventory.

Oak, birch, and cherry trees grown from saplings planted within 2 blocks of a golden dandelion have a 5% chance to grow with a bee nest and 2–3 bees in it.

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Issues relating to "Golden Dandelion" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

• A day after the item's introduction, YouTube creator Camman18 released a viral short that included the memetic phrase "the golden dandelion, which is a golden dandelion."^[3][4]
  • In Minecraft Live – March 2026, the meme was shown in the Deep Dig, where Camman18 was featured.

• 👁 Makena feeding a baby turtle a golden dandelion
  
  Makena feeding a baby turtle a golden dandelion
• 👁 Efe feeding aquatic babies golden dandelions
  
  Efe feeding aquatic babies golden dandelions

• 👁 Sunny reaching out through Instagram to feed a chick with a golden dandelion
  
  Sunny reaching out through Instagram to feed a chick with a golden dandelion
• 👁 Golden dandelion artwork
  
  Golden dandelion artwork