Grass Block

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A grass block is a natural block that generates abundantly across the surface of the Overworld.

A grass block can be obtained by mining it using a tool enchanted with Silk Touch. Otherwise, it drops dirt.

The snowy grass variant cannot be obtained as an item through regular gameplay, even with the use of Silk Touch. In Java Edition, commands can be used to give players a grass block that is set to the snowy state when placed (e.g. /give <player> minecraft:grass_block[minecraft:block_state={snowy:"true"}]).

Grass blocks generate naturally in many biomes in the Overworld, and as part of villages and ancient cities. Grass blocks generate as disks between the mud in mangrove swamps.

Endermen can pick up grass blocks, and drop the blocks they are holding if killed, making it the only way to obtain grass blocks without the use of Silk Touch.

Grass can spread to nearby dirt blocks, but not coarse dirt or rooted dirt. Grass spreading without player intervention depends heavily on the time of day. For a dirt block to accept grass from a nearby grass block, the following requirements must be met:

1. The dirt block receiving grass must be within a 3×5×3 range of the source grass block where the source block is in the center of the second topmost layer of that range.
2. The source grass block must have a light level of 9 or brighter directly above it.
3. The block directly above the dirt block must allow light to pass through it and hit the dirt block, even though the actual light level does not matter. That means blocks that partially let light through such as stairs and slabs must not have their light-blocking side(s)‌^{[Java Edition only]} facing the dirt block.
4. The block directly above the dirt block must not be lava, water, or a waterlogged variant of a block.

When grass is random ticked, it spreads by checking 4 blocks within range and converts any dirt blocks selected into grass.

Though water and lava are both light-filtering blocks (meaning they decrease skylight by 1 level but do not affect block light), other light-filtering blocks such as ice and slime blocks do not block grass from spreading to the dirt block. Grass blocks can grow under all other transparent blocks like glass, fences, or torches. Grass jumps directly from one block to a neighbor and is not affected by gaps or other blocks being "in the way." Grass blocks spread at random intervals and have an equal chance of spreading to any suitable dirt blocks that are in range. Because grass can spread as much as 3 levels downward, it tends to spread down slopes much faster than it spreads up them.

The coloration of grass blocks is dependent on the biome they are in. A grass block always uses the color set to its location, regardless of how it was placed or of its source. This affects the side and top of the block.

In Bedrock Edition, biome colors also appear on maps.^[1]

In Java Edition, 👁 Invicon Grass Block.png: Sprite image for Grass Block in Minecraft
an item of grass block uses biome color with temperature 0.5, downfall 1.0, and as a result is colored
 #7cbd6b. In Bedrock Edition, this color is coded in the item's texture.

These values are generated by the biome dyeing algorithm, which depends on the biome's temperature and downfall. See biome colors for more information.

Using bone meal on grass blocks causes short grass, tall grass, ferns,‌^{[Bedrock Edition only]} and flowers to grow.

Passive mobs tend to wander toward grass blocks. They also wander toward light.

When a sheep eats a grass block, the block becomes dirt, and a sheared sheep regrows its wool. Baby sheep graze grass much more often than adults and mature 1 minute faster when grazing.

Tilling a grass block with a hoe converts it to a farmland block.

Dirt paths can be created by using any type of shovel on the side or top of a grass block with air above it. The shovel loses 1 durability for each dirt path block created.

Grass dies and changes to dirt a random time (when a random tick lands on the block) after it has been covered by any opaque blocks. Transparent blocks can kill grass in a similar manner if they cause the light level above the grass block to be four or below (like water does) and the surrounding area is not otherwise sufficiently illuminated.

In Java Edition, animals occasionally spawn on grass blocks that have light level 9 or brighter in the space directly above. This is quite rare and requires that there be few other animals nearby or in any loaded chunks. Most animals are instead created along with the terrain.

In Bedrock Edition, most animals require surface grass blocks (grass blocks with no solid block anywhere above them at the same x, z coordinate) to spawn. Animals regularly spawn in most Overworld biomes on surface grass blocks that have light level 7 or brighter in the space directly above.

Grass blocks turn into a snowy grass block if snow, powder snow, or a snow block is placed on top of the block. Removing the snow layer turns the block into a normal grass block.

In Java Edition, the top face of snowy grass blocks is not affected by biome tinting and defaults to gray, which is not normally seen by players because of the snow layer on top. In Bedrock Edition, the top face of snowy grass blocks is affected by biome tinting and can be seen in-game when inside powder snow placed on grass blocks.

In Bedrock Edition, placing grass blocks into a composter has a 30% chance of raising the compost level by 1.^[2]

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

• Grass blocks and dirt blocks changing between each other is a common cause of chunk updates.
• The grass block has become a widely used symbol of Minecraft.
  • The icons for Java Edition and Bedrock Edition apps, except Java snapshots and Bedrock previews, are based on a grass block.
  • The favicon for minecraft.net, as well as the icon for the Minecraft Launcher, used to be a grass block.
• Snowy grass blocks can rarely spawn without snow layers on top of them.

• 👁 A grass block floating in midair.
  
  A grass block floating in midair.
• 👁 Grass blocks in a birch forest.
  
  Grass blocks in a birch forest.
• 👁 An image used to represent grass blocks.
  
  An image used to represent grass blocks.

• 👁 Artwork of a bright grass block, used during the 10th anniversary.[6]
  
  Artwork of a bright grass block, used during the 10th anniversary.^[6]
• 👁 Render of a grass block on a beige background.
  
  Render of a grass block on a beige background.
• 👁 A grass-growing guide made in early 2010.
  
  A grass-growing guide made in early 2010.
• 👁 Diagram of a grass block and various alternative soil blocks.
  
  Diagram of a grass block and various alternative soil blocks.
• 👁 Jens describing grass blocks.
  
  Jens describing grass blocks.
• 👁 An officially licensed diorama, featuring Steve and a pig.
  
  An officially licensed diorama, featuring Steve and a pig.
• 👁 An official sticker for the grass block sold by JINX.
  
  An official sticker for the grass block sold by JINX.
• 👁 Grass block figure of Flippin' Figs
  
  Grass block figure of Flippin' Figs
• 👁 Grass as seen in Choose Your Mode.
  
  Grass as seen in Choose Your Mode.
• 👁 Image
  
• 👁 Image
  
• 👁 A grass block as seen in Minecraft 4k.
  
  A grass block as seen in Minecraft 4k.
• 👁 A grass block as seen in Minecraft Earth.
  
  A grass block as seen in Minecraft Earth.
• 👁 Pixel art of a grass block on the Mctools.dev homepage
  
  Pixel art of a grass block on the Mctools.dev homepage

• "Block of the Week: Grass" by Duncan Geere – Minecraft.net, October 6, 2017.