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{{about||the {{LCE}} exclusive feature|Shrub|the grass|Short Dry Grass|other uses|Bush (disambiguation)}}
{{Infobox block
| image = Dead Bush.png
| invimage = Dead Bush
| image2class = pixel-image
| transparent = Yes
| light = No
| tool = Shears
| waterloggable = {{jebe|No|Yes}}
| renewable = No
| stackable = Yes (64)
| flammable = {{jebe|Yes (60)|No}}
| lavasusceptible = Yes
}}
A '''dead bush''' is a non-solid [[Minecraft:plant]] block found in [[Minecraft:desert]]s, [[Minecraft:badlands]], [[Minecraft:swamps]] and [[Minecraft:old growth taiga]]s. It can only be obtained with [[Minecraft:shears]], and otherwise drops [[Minecraft:stick]]s when broken.

== Obtaining ==
=== Breaking ===
Dead bushes [[Minecraft:drop]] 0–2 [[Minecraft:stick]]s when broken without [[Minecraft:shears]], or when the block below it is removed. [[Minecraft:Fortune]] enchantment doesn't affect the stick drop rates. When shears are used, a dead bush drops itself.
{{breaking row|Dead Bush|drop=0|shears=1|horizontal=1}}

=== Natural generation ===
Dead bushes generate in [[Minecraft:desert]]s, [[Minecraft:badlands]], [[Minecraft:wooded badlands]], [[Minecraft:eroded badlands]], [[Minecraft:swamp]]s, [[Minecraft:mangrove swamp]]s, [[Minecraft:old growth pine taiga]]s, and [[Minecraft:old growth spruce taiga]]s. They generate on [[Minecraft:sand]], [[Minecraft:red sand]], [[Minecraft:terracotta]], [[Minecraft:grass block]]s, [[Minecraft:podzol]], [[Minecraft:dirt]], [[Minecraft:coarse dirt]], and [[Minecraft:mud]].

Dead bushes generate twice as commonly in desert biomes as they do in old growth taigas, and 10 times more often in badlands than they do in deserts (ratio of 1:2:20 – taiga:desert:badlands).

Dead bushes generate in some entrance rooms of [[Minecraft:trial chambers]], next to a cactus. They can also be found inside [[Minecraft:flower pot]]s inside some desert [[Minecraft:village]] houses and in trial chambers.

{{block distribution}}

=== Generated loot ===
{{LootChestItem|dead-bush}}

== Usage ==
Dead bushes can be used for aesthetic decoration, as a source of [[Minecraft:stick]]s and a [[Minecraft:fuel]] source. A dead bush can be placed on any kind of [[Minecraft:sand]], [[Minecraft:terracotta]], [[Minecraft:dirt]], [[Minecraft:podzol]] and [[Minecraft:mud]]; they can also be placed on [[Minecraft:grass block]]s, [[Minecraft:mycelium]], [[Minecraft:moss block]]s, and [[Minecraft:farmland]]. They can also be planted in [[Minecraft:flower pot]]s. Dead bushes do not spread, and cannot be grown using [[Minecraft:bone meal]].

Unlike most plants, dead bushes cannot be [[Minecraft:compost]]ed.<ref>{{bug|MC-219904}}</ref>

=== Fuel ===
Dead bushes can be used as [[Minecraft:fuel]] in [[Minecraft:furnace]]s, smelting 0.5 items per dead bush.

=== Ambience ===
If placed on [[Minecraft:sand]], [[Minecraft:red sand]] or a [[Minecraft:terracotta]] block of any kind with at least one more corresponding block underneath it, dead bushes occasionally produce [[#Unique|ambient sounds]] reminiscent of dry leaves rustling, wind howling and insects rattling. If the block directly below a dead bush is red sand or any kind of terracotta, the chance of playing ambient sounds is reduced by {{frac|2|3}}. These ambient sounds can play anywhere if the given conditions are met, and naturally play in the [[Minecraft:badlands]] and [[Minecraft:desert]] biomes due to the abundance of dead bushes on top of said blocks.

== Sounds ==
=== Generic ===
{{Sound table/Block/Grass}}

=== Unique ===
{{SoundTable
|type=java
|{{SoundLine
|sound=Dead Bush bushrustle1.ogg
|sound2=Dead Bush bushrustle2.ogg
|sound3=Dead Bush bushrustle3.ogg
|subtitle=Dry sounds
|source=ambient
|description=Randomly when placed on [[Minecraft:terracotta]], [[Minecraft:sand]] or [[Minecraft:red sand]]
|id=block.deadbush.idle
|translationkey=subtitles.block.deadbush.idle
|volume=
|pitch=
|distance=
}}
|{{SoundLine
|sound=Dead Bush creakysand1.ogg
|subtitle=Dry sounds
|source=ambient
|description=Randomly when placed on terracotta, sand or red sand
|id=block.deadbush.idle
|translationkey=subtitles.block.deadbush.idle
|volume=
|pitch=
|distance=
}}
|{{SoundLine
|sound=Dead Bush crickets.ogg
|subtitle=Dry sounds
|source=ambient
|description=Randomly when placed on terracotta, sand or red sand
|id=block.deadbush.idle
|translationkey=subtitles.block.deadbush.idle
|volume=
|pitch=
|distance=
}}
|{{SoundLine
|sound=Dead Bush howlingwind1.ogg
|subtitle=Dry sounds
|source=ambient
|description=Randomly when placed on terracotta, sand or red sand
|id=block.deadbush.idle
|translationkey=subtitles.block.deadbush.idle
|volume=
|pitch=
|distance=
}}
|{{SoundLine
|sound=Dead Bush insect1.ogg
|subtitle=Dry sounds
|source=ambient
|description=Randomly when placed on terracotta, sand or red sand
|id=block.deadbush.idle
|translationkey=subtitles.block.deadbush.idle
|volume=
|pitch=
|distance=
}}
|{{SoundLine
|sound=Dead Bush leaves.ogg
|subtitle=Dry sounds
|source=ambient
|description=Randomly when placed on terracotta, sand or red sand
|id=block.deadbush.idle
|translationkey=subtitles.block.deadbush.idle
|volume=
|pitch=
|distance=
}}
|{{SoundLine
|sound=Dead Bush movingsand1.ogg
|sound2=Dead Bush movingsand2.ogg
|sound3=Dead Bush movingsand3.ogg
|subtitle=Dry sounds
|source=ambient
|description=Randomly when placed on terracotta, sand or red sand
|id=block.deadbush.idle
|translationkey=subtitles.block.deadbush.idle
|volume=
|pitch=
|distance=
}}
}}

== Data values ==
=== ID ===
{{edition|java}}:
{{ID table
|edition=java
|showforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Dead Bush
|spritetype=block
|nameid=dead_bush
|foot=1}}

{{edition|bedrock}}:
{{ID table
|edition=bedrock
|shownumericids=y
|showforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Dead Bush
|spritetype=block
|nameid=deadbush
|id=32
|foot=1}}

== History ==
=== ''Java Edition'' ===
{{HistoryTable
|{{HistoryLine|java beta}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.6|dev=Test Build 3|[[File:Dead Bush (texture) JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Dead Bush JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added dead bushes.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.8|dev=Pre-release|Dead bushes can now be placed in [[Minecraft:Creative mode]].}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=Pre-release 2 ;)|Dead bushes now have an official name.}}
|{{HistoryLine|java}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.2.1|dev=12w05a|Dead bushes can now be obtained using [[Minecraft:shears]].}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.4.2|dev=12w34a|[[File:Potted Dead Bush JE1.png|32px]] Dead bushes can now be placed in [[Minecraft:flower pot]]s.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.7.2|dev=13w36a|Dead bushes can now be placed on all 17 types of [[Minecraft:hardened clay]] as well as [[Minecraft:dirt]].
|Dead bushes can now spawn in [[Minecraft:mesa]] biomes.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=13w39a|Dead bushes can now be placed on [[Minecraft:red sand]].}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.8|dev=14w04a|Dead bushes are now flammable.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=14w07a|[[File:Dead Bush JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The model of dead bush has been changed.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=14w10c|[[File:Dead Bush JE1 BE1.png|32px]] The model of dead bush has been changed.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=14w25a|[[File:Dead Bush JE5.png|32px]] Dead Bushes are now affected by the same shading full blocks are.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=14w26a|[[File:Dead Bush JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Dead Bushes are no longer subject to shading.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.9|dev=15w31a|Dead bushes now [[Minecraft:drop]] 0–2 [[Minecraft:stick]]s when broken.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.13|dev=18w22b|Dead bush bounding box has been shrunk.}}
|{{HistoryLine||?|[[File:Dead Bush (texture) TU1.png|32px]] [[File:Dead Bush (Texture Update pre-release 1).png|32px]] This texture of dead bush was shown at some point.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.14|dev=18w43a|[[File:Dead Bush (texture) JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Dead Bush JE6 BE4.png|32px]] The texture of dead bushes has been changed.|Dead bushes can now be used as [[Minecraft:fuel]].}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=18w50a|[[Minecraft:Potted dead bush]]es can now be found in desert [[Minecraft:village]]s.
|Dead bush items can now be found in [[Minecraft:chest]]s in desert village houses.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.17|dev=21w16a|Dead bushes can now be placed on grass blocks.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.19|dev=22w14a|Dead bushes can now be placed on mud.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.19.4|exp=Update 1.20|dev=23w07a|Dead bushes can now be placed on suspicious sand.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.20|dev=23w12a|Dead bushes can now be found in [[Minecraft:suspicious gravel]] and [[Minecraft:suspicious sand]] in [[Minecraft:trail ruins]].}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=23w16a|Dead bushes no longer generate in suspicious sand in trail ruins.
|Due to the split of the archaeological loot tables for the suspicious gravel within the trail ruins; dead bush now is in the common loot.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.20.3|exp=Update 1.21|dev=23w45a|Dead bushes and potted dead bushes now generate in [[Minecraft:trial chambers]].}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.21.5|dev=25w05a|Dead bushes now make ambient sounds when placed on top of two blocks of [[Minecraft:sand]], [[Minecraft:red sand]] or any color of [[Minecraft:terracotta]].}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=25w09a|Can now be placed on [[Minecraft:farmland]].}}
}}

=== ''Bedrock Edition'' ===
{{HistoryTable
|{{HistoryLine|pocket alpha}}
|{{HistoryLine||v0.8.0|dev=build 1|[[File:Dead Bush (texture) JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Dead Bush JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added dead bushes to Creative mode.
|Dead bushes can only be placed on [[Minecraft:sand]].}}
|{{HistoryLine||v0.9.0|dev=build 1|[[File:Dead Bush JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The model of dead bush has been changed.
|Dead bushes now spawn naturally.
|Added [[Minecraft:red sand]] and [[Minecraft:hardened clay]], which dead bushes can be placed on.}}
|{{HistoryLine||v0.12.1|dev=build 1|Dead bushes now [[Minecraft:drop]] 0–2 [[Minecraft:stick]]s when broken.
|Dead bushes can now be placed on [[Minecraft:podzol]].}}
|{{HistoryLine|bedrock}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.2.0|dev=beta 1.2.0.2|Dead bushes can now be placed on [[Minecraft:dirt]].}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.10.0|dev=beta 1.10.0.3|[[File:Dead Bush (texture) JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Dead Bush BE3.png|32px]] The texture of dead bushes has been changed.
|[[Minecraft:Potted dead bush]]es now generate in the new desert [[Minecraft:village]]s.
|Dead bushes can now be used as [[Minecraft:fuel]] in a [[Minecraft:furnace]].}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.11.0|dev=beta 1.11.0.1|Dead bushes can now be found in desert village house [[Minecraft:chest]]s.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.19.0|dev=beta 1.19.0.20|Dead bushes can now be placed on mud.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.20.0|dev=Preview 1.20.0.20|Dead bushes can now be placed on grass blocks, moss blocks and mycelium.
|Dead bushes can now be found in [[Minecraft:swamp]] biomes.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.21.60|dev=Preview 1.21.60.21|[[File:Dead Bush JE6 BE4.png|32px]] Dead bushes no longer appear mirrored when viewed from certain angles.<ref>{{bug|MCPE-40646||Cross models are displayed wrongly from east and west sides|Fixed}}</ref>}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=Preview 1.21.60.23|Dead bushes generate more frequently in [[Minecraft:desert]]s and [[Minecraft:badland]]s.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.21.70|exp=Drop 1 2025|dev=Preview 1.21.70.20|Dead bushes now make ambient sounds when placed on top of two blocks of [[Minecraft:sand]], [[Minecraft:red sand]] or any color of [[Minecraft:terracotta]].}}
|{{HistoryLine||26.10|dev=Preview 26.10.24|Dead bushes can now be placed on [[Minecraft:farmland]].}}
}}

=== Legacy Console Edition ===
{{HistoryTable
|{{HistoryLine|console}}
|{{HistoryLine||xbox=TU1|xbone=CU1|ps3=1.00|psvita=1.00|ps4=1.00|wiiu=Patch 1|switch=1.0.1|[[File:Dead Bush (texture) JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Dead Bush JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added dead bushes.}}
|{{HistoryLine||xbox=TU14|xbone=CU1|ps3=1.04|psvita=1.00|ps4=1.00|wiiu=Patch 1|switch=1.0.1|[[File:Potted Dead Bush JE1.png|32px]] Can now be placed in [[Minecraft:flower pot]]s.}}
|{{HistoryLine||xbox=TU31|xbone=CU19|ps3=1.22|psvita=1.22|ps4=1.22|wiiu=Patch 3|Dead bushes can now be placed on [[Minecraft:terracotta]].}}
|{{HistoryLine||xbox=TU48|xbone=CU38|ps3=1.41|psvita=1.41|ps4=1.41|wiiu=Patch 17|Dead bushes now [[Minecraft:drop]] 1 [[Minecraft:stick]] when broken.}}
|{{HistoryLine||xbox=none|xbone=none|ps3=none|psvita=none|ps4=1.90|wiiu=none|switch=none|[[File:Dead Bush (texture) JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Dead Bush JEUNK BEUNK.png|32px]] The texture of dead bushes has been changed.
|Dead bushes can now be used as [[Minecraft:fuel]] in a [[Minecraft:furnace]].}}
}}

=== ''New Nintendo 3DS Edition'' ===
{{HistoryTable
|{{HistoryLine|new 3ds}}
|{{HistoryLine||0.1.0|[[File:Dead Bush (texture) JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Dead Bush JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added dead bushes.}}
}}

=== Data history ===
{{HistoryTable
|{{HistoryLine|java}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.8|dev=14w06a|Dead bushes now use the newly-implemented model json file {{code|models/block/cross.json}}; previously the geometry was defined in the game code itself.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.13|dev=17w47a|The ID for dead bushes has been changed from <code>deadbush</code> to <code>dead_bush</code>.
|Prior to [[Minecraft:1.13/Flattening|''The Flattening'']], this block's numeral ID was 32.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.17|dev=21w19a|<code>minecraft:dead_bush</code> has been added to the newly-implemented <code>#minecraft:mineable/axe</code> [[Minecraft:block tag]]. This, however, has no effect in-game, since the block breaks instantly anyway regardless of tool used or active effects.{{check the code|Prior to this version, assigned tools were presumably hardcoded; were dead bushes also coded to have axes as their "preferred" tool before this version?}}}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.21.5|dev=25w10a|<code>minecraft:dead_bush</code> has been removed from the block tags <code>#minecraft:mineable/axe</code> and <code>#minecraft:sword_efficient</code>.}}
}}

== Issues ==
{{issue list}}

== Trivia ==
* Dead bushes dropping [[Minecraft:stick]]s is based on a suggestion by {{w|Reddit}} user [https://www.reddit.com/user/pedroff_1 pedroff_1].<ref>{{reddit|sub=minecraftsuggestions|3cl6mf/dead_bushes_when_broken_drop_02_sticks|ct1jocr}}</ref>

== Gallery ==
=== Screenshots ===
<gallery>
Tall Grass at sand.png|Several dead bushes in a [[Minecraft:desert]] biome.
DeadBush In Spawn.png|Dead bushes in a [[Minecraft:swamp]] biome.
Dead Bush Mesa.png|Multiple dead bushes in a [[Minecraft:badlands]] biome.
DeadbushCave.png|Dead bushes can even spawn in badlands [[Minecraft:cave]]s.
DeadShrubs.png|Dead Bush in desert.
</gallery>

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
*[https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/taking-inventory-dead-bush Taking Inventory: Dead Bush] – Minecraft.net on January 25, 2019

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imported>MinecraftBedrockPlayer7 at 16:19, 24 March 2026