Minecraft:Golden Dandelion

A golden dandelion is a Minecraft:craftable Minecraft:flower that can be Template:Ctrl to Minecraft:baby Minecraft: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 Minecraft:crafting or the Minecraft:wandering trader.

Obtaining

Unlike other one-block-tall flowers Template:In, players cannot spread golden dandelions on top of nearby grass blocks by applying Minecraft:bone meal on a golden dandelion.

Breaking

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

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

Usage

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

Baby mobs

A golden dandelion can be Template:Ctrl on a Minecraft:baby mob that normally ages (i.e., not including Minecraft:villagers, as well as Minecraft:monsters that don't age at all, such as Minecraft:piglins or the Minecraft:undead), which resets and locks its aging time (Template:Convert for most mobs, or Template:Convert for Minecraft:snifflets), prevents it from Minecraft:despawning, and displays downward-moving particles. One cannot be used if the mob has the [[Minecraft:Entity type tag (Java Edition)#cannot_be_age_locked|Template:Cd]] 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 Template:CdTemplate:Only or Template:CdTemplate: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

Template:Main Suspicious stew that is created using a golden dandelion imparts the Saturation effect for 0.35 seconds Template:In or 0.3 seconds Template:In. The Saturation effect restores an additional Template:Hunger hunger and 14 saturation Template:In, or Template:Hunger hunger Template:In. The suspicious stew can be made using a golden dandelion or produced by feeding a dandelion to a non-baby brown Minecraft:mooshroom and then milking it with a bowl.

Piglins

Minecraft:Piglins run toward any golden dandelion item on the ground and inspect it for 6 seconds Template:In or 8 seconds Template:In<ref>Template:Bug</ref> before putting it in their inventory.

Bee nests

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

Sounds

Unique

Template:JE: Template:SoundTable

Template:BE: Template:SoundTable

Data values

ID

Minecraft:Java Edition: Template:ID table

Template:BE: Template:ID table2

History

Trivia

Publicity

• A day after the flower's introduction, Minecraft:YouTube creator Minecraft:Camman18 released a viral short that included the memetic phrase "the golden dandelion, which is a golden dandelion."<ref>Template:YouTube link</ref><ref>Template:Citation</ref>
  • In Minecraft:Minecraft Live – March 2026, the meme was shown in Minecraft:the Deep Dig, where Camman18 was featured.

Gallery

Mojang images

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

In other media

• Minecraft:Sunny reaching out through Template:Wikipedia to feed a chick with a golden dandelion
  Minecraft:Sunny reaching out through Template:Wikipedia to feed a chick with a golden dandelion
• Golden dandelion artwork
  Golden dandelion artwork