Minecraft:Melon

Template:For Template:Infobox block A melonTemplate:Fn is a fruit block that grows from a fully-grown melon stem, which in turn is grown from Minecraft:melon seeds.

Obtaining

Breaking

Template:See also A melon drops 3–7 Minecraft:melon slices when broken by hand, using tools, or pushing with a Minecraft:piston. Minecraft:Silk Touch causes the block itself to drop. Minecraft:Fortune increases the maximum number of melon slices dropped, increasing the average yield to 6.4314 with Fortune III. The actual amount is capped at 9, so Fortune III simply increases the chance of getting 9 slices, which is sufficient to craft the melon again from the slices. Template:Breaking row

Natural generation

Melons are naturally generated in Minecraft:jungle biomes, as a Minecraft:pile (and in some farms) in savanna Minecraft:villages and inside tillage rooms of Minecraft:woodland mansions.

Mob loot

An Minecraft:enderman holding a melon drops the block upon death.

Usage

Farming

Minecraft:Melon seeds can be planted, placing a small stem that grows over time. Once the stem reaches maturity, it attempts to generate a melon block in one of the four immediately adjacent blocks; however, this attempt may fail if the chosen adjacent block is not empty or the block beneath is not an appropriate block (Minecraft:dirt, Minecraft:coarse dirt, Minecraft:rooted dirt, Minecraft:grass block, Minecraft:farmland, Minecraft:podzol, Minecraft:mycelium, Minecraft:moss block, Minecraft:pale moss block, Minecraft:mud or Minecraft:muddy mangrove roots). Melons take 10 to 30 minutes to grow, which is equal to 0.5 to 1.5 times the length of a Minecraft:daylight cycle. Once a stem has produced a melon, that stem does not produce any further melons until the existing melon is harvested. Melon stems connect only to the melons they produce. For example, if stem A generates a melon adjacent to stem B, stem B does not connect and can still produce another melon. Similarly, if a melon is placed adjacent to stem B, stem B would still be able to produce another melon. The same principle applies for Minecraft:pumpkins. Melons require a light level of 9 or higher to grow.

Composting

Placing a melon into a Minecraft:composter has a 65% chance of raising the compost level by 1, but it is more efficient to compost melon slices. Composted melon blocks produce about 7 times less Minecraft:bone meal than the melon slices needed to craft them, and about 4 times less than the melon slices that could be obtained by breaking them.

Sulfur cube

Template:In development Minecraft:Sulfur cubes have the ability to absorb melons, either through picking them up or being interacted with them. This provides the golf ball/fast flat effect to the mob when hitting it.

Data values

ID

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History

New Nintendo 3DS Edition

• Unused draft from the Texture Update.
  Unused draft from the Texture Update.

Trivia

• Unlike other versions, the Minecraft:New Nintendo 3DS Edition is the only version that has a reversible crafting recipe for the melon.
• Minecraft melons greatly resemble square watermelons in real life.

Gallery

Screenshots

• A melon.
  A melon.
• A view of two equally efficient melon farms.
  A view of two equally efficient melon farms.
• A picture of 49% efficient melon farm (2nd version).
  A picture of 49% efficient melon farm (2nd version).
• A simple way to farm melons with Minecraft:sticky pistons.
  A simple way to farm melons with Minecraft:sticky pistons.
• A completely automatic melon farm.
  A completely automatic melon farm.
• Naturally generated melons in a jungle biome.
  Naturally generated melons in a jungle biome.

In other media

• A LEGO set of a melon farm.
  A LEGO set of a melon farm.
• Template:MCE, a variation of snow golems using melons that appeared in Template:MCE.
  Template:MCE, a variation of snow golems using melons that appeared in Template:MCE.
• An Minecraft:Avatar item of a melon farm.
  An Minecraft:Avatar item of a melon farm.
• Melons in Template:Amcm.
  Melons in Template:Amcm.

See also

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External links

• Template:Mcnet