Minecraft:Podzol

Template:Infobox block Podzol is a Minecraft:dirt-type Minecraft:block that naturally blankets the surface of the Minecraft:old growth taiga and Minecraft:bamboo jungles, along with their respective variants. Minecraft:Grass blocks and Minecraft:mycelium cannot spread to this block.

Obtaining

Breaking

Podzol can be broken using any Minecraft:tool or by hand, but the Minecraft:shovel is the quickest. It can be obtained using a tool with Minecraft:Silk Touch, otherwise it drops Minecraft:dirt instead. Template:Breaking row

Natural generation

Podzol generates only in Minecraft:old growth taiga, Minecraft:bamboo jungle biomes and in Minecraft:trial chambers surrounding the Minecraft:bogged and the Minecraft:cave spider Minecraft:trial spawners.

Mob loot

Minecraft:Endermen can pick up podzol blocks, and drop it if holding it when killed.

Template:IN, Minecraft:wandering traders have a chance of 8.5% (increased by 1% per level of Minecraft:Looting) to drop 3 podzol when killed while showing the item as trade offer, if the player holds an Minecraft:emerald.

Trading

Minecraft:Wandering traders occasionally sell 3 podzol for 3 Minecraft:emeralds. Template:Trade sources

Post-generation

File:SprucePodzol.png

The pattern in which large spruce trees replace blocks with podzol as it grows.

Podzol replaces the top-most Minecraft:grass blocks, Minecraft:dirt, Minecraft:mycelium, Minecraft:coarse dirt, Minecraft:rooted dirt, Minecraft:moss blocks, Minecraft:pale moss blocks, Minecraft:muddy mangrove roots, and Minecraft:mud around a large Minecraft:spruce tree when it is grown from 4 Minecraft:saplings arranged in a square, as well as the blocks the saplings were planted on. Template:IN, the pattern of the podzol reaches at most 6 blocks in the eastern and southern (positive X and Z) directions, and 5 blocks in the western and northern directions; vertically, it reaches at most 3 blocks above the ground and 2 blocks below the ground. Template:IN, the pattern of the podzol reaches at most 5 blocks horizontally in all directions, and vertically up to 2 blocks above the ground and up to 3 blocks below the ground.

File:Podzol Pattern.png

The maximum horizontal reach of podzol that can generate from a mega spruce tree.

Since podzol can be converted from moss blocks, and moss can be grown on renewable Minecraft:stone, dirt can be renewably created as long as there is access to water, lava, moss, spruce saplings and Minecraft:bone meal. This is especially useful on maps where dirt is limited.

Usage

Like Minecraft:mycelium, podzol allows Minecraft:mushrooms to be placed on it no matter the Minecraft:light level, which allows the growth of Minecraft:huge mushrooms. Minecraft:Saplings, all kinds of Minecraft:flowers, and Minecraft:sugar cane can be placed on it normally. A podzol block can be turned into a Minecraft:dirt path by pressing Template:Control on it with any type of Minecraft:shovel, but it cannot be tilled with a hoe to make Minecraft:farmland.<ref>Template:Bug</ref> However, the player can first use the shovel on the podzol to turn it into dirt path, then use the hoe on the dirt path to turn it into farmland.

Unlike other similar blocks, podzol never spreads to dirt blocks, and it does not become dirt if a solid block is placed on top of it, no matter how long the block remains on top of it. Additionally, neither grass nor mycelium can spread to podzol.

Sulfur cube

Template:In development Minecraft:Sulfur cubes have the ability to absorb podzol, either through picking it up or being interacted with it. This provides the regular/football effect to the mob when hitting it.

Sounds

Unique

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Data values

ID

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Block states

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History

Trivia

• In real life, Template:W is a type of soil characterized by infertility and acidity, and an ashy subsoil layer. One of the environments they typically appear in are boreal forests, or taigas.

Gallery

Screenshots

• Naturally generated podzol in a old growth taiga biome.
  Naturally generated podzol in a old growth taiga biome.
• Naturally generated podzol in a old growth spruce taiga biome.
  Naturally generated podzol in a old growth spruce taiga biome.
• How podzol appeared in the inventory before it was fully implemented in the game.
  How podzol appeared in the inventory before it was fully implemented in the game.
• The first image of a podzol and Minecraft:giant tree taiga.
  The first image of a podzol and Minecraft:giant tree taiga.

See also

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External links

• Block of the Week:Podzol – Minecraft.net on September 1, 2017