Minecraft:Dirt Path

Template:Redirect Template:Redirect Template:Infobox block Dirt paths are decorative blocks. They are mainly found in Minecraft:villages as a path for the villagers.

Obtaining

Breaking

A Minecraft:shovel is the most efficient Minecraft:tool for mining dirt paths.

Template:IN, a dirt path block can be directly obtained with a Minecraft:Silk Touch tool.<ref>Template:Bug</ref>

Template:IN, dirt paths always drop Minecraft:dirt when broken. Dirt path blocks can be obtained only via the Minecraft:Creative inventory, Minecraft:commands, or Template:Control. They can still be created from placed dirt, however, by Template:Control a Minecraft:shovel on dirt, as described in Template:Section link below.

Natural generation

Dirt paths are naturally generated in Minecraft:villages when pathways replace Minecraft:grass blocks. Their purpose is aesthetics, and additionally Template:In, pathfinding for villagers. Most dirt paths connect to village structures and houses.

Dirt paths also generate as part of some village structures.

Although they can't be placed that way by the player, village generation can cause them to appear under other blocks.

Post-generation

Dirt paths can be created by Template:Control any type of Minecraft:shovel on the side or top of Minecraft:dirt, Minecraft:grass block, Minecraft:coarse dirt, Minecraft:mycelium, Minecraft:podzol, or Minecraft:rooted dirt that has air above it. The shovel then loses one Minecraft:durability.

Usage

Dirt paths are primarily used for decoration, although they also prevent hostile mobs from spawning. They are a similar color to grass blocks placed in a desert or savanna biome. They are only Template:Frac of a block high, therefore items that require a full block like Minecraft:torches and Minecraft:buttons cannot be placed on them. Minecraft:Villagers and Minecraft:iron golems prefer to use dirt paths the most when routing compared to any other block.Template:Only

A dirt path block converts to dirt instantly if a block with a solid Minecraft:material is placed on top of it.

Using a Minecraft:hoe on dirt path converts it to Minecraft:farmland. Since dirt paths can be created with any variant of dirt, it can be used as an intermediate step to convert Minecraft:podzol and Minecraft:mycelium, which cannot be tilled directly, into farmland.

Template:IN, using a Minecraft:flint and steel on a dirt path places Minecraft:fire on it. Doing this does not convert the path to dirt.

Sounds

Unique

Template:Edition: Template:SoundTable

Template:Edition: Template:SoundTable

Data values

ID

Template:Edition: Template:ID table

Template:Edition: Template:ID table

History

Trivia

• If aimed correctly, an Minecraft:arrow can fly past the gap between a Minecraft:block and a dirt path placed below using Minecraft:commands.
• The idea of dirt paths came from a suggestion post in /r/Minecraft.<ref>Template:Tweet</ref>

Gallery

Screenshots

• The original suggestion image for dirt paths.
  The original suggestion image for dirt paths.
• The first image of dirt paths released.
  The first image of dirt paths released.
• The second image of dirt paths released.
  The second image of dirt paths released.
• The third image of dirt paths released.
  The third image of dirt paths released.
• First image of dirt paths generated in a Minecraft:village, tweeted by Minecraft:Tommaso Checchi.
  First image of dirt paths generated in a Minecraft:village, tweeted by Minecraft:Tommaso Checchi.
• The Template:Frac of a block height difference between grass blocks and dirt paths.
  The Template:Frac of a block height difference between grass blocks and dirt paths.
• Minecraft:Wheat seeds growing from dirt paths due to a glitch.
  Minecraft:Wheat seeds growing from dirt paths due to a glitch.
• Minecraft:Dirt, Minecraft:coarse dirt, Minecraft:podzol, and Minecraft:mycelium being turned into dirt paths.
  Minecraft:Dirt, Minecraft:coarse dirt, Minecraft:podzol, and Minecraft:mycelium being turned into dirt paths.