Minecraft:Moss Block

A moss block is a natural block that can be spread to other blocks by using Minecraft:bone meal.

Obtaining

File:Moss block range.png

Farthest range moss spreads from a central moss block in Java Edition. In Bedrock Edition, the source block would be a few blocks above the center.

Breaking

Moss blocks can be mined using any tool or by hand, but a Minecraft:hoe is fastest. Template:Breaking row

Natural generation

Moss generates on the floor and ceiling within the Minecraft:lush caves biome. They can also be found in Minecraft:trial chambers indicating that a Minecraft:trial spawner can spawn Minecraft:slimes.

Mob loot

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

Template:IN, Minecraft:wandering traders have a chance of 8.5% (increased by 1% per level of Minecraft:Looting) to drop 2 moss blocks when killed while showing the item as trade offer, if the player holds an Minecraft:emerald.

Trading

Minecraft:Wandering traders may sell 2 moss blocks for 1 Minecraft:emerald. Template:Trade sources

Post-generation

When Minecraft:bone meal is Template:Control on a moss block, moss spreads to any of the blocks listed below, if they have Minecraft:air blocks immediately above them, in a cornerless 7×11×7 volume centered on the original moss block. Foliage can replace air on any of these blocks.

The following blocks can be replaced with moss blocks: Template:Columns-list

When a moss block generates with air above it, it has a chance to have Minecraft:grass, an Minecraft:azalea, or a Minecraft:moss carpet growing on it.

Bone meal on moss blocks

Block	Chance
Template:BlockLink	52.08%
Template:BlockLink	26.04%
Template:BlockLink	10.42%
Template:BlockLink	7.29%
Template:BlockLink	4.17%

Spreading specifics

Template:IN, when Minecraft:bone meal is Template:Control on a moss block, first the game checks that the block directly above the moss block is air. If successful, maximum X and Z distances are chosen (independently from each other) with a 50% chance of being either 2 or 3. Then, in a rectangular area centered on the moss block restricted to those maximum distances, the game decides independently for each vertical column whether a block is converted to moss. Each corner has a 0% chance to be selected, each edge has a 75% chance, and the rest of the blocks are always selected. If this check succeeds, a scan is started at a y-level one above the moss block to find a block with Minecraft:air above it. If the scan starts in an air block, it searches up to 6 blocks downward. If it starts in a non-air block, it searches up to 4 blocks upward. Both scans stop on the first block with air above it, even if it cannot be converted to moss. The chosen block is converted to moss if possible, and if so (or if it already was a moss block) there is a 60% chance that vegetation generates above it.

Each piece of bone meal used on a flat 7×7 grid of convertible blocks yields on average 27 moss blocks (varies widely), which give about 2.5 bone meal when put through a Minecraft:composter.

Effective conversion chance as seen from above

0%	18.75%	37.5%	37.5%	37.5%	18.75%	0%
18.75%	62.5%	87.5%	87.5%	87.5%	62.5%	18.75%
37.5%	87.5%	100%	100%	100%	87.5%	37.5%
37.5%	87.5%	100%		100%	87.5%	37.5%
37.5%	87.5%	100%	100%	100%	87.5%	37.5%
18.75%	62.5%	87.5%	87.5%	87.5%	62.5%	18.75%
0%	18.75%	37.5%	37.5%	37.5%	18.75%	0%

Template:IN, blocks that can be replaced by moss are listed in the moss_replaceable block tag, which includes blocks with the base_stone_overworld, cave_vines and dirt tags. This theoretically also includes blocks such as Minecraft:cave vines and Minecraft:dirt path, which cannot be converted because they do not have a solid top surface aligned with the block grid.Template:More info needed

Usage

All plants can be placed on moss except for Minecraft:cacti. Minecraft:Small dripleaves can be placed on moss blocks even outside of Minecraft:water. Minecraft:Nether fungi can also be placed on moss, while Minecraft:mushrooms can be placed only at light level 12 or below. Mushrooms placed on moss blocks can be grown into Minecraft:huge mushrooms.

Composting

Placing a moss block into a Minecraft:composter has a 65% chance of raising the compost level by 1.

Sniffer eggs

A Minecraft:sniffer egg hatches twice as fast as normal when on top of a moss block.

Piston interactivity

Moss blocks are destroyed and dropped as items when pushed by Minecraft:pistons. They do not stick to sticky pistons, Minecraft:slime blocks or Minecraft:honey blocks.

Sulfur cube

Template:In development Minecraft:Sulfur cubes have the ability to absorb moss blocks, 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

Template:Edition: Template:ID table

Template:El: Template:ID table

History

Gallery

Screenshots

• A preview of the lush caves with moss blocks from Minecraft Live 2020.
  A preview of the lush caves with moss blocks from Minecraft Live 2020.
• An additional preview from Minecraft Live.
  An additional preview from Minecraft Live.
• A preview of the lush caves with moss blocks, tweeted by LadyAgnes.
  A preview of the lush caves with moss blocks, tweeted by LadyAgnes.
• Another preview of the lush caves with moss blocks, in an interview with LadyAgnes.
  Another preview of the lush caves with moss blocks, in an interview with LadyAgnes.

In other media

• Minecraft:Efe approaches a moss block.
  Minecraft:Efe approaches a moss block.
• Efe meeting the snifflet that hatched on the aforementioned moss block.
  Efe meeting the snifflet that hatched on the aforementioned moss block.
• A moss block as it appears in Minecraft:Minecraft Dungeons.
  A moss block as it appears in Minecraft:Minecraft Dungeons.

See also

• Template:BlockLink
• Template:BlockLink

External links

• Block of the Week: Moss – Minecraft.net on July 1, 2021