Minecraft has a wide range of biomes spread throughout the infinitely-generating world. Depending on your preferences, you can set up a home in any of these biomes, be it a jungle treehouse, a cabin in the woods, or even a desert oasis.
A lot of players prefer plane biomes to build a shelter at, and there are plenty of reasons why you should too. Planes have plentiful resources, provide adequate room to expand, and provide a line of sight for incoming enemies. It also offers the maximum availability for the grass block.
The grass is undoubtedly one of the most underrepresented blocks in Minecraft. It was one of the very first blocks to be added to the game, alongside cobblestones. In the initial release of Minecraft, the grassy part of this block used to be on all four sides.
However, it didn’t take long to provide it a side texture as well, which is why we can now see dirt below the grass. Throughout the history of Minecraft, grass blocks have changed considerably, and today we’re going to make you aware of these changes:
How To Obtain Grass Block in Minecraft?
There are many different ways you can obtain the grass block in Minecraft. Depending on which way you choose, you may need access to a particular tool or encounter a specific mob. Here are several ways you can obtain the grass block in Minecraft:
Natural Generation
For the most part, grass blocks are pretty standard in the overworld and generate naturally in most of the biomes throughout the generated world. They can also be found in villages as well as ancient cities, so you won’t have to search for long to find them.
However, keep in mind that you cannot add a grass block to your inventory by breaking it with a standard tool. If you try to mine a grass block by breaking it, all it will yield is a dirt block. It would be best if you had a silk touch enchanted tool to be able to get the grass block in your inventory.
Spread To Nearby Blocks
If a grass block is nearby, it can quickly spread to its adjacent dirt blocks without the need for any intervention from the player. However, there are a few exceptions to this rule as certain types of dirt blocks, such as coarse dirt and rooted dirt, do not let the grass spread on them.
In the Java Edition of the game, the spreading of grass depends majorly on the time cycle of the game. Moreover, for grass to spread to a nearby dirt block, it must meet certain in-game requirements as stated below:
- The dirt block in which the grass needs to spread should be within a range of 3x5x3 around the source grass block.
- The source grass block itself should be in the center of the second top layer of the specified range.
- To be able to spread, the source grass block also needs to have a light level of at least nine or more without anything blocking it.
- If you have a block directly above the dirt block in which the grass needs to spread, make sure that it allows the light to pass through and hit the dirt block. While there is no such requirement for light level, you just have to ensure that the light passes through partially.
You should also refrain from placing lava, water, or any waterlogged block variant above the dirt block.
The grass spreads when it is randomly ticked by checking the four blocks that exist within its range and then converting any available dirt block selected during the tick into the grass. Moreover, both water and lava are light-filtering blocks (decrease the skylight by one without affecting the block light).
Yet, unlike other light filtering blocks like slime blocks and ice, they don’t allow grass to spread on the dirt block underneath them. Other than that, grass blocks can grow under any transparent block, such as glass, torches, fences, and more.
Additionally, grass can also jump directly from one dirt block to another without being affected by any other block kept in between the way. As it spreads at random intervals, grass has a fairly equal chance of spreading to any of the dirt blocks available within its range.
Furthermore, grass blocks can also spread three levels downwards, which is why they spread faster down the slopes than upwards.
Loot from Mobs
The Enderman is a neutral mob in Minecraft that often picks up blocks, mostly grass blocks, and teleports across the world. If you manage to kill an Enderman while transporting a grass block, it will drop it, and you can pick it up to add it to your inventory. Here’s how to do it step-by-step:
Locate an Enderman Carrying Grass Block
The Enderman spawns in the overworld where the light level is at seven or lower, which is why they are commonly located roaming in the overworld at night or in caverns. Sometimes, you may also be able to spot them in the desert biome.
However, for this particular tutorial, you have to find an Enderman that’s carrying a grass block.
Slay The Enderman
Once you’ve located an Enderman carrying a grass block, you have to kill it to make it drop the grass block. Make sure that you don’t look at the Enderman directly in the eyes, as it may provoke it and make it teleport away or even attack you.
You have to try getting the first hit on it. Endermen have lesser chances of teleporting if you hit them on their feet, so make sure you aim for that. It is also recommended to wear armor before combatting an Enderman and have a weapon like a diamond sword with yourself.
Add The Grass Block to The Inventory
After successfully killing an Enderman, it will drop the grass block it is carrying, and you can pick it up. This is by far the simplest way to get a grass block in Minecraft without the need to use the Silk Touch enchantment on your weapon.
Getting Grass Block in Minecraft Survival Mode – Step-by-Step:
If you are playing Minecraft in survival mode, you have to put in a little more effort to get a grass block in your inventory. It cannot be crafted with a recipe and must be gathered in the game. However, that too, requires you to have a particular enchantment to accomplish.
That being said, let’s take a look at how you can get a grass block in Minecraft survival:
Locate A Grass Block
Foremost of all, you have to find a grass block in your Minecraft world, which should not be that hard to find as grass blocks are majorly available in most of the biomes in the overworld. So, locate one and head to the next step.
Enchant a Tool with Silk Touch
To mine a grass block and get it in your inventory, you have to dig it up using a tool that is enchanted with Silk Touch. You need to acquire the Silk Touch enchantment and apply it to your preferred tools, such as a pickaxe, shovel, or ax.
You’ll need to have an enchanting table and an anvil to perform this action. Once you have a tool enchanted with Silk Touch, you have to hold the item in your hands by placing it in the Hotbar and head to the grass block that you found.
Dig Up the Grass Block
Lastly, with the Silk Touch Enchanted tool in your hands, you just have to mine the grass block that you found in the overworld. If you are playing the game on a PC, then you can click and hold your left mouse button to dig the block out and pick it up before it despawns.
Using Commands to Get Grass Blocks in Minecraft
Alternatively, if you have enabled cheats and commands in your Minecraft-generated world, you can use the “give” command to gain as many grass blocks as you want in your inventory. However, keep in mind that enabling commands will prevent your player from gaining XP.
Regardless, if you still want to use the command, open the chat box and type the following:
- /give @p grass_block 1 (for version 1.13 and higher)
- /give @p grass 1 0 (for versions less than 1.13)
Behaviors of Grass Block to Know About in Minecraft
In Minecraft, the grass block shows some fairly unique behaviors that signify its importance in the game. Here’s a list of some of its most common behaviors noticed in the game:
Spawning
In the Minecraft Java edition, if a grass block has a light level of 9 or higher, then animals can spawn on it. However, it happens rarely, and there must be a few animals nearby for it to happen. Naturally, the animals are created with the terrain when your world is being generated.
On the other hand, the Bedrock edition of the game requires grass blocks to have a light level of seven or higher to be able to spawn any animal on them. Moreover, there should not be any other block above the grass block for the animals to spawn on it.
Composting
You can place a grass block in a composter to produce bone meal out of it. It has a 30% chance of raising the compost level by one. However, keep in mind that this only works in the Bedrock edition of the game, and other similar blocks, like rooted dirt and nylium, cannot be composted the same way.
Death
If you place a non-transparent block on top of a grass block, you’ll notice that the grass block eventually dies after a while, and the block turns into the soil instead. Any block can do the same if it manages to reduce the light level of the grass block below level 4.
The phenomenon can also occur if the grass block’s region is dark. Moreover, you can also use a hoe to transform a grass block into a tiled dirt block that can be used for farming purposes afterward.
How To Make Grass Spread Faster in Minecraft?
As mentioned earlier, grass needs to have a light level of more than four to be able to spread, which means if you want it to spread at night, too, you will have to place some torches or other sources of light around the nearby dirt blocks.
You also need to remember that you should be somewhere 128 blocks near the grass for it to spread. This is a general rule of thumb for most of the mechanics in Minecraft, such as growing crops and making Redstone contraptions work.
You should also ensure that you don’t have the game menu open in case you play single-player mode for the grass to spread. If you follow all the rules properly, you won’t have any issues in making the grass spread on dirt blocks.
Moreover, you can speed up the process by increasing the random tick speed from three to all the way up to 1000 by using the “gamerule” command. This will allow you to make the grass spread faster in the game.
How To Grow Grass in Minecraft?
If you want to grow grass in Minecraft, you can use the grass blocks for that purpose. Remember that grass can only grow on grass blocks and not dirt blocks. To do this, you have to use bone meal on top of the grass blocks and make them grow into taller grass.
In addition, it’s worth knowing that breaking the grass normally yields wheat seeds. If you want to acquire the grass as an item instead, you have to use shears to cut them down and add them to your inventory. Shear can be made by using two iron ingots placed on the crafting table in a particular way.
Final Words
In a nutshell, grass blocks in Minecraft are one of the very first blocks to be added in the game that play an integral role in the world of Minecraft. We hope you found this guide informational enough to help you know more about these fabulous blocks in the game.
