How To Get Grass Blocks In Minecraft Without Silk Touch

This article is about the solid block. For the non-solid block, see Grass. For other uses, see Grass (disambiguation).

A grass block is a natural block that generates abundantly across the surface of the Overworld.

A grass block can be obtained by mining it using a tool enchanted with Silk Touch. Otherwise, it drops dirt. It can also be obtained by killing an enderman that is holding a grass block.

Grass can spread to nearby dirt blocks, but not coarse dirt. Grass spreading without player intervention depends heavily on the time of day.‌^{[ Java Edition only ]} For a dirt block to accept grass from a nearby grass block, the following requirements must be met:

When Grass is Random ticked, it spreads by checking 4 blocks within range, and converting any dirt blocks selected into Grass.

Though water and lava are both light-filtering blocks (meaning they decrease sky light by 1 level but do not affect block light), other light-filtering blocks such as ice and slime blocks do not block grass from spreading to the dirt block. Grass blocks can grow under all other transparent blocks like glass, fences, or torches. Grass jumps directly from one block to a neighbor and is not affected by gaps or other blocks being "in the way." Grass blocks spread at random intervals and have an equal chance of spreading to any suitable dirt blocks that are in range. Because grass can spread as much as 3 levels downward, it tends to spread down slopes much faster than it spreads up them.

Endermen can pick up grass blocks, and drop the blocks they are holding if killed, making it the only way to obtain grass blocks without the use of Silk Touch.

The coloration of grass blocks is dependent on the biome they are in. A grass block always uses the color set to its location, regardless of how it was placed or of its source. This affects the side and top of the block. Grass and leaves similarly change color with the biome.

These values are generated by the biome dyeing algorithm. See Biome colors for more information.

When a sheep eats a grass block, the block becomes dirt, and a sheared sheep regrows its wool.

Dirt paths can be created by using any type of shovel on the side or top of a grass block with air above it. The shovel loses 1 durability for each dirt path block created.

Grass dies and changes to dirt after a random time (when a random tick lands on the block) if directly covered by any opaque block. Transparent blocks can kill grass in a similar manner, but only if they cause the light level above the grass block to be four or below (like water does), and the surrounding area is not otherwise sufficiently lit up.

In Java Edition animals occasionally spawn on grass blocks that have light level 9 or brighter in the space directly above. This is quite rare and requires that there be few other animals nearby or in the spawn chunks. Most animals are instead created along with the terrain.

In Bedrock Edition most animals require surface grass blocks (grass blocks with no solid block anywhere above them at the same x, z coordinate) to spawn. Animals regularly spawn in most overworld biomes on surface grass blocks that have light level 7 or brighter in the space directly above.

Grass blocks instantly turn into a snowy grass block if a layer of snow or a snow block is placed on top of the block. Removing the snow layer will instantly turn the block into a normal grass block.

Placing grass blocks into a composter has a 30% chance of raising the compost level by 1. ‌^{[ Bedrock Edition only ]}

Java Edition pre-Classic Cave game tech test

Added grass blocks. Grass blocks are one of the first two blocks in Minecraft, along with cobblestone.^[2] Grass generation is randomized, but it will only generate on fully lit tiles. The higher the Y level is, the more chance there will be of grass generating. At the top of the map, grass will generate on all fully lit tiles. rd-20090515

The top texture and model of grass blocks have been changed. The model now uses new texture on the side faces and dirt texture on the bottom face. Grass now spreads to dirt under sunlight, allowing new grass blocks to be created. Due to the lack of dynamic lighting mode, grass in shadows eventually dies and changes to dirt. Java Edition Classic 0.24 SURVIVAL TEST Grass blocks now drop dirt when broken. October 25, 2009 On Notch's blog, sheep were shown to eat grass to regrow wool on their bodies, reverting the block to dirt. Often, the grass would regrow just as quickly as sheep would eat it. 0.28 Sheep added, with the behavior described above. 0.30 (Creative) Attempting to place grass blocks by means of hacking one's inventory in Classic Creative multiplayer now causes the server to automatically kick the player. Grass blocks in the player's inventory, at this point, have the green top-texture on all sides of the block. Java Edition Indev 0.31 20091223-2 With the introduction of dynamic lighting, grass is now able to grow in more dimly-lit areas, not having to be fully lit by the sun. 20100124 Grass blocks have now available from the chests in the Indev House. Grass blocks are now placeable, although grass placed from the chest never reverts to dirt when in the shade. The only way to kill the grass is to break the block, so that it drops as dirt. 20100129 Grass blocks have no longer available from the chests in The Indev House. 20100206 Grass can now be tilled with a hoe into farmland, and had a chance of dropping seeds. Java Edition Alpha v1.0.4

Added snowy grass blocks. Snowy grass blocks appear when the grass blocks is under snow.

The model of snowy grass blocks without snow use grass top texture on the top face.

The model of grass blocks in item form has been changed. The model now uses grass block side texture on all faces. v1.0.5 Snowy grass blocks appear when the grass blocks is under snow blocks. v1.2.0 preview

The top texture of grass blocks and snowy grass blocks has been changed. The texture are now grayscale and are affected by biome colors.

This change is not noticeable when snowy grass blocks under the snow layers or snow blocks. Java Edition Beta 1.5

The model of grass blocks now uses an overlay texture on its side faces, which, like its top texture, is grayscale and is affected by biome colors. This overlay texture is exclusive to the "Fancy" graphics setting.

Grass blocks do not use the overlay on fast graphics. 1.6 Test Build 3 Seeds can no longer obtained by using a hoe on a grass block; tall grass instead occasionally drops seeds when broken. 1.6.6 Bone meal now causes tall grass to grow when applied to grass blocks. 1.7

The model of snow has been changed. 1.8 Pre-release It was again possible to legitimately obtain grass blocks in one's inventory, with the introduction of Creative mode. Pre-release 2 ;)

The model of grass block in item form have been changed. Grass blocks now use grass block top texture on the top face and and dirt texture on the bottom face. The top face is now tinted with
#7cbd6b. Name changed from Grass to Grass Block. Java Edition 1.0.0 Beta 1.9 Prerelease The swamp grass and foliage tints has been changed to hard-coded tints
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#496137. Beta 1.9 Prerelease 4 Grass blocks have become obtainable for the first time in survival mode through use of the Silk Touch enchantment, introduced with the new enchanting system. Beta 1.9 Prerelease 5

The top texture of grass blocks has been changed.

This change is not noticeable when snowy grass blocks under the snow layers or snow blocks. Beta 1.9 Prerelease 6

The side texture of grass blocks has been changed. ? Slabs have now been changed so that they no longer revert grass blocks beneath them to dirt, allowing grass to spread to and from underneath. 1.1 11w49a Grass block can now be eaten by sheep. 12w01a Grass blocks are now generating in superflat world type. 1.4.2 12w38a New sounds were added for walking on grass blocks. 1.7.2 13w36a A "grassless" dirt variant, that grass would not spread to, has now been added. 1.8 14w10a

The model of grass blocks in block form has been changed. The side texture of grass blocks is now tinted by biome.^[3] 14w10b The changes in snapshot 14w10a have been fixed. ?

The top of snowy grass blocks is no longer biome-affected. 14w25a Grass blocks now always use the side overlay regardless of graphics setting. 14w25b

The item form of grass blocks now has the same color on the side as the top. 14w27b The top texture of grass is now rotated randomly, due to the addition of arrays to the block model format. 1.9 15w31a Grass blocks can now be turned into grass paths by right-clicking on them with a shovel. Grass blocks can now be obtained by killing an enderman that is holding the block. 1.14 18w48a Grass blocks now generate in the updated plains villages. 18w49a Grass blocks now generate in the updated savanna villages and the new snowy tundra villages. 18w50a Grass blocks now generate in the updated desert and taiga villages. 19w05a Grass blocks are now renewable because wandering traders now offer to sell podzol. 19w08a

The side texture of grass blocks has been changed.

The side texture of snowy grass blocks and the texture of snow have been changed. 1.17 21w11a

The side texture of snowy grass blocks has been changed. 21w16a Grass blocks are now in the dirt tag. Upcoming Java Edition 1.18 experimental snapshot 3 Grass blocks are no longer able to generate underwater. Pocket Edition Alpha Pre-release

Added grass blocks tinted with
#339933. v0.1.0

Grass block has an item form. The model use grass block side texture on all faces. v0.2.0

The textures of grass blocks have been changed. v0.4.0 Grass can now be tilled with a hoe into farmland, and has a chance of dropping seeds. v0.5.0

The side texture of grass blocks for block and item form has been changed. The model of item form now use separate top texture on top face. v0.8.0 build 2

The side texture has been changed to texture before v0.5.0. The top texture for block form now tinted with
#87cd49. The top texture for item form has been changed to pre-tinted top texture which identical for block form. build 3 Grass now has a chance to drop beetroot seeds, carrots, or potatoes when tilled. build 4 Tilling can no longer spawn carrots or potatoes. v0.9.0 build 1

The top texture in block form now tinted with biome colors. The side texture has been changed to various pre-tinted textures dependent by biome. v0.11.0 build 1 Grass now can be pressed into grass path blocks when tapped with a shovel. v0.12.1 build 1 Grass blocks no longer drop beetroot seeds when a hoe is used. build 8 Grass blocks no longer drop wheat seeds when a hoe is used. build 10 The sound of grass blocks has now been changed to match up with grass sound from Java 1.4.2. ? Grass blocks can now be obtained using the Silk Touch enchantment. v0.14.0 build 1 Grass blocks can now be obtained by killing an enderman that is holding the block. v0.16.0 ? The biome-dependent colors of grass blocks now appear on maps. Bedrock Edition 1.11.0 beta 1.11.0.1 Grass blocks can now be used to fill up composters. beta 1.11.0.5

The side texture of grass blocks has been changed.

The side texture of snowy grass blocks and texture of snow has been changed. 1.17.0 beta 1.17.0.50

The side texture of snowy grass blocks has been changed. Legacy Console Edition TU1 CU1 1.00 Patch 1 1.0.1

Added grass blocks. TU3

Changed the texture of grass blocks. 1.90

Changed the texture of grass blocks, again. It is not known if snowy grass changed at all, however. New Nintendo 3DS Edition 0.1.0

Added grass blocks.

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