
| Rarity tier | Common |
|---|---|
| Consumption time | 16 game ticks (0.8 seconds) |
| Hunger | 1 () |
| Saturation | JE: 0.6 () BE: 0.2 () |
| Saturation boost[JE only] | Heals: 0.4HP × 0.2 Duration: 0.2 seconds |
| Always consumable | No |
| Renewable | Yes |
| Stackable | Yes (64) |
Dried kelp is a food item that can be consumed by the player. It can also be crafted into dried kelp blocks. A player can eat dried kelp twice as fast as any other food item.
Obtaining
Crafting
| Ingredients | Crafting recipe |
|---|---|
| Dried Kelp Block |
Smelting
Kelp can be cooked in a furnace, smoker, or campfire. Each piece of dried kelp removed from a furnace output slot gives 0.1 experience (6.4 experience per stack).
Usage
Food

To eat dried kelp, press and hold use while it is selected in the hotbar. Eating one restores 1 () hunger and 0.6[JE only] / 0.2[BE only] hunger saturation.
A player can consume dried kelp in 0.8 seconds which is about twice as fast as any other food item in the game.
Dried kelp is, as a food source, functionally identical to melon slices and raw mutton, restoring half as much saturation and hunger, but being consumed at twice the speed.
Crafting ingredient
| Name | Ingredients | Crafting recipe |
|---|---|---|
| Dried Kelp Block | Dried Kelp |
Composting
Dried kelp placed into a composter has a 30% chance of raising the compost level by 1.
Sounds
| Sounds | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sound | Closed captions | Source | Description | Identifier | Translation key | Volume | Pitch | Attenuation distance |
| Eating | Players | While a player is eating something | entity | subtitles | varies[sound 1] | 0.8–1.2 | 16 | |
| Eating | Friendly Mobs | When a player finishes eating something | entity | subtitles | 1.0 | 0.6–1.4 | 16 | |
| Burp[until: JE 26.4] | Players | When a player finishes eating something | entity | subtitles | 0.5 | 0.9–1.0 | 16 | |
- ↑ Can be 0.5, 1.0, or 1.5
| Sounds | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sound | Closed captions | Source | Description | Identifier | Translation key | Volume | Pitch |
| Eating | Players | While a player is eating something | random | subtitles | 0.5–1.1 | 0.8–1.2 | |
| Burp | Players | When a player finishes eating something | random | subtitles | 0.5 | 0.9–1.0 | |
Data values
ID
| Name | Identifier | Form | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|
dried_kelp | Item | item |
| Name | Identifier | Numeric ID | Form | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|---|
dried_kelp | 270 | Item | item |
Achievements
| Icon | Achievement | In-game description | Actual requirements (if different) | Gamerscore earned | Trophy type (PS) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PS4 | Other | |||||
| Castaway | Eat nothing but dried kelp for three in-game days | Eat dried kelp once; in the following three in-game days, eat nothing but dried kelp. | 20 | Bronze | ||
Advancements
| Icon | Advancement | In-game description | Actual requirements (if different) |
|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Husbandry | The world is full of friends and food | Consume anything that can be consumed, except for cake. |
![]() | A Balanced Diet | Eat everything that is edible, even if it's not good for you | Eat each of these 40 foods:
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History
Java Edition
| Java Edition | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.13 | 18w07a | ||||||
| 18w08b | Dried kelp can now be used to craft dried kelp blocks. | ||||||
| 1.14 | 19w03a | Placing dried kelp into the new composter has a 10% chance of raising the compost level by 1. | |||||
| 19w05a | Dried kelp now has a 30% chance of increasing the compost level in a composter. | ||||||
Bedrock Edition
| Bedrock Edition | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.4.0 | beta 1.2.14.2 | ||||||
| 1.11.0 | beta 1.11.0.1 | Dried kelp can now be used to fill up composters. | |||||
| 1.17.10 | beta 1.17.10.20 | ||||||
Legacy Console Edition
| Legacy Console Edition | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Xbox 360 | Xbox One | PS3 | PS4 | PS Vita | Wii U | Switch | |
| TU69 | 1.76 | 1.76 | 1.76 | Patch 38 | |||
Issues
Issues relating to "Dried Kelp" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.









