Dried Kelp Block

"Kelp Block" redirects here. For the non-solid plant, see Kelp.

Dried Kelp Block

Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)
Tool
Blast resistance	2.5
Hardness	0.5
Luminous	No
Transparent	No
Flammable	Yes (30)
Catches fire from lava	No
Map color	27 COLOR_GREEN
Note block instrument	Default (Harp)
Sulfur cube archetype	Fast Flat

Dried kelp blocks are storage blocks equivalent to nine dried kelp. They can also be used as fuel.

Obtaining

Breaking

Dried kelp blocks can be mined using any tool or by hand, but a hoe is the fastest way to break it.

Block	Dried Kelp Block
Hardness	0.5
Tool
Breaking time (sec)[A]
Default	10.75 (JE) 0.75 (BE)
Wooden	10.4 (JE) 0.4 (BE)
Stone	10.2 (JE) 0.2 (BE)
Copper	10.15 (JE) 0.15 (BE)
Iron	10.15 (JE) 0.15 (BE)
Diamond	10.1 (JE) 0.1 (BE)
Netherite	10.1 (JE) 0.1 (BE)
Golden	10.1 (JE) 0.1 (BE)
Options
Efficiency	000
Haste	001 1JEBE

Legend

• incorrect tool, drops nothing
• correct tool, drops nothing or something other than the block itself
• correct tool, drops the block itself
• italicized can be instant mined

Crafting

Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Dried Kelp

Usage

Dried kelp blocks can be used to store dried kelp in a compact fashion.

Unlike hay bales, dried kelp blocks cannot be placed in every orientation, despite both being bundled dried plant matter and using the same type of model.

Fuel

Dried kelp blocks can be used as fuel in furnaces, blast furnaces, and smokers. It is able to smelt 20 items, taking 4,000 ticks in a furnace, and 2,000 ticks in the blast furnace and smoker. This is 2.5 times the burn duration of coal and charcoal, and 0.25 times the burn duration of a block of coal. It is the fuel with the highest number of operations per fuel below 64 items. The highest number of items that can be smelted without any refills or hoppers and without loss of fuel is 60 items (3 dried kelp blocks).

Crafting a dried kelp block first requires smelting 9 pieces of kelp, so its net fuel value is only 11 items. However, using a different fuel source to smelt pieces of kelp that are then crafted into dried kelp blocks, the number of operations per fuel is effectively increased. If a lava bucket were used to smelt 100 pieces of kelp that were then crafted into 11 dried kelp blocks, which can then smelt a total of 220 items, giving the lava bucket a net increase of 120 items smelted. Campfires can be used to cook the kelp without using up fuel.

Crafting ingredient

Name	Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Dried Kelp	Dried Kelp Block	9

Composting

Dried kelp blocks have a 50% chance of increasing the compost level in a composter by 1. Composting a dried kelp block instead of 9 kelp items (whether raw or dried) is less efficient. For example, 100 dried kelp blocks would yield 7 ¹⁄₇ bone meal on average, while 900 kelp items needed to make them in the first place would instead yield 38 ⁴⁄₇ bone meal on average.

Trading

Villager		Probability		Villager wants	Player receives	Trades in stock	Villager experience	Price multiplier
		JE	BE
Butcher	Expert	100%	100%	10 × Dried Kelp Block	Emerald	12	30	0.05

Sounds

Java Edition:

grass sound type
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	​Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	block.grass.break	subtitles.block.generic.break​	1.0	0.8	16
	​Block placed​[until: JE 26.4]	Blocks	When the block is placed	block.grass.place	subtitles.block.generic.place​	1.0	0.8	16
	​Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	block.grass.hit	subtitles.block.generic.hit​	0.25	0.5	16
	​Something falls on a block	Entity-Dependent	Falling on the block with fall damage	block.grass.fall	subtitles.block.generic.fall​	0.5	0.75	16
	​Footsteps	Entity-Dependent	Walking on the block	block.grass.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.15	1.0	16

Bedrock Edition:

grass sound type
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch
	​Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	dig.grass	subtitles.block.generic.break​	0.7	0.8–1.0
	​Block placed	Blocks	When the block is placed	place.grass	subtitles.block.generic.place​	0.8	0.8–1.0
	​Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	hit.grass	subtitles.block.generic.hit​	0.3	0.5
	​Footsteps	Players	Falling on the block with fall damage	fall.grass	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.4	1.0
	​Footsteps	Players	Walking on the block	step.grass	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.3	1.0
	​Shovel flattens	Blocks	When a shovel creates a dirt path	use.grass	subtitles.item.shovel.flatten​	1.0	0.8
	​Footsteps	Blocks	Jumping from the block	jump.grass	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.11	1.0
	​Footsteps	Blocks	Falling on the block without fall damage	land.grass	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.21	1.0

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Translation key
Dried Kelp Block	dried_kelp_block	Block & Item	block.minecraft.dried_kelp_block

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Item ID[i 1]	Translation key
Dried Kelp Block	dried_kelp_block	394	Block & Giveable Item[i 2]	Identical[i 3] (Numeric: -139)	tile.dried_kelp_block.name

Achievements

Icon		Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS)
PS4	Other
		Alternative Fuel	Power a furnace with a dried kelp block	This achievement is awarded only if the dried kelp block is put into the furnace's fuel slot manually, not via redstone components such as hoppers.	20	Bronze

History

Java Edition

Java Edition
1.13			18w07a				Added dried kelp blocks.
			18w07b				Dried kelp blocks are now flammable.
			18w08b				Dried kelp blocks can now be crafted.
1.14			18w46a				Dried kelp block's map color has been changed from '26 COLOR_BROWN' to '27 COLOR_GREEN'
			19w03a				Placing dried kelp blocks in the new composter has a 20% chance of increasing the compost level by 1.
			19w05a				Dried kelp blocks now have a 50% chance of increasing the compost level in a composter by 1.
			19w11a				Butcher villagers now buy 10 dried kelp blocks for 1 emerald.
1.16			20w11a				Dried kelp blocks can now be broken faster using hoes.
26.2			snap1				Added sulfur cubes, which have the ability to absorb dried kelp blocks, providing the golf ball/fast flat effect to the mob.

Bedrock Edition

Bedrock Edition
1.4.0			beta 1.2.14.2				Added dried kelp blocks.
			beta 1.2.20.1				The texture of dried kelp blocks has now been changed.
1.11.0			beta 1.11.0.1				Dried kelp blocks can now be used to fill up composters.
			beta 1.11.0.4				Dried kelp blocks can now be sold to butcher villagers.
1.16.0			beta 1.16.0.57				Dried kelp blocks can now be broken faster using hoes.
							Trading changed, expert butcher villagers now buy 10 dried kelp blocks for an emerald.
1.20.30			Preview 1.20.20.21				Increased the blast resistance of dried kelp blocks from 0.5 to 2.5.
26.20 Experiment Drop 2 of 2026			Preview 26.20.23				Added sulfur cubes, which have the ability to absorb dried kelp blocks, providing the golf ball/fast flat effect to the mob.
26.30			Preview 26.30.20				Implemented all features from the "Drop 2 of 2026" experiment in vanilla gameplay.

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		Added dried kelp blocks.

Issues

Issues relating to "Dried Kelp Block" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

External links

• Block of the Month: Dried Kelp – Minecraft.net on April 20, 2023