Hanging Roots

Hanging Roots

Rarity tier	Common
Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)
Tool
Blast resistance	0
Hardness	0
Luminous	No
Transparent	Yes
Waterloggable	Yes
Flammable	Yes
Catches fire from lava	Yes
Map color	10 DIRT‌[JE only]  7 PLANT‌[BE only]
Note block instrument	Default (Harp)

Hanging roots are a natural decorative block found underground in the lush caves biome.

Obtaining

Breaking

Hanging roots can be destroyed with any tool or by hand instantly, but can only be collected using shears. In Bedrock Edition, any Silk Touch tool also works.

Block	Hanging roots
Hardness	0
Breaking time (secs)
Default	10.05 (JE) 0.05 (BE)
Shears	10.05 (JE) 0.05 (BE)

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

Natural generation

Hanging roots can generate inside a lush cave beneath an azalea tree on the surface above.

Post-generation

Using bone meal on rooted dirt causes hanging roots to grow below the block.

Hanging roots may be obtained by using a hoe on rooted dirt, transforming the rooted dirt into normal dirt in the process.

Usage

Hanging roots can only be placed on the underside of a block.

Composting

Placing hanging roots into a composter has a 30% chance of raising the compost level by 1.

Sounds

Java Edition:

hanging_roots sound type
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	​Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	block.hanging_roots.break	subtitles.block.generic.break​	1.0	0.8	16
	​Block placed​[until: JE 26.4]	Blocks	When the block is placed	block.hanging_roots.place	subtitles.block.generic.place​	1.0	0.8	16
	​Block breaking	Blocks	Not normally encounterable[sound 1]	block.hanging_roots.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.hanging_roots.fall	subtitles.block.generic.fall​	0.5	0.75	16
	​Footsteps	Entity-Dependent	Walking on the block	block.hanging_roots.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.15	1.0	16

Bedrock Edition:

hanging_roots sound type
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch
	​ ?	Blocks	Once the block has broken	break.hanging_roots	​ ?	1.0	0.8–1.0
	​ ?	Blocks	When the block is placed	place.hanging_roots	​ ?	1.0	0.8–1.0
	​ ?	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken​	hit.hanging_roots	​ ?	0.35	0.5
	​ ?	Players	Falling on the block with fall damage	fall.hanging_roots	​ ?	0.4	1.0
	​ ?	Players	Walking on the block	step.hanging_roots	​ ?	0.17	1.0
	​ ?	Players	Jumping from the block	jump.hanging_roots	​ ?	0.12	1.0
	​ ?	Players	Falling on the block without fall damage	land.hanging_roots	​ ?	0.14	1.0

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Block tags	Translation key
Hanging Roots	hanging_roots	Block & Item	replaceable replaceable_by_mushrooms replaceable_by_trees	block.minecraft.hanging_roots

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Item ID[i 1]	Translation key
Hanging Roots	hanging_roots	574	Block & Giveable Item[i 2]	Identical[i 3]	tile.hanging_roots.name

Block states

Java Edition:

History

Announcement and tweets

October 3, 2020							Hanging roots are shown unnamed as part of lush caves at Minecraft Live 2020.
February 5, 2021							JAPPA tweets an image of an alternate hanging roots texture.
February 9, 2021							JAPPA tweets an image of new hanging roots texture.

Java Edition

Java Edition
1.17			21w05a				Added hanging roots.
			21w06a				The texture of hanging roots has been changed.
			21w10a				Hanging roots can now generate in the lush caves.
			21w11a				Hanging roots now generate when bone meal is used on rooted dirt, making them renewable.
							Hanging roots now renders randomly offset.
							Removing the support block for it no longer allows it to float.
			21w17a				Hanging roots can now be waterlogged.
			21w19a				Hanging roots items now appear far larger than other items.[1]
			21w20a				Hanging roots can now be obtained by using a hoe on rooted dirt.
1.17.1			pre1				Hanging roots items are now properly sized.

Bedrock Edition

Bedrock Edition
1.16.220 Experiment Caves and Cliffs			beta 1.16.220.52				Added hanging roots behind the "Caves and Cliffs" experimental toggle.
1.17.0 Experiment Caves and Cliffs			beta 1.16.230.50				Hanging roots can now be composted.
1.17.0			beta 1.17.0.52				Hanging roots are no longer available only through experimental gameplay.
1.19.20			Preview 1.19.20.20				Hanging roots can now be destroyed by ravagers.
1.21.60			Preview 1.21.60.21				Hanging roots no longer appears mirrored when viewed from certain angles.[2]

Data history

Issues

Issues relating to "Hanging Roots" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

Gallery

Screenshots

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  Hanging roots in development
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  Ditto
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  Ditto

References