Lilac

Lilac

Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)
Tool	Any tool
Blast resistance	0
Hardness	0
Luminous	No
Transparent	Yes
Flammable	JE: Yes (60) BE: Yes (30)
Catches fire from lava	Yes
Map color	7 PLANT
Note block instrument	Default (Harp)

A lilac is a tall flower that can be crafted into magenta dye.

Obtaining

Breaking

A lilac can be broken instantly with any item or by hand, dropping itself.

A lilac also breaks if water or lava runs it over, if a piston extends or pushes a block or its head into it, or if the block under the plant is moved or destroyed.

Block	Lilac
Hardness	0
Breaking time (secs)
Default	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

Lilacs generate naturally on dirt and grass blocks in the biomes forest, flower forest, birch forest, old growth birch forest, and dark forest biomes as part of vegetation features. Lilacs can also generate as part of abandoned camps in birch forests, flower forests, and forests.

Post-generation

When bone meal is applied to a lilac, the flower duplicates.

Usage

Like other flowers, lilacs can be used as decoration and planted on grass blocks, dirt, coarse dirt, rooted dirt, farmland, podzol, mycelium, moss blocks, mud, or muddy mangrove roots. Like other tall flowers, lilacs cannot be placed inside flower pots.

Crafting ingredient

Name	Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Magenta Dye	Lilac	2

Bees

Bees engage in a pollinating behavior with lilacs, increasing the honey level in beehives and bee nests by 1.

Breeding

Lilacs can be used to breed, grow, and lead bees.

Bee nests

Oak, birch, and cherry trees grown from saplings that are within 2 blocks of a lilac have a 5% chance to grow with a bee nest and 2-3 bees in it.

Composting

Placing a lilac into a composter has a 65% chance of raising the compost level by 1. A stack of lilacs yields an average of 5.94 bone meal.

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	Block tags	Item tags	Translation key
Lilac	lilac	Block & Item	flowers	flowers	block.minecraft.lilac

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Alias ID	Numeric ID	Form	Item ID[i 1]	Translation key
Lilac	lilac	double_plant / 1	1118	Block & Giveable Item[i 2]	Identical[i 3] (Numeric: -863)	tile.double_plant.syringa.name

Block states

Java Edition

Bedrock Edition

Name	Metadata Bits	Default value	Allowed values	Values for Metadata Bits	Description
double_plant_type	0x1 0x2 0x4	sunflower	sunflower	0	Sunflower
			syringa	1	Lilac
			grass	2	Double Tallgrass
			fern	3	Large Fern
			rose	4	Rose Bush
			paeonia	5	Peony
upper_block_bit	0x8	false	false true	0 1	If it is the upper half of the plant. For items, it is 0.

History

Mention

August 15, 2013							Jeb mentions that new types of flowers would be added and shows sunflower and lilac.

Java Edition

Java Edition
1.7.2			13w36a				Added lilacs.
1.8			14w04a				If a lilac is set to render as the block inside of a minecart via commands or map editing, it now appears as this (previously it would be entirely invisible).
							Flowers no longer generate as a massive group at the world origin.[1]
			14w25a				Lilacs are now affected by the same shading full blocks are.
			14w26a				Lilacs are no longer subject to shading.
1.14			18w43a				The texture of lilacs has been changed.
			19w03a				Placing a lilac into the new composter has a 50% chance of raising the compost level by 1.
			19w05a				Lilacs now have a 65% chance of increasing the compost level in a composter by 1.
1.15			19w34a				Lilacs can now be used to breed bees.
							Bees can now pollinate lilacs.
26.3			snap1				Lilacs can now generate as part of abandoned camps in birch forests, flower forests, and forests.

Bedrock Edition

Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.9.0			build 1				Added lilacs.
			build 3				Added dye recipes for lilacs.
v0.14.0			build 1				Using bone meal on a lilac spawns another of that flower as an item.
Bedrock Edition
1.10.0			beta 1.10.0.3				The texture of lilacs has been changed.
							Lilacs can now be sold by the wandering trader.
?							Wandering traders no longer sell lilacs.
1.11.0			beta 1.11.0.1				Lilacs can be used to fill a composter.
1.14.0			beta 1.14.0.1				Lilacs can now be used to breed bees.
							Bees can now pollinate lilacs.
1.20.70			Preview 1.20.70.24				The bottom halves of lilacs are no longer affected by Fortune.
1.21.60			Preview 1.21.60.21				Lilacs no longer appear mirrored when viewed from certain angles.[2]
26.40 Experiment Drop 3 of 2026			Preview 26.40.27				Lilacs can now generate as part of abandoned camps in birch forests, flower forests, and forests.
26.50			Preview 26.50.22				All features from the "Drop 3 of 2026" experiment have been fully implemented.

Legacy Console Edition

Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360	Xbox One	PS3	PS4	PS Vita	Wii U	Switch
TU31	CU19	1.22	1.22	1.22	Patch 3		Added lilacs.
TU69		1.76	1.76	1.76	Patch 38		The hitbox of lilac is now smaller to match bedrock edition.
			1.90				The texture of lilacs has been changed.
			1.91				Lilacs can now be sold by the wandering trader.

New Nintendo 3DS Edition

New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0							Added lilacs.

Minecraft Education

Minecraft Education
1.0							Added lilacs.
1.12							The texture of lilacs has been changed.

• 
  First image of sunflowers and lilacs.

Data history

Java Edition

Bedrock Edition

Issues

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

Trivia

• In real life, a lilac is any member of the Syringa genus of flowering plants.

Gallery

Screenshots

• 
  Lilacs growing in a forest

References

External links

• "Taking Inventory: Lilac" by Duncan Geere – Minecraft.net, January 16, 2020.