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Lily of the Valley

Lily of the Valley

A lily of the valley is a flower often found in forested biomes that can be crafted into white dye and suspicious stew.

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Contents (26)
  1. Obtaining
  2. Breaking
  3. Natural generation
  4. Post-generation
  5. Mob loot
  6. Trading
  7. Usage
  8. Crafting ingredient
  9. Suspicious stew
  10. Bees
  11. Breeding
  12. Bee nests
  13. Composting
  14. Sounds
  15. Data values
  16. ID
  17. Block states
  18. History
  19. Java Edition
  20. Bedrock Edition
  21. PlayStation 4 Edition
  22. Data history
  23. Issues
  24. Trivia
  25. References
  26. Navigation
Lily of the Valley
Lily of the Valley.png: Infobox image for Minecraft block 'Lily of the Valley'
Invicon Lily of the Valley.png: Inventory sprite for Lily of the Valley in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Lily of the Valley
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 		No
Map color
 7 PLANT
Note block instrument Default (Harp)

A lily of the valley is a flower often found in forested biomes that can be crafted into white dye and suspicious stew.

Obtaining

Breaking

A lily of the valley can be broken instantly with any item or by hand, dropping itself.

A lily of the valley also breaks if water or lava runs over its location, if a piston extends or pushes a block into its location, or if a block under the plant is moved or destroyed.

Block Lily of the Valley
Hardness 0
Breaking time (secs)
Default 0.05 (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

Lilies of the valley generate naturally on dirt and grass blocks in forest, flower forest, birch forest, old growth birch forest, and dark forest biomes as part of vegetation features. In flower forests, they generate both in random patches and as part of the flower gradient in Java Edition, and only as part of the gradient in Bedrock Edition. Lillies of the valley can also generate as part of abandoned camps in birch forests.

Post-generation

Main article: Flower § Post-generation

Java Edition

When bone meal is applied to a grass block in a flower forest biome, lilies of the valley have a chance of generating on the targeted block and adjacent grass blocks in a 15×5×15 area, depending entirely on the flower gradient. Lilies of the valley cannot be regrown in areas where they generated naturally as part of a random patch,[1] nor in other biomes where it generates naturally.[2]

Bedrock Edition

When bone meal is applied to a grass block in a forest, flower forest, birch forest, old growth birch forest, or dark forest biome, lilies of the valley have a chance of generating on the targeted block and adjacent grass blocks in a 7×5×7 area. In flower forests, lilies of the valley can generate only in specific locations depending on the flower gradient.

When bone meal is applied to a lily of the valley in any biome, more lilies of the valley appear on top of nearby grass blocks. The flowers can appear up to 3 blocks away from the original, forming a 7×7 square.

Mob loot

In Java Edition, endermen can pick up lilies of the valley, like any other one-block-tall flower, and drop it if killed while holding it.

In Bedrock Edition, wandering traders have a chance of 25% (increased by 1% per level of Looting) to drop 1 lily of the valley when killed while showing the item as trade offer, if the player holds an emerald.

Trading

Wandering traders may sell a lily of the valley for 1 emerald.

VillagerProbabilityVillager wantsPlayer receivesTrades in
stock		Villager
experience		Price
multiplier
JEBE
Wandering TraderOrdinary6%6%EmeraldLily of the Valley7——

Usage

Main article: Flower § Usage

Like other flowers, lilies of the valley 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.

Lilies of the valley can also be placed in flower pots.

Crafting ingredient

Name Ingredients Crafting recipe Notes
Suspicious Stew Red Mushroom or 
Brown Mushroom or 
Shelf Mushroom +
Bowl +
Lily of the Valley
Invicon Red Mushroom.png: Inventory sprite for Red Mushroom in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Red Mushroom with description: Red MushroomInvicon Brown Mushroom.png: Inventory sprite for Brown Mushroom in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Brown Mushroom with description: Brown MushroomInvicon Shelf Mushroom.png: Inventory sprite for Shelf Mushroom in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Shelf Mushroom with description: Shelf MushroomInvicon Brown Mushroom.png: Inventory sprite for Brown Mushroom in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Brown Mushroom with description: Brown MushroomInvicon Shelf Mushroom.png: Inventory sprite for Shelf Mushroom in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Shelf Mushroom with description: Shelf MushroomInvicon Red Mushroom.png: Inventory sprite for Red Mushroom in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Red Mushroom with description: Red MushroomInvicon Brown Mushroom.png: Inventory sprite for Brown Mushroom in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Brown Mushroom with description: Brown MushroomInvicon Shelf Mushroom.png: Inventory sprite for Shelf Mushroom in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Shelf Mushroom with description: Shelf MushroomInvicon Red Mushroom.png: Inventory sprite for Red Mushroom in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Red Mushroom with description: Red MushroomInvicon Brown Mushroom.png: Inventory sprite for Brown Mushroom in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Brown Mushroom with description: Brown MushroomInvicon Shelf Mushroom.png: Inventory sprite for Shelf Mushroom in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Shelf Mushroom with description: Shelf MushroomInvicon Red Mushroom.png: Inventory sprite for Red Mushroom in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Red Mushroom with description: Red MushroomInvicon Bowl.png: Inventory sprite for Bowl in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Bowl with description: BowlInvicon Lily of the Valley.png: Inventory sprite for Lily of the Valley in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Lily of the Valley
Invicon Suspicious Stew.png: Inventory sprite for Suspicious Stew in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Suspicious Stew with description: Suspicious Stew
 Any combination of brown, red, or shelf mushrooms can be used.
White Dye Lily of the Valley
Invicon Lily of the Valley.png: Inventory sprite for Lily of the Valley in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Lily of the Valley
Invicon White Dye.png: Inventory sprite for White Dye in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to White Dye with description: White Dye

Suspicious stew

Main article: Suspicious Stew

Suspicious stew that is created using a lily of the valley imparts the Poison effect for 11 seconds, dealing 8HP❤️❤️❤️❤️ damage. It can be crafted using a lily of the valley or produced by feeding a lily of the valley to a brown mooshroom and then milking it with a bowl.

Ingredients Crafting recipe
Red Mushroom or 
Brown Mushroom or 
Shelf Mushroom +
Bowl +
Lily of the Valley
Invicon Red Mushroom.png: Inventory sprite for Red Mushroom in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Red Mushroom with description: Red MushroomInvicon Brown Mushroom.png: Inventory sprite for Brown Mushroom in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Brown Mushroom with description: Brown MushroomInvicon Shelf Mushroom.png: Inventory sprite for Shelf Mushroom in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Shelf Mushroom with description: Shelf MushroomInvicon Brown Mushroom.png: Inventory sprite for Brown Mushroom in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Brown Mushroom with description: Brown MushroomInvicon Shelf Mushroom.png: Inventory sprite for Shelf Mushroom in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Shelf Mushroom with description: Shelf MushroomInvicon Red Mushroom.png: Inventory sprite for Red Mushroom in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Red Mushroom with description: Red MushroomInvicon Brown Mushroom.png: Inventory sprite for Brown Mushroom in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Brown Mushroom with description: Brown MushroomInvicon Shelf Mushroom.png: Inventory sprite for Shelf Mushroom in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Shelf Mushroom with description: Shelf MushroomInvicon Red Mushroom.png: Inventory sprite for Red Mushroom in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Red Mushroom with description: Red MushroomInvicon Brown Mushroom.png: Inventory sprite for Brown Mushroom in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Brown Mushroom with description: Brown MushroomInvicon Shelf Mushroom.png: Inventory sprite for Shelf Mushroom in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Shelf Mushroom with description: Shelf MushroomInvicon Red Mushroom.png: Inventory sprite for Red Mushroom in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Red Mushroom with description: Red MushroomInvicon Bowl.png: Inventory sprite for Bowl in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Bowl with description: BowlInvicon Lily of the Valley.png: Inventory sprite for Lily of the Valley in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Lily of the Valley
Invicon Suspicious Stew.png: Inventory sprite for Suspicious Stew in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Suspicious Stew with description: Suspicious Stew

Bees

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

Breeding

Lilies of the valley 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 lily of the valley have a 5% chance to grow with a bee nest and 2-3 bees in it.

Composting

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

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Sounds

Java Edition:

BlockSprite short-grass.png: Sprite image for short-grass in Minecraft grass sound type
SoundClosed captionsSourceDescriptionIdentifierTranslation keyVolumePitchAttenuation
distance
​Block brokenBlocksOnce the block has brokenblock.grass.breaksubtitles.block.generic.break​1.00.816
​Block placed​[until: JE 26.4]BlocksWhen the block is placedblock.grass.placesubtitles.block.generic.place​1.00.816
​Block breakingBlocksWhile the block is in the process of being brokenblock.grass.hitsubtitles.block.generic.hit​0.250.516
​Something falls on a blockEntity-DependentFalling on the block with fall damageblock.grass.fallsubtitles.block.generic.fall​0.50.7516
​FootstepsEntity-DependentWalking on the blockblock.grass.stepsubtitles.block.generic.footsteps​0.151.016

Bedrock Edition:

BlockSprite short-grass.png: Sprite image for short-grass in Minecraft grass sound type
SoundClosed captionsSourceDescriptionIdentifierTranslation keyVolumePitch
​Block brokenBlocksOnce the block has brokendig.grasssubtitles.block.generic.break​0.70.8–1.0
​Block placedBlocksWhen the block is placedplace.grasssubtitles.block.generic.place​0.80.8–1.0
​Block breakingBlocksWhile the block is in the process of being brokenhit.grasssubtitles.block.generic.hit​0.30.5
​FootstepsPlayersFalling on the block with fall damagefall.grasssubtitles.block.generic.footsteps​0.41.0
​FootstepsPlayersWalking on the blockstep.grasssubtitles.block.generic.footsteps​0.31.0
​Shovel flattensBlocksWhen a shovel creates a dirt pathuse.grasssubtitles.item.shovel.flatten​1.00.8
​FootstepsBlocksJumping from the blockjump.grasssubtitles.block.generic.footsteps​0.111.0
​FootstepsBlocksFalling on the block without fall damageland.grasssubtitles.block.generic.footsteps​0.211.0

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

NameIdentifierFormBlock tagsItem tags Translation key
BlockSprite lily-of-the-valley.png: Sprite image for lily-of-the-valley in Minecraft Lily of the Valleylily_of_the_valleyBlock & Itemflowers
small_flowers		flowers
small_flowers		 block.minecraft.lily_of_the_valley

Bedrock Edition:

NameIdentifierAlias ID Numeric ID FormItem ID[i 1] Translation key
BlockSprite lily-of-the-valley.png: Sprite image for lily-of-the-valley in Minecraft Lily of the Valleylily_of_the_valleyred_flower / 101094Block & Giveable Item[i 2]Identical[i 3]
(Numeric: -839)		 tile.red_flower.lilyOfTheValley.name
  1. ↑ ID of block's direct item form, which is used in savegame files and addons.
  2. ↑ Available with /give command.
  3. ↑ The block's direct item form has the same ID as the block.

Block states

See also: Block states

Bedrock Edition

NameMetadata Bits Default value Allowed valuesValues for
Metadata Bits		 Description
flower_type0x1
0x2
0x4
0x8		poppy poppy0Poppy
orchid1Blue Orchid
allium2Allium
houstonia3Azure Bluet
tulip_red4Red Tulip
tulip_orange5Orange Tulip
tulip_white6White Tulip
tulip_pink7Pink Tulip
oxeye8Oxeye Daisy
cornflower9Cornflower
lily_of_the_valley10Lily of the Valley


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History

Java Edition

Java Edition
1.1418w43a Added lilies of the valley.
When updating to 1.14, the flower gradient is updated for all flower forests. This means that it is possible to find lilies of the valley in flower forests that were generated prior to 1.14 by applying bone meal on grass blocks.
19w03a Placing a lily of the valley into the new composter has a 50% chance of raising the compost level by 1.
19w05a Lilies of the valley now have a 65% chance of increasing the compost level in a composter by 1.
Added wandering traders, which sell lilies of the valley.
1.1519w34a Lilies of the valley can now be used to breed bees.
Bees can now pollinate lilies of the valley.
26.3snap1 Lillies of the valley can now generate as part of abandoned camps in birch forests.

Bedrock Edition

Bedrock Edition
1.9.0beta 1.9.0.0 Added lilies of the valley.
1.10.0beta 1.10.0.3 Lilies of the valley can now be sold by the wandering trader.
1.11.0beta 1.11.0.1 Lilies of the valley can be used to fill a composter.
1.13.0beta 1.13.0.1 Applying bone meal to a lily of the valley now creates other lilies of the valley instead of dandelions and poppies.
beta 1.13.0.9 Lilies of the valley can now be used to make suspicious stew, giving it the Poison effect.
1.14.0beta 1.14.0.1 Lilies of the valley can now be used to breed bees.
Bees can now pollinate lilies of the valley.
1.21.60Preview 1.21.60.21 Lilies of the valley no longer appear mirrored when viewed from certain angles.[3]
26.40
Experiment
Drop 3 of 2026		Preview 26.40.27 Lillies of the valley can now generate as part of abandoned camps in birch forests.
26.50Preview 26.50.22 All features from the "Drop 3 of 2026" experiment have been fully implemented.

PlayStation 4 Edition

PlayStation 4 Edition
1.88 Added lilies of the valley.

Data history

Bedrock Edition
1.20.80Preview 1.20.80.23 The different block states for the red_flower ID have now been split up into their own IDs.

Issues

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

Trivia

  • In real life, lillies of the valley belong to the family Asparagaceae. They are highly poisonous if consumed due to the concentration of cardiac glycosides, something that is reflected with suspicious stews made from it.

References

  1. ↑ MC-241620 – Lily of the valley generation with bone meal in flower forests is extremely scarce
  2. ↑ MC-268689 – Using bone meal in forest biomes doesn't generate lilies of the valley
  3. ↑ MCPE-40646 – Cross models are displayed wrongly from east and west sides – resolved as "Fixed".
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