Pale Hanging Moss

Pale Hanging Moss

Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)
Tool
Blast resistance	0
Hardness	0
Luminous	No
Transparent	Yes
Flammable	Yes
Catches fire from lava	Yes
Map color	22 COLOR_LIGHT_GRAY
Note block instrument	Default (Harp)

Pale hanging moss is a block found under the logs and leaves of pale oaks. When attached to a pale oak log or leaves, it emits ambient sounds.

Obtaining

Breaking

Pale hanging moss can be broken instantly with any tool or by hand. It drops itself only when mined with shears or a tool enchanted with Silk Touch, otherwise it drops nothing.

Block	Pale Hanging Moss
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

Pale hanging moss generates under the leaves and logs of pale oaks in pale gardens. Pale hanging moss does not grow naturally after generating or being placed. Pale hanging moss does not generate as part of pale oaks grown from saplings.

Pale hanging moss also generates within pale garden variants of abandoned camps.

Post-generation

By applying bone meal to pale hanging moss, the plant will grow one block longer at the bottom.

Trading

Wandering traders may sell 3 pale hanging moss for 1 emerald.

Villager		Probability		Villager wants	Player receives	Trades in stock	Villager experience	Price multiplier
		JE	BE
Wandering Trader	Ordinary	6%	6%	Emerald	3 × Pale Hanging Moss	4	—	—

Mob loot

In Bedrock Edition, wandering traders have a chance of 25% (increased by 1% per level of Looting) to drop 3 pale hanging moss when killed while showing the item as trade offer, if the player holds an emerald.

Usage

Ambient sounds

Pale hanging moss emits subtle atmospheric sounds when it is attached to pale oak leaves, (stripped) pale oak log, or (stripped) pale oak wood.

Composting

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

Sounds

Generic

moss_carpet sound type
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	​Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	block.moss_carpet.break	subtitles.block.generic.break​	0.9	0.88	16
	​Block placed​[until: JE 26.4]	Blocks	When the block is placed	block.moss_carpet.place	subtitles.block.generic.place​	0.9	0.88	16
	​Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	block.moss_carpet.hit	subtitles.block.generic.hit​	0.225	0.55	16
	​Something falls on a block	Entity-Dependent	Falling on the block with fall damage	block.moss_carpet.fall	subtitles.block.generic.fall​	0.45	0.825	16
	​Footsteps	Entity-Dependent	Walking on the block	block.moss_carpet.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.135	1.1	16

Unique

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Translation key
Pale Hanging Moss	pale_hanging_moss	Block & Item	block.minecraft.pale_hanging_moss

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Item ID[i 1]	Translation key
Pale Hanging Moss	pale_hanging_moss	1266	Block & Giveable Item[i 2]	Identical[i 3] (Numeric: -1011)	tile.pale_hanging_moss.name

Block states

Java Edition:

Bedrock Edition:

History

Announcement

September 28, 2024							Pale hanging moss is shown at Minecraft Live.

Java Edition

Java Edition
1.21.2 Experiment Winter Drop			24w40a				Added pale hanging moss.
			pre1				Changed the item texture from to .
			pre2				Pale hanging moss now only drops when using shears or a tool with Silk Touch.
1.21.4			24w44a				Pale hanging moss can now be sold by wandering traders.
							Pale hanging moss now breaks instantly when mined.
							Pale hanging moss now requires shears or Silk Touch tools to be obtained.
							Pale hanging moss can now be ignited by lava.
							Pale hanging moss no longer generates under pale oak trees grown from saplings.

Bedrock Edition

Bedrock Edition
1.21.50			Preview 1.21.50.20				Added pale hanging moss.
			Preview 1.21.50.25				Pale hanging moss no longer generates on pale oak trees grown from saplings.
							Increased the frequency of its ambience sound.
			Preview 1.21.50.26				Pale hanging moss now burns more quickly but takes longer to catch on fire.
							Pale hanging moss can now be ignited by lava.
			Preview 1.21.50.28				Updated model to match Java Edition.

Issues

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

Trivia

• According to developers, pale hanging moss was inspired by real-world Spanish moss.^[1]

Gallery

Mojang screenshots

• 
  The underside of the pale garden canopy, featuring pale hanging moss
• 
  Ditto

Development images

• 
  Pale hanging moss as seen in Minecraft Live
• 
  Pale hanging moss in the pale garden
• 
  The underside of the pale garden canopy, featuring pale hanging moss

In other media

• 
  Efe surrounded by pale hanging moss

References