Red Shrub

Red Shrub

Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes
Tool	Any tool
Blast resistance	0
Hardness	0
Luminous	No
Transparent	Yes
Flammable	Yes
Catches fire from lava	No
Map color	52 CRIMSON_NYLIUM [verify for Java Edition]
Note block instrument	Default (Harp)

A red shrub is a non-solid plant block found in dappled forests. Red shrubs are not biome tinted like most other plants, keeping their red color regardless of the biome they are placed in.

Obtaining

Breaking

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

Block	Red Shrub
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

A red shrub also breaks and drops itself if water runs over its location, a piston extends or pushes a block into its location, or the block under the plant is moved or destroyed. However, a red shrub gets destroyed without dropping anything if lava runs over it.

Placing any block on a red shrub replaces the shrub without dropping anything.

Natural generation

Red shrubs occasionally generate in patches in dappled forests.

Post-generation

Using bone meal on a red shrub attempts to grow another red shrub on a horizontally/vertically neighboring block.

Usage

Red shrubs are a decorative plant and can be placed on any of the following blocks:

Unlike most plants, red shrubs cannot be placed inside flower pots. They can be snowlogged.‌^{[BE only]}

Composting

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

Sounds

Java Edition:

red_shrub sound type
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	​Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	block.red_shrub.break	subtitles.block.generic.break​	1.0	1.0	16
	​Block placed​[until: JE 26.4]	Blocks	When the block is placed	block.red_shrub.place	subtitles.block.generic.place​	1.0	1.0	16

Bedrock Edition:

red_shrub sound type
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch
	​Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	block.red_shrub.break	subtitles.block.generic.break​	0.8	1.2
	​Block placed	Blocks	When the block is placed	block.red_shrub.place	subtitles.block.generic.place​	1.0	0.8

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Block tags	Translation key
Red Shrub	red_shrub	Block & Item	replaceable_by_mushrooms replaceable enchantment_power_transmitter washed_away_by_fluids	block.minecraft.red_shrub

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Item ID[i 1]	Translation key
Red Shrub	red_shrub	1403	Block & Giveable Item[i 2]	Identical[i 3] (Numeric: -1148)	tile.red_shrub.name

History

Announcement

May 30, 2026							Red shrubs are announced at Minecraft Live – May 2026.

Java Edition

Java Edition
26.3			snap1				Added red shrubs.
			snap3				Red shrubs now have unique sounds instead of using grass sounds.

Bedrock Edition

Bedrock Edition
26.40 Experiment Drop 3 of 2026			Preview 26.40.27				Added red shrubs.
							The behavior of red shrub are now in the vanilla behavior pack, making them one of the first blocks to be data-driven.
			Preview 26.40.30				Unique sounds for red shrubs have been added, however they are not actually used in-game.
26.50 Experiment Drop 3 of 2026			Preview 26.50.20				Red shrubs can now be snowlogged.
26.50			Preview 26.50.22				All features from the "Drop 3 of 2026" experiment have been fully implemented.
			Preview 26.50.25				Red shrubs now properly use their unique sounds.

Issues

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