Rooted Dirt

Rooted Dirt

Rarity tier	Common
Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)
Tool
Blast resistance	0.5
Hardness	0.5
Luminous	No
Transparent	No
Flammable	No
Catches fire from lava	No
Map color	10 DIRT
Note block instrument	Default (Harp)
Sulfur cube archetype	Regular

Rooted dirt is a natural decorative block.

Obtaining

Breaking

Rooted dirt can be mined with any tool or without a tool.

Block	Rooted Dirt
Hardness	0.5
Tool
Breaking time (sec)[A]
Default	10.75 (JE) 0.75 (BE)
Wooden	10.4 (JE) 0.4 (BE)
Stone	10.2 (JE) 0.2 (BE)
Copper	10.15 (JE) 0.15 (BE)
Iron	10.15 (JE) 0.15 (BE)
Diamond	10.1 (JE) 0.1 (BE)
Netherite	10.1 (JE) 0.1 (BE)
Golden	10.1 (JE) 0.1 (BE)
Options
Efficiency	000
Haste	001 1JEBE

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

Rooted dirt can generate under azalea trees. Below the first block directly underneath the trunk, rooted dirt randomly replaces blocks in a 5×5 cross-section centered on the tree until it reaches the lush caves biome.

Mob loot

An enderman holding rooted dirt drops the block upon death.

In Bedrock Edition, wandering traders have a chance of 25% (increased by 1% per level of Looting) to drop 2 rooted dirt when killed while showing the item as trade offer, if the player holds an emerald.

Trading

Wandering traders may sell 2 rooted dirt for 1 emerald.

Villager		Probability		Villager wants	Player receives	Trades in stock	Villager experience	Price multiplier
		JE	BE
Wandering Trader	Ordinary	6%	6%	Emerald	2 × Rooted Dirt	5	—	—

Post-generation

Single rooted dirt replaces dirt, coarse dirt, mud, muddy mangrove roots, clay, or moss blocks below oak logs where azalea trees are grown from azalea or flowering azalea.

Usage

Much like coarse dirt, neither mycelium nor grass can spread onto rooted dirt.

While it yields itself when dug, it does not convert into dirt after a block is placed onto it.

Rooted dirt blocks can be converted into dirt path blocks by using any type of shovel on the side or top of rooted dirt with air above it.

Hanging roots

Using bone meal on rooted dirt causes hanging roots to grow below the block, if space is available for it to grow.

Using a hoe on rooted dirt turns it into normal dirt and drops a hanging roots item.

Mud

Using a water bottle, splash water bottle or lingering water bottle converts the rooted dirt into mud.

Sounds

Generic

Java Edition:
Its sound is between that of wooden planks and dirt variants.

rooted_dirt sound type
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	​Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	block.rooted_dirt.break	subtitles.block.generic.break​	1.0	0.8	16
	​Block placed​[until: JE 26.4]	Blocks	When the block is placed	block.rooted_dirt.place	subtitles.block.generic.place​	1.0	0.8	16
	​Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	block.rooted_dirt.hit	subtitles.block.generic.hit​	0.2	0.5	16
	​Something falls on a block	Entity-Dependent	Falling on the block with fall damage	block.rooted_dirt.fall	subtitles.block.generic.fall​	0.5	0.75	16
	​Footsteps	Entity-Dependent	Walking on the block	block.rooted_dirt.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.15	1.0	16

Bedrock Edition:

dirt_with_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

Unique

Java Edition

Bedrock Edition:

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Block tags	Translation key
Rooted Dirt	rooted_dirt	Block & Item	moss_replaceable lush_ground_replaceable enderman_holdable bamboo_plantable_on mineable/shovel dirt sniffer_diggable_block	block.minecraft.rooted_dirt

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Item ID[i 1]	Translation key
Rooted Dirt	dirt_with_roots	573	Block & Giveable Item[i 2]	Identical[i 3] (Numeric: -318)	tile.dirt_with_roots.name

Videos

History

Announcement and tweet

October 3, 2020							Rooted dirt are shown unnamed as part of lush caves at Minecraft Live 2020.
February 5, 2021							JAPPA tweets an image of an alternate rooted dirt texture.

Java Edition

Java Edition
1.17			21w05a				Added rooted dirt.
			21w10a				Rooted dirt can now generate as part of the azalea tree.
			21w11a				Using bone meal on rooted dirt now grows hanging roots underneath.
			21w13a				Can now be converted into dirt path using a shovel.
							Wandering traders now sell rooted dirt.
							The top texture of the rooted dirt now rotates randomly.
							Grass, ferns, flowers, dead bushes, saplings and bamboo can now be planted on rooted dirt. Small dripleaf can be planted as well, but only when underwater.
			21w16a				Rooted dirt is now created when creating azalea tree using bone meal on azalea or flowering azalea.
			21w20a				Tilling rooted dirt with a hoe now converts it to dirt, and pops out a hanging roots item.
1.19			22w11a				Using a water bottle, splash water bottle or lingering water bottle now convert the rooted dirt into mud.
1.19.4 Experiment Update 1.20			23w07a				Sniffers can now dig in rooted dirt.
26.2			snap1				Added sulfur cubes, which have the ability to absorb rooted dirt, providing the football/regular effect to the mob.

Bedrock Edition

Bedrock Edition
1.16.220 Experiment Caves and Cliffs			beta 1.16.220.52				Added rooted dirt behind the "Caves and Cliffs" experimental toggle.
1.17.0 Experiment Caves and Cliffs			beta 1.16.230.50				Can now be turned into dirt path using a shovel.
			beta 1.16.230.54				Wandering traders now sell rooted dirt.
							Rooted dirt now replaces the block below azalea trees when they are grown.
1.17.0			beta 1.17.0.52				Rooted dirt is now available without enabling experimental gameplay.
1.17.10			beta 1.17.10.20				The top texture of rooted dirt is now rotated randomly.
1.19.10			Preview 1.19.10.21				Sweet berries can now be planted on rooted dirt.
1.19.70 Experiment Sniffer			Preview 1.19.70.23				Sniffers can now dig in rooted dirt.
26.20 Experiment Drop 2 of 2026			Preview 26.20.23				Added sulfur cubes, which have the ability to absorb rooted dirt, providing the football/regular effect to the mob.
26.30			Preview 26.30.20				Implemented all features from the "Drop 2 of 2026" experiment in vanilla gameplay.

Issues

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

Gallery

In other media

• 
  Banner of rooted dirt used for Block of the Week
• 
  A wandering trader offering a discount on rooted dirt

External links

• "Block of the Week: Rooted Dirt" by Duncan Geere – Minecraft.net, April 8, 2022.