Short Dry Grass

Short Dry Grass

Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)
Tool
Blast resistance	0
Hardness	0
Luminous	No
Transparent	Yes
Flammable	Yes
Catches fire from lava	Yes
Map color	18 COLOR_YELLOW
Note block instrument	Default (Harp)

Short dry grass is a one-block tall foliage block that generates frequently in deserts and all types of badlands. It grows on sand and terracotta. It can also be eaten by sheep.

Obtaining

Breaking

Short dry grass can be broken instantly with any item or by hand. If broken with shears or any tool enchanted with Silk Touch it drops itself, otherwise it drops nothing.

Block	Short Dry Grass
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

Short dry grass generates in deserts and badlands. It also generates within abandoned camps.

Post generation

Using bone meal on tall dry grass places a short dry grass on a neighboring block if possible.

Usage

Short dry grass can be used for aesthetic decoration. Short dry grass can be placed on any of the following blocks:

In Bedrock Edition, short dry grass can be snowlogged.

When a sheep eats short dry grass, the block is removed, and a sheared sheep regrows its wool. Baby sheep graze grass 20 times more often than adults and mature 1 minute faster when grazing.

Fuel

When used in a furnace as fuel, a piece of short dry grass lasts 5 seconds (smelting half an item).

Composting

Placing short dry grass into a composter has a 30% chance of raising the compost level by 1, the lowest possible chance.

Bone meal

Bone meal can be used on short dry grass to turn it into tall dry grass.

Ambience

If placed on sand, red sand or a terracotta block of any kind with at least one more corresponding block underneath it, short dry grass occasionally produces ambient sounds reminiscent of wind howling. These ambient sounds can play anywhere if the given conditions are met, and naturally play in the badlands and desert biomes due to the abundance of dry grass on top of said blocks.

Sounds

Generic

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

Unique

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Block tags	Translation key
Short Dry Grass	short_dry_grass	Block & Item	replaceable replaceable_by_mushrooms replaceable_by_trees	block.minecraft.short_dry_grass

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Item ID[i 1]	Translation key
Short Dry Grass	short_dry_grass	1283	Block & Giveable Item[i 2]	Identical[i 3] (Numeric: -1028)	tile.short_dry_grass.name

History

Java Edition

Java Edition
1.21.5			25w06a				Added short dry grass.
			25w09a				Short dry grass is now randomly offset within the block it is on.
1.21.6			25w15a				Dry grass now makes ambient wind sounds when there are 2 blocks of sand, red sand, or terracotta below it.

Bedrock Edition

Bedrock Edition
1.21.70 Experiment Drop 1 2025			Preview 1.21.70.22				Added short dry grass.
1.21.70			Preview 1.21.70.23				All features behind the "Drop 1 2025" experimental toggle have now been fully implemented.
1.21.90			Preview 1.21.90.21				Dry grass now makes ambient wind sounds when there are 2 blocks of sand, red sand, or terracotta below it.

Issues

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

Gallery

Mojang screenshots

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  Short and tall dry grass