Torchflower Seeds

For other uses, see Ancient and Seed.

Torchflower Seeds

Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)
Tool	Any tool
Blast resistance	0
Hardness	0
Luminous	No
Transparent	Yes
Flammable	No
Catches fire from lava	No
Map color	7 PLANT
Note block instrument	Default (Harp)

Torchflower seeds are ancient^[1] seeds that have a chance to be dropped by sniffers when they finish digging. It is the seed of torchflowers.

Obtaining

Sniffers occasionally bury their nose in the ground and start digging. Once the sniffer has finished digging, there is a 50% chance for one torchflower seed to be dropped as an item.

Sniffers can dig for torchflower seeds in the following blocks:

• Dirt
• Grass Block
• Podzol
• Coarse Dirt
• Rooted Dirt
• Moss Block
• Pale Moss Block
• Mud
• Muddy Mangrove Roots

Sniffers cannot dig for torchflower seeds on mycelium.^[2]

Breaking

Block	Torchflower Crop
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

Usage

Crop

Torchflower seeds can be placed on farmland, where they grow through three stages. Breaking the torchflower crop before it matures drops the seed, while breaking the final stage produces one torchflower and does not yield the seed.

Crops break if pushed by a piston or if their supporting farmland breaks or turns to dirt (i.e. by being trampled), dropping their usual drops.

Farmer villagers can plant torchflower seeds, but cannot harvest them after they have fully grown.^[3]

Feeding

Torchflower seeds can be used to breed sniffers and chickens, and to reduce the remaining growth duration of snifflets and chicks by 10%. In Bedrock Edition, feeding a sniffer a torchflower seed heals it by 2HP health points.

Taming

Torchflower seeds can be used to tame parrots.

Composting

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

Sounds

Java Edition:

crop sound type
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	​Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	block.crop.break	subtitles.block.generic.break​	0.9	0.8	16
	​Block placed​[until: JE 26.4]	Blocks	When the block is placed	item.crop.plant​[sound 1]​	subtitles.block.generic.place​	0.45	varies [sound 2]	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

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Block tags	Item tags	Translation key
Torchflower Crop	torchflower_crop	Block	bee_growables crops	—	block.minecraft.torchflower_crop
Torchflower Seeds	torchflower_seeds	Item	—	villager_plantable_seeds	item.minecraft.torchflower_seeds

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Item ID[i 1]	Translation key
Torchflower Crop	torchflower_crop	822	Block & Ungiveable Item[i 2]	Identical[i 3] (Numeric: -567)	tile.torchflower_crop.name
Torchflower Seeds	torchflower_seeds	296	Item	—	item.torchflower_seeds.name

Block states

Java Edition:

Name	Default value	Allowed values	Description
age	0	0
		1

Achievements

Icon		Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS)
PS4	Other
		Planting the past	Plant any Sniffer seed	Plant torchflower seeds or a pitcher pod.	10	Bronze

Advancements

Icon	Advancement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)
	A Seedy Place	Plant a seed and watch it grow	Plant one of these 7 crops: Beetroot Melon Nether Wart Pumpkin Wheat Torchflower Pitcher Other crops and plants can be planted, but are ignored for this advancement.
	Little Sniffs	Feed a Snifflet	Feed torchflower seeds to a snifflet. This is a hidden advancement, meaning that it can be viewed by the player only after completing it, regardless of if its child advancement(s), if any, have been completed.
	Planting the Past	Plant any Sniffer seed	Plant either Torchflower Seeds or a Pitcher Pod. This is a hidden advancement, meaning that it can be viewed by the player only after completing it, regardless of if its child advancement(s), if any, have been completed.

History

Java Edition

Java Edition
1.19.4 Experiment Update 1.20			23w07a				Added torchflower seeds behind the "Update 1.20" experimental data pack.
							Added torchflower crops behind the "Update 1.20" experimental data pack.
			pre1				Torchflower seeds can now be used to breed chickens and tame parrots.[4]
							Torchflower seeds are now next to other seeds in the Creative inventory.
							Placing torchflower seeds in farmland now gives the player the "A Seedy Place" advancement.
1.20			23w12a				Sniffers can now be obtained in Survival, making torchflower seeds renewable.
							Torchflower seeds are now available without using the "Update 1.20" experimental data pack.
			23w14a				Torchflower seeds can now be picked up by farmer villagers.
							Sniffers can now be tempted with torchflower seeds.
			23w16a				Villagers can now plant torchflower seeds.
			23w17a				Players now get the advancement "Little Sniffs" when they feed a snifflet using torchflower seeds and "Planting the Past" when they plant torchflower seeds on farmland.

Bedrock Edition

Bedrock Edition
1.19.70 Experiment Sniffer			Preview 1.19.70.23				Added torchflower seeds behind the "Sniffer" experimental toggle.
1.20.0			Preview 1.20.0.20				Torchflower seeds are now available without using the "Sniffer" experimental toggle.
			Preview 1.20.0.22				Sniffers can now be tempted with torchflower seeds.
			Preview 1.20.0.23				Players now get the achievement "Planting the past" when they plant torchflower seeds on farmland.
1.20.10			Preview 1.20.10.20				Torchflower seeds can now be picked up and planted by farmer villagers.

Data history

Issues

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

Gallery

Screenshots

• 
  All growth stages of torchflower seeds
• 
  Ancient plant with the shape of a question mark
• 
  Ancient seed

In other media

• 
  Efe is given torchflower seeds by a snifflet.

Trivia

• The final growth stage of the torchflower crop uses the same ID as the actual torchflower. This causes some side effects, such as the plant becoming offset and randomly jumping to the side.^[5]

References