Vines

"Ivy" redirects here. For the character named Ivy in Minecraft Dungeons Arcade, see MCD:Jade. For the character in Minecraft: Story Mode, see MCSM:Ivy.

For other uses, see Vines (disambiguation).

Vines

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Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)
Tool
Blast resistance	0.2
Hardness	0.2
Luminous	No
Transparent	Yes
Waterloggable	JE: No BE: Yes
Flammable	Yes (15)
Catches fire from lava	Yes
Map color	JE:  7 PLANT BE: (Foliage tint)
Note block instrument	Default (Harp)

Vines are climbable non-solid vegetation blocks that grow on walls.

Obtaining

Breaking

Vines can be destroyed with any item, but using shears is the only way to collect them. Shears enchanted with Efficiency are more efficient when used on vines; Efficiency II and above allows vines to be instantly broken.^[1] Using an axe on vines can also increase efficiency, but does not allow for collection, even with Silk Touch. If multiple vines exist within the same block space, breaking one of them breaks all of them instead of just the one targeted^[2] and results in only a single vine dropping^[3]. Shears used by a dispenser cannot break vines.

Block	Vines
Hardness	0.2
Tool
Breaking time (sec)[A]
Default	10.3 (JE) 0.3 (BE)
Wooden	10.15 (JE) 0.15 (BE)
Stone	10.1 (JE) 0.1 (BE)
Copper	10.1 (JE) 0.1 (BE)
Iron	10.05 (JE) 0.05 (BE)
Diamond	10.05 (JE) 0.05 (BE)
Netherite	10.05 (JE) 0.05 (BE)
Golden	10.05 (JE) 0.05 (BE)
Shears	10.3 (JE) 0.3 (BE)
Sword	10.2 (JE) 0.2 (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

Vines are naturally generated in jungles, swamps, mangrove swamps and lush caves. Jungle trees of both sizes have vines on their trunks and canopy edges, and vines grow on the sides of jungle terrain. Vines are also naturally generated on oak trees in swamps and mangrove trees. In Bedrock Edition, vines can also generate on dying oak, spruce, jungle and dark oak trees.

Vines can generate growing on the stumps of oak and jungle fallen trees.

Vines are found in jungle pyramids, abandoned camps and the allium room in woodland mansions. They can also generate on the watchtower walls of pillager outposts.

Vines can also be found in the display_2 structure in the trial chambers.

Trading

Wandering traders may sell 3 vines 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 × Vines	4	—	—

Mob loot

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

Post-generation

Vines generate on 2×2 jungle trees grown from saplings, or mangrove trees grown from propagules.

In Bedrock Edition, vines generate on dying trees, which can sometimes be grown from saplings.

Behavior

On each random tick, the vine block has a 25% chance to spread in a randomly selected direction. Their spreading can be toggled by the spread_vines game rule‌^{[Java Edition only]}. Vines spread to adjacent blocks under certain conditions:

• Downward:
  • If the block below is air, each side (north, south, east, and west) with vines has a 50% chance to spread downward.
  • If the block below is a block, each side of that block with vines on the ticked block has a 50% chance of gaining vines.

• Upward:
  • If the block above is air and there are fewer than 4 other vine blocks in a 9×9×3 area surrounding the ticked vine block, each side (north, south, east, and west) with vines has a 50% chance to spread upward if that side is backed by a block that vines can be placed on.

• Horizontally:
  • If the current vine block isn't covering the target direction and there are fewer than 4 other vine blocks in a 9×9×3 area surrounding the ticked vine block, then:
    • If the block in the target direction is air, then it tries:

• If the vine block has vines to the right and that side of the air block is backed by something vines can be placed on, spread to the right side of the air block.

• If the vine block has vines to the left and that side of the air block is backed by something vines can be placed on, spread to the left side of the air block.

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• If the vine block has vines to the right, and that side of the air block is backed by another air block, and the right side of the vine block is backed by something vines can be placed on, spread around the corner.

• If the vine block has vines to the left, and that side of the air block is backed by another air block, and the left side of the vine block is backed by something vines can be placed on, spread around the corner.

• If the air block in the target direction has something vines could be placed on above it, spread to the top side of the air block.

• If the block in the target direction is opaque and fills its whole cube, spread to that side of the ticked vine block.

Vines will spread on every type of tree that they are placed on by the player.

Vines cannot be grown using bone meal.

Vines do not need light when growing.

Usage

Vines can be placed on the side of any block that fills its whole cube and blocks entity movement. They can also be placed on the bottom side of a block (although not the bottom side of another vine^[4]). However, a vine block without vines on any of the horizontal sides disappears if it gets an update from a neighboring block. Vines attached to the bottom of stairs are completely deleted by any block update.^[5]

Several vines can be placed in the same block space, as long as they are facing different directions.

Vines can be climbed by standing next to them and holding the jump key. If there is a solid block behind the vines, the walk forward key can also be used.

Vines cancel a sprint if the player is sprinting, slowing the movement speed.

Vines absorb all fall damage, even without a solid surface nearby. Sneaking on vines causes the player to hang, even if the vines are not adjacent to any surface.

Blocks can replace vines if placed within the same block space. However, item frames and paintings cannot.^[6]

Crafting ingredient

Name	Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Bordure Indented Banner Pattern	Paper + Vines
Mossy Cobblestone	Cobblestone + Vines
Mossy Stone Bricks	Stone Bricks + Vines

Composting

Placing vines into a composter has a 50% chance of raising the compost level by 1.

Color

The coloration of vines is dependent on the biome they are in. A block always uses the color set to its location, regardless of how it was placed or of its source. In the inventory, vines have the color
 #48b518.

In Bedrock Edition, biome colors also appear on maps.^[7]

These values are generated by the biome dyeing algorithm. See biome colors for more information.

Biome	Color	Block
Badlands‌[JE only]	#9E814D
Eroded Badlands‌[JE only]
Wooded Badlands‌[JE only]
Desert	#AEA42A
Savanna
Savanna Plateau
Windswept Savanna
Nether Wastes
Soul Sand Valley
Crimson Forest
Warped Forest
Basalt Deltas
Badlands‌[BE only]
Eroded Badlands‌[BE only]
Wooded Badlands‌[BE only]
Badlands Plateau‌[BE only]
Modified Badlands Plateau‌[BE only]
Modified Wooded Badlands Plateau‌[BE only]
Desert Hills‌[BE only]
Desert Lakes‌[BE only]
Stony Peaks	#82AC1E
Shattered Savanna Plateau‌[BE only]	#64b216
Jungle	#30BB0B
Bamboo Jungle
Jungle Hills‌[BE only]
Modified Jungle‌[BE only]
Bamboo Jungle Hills‌[BE only]
Sparse Jungle	#3EB80F
Modified Jungle Edge‌[BE only]
Lush Caves‌[BE only]	#A6A432
Mushroom Fields	#2BBB0F
Mushroom Field Shore‌[BE only]
Plains	#77AB2F
Sunflower Plains
Beach
Dripstone Caves‌[JE only]
Deep Dark
Sulfur Caves
Swamp	#6A7039
Swamp Hills‌[BE only]
Mangrove Swamp	#8DB127
Forest	#59AE30
Flower Forest
Dark Forest
Wooded Hills‌[BE only]
Tall Birch Hills‌[BE only]
Dark Forest Hills‌[BE only]
Pale Garden	#878D76
Birch Forest	#6BA941
Old Growth Birch Forest
Birch Forest Hills‌[BE only]
Dappled Forest	#e68e30	File:Dappled Forest Vines.png
Ocean	#71A74D
Deep Ocean
Warm Ocean
Lukewarm Ocean
Deep Lukewarm Ocean
Cold Ocean
Deep Cold Ocean
Deep Frozen Ocean
River
Lush Caves‌[JE only]
The End
Small End Islands‌[JE only]
End Barrens‌[JE only]
End Midlands‌[JE only]
End Highlands‌[JE only]
The Void‌[JE only]
Deep Warm Ocean‌[BE only]
Meadow‌[JE only]	#63A948
Cherry Grove	#B6DB61
Meadow‌[BE only]	#68A55F
Old Growth Pine Taiga
Giant Tree Taiga Hills‌[BE only]
Giant Spruce Taiga Hills‌[BE only]
Taiga	#68A464
Old Growth Spruce Taiga
Taiga Hills‌[BE only]
Taiga Mountains‌[BE only]
Dripstone Caves‌[BE only]	#70A26C
Windswept Hills	#6DA36B
Windswept Gravelly Hills
Windswept Forest
Stony Shore
Gravelly Mountains+‌[BE only]
Mountain Edge‌[BE only]
Snowy Beach	#64A278
Snowy Plains	#60A17B
Ice Spikes
Ice Caves​[upcoming: Fourth Drop 2026]
Snowy Taiga
Frozen Ocean
Frozen River
Grove
Snowy Slopes
Frozen Peaks
Jagged Peaks
Snowy Mountains‌[BE only]
Legacy Frozen Ocean‌[BE only]
Snowy Taiga Hills‌[BE only]
Snowy Taiga Mountains‌[BE only]

Sounds

Java Edition:

vine sound type
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	​Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	block.vine.break	subtitles.block.generic.break​	0.9	0.8	16
	​Block placed​[until: JE 26.4]	Blocks	When the block is placed	block.vine.place	subtitles.block.generic.place​	0.9	0.8	16
	​Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	block.vine.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.vine.fall	subtitles.block.generic.fall​	0.5	0.75	16
	​Footsteps	Entity-Dependent	Walking on the block	block.vine.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.15	1.0	16

Bedrock Edition: ^{[sound 1]}

roots sound type
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch
	​ ?	Blocks	Once the block has broken	dig.roots	​ ?	1.0	0.8–1.0
	​ ?	Blocks	When the block is placed	dig.roots	​ ?	1.0	0.8–1.0
	​ ?	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken​	hit.roots	​ ?	0.3	0.5
	​ ?	Players	Falling on the block with fall damage	fall.roots	​ ?	0.4	1.0
	​ ?	Players	Walking on the block	step.roots	​ ?	0.15	1.0
	​ ?	Blocks	Jumping from the block	jump.roots	​ ?	0.12	1.0
	​ ?	Blocks	Falling on the block without fall damage	land.roots	​ ?	0.14	1.0

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Block tags	Translation key
Vines	vine	Block & Item	climbable lush_plants_replaceable	block.minecraft.vine

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Item ID[i 1]	Translation key
Vines	vine	106	Block & Giveable Item[i 2]	Identical[i 3]	tile.vine.name

Block states

Java Edition:

Bedrock Edition:

History

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Java Edition

Java Edition Beta
1.8			Pre-release				Added vines.
							Vines take as long to break as leaves and drop nothing unless collected with shears.
			Pre-release 2 ;)				Vines spread infinitely down now, but do not spread if there are more than four other vine blocks nearby.[8]
Java Edition
1.2.1			12w03a				Vines are now climbable provided they are climbed against a solid block.
			12w04a				Players are now slowed when going through vines due to their nature of being a collisionless ladder.
1.3.1			12w22a				Vines now generate naturally in jungle temples.
1.4.4			1.4.3				Vines no longer appear grayscale when held in third person.
1.5			13w02a				Players who die falling off of vines receive a message upon death: "<player> fell off some vines."
1.8			14w02a				Added a crafting recipe for mossy stone bricks (uses 1 vine and 1 stone brick.)
			14w04a				If vines are set to render as the block inside of a minecart via commands or map editing, they now appears as this (previously they would be entirely invisible).
							Added a crafting recipe for mossy cobblestone (uses 1 vine and 1 cobblestone.)
			14w07a				Vines are no longer visible from behind.[9]
							Vines with no connections have no model; this is also tinted.
			14w10a				Vines are visible from behind again. However, the back texture planes are no longer mirrored, unlike before, resulting in the texture always having the same orientation regardless of view direction.
							Vines with no connections now crash the game, effectively bricking the world for this version.
			14w10b				Vines with no attachments now use the southmost vine model, fixing the crash from 14w10a.
			14w30c				Vines are now used to create the fancy border pattern for banners.
1.11			16w39a				Vines now generate in woodland mansions.
1.13			17w47a				Vines can now be placed on the bottom of blocks, as well as not replacing existing vines.
1.14			18w43a				The texture of vines have been changed.
			18w45a				Vines can now also be climbed by pressing the jump key, allowing free hanging vines to be climbed.
			19w03a				Placing a vine into the new composter now has a 20% chance of raising the compost level by 1.
			19w05a				Vines now have a 50% chance of increasing the compost level in a composter by 1.
							Added wandering traders, which sell vines.
1.16			20w11a				Vines now play sounds when climbed.
1.17			21w03a				Vines now use a multipart model, rather than each combination of vines having a unique model that would be rotated accordingly. As such, vine blocks with an upper vine present no longer rotate with certain state changes, and vine blocks with no vines present are once again invisible.[10]
			21w05a				Vines now have unique sounds.
							Shears enchanted with Efficiency now break vines faster.
			21w10a				Vines can now generate in lush caves.
			21w13a				The model of the vines has been changed that the rear texture plane is correctly mirrored again.[11]
1.19			22w14a				Vines can now generate on mangrove trees.
			22w15a				Vines can now be placed on the sides of soul sand, mud and maximum height snow.
1.19.4			23w06a				The spreading of vines can now be controlled by the doVinesSpread game rule.
1.21			24w18a				Vines can now generate in the entrances of trial chambers.
1.21.5			25w09a				Added fallen trees to match Bedrock Edition, which can generate with vines growing on them.

Bedrock Edition

Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.9.0			build 1				Added vines.
v0.15.0			build 1				Vines now generate naturally in jungle temples.
Pocket Edition
1.1.0			alpha 1.1.0.0				Vines now generate in woodland mansions.
Bedrock Edition
1.2.0			beta 1.2.0.2				Vines can now be used to make border patterns on banners.
1.10.0			beta 1.10.0.3				The texture of vines have been changed.
							Vines can now be used to craft bordure indented banner pattern.
							Vines now generate in pillager outpost watchtowers.
							Vines are now sold by wandering traders.
1.11.0			beta 1.11.0.1				Vines can now be used to fill up composters.
							Vines can now also be climbed by pressing the jump key, allowing free hanging vines to be climbed.
1.16.20			beta 1.16.20.50				Vines now play sounds when climbed.
1.17.0			beta 1.16.230.52				Vines can now generate in lush caves.
1.19.0			beta 1.19.0.20				Vines can now generate on mangrove trees.
1.19.70			Preview 1.19.70.22				Vines now drop nothing when mined with silk touch enchanted tools except shears.
1.21.0 Experiment Update 1.21			Preview 1.21.0.24				Vines can now generate in the entrances of trial chambers.
1.21.50			Preview 1.21.50.20				Ferns are now brighter in the inventory.[12]

Legacy Console Edition

Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360	Xbox One	PS3	PS4	PS Vita	Wii U	Switch
TU5	CU1	1.00	1.00	1.00	Patch 1	1.0.1	Added vines.
TU9							Vines are now climbable provided they are climbed against a solid block.
TU43	CU33	1.36	1.36	1.36	Patch 13		Vines are now used to create the fancy border pattern for banners.
TU54	CU44	1.52	1.52	1.52	Patch 24	1.0.4	Vines now generate in woodland mansions.
TU60	CU51	1.64	1.64	1.64	Patch 30	1.0.11	Vines can now generate on dying trees, making it possible to obtain them without a jungle or swamp biome.
			1.90				The texture of vines have been changed.
							Vines can now be used to craft bordure indented banner pattern.
			1.91				Vines now generate in pillager outpost watchtowers.
							Vines can now also be climbed by pressing the jump key, allowing free hanging vines to be climbed.
							Added wandering traders, which sell vines.

New Nintendo 3DS Edition

New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0							Added vines.

Data history

Java Edition Beta
1.8			Pre-release				The used data values are as follows (tested in 1.7.6, any potential changes between Beta 1.8 Pre-release are not known): DV Description 0 No attachments 1 On south face 2 On west face 3 On south and west faces 4 On north face 5 On north and south faces 6 On north and west faces 7 On north, south and west faces 8 On east face 9 On east and south faces 10 On east and west faces 11 On east, south and west faces 12 On north and east faces 13 On north, east and south faces 14 On north, east and west faces 15 On north, east, south and west faces The face of a vine is relative to its block space, and is the opposite of the face of the block it attaches to or the direction it itself faces (a south face vine is in the southernmost area of the block it exists in, but is attached to the north side of a block and itself faces north).
Java Edition
1.8			14w10a				Vine data values often result in incorrect orientations in many arrangements.[13] The data values appear to be as follows: DV Description 0 No attachments - causes game crash 1 On south face 2 On west face 3 On west and east faces 4 On north face 5 On north and south faces 6 On north and south faces 7 On north, south and west faces 8 On east face 9 On north and south faces 10 On east and west faces 11 On east, south and west faces 12 On east and west faces 13 On north, east and south faces 14 On north, east and west faces 15 On north, east, south and west faces
			14w18a				Vine data values, according to /setblock, appear to have reverted to their pre-14w10a states: DV Description 0 No attachments - appears on south face 1 On south face 2 On west face 3 On south and west faces 4 On north face 5 On north and south faces 6 On north and west faces 7 On north, south and west faces 8 On east face 9 On east and south faces 10 On east and west faces 11 On east, south and west faces 12 On north and east faces 13 On north, east and south faces 14 On north, east and west faces 15 On north, east, south and west faces However, MC-50729 implies some mismatching still exists in some form, possibly with upward-attached vines, or possibly due to the grown vine blocks themselves using the wrong states instead of just models.​
1.13			17w47a				Prior to The Flattening, this block's numeral ID was 106.

• 
  Unused texture update vine variant.
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  Unused texture update vine variant.
• 
  Unused texture update vine variant.

Issues

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

Gallery

Screenshots

• 
  A screenshot by Jeb of a floating island with vines
• 
  Griefing with vines in the Java Edition Beta 1.8 Pre-release
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  Growing player-placed vines
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  Vines hanging from trees in the swamp
• 
  Vines in a jungle biome
• 
  Vines growing from the edges of small jungle trees
• 
  Vines growing in a cave
• 
  Vines on a jungle temple
• 
  Vines in a swamp biome that generated in the air

References

External links

• "Taking Inventory: Vines" by Duncan Geere – Minecraft.net, August 27, 2019.