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Wither Rose

Wither Rose

A wither rose is a flower that inflicts the Wither effect on players and mobs that touch it. It drops when a mob or player is killed by a wither.

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Contents (24)
  1. Obtaining
  2. Breaking
  3. Mob loot
  4. Usage
  5. Damaging
  6. Crafting ingredient
  7. Suspicious stew
  8. Mob spawning
  9. Bees
  10. Bee nests
  11. Composting
  12. Sounds
  13. Data values
  14. ID
  15. History
  16. Java Edition
  17. Bedrock Edition
  18. Issues
  19. Trivia
  20. Gallery
  21. Screenshots
  22. In other media
  23. References
  24. Navigation
Wither Rose
Wither Rose.png: Infobox image for Minecraft block 'Wither Rose'
Invicon Wither Rose.png: Inventory sprite for Wither Rose in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Wither Rose
Renewable Yes
Stackable Yes (64)
Tool Any tool
Blast resistance 0
Hardness 0
Luminous No
Transparent Yes
Flammable JE: Yes (60)
BE: Yes (30)
Catches fire
from lava 		No
Map color
 7 PLANT
Note block instrument Default (Harp)

A wither rose is a flower that inflicts the Wither effect on players and mobs that touch it. It drops when a mob or player is killed by a wither.

Obtaining

Unlike with other one-block-tall flowers in Bedrock Edition, players cannot spread wither roses on top of nearby grass blocks by applying bone meal on a wither rose.

Breaking

A wither rose can be broken instantly with any item or by hand, dropping itself.

A wither rose also breaks if water or lava runs over its location, if a piston extends or pushes a block into its location, or if the block under the plant is moved or destroyed.

Block Wither Rose
Hardness 0
Breaking time (secs)
Default 0.05 (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

Mob loot

Any mob, player or mannequin‌[JE only] killed by the wither drops one Wither rose upon death. If possible, the wither rose is placed on the block where the mob or player died. If the flower cannot be placed there, or if the game rule mob_griefing is set to false, the flower is dropped as an item instead. Wither roses are dropped even when the game rule mob_drops is set to false.[1][2] A creaking is considered killed by a wither if it destroys the creaking heart linked to it, for example by a TNT; the wither rose is dropped in the creaking's location. Withers cannot be killed by other withers, except if they are removed from the tag #wither_friends‌[JE only].

In Java Edition, endermen can pick up wither roses, like any other one-block-tall flower, and drop it if killed while holding it.

Usage

Like most flowers, wither roses can be used as decoration and planted on grass blocks, dirt, coarse dirt, rooted dirt, farmland, podzol, mycelium, moss blocks, pale moss blocks, mud, or muddy mangrove roots. They can also be planted on netherrack or soul sand. In Java Edition, wither roses can also be planted on soul soil.

Damaging

When not in Peaceful difficulty, wither roses inflict the Wither effect to any players or non-immune mobs touching it, dealing 1HP💔 damage every half second. The effect lingers for 1 second after the player/mob leaves its block space. Wither skeletons, the wither, and the ender dragon are not affected because they are immune to the Wither effect.

When placed in a flower pot, wither roses do not cause damage to any entity. In Bedrock Edition, when a wither rose is snowlogged, it does not emit particles and does not hurt entities.[3]

Crafting ingredient

Name Ingredients Crafting recipe Notes
Black Dye Wither Rose
Invicon Wither Rose.png: Inventory sprite for Wither Rose in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Wither Rose
Invicon Black Dye.png: Inventory sprite for Black Dye in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Black Dye with description: Black Dye
Suspicious Stew Red Mushroom or 
Brown Mushroom or 
Shelf Mushroom +
Bowl +
Wither Rose
Invicon Red Mushroom.png: Inventory sprite for Red Mushroom in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Red Mushroom with description: Red MushroomInvicon Brown Mushroom.png: Inventory sprite for Brown Mushroom in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Brown Mushroom with description: Brown MushroomInvicon Shelf Mushroom.png: Inventory sprite for Shelf Mushroom in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Shelf Mushroom with description: Shelf MushroomInvicon Brown Mushroom.png: Inventory sprite for Brown Mushroom in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Brown Mushroom with description: Brown MushroomInvicon Shelf Mushroom.png: Inventory sprite for Shelf Mushroom in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Shelf Mushroom with description: Shelf MushroomInvicon Red Mushroom.png: Inventory sprite for Red Mushroom in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Red Mushroom with description: Red MushroomInvicon Brown Mushroom.png: Inventory sprite for Brown Mushroom in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Brown Mushroom with description: Brown MushroomInvicon Shelf Mushroom.png: Inventory sprite for Shelf Mushroom in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Shelf Mushroom with description: Shelf MushroomInvicon Red Mushroom.png: Inventory sprite for Red Mushroom in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Red Mushroom with description: Red MushroomInvicon Brown Mushroom.png: Inventory sprite for Brown Mushroom in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Brown Mushroom with description: Brown MushroomInvicon Shelf Mushroom.png: Inventory sprite for Shelf Mushroom in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Shelf Mushroom with description: Shelf MushroomInvicon Red Mushroom.png: Inventory sprite for Red Mushroom in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Red Mushroom with description: Red MushroomInvicon Bowl.png: Inventory sprite for Bowl in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Bowl with description: BowlInvicon Wither Rose.png: Inventory sprite for Wither Rose in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Wither Rose
Invicon Suspicious Stew.png: Inventory sprite for Suspicious Stew in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Suspicious Stew with description: Suspicious Stew
 Any combination of brown, red, or shelf mushrooms can be used.

Suspicious stew

Main article: Suspicious Stew

Suspicious stew that is created using a wither rose imparts the Wither effect for 7 seconds, dealing 3HP❤️💔 damage. It can be crafted using a wither rose or produced by feeding a wither rose to a brown mooshroom and then milking it with a bowl.

Ingredients Crafting recipe
Red Mushroom or 
Brown Mushroom or 
Shelf Mushroom +
Bowl +
Wither Rose
Invicon Red Mushroom.png: Inventory sprite for Red Mushroom in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Red Mushroom with description: Red MushroomInvicon Brown Mushroom.png: Inventory sprite for Brown Mushroom in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Brown Mushroom with description: Brown MushroomInvicon Shelf Mushroom.png: Inventory sprite for Shelf Mushroom in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Shelf Mushroom with description: Shelf MushroomInvicon Brown Mushroom.png: Inventory sprite for Brown Mushroom in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Brown Mushroom with description: Brown MushroomInvicon Shelf Mushroom.png: Inventory sprite for Shelf Mushroom in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Shelf Mushroom with description: Shelf MushroomInvicon Red Mushroom.png: Inventory sprite for Red Mushroom in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Red Mushroom with description: Red MushroomInvicon Brown Mushroom.png: Inventory sprite for Brown Mushroom in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Brown Mushroom with description: Brown MushroomInvicon Shelf Mushroom.png: Inventory sprite for Shelf Mushroom in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Shelf Mushroom with description: Shelf MushroomInvicon Red Mushroom.png: Inventory sprite for Red Mushroom in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Red Mushroom with description: Red MushroomInvicon Brown Mushroom.png: Inventory sprite for Brown Mushroom in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Brown Mushroom with description: Brown MushroomInvicon Shelf Mushroom.png: Inventory sprite for Shelf Mushroom in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Shelf Mushroom with description: Shelf MushroomInvicon Red Mushroom.png: Inventory sprite for Red Mushroom in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Red Mushroom with description: Red MushroomInvicon Bowl.png: Inventory sprite for Bowl in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Bowl with description: BowlInvicon Wither Rose.png: Inventory sprite for Wither Rose in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Wither Rose
Invicon Suspicious Stew.png: Inventory sprite for Suspicious Stew in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Suspicious Stew with description: Suspicious Stew

Mob spawning

Wither skeletons and zombified piglins‌[Bedrock Edition only][4] are the only mobs that can spawn on wither roses, given their spawning requirements are met.

Bees

As with other mobs, when a bee touches a wither rose on any difficulty other than Peaceful, it is inflicted with the Wither effect. Despite this, bees still attempt to pollinate wither roses and succeed if the difficulty is set to Peaceful.[5]

Wither roses can be used to lead bees, but cannot be used to breed them or grow baby bees. Feeding a bee a wither rose inflicts it with the Wither effect for 2 seconds (40 game ticks), without angering the bee.

Bee nests

Oak, birch, and cherry trees grown from saplings that are within 2 blocks of a wither rose have a 5% chance to grow with a bee nest and 2-3 bees in it.

Composting

Placing a wither rose into a composter has a 65% chance of raising the compost level by 1. A stack of wither roses yields an average of 5.94 bone meal.

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Sounds

Java Edition:

BlockSprite short-grass.png: Sprite image for short-grass in Minecraft grass sound type
SoundClosed captionsSourceDescriptionIdentifierTranslation keyVolumePitchAttenuation
distance
​Block brokenBlocksOnce the block has brokenblock.grass.breaksubtitles.block.generic.break​1.00.816
​Block placed​[until: JE 26.4]BlocksWhen the block is placedblock.grass.placesubtitles.block.generic.place​1.00.816
​Block breakingBlocksWhile the block is in the process of being brokenblock.grass.hitsubtitles.block.generic.hit​0.250.516
​Something falls on a blockEntity-DependentFalling on the block with fall damageblock.grass.fallsubtitles.block.generic.fall​0.50.7516
​FootstepsEntity-DependentWalking on the blockblock.grass.stepsubtitles.block.generic.footsteps​0.151.016

Bedrock Edition:

BlockSprite short-grass.png: Sprite image for short-grass in Minecraft grass sound type
SoundClosed captionsSourceDescriptionIdentifierTranslation keyVolumePitch
​Block brokenBlocksOnce the block has brokendig.grasssubtitles.block.generic.break​0.70.8–1.0
​Block placedBlocksWhen the block is placedplace.grasssubtitles.block.generic.place​0.80.8–1.0
​Block breakingBlocksWhile the block is in the process of being brokenhit.grasssubtitles.block.generic.hit​0.30.5
​FootstepsPlayersFalling on the block with fall damagefall.grasssubtitles.block.generic.footsteps​0.41.0
​FootstepsPlayersWalking on the blockstep.grasssubtitles.block.generic.footsteps​0.31.0
​Shovel flattensBlocksWhen a shovel creates a dirt pathuse.grasssubtitles.item.shovel.flatten​1.00.8
​FootstepsBlocksJumping from the blockjump.grasssubtitles.block.generic.footsteps​0.111.0
​FootstepsBlocksFalling on the block without fall damageland.grasssubtitles.block.generic.footsteps​0.211.0

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

NameIdentifierFormBlock tagsItem tags Translation key
BlockSprite wither-rose.png: Sprite image for wither-rose in Minecraft Wither Rosewither_roseBlock & Itemflowers
small_flowers		flowers
small_flowers		 block.minecraft.wither_rose

Bedrock Edition:

NameIdentifierNumeric ID FormItem ID[i 1] Translation key
BlockSprite wither-rose.png: Sprite image for wither-rose in Minecraft Wither Rosewither_rose471Block & Giveable Item[i 2]Identical[i 3]
(Numeric: -216)		 tile.wither_rose.name
  1. ↑ ID of block's direct item form, which is used in savegame files and addons.
  2. ↑ Available with /give command.
  3. ↑ The block's direct item form has the same ID as the block.

History

Java Edition

Java Edition
1.1418w43a Added wither roses.
19w03a Placing a wither rose into the new composter has a 50% chance of raising the compost level by 1.
19w05a Wither roses now have a 65% chance of increasing the compost level in a composter by 1.
1.1519w34a Wither roses can now be used to breed bees.
Bees can now pollinate wither roses.
1.1620w19a Mobs can no longer spawn on wither roses.
20w21a Wither skeletons can spawn on wither roses again.
1.20pre2 The wither rose is now grouped with other small flowers in the Creative inventory.
1.21.424w44a Bees now get the Wither effect for 2 seconds when fed with wither roses although this does not anger them.

Bedrock Edition

Bedrock Edition
1.13.0beta 1.13.0.9 Added the wither rose.
1.14.0beta 1.14.0.1 Wither roses can now be used to breed bees.
Bees can now pollinate wither roses.
1.20.60Preview 1.20.60.21 The model of wither roses has been changed.[6]
Preview 1.20.60.25 Wither roses now deal damage to mobs and players every half second, rather than every two seconds.
release The model of wither roses has been changed.
1.21.50Preview 1.21.50.28 Bees now get the Wither effect for 2 seconds when fed with wither roses although this does not anger them.
1.21.60Preview 1.21.60.21 Wither roses no longer appear mirrored when viewed from certain angles.[7]
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Issues

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

Trivia

  • Wither roses deal the same damage while in contact (and a second more) as magma blocks, via the Wither effect.
  • The rarity of wither roses is Common, despite the fact that a rare item (the wither skeleton skull) is required to encounter them in the first place.[8]

Screenshots

  • A creeper being damaged by wither roses
    A creeper being damaged by wither roses

In other media

References

  1. ↑ MC-154922 – Wither roses drop even if mob_drops is set to false
  2. ↑ MCPE-73842 – Wither roses drop even if mob_drops is set to false
  3. ↑ MCPE-61608 – Wither rose in snow emits no particles and deals no damage
  4. ↑ MCPE-162247 – Zombified piglins can spawn inside wither roses
  5. ↑ MC-159396 – Bees target wither roses and die – resolved as "Works As Intended".
  6. ↑ MCPE-40646 – resolved as "Fixed".
  7. ↑ MCPE-40646 – Cross models are displayed wrongly from east and west sides – resolved as "Fixed".
  8. ↑ MC-277942 – Wither rose is Common, despite requiring Rare items to obtain
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