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Grass Block

2Block states
1Properties
YesItem form

Grass Block is a block in Minecraft. It is dug with a shovel, the tool players use to break it. When the block is broken, it drops Grass Block and Dirt, so both can be collected from a single break.

Contents (6)
  1. Data values
  2. Block states
  3. Natural generation
  4. Advancements
  5. History
  6. See also

Data values

Read from reports/blocks.json of Minecraft 26.3.

Identifierminecraft:grass_block
Numeric default state ID9
Block states2
State properties1
Item formYes

Block states

1 property combine into 2 distinct states.

PropertyDefaultAllowed valuesMeaning
snowyfalsetrue falseWhether snow is sitting on top.

Natural generation

Biomes whose own feature list places this block, followed from worldgen/biome through placed_feature to feature. Blocks that the terrain itself is made of (stone, dirt, deepslate) come from the surface rules instead and are not listed here.

Placed by the worldgen feature disk_grass.

Advancements

Advancements whose own criteria name this block. Recipe-unlock entries are left out — they never appear on the player’s Advancements screen.

History

Worked out by reading the registry of every Minecraft build Mojang has published, in release order.

VersionDateWhat the files show
before 18w01a—Already in the game when Mojang’s data generator first shipped, in 18w01a (3 January 2018). The files do not say which earlier version added it.

See also