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Beetroot Seeds
Miscellaneous

Beetroot Seeds

Seeds used to plant beetroot crops on farmland. They are not edible.

Stack Size

64

Durability

N/A

Category

Miscellaneous

Version Added

1.9

Item ID

beetroot_seeds

Beetroot Seeds at a glance

Miscellaneous hold Beetroot Seeds: items out of harvesting beetroot crops, chest loot, and trading (Wandering Trader). Carrying Beetroot Seeds are cheap: 64 to a slot, 576 across the hotbar, 1728 in a chest.

Of the 5 kinds of generated chest that can hold Beetroot Seeds, snowy village houses are the best bet at about 66% per chest. They sits between Armor Stand and Black Dye in Miscellaneous, number 3 of 147 there.

How to obtain

  • Harvesting beetroot crops
  • Chest loot
  • Trading (Wandering Trader)

Notes

Chickens can be fed and bred with beetroot seeds.

Frequently asked questions about Beetroot Seeds

  1. Harvesting beetroot crops leading to Beetroot Seeds, the way this answer says Beetroot Seeds arrives

    How do you get Beetroot Seeds in Minecraft?

    Beetroot Seeds is obtained through harvesting beetroot crops, Beetroot Seeds from chest loot, and Beetroot Seeds from trading (Wandering Trader). There is no recipe: Beetroot Seeds are found, and snowy village houses give the best chance at about 66%.

  2. A chest beside Beetroot Seeds, the loot this answer lists

    Where do you find Beetroot Seeds in chests?

    Beetroot Seeds is chest loot in snowy village houses (about 66%, 1 to 5 at a time), abandoned mineshaft chests (about 27%, 2 to 4 at a time), end city chests (about 20%, 1 to 10 at a time), and dungeon chests (about 19%, 2 to 4 at a time). It shows up in 5 kinds of chest in total. Those odds are per chest, and Luck does not move them.

  3. Beetroot Seeds coming forward out of the past, in the game since 1.9

    When was Beetroot Seeds added to Minecraft?

    Beetroot Seeds was added in version 1.9.

  4. Beetroot Seeds on its own, since nothing in the game is crafted from it

    What is Beetroot Seeds used for?

    Seeds used to plant beetroot crops on farmland. They are not edible.

  5. 64 Beetroot Seeds drawn together, the full slot the answer counts

    How many Beetroot Seeds can you stack?

    Beetroot Seeds goes 64 to a slot, and snowy village houses hand over 1 to 5 at a time, so a full slot is at least 13 chests of searching. A shulker box of Beetroot Seeds comes to 1,728, over 27 slots.

Building with it

Beetroot seeds come from village farms and from breaking a mature beetroot, and unlike wheat the crop does not give its own seeds back reliably. That is why a beetroot field grows slowly at first and then all at once, and why chickens love the surplus.