Bone Meal
A crafting and farming item made from bones. It is used as fertilizer to grow plants instantly.
Stack Size
Stack Size64
Durability
DurabilityN/A
Category
CategoryMiscellaneous
Version Added
Version AddedAlpha
Item ID
Item IDbone_meal
Overview
Bone Meal is an item in the Miscellaneous category of Minecraft, obtained through crafting it. A single inventory slot holds a full stack of 64 Bone Meal.
Bone Meal additionally serves as a crafting ingredient for Bone Block and White Dye. Generated chests only ever hold Bone Meal in one place: trial chamber supply barrels (about 20%, 2 to 5 at a time).
Crafting Recipe
Crafting
Used to Craft
Bone Meal is a crafting ingredient for 2 other items in Minecraft. Each one links to its own recipe and details page.
Bone Block
White DyeHow to Obtain
- Crafting
Notes
Grows crops, flowers and saplings, and is also produced by composters. Crafts into White Dye and Bone Blocks.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do you get Bone Meal in Minecraft?
Bone Meal is crafted at a Crafting Table using Bone, and each craft yields 3.
What is Bone Meal used for?
Bone Meal is a crafting ingredient used to make Bone Block and White Dye.
How many Bone Meal can you stack?
Bone Meal stacks 64 to a slot, and filling that slot takes 22 crafts: 22 Bone, since each one returns 3.
Where do you find Bone Meal in chests?
Bone Meal is chest loot in exactly one place: trial chamber supply barrels (about 20%, 2 to 5 at a time). No other generated chest in the game lists it, so that structure is the only place worth searching.
When was Bone Meal added to Minecraft?
Bone Meal was added in the early Alpha development period.