How do you get Composter in Minecraft?

Composter is crafted from Slab at a Crafting Table, in a single step. It also comes from natural world generation, not just the recipe above.

How long does Composter take to break?

Composter answers to 0.6 hardness, and it answers to 0.6 when something explodes. Nothing separates the two figures on Composter, so there is no explosive trick around it. The tool tag on Composter is an axe, with no tier requirement behind it. Java 26.2 publishes Composter this way, and we print it the same.

Can Composter be used as fuel?

One Composter keeps a furnace running for 15 seconds, which is 1.5 items for each one burnt. Set against its recipe, Composter carries the heat that Slab would have given.

How many Composter can you stack?

64 Composter fills a slot, and that slot costs 448 Slab, which is 64 crafts at the crafting table. A double chest of Composter comes to 3,456, spread over 54 slots.

Utility BlocksCraftable

Composter

A block that converts plant and food items into bone meal as it is filled. It is the job site block for farmer villagers and emits a redstone signal based on its fill level.

Stack Size

Durability

N/A

Composter at a glance

Minecraft files Composter under Utility Blocks: a block you get from crafting and natural world generation. Stack Composter 64 high: 576 across a hotbar, 1728 in a shulker box, and 3456 in a double chest. It is worth 1.5 smelts in a furnace, 96 once a full stack burns.

Composter is a 0.6-hardness block. Mining Composter and blowing it up both run into 0.6. The tool tag on Composter is an axe, with no tier requirement behind it. It sits between Cobweb and Conduit in Utility Blocks, number 88 of 340 there.

Crafting recipe

Crafting
Composter
Recipe data from Astroworld Crafting, where Composter has the grid for Composter

How to obtain

Crafting
Natural generation

Fuel value

Composter burns for 15 seconds (300 ticks), which is 1.5 items per Composter

Notes

Crafted from any 7 wood slabs. Fills to level 7, then dispenses one bone meal.

Frequently asked questions about Composter

How do you get Composter in Minecraft?
Composter is crafted from Slab at a Crafting Table, in a single step. It also comes from natural world generation, not just the recipe above.
How long does Composter take to break?
Composter answers to 0.6 hardness, and it answers to 0.6 when something explodes. Nothing separates the two figures on Composter, so there is no explosive trick around it. The tool tag on Composter is an axe, with no tier requirement behind it. Java 26.2 publishes Composter this way, and we print it the same.
What is Composter used for?
A block that converts plant and food items into bone meal as it is filled. It is the job site block for farmer villagers and emits a redstone signal based on its fill level.
Can Composter be used as fuel?
One Composter keeps a furnace running for 15 seconds, which is 1.5 items for each one burnt. Set against its recipe, Composter carries the heat that Slab would have given.
How many Composter can you stack?
64 Composter fills a slot, and that slot costs 448 Slab, which is 64 crafts at the crafting table. A double chest of Composter comes to 3,456, spread over 54 slots.

Building with it

Seven wooden slabs make a composter, and it converts crops and plant blocks into bone meal: seven successful fills give one. It also drives a farmer villager's work cycle, and a hopper under it turns a wheat farm into an automatic bone meal supply.

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