How do you get Dirt in Minecraft?

Dirt is obtained through mining, and Dirt from natural world generation. No crafting grid makes Dirt, and 1 recipe takes it as an ingredient.

How long does Dirt take to break?

Mining Dirt works against 0.5; explosions on it work against 0.5. Most blocks share the pattern on Dirt, and it is not one of the exceptions. Any shovel will do on Dirt, from wood upward. Java 26.2 holds Dirt at exactly those figures, timing on it aside.

How many Dirt can you stack?

Dirt at 64 a slot, and Coarse Dirt takes 2 per craft, so a full slot is 32 Coarse Dirt with nothing left over. A full backpack of 36 inventory slots carries 2,304 at once.

When was Dirt added to Minecraft?

Dirt was added in the early Alpha development period.

What is Dirt used for?

Dirt is a crafting ingredient, and it goes into Coarse Dirt.

Utility Blocks

Dirt

One of the most common natural blocks, forming the layer beneath grass across most biomes. Grass, mycelium and fungus can spread onto it, and it can be tilled into farmland.

Stack Size

Durability

N/A

Dirt at a glance

Dirt, a block out of mining and natural world generation, sits under Utility Blocks. A single slot takes 64 Dirt, a hotbar row 576, and 3456 fill a double chest.

Dirt additionally serves as a crafting ingredient for Coarse Dirt. On the hardness scale Dirt sits at 0.5. Any shovel will do on Dirt, from wood upward. It holds up against explosions exactly as well as it does against a pickaxe, and no better. It sits between Diorite and Dried Kelp Block in Utility Blocks, number 119 of 340 there.

Used to craft

Coarse Dirt is the one recipe that asks for Dirt, and the link below opens that grid. Each link below opens that recipe with Dirt in the grid.

Coarse Dirt

How to obtain

Mining
Natural generation

Notes

Generates abundantly in the Overworld. Mined fastest with a shovel.

Frequently asked questions about Dirt

How do you get Dirt in Minecraft?
Dirt is obtained through mining, and Dirt from natural world generation. No crafting grid makes Dirt, and 1 recipe takes it as an ingredient.
How long does Dirt take to break?
Mining Dirt works against 0.5; explosions on it work against 0.5. Most blocks share the pattern on Dirt, and it is not one of the exceptions. Any shovel will do on Dirt, from wood upward. Java 26.2 holds Dirt at exactly those figures, timing on it aside.
How many Dirt can you stack?
Dirt at 64 a slot, and Coarse Dirt takes 2 per craft, so a full slot is 32 Coarse Dirt with nothing left over. A full backpack of 36 inventory slots carries 2,304 at once.
When was Dirt added to Minecraft?
Dirt was added in the early Alpha development period.
What is Dirt used for?
Dirt is a crafting ingredient, and it goes into Coarse Dirt.

Building with it

Dirt is the block the whole world is built on and the one every player mines by accident first. A shovel takes it in a fraction of a second, it turns to grass when grass spreads onto it, and a hoe turns it into farmland. Its other use is scaffolding: dirt towers up and comes back down faster than any other block.

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