How do you get Hay Bale in Minecraft?

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

How many Hay Bale can you stack?

64 Hay Bale fills a slot, and that slot costs 576 Wheat, which is 64 crafts at the crafting table. A full backpack of 36 inventory slots carries 2,304 at once.

What is Hay Bale used for?

Hay Bale is a crafting ingredient, and it goes into Target.

When was Hay Bale added to Minecraft?

Hay Bale was added in version 1.6.

How long does Hay Bale take to break?

Mining Hay Bale works against 0.5; explosions on it work against 0.5. Both numbers on Hay Bale being equal is the usual case, and it is not built to hold off explosives. A hoe is the right tool for Hay Bale, and any tier of it collects the block. Java 26.2 is the release Hay Bale was read from, figure by figure on it.

Utility BlocksCraftable

Hay Bale

A compact storage block for wheat that reduces fall damage by 80 percent when landed on. It is used to breed and heal horses, llamas and other animals.

Stack Size

Durability

N/A

Hay Bale at a glance

Utility Blocks holds Hay Bale: a block out of crafting and natural world generation. Carrying Hay Bale is cheap: 64 to a slot, 576 across the hotbar, 1728 in a chest.

Hay Bale additionally serves as a crafting ingredient for Target. On the hardness scale Hay Bale sits at 0.5. It takes the same 0.5 from an explosion. A hoe is the right tool for Hay Bale, and any tier of it collects the block. It sits between Grindstone and Honeycomb Block in Utility Blocks, number 151 of 340 there.

Crafting recipe

Crafting
Wheat
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Hay Bale
Recipe data from Astroworld Crafting, where Hay Bale has the grid for Hay Bale

Used to craft

Only Target uses Hay Bale as an ingredient, so this list runs to a single link. Every name in the list has a page of its own, grid included, with Hay Bale in it.

Target

How to obtain

Crafting
Natural generation

Notes

Can be uncrafted back into 9 wheat. Generates in villages. Not usable as furnace fuel.

Frequently asked questions about Hay Bale

How do you get Hay Bale in Minecraft?
Hay Bale is crafted from Wheat at a Crafting Table, in a single step. It also comes from natural world generation, not just the recipe above.
How many Hay Bale can you stack?
64 Hay Bale fills a slot, and that slot costs 576 Wheat, which is 64 crafts at the crafting table. A full backpack of 36 inventory slots carries 2,304 at once.
What is Hay Bale used for?
Hay Bale is a crafting ingredient, and it goes into Target.
When was Hay Bale added to Minecraft?
Hay Bale was added in version 1.6.
How long does Hay Bale take to break?
Mining Hay Bale works against 0.5; explosions on it work against 0.5. Both numbers on Hay Bale being equal is the usual case, and it is not built to hold off explosives. A hoe is the right tool for Hay Bale, and any tier of it collects the block. Java 26.2 is the release Hay Bale was read from, figure by figure on it.

Building with it

Nine wheat make a hay bale, and it does three useful things: it feeds and breeds horses, it breaks a fall better than any other block, and it burns in a furnace as a fuel. It also unpacks back into nine wheat, so it is the compact way to store a harvest.

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