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Lily Pad
Utility Blocks

Lily Pad

A flat plant that floats on the surface of water and generates in swamp biomes. It can be walked on and is also found in the chests of fishing loot.

Stack Size

64

Durability

N/A

Category

Utility Blocks

Version Added

Alpha

Item ID

lily_pad

Lily Pad at a glance

Utility Blocks holds Lily Pad: a block out of natural world generation, fishing, and breaking placed lily pads. A single slot takes 64 Lily Pad, a hotbar row 576, and 3456 fill a double chest.

Nothing slows you down on Lily Pad; it is a zero-hardness block. It sits between Lily of the Valley and Lime Banner in Utility Blocks, number 187 of 340 there.

How to obtain

  • Natural generation
  • Fishing
  • Breaking placed lily pads

Notes

Can only be placed on water; boats break when colliding with it.

Frequently asked questions about Lily Pad

  1. Fishing leading to Lily Pad, the way this answer says Lily Pad arrives

    How do you get Lily Pad in Minecraft?

    Lily Pad is obtained through natural world generation, Lily Pad from fishing, and Lily Pad from breaking placed lily pads. Crafting is not an option for Lily Pad; that route does not exist.

  2. Lily Pad on its own, since nothing in the game is crafted from it

    What is Lily Pad used for?

    A flat plant that floats on the surface of water and generates in swamp biomes. It can be walked on and is also found in the chests of fishing loot.

  3. Lily Pad coming forward out of the past, in the game since Alpha

    When was Lily Pad added to Minecraft?

    Lily Pad was added in the early Alpha development period.

  4. 64 Lily Pad drawn together, the full slot the answer counts

    How many Lily Pad can you stack?

    Lily Pad goes 64 to the slot, which is 1,728 in a shulker box and 3,456 in a double chest. A full backpack of 36 inventory slots carries 2,304 at once.

Building with it

Lily pads float on still water and can be walked on, which makes them the cheapest bridge in the game. They are also fished up in swamps, and a boat driven into one destroys it, so a lily path and a boat route should not share the same water.

Related Astroworld Resources

Villager trades for Lily Pad

What villagers ask for Lily Pad on Astroworld Trades

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