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Melon

A block that drops three to seven melon slices when broken. It grows from melon stems.

Stack Size

64

Durability

N/A

Category

Utility Blocks

Version Added

1.0

Item ID

melon

Melon at a glance

Melon comes from breaking melon blocks grown from stems and crafting from 9 melon slices, and Utility Blocks is where it sits as a block. Carrying Melon is cheap: 64 to a slot, 576 across the hotbar, 1728 in a chest.

The game rates Melon at 1 hardness. Speed on Melon comes from an axe, but the drop comes either way. It carries the same 1 into an explosion. It sits between Mangrove Propagule and Moss Block in Utility Blocks, number 204 of 340 there.

Crafting recipe

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Recipe data from Astroworld Crafting

How to obtain

  • Breaking melon blocks grown from stems
  • Crafting from 9 melon slices

Notes

Breaking the block drops 3-7 melon slices; mining with Silk Touch drops the block itself.

Frequently asked questions about Melon

  1. Melon Slice going into Melon, the recipe this answer describes

    How do you get Melon in Minecraft?

    Melon is crafted from Melon Slice at a Crafting Table, in a single step. It also comes from breaking melon blocks grown from stems, and Melon from crafting from 9 melon slices, not just the recipe above.

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

    What is Melon used for?

    A block that drops three to seven melon slices when broken. It grows from melon stems.

  3. Melon coming forward out of the past, in the game since 1.0

    When was Melon added to Minecraft?

    Melon was added in the 1.0 full release.

  4. 64 Melon drawn together, the full slot the answer counts

    How many Melon can you stack?

    64 Melon fill one slot, and filling it costs 576 Melon Slice: 64 crafts. A double chest of Melon comes to 3,456, spread over 54 slots.

  5. Melon as a block, next to the axe its 1 hardness asks for

    How long does Melon take to break?

    Mining Melon works against 1; explosions on it work against 1. Both numbers on Melon being equal is the usual case, and it is not built to hold off explosives. Speed on Melon comes from an axe, but the drop comes either way. Java 26.2 is the release Melon was read from, figure by figure on it.

Building with it

A melon block breaks into three to seven slices, and one slice replanted as seeds grows more, so a melon farm is renewable from the first block you find. Slices also craft into glistering melon with gold nuggets, which is the base of healing potions.

Related Astroworld Resources

Villager trades for Melon

What villagers ask for Melon on Astroworld Trades

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