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Melon Seeds
MiscellaneousCraftable

Melon Seeds

Seeds used to plant melon stems on farmland. They are not edible.

Stack Size

64

Durability

N/A

Category

Miscellaneous

Version Added

1.0

Item ID

melon_seeds

Melon Seeds at a glance

Melon Seeds, items out of crafting from a melon slice and chest loot, sit under Miscellaneous. A slot of Melon Seeds holds 64, nine slots hold 576, and 1728 fill a chest.

Of the 3 kinds of generated chest that can hold Melon Seeds, abandoned mineshaft chests are the best bet at about 27% per chest. They sits between Map and Name Tag in Miscellaneous, number 81 of 147 there.

Crafting recipe

Crafting
Melon SliceMelon Slice
Melon SeedsMelon Seeds
Recipe data from Astroworld Crafting

How to obtain

  • Crafting from a melon slice
  • Chest loot

Notes

Chickens can be fed and bred with melon seeds.

Frequently asked questions about Melon Seeds

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

    How do you get Melon Seeds in Minecraft?

    Melon Seeds is crafted from Melon Slice at a Crafting Table, in a single step. They also comes from crafting from a melon slice, and Melon Seeds from chest loot, not just the recipe above.

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

    What is Melon Seeds used for?

    Seeds used to plant melon stems on farmland. They are not edible.

  3. 64 Melon Seeds drawn together, the full slot the answer counts

    How many Melon Seeds can you stack?

    64 Melon Slice is what 64 Melon Seeds costs, so filling a single slot is 64 crafts. A full backpack of 36 inventory slots carries 2,304 at once.

  4. A chest beside Melon Seeds, the loot this answer lists

    Where do you find Melon Seeds in chests?

    Melon Seeds is chest loot in abandoned mineshaft chests (about 27%, 2 to 4 at a time), dungeon chests (about 19%, 2 to 4 at a time), and woodland mansion chests (about 14%, 2 to 4 at a time). Those odds are per chest, and Luck does not move them.

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

    When was Melon Seeds added to Minecraft?

    Melon Seeds was added in the 1.0 full release.

Building with it

Melon seeds come from a melon slice in the crafting grid or from chests, and planted they grow a stem that produces melons on the block beside it. Because the stem stays and only the melon is harvested, a melon farm is fully automatic with an observer and a piston.