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Utility Blocks

Podzol

A dirt variant on which saplings, mushrooms and other vegetation can be planted, including large jungle trees. Grass cannot spread onto it.

Stack Size

64

Durability

N/A

Category

Utility Blocks

Version Added

1.7

Item ID

podzol

Podzol at a glance

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

Podzol is a 0.5-hardness block. A creeper does to Podzol what a tool does, because both work against 0.5. The game files it under a shovel, without a minimum tier attached to Podzol. It sits between Pink Tulip and Pointed Dripstone in Utility Blocks, number 242 of 340 there.

How to obtain

  • Mining
  • Natural generation

Notes

Only drops itself when mined with a Silk Touch tool; otherwise it drops dirt. Generates in old growth taiga and bamboo jungle biomes, and forms under large spruce trees grown on podzol.

Frequently asked questions about Podzol

  1. Mining leading to Podzol, the way this answer says Podzol arrives

    How do you get Podzol in Minecraft?

    Podzol is obtained through mining, and Podzol from natural world generation. It has no recipe at all: a shovel is the whole tool list.

  2. Podzol as a block, next to the shovel its 0.5 hardness asks for

    How long does Podzol take to break?

    The two numbers behind Podzol are 0.5 for mining and 0.5 against explosions. It with matching values is as easy to blow up as it is to mine. The game files it under a shovel, without a minimum tier attached to Podzol. Java 26.2 sets Podzol at these values, and we copied them onto it.

  3. 64 Podzol drawn together, the full slot the answer counts

    How many Podzol can you stack?

    Podzol 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.

  4. Podzol coming forward out of the past, in the game since 1.7

    When was Podzol added to Minecraft?

    Podzol was added in version 1.7.

  5. Podzol on its own, since nothing in the game is crafted from it

    What is Podzol used for?

    A dirt variant on which saplings, mushrooms and other vegetation can be planted, including large jungle trees. Grass cannot spread onto it.

Building with it

Podzol is the dark forest floor of old-growth taiga, and it is the one block besides mycelium where mushrooms grow at any light level. Silk Touch is the only way to collect it, so most players either haul it home from a taiga or make it by bone-mealing a large spruce sapling.

Related Astroworld Resources

Villager trades for Podzol

What villagers ask for Podzol on Astroworld Trades

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