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Seagrass
Utility Blocks

Seagrass

An underwater plant that generates on the floor of most ocean and water biomes. It can be collected with shears and is used to breed and lure turtles.

Stack Size

64

Durability

N/A

Category

Utility Blocks

Version Added

1.13

Item ID

seagrass

Seagrass at a glance

Seagrass, a block out of breaking with shears, natural world generation, and bone meal on underwater blocks, sits under Utility Blocks. Stack Seagrass 64 high: 576 across a hotbar, 1728 in a shulker box, and 3456 in a double chest.

Hardness 0 means Seagrass comes away immediately, whatever you are holding. It sits between Sea Pickle and Sign in Utility Blocks, number 281 of 340 there.

How to obtain

  • Breaking with shears
  • Natural generation
  • Bone meal on underwater blocks

Mobs that drop it

Turtle drops 0 to 2 of them. Seagrass caps at 2 unenchanted; 1 more each level puts Turtle at 5.

Notes

Only drops itself when broken with shears. Used to breed turtles and can only be placed underwater.

Frequently asked questions about Seagrass

  1. Breaking with shears leading to Seagrass, the way this answer says Seagrass arrives

    How do you get Seagrass in Minecraft?

    Seagrass is obtained through breaking with shears, Seagrass from natural world generation, and Seagrass from bone meal on underwater blocks. A crafting table will not help you here: Seagrass has no recipe of its own.

  2. Seagrass coming forward out of the past, in the game since 1.13

    When was Seagrass added to Minecraft?

    Seagrass was added in version 1.13.

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

    How many Seagrass can you stack?

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

    What is Seagrass used for?

    An underwater plant that generates on the floor of most ocean and water biomes. It can be collected with shears and is used to breed and lure turtles.

  5. Several Seagrass at once, the way a kill drops them

    Which mobs drop Seagrass?

    Turtle drops 0 to 2 of them. Seagrass caps at 2 unenchanted; 1 more each level puts Turtle at 5.

Building with it

Seagrass covers the floor of most oceans and rivers, and shears collect it. It feeds turtles into breeding, which is the only way to get scutes, so a stack of seagrass is really the first step toward a turtle helmet.