Farming & animals · Item
Dirt and grass
The soft ground of the world: dirt, grass, podzol, peat, mud, moss and leaf litter.
In the game
How to get it
Dig it with a shovel (fast) or by hand, voxel by voxel. Grass tufts, ferns and dry grass grow on it.
What it is for
Build with it, till it into farmland with a shovel (grass, dirt, podzol, moss and leaf litter), plant saplings on it.
Why it exists
The ground under your feet is where every field and every tree starts.
The same text the game shows in its progress tree and on the item's sheet (I).
The soil of the world comes in several kinds, all dug fast with a shovel.
| Block | Where |
|---|---|
| Grass | on top of dirt almost everywhere |
| Dirt | under the grass |
| Podzol, leaf litter, moss | forest floors |
| Peat, mud | swamps and wetlands |
| Dry grass | savannas |
| Mycelium | giant-mushroom forests |
| Ash | around volcanoes |
Uses
- Farmland: right click grass, dirt, podzol, moss or leaf litter with a shovel: see Tilled field.
- Saplings grow on grass, dirt, farmland and sand: see Tree saplings.
- Grass tufts and ferns drop wheat seeds 5 % of the time.
The plain soil under the grass. A shovel digs it fast and tills it into farmland for crops.