Melon Slice — Minecraft block

Melon Slice

Melon Slice is a food item obtained by breaking melon blocks or crafting from a full melon, restoring two hunger points.

Block ID minecraft:melon_slice
Mod Vanilla
Game versions
1.21

Description

Melon Slice drops from a melon block when broken, yielding between three and seven slices per block depending on tool and fortune enchantment level. Nine slices crafted back together restore the full melon block, but doing so is rarely efficient since the block gives only a fixed number of slices regardless. Raw slices restore two hunger points and a small saturation, placing them below carrots and potatoes in food value but above raw chicken and some other basic options. They can also be crafted into a glistering melon slice, which requires a gold nugget and serves as a brewing ingredient for mundane and healing potions, not a food item. Chickens breed when offered a melon slice, making the item moderately useful in passive mob farming as well. Melon farms tend to yield large quantities because melon blocks regenerate on nearby farmland when the stem is mature, unlike most crops that require replanting after each harvest.

Java & Bedrock Guide

How to get and use Melon Slice in Minecraft

  1. 1

    Grow a melon stem

    Plant melon seeds on farmland next to water. When the stem matures it spawns a melon block on one free adjacent tile, so leave at least one empty dirt block beside each stem.

  2. 2

    Harvest the melon block

    Break the melon block with any tool or your bare hand to drop 3 to 7 melon slices. A tool enchanted with Fortune III raises the maximum yield to 9 slices.

  3. 3

    Eat the slices

    Hold a melon slice and hold use (right-click) to eat it, restoring 2 hunger points and 1.2 saturation as a fast renewable early-game food.

  4. 4

    Craft a glistering melon slice

    Place one melon slice in the centre of the crafting grid and surround it with 8 gold nuggets to make a glistering melon slice for brewing.

  5. 5

    Brew a Potion of Healing

    Put the glistering melon slice on top of an Awkward Potion in a brewing stand to brew a Potion of Healing that restores health instantly.

Edition note

Melon slices drop, eat and craft identically in Java and Bedrock Edition. Only a fully mature stem regrows melon blocks, so keep one open tile next to each stem for continuous automatic harvesting.

Used in crafts

Related blocks

Frequently asked questions

Can you craft a Melon Slice?

No. Melon slices are not crafted directly — you obtain them by breaking a melon block, which drops 3 to 7 slices. You can, however, craft 9 melon slices back into a full melon block.

How much hunger does a Melon Slice restore?

A melon slice restores 2 hunger points (one drumstick on the hunger bar) and 1.2 saturation, making it a weak but renewable early-game food.

What is a Melon Slice used for?

Besides eating, a melon slice crafts into a glistering melon slice with 8 gold nuggets, which brews Potions of Healing. Nine slices also reform a melon block.

Does Melon Slice work in both Java and Bedrock?

Yes. Melon slices drop, stack to 64, eat and craft identically in Java and Bedrock Edition.

Are Melon Slices renewable?

Yes. A mature melon stem keeps spawning new melon blocks on adjacent farmland, so a single planted stem yields melon slices indefinitely without replanting.

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