Tall Grass — Minecraft block

Tall Grass

Tall Grass is the two-block decorative grass that grows on grass blocks across plains, savannas, and cherry groves, harvested with shears or regrown with bone meal.

Block ID minecraft:tall_grass
Mod Vanilla
Game versions
1.21

Description

Tall Grass is the two-block-tall decorative grass that grows naturally on grass blocks across Minecraft's plains, savannas, cherry groves, meadows, pale gardens, and lush caves. Tall Grass cannot be crafted at a crafting table. Shears harvest a wild plant directly, bone meal converts short grass, and bone meal scattered over a grass, moss, or pale moss block spreads new vegetation. Breaking Tall Grass by hand yields a 12.5% chance of wheat seeds, while shears reliably drop two short grass units. Hardness and blast resistance are both 0, so explosions and any tool clear Tall Grass instantly, and the flammability value of 60 means the block catches fire from lava and spreads flames to neighbouring grass.

Tall Grass is a renewable decorative block, because a single bone meal dose can regrow the plant indefinitely on any grass block under open sky. Builders use Tall Grass to add realistic depth to meadow paths, wildflower fields, savanna outposts, and the soft pink ground cover of cherry grove bases. A composter converts each Tall Grass unit into a 50% chance of raising the compost level by one, giving surplus plants a steady path back into bone meal. Manual planting is impossible for this two-block plant, so the most reliable farm layout pairs a grass block field with a dispenser-loaded bone meal cycle.

Block properties

Item ID minecraft:tall_grass
/give command /give @p minecraft:tall_grass
Stackable Yes (64)
Best tool Shears
Renewable Yes
Hardness 0
Blast resistance 0
Java Edition 1.7.2
Bedrock Edition 0.9.0

Java Edition Guide

How to get and use Tall Grass in Minecraft

  1. 1

    Find a Tall Grass biome

    Walk across plains, savannas, cherry groves, meadows, pale gardens, or lush caves, where Tall Grass spawns naturally at roughly 8.6 plants per chunk.

  2. 2

    Harvest with shears

    Equip shears and break the plant to collect Tall Grass itself; breaking by hand instead gives a 12.5% chance of wheat seeds and no plant item.

  3. 3

    Grow more with bone meal

    Apply bone meal to short grass on a grass block, or scatter bone meal over a grass, moss, or pale moss block to convert nearby vegetation into Tall Grass.

  4. 4

    Place and build decoratively

    Set Tall Grass on a grass block under open sky to add two blocks of wild, swaying texture to meadow paths, flower fields, and savanna outposts.

  5. 5

    Compost the surplus

    Drop extra Tall Grass into a composter for a 50% chance to raise the compost level by one, feeding the bone meal loop that regrows the plant.

Placement rule

Tall Grass cannot be manually planted like a sapling; the block only survives on a grass block, and the two-block plant breaks if the supporting block is removed.

Used in crafts

  • Plant Ball

Frequently asked questions

Can you craft Tall Grass in Minecraft?

No. Tall Grass is not craftable at a crafting table; players obtain Tall Grass with shears, from bone meal on short grass, or as random vegetation spread by bone meal on a grass, moss, or pale moss block.

What does Tall Grass drop when broken?

Breaking Tall Grass by hand gives a 12.5% chance of one wheat seed, raisable with Fortune. Breaking Tall Grass with shears instead drops the plant itself plus an extra short grass unit.

Is Tall Grass renewable?

Yes. Tall Grass is renewable because bone meal applied to short grass or scattered on a grass block regrows the plant indefinitely under open sky.

Does Tall Grass burn or resist explosions?

Tall Grass has hardness 0 and blast resistance 0, so any explosion or tool destroys it instantly, and the flammability value of 60 means Tall Grass catches fire from lava and spreads flames.

Which biomes generate Tall Grass naturally?

Tall Grass generates in plains, savannas, cherry groves, meadows, pale gardens, and lush caves, at roughly 8.6 plants per chunk.

Can you compost Tall Grass?

Yes. Each Tall Grass unit placed in a composter gives a 50% chance to raise the compost level by one, helping sustain the bone meal cycle that regrows the plant.

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