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Lilac

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Lilac
Lilac.png: Infobox image for Minecraft block 'Lilac'
Invicon Lilac.png: Inventory sprite for Lilac in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Lilac
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A lilac is a tall flower that can be crafted into magenta dye.

Obtaining

Breaking

A lilac can be broken instantly with any item or by hand, dropping itself.

A lilac also breaks if water or lava runs it over, if a piston extends or pushes a block or its head into it, or if the block under the plant is moved or destroyed.

Block Lilac
Hardness 0
Breaking time (secs)
Default 0.05
Legend
  • incorrect tool, drops nothing
  • correct tool, drops nothing or something other than the block itself
  • correct tool, drops the block itself
  • italicized can be instant mined

Natural generation

Lilacs generate naturally on dirt and grass blocks in the biomes forest, flower forest, birch forest, old growth birch forest, and dark forest biomes as part of vegetation features. Lilacs can also generate as part of abandoned camps in birch forests, flower forests, and forests.​[upcoming: Third Drop 2026]

Post-generation

When bone meal is applied to a lilac, the flower duplicates.

Usage

Like other flowers, lilacs can be used as decoration and planted on grass blocks, dirt, coarse dirt, rooted dirt, farmland, podzol, mycelium, moss blocks, mud, or muddy mangrove roots. Like other tall flowers, lilacs cannot be placed inside flower pots.

Crafting ingredient

Name Ingredients Crafting recipe
Magenta Dye Lilac

Bees

Bees engage in a pollinating behavior with lilacs, increasing the honey level in beehives and bee nests by 1.

Breeding

Lilacs can be used to breed, grow, and lead bees.

Bee nests

Oak, birch, and cherry trees grown from saplings that are within 2 blocks of a lilac have a 5% chance to grow with a bee nest and 2-3 bees in it.

Composting

Placing a lilac into a composter has a 65% chance of raising the compost level by 1. A stack of lilacs yields an average of 5.94 bone meal.

Sounds

Java Edition:

BlockSprite short-grass.png: Sprite image for short-grass in Minecraft grass sound type
SoundClosed captionsSourceDescriptionIdentifierTranslation keyVolumePitchAttenuation
distance
​Block brokenBlocksOnce the block has brokenblock.grass.breaksubtitles.block.generic.break​1.00.816
​Block placedBlocksWhen the block is placedblock.grass.placesubtitles.block.generic.place​1.00.816
​Block breakingBlocksWhile the block is in the process of being brokenblock.grass.hitsubtitles.block.generic.hit​0.250.516
​Something falls on a blockEntity-DependentFalling on the block with fall damageblock.grass.fallsubtitles.block.generic.fall​0.50.7516
​FootstepsEntity-DependentWalking on the blockblock.grass.stepsubtitles.block.generic.footsteps​0.151.016

Bedrock Edition:

BlockSprite short-grass.png: Sprite image for short-grass in Minecraft grass sound type
SoundClosed captionsSourceDescriptionIdentifierTranslation keyVolumePitch
​Block brokenBlocksOnce the block has brokendig.grasssubtitles.block.generic.break​0.70.8–1.0
​Block placedBlocksWhen the block is placedplace.grasssubtitles.block.generic.place​0.80.8–1.0
​Block breakingBlocksWhile the block is in the process of being brokenhit.grasssubtitles.block.generic.hit​0.30.5
​FootstepsPlayersFalling on the block with fall damagefall.grasssubtitles.block.generic.footsteps​0.41.0
​FootstepsPlayersWalking on the blockstep.grasssubtitles.block.generic.footsteps​0.31.0
​Shovel flattensBlocksWhen a shovel creates a dirt pathuse.grasssubtitles.item.shovel.flatten​1.00.8
​FootstepsBlocksJumping from the blockjump.grasssubtitles.block.generic.footsteps​0.111.0
​FootstepsBlocksFalling on the block without fall damageland.grasssubtitles.block.generic.footsteps​0.211.0

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

NameIdentifierFormBlock tagsItem tags Translation key
BlockSprite lilac.png: Sprite image for lilac in Minecraft LilaclilacBlock & Itemflowersflowers block.minecraft.lilac

Bedrock Edition:

NameIdentifierAlias ID Numeric ID FormItem ID[i 1] Translation key
BlockSprite lilac.png: Sprite image for lilac in Minecraft Lilaclilacdouble_plant / 11118Block & Giveable Item[i 2]Identical[i 3]
(Numeric: -863)		 tile.double_plant.syringa.name
  1. ↑ ID of block's direct item form, which is used in savegame files and addons.
  2. ↑ Available with /give command.
  3. ↑ The block's direct item form has the same ID as the block.

Block states

Java Edition

Name Default value Allowed values Description
halflowerlower
upper		The half of the plant contained in this block.

Bedrock Edition

NameMetadata Bits Default value Allowed valuesValues for
Metadata Bits		 Description
double_plant_type0x1
0x2
0x4		sunflower sunflower0Sunflower
syringa1Lilac
grass2Double Tallgrass
fern3Large Fern
rose4Rose Bush
paeonia5Peony
upper_block_bit0x8falsefalse
true		0
1		If it is the upper half of the plant. For items, it is 0.


History

Mention

August 15, 2013 Jeb mentions that new types of flowers would be added and shows sunflower and lilac.

Java Edition

Java Edition
1.7.213w36a Added lilacs.
1.814w04a If a lilac is set to render as the block inside of a minecart via commands or map editing, it now appears as this (previously it would be entirely invisible).
Flowers no longer generate as a massive group at the world origin.[1]
14w25a Lilacs are now affected by the same shading full blocks are.
14w26a Lilacs are no longer subject to shading.
1.1418w43a The texture of lilacs has been changed.
19w03aPlacing a lilac into the new composter has a 50% chance of raising the compost level by 1.
19w05aLilacs now have a 65% chance of increasing the compost level in a composter by 1.
1.1519w34aLilacs can now be used to breed bees.
Bees can now pollinate lilacs.
Upcoming Java Edition
26.3snap1Lilacs can now generate as part of abandoned camps in birch forests, flower forests, and forests.

Bedrock Edition

Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.9.0build 1 Added lilacs.
build 3Added dye recipes for lilacs.
v0.14.0build 1Using bone meal on a lilac spawns another of that flower as an item.
Bedrock Edition
1.10.0beta 1.10.0.3 The texture of lilacs has been changed.
Lilacs can now be sold by the wandering trader.
?Wandering traders no longer sell lilacs.
1.11.0beta 1.11.0.1Lilacs can be used to fill a composter.
1.14.0beta 1.14.0.1Lilacs can now be used to breed bees.
Bees can now pollinate lilacs.
1.20.70Preview 1.20.70.24The bottom halves of lilacs are no longer affected by Fortune.
1.21.60Preview 1.21.60.21Lilacs no longer appear mirrored when viewed from certain angles.[2]
26.40
Experiment
Drop 3 of 2026		Preview 26.40.27Lilacs can now generate as part of abandoned camps in birch forests, flower forests, and forests.
Upcoming Bedrock Edition
26.50Preview 26.50.22All features from the "Drop 3 of 2026" experiment have been fully implemented.

Legacy Console Edition

Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360Xbox OnePS3PS4PS VitaWii USwitch
TU31CU191.221.221.22Patch 3 Added lilacs.
TU69 1.761.761.76Patch 38The hitbox of lilac is now smaller to match bedrock edition.
1.90 The texture of lilacs has been changed.
1.91Lilacs can now be sold by the wandering trader.

New Nintendo 3DS Edition

New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0 Added lilacs.

Minecraft Education

Minecraft Education
1.0 Added lilacs.[is this the correct version?]
1.12 The texture of lilacs has been changed.
  • First image of sunflowers and lilacs.
    First image of sunflowers and lilacs.

Data history

Java Edition
Java Edition
1.8.1pre1Added facing state to double_plant, though without visible effect.
1.1317w47aThe different block states for the double_plant ID have now been split up into their own IDs.
Prior to The Flattening, this block's numeral ID was 175.
1.1721w19aminecraft:lilac has been added to the newly-implemented #minecraft:mineable/axe block tag. This, however, has no effect in-game, since the block breaks instantly anyway regardless of tool used or active effects.[check the code]
1.18Pre-release 5minecraft:lilac has been removed from the #minecraft:mineable/axe block tag.
1.21.424w45aminecraft:lilac has been moved from the block tag #tall_flowers to the block tag #flowers due to the removal of the former tag.
1.21.525w10aminecraft:lilac has been removed from the block tag #minecraft:sword_efficient.
Bedrock Edition
Bedrock Edition
1.21.0Preview 1.21.0.22The different double plant type block states for the double_plant ID have now been split up into their own IDs.

Issues

Issues relating to "Lilac" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

Trivia

  • In real life, a lilac is any member of the Syringa genus of flowering plants.

Screenshots

  • Lilacs growing in a forest.
    Lilacs growing in a forest.

References

  1. ↑ MC-44467
  2. ↑ MCPE-40646 – Cross models are displayed wrongly from east and west sides – resolved as "Fixed".

Sources