Melon

A melon^[a] is a fruit block that grows from a fully-grown melon stem, which in turn is grown from melon seeds.

A melon drops 3–7 melon slices when broken by hand, using tools, or pushing with a piston. Silk Touch causes the block itself to drop. Fortune increases the maximum number of melon slices dropped, increasing the average yield to 6.4314 with Fortune III. To prevent duplication of melons, the actual amount is capped at 9, so Fortune III simply increases the chance of getting 9 slices, which is sufficient to craft the melon again from the slices.

Melons are naturally generated in jungle biomes, as a pile (and in some farms) in savanna villages and inside tillage rooms of woodland mansions. Melons also generate in abandoned camps in bamboo jungles.​^{[upcoming: Third Drop 2026]}

An enderman holding a melon drops the block upon death.

Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Melon Slice

Melon seeds can be planted, placing a small stem that grows over time. Once the stem reaches maturity, it attempts to generate a melon block in one of the four immediately adjacent blocks; however, this attempt may fail if the chosen adjacent block is not empty or the block beneath is not an appropriate block (dirt, coarse dirt, rooted dirt, grass block, farmland, podzol, mycelium, moss block, pale moss block, mud or muddy mangrove roots). Melons take 10 to 30 minutes to grow, which is equal to 0.5 to 1.5 times the length of a daylight cycle. Once a stem has produced a melon, that stem does not produce any further melons until the existing melon is harvested. Melon stems connect only to the melons they produce. For example, if stem A generates a melon adjacent to stem B, stem B does not connect and can still produce another melon. Similarly, if a melon is placed adjacent to stem B, stem B would still be able to produce another melon. The same principle applies for pumpkins. Melons require a light level of 9 or higher to grow.

Villager		Probability		Villager wants	Player receives	Trades in stock	Villager experience	Price multiplier
		JE	BE
Farmer	Journeyman	100%	100%	4 × Melon	Emerald	12	20	0.05

Placing a melon into a composter has a 65% chance of raising the compost level by 1, but it is more efficient to compost melon slices. Composted melon blocks produce about 7 times less bone meal than the melon slices needed to craft them, and about 4 times less than the melon slices that could be obtained by breaking them.

Java Edition:

wood sound type
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	​Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	block.wood.break	subtitles.block.generic.break​	1.0	0.8	16
	​Block placed	Blocks	When the block is placed	block.wood.place	subtitles.block.generic.place​	1.0	0.8	16
	​Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	block.wood.hit	subtitles.block.generic.hit​	0.25	0.5	16
	​Something falls on a block	Entity-Dependent	Falling on the block with fall damage	block.wood.fall	subtitles.block.generic.fall​	0.5	0.75	16
	​Footsteps	Entity-Dependent	Walking on the block	block.wood.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.15	1.0	16

Bedrock Edition:

wood sound type
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch
	​Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	dig.wood	subtitles.block.generic.break​	1.0	0.8–1.0
	​Block placed	Blocks	When the block is placed	place.wood	subtitles.block.generic.place​	1.0	0.8
	​Axe strips	Blocks	When an axe strips a log or wood block [sound 1]	use.wood	subtitles.block.generic.hit​	1.0	0.8
	​Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	hit.wood	subtitles.block.generic.hit​	0.23	0.5
	​Footsteps	Players	Falling on the block with fall damage	fall.wood	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.4	1.0
	​Footsteps	Players	Walking on the block	step.wood	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.3	1.0
	​Footsteps	Blocks	Jumping from the block	jump.wood	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.12	1.0
	​Footsteps	Blocks	Falling on the block without fall damage	land.wood	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.18	1.0

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Block tags	Translation key
Melon	melon	Block & Item	enderman_holdable mineable/axe sword_efficient	block.minecraft.melon

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Item ID[i 1]	Translation key
Melon	melon_block	103	Block & Giveable Item[i 2]	Identical[i 3]	tile.melon_block.name

July 13, 2011							Melons were first revealed in an IGN interview with Notch.
August 2011							On the community ideas section of Mojang Studios' GetSatisfaction.com page, it was signaled that watermelons were to be implemented.

Java Edition Beta
1.8			Pre-release				Added melons.
Java Edition
1.1			11w49a				Melons can now grow onto dirt and grass instead of just farmland.
1.7.2			13w36a				Melons now generate in jungle biomes.
1.8			14w02a				Melons can now be sold to farmer villagers, at 7–12 melons for 1 emerald.
			14w31a				Melons now break faster when mined with an axe.
1.11			16w39a				Melons now generate in woodland mansions.
1.14			18w43a				The texture of melons has been changed.
			18w49a				Melon now generate in the updated savanna villages.
			19w03a				Placing a melon into the new composter has a 50% chance of raising the compost level by 1.
			19w05a				Melons now have a 65% chance of increasing the compost level in a composter by 1.
			19w11a				Melons can now be sold to farmer villagers, at 4 melons for 1 emerald, instead of 7–12.
1.18			pre5				Melons generated in jungle biomes are about 10 times more common than in previous snapshots.
			pre6				Melons are now less common in sparse jungle biome.
26.2			snap1				Added sulfur cubes, which have the ability to absorb melons, providing the golf ball/fast flat effect to the mob.
Upcoming Java Edition
26.3			snap1				Melons now generate as part of abandoned camps in bamboo jungles.

Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.5.0							Added melons.
v0.9.0			build 1				Melons now generate naturally in jungle biomes.
			build 10				Melons now generate a lot less in jungle biomes.
v0.12.1			build 1				Melon can now be obtained using a tool with the Silk Touch enchantment.
v0.15.0			build 1				Melons now use the side texture on the underside.[1][is this the correct version?]
Pocket Edition
1.0.4			alpha 1.0.4.0				Melons can now be sold to farmer villagers, at 7–12 melons for 1 emerald.
1.1.0			alpha 1.1.0.0				Melons now generate in woodland mansions.
Bedrock Edition
1.10.0			beta 1.10.0.3				Melons now generate in new savanna villages.
							The textures of melons have been changed.
1.11.0			beta 1.11.0.1				Melons can now be used to fill up composters.
			beta 1.11.0.4				Trading has been changed, melons can no longer be used to trade with farmer villagers. They buy melon slices instead.
1.16.0			beta 1.16.0.57				Trading has been changed, melon can be sold to farmer villager again.
1.19.30			Preview 1.19.30.20				Melons no longer use the side texture on the underside, and instead use the top texture again.
1.21.60			Preview 1.21.60.23				Melon patches now generate more frequently in jungles and sparse jungles.
26.20 Experiment Drop 2 of 2026			Preview 26.20.23				Added sulfur cubes, which have the ability to absorb melons, providing the golf ball/fast flat effect to the mob.
26.30			Preview 26.30.20				Implemented all features from the "Drop 2 of 2026" experiment in vanilla gameplay.
26.40 Experiment Drop 3 of 2026			Preview 26.40.27				Melons now generate as part of abandoned camps in bamboo jungles.
Upcoming Bedrock Edition
26.50			Preview 26.50.22				All features from the "Drop 3 of 2026" experiment have been fully implemented.

Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360	Xbox One	PS3	PS4	PS Vita	Wii U	Switch
TU5	CU1	1.00	1.00	1.00	Patch 1	1.0.1	Added melons.
TU31	CU19	1.22	1.22	1.22	Patch 3		Melons now generate naturally in jungle biomes.
							Melons can now be sold to farmer villagers, at 7–12 melons for 1 emerald.
TU54	CU44	1.52	1.52	1.52	Patch 24	1.0.4	Melons now generate in woodland mansions.
			1.90				The texture of melons has been changed.
			1.91				Trading has been changed, melons can no longer be used to trade with farmer villagers. They buy melon slices instead.

New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0							Added melons.
							Melons can be crafted back into 9 melon slices.

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  Unused draft from the Texture Update.

Java Edition
1.8			14w06a				Melons now use the newly-implemented model json file models/block/cube.json; previously the geometry was defined in the game code itself.
1.13			17w47a				Prior to The Flattening, this block's numeral ID was 103.
			18w20b				The ID of melons has been changed from melon_block to melon.

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

• Unlike other versions, the New Nintendo 3DS Edition is the only version that has a reversible crafting recipe for the melon.
• Minecraft melons greatly resemble square watermelons in real life.

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  A melon.
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  A view of two equally efficient melon farms.
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  A picture of 49% efficient melon farm (2nd version).
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  A simple way to farm melons with sticky pistons.
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  A completely automatic melon farm.
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  Naturally generated melons in a jungle biome.

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  A LEGO set of a melon farm.
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  Melon Golem, a variation of snow golems using melons that appeared in Minecraft Earth.
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  An Avatar item of a melon farm.
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  Melons in A Minecraft Movie.
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  A melon as it appears in Minecraft Earth.

• Pumpkin

• "Block of the Week: Melon" by Tom Stone – Minecraft.net, February 24, 2017.