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Red Shrub

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Red Shrub
Red Shrub.png: Infobox image for Minecraft block 'Red Shrub'
Invicon Red Shrub.png: Inventory sprite for Red Shrub in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Red Shrub
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A red shrub is a non-solid plant block found in dappled forests. Red shrubs are not biome tinted like most other plants, keeping their red color regardless of the biome they are placed in.

Obtaining

Breaking

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

Block Red Shrub
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

A red shrub also breaks and drops itself if water runs over its location, but gets destroyed without dropping anything if lava runs over it. If a piston extends or pushes a block into its location, or if the block under the plant is moved or destroyed.

Placing any block on a red shrub replaces the shrub without dropping anything.

Natural generation

Red shrubs occasionally generate in patches in dappled forests.

Post-generation

Using bone meal on a red shrub attempts to grow another red shrub on a horizontally/vertically neighboring block.

Usage

Red shrubs are a decorative plant and can be placed on any of the following blocks:

Unlike most plants, red shrubs cannot be placed inside flower pots. They can be snowlogged.‌[BE only]

Composting

Placing a red shrub into a composter has a 30% chance of raising the compost level by 1.

Sounds

Java Edition:

BlockSprite red-shrub.png: Sprite image for red-shrub in Minecraft red_shrub sound type
SoundClosed captionsSourceDescriptionIdentifierTranslation keyVolumePitchAttenuation
distance
​Block brokenBlocksOnce the block has brokenblock.red_shrub.breaksubtitles.block.generic.break​1.01.016
​Block placedBlocksWhen the block is placedblock.red_shrub.placesubtitles.block.generic.place​1.01.016

Bedrock Edition:

BlockSprite red-shrub.png: Sprite image for red-shrub in Minecraft red_shrub sound type
SoundClosed captionsSourceDescriptionIdentifierTranslation keyVolumePitch
​Block brokenBlocksOnce the block has brokenblock.red_shrub.breaksubtitles.block.generic.break​0.81.2
​Block placedBlocksWhen the block is placedblock.red_shrub.placesubtitles.block.generic.place​1.00.8

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

NameIdentifierFormBlock tags Translation key
BlockSprite red-shrub.png: Sprite image for red-shrub in Minecraft Red Shrubred_shrubBlock & Item? block.minecraft.red_shrub

Bedrock Edition:

NameIdentifierNumeric ID FormItem ID[i 1] Translation key
BlockSprite red-shrub.png: Sprite image for red-shrub in Minecraft Red Shrubred_shrub1403Block & Giveable Item[i 2]Identical[i 3]
(Numeric: -1148)		 tile.red_shrub.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.

History

Announcement

May 30, 2026 Red shrubs are announced at Minecraft Live – May 2026.

Java Edition

Upcoming Java Edition
26.3snap1 Added red shrubs.
snap3Red shrubs now have unique sounds instead of using grass sounds.

Bedrock Edition

Bedrock Edition
26.40
Experiment
Drop 3 of 2026		Preview 26.40.27 Added red shrubs.
Preview 26.40.30Unique sounds for red shrubs have been added, however they are not actually used in-game.
Upcoming Bedrock Edition
26.50
Experiment
Drop 3 of 2026		Preview 26.50.20Red shrubs can now be snowlogged.
26.50Preview 26.50.22All features from the "Drop 3 of 2026" experiment have been fully implemented.
Preview 26.50.25Red shrubs now properly use their unique sounds.

Issues

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

Sources