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Short Dry Grass

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Short Dry Grass
Short Dry Grass.png: Infobox image for Minecraft block 'Short Dry Grass'
Invicon Short Dry Grass.png: Inventory sprite for Short Dry Grass in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Short Dry Grass
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Short dry grass is a one-block tall foliage block that generates frequently in deserts and all types of badlands. It grows on sand and terracotta. It can also be eaten by sheep.

Obtaining

Breaking

Short dry grass can be broken instantly with any item or by hand. If broken with shears or any tool enchanted with Silk Touch it drops itself, otherwise it drops nothing.

Block Short Dry Grass
Hardness 0
Breaking time (secs)
Default 0.05
ItemSprite shears.png: Sprite image for shears in MinecraftShears 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

Short dry grass generates in deserts and badlands. It also generates within abandoned camps. ​[upcoming: Third Drop 2026]

Post generation

Using bone meal on tall dry grass places a short dry grass on a neighboring block if possible.

Usage

Short dry grass can be used for aesthetic decoration. Short dry grass can be placed on any of the following blocks:

In Bedrock Edition, short dry grass can be snowlogged.

When a sheep eats short dry grass, the block is removed, and a sheared sheep regrows its wool. Baby sheep graze grass 20 times more often than adults and mature 1 minute faster when grazing.

Fuel

When used in a furnace as fuel, a piece of short dry grass lasts 5 seconds (smelting half an item).

Composting

Placing short dry grass into a composter has a 30% chance of raising the compost level by 1, the lowest possible chance.

Bone meal

Bone meal can be used on short dry grass to turn it into tall dry grass.

Ambience

If placed on sand, red sand or a terracotta block of any kind with at least one more corresponding block underneath it, short dry grass occasionally produces ambient sounds reminiscent of wind howling. These ambient sounds can play anywhere if the given conditions are met, and naturally play in the badlands and desert biomes due to the abundance of dry grass on top of said blocks.

Sounds

Generic

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

Unique

Sounds
SoundClosed captionsSourceDescriptionIdentifierTranslation keyVolumePitchAttenuation
distance
​Windy soundsAmbient/EnvironmentRandomly when there is a short or tall dry grass above 2 blocks of sand, terracotta, or red sand.block.dry_grass.ambientsubtitles.block.dry_grass.ambient​???

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

NameIdentifierFormBlock tags Translation key
BlockSprite short-dry-grass.png: Sprite image for short-dry-grass in Minecraft Short Dry Grassshort_dry_grassBlock & Itemreplaceable
replaceable_by_mushrooms
replaceable_by_trees		 block.minecraft.short_dry_grass

Bedrock Edition:

NameIdentifierNumeric ID FormItem ID[i 1] Translation key
BlockSprite short-dry-grass.png: Sprite image for short-dry-grass in Minecraft Short Dry Grassshort_dry_grass1283Block & Giveable Item[i 2]Identical[i 3]
(Numeric: -1028)		 tile.short_dry_grass.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

Java Edition

Java Edition
1.21.525w06a Added short dry grass.
25w09aShort dry grass is now randomly offset within the block it is on.
1.21.625w15aDry grass now makes ambient wind sounds when there are 2 blocks of sand, red sand, or terracotta below it.

Bedrock Edition

Bedrock Edition
1.21.70
Experiment
Drop 1 2025		Preview 1.21.70.22 Added short dry grass.
1.21.70Preview 1.21.70.23All features behind the "Drop 1 2025" experimental toggle have now been fully implemented.
1.21.90Preview 1.21.90.21Dry grass now makes ambient wind sounds when there are 2 blocks of sand, red sand, or terracotta below it.

Issues

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

Mojang screenshots

  • Short and tall dry grass.
    Short and tall dry grass.

Sources