An azalea is a solid block that can be grown into an azalea tree.
A flowering azalea is a variant of azalea that, additionally, counts as a flower for all purposes, including pollination by bees, except crafting dyes.
Obtaining[]
Breaking[]
Azaleas can be broken instantly using any tool or by hand. Harvesting an azalea with shears consumes the durability of the shears for no additional benefit.
An azalea also breaks if a piston extends or pushes a block into its location, or if water flows into it.
Natural generation[]
Azaleas and their flowering counterparts generate commonly on top of moss in lush caves.
Post-generation[]
When decayed or mined with any tool except shears and tools enchanted with Silk Touch, azalea leaves and flowering azalea leaves have a 5% chance to drop azaleas and flowering azaleas, respectively. The Fortune enchantment increases the rate to 6.25% at level I, 8.33% at level II and 10% at level III.
When using bone meal on a moss block, each block in a 3×3 to 7×7 area has a 15% chance of growing an azalea and a 5% chance of growing a flowering azalea.
Usage[]
Flowering azaleas function like any other flowers in their interaction and uses with bees. Azaleas can be placed on grass blocks, dirt, coarse dirt, rooted dirt, podzol, moss blocks, farmland, mud, muddy mangrove roots and clay.
Unlike most transparent blocks, mobs can spawn on top of azaleas and flowering azaleas in Java Edition[1].
Composting[]
Putting an azalea in a composter has a 65% chance of increasing the composting level. Flowering azaleas have an 85% chance.
Fuel[]
Azaleas can be used as a fuel source in furnaces, smelting 0.5 items per azalea.
Growing trees[]
Unlike saplings, an azalea or a flowering azalea does not automatically grow into an azalea tree. Therefore, using bone meal on it is the only way to grow an azalea tree. Application of bone meal gives an azalea or flowering azalea a 45% chance to grow into an azalea tree, provided there is a 3×5×3 area above it that is clear of all blocks that are not leaves or logs.
Bee nests[]
Oak and birch trees grown from saplings that are within 2 blocks of any flowering azalea have a 5% chance to grow with a bee nest containing 1 to 3 bees.
Sounds[]
Azalea[]
| Sound | Subtitles | Source | Description | Resource location | Translation key | Volume | Pitch | Attenuation distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Block broken | Blocks | Once the block has broken | block | subtitles | 1.0 | 0.8 | 16 | |
| Block placed | Blocks | When the block is placed | block | subtitles | 1.0 | 0.8 | 16 | |
| Block breaking | Blocks | While the block is in the process of being broken | block | subtitles | 0.25 | 0.5 | 16 | |
| None[sound 1] | Entity-Dependent | Falling on the block with fall damage | block | None[sound 1] | 0.5 | 0.75 | 16 | |
| Footsteps | Entity-Dependent | Walking on the block | block | subtitles | 0.15 | 1.0 | 16 |
| Sound | Source | Description | Resource location | Volume | Pitch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blocks | Once the block has broken | break | 1.0 | 0.8-1.0 | |
| Blocks | When the block is placed | place | 1.0 | 0.8-1.0 | |
| Blocks | While the block is in the process of being broken | hit | 0.35 | 0.5 | |
| Friendly Creatures | Falling on the block with fall damage | fall | 0.4 | 1.0 | |
| Friendly Creatures | Walking on the block | step | 0.17 | 1.0 | |
| Friendly Creatures | Jumping from the block | jump | 0.12 | 1.0 | |
| Friendly Creatures | Falling on the block without fall damage | land | 0.14 | 1.0 |
Flowering Azalea[]
| Sound | Subtitles | Source | Description | Resource location | Translation key | Volume | Pitch | Attenuation distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Block broken | Blocks | Once the block has broken | block | subtitles | 1.0 | 0.8 | 16 | |
| Block placed | Blocks | When the block is placed | block | subtitles | 1.0 | 0.8 | 16 | |
| Block breaking | Blocks | While the block is in the process of being broken | block | subtitles | 0.25 | 0.5 | 16 | |
| None[sound 1] | Entity-Dependent | Falling on the block with fall damage | block | None[sound 1] | 0.5 | 0.75 | 16 | |
| Footsteps | Entity-Dependent | Walking on the block | block | subtitles | 0.15 | 1.0 | 16 |
| Sound | Source | Description | Resource location | Volume | Pitch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blocks | Once the block has broken | break | 1.0 | 0.8-1.0 | |
| Blocks | When the block is placed | place | 1.0 | 0.8-1.0 | |
| Blocks | While the block is in the process of being broken | hit | 0.35 | 0.5 | |
| Friendly Creatures | Falling on the block with fall damage | fall | 0.4 | 1.0 | |
| Friendly Creatures | Walking on the block | step | 0.17 | 1.0 | |
| Friendly Creatures | Jumping from the block | jump | 0.12 | 1.0 | |
| Friendly Creatures | Falling on the block without fall damage | land | 0.14 | 1.0 |
Data values[]
ID[]
| Name | Identifier | Form | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|
| Azalea | azalea | Block & Item | block.minecraft.azalea |
| Flowering Azalea | flowering_azalea | Block & Item | block.minecraft.flowering_azalea |
| Name | Identifier | Numeric ID | Form | Item ID[i 1] | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Azalea | azalea | 592 | Block & Giveable Item[i 2] | Identical[i 3] | tile.azalea.name |
| Flowering Azalea | flowering_azalea | 593 | Block & Giveable Item[i 2] | Identical[i 3] | tile.flowering_azalea.name |
History[]
| October 3, 2020 |   Azaleas are announced as part of lush caves at Minecraft Live 2020. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Java Edition | |||||
| 1.17 | 21w05a |   Added azaleas and flowering azaleas. | |||
| 21w10a | Azaleas and flowering azaleas now generate in lush caves. | ||||
| 21w11a | Azaleas can now be used as fuel in a furnace. | ||||
| 21w13a | The model of the azalea has been changed so that the texture of the sides is corrected and that the inner side texture is mirrored.
| ||||
| Bees now see flowering azaleas as flowers. | |||||
| 21w16a | Azaleas and flowering azaleas can now be fertilized with bone meal to get azalea trees.[2] | ||||
| Pre-release 1 |   Azaleas and flowering azaleas can now be placed in flower pots. | ||||
| Bedrock Edition | |||||
| Caves & Cliffs (experimental) | beta 1.16.220.52 |   Added azaleas and flowering azaleas. | |||
| beta 1.16.230.50 | Bees now interact with flowering azaleas as they do with regular flowers. | ||||
| beta 1.16.230.54 | Azaleas and flowering azaleas can now be grown into an azalea tree when using bone meal. | ||||
| beta 1.17.0.50 | Azaleas and flowering azaleas are now affected by directional shading. | ||||
| 1.17.0 | beta 1.17.0.52 | Azaleas and flowering azaleas are now no longer only available in experimental gameplay. | |||
| 1.17.10 | beta 1.17.10.21 | Azaleas and flowering azaleas can now be placed in flower pots. | |||
| 1.18.30 | beta 1.18.20.29 | Mobs no longer spawn inside azaleas or flowering azaleas.[3] | |||
Issues[]
Issues relating to "Azalea" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.
Gallery[]
Concept art for the lush caves and vegetation including azaleas.
A view of the lush caves with azaleas from Minecraft Live 2020.
Another view of lush caves with azaleas from Minecraft Live 2020.
A view of the lush caves with azaleas tweeted by LadyAgnes.
Another view of the lush caves with azaleas, in an interview with LadyAgnes.
References[]
External Links[]
- Taking Inventory: Azalea – Minecraft.net on August 26, 2021