Hanging Roots

Hanging roots are a natural decorative block found underground in the lush caves biome.

Obtaining[]

Azalea Tree with Roots — The hanging roots generated along with the azalea tree.

Breaking[]

Hanging roots can be destroyed with any tool or by hand instantly, but can only be collected using shears. In Bedrock Edition, any Silk Touch tool also works.

Block	Hanging roots
Hardness	0
Breaking time (secs)
Default	0.05
Shears	0.05

Natural generation[]

Hanging roots can generate inside a lush cave beneath an azalea tree on the surface above.

Post-generation[]

Using bone meal on rooted dirt causes hanging roots to grow below the block.

Hanging roots may be obtained by using a hoe on rooted dirt, transforming the rooted dirt into normal dirt in the process.

Usage[]

They can only be placed on the underside of a block.

Composting[]

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

Sounds[]

Java Edition:

Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	`block.hanging_roots.break`	`subtitles.block.generic.break`	1.0	0.8	16
Block placed	Blocks	When the block is placed	`block.hanging_roots.place`	`subtitles.block.generic.place`	1.0	0.8	16
Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	`block.hanging_roots.hit`	`subtitles.block.generic.hit`	0.25	0.5	16
None^{[sound 1]}	Entity-Dependent	Falling on the block with fall damage	`block.hanging_roots.fall`	None^{[sound 1]}	0.5	0.75	16
Footsteps	Entity-Dependent	Walking on the block	`block.hanging_roots.step`	`subtitles.block.generic.footsteps`	0.15	1.0	16

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Bedrock Edition:

Source	Description	Resource location	Volume	Pitch
Blocks	Once the block has broken	`break.hanging_roots`	1.0	0.8-1.0
Blocks	When the block is placed	`place.hanging_roots`	1.0	0.8-1.0
Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	`hit.hanging_roots`	0.35	0.5
Players	Falling on the block with fall damage	`fall.hanging_roots`	0.4	1.0
Players	Walking on the block	`step.hanging_roots`	0.17	1.0
Players	Jumping from the block	`jump.hanging_roots`	0.12	1.0
Players	Falling on the block without fall damage	`land.hanging_roots`	0.14	1.0

Data values[]

ID[]

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Translation key
Hanging Roots	`hanging_roots`	Block & Item	`block.minecraft.hanging_roots`

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Item ID^{[i 1]}	Translation key
Hanging Roots	`hanging_roots`	`574`	Block & Giveable Item^{[i 2]}	Identical^{[i 3]}	`tile.hanging_roots.name`

↑ ID of block's direct item form, which is used in savegame files and addons.
↑ Available with /give command.
↑ The block's direct item form has the same id as the block.

History[]

Java Edition
October 3, 2020		Hanging roots are shown unnamed as part of lush caves at Minecraft Live 2020.
1.17	21w05a	Added hanging roots.
February 5, 2021		JAPPA tweets an image of an alternate hanging roots texture.
February 9, 2021		JAPPA tweets an image of new hanging roots texture.
1.17	21w06a	The texture of hanging roots has been updated.
	21w10a	Hanging roots can now generate in the lush caves.
	21w11a	Hanging roots now generate when bone meal is used on rooted dirt, making them renewable.
		Hanging roots now renders randomly offset.
		Removing the support block for it no longer allows it to float.
	21w17a	Hanging roots can now be waterlogged.
	21w19a	Hanging roots items now appear far larger than other items.^[1]
	21w20a	Hanging roots can now be obtained by using a hoe on rooted dirt.
1.17.1	Pre-release 1	Hanging roots items are now properly sized.
Bedrock Edition
Caves & Cliffs (experimental)	beta 1.16.220.52	Added hanging roots.
1.17.0	beta 1.16.230.50	Can now be composted.
1.17.0	beta 1.17.0.52	Hanging roots are no longer available only through Experimental Gameplay.
1.19.20	beta 1.19.20.20	Hanging roots can now be destroyed by ravagers.