Moss Carpet

For the full block, see Moss Block.

For the carpet made from wool, see Carpet.

A moss carpet is a thin decorative variant of the moss block.

Obtaining[]

Breaking[]

Moss carpets can be mined using any tool or without a tool, but a hoe is the quickest.

Block	Moss Carpet
Hardness	0.1
Tool
Breaking time^[A]
Default	0.15
Wooden	0.1
Stone	0.05
Iron	0.05
Diamond	0.05
Netherite	0.05
Golden	0.05

↑ Times are for unenchanted tools as wielded by players with no status effects, measured in seconds. For more information, see Breaking § Speed.

Natural generation[]

Moss carpets generate naturally in lush caves and mangrove swamps.

Crafting[]

Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Moss Block	3

Post-generation[]

Using bone meal on a moss block has a 25% chance to grow moss carpets.

Mangrove propagules that grow into mangrove trees can generate moss carpets.

Usage[]

Moss carpet has most of the properties of the standard carpet, except that it is not flammable, cannot be pushed by pistons, cannot be equipped on llamas, and does not occlude vibrations.

Composting[]

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

Piston interactivity[]

Moss carpets break when pushed by pistons. They cannot be pulled by sticky pistons.

Sounds[]

Java Edition:

Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	`block.moss_carpet.break`	`subtitles.block.generic.break`	0.9	0.88	16
Block placed	Blocks	When the block is placed	`block.moss_carpet.place`	`subtitles.block.generic.place`	0.9	0.88	16
Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	`block.moss_carpet.hit`	`subtitles.block.generic.hit`	0.225	0.55	16
None^{[sound 1]}	Entity-Dependent	Falling on the block with fall damage	`block.moss_carpet.fall`	None^{[sound 1]}	0.45	0.825	16
Footsteps	Entity-Dependent	Walking on the block	`block.moss_carpet.step`	`subtitles.block.generic.footsteps`	0.135	1.1	16

↑ ^a ^b MC-177082

Bedrock Edition:

Source	Description	Resource location	Volume	Pitch
Blocks	Once the block has broken	`dig.moss`	0.93	1.1
Blocks	When the block is placed	`place.moss`	0.93	1.1
Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	`hit.moss`	0.9	1.1
Players	Falling on the block with fall damage	`fall.moss`	0.9	1.1
Players	Walking on the block	`step.moss`	0.9	1.1
Players	Jumping from the block	`jump.moss`	0.9	1.1
Players	Falling on the block without fall damage	`land.moss`	0.9	1.1

Data values[]

ID[]

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Block tags	Translation key
Moss Carpet	`moss_carpet`	Block & Item	`lush_plants_replaceable`	`block.minecraft.moss_carpet`

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Item ID^{[i 1]}	Translation key
Moss Carpet	`moss_carpet`	`590`	Block & Giveable Item^{[i 2]}	Identical^{[i 3]}	`tile.moss_carpet.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		Moss Carpets are shown unnamed as part of lush caves at Minecraft Live 2020.
1.17	21w05a	Added moss carpets.
1.19	22w15a	Moss carpets now generate in mangrove swamps and mangrove trees.
Bedrock Edition
Caves & Cliffs (experimental)	beta 1.16.220.52	Added moss carpets.
1.17.0	beta 1.17.0.52	Moss carpets are made available without having to use Experimental Gameplay.

Issues[]

Issues relating to "Moss Carpet" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.

Gallery[]

A view of the lush caves with moss carpets from Minecraft Live 2020.
A view of the lush caves with moss carpets, tweeted by LadyAgnes.
Another view of the lush caves with moss carpets seen in an interview with LadyAgnes.

Blocks

Natural
Soil	Clay Dirt Coarse Rooted Dirt Path Grass Block Gravel Suspicious Mud Mycelium Nylium Podzol Sand Red Suspicious Soul Sand Soul Soil
Stone	Andesite Basalt Bedrock Blackstone Calcite Deepslate Diorite Pointed Dripstone Block End Stone Glowstone Granite Infested Block Magma Block Netherrack Obsidian Crying Sandstone Red Stone Terracotta Tuff
Ore/Mineral	Amethyst Bud Cluster Ancient Debris Budding Amethyst Coal Ore Deepslate Copper Ore Deepslate Diamond Ore Deepslate Emerald Ore Deepslate Gilded Blackstone Gold Ore Deepslate Nether Iron Ore Deepslate Lapis Lazuli Ore Deepslate Nether Quartz Ore Redstone Ore Deepslate
Liquid/Related	Bubble Column Ice Blue Packed Lava Flowing Snow Powder Block Water Flowing
Non-physical	Air Cave‌^{[JE only]} Void‌^{[JE only]} Fire Soul

Biota
Wood/Hypha	Logs Stripped Wood Stripped Stems Stripped Hyphae Stripped
Plant	Azalea Flowering Bamboo Shoot Block Stripped Beetroots Big Dripleaf Small Stem Cactus Carrots Cave Vines Plant Chorus Plant Flower Cocoa Dead Bush Fern Large Flowers Tall Torchflower Crop Grass Tall Hanging Roots Leaves Lily Pad Mangrove Roots Muddy Melon Attached Stem Stem Moss Block Carpet Pink Petals Pitcher Plant Crop Potatoes Pumpkin Attached Stem Carved Stem Saplings Seagrass Tall Spore Blossom Sugar Cane Sweet Berry Bush Vines Wheat Hay Bale
Fungus	Fungi Glow Lichen Mushrooms Blocks Stem Nether Sprouts Nether Wart Nether Wart Block Warped Roots Shroomlight Twisting Vines Plant Weeping Vines Plant
Algae	Kelp Dried Block Plant
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Sculk	Sculk Sculk Catalyst Sculk Sensor Calibrated Sculk Shrieker Sculk Vein

Building
Lighting	Candle End Rod Froglight Jack o'Lantern Lantern Soul Sea Lantern Torch Soul
Ornamental	Bamboo Mosaic Bookshelf Carpets Chain Decorated Pot Fences Iron Bars Glass Pane Tinted Stained Glass Pane Glazed Terracotta Honeycomb Block Slabs Stairs Walls Wool
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BE & edu only	Elements Hardened Glass Pane Hardened Stained Glass Pane

Utility
Interactable	Anvil Chipped Damaged Barrel Beacon Brewing Stand Cartography Table Chest Ender Chiseled Bookshelf Crafting Table Enchanting Table Fletching Table Furnace Blast Smoker Grindstone Lectern Loom Shulker Box Sign Hanging Smithing Table Stonecutter
Utilizable	Banners Beehive Beds Bell Cake with Candle Campfire Soul Cauldron Lava Powder Snow Water Composter Conduit End Gateway End Portal End Portal Frame Farmland Flower Pot Frosted Ice Heads Item Frame Glow Jukebox Ladder Lodestone Monster Spawner Nether Portal Respawn Anchor Scaffolding Sponge Wet TNT
Redstone/Mechanical	Button Daylight Detector Dispenser Dropper Doors Trapdoors Fence Gates Honey Block Hopper Lever Lightning Rod Note Block Observer Piston Sticky Head Moving Pressure Plates Rail Activator Detector Powered Redstone Wire Comparator Repeater Lamp Torch Slime Block Target Trapped Chest Tripwire Hook Tripwire
Education Edition only	Border Chalkboard
BE & edu only	Allow Compound Creator Colored Torches Deny Element Constructor Heat Block Lab Table Material Reducer Underwater TNT Underwater Torch

Creative only
All editions	Monster Spawner Player Head
Java Edition only	Barrier Command Block Chain Repeating Jigsaw Block Light Structure Block Void
BE & edu only	Allow Compound Creator Deny Element Constructor Lab Table Material Reducer
Minecraft Education only	Border Chalkboard

Commands only
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Java Edition only	Custom Player Head
BE & edu only	Barrier Broken Anvil Chiseled Purpur Command Block Chain Repeating Fern Fern Jigsaw Block Light Block Structure Block Air Void Smooth Stone Bricks tile.purpur_block.smooth.name Unknown
China Edition only	mod_ore

Unimplemented
All editions	Branches Copper Button Colored Wood Planks Coral Slab Dirt Slab Empty Barrel Fish Barrel Furniture Paeonia Sculk Jaw Spike Block Wax Block

Unused
Bedrock Edition only	Bell Stand tile.client_request_placeholder_block.name Glowing Obsidian Invisible Bedrock Nether Reactor Core Smokeless Campfire info_update info_update2 reserved6 Stonecutter (old)

Joke features
Java Edition only	An Ant Block of Coal Box of Infinite Books Torch (Burnt-out) Cheese Copper Sink Copper Spleaves Cursor Etho Slab Funky Portal How did we get here? Leftover Other Portal Packed Air Pickaxe Block Place Block Swaggiest stairs ever Tinted Glass USB Charger Block

Removed

Java Edition only

Bedrock Edition only

MinecraftEdu only

Legacy Console Edition only

Ring Block

Extreme metadata variants
All editions	Seamless Stone Slab Six-sided Hay Bale Weird Piston
Java Edition only	Faceless Jack o'Lantern Overripe Melon Stem Attached Overripe Pumpkin Stem Attached Overgrown Cocoa Overeaten Cake Potted non-flower block Green Shrub Potted
Bedrock Edition only	Diorite Bell Granite Bell Polished Six-sided Bone Block grass_carried leaves_carried Six-sided Purpur Pillar Six-sided Quartz Pillar

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