Pumpkin Seeds

Pumpkin seeds are items obtained from pumpkins that can be used to grow pumpkin stems.

Pumpkin stems are plants grown on farmland that, over time, grow pumpkins on dirt, mud and moss blocks adjacent to them.

Obtaining[]

Breaking[]

When broken, a pumpkin stem drops 0–3 pumpkin seeds. The chance for pumpkin seeds to drop increases with the stem's age.

Resource location	Source	Default
		Nothing	Pumpkin seeds
			1	2	3
blocks/pumpkin_stem	Pumpkin stem age = 0	81.3%	17.42%	1.24%	0.03%
	Pumpkin stem age = 1	65.1%	30.04%	4.62%	0.24%
	Pumpkin stem age = 2	51.2%	38.4%	9.6%	0.8%
	Pumpkin stem age = 3	39.44%	43.02%	15.64%	1.9%
	Pumpkin stem age = 4	29.13%	44.44%	22.22%	3.7%
	Pumpkin stem age = 5	21.6%	43.2%	28.8%	6.4%
	Pumpkin stem age = 6	15.17%	39.82%	34.84%	10.16%
	Pumpkin stem age = 7	10.16%	34.84%	39.82%	15.17%
blocks/attached_pumpkin_stem	Attached Pumpkin stem	10.16%	34.84%	39.82%	15.17%

Natural generation[]

Pumpkin stems generate naturally in stem farm rooms in woodland mansions.

Pumpkin stems generate in taiga and snowy taiga‌^{[BE only]} village farms.

Chest loot[]

Item	Structure	Container	Quantity	Chance
Java Edition
Pumpkin Seeds	Dungeon	Chest	2–4	18.5%
	Mineshaft	Chest	2–4	27.3%
	Village	Taiga house chest	1–5	40.6%
	Woodland mansion	Chest	2–4	18.5%
Bedrock Edition
Pumpkin Seeds	Dungeon	Chest	2–4	18.5%
	Mineshaft	Chest	2–4	27.3%
	Bonus chest	Chest	1–2	33.3%
	Village	Taiga house chest	1–5	43.7%
	Woodland mansion	Chest	2–4	18.5%

Crafting[]

Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Pumpkin	4

Trading[]

Wandering traders sell pumpkin seeds for 1 emerald.

Post-generation[]

Shearing an uncarved pumpkin yields 4 pumpkin seeds.

Usage[]

Farming[]

Pumpkin seeds can be planted only on farmland, as stems. Over time, a stem grows through several stages^{[needs testing]} and, at its final growth stage, will produce pumpkins on any adjacent dirt, coarse dirt, rooted dirt, grass block, farmland, podzol, mycelium, moss block, mud or muddy mangrove roots. If a pumpkin is already occupying a spot adjacent to a stem it does not grow more pumpkins until the pumpkin is removed. A single stem can grow an unlimited number of pumpkins. Pumpkin stems need a minimum light level of 10 in the block above the stem to grow and give pumpkins. Pumpkin seeds are affected by bone meal only with respect to stem growth; bone meal does not help produce the actual pumpkins.

Breeding[]

Like other seeds, pumpkin seeds can be used to breed chickens, lead chickens around, and make baby chickens grow up faster by 10% of the remaining time.

Taming[]

Like other seeds, pumpkin seeds can be used to tame parrots.

Composting[]

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

Pumpkin stem[]

A pumpkin stem is the block that is planted on farmland when pumpkin seeds are used on it. It starts underground, and rises up as the plant grows. The stem is colored green when young, and then yellow once fully grown.

The stem curves once a pumpkin has grown from it. A fully-grown single stem connects to any pumpkin in an adjacent square, thus there are 5 possible appearances to a stem. If there are multiple pumpkins it can connect to, it favors the east, then west, north, and south. When the pumpkin is removed, the stem returns to its straight shape.

Sounds[]

Java Edition:

Sound	Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	block.wood.break	subtitles.block.generic.break	1.0	0.8	16
	Block placed	Blocks	When the block is placed	item.crop.plant[sound 1]	subtitles.block.generic.place	0.45	0.8/0.96	16
	Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	block.wood.hit	subtitles.block.generic.hit	0.25	0.5	16
	None[sound 2]	Entity-Dependent	Falling on the block with fall damage	block.wood.fall	None[sound 2]	0.5	0.75	16
	Footsteps	Entity-Dependent	Walking on the block	block.wood.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps	0.15	1.0	16

Bedrock Edition:

Sound	Source	Description	Resource location	Volume	Pitch
	Blocks	Once the block has broken	dig.wood	1.0	0.8-1.0
	Blocks	When the block is placed	dig.wood	1.0	0.8
	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	hit.wood	0.23	0.5
	Players	Falling on the block with fall damage	fall.wood	0.4	1.0
	Players	Walking on the block	step.wood	0.3	1.0
	Players	Jumping from the block	jump.wood	0.12	1.0
	Players	Falling on the block without fall damage	land.wood	0.18	1.0

Data values[]

ID[]

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Block tags	Translation key
Pumpkin Stem	pumpkin_stem	Block	bee_growables crops	block.minecraft.pumpkin_stem
Attached Pumpkin Stem	attached_pumpkin_stem	Block	None	block.minecraft.attached_pumpkin_stem
Pumpkin Seeds	pumpkin_seeds	Item	—	item.minecraft.pumpkin_seeds

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Item ID[i 1]	Translation key
Pumpkin Stem	pumpkin_stem	104	Block & Ungiveable Item[i 2]	Identical[i 3]	tile.pumpkin_stem.name
Pumpkin Seeds	pumpkin_seeds	292	Item	—	item.pumpkin_seeds.name

Block states[]

Java Edition:
Growing

Name	Default value	Allowed values	Description
age	0	0	A newly planted stem.
		1 2 3 4 5 6	Intermediate growth stages of the stem.
		7	A fully mature stem, capable of producing pumpkins.

Attached

Name	Default value	Allowed values	Description
facing	north	east north south west	The direction from the stem to the pumpkin.

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Metadata Bits	Default value	Allowed values	Values for Metadata Bits	Description
growth	0x1 0x2 0x4	0	0	0	A newly planted stem.
			1 2 3 4 5 6	1 2 3 4 5 6	Intermediate growth stages of the stem.
			7	7	A fully mature stem, capable of producing pumpkins.
facing_direction	Not Supported	0	0 1	Unsupported	Unused
			2	Unsupported	Stem pointing north.
			3	Unsupported	Stem pointing south.
			4	Unsupported	Stem pointing west.
			5	Unsupported	Stem pointing east.

Advancements[]

Icon	Advancement	In-game description	Parent	Actual requirements (if different)	Resource location
	A Seedy Place	Plant a seed and watch it grow	Husbandry	Plant one of these 7 crops: Beetroot Melon Nether Wart Pumpkin Wheat Torchflower Pitcher Other crops and plants can be planted, but are ignored for this advancement.	husbandry/plant_seed

History[]

Java Edition Beta
1.8		Pre-release			Added pumpkin seeds.
					Added the pumpkin stem, with seven stages of growth.
					Pumpkin seeds can be found in the new mineshaft chests.
					The pumpkin stem has four slightly visually distinct appearances for each facing direction - the bent part of the stem rotates, but the other two planes do not.
					Pumpkin stem data values from 8 through 15 now show a glitched formation, with a floating stem with an attached stem cross eventually emerging below.
					Pumpkin stem blocks with data values higher than 7 can attach to adjacent fruits, which results in buggy stem textures with vines in the mix due to vines being below attached stems in terrain.png.
		Pre-release 2 ;)			Pumpkin stems can now be grown faster using bone meal.
Java Edition
1.0.0		Beta 1.9 Prerelease 2			Pumpkins can now be crafted into pumpkin seeds.
1.3.1		1.3			The texture of pumpkin stems has been moved one pixel to the left in terrain.png.
					Stems now appear slightly different.
					Overgrown attached pumpkin stems now appear slightly different.
					Attached pumpkin stems now appear slightly different.
					Overgrown attached pumpkin stems now appear slightly different.
1.4.2		12w36a			Chickens now use wheat seeds, melon seeds and pumpkin seeds, instead of wheat to breed.
1.5		13w02a			Pumpkin stems now use a squished version of their texture for immature stems, depending on age.
					This also affects pumpkin stems of ages 8-15, which are likewise stretched to accommodate its predicted size.
					Pumpkin stems of extreme ages, which are attached to adjacent fruits, now show a stretched and tinted stem appearance.
		13w03a			Pumpkin stems are no longer squished or stretched to account for age.[1]
					Pumpkin stems with age values 8 through 15 now show a tinted trapdoor texture.
					From this version up until 14w08a, overgrown pumpkin stems start to draw from the texture below them on the texture atlas, in much the same way they previously did with terrain.png. However, as texture atlases are unstable and textures tend to change positions as new blocks and textures are added, overgrown stems change the texture they draw from every time new textures are added, which includes when textures added by mods.
		13w09a			Pumpkin stems with age values 8 through 15 now show a tinted birch wood texture.
1.6.1		13w24a			Melon and pumpkin stems have now been assigned separate textures.
					Pumpkin stems with age values 8 through 15 now show a tinted curving rail texture.
1.7.2		13w37a			Added the /setblock command, allowing for invalid pumpkin stem ages to be placed in the world without using external editors. This also allows them to be obtained in earlier versions via backdating.
		13w41a			Pumpkin stems with age values 8 through 15 now show a tinted lit furnace texture.
		13w43a			Pumpkin stems with age values 8 through 15 now show a tinted pumpkin top texture.
1.8		14w10a			Pumpkin stems with data values 8-11 now display a tinted attached stem, with 8 facing west, 9 facing east, 10 facing north and 11 facing south.
					Invalid pumpkin stems with data values 12-15 now crash the game.
		14w25a			Pumpkin stems now render as a single diagonal plane, or, in the case of attached stems, a diagonal and orthogonal plane.
					The attached pumpkin stem model now fully rotates to the direction the stem points. Prior to this update, the base of the pumpkin stem would stay the same while the long attaching section would differ, resulting in four possible attached stem appearances.
					Invalid overgrown pumpkin stems have now effectively been removed from the game, as attempting to place an out of range stem via /setblock creates a stem of age 0 and loading a world with existing such stems cause a game crash.
		14w26a			Pumpkin stems now correctly render as crosses again.[2]
		14w27a			Due to a bug, all pumpkin stems now appear attached regardless of age or any actual attachment.[3]
		14w28a			All pumpkin stems appearing attached regardless of the age of any actual attachment has been fixed. However, pumpkin stems still appear attached to adjacent fruits regardless of age due to a similar bug.[4]
		14w34d			Pumpkin seeds no longer can be used to breed chickens.
1.9		15w31a			Chickens can now use pumpkin seeds to breed again.
		15w44a			Pumpkin seeds have been added to dungeon chests.
					The average yield of pumpkin seeds in mineshaft chests has been decreased.
		15w45a			Pumpkin stems must now be fully grown again to attach.
1.11		16w39a			Pumpkin seeds are now found in the new woodland mansion chests.
					Pumpkin stems now generate inside woodland mansions.
1.13		17w47a			The different block states for the pumpkin_stem ID have been split up into their own IDs.
					Pumpkin seeds can now be obtained by shearing an uncarved pumpkin.
					Prior to The Flattening, this block's numeral ID was 104, and the item's 361.
		17w48a			Attached pumpkin stems no longer drop seeds.
1.14		18w43a			The stem texture has changed.
					The pumpkin stem texture change also affects the base cross on pumpkin stems.
		18w50a			Pumpkin stems now generate in the updated taiga village farms.
					Pumpkin seeds can now be found in chests in taiga village houses.
		19w03a			Placing pumpkin seeds into the new composter has a 10% chance of raising the compost level by 1.
		19w05a			Pumpkin seeds now have a 30% chance of increasing the compost level in a composter by 1.
					Added wandering traders, which sell pumpkin seeds.
1.15		19w34a			Bees can now pollinate pumpkin stems.
		19w39a			Attached pumpkin stems now drop seeds again.[5]
Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.8.0		build 1			Added pumpkin seeds.
					[verify] Added pumpkin stems.
					Pumpkin seeds are obtainable from the Nether reactor.
v0.12.1		build 1			Pumpkin seeds are no longer available from the Nether reactor.
v0.14.0		build 1			Pumpkin seeds can now be found in minecart with chests inside mineshafts.
Pocket Edition
1.1.0		alpha 1.1.0.0			Pumpkin stems now generate inside woodland mansions.
Bedrock Edition
1.2.0		beta 1.2.0.2			Pumpkin seeds are now used to tame parrots.
1.4.0		beta 1.2.13.8			Pumpkin seeds can now be obtained by shearing an uncarved pumpkin.
1.10.0		beta 1.10.0.3			[more information needed] The texture of attached pumpkin stems has been changed.
					Pumpkin seeds can now be bought from wandering traders.
					A single pumpkin crop now generates in the new taiga and snowy taiga villages.
1.11.0		beta 1.11.0.1			A single pumpkin seed can now be used to fill the composter.
					Pumpkin seeds can now be found in taiga and snowy taiga village house chests.
Legacy Console Edition
TU5	CU1	1.0	Patch 1		Added pumpkin seeds.
					[verify] Added pumpkin stems.
TU69		1.76	Patch 38		Pumpkin seeds can now be obtained by shearing an uncarved pumpkin.
		1.90			[more information needed] The texture of attached pumpkin stems has been changed.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0					[verify] Added pumpkin stems.

• 

  The final version of the pumpkin stem with age 15, as seen in-game.

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  Pumpkin stems of ages 1 to 15 on a modded version of 1.7.2, hence the nearby melon stems using the melon top texture.

• 

  All 16 stem sizes in 13w02a, with accompanying data values.

Pumpkin stem "item"[]

The following content is transcluded from Technical blocks/Pumpkin Stem.

Java Edition Beta
1.8		Pre-release			Pumpkin stems have an extra, unobtainable item form corresponding to its block ID. It can be obtained via inventory editors with numeric item ID 104.
Java Edition
1.2.5		pre			Pumpkin stems can now be obtained via Pick Block in creative.
1.3.1		12w16a			Pumpkin stem items can now be obtained in singleplayer worlds via the /give command using the respective numeric ID.
1.7.2		13w37a			The direct item form of pumpkin stems has been removed from the game. It can no longer exist as an item in any way, only as a placed block.
Pocket Edition Alpha
?					Pumpkin stems probably exist as an item.

Appearances[]

Java Edition
1.0.0		Beta 1.9 Prerelease			The pumpkin stem item uses this texture in inventories, when held in first or third person view or as a dropped item.
1.3.1		1.3			The pumpkin stem item now uses this texture in inventories, when held in first or third person view or as a dropped item.
					This is due to the stem texture changing in this version, being moved a pixel to the left.
1.4.2		12w34a			The pumpkin stem item now uses the aforementioned texture when in an item frame.
Bedrock Edition
?					Pumpkin stems appear tinted in the inventory, although not anywhere else.[6]

Names[]

Java Edition

• 13w25c - 13w36b: tile.pumpkinStem.name

Bedrock Edition

• ? - ?: Pumpkin Stem^[6]

Issues[]

Issues relating to "Pumpkin Seeds" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.

Gallery[]

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  All stages of growth.

• 

  All the seeds that exist in the game.

References[]