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This article is about the item. For the block, see Dried Kelp Block.


Dried kelp is a food item that can be quickly eaten by the player. It can also be crafted into dried kelp blocks.

Obtaining[]

Cooking[]

Kelp can be cooked in a furnace, smoker, or campfire. Each piece of dried kelp removed from a furnace output slot gives 0.1 experience (6.4 experience per stack).

Ingredients Smelting recipe
Kelp +
Any fuel


0.1

Crafting[]

Ingredients Crafting recipe
Dried Kelp Block

9

Usage[]

Food[]

Eating dried kelp

A player eating dried kelp.

To eat dried kelp, press and hold use while it is selected in the hotbar. Eating one restores 1 (🍗) hunger and 0.6‌[JE only] / 0.2‌[BE only] hunger saturation.

A player can consume dried kelp about twice as fast as any other food item in the game.

Crafting ingredient[]

Name Ingredients Crafting recipe
Dried Kelp Block Dried Kelp

Composting[]

Dried kelp placed into a composter has a 30% chance of raising the compost level by 1.

Sounds[]

Java Edition:

SoundSubtitlesSourceDescriptionResource locationTranslation keyVolumePitchAttenuation
distance
EatingPlayersWhile a player is eating somethingentity.generic.eatsubtitles.entity.generic.eatvaries [sound 1]0.8-1.216
EatingFriendly CreaturesWhen a player finishes eating somethingentity.generic.eatsubtitles.entity.generic.eat1.00.6-1.416
BurpPlayersWhen a player finishes eating somethingentity.player.burpsubtitles.entity.player.burp0.50.9-1.016
  1. Can be 0.5, 1.0, or 1.5

Bedrock Edition:

SoundSourceDescriptionResource locationVolumePitch
PlayersWhile a player is eating somethingrandom.eat0.5-1.10.8-1.2
PlayersWhen a player finishes eating somethingrandom.burp0.50.9-1.0

Achievements[]

Icon Achievement In-game description Actual requirements (if different) Gamerscore earned Trophy type (PS4)
PS4 Other
CastawayEat nothing but dried kelp for three in-game daysEat dried kelp once; in the following three in-game days, eat nothing but dried kelp.20GBronze

Advancements[]

Icon Advancement In-game description Parent Actual requirements (if different) Resource location
Advancement-plain-rawHusbandry
The world is full of friends and food Consume anything that can be consumed.husbandry/root
Advancement-fancy-rawA Balanced Diet
Eat everything that is edible, even if it's not good for you A Seedy PlaceEat each of these 40 foods: Other foods and consumables can be eaten, but are ignored for this advancement.husbandry/balanced_diet

Data values[]

ID[]

Java Edition:

NameIdentifierFormTranslation key
Dried Kelpdried_kelpItemitem.minecraft.dried_kelp

Bedrock Edition:

NameIdentifierNumeric ID FormTranslation key
Dried Kelpdried_kelp270Itemitem.dried_kelp.name

History[]

Java Edition
1.1318w07aDried Kelp JE1 Added dried kelp.
18w08bDried kelp can now be used to craft dried kelp blocks.
1.1419w03aPlacing dried kelp into the new composter has a 10% chance of raising the compost level by 1.
19w05aDried kelp now has a 30% chance of increasing the compost level in a composter.
Bedrock Edition
1.4.0beta 1.2.14.2Dried Kelp BE1 Added dried kelp.
1.11.0beta 1.11.0.1Dried kelp can now be used to fill up composters.
1.17.10beta 1.17.10.20Dried Kelp JE1 The texture of dried kelp has been changed to match Java Edition.
Legacy Console Edition
TU69 1.76 Patch 38Dried Kelp BE1 Added dried kelp.

Issues[]

Issues relating to "Dried Kelp" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.

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