Large Fern

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Large Fern
Large Fern.png: Infobox image for Minecraft block 'Large Fern'
Invicon Large Fern.png: Inventory sprite for Large Fern in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Large Fern
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Renewable Yes
Stackable Yes (64)
Tool Invicon Shears.png: Sprite image for Shears in Minecraft
Blast resistance 0
Hardness 0
Luminous No
Transparent Yes
Flammable Yes (60)
Catches fire
from lava 		Yes
Map color
 7 PLANT
Note block instrument Default (Harp) 
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A large fern is a 2-block tall variant of the fern.

Obtaining

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Breaking

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When broken normally, a large fern has a 12.5% chance of dropping 1 wheat seeds item. This is affected by the Fortune enchantment, dropping 1–3, 1–5, or 1–7 wheat seeds with Fortune I, II, and III respectively.

When broken using shears, a large fern drops two ferns instead.

Placing any block on a large fern breaks the fern and causes it to not drop any wheat seeds.

Block Large Fern
Hardness 0
Breaking time (secs)
Default 0.05 (JE)
0.05 (BE)
Legend
  • incorrect tool, drops nothing
  • correct tool, drops nothing or something other than the block itself
  • correct tool, drops the block itself
  • italicized can be instant mined

Natural generation

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Large ferns occur naturally only in taiga, snowy taiga, and old growth taiga biomes.

Large ferns can additionally be found around some taiga and snowy taiga‌[BE only] village houses.

Similarly to tall grass, large ferns can only be obtained as an item in Survival by being found in taiga village house chests.

Large ferns can also generate in abandoned camps.

Generated loot

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Item Structure Container Quantity Chance
Java Edition
Large Fern Village Taiga house chest 1 18.6%
{ "item": "Large Fern", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.18575629348123335, "structure": "Village", "container": "Taiga house chest" }
Bedrock Edition
Large Fern Village Taiga house chest 1 20.3%
{ "item": "Large Fern", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.20281509304744794, "structure": "Village", "container": "Taiga house chest" }

Post-generation

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Bone meal can be used on a fern to grow it into a large fern.

Usage

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Most 2-block tall plants, including large ferns, have a disproportionately large hitbox compared to other plants.[1] The only exception to this rule is tall seagrass.[2]

Composting

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Placing a large fern into a composter has a 65% chance of raising the compost level by 1.

Color

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The coloration of large ferns is dependent on the biome they are in. A grass block always uses the color set to its location, regardless of how it was placed or of its source. This affects the side and top of the block.

Item

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In Java Edition, large fern items use biome color with temperature 0.5, downfall 1.0, and as a result is colored
 #7cbd6b. In Bedrock Edition, this color is coded in the item's texture.

Biome colors

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These values are generated by the biome dyeing algorithm. See biome colors for more information.

Biome Color Block
Badlands
 #90814D
Eroded Badlands
Wooded Badlands
Modified Badlands Plateau‌[BE only]
Modified Wooded Badlands Plateau‌[BE only]
Cherry Grove
 #B6DB61
Desert
 #BFB755
Savanna
Savanna Plateau
Windswept Savanna
Nether Wastes
Soul Sand Valley
Crimson Forest
Warped Forest
Basalt Deltas
Desert Hills‌[BE only]
Desert Lakes‌[BE only]
Badlands Plateau‌[BE only]
Shattered Savanna Plateau‌[BE only]
 #82C245
Stony Peaks
 #9ABE4B
Jungle
 #59C93C
Bamboo Jungle
Jungle Hills‌[BE only]
Modified Jungle‌[BE only]
Bamboo Jungle Hills‌[BE only]
Sparse Jungle
 #64C73F
Modified Jungle Edge‌[BE only]
Lush Caves‌[BE only]
 #B9B75B
Mushroom Fields
 #55C93F
Mushroom Field Shore‌[BE only]
Swamp
 #6A7039[n 1]
Mangrove Swamp

 #4C763C[n 2]
Swamp Hills‌[BE only]
Plains
 #91BD59
Sunflower Plains
Beach
Dripstone Caves‌[JE only]
Deep Dark
Sulfur Caves
 #ABA64F
Forest
 #79C05A
Flower Forest
Wooded Hills‌[BE only]
Tall Birch Hills‌[BE only]
Dark Forest
 #507A32
Dark Forest Hills‌[BE only]
Pale Garden
 #878D76
Birch Forest
 #88BB67
Old Growth Birch Forest
Birch Forest Hills‌[BE only]
Dappled Forest
 #df6827
Ocean
 #8EB971
Deep Ocean
Warm Ocean
Deep Warm Ocean‌[BE only]
Lukewarm Ocean
Deep Lukewarm Ocean
Cold Ocean
Deep Cold Ocean
Deep Frozen Ocean
River
Lush Caves‌[JE only]
The End
Small End Islands‌[JE only]
End Barrens‌[JE only]
End Midlands‌[JE only]
End Highlands‌[JE only]
The Void‌[JE only]
Meadow‌[JE only]
 #83BB6D
Meadow‌[BE only]
 #86B87F
Old Growth Pine Taiga
Giant Tree Taiga Hills‌[BE only]
Giant Spruce Taiga Hills‌[BE only]
Taiga
 #86B783
Old Growth Spruce Taiga
Taiga Hills‌[BE only]
Taiga Mountains‌[BE only]
Dripstone Caves‌[BE only]
 #8DB58A
Windswept Hills
 #8AB689
Windswept Gravelly Hills
Windswept Forest
Stony Shore
Gravelly Mountains+‌[BE only]
Mountain Edge‌[BE only]
Snowy Beach
 #83B593
Snowy Plains
 #80B497
Ice Spikes
Ice Caves​[upcoming: Fourth Drop 2026]
Snowy Taiga
Frozen Ocean
Frozen River
Grove
Snowy Slopes
Frozen Peaks
Jagged Peaks
Snowy Mountains‌[BE only]
Legacy Frozen Ocean‌[BE only]
Snowy Taiga Hills‌[BE only]
Snowy Taiga Mountains‌[BE only]
  1. ↑ Above -0.1 temperature.
  2. ↑ Below -0.1 temperature.

Sounds

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Java Edition:

BlockSprite short-grass.png: Sprite image for short-grass in Minecraft grass sound type
SoundClosed captionsSourceDescriptionIdentifierTranslation keyVolumePitchAttenuation
distance
​Block brokenBlocksOnce the block has brokenblock.grass.breaksubtitles.block.generic.break​1.00.816
​Block placed​[until: JE 26.4]BlocksWhen the block is placedblock.grass.placesubtitles.block.generic.place​1.00.816
​Block breakingBlocksWhile the block is in the process of being brokenblock.grass.hitsubtitles.block.generic.hit​0.250.516
​Something falls on a blockEntity-DependentFalling on the block with fall damageblock.grass.fallsubtitles.block.generic.fall​0.50.7516
​FootstepsEntity-DependentWalking on the blockblock.grass.stepsubtitles.block.generic.footsteps​0.151.016

Bedrock Edition:

BlockSprite short-grass.png: Sprite image for short-grass in Minecraft grass sound type
SoundClosed captionsSourceDescriptionIdentifierTranslation keyVolumePitch
​Block brokenBlocksOnce the block has brokendig.grasssubtitles.block.generic.break​0.70.8–1.0
​Block placedBlocksWhen the block is placedplace.grasssubtitles.block.generic.place​0.80.8–1.0
​Block breakingBlocksWhile the block is in the process of being brokenhit.grasssubtitles.block.generic.hit​0.30.5
​FootstepsPlayersFalling on the block with fall damagefall.grasssubtitles.block.generic.footsteps​0.41.0
​FootstepsPlayersWalking on the blockstep.grasssubtitles.block.generic.footsteps​0.31.0
​Shovel flattensBlocksWhen a shovel creates a dirt pathuse.grasssubtitles.item.shovel.flatten​1.00.8
​Footsteps​[until: BE 26.70]BlocksJumping from the blockjump.grasssubtitles.block.generic.footsteps​0.111.0
​Footsteps​[until: BE 26.70]BlocksFalling on the block without fall damageland.grasssubtitles.block.generic.footsteps​0.211.0

Data values

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ID

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Java Edition:

NameIdentifierFormBlock tags Translation key
BlockSprite large-fern.png: Sprite image for large-fern in Minecraft Large Fernlarge_fernBlock & Itemenchantment_power_transmitter
replaceable
replaceable_by_trees		 block.minecraft.large_fern

Bedrock Edition:

NameIdentifierAlias ID Numeric ID FormItem ID[i 1] Translation key
BlockSprite large-fern.png: Sprite image for large-fern in Minecraft Large Fernlarge_ferndouble_plant / 3-865Block & Giveable Item[i 2]Identical[i 3] tile.double_plant.fern.name
  1. ↑ ID of block's direct item form, which is used in savegame files and addons.
  2. ↑ Available with /give command.
  3. ↑ The block's direct item form has the same ID as the block.

Block states

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See also: Block states

Java Edition

Name Default value Allowed values Description
halflowerlower
upper		The half of the plant contained in this block.

Bedrock Edition

NameMetadata Bits Default value Allowed valuesValues for
Metadata Bits		 Description
double_plant_type0x1
0x2
0x4		sunflower sunflower0Sunflower
syringa1Lilac
grass2Double Tallgrass
fern3Large Fern
rose4Rose Bush
paeonia5Peony
upper_block_bit0x8falsefalse
true		0
1		If it is the upper half of the plant. For items, it is 0.


History

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Java Edition

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Java Edition
1.7.213w36a Added large ferns.
1.814w04a If a large fern is set to render as the block inside of a minecart via commands or map editing, it now appears as this (previously it would be entirely invisible).
14w25a Cross models, including large ferns, are now subject to directional shading.
? Crosses are no longer subject to directional shading.[3]
1.1418w43a The texture of large ferns has been changed.
18w50a Large fern items can now be found in chests in taiga village houses. Because of this, large ferns items are now legitimately obtainable in Survival mode.
Large ferns now generate in front of some taiga village houses.
19w03a Large ferns may or may not be able to be placed inside composters.
1.1519w37a Large ferns can now drop wheat seeds.[4]

Bedrock Edition

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Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.9.0build 1 Added large ferns. It has version-exclusive textures, being ever so slightly brighter than in Java Edition (most noticeable via comparing the raw textures).
v0.11.0build 14 Large fern pixels are now square.​[more information needed]
v0.14.0build 3 The hitbox no longer occupies an entire block.
v0.15.0build 1 The texture is now 44x44, instead of 16x16. Whether this results in any visible changes in-game is unknown.
Bedrock Edition
1.10.0beta 1.10.0.3 [verify] The texture of large ferns has been changed.
Large ferns are now sold by wandering traders.
Large ferns now generate in the new taiga and snowy taiga villages.
1.11.0beta 1.11.0.1 Large ferns can now be used to fill composters.
Large ferns can now be found in taiga and snowy taiga village house chests.
1.16.0beta 1.16.0.57 Wandering traders no longer trade large ferns.
1.20.70Preview 1.20.70.24 Large ferns now have a chance to drop wheat seeds.
1.21.60Preview 1.21.60.21 Large ferns no longer appear mirrored when viewed from certain angles.[5]
Preview 1.21.60.23 Large ferns generate less frequently in taigas.

Legacy Console Edition

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Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360Xbox OnePS3PS4PS VitaWii USwitch
TU31CU191.221.221.22Patch 31.0.1 Added large ferns.
1.90 The texture of large ferns have been changed.

New Nintendo 3DS Edition

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New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0 [verify] Added large ferns.

Data history

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Java Edition

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Java Edition
1.8.1pre1 Added a facing state to double_plant, though without visible effect.
1.1317w47a The different block states for the double_plant ID have now been split up into their own IDs.
"Large Fern" now has a new ID: large_fern.
Prior to The Flattening, this block's numeral ID was 175.
1.1721w19a minecraft:large_fern has been added to the newly-implemented #minecraft:mineable/axe block tag. This, however, has no effect in-game, since the block breaks instantly anyway regardless of tool used or active effects.[check the code]
1.21.525w10a minecraft:large_fern has been removed from the block tags #minecraft:mineable/axe and #minecraft:sword_efficient.

Bedrock Edition

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Bedrock Edition
1.21.0Preview 1.21.0.22 The different double plant type block states for the double_plant ID have now been split up into their own IDs.

Issues

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Issues relating to "Large Fern" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

See also

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References

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  1. ↑ MC-33580 – The hitbox of double-tall plants is inconsistently big – resolved as "Works As Intended".
  2. ↑ MC-163896 – Double tall seagrass's hitbox is inconsistent with that of other double tall plants – resolved as "Works As Intended".
  3. ↑ MC-57159 – 2d rendered objects (Tall Grass, Plants, Fire, etc) are darker on one side – resolved as "Fixed".
  4. ↑ MC-160123 – Large ferns no longer drop seeds – resolved as "Fixed".
  5. ↑ MCPE-40646 – Cross models are displayed wrongly from east and west sides – resolved as "Fixed".
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