Sweet Berries

Sweet Berries

Consumption time	32 game ticks (1.6 seconds)
Hunger	2 ()
Saturation	JE: 0.4 () BE: 1.2 ()
Saturation boost‌[JE only]	Heals: 0.267HP × 0.1335 Duration: 0.133 seconds
Always consumable	No
Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)
Tool	Any tool
Blast resistance	0
Hardness	0
Luminous	No
Transparent	Yes
Flammable	Yes (JE: 60, BE: 30)
Catches fire from lava	No
Map color	7 PLANT
Note block instrument	Default (Harp)

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Sweet berries are a food item obtained from sweet berry bushes and are used to plant them.

Sweet berry bushes are quick-growing plants that grow sweet berries. Players and most mobs are slowed down and take constant damage while moving through them. They can be found naturally in taigas and snowy taigas.

Obtaining

Natural generation

Berry bushes commonly generate in taiga and snowy taiga biomes. Each chunk has a ¹⁄₁₂ chance to generate sweet berry bushes in random patches. They also generate in both old growth pine taiga and old growth spruce taiga biomes. Berry bushes also generate in abandoned camps.

Breaking

Sweet berry bushes can be mined instantly with any tool or by hand. A mature sweet berry bush yields 2–3 sweet berries. On its third growth stage, it yields 1–2 sweet berries. Each level of Fortune can increase the amount of drops by 1.

Block	Sweet Berries
Hardness	0
Breaking time (secs)
Default	10.05 (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

Harvesting

Sweet berries can be collected from a sweet berry bush by pressing the use control on it, yielding 1–2 sweet berries in its third growth stage, and 2–3 sweet berries in its final growth stage. After dropping the berries on the ground, the sweet berry bush reverts to its second growth stage.

Generated loot

Item	Structure	Container	Quantity	Chance
Java Edition
Sweet Berries	Village	Taiga house chest	1–7	40.6% { "item": "Sweet Berries", "stacksize": "1–7", "chance": 0.4058792240743314, "structure": "Village", "container": "Taiga house chest" }

Usage

Placement

Placing sweet berries on a grass block, dirt, coarse dirt, rooted dirt, farmland, podzol, mycelium, moss block, mud, or muddy mangrove roots creates a small sweet berry bush that eventually becomes a fully grown sweet berry bush.

Growth

A sweet berry bush grows through four stages after it is planted. Its first growth stage is a small bush without any berries. It becomes a grown plant in its second stage, and produces berries in its third and fourth growth stage. The block above the bush needs to be in light level 10 or greater to grow. The bush can be placed on a 1 block high space, but it cannot grow with a full, non-transparent block immediately above it. Using bone meal on it increases its growth stage by one, regardless of light level and available space, and at full maturity, ejects the sweet berry item.

It tries to grow via Random Ticks with a 20% chance per random tick on the block if it is not fully grown.

Food

To eat sweet berries, press and hold use while it is selected in the hotbar. Eating one restores 2 () hunger and 0.4‌^{[JE only]} / 1.2‌^{[BE only]} hunger saturation.

Composting

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

Breeding

Sweet berries can be fed to foxes to breed them. Foxes are similar to cats when being fed as a wild animal; a sudden movement by the player may cause the fox to flee even if the player holds sweet berries. A baby fox bred by a player trusts the player and does not flee.

Trading

Villager		Probability		Villager wants	Player receives	Trades in stock	Villager experience	Price multiplier
		JE	BE
Butcher	Master	100%	100%	10 × Sweet Berries	Emerald	12	30	0.05

Entity movement

A sweet berry bush (at any stage) slows down all entities (except items) passing through it. At stage 1 and higher, it causes damage. Foxes are immune to both characteristics, however. Sweet berry bushes deal 1HP damage every tick (although damage immunity reduces this to once every half-second), only if the entity is moving in the hitbox of the bush. Entities that move through sweet berry bushes slow down to about 34.05% of their normal speed, similar to how a cobweb slows down mobs to 25% of normal speed. This makes it impossible to jump a full block while inside the bush.

A sweet berry bush of any growth stage negates all fall damage of entities inside it.

Mobs at standard block height in a minecart are not damaged when the minecart is pushed through sweet berries. Players in a sweet berry bush take no damage except from horizontal movement, but are unable to jump out of the bush, similar to a cobweb.

Bees

Bees do not collect nectar from sweet berry bushes, nor will they take damage from being in contact with a sweet berry bush. Sweet berry bushes can be pollenated by bees, accelerating their growth by one stage.

Sounds

Generic

Block

Java Edition:

v t e sweet_berry_bush sound type
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	​Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	block.sweet_berry_bush.break	subtitles.block.generic.break​	0.8	0.8	16
	​Block placed​[until: JE 26.4]	Blocks	When the block is placed	block.sweet_berry_bush.place	subtitles.block.generic.place​	0.8	0.8	16
	​Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	block.grass.hit	subtitles.block.generic.hit​	0.25	0.5	16
	​Something falls on a block	Entity-Dependent	Falling on the block with fall damage	block.grass.fall	subtitles.block.generic.fall​	0.5	0.75	16
	​Footsteps	Entity-Dependent	Walking on the block	block.grass.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.15	1.0	16

Bedrock Edition:

v t e sweet_berry_bush sound type
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch
	​Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	block.sweet_berry_bush.break	subtitles.block.generic.break​	1.0	0.8–1.0
	​Block placed	Blocks	When the block is placed	block.sweet_berry_bush.place	subtitles.block.generic.place​	1.0	0.8–1.0
	​Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	hit.grass	subtitles.block.generic.hit​	0.25	0.5

Item

Java Edition:

v t e Sounds
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	​Eating	Players	While a player is eating something	entity.generic.eat	subtitles.entity.generic.eat​	varies	0.8–1.2	16
	​Eating	Friendly Mobs	When a player finishes eating something	entity.generic.eat	subtitles.entity.generic.eat​	1.0	0.6–1.4	16
	​Burp​[until: JE 26.4]	Players	When a player finishes eating something	entity.player.burp	subtitles.entity.player.burp​	0.5	0.9–1.0	16

Bedrock Edition:

v t e Sounds
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch
	​Eating	Players	While a player is eating something	random.eat	subtitles.entity.generic.eat​	0.5–1.1	0.8–1.2
	​Burp	Players	When a player finishes eating something	random.burp	subtitles.entity.player.burp​	0.5	0.9–1.0

Unique

Java Edition

Sounds
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	​Berries pop	Blocks	When sweet berries are picked by a player	block.sweet_berry_bush.pick_berries	subtitles.item.berries.pick​	1.0	0.8–1.2	16
	​Berries pop	Blocks	When sweet berries are picked by a fox	block.sweet_berry_bush.pick_berries	subtitles.item.berries.pick​	1.0	1.0	16
	​Player hurts​[until: JE 26.4]	Players	When a player is damaged by touching a sweet berry bush	entity.player.hurt_sweet_berry_bush	subtitles.entity.player.hurt​	1.0	0.8–1.2	16

Bedrock Edition:

Sounds
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch
	​ ?	Blocks	When sweet berries are picked	block.sweet_berry_bush.pick	​ ?	1.0	1.0
	​ ?	Blocks	When a player is damaged by touching a sweet berry bush	block.sweet_berry_bush.hurt	​ ?	1.0	1.0

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Block tags	Item tags	Translation key
Sweet Berry Bush	sweet_berry_bush	Block	azalea_log_replaceable bee_growables	—	block.minecraft.sweet_berry_bush
Sweet Berries	sweet_berries	Item	—	fox_food	item.minecraft.sweet_berries

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Item ID	Translation key
Sweet Berry Bush	sweet_berry_bush	462	Block & Ungiveable Item	Identical	tile.sweet_berry_bush.name
Sweet Berries	sweet_berries	287	Item	—	item.sweet_berries.name

Block states

Java Edition:

Name	Default value	Allowed values	Description
age	0	0	Young plant
		1	No berries
		2	Some berries, using the bush gives 1–2 sweet berries and sets the age back to 1.
		3	Full berries, using the bush gives 2–3 sweet berries and sets the age back to 1.

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Metadata Bits	Default value	Allowed values	Values for Metadata Bits	Description
growth	0x1	0	0	0	Young plant
			1	1	No berries
			2	2	Some berries, using the bush gives 1–2 sweet berries and sets the growth back to 1.
			3	3	Full berries, using the bush gives 2–3 sweet berries and sets the growth back to 1.

Advancements

Icon	Advancement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)
	Husbandry	The world is full of friends and food	Consume anything that can be consumed, except for cake.
	The Parrots and the Bats	Breed two animals together	Breed a pair of any of these 27 animals: A mule must be the result of breeding a horse and a donkey for this advancement as they are not breedable together. Other breedable mobs are ignored for this advancement.
	Two by Two	Breed all the animals!	Breed a pair of each of these 26 animals: A trader llama does not count as a llama, and a mule must be the result of breeding a horse and a donkey for this advancement as they are not breedable together. Other breedable mobs can be bred, but are ignored for this advancement.
	A Balanced Diet	Eat everything that is edible, even if it's not good for you	Eat each of these 40 foods: Other foods and consumables can be eaten, but are ignored for this advancement.

History

Announcement

September 26, 2018							Berries are announced to be part of the biome vote at MINECON Earth 2018.
September 29, 2018							Taiga wins the biome vote, meaning berries are to be added to the game first.
December 3, 2018							Cojomax99 tweets an image of some berries.

Java Edition

Java Edition
1.14			18w49a				Added sweet berry bushes.
							Added sweet berries.
			18w50a				Sweet berries can now be found within taiga village loot chests.
			19w03a				Placing a sweet berry into the new composter has a 10% chance of raising the compost level by 1.
							Added sounds for sweet berry bushes.
			19w05a				Sweet berries now have a 30% chance of increasing the compost level in a composter by 1.
							The sound for planting sweet berries has been changed.
			19w07a				Sweet berries can now be fed to foxes to breed them.
			19w11a				Butcher villagers now buy 10 sweet berries for 1 emerald.
							Sweet berries can now be planted by aiming at the side and underside of blocks rather than just on top of the block.
							Sweet berries can now replace replaceable blocks such as fire, snow or grass when planted.
1.15			19w34a				Bees can now pollinate sweet berry bushes.
			pre2				Sweet berries now generate in giant tree taiga biomes.
1.16			pre1				Sweet berry bushes no longer prevent mob spawning inside them.
1.17			21w20a				The sound event for picking berries has been changed as to align better with that of glow berries.
1.18			pre5				Sweet berry bushes in taigas are about 4 times more common than in previous snapshots.
1.20.2			23w32a				Sweet berries being eaten by foxes now emit a block_change vibration of frequency 11.

Bedrock Edition

Bedrock Edition
1.10.0 Experiment Experimental Gameplay			beta 1.10.0.3				Added sweet berries, which are available only through Experimental Gameplay.
							Added sweet berry bushes, available only through Experimental Gameplay.
1.11.0 Experiment Experimental Gameplay			beta 1.11.0.1				Sweet berries can now be used to fill composters.
1.11.0			beta 1.11.0.3				Sweet berries and sweet berry bushes have been fully implemented and are now separate from Experimental Gameplay.
			beta 1.11.0.4				Sweet berries can now be sold to butcher villagers.
1.13.0			beta 1.13.0.1				Sweet berries can now be fed to foxes to breed them.
1.14.0			beta 1.14.0.1				Bees can now pollinate sweet berry bushes.
1.16.100			beta 1.16.100.54				Sweet berry bushes now properly damage entities.
1.17.0			beta 1.17.0.56				Bees no longer gather nectar from sweet berry bushes.
1.19.10			Preview 1.19.10.21				Sweet berries can now be planted on rooted dirt, mud, and muddy mangrove roots.
1.19.40			Preview 1.19.40.21				Sweet berries can now be planted on farmland.
1.20.30			Preview 1.20.20.21				Decreased the hardness and blast resistance of sweet berry bushes from 0.2 to 0.
1.20.60			Preview 1.20.60.25				Bees no longer take damage when moving through sweet berry bushes.
1.20.70			Preview 1.20.70.20				Sweet berry bushes in their first growth stage now slow and damage entities moving through them.
1.20.80			Preview 1.20.80.20				Sweet berry bushes are now affected by Fortune.
1.21.20			Preview 1.21.20.22				Sweet berries can now be planted on coarse dirt.
1.21.60			Preview 1.21.60.21				Sweet berry bushes no longer appear mirrored when viewed from certain angles.
			Preview 1.21.60.23				Sweet berry bushes now generate in old growth spruce taigas and old growth pine taigas.
							Sweet berry bushes generate in larger patches in taigas.

PlayStation 4 Edition

PlayStation 4 Edition
1.91							Added sweet berries.
							Added sweet berry bushes.
							Sweet berries can be used to fill composters.

Data history

Java Edition
1.17			21w19a				minecraft:sweet_berry_bush 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]
1.21.5			25w10a				minecraft:sweet_berry_bush has been removed from the block tags #minecraft:mineable/axe and #minecraft:sword_efficient.

Issues

Issues relating to "Berry", "Berries", "Sweet berry", "Sweet berries", "Berry bush", or "Sweet berry bush" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

Trivia

• In Java Edition, sweet berry bushes absorb fall damage like water.
• Foxes harvest mature sweet berry bushes that have grown into their third or fourth stage. Unlike how carrots eaten by rabbits are destroyed and not dropped as items, sweet berry bushes harvested by foxes drop as items, although the fox may pick up one of the dropped berries. The bush remains intact, allowing for automatic sweet berry farms.

Gallery

Screenshots

• 
  A close-up look of a sweet berry bush
• 
  A naturally generated sweet berry bush
• 
  Multiple bushes of sweet berries in a taiga biome
• 
  A berry bush that is close to a ravine
• 
  Berry bushes near a cozy cabin

In other media

• 
  Sweet berries as seen in Minecraft Dungeons

External links

• "Taking Inventory: Sweet Berries" by Duncan Geere – Minecraft.net, November 4, 2021.