How to Get a Dead Bush in Minecraft

Guide Java Bedrock

Quick answer: Break a dead bush with shears to get it. Without shears it drops 0 to 2 sticks. Dead bushes are most common in badlands (20 times taiga's rate, 10 times desert's), and also generate in deserts and old growth taigas. A desert village house chest can hold 1-3 of them.

What you need

Shears

Step by step

Craft shears. With shears, a dead bush drops itself; without them it drops 0-2 sticks (Fortune does not change this).
Search badlands first. Rates are 1:2:20 for old growth taiga, desert and badlands.
Also check desert village houses, where dead bushes sit in flower pots, and trial chambers.
Look in desert village house chests: 1-3 dead bushes at 26.6%.
Plant it on sand, terracotta, dirt, podzol, mud, grass blocks, mycelium, moss blocks or farmland.

Java vs Bedrock

Dead bushes cannot be grown with bone meal, do not spread and cannot be composted.

Versions: A dead bush smelts 0.5 items as furnace fuel.

Frequently asked questions

What does a dead bush drop?

0-2 sticks without shears, itself with shears.

Where are dead bushes most common?

Badlands, ten times more than deserts.

Can dead bushes be composted?

No.