How to Get Eyeblossoms in Minecraft (1.21.4)

Guide Java Bedrock

Quick answer: Pick eyeblossoms in the pale garden - they open at night showing a glowing eye and close by day. Break them by hand, buy open ones from wandering traders for an emerald, or multiply them with bone meal on pale garden grass.

What you need

Access to a pale garden biome
Bone meal (to multiply them)
1 emerald per flower (wandering trader route)

Step by step

Travel to a pale garden: eyeblossoms dot the ground between the pale oaks, on grass blocks and pale moss.
Visit at night for the show: the flowers open when the moon rises, revealing an orange eye that glows in the dark (without lighting the area) - they close when the moon fully sets.
Break them with anything: eyeblossoms break instantly by hand and drop themselves in their current state - open or closed.
Or buy them: wandering traders sell one open eyeblossom for 1 emerald (never closed ones).
Multiply with bone meal: use bone meal on grass blocks inside a pale garden and eyeblossoms can sprout across a wide area around the target.
Mind the edition quirk: bone-mealed eyeblossoms match the time of day in Java but always generate closed in Bedrock - wait for night to see them open.
Decorate with them: plant them on grass, dirt, moss or pale moss, or pot them - the open eye stays at full brightness even in darkness.
Note for beekeepers: bees ignore closed eyeblossoms - they only pollinate the open ones.

Java vs Bedrock

The day-night cycle behavior is the same in Java and Bedrock, but bone meal multiplication differs: the spawn area is much larger in Java (15x5x15 versus 7x5x7), and Bedrock flowers always generate closed regardless of the time.

Versions: Added in 1.21.4 - The Garden Awakens (24w44a), alongside the pale garden, the creaking and resin. In 1.21.60 they were tuned to open exactly when the moon starts rising and close when it fully sets.

Frequently asked questions

Where do you find eyeblossoms in Minecraft?

Only in the pale garden biome - they generate on grass blocks and pale moss between the pale oaks, and in abandoned camps there. Wandering traders also sell open eyeblossoms for 1 emerald.

Why do eyeblossoms close in Minecraft?

They follow the daylight cycle: closed during the day, open at night. The open eye glows in the dark but gives off no actual light, so mobs still spawn around them.

Can you farm eyeblossoms in Minecraft?

Yes - apply bone meal to grass blocks inside a pale garden and new eyeblossoms sprout nearby. In Bedrock you can also bonemeal an existing eyeblossom to spread more of the same state around it.