How to Get Sea Pickles in Minecraft

Guide Java Bedrock

Quick answer: Sea pickles generate on top of coral blocks on the bottom of warm oceans (1 in 6 chance per chunk, colonies of 1 to 4). Break them by hand, or buy 1 from a wandering trader for 2 emeralds. Bone meal on an underwater sea pickle on a living coral block grows more of them.

What you need

Bone meal (optional)
Emeralds (for trading)

Step by step

Go to a warm ocean and look on top of coral blocks in coral reefs. Colonies hold 1 to 4 pickles.
Break them with any tool or your hand. A colony drops as many pickles as it has (1 to 4).
Or trade with a wandering trader: 1 sea pickle for 2 emeralds.
To grow more, plant them underwater on a living coral block and use bone meal. The colony grows, and living coral blocks within 2 blocks can generate 1-3 new pickles.
Place up to four per block. Underwater they glow.

Java vs Bedrock

In Bedrock Edition sea pickles can only be placed on complete blocks, and a killed wandering trader showing one has an 8.5% chance (+1% per Looting level) to drop 1 if you hold an emerald.

Versions: Sea pickles can also be found as decorative blocks in desert village houses.

Frequently asked questions

How bright is a sea pickle?

Underwater, 1 gives light level 6, 2 give 9, 3 give 12 and 4 give 15.

Do sea pickles spread by themselves?

No. They do not grow or spread naturally; you need bone meal on living coral blocks.

Where do sea pickles generate?

On the bottom of warm oceans, on top of coral blocks in coral reefs.