How do you get Melon Slice in Minecraft?

Break a melon block: 3-7 slices (5 on average), and Fortune adds +1 potential slice per level, up to 9 Farm melons: plant melon seeds on farmland next to a hydrated dirt block and the stem grows melons around it - pistons harvest them automatically Find melon seeds in mineshaft, dungeon and woodland mansion chests, or in jungle biomes where melons grow wild

What is Melon Slice used for?

Eat it: 2 hunger and 1.2 saturation per slice - weak alone, but a full melon is 5 slices Craft glistering melon (8 gold nuggets + slice) to brew Potions of Healing Craft melon seeds and full melon blocks for storage and decoration Compost slices at a 50% rate

Melon Slice

Material Stack: 64 Since Beta 1.8 (Adventure Update)

Quick answer: Break a melon block: 3-7 slices (5 on average), and Fortune adds +1 potential slice per level, up to 9.

How to get it

Break a melon block: 3-7 slices (5 on average), and Fortune adds +1 potential slice per level, up to 9
Farm melons: plant melon seeds on farmland next to a hydrated dirt block and the stem grows melons around it - pistons harvest them automatically
Find melon seeds in mineshaft, dungeon and woodland mansion chests, or in jungle biomes where melons grow wild

Uses

Eat it: 2 hunger and 1.2 saturation per slice - weak alone, but a full melon is 5 slices
Craft glistering melon (8 gold nuggets + slice) to brew Potions of Healing
Craft melon seeds and full melon blocks for storage and decoration
Compost slices at a 50% rate

Renewability

Renewable: melon stems keep producing melons forever once planted.

Java vs Bedrock

Identical in Java and Bedrock. Axes are the fastest tool for breaking melons on both editions.

Related: Golden Carrot Pumpkin Pie Cake

← All items