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Mud in Minecraft: Mud, Packed Mud and Mud Bricks
Mud is a soft block found in mangrove swamps, and you can make it anywhere by using a water bottle on dirt, coarse dirt or rooted dirt. Craft mud with wheat into packed mud, then 4 packed mud into 4 mud bricks for a warm brown building block. Mud placed over pointed dripstone slowly drips into clay.
How do you make mud and mud bricks?
| Block | How |
|---|---|
| Mud | Water bottle on dirt, coarse dirt or rooted dirt (gives the bottle back) |
| Packed mud | Mud and wheat |
| Mud bricks | 4 packed mud |
| Mud brick stairs, slabs and walls | From mud bricks |
A dispenser with water bottles can turn dirt into mud automatically; see dispensers.
How does mud turn into clay?
Place mud on a block with pointed dripstone hanging below it. Each random tick it has a 45 in 256 chance to become clay, about 6.5 minutes on average. This is the main way to make renewable clay; see dripstone. Clay uses: bricks.
How does mud behave?
- You sink in slightly, like soul sand, but it does not slow you.
- Items on top move with it when a piston pushes it.
- Break it fastest with a shovel; any tool or a hand works.
- On Java, bone meal on a moss block also spreads moss over nearby mud.
Where is mud found?
Mangrove swamps are full of it, and it also appears in trail ruins and some trial chamber entrance rooms. Endermen can carry mud and drop it when killed. Biome: swamps.
Frequently asked questions
How do you make mud?
Use a water bottle on dirt, coarse dirt or rooted dirt.
Sources
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