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Partial (blocks light)



Blast resistance






Yes (64)



Data value

dec: 103 hex: 67 bin: 1100111

Namespaced ID

See § Data values

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Melons are blocks that grow from fully grown melon seeds.




Block Melon
Hardness 1
Breaking time[note 1]
Hand 1.5
Wooden 0.75
Stone 0.4
Iron 0.25
Diamond 0.2
Golden 0.15
Sword 1

Natural generation[edit]

Melons are naturally generated in jungle biomes and inside "Stem farm" rooms of woodland mansions.

Melons can be found in savanna villages.


Melon seeds can be planted, placing a small stem that will grow over time. Once the stem reaches maturity, it will attempt to generate a melon block in one of the four immediately adjacent blocks; however, this attempt may fail if the chosen adjacent block is not empty or the block beneath is not dirt, grass, or farmland. Once a stem has produced to a melon, that stem will not produce any further melons until the existing melon is harvested. Melon stems only connect to to the melons they produce. For example, if stem A generates a melon adjacent to stem B, stem B will not connect and still be able to produce another melon. Similarly, if a melon is placed adjacent to stem B, stem B would still be able to produce another melon. The same principle applies for pumpkins.


Ingredients Crafting recipe
Melon Slice





Farmers will buy 7–12 melons for an emerald.‌[Legacy Console Edition only]

Journeyman-level Farmers will buy 4 melons for an emerald.‌[Java Edition only]


Placing a melon into a composter has a 65% chance of raising the compost level by 1.

Data values[edit]


Java Edition:

Block Namespaced ID
Melon melon

Bedrock Edition:

Block Namespaced ID Numeric ID
Melon melon_block 103


Java Edition Beta
July 13, 2011Melons were first revealed in an IGN interview with Notch.
August ?, 2011On the complete ideas for the Ideas section, it was stated that watermelons were to be implemented.
1.8Pre-release Introduced melons.
Java Edition
1.0.0Beta 1.9 Prerelease 4Melons had a bug that made them only yield 1 melon.[2]
1.3.112w22aInventory sprites for blocks were flipped from left to right, changing to Melon Revision 1.png.
1.7.213w36aMelons will now generate in jungle biomes.
14w31aMelons will now break faster when mined with an axe.
1.1116w39aMelons will now generate in woodland mansions.
1.1317w47aPrior to The Flattening, this block's numeral ID was 103.
18w20bMelon's ID is changed from melon_block to melon.
1.1418w43aMelon.png Changed the texture of melons.
19w03aPlacing a melon into the new composter has a 50% chance of raising the compost level by 1.
Pocket Edition Alpha
0.5.0Melon Revision 1.png Added melons.
0.9.0build 1Melons will now generate naturally in jungle biomes.
build 10Melons will now generate a lot less in jungle biomes.
0.12.1build 1Melon can now be obtained using a tool with silk touch enchantment.
Pocket Edition
1.1.0alpha will now generate in woodland mansions.
alpha a melon block with shears will now always yield 9 melons.
Bedrock Edition
1.10.0beta now generate in new savanna villages.
Melon.png Changed the texture of melons.
1.11.0beta can now be used to fill up composters.
beta has changed, melons can no longer be used to trade with farmer villagers.
Legacy Console Edition
TU5CU11.0Patch 1Melon Revision 1.png Added melons.
TU31CU191.22Patch 3Melons will now generate naturally in jungle biomes.
PlayStation 4 Edition
1.90Melon.png Changed the texture of melons.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0Melon Revision 1.png Added melons.




See also[edit]