Leaf Litter

Leaf Litter

• 1 placed
• 2 placed
• 3 placed
• 4 placed

Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)
Tool	Any tool
Blast resistance	0
Hardness	0
Luminous	No
Transparent	Yes
Flammable	Yes
Catches fire from lava	No

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        {
            "field": "Yes",
            "label": "(link to Opacity article, displayed as Transparent)"
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            "field": "Yes",
            "label": "(link to Flammable article, displayed as Flammable)"
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            "field": "No",
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        "Leaf Litter 1.png",
        "Leaf Litter 2.png",
        "Leaf Litter 3.png",
        "Leaf Litter.png",
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Leaf litter is a thin decorative block resembling fallen leaves. Up to four can be placed in the same block space.

Obtaining

Breaking

Leaf litter can be mined using any tool or without a tool.

Block	Leaf Litter
Hardness	0
Breaking time (secs)
Default	0.05

Legend

• incorrect tool, drops nothing
• correct tool, drops nothing or something other than the block itself
• correct tool, drops the block itself
• italicized can be instant mined

A leaf litter is also removed and drops as an item if:

• its attachment block is moved, removed, or destroyed.
• water or lava flows into its space.
• a piston tries to push it or moves a block into its space.

The amount of leaf litter items dropped is equal to how many were present in the block space beforehand (i.e. a leaf litter block with 3 placed will drop 3 leaf litter items when destroyed).

Natural generation

Leaf litter in a dark forest.

Leaf litter generates naturally in forests, dark forests, and wooded badlands.

Smelting

Leaf litter can be created by smelting any type of leaves block.

Ingredients	[hide]Smelting recipe
Any Leaves block	0.1

Usage

Placement

Leaf litter can be placed on blocks that have a full solid top surface. Up to four pieces of leaf litter can be placed in a single block space. When placed, a leaf litter faces the location of the player placing it.

Fuel

Leaf litter can be used as fuel for smelting. It burns for 5 seconds, smelting ¹⁄₂ of an item. 1 stack of leaf litter smelts 32 items.

Composting

Using leaf litter on a composter has a 30% chance to raise the compost level by 1. A stack of leaf litter yields an average of 2.74 bone meal.

Color

dry_foliage.png colormap

Leaf litter takes on a different color depending on the biome it is placed in. It is colored with different shades of brown in most biomes or gray in pale gardens. The color applied in most biomes is determined by the dry_foliage.png colormap.

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  Leaf litter color in a cherry grove

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  Leaf litter color in a pale garden

Sounds

Java Edition:

[hide] v t e leaf_litter sound type
Sound	Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	​Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	block.leaf_litter.break	subtitles.block.generic.break​	1.0	0.8	16
	​Block placed	Blocks	When the block is placed	block.leaf_litter.place	subtitles.block.generic.place​	1.0	0.8	16
	​Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	block.leaf_litter.hit	subtitles.block.generic.hit​	0.25	0.5	16
	​Something falls on a block	Entity-Dependent	Falling on the block with fall damage	block.leaf_litter.fall	subtitles.block.generic.fall​	0.5	0.75	16
	​Footsteps	Entity-Dependent	Walking on the block	block.leaf_litter.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.15	1.0	16

Bedrock Edition: Template:Sound table/Block/Leaf litter/BE

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Block tags	[hide]Translation key
Leaf Litter	leaf_litter	Block & Item	replaceable_by_trees inside_step_sound_blocks	block.minecraft.leaf_litter

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Item ID	[hide]Translation key
Leaf Litter	leaf_litter	1281	Block & Giveable Item	Identical (Numeric: -1026)	tile.leaf_litter.name

Block states

Java Edition:

Name	Default value	Allowed values	[hide]Description
facing	north	east north south west	The direction the leaf litter is facing. The opposite from the direction the player faces while placing the leaf litter.
segment_amount	1	1 2 3 4	The amount of leaf litter in the block.

History

[hide]Java Edition
1.21.5			25w02a				Added leaf litter.
			25w03a				Leaf litter can now be composted.
							Due to a bug, leaf litter doesn't generate in forests and wooded badlands, and generates extremely sparsely in dark forests.
			25w04a				Leaf litter now generate in forests and wooded badlands again and generate more frequently in dark forests.
			25w06a				Leaf litter is no longer limited to dirt-like blocks; it can now be placed on any block that provides central support on the top face (including fences, walls, chains etc).
							Now have a more appropriate color on maps.
			25w07a				The breaking, stepping, placing sounds for leaf litter have been lowered.
			25w08a				Leaf litter now uses the biome coloring system with dry_foliage.png
			25w09a				Leaf litter is now replaceable by other blocks.
							Leaf litter can now be placed only on blocks that have a full solid top face.
			Pre-Release 1				Optimized the amount of models used when more than 1 piece of leaf litter is placed in the same block space. The block's appearance is unchanged.
[hide]Bedrock Edition
1.21.70 Experiment Drop 1			Preview 1.21.70.20				Added leaf litter.
			Preview 1.21.70.22				Leaf litter can now be placed on any block which provides center support.
							Changed leaf litter map colour to be brown.
1.21.70			Preview 1.21.70.23				All features behind the "Drop 1 2025" experimental toggle have now been fully implemented.
							Is now replaceable.
							Can only be placed on blocks which provide full surface support.
			Preview 1.21.70.24				Leaf litter now uses the biome coloring system with dry_foliage.png.

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  Leaf litter in wooded badlands before they used biome coloring.

Issues

Issues relating to "Leaf Litter" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

Gallery

Mojang screenshots

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  Leaf litter inside a wooded badlands biome, on the ground.

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  Leaf litter next to a birch tree and a huge red mushroom.

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  Leaf litter on grassy ground, next to trees.

In other media

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  Leaf litter in a birch forest, beside foxes and Tails from the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise.