Melon Slice

Melon slices are food items obtained by breaking melons.

Melon Slice

Rarity tier	Common
Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)
Restores	2 ()

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Obtaining

Block loot

Melon slices can be obtained by breaking (harvesting) melons using any tool or by hand. Axes, followed by swords, are the fastest tools for harvesting melons. A melon drops 3–7 melon slices, when broken; by hand, using a tool, or after being broken by the movement of a piston, with an average of 4.64 slices per melon.

Breaking a melon with a tool enchanted with Fortune increases the potential number of drops by 1 slice per level, up to a maximum of 9 slices.

Usage

Food

To eat a melon slice, press and hold use while it is selected in the hotbar. Eating one restores 2 () hunger and 1.2 hunger saturation.

Composting

Placing a melon slice into a composter has a 50% chance of raising the compost level by 1.

Sounds

Java Edition:

[hide] v t e Sounds
Sound	Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	​Eating	Players	While a player is eating something	entity.generic.eat	subtitles.entity.generic.eat​	varies	0.8-1.2	16
	​Eating	Friendly Creatures	When a player finishes eating something	entity.generic.eat	subtitles.entity.generic.eat​	1.0	0.6-1.4	16
	​Burp	Players	When a player finishes eating something	entity.player.burp	subtitles.entity.player.burp​	0.5	0.9-1.0	16

Bedrock Edition:

[hide] v t e Sounds
Sound	Source	Description	Resource location	Volume	Pitch
	Players	While a player is eating something	random.eat	0.5-1.1	0.8-1.2
	Players	When a player finishes eating something	random.burp	0.5	0.9-1.0

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	[hide]Translation key
Melon Slice	melon_slice	Item	item.minecraft.melon_slice

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Alias ID	Numeric ID	Form	[hide]Translation key
Melon Slice	melon_slice	melon	272	Item	item.melon.name

Advancements

Icon	Advancement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)
	A Balanced Diet	Eat everything that is edible, even if it's not good for you	Eat each of these 40 foods:[hide] Other foods and consumables can be eaten, but are ignored for this advancement.
	Husbandry	The world is full of friends and food	Consume anything that can be consumed, except for cake.

History

[hide]Java Edition Beta
1.8			Pre-release				Added melons.
[hide]Java Edition
1.0.0			Beta 1.9 Prerelease 4				Melons are now used in the crafting recipe of glistering melons.
			Beta 1.9 Prerelease 5				Melons once again drop the correct number of slices.
1.3.1			12w21a				Melons can now be bought from farmer villagers, at 5–8 melon slices for 1 emerald.
1.7.2			13w37a				Block ID 105, melon stem, has been removed from the /give command.
1.8			14w02a				Villagers no longer sell melons. They now buy melons instead.
1.13			17w47a				"Melon" has been renamed to "Melon Slice".
1.14			18w43a				The texture of melon slices has been changed.
			19w03a				Placing a melon slice into the new composter has a 20% chance of raising the compost level by 1.
			19w05a				Melon slices now have a 50% chance of increasing the compost level in a composter by 1.
[hide]Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.5.0							Added melons.
							Melons restore 2HP each, rather than 2 ().
v0.12.1			build 1				Added melon slices to the Creative inventory.
							Melons now restore hunger instead of health.
							Melons can no longer be obtained from nether reactors.
[hide]Pocket Edition
1.1.0			alpha 1.1.0.3				Breaking a melon block with shears now always yields 9 melon slices.
[hide]Bedrock Edition
1.7.0			beta 1.7.0.2				Melons can now be eaten in Creative mode and on Peaceful difficulty.
1.10.0			beta 1.10.0.3				The texture of melons has been changed.
1.11.0			beta 1.11.0.1				Melons can now be used to fill up composters.
			beta 1.11.0.4				Melons can now be sold to farmer villagers.
1.16.0			beta 1.16.0.57				Trading has been changed, melon slices can no longer be sold to farmer villagers.
1.21.30			Preview 1.21.30.22				Changed name from "Melon" to "Melon Slice" to match Java Edition.
[hide]Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360	Xbox One	PS3	PS4	PS Vita	Wii U	Switch
TU5	CU1	1.00	1.00	1.00	Patch 1	1.0.1	Added melon slices.
TU7							Melon slices are now used in the crafting recipe of glistering melons.
TU14		1.04					Melon slices can now be bought from farmer villagers, at 5–8 melon slices for 1 emerald.
TU31	CU19	1.22	1.22	1.22	Patch 3		Villagers no longer sell melon slices. They now buy melons instead.
			1.90				The texture of melon slices has been changed.
			1.91				Melon slices can now be sold to farmer villagers.
[hide]New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0							Added melons.

Data history

[hide]Java Edition
1.13			17w47a				Prior to The Flattening, this item's numeral ID was 360.
			18w20b				The ID of melon slices has been changed from melon to melon_slice.
[hide]Bedrock Edition
1.16.100			beta 1.16.100.56				The ID of melon slices has been changed from melon to melon_slice.

Issues

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

See also

• Pumpkin
• Melon
• Glistering Melon Slice

External links

• Taking Inventory: Melon Slice – Minecraft.net on January 24, 2020