Renewable resource

A renewable resource (as opposed to a non-renewable resource, or finite resource) is a resource that can be obtained in unlimited quantities in Survival without exploiting glitches or using commands. While running completely out of resources is unlikely to be a factor in normal worlds due to the massive size of a Minecraft map, only some resources can be produced over and over without having to explore more terrain. Running out of resources can be a bigger issue on Superflat or skyblock worlds, where resources are less plentiful, in PvP maps, where one would like to obtain resources without having to conquer more land, or simply if the accessible portion of the map is limited.

Most items dropped by animals or monsters are renewable because more mobs of the same kind can spawn and be killed again for more loot. The exceptions are drops of enemies that spawn just once with the generation of specific structures, such as elder guardians (only three spawn with each ocean monument). Drops of hostile mobs, with the exception of those obtainable by other means, are not renewable on Peaceful difficulty because the monsters do not spawn.

The renewable method to obtain a resource is not necessarily the easiest, fastest or safest, and may in some cases be highly impractical.

Types of renewable resources

Resources in the list were split into three categories: "base", "compound", and "hybrid" renewables.

To get an unlimited supply of base renewables, player does not need an unlimited supply of anything else prior. For example, blaze rods can be obtained in an arbitrary number from a single nether fortress, as blazes spawn there naturally (even if monster spawners are destroyed).

Methods of acquiring base renewables include:

• Drops from mobs that either spawn naturally, or can be spawned without consuming any resources (e.g. breezes, shulkers);
• Gifts from cats;
• Fishing;
• Growing things on various types of soil-like blocks (without the use of bone meal);
• Blocks forming when liquids meet with each other or another block;
• Rewards from normal trial spawners.

Few other special cases exist as well.

To get an unlimited supply of compound renewables, player does need an unlimited supply of another resource. For example, bells can be obtained in an arbitrary number through trading, but a renewable supply of emeralds is needed first.

Methods of acquiring compound renewables include:

• Drops from mobs that require consuming a resource to spawn (e.g. evokers, withers);
• Trading with wandering traders and villagers;
• Gifts from villagers when the player has Hero of the Village effect;‌
• Growing things with bone meal;
• Bartering with piglins;
• Rewards from ominous trial spawners;
• Crafting and smelting.

Few other special cases exist as well.

From this category, a sub-category was created, listing the resources that can be obtained only from crafting and smelting (some of the craftable blocks can be also created in a stonecutter). This includes most slabs, stairs, walls, "chiseled" and "polished" variants of blocks, and so on. For a craftable resource to be renewable, all of its ingredients must be renewable.

Hybrid renewables can be obtained in at least one of both types of methods. For example, arrows can be obtained as base renewables from killing skeletons, or as compound renewables from crafting.

List of resources

All renewable resources in the game. Note: experience is not treated as a "resource" on this page, only items and blocks are.

Base renewables

Resource	[hide]Renewable base source
Amethyst cluster Large amethyst bud Medium amethyst bud Small amethyst bud	Grown from budding amethyst in amethyst geodes. Require Silk Touch to obtain.
Armadillo scute	Dropped by armadillos every 5-10 minutes or when they are brushed.
Bamboo	Grown over other bamboo. Dropped by pandas. Fishing in jungle biomes.
Basalt	Created when lava flows over soul soil next to blue ice.
Bone	Dropped by skeletons, strays, bogged, wither skeletons, and skeleton horses. Dropped by all fish mobs.‌ Fishing.
Blaze rod	Dropped by blazes.
Breeze rod	Dropped by breezes.
Cactus flower	Grown on cacti.
Carrot Potato	Rarely dropped by zombies when killed by a player or a tamed wolf. Grown on farmland.
Chorus flower	Grown on end stone.
Coal	Dropped by wither skeletons.
Cocoa beans	Grown on jungle log or jungle wood.
Copper ingot Trident	Rarely dropped by drowned. Tridents can drop only from mobs that are holding it.
Creeper head Piglin head Skeleton skull Wither skeleton skull Zombie head	Dropped by the respective mob when killed by a charged creeper. Wither skeletons rarely drop their skulls when killed by a player or a tamed wolf.
Blue egg Brown egg Egg	Dropped by chickens every 5-10 minutes. Normal eggs are dropped by foxes that spawn holding the item.
Feather	Dropped by chickens and parrots. Dropped by foxes that spawn holding the item. Gifted by cats.
Froglight	Dropped when a frog eats a magma cube.
Ghast tear	Dropped by ghasts.
Glow ink sac	Dropped by glow squids.
Goat horn	Dropped if a goat rams into specific blocks.
Honeycomb	Collected from a full beehive or bee nest using shears.
Ink sac	Dropped by squids. Fishing.
Music discs: "13" "cat" "blocks" "chirp" "far" "mall" "mellohi" "stal" "strad" "ward" "11" "wait"	Dropped by creepers when killed by a skeleton, bogged, or stray.
Nether wart	Grown on soul sand.
Netherrack	Created when a nether portal spawns in the air.‌
Ominous bottle	Dropped by raid captains.
Phantom membrane	Dropped by phantoms when killed by a player or a tamed wolf. Gifted by cats.
Pitcher pod Torchflower seeds	Digged by a sniffer from the ground.
Prismarine crystals Prismarine shard	Dropped by guardians.
Pufferfish	Dropped by pufferfish mobs and rarely by guardians. Fishing.
Rabbit hide Rabbit's foot	Dropped by rabbits. Dropped by foxes that spawn holding the item. Gifted by cats.
Raw rabbit	Dropped by rabbits.
Raw beef	Dropped by cows and mooshrooms.
Raw chicken	Dropped by chickens. Gifted by cats.
Raw mutton	Dropped by sheep.
Raw porkchop	Dropped by pigs and hoglins.
Resin clump	Placed on pale oak log and wood when a creaking is attacked by the player.
Rotten flesh	Dropped by zombies, husks, drowned, zombie villagers, zombified piglins, and zoglins. Fishing. Gifted by cats.
Sculk Sculk sensor Sculk vein Sculk shrieker	Created when a mob that drops experience dies near a sculk catalyst.
Sculk catalyst	Dropped by wardens.
Shulker shell	Dropped by shulkers.
Snow	Snow layers naturally form when it snows, or when snow golems walk in certain biomes. Require a shovel with Silk Touch to obtain.
Spider eye	Dropped by spiders, cave spiders, and witches.
Sweet berries	Collected from sweet berry bushes.
Trial key	Rewarded by trial spawners once all mobs they spawned were killed.
Tropical fish	Dropped by tropical fish mobs and rarely by guardians. Fishing.
Wither rose	Dropped by mobs killed by a wither.

Hybrid renewables

Resource	Renewable base source	[hide]Renewable compound source
Arrow	Dropped by skeletons, strays and bogged. Dropped by pillagers.‌	Trading with fletcher villagers. Gifted by fletcher villagers once the player gains Hero of the Village.‌ Crafting from feathers, sticks and flint.
Baked potato Cooked chicken Cooked cod Cooked mutton Cooked porkchop Cooked rabbit Cooked salmon Steak	Dropped by the same mob that drops the respective uncooked item (zombies for baked potatoes‌), if killed by fire. Cooked chicken and baked potatoes are rewarded by trial spawners once all mobs they spawned were killed.	Smelting the respective uncooked item in a furnace, smoker, or on a campfire. Steak, cooked chicken, mutton, porkchop, and rabbit are gifted by butcher villagers once the player gains Hero of the Village.‌ Steak and baked potatoes are rewarded by ominous trial spawners once all mobs they spawned were killed.
Banners	Ominous banners are dropped by illagers that wear them.	Trading with cartographer and shepherd villagers. Crafting from wool and sticks. Using a water cauldron removes all layers of ominous banners and creates a white banner.
Beetroot seeds	Grown on farmland.	Trading with wandering traders.
Bone meal	Dropped by all fish mobs.‌	Filling up a composter with renewable plants. Trading with wandering traders.‌ Crafting from bones.
Bow	Dropped by skeletons, strays and bogged. Fishing.	Trading with fletcher villagers. Crafting from string and sticks.
Bowl	Dropped by turtles if killed by lightning. Fishing.	Eating stew-like items. Of 4 such items, rabbit stew and suspicious stew can be renewably obtained without the need of an empty bowl first. Crafting from planks.
Bread	Rewarded by trial spawners once all mobs they spawned were killed. Farmer villagers may use wheat they have harvested to craft bread, which they can throw at other villagers.	Trading with farmer villagers. Gifted by farmer villagers once the player gains Hero of the Village.‌ Crafting from wheat.
Cactus	Grown on sand or red sand.	Trading with wandering traders.
Chainmail armor	Rarely dropped by zombies, skeletons and their variants that are wearing the armor when killed by a player.	Trading with armorer villagers. Gifted by armorer villagers once the player gains Hero of the Village.‌
Cobblestone Stone	Created when water and flowing lava meet.	Smelting cobblestone results in stone; breaking stone with a non-Silk Touch pickaxe results in cobblestone.
Crossbow	Dropped by pillagers and piglins.	Trading with fletcher villagers. Crafting from iron ingots, sticks, string and tripwire hooks.
Diamond armor	Rarely dropped from extremely rare zombies, skeletons and their variants that are wearing the armor when killed by a player.	Trading with armorer villagers.
Emerald	Dropped by foxes that spawn holding the item. It is possible to gain infinite emeralds through trading without an infinite supply of anything else, using discounts from curing zombie villagers and discounts from trading; for example, 2 emeralds = 1 bookshelf from librarian = 3 books = 3 emeralds from librarian.	Dropped by evokers and vindicators when killed by a player or a tamed wolf. Trading other renewable resources to villagers.
Enchanted book (all enchantments except Soul Speed, Swift Sneak, and Wind Burst)	Fishing.	Trading with librarian villagers. Enchanting a book in an enchanting table (only some enchantments). Dropped by pillagers and vindicators during raids.‌
Ender pearl	Dropped by endermen.	Trading with cleric villagers. Bartering.
End stone	End gateways generate a small floating island of end stone when an entity travels through for the entity to land on, if there are no valid locations.‌	16 blocks are generated under the edge of the exit portal when the ender dragon is respawned or killed.
Fishing rod	Rarely dropped by drowned that spawn holding the item. Fishing.	Crafting from string and sticks. When a warped fungus on a stick is used to the point of zero durability, it becomes a fishing rod again.
Glass bottle	Dropped by witches. Fishing.	Crafting from glass. Drinking potions, some of which can be renewably obtained without the need of an empty bottle first. Using a water bottle on a cauldron or dirt.
Glowstone dust	Dropped by witches.	Breaking glowstone blocks.
Gold armor	Rarely dropped by piglins, zombies, skeletons and their variants that are wearing the armor when killed by a player.	Crafting from gold ingots.
Gold ingot	Dropped by zombified piglins when killed by a player or a tamed wolf.	Crafting from gold nuggets.
Gold nugget	Dropped by zombified piglins.	Crafting from gold ingots. Smelting gold armor, axes and swords.
Golden sword	Rarely dropped by piglins and zombified piglins that spawn holding the item, when killed by a player.	Crafting from gold ingots and sticks.
Gunpowder	Dropped by creepers, witches, and ghasts.	Trading with wandering traders.
Iron armor	Rarely dropped by zombies, skeletons and their variants that are wearing the armor, when killed by a player.	Trading with armorer villagers. Rarely dropped by pillagers and vindicators in raids.‌ Crafting from iron ingots. Iron boots can be obtained through bartering.
Iron bars	Generated as cages around the end crystals that are regenerated when the ender dragon is respawned.	Crafting from iron ingots.
Iron ingot	Dropped by iron golems. Rarely dropped by zombies when killed by a player or a tamed wolf.	Crafting from iron nuggets.
Iron sword	Rarely dropped by zombies and husks that spawn holding the item.	Rarely dropped by pillagers and vindicators in raids.‌ Trading with weaponsmith villagers. Crafting from iron ingots and sticks.
Iron tools (except hoes)	Iron shovels are rarely dropped by zombies and husks that spawn holding the item, when killed by a player or a tamed wolf.	Trading with toolsmith villagers. Crafting from iron ingots and sticks. Rarely dropped by pillagers and vindicators in raids.‌ Iron axes are gifted by weaponsmith villagers once the player gains Hero of the Village.‌ Iron axes can be bought from weaponsmith villagers.
Kelp	Grown underwater over other kelp.	Trading with wandering traders.
Lapis lazuli Redstone dust	Redstone dust is dropped by witches.	Trading with cleric villagers. Gifted by cleric villagers once the player gains Hero of the Village.‌ Lapis lazuli can be bought from wandering traders.‌
Lead	Dropped if the lead between wandering traders and trader llamas is broken.	Crafting from string and slimeballs.
Leather	Dropped by cows, mooshrooms, llamas, donkeys, mules, horses, and hoglins. Dropped by foxes that spawn holding the item. Fishing.	Bartering. Gifted by leatherworker villagers once the player gains Hero of the Village.‌ Crafting from rabbit hide.
Leather armor	Rarely dropped by zombies, skeletons and their variants that are wearing the armor when killed by a player. Leather boots can be obtained from fishing.	Trading with leatherworker villagers. Crafting from leather.
Lily pad	Fishing.	Trading with wandering traders.
Magma cream	Dropped by magma cubes.	Crafting from slimeballs and blaze powder.
Mangrove propagule	Appears on mangrove trees grown from other propagules (only propagules with age=4 drop themselves).	Using bone meal on mangrove leaves. Trading with wandering traders.
Melon Pumpkin	Grown from melon stems and pumpkin stems, respectively.	Pumpkins can be bought from wandering traders. Melons can be crafted from melon slices.
Melon seeds Pumpkin seeds	Grown on farmland.	Trading with wandering traders. Crafting from melon slices and pumpkins, respectively. Pumpkin seeds can be sheared from pumpkins.
Milk bucket	Dropped by wandering traders if killed while holding the item.‌	Using an empty bucket on cows, mooshrooms, or goats.
Mushrooms	Mushrooms slowly spread to other blocks nearby if there are less than 5 mushrooms in the area.	Breaking mushroom blocks. Using shears on mooshrooms or bogged. Trading with wandering traders.
Name tag	Fishing.	Trading with librarian villagers.
Nautilus shell	Fishing. Dropped by drowned holding the item.	Trading with wandering traders.
Obsidian	Entering a nether portal for which there is no matching exit generates a new portal of 14 obsidian blocks (18 if it generates in mid air). An entity traveling to the End regenerates the 5×5 obsidian platform.	The obsidian pillars in the End are regenerated when ender dragon is respawned. Created when a lava source block collides with water. Bartering.
Pointed dripstone	Can grow into stalactites and stalagmites, which result in more pointed dripstone when mined.	Trading with wandering traders.
Poppy	Dropped by iron golems.	Trading with wandering traders. Gifted by baby villagers once the player gains Hero of the Village.‌ Using bone meal on grass blocks in certain biomes.
Potion	Potions of Healing, Fire Resistance, Swiftness, and Water Breathing are dropped by witches if they die while drinking that potion. Potions of Invisibility are dropped by wandering traders if killed while holding the item. Potions of Regeneration and Swiftness are rewarded by trial spawners once all mobs they spawned were killed. Water bottles can be obtained by fishing.	All potions obtainable in Survival, including splash and lingering variants, can be brewed using renewable ingredients. Potions and splash potions of Fire Resistance can be obtained by bartering. Potions of Regeneration and Strength are rewarded by ominous trial spawners once all mobs they spawned were killed.
Raw cod	Dropped by cod, dolphins, guardians, and polar bears. Fishing.	Gifted by fishermen villagers once the player gains Hero of the Village.‌
Raw salmon	Dropped by salmon, polar bears, and rarely by guardians. Fishing.	Gifted by fishermen villagers once the player gains Hero of the Village.‌
Saddle	Fishing. Dropped by striders that have the saddle on them.	Dropped by ravagers. Trading with leatherworker villagers.
Saplings	Grown into trees, which contain leaves. When leaves decay or are broken, they drop more saplings.	Trading with wandering traders.
Seagrass	Dropped by turtles.	Using bone meal underwater.
Slimeball	Dropped by slimes. Dropped by baby pandas when they sneeze.	Trading with wandering traders.
Stick	Dropped by witches. Fishing.	Dropped by leaf blocks, when they decay or are broken. Crafting from planks or bamboo.
Stone sword	Dropped by wither skeletons.	Crafting from cobblestone or blackstone and sticks.
String	Dropped by spiders, cave spiders, cats, and striders. Fishing. Gifted by cats.	Bartering. Breaking cobweb with a sword, a piston, or flowing water.
Sugar	Dropped by witches.	Crafting from sugar cane or honey bottles.
Sugar cane	Grown on sand, dirt or dirt-like blocks, adjacent to water.	Trading with wandering traders.
Tipped arrow	Arrows of Slowness are dropped by strays. Arrows of Poison are dropped by bogged.	Trading with fletcher villagers. Arrows of Slow Falling can be bought only in Java Edition, while arrows of Decay only in Bedrock Edition. Gifted by fletcher villagers once the player gains Hero of the Village.‌ Crafting from arrows and matching lingering potions. Tipping normal arrows in cauldrons filled with that potion.‌
Tripwire hook	Fishing.	Crafting from iron ingots, sticks, and planks.
Twisting vines	Naturally grow upward when planted on the top of a block.	Rarely created when bone meal is used on warped nylium.
Vines	Grown on the side of any block. Must be obtained with shears.	Generated on the sides of 2×2 jungle trees grown from jungle saplings, as well as mangrove trees grown from mangrove propagules. Trading with wandering traders.
Warped fungus on a stick	Rarely dropped by zombified piglins that ride a strider.	Crafting from fishing rods and warped fungus.
Weeping vines	Naturally grow downward when planted on the bottom of a block.	Generated on huge crimson fungi grown using bone meal on crimson fungus.
Wheat	Dropped by foxes that spawn holding the item.	Breaking fully grown wheat crops.
Wheat seeds	Grown on farmland.	Breaking short grass, tall grass, fern, and large fern. Gifted by nitwit and unemployed villagers once the player gains Hero of the Village.‌ Trading with wandering traders.
Wool	Dropped by sheep. Shearing sheep.	Trading with shepherd villagers. Gifted by shepherd villagers once the player gains Hero of the Village.‌ Crafting from string and dyes.

Compound renewables

Resource	[hide]Renewable compound source
Allium Azure bluet Blue orchid Cornflower Dandelion Lily of the valley Orange tulip Oxeye daisy Pink tulip Red tulip White tulip	Trading with wandering traders. Using bone meal on grass blocks in certain biomes. Using bone meal on the respective flower generates more copies of that flower nearby.‌
Amethyst shard	Breaking amethyst clusters without Silk Touch, or with a piston.
Apple	Rarely dropped by oak leaves and dark oak leaves, when those decay or are broken. Trading with farmer villagers.
Azalea Flowering azalea	Grown into azalea trees using bone meal, which contain azalea leaves and flowering azalea leaves. When those decay or are broken, they drop more of respective type of azalea. Using bone meal on moss blocks.
Bell Bottle o' enchanting Diamond sword Diamond tools Globe banner pattern	Trading with various types of villagers.
Beds Carpets Painting	Trading with shepherd villagers. Crafting from logs and wool.
Bee nest	Has a 5% chance to generate with a birch or oak tree from a sapling within 2 blocks of a flower.
Beetroot	Breaking fully grown beetroot crops.
Big dripleaf Bush Glow lichen Pale hanging moss Pink petals Wildflowers	Grown over other of its respective plant by using bone meal. Using bone meal on small dripleaves creates a big dripleaf. Using bone meal on grass blocks in cherry grove biome creates pink petals. Pale hanging moss can be bought from wandering traders.
Blackstone Crying obsidian Enchanted book (Soul Speed) Gravel Nether quartz Soul sand	Bartering.
Block of stripped bamboo Stripped logs Stripped stems Stripped wood Stripped hyphae	Stripping the respective unstripped block.
Blue ice Packed ice	Trading with wandering traders. Crafting from ice.
Book	Breaking bookshelves with a non-Silk Touch tool. Disenchanting renewable enchanted books. Gifted by librarian villagers once the player gains Hero of the Village.‌ Crafting from leather and paper.
Bookshelf	Trading with librarian villagers. Crafting from books and planks.
Brick	Smelting clay balls. Trading with mason villagers.
Brown mushroom block Mushroom stem Red mushroom block	Using bone meal on either type of a mushroom creates a respective type of a huge mushroom, which contains mushroom blocks. These blocks require Silk Touch to obtain.
Bucket	Emptying buckets filled with liquids. Of 10 such items, milk bucket, bucket of cod, bucket of pufferfish and bucket of tropical fish can be renewably obtained without the need of an empty bucket first. Crafting from iron ingots.
Bucket of axolotl Bucket of cod Bucket of pufferfish Bucket of salmon Bucket of tropical fish	Using a water bucket on the respective mob, which respawns naturally. Bucket of cod can be bought from fisherman villagers. Buckets of pufferfish and tropical fish can be bought from wandering traders.
Bucket of tadpole	Tadpoles hatch from frogspawn block. They can then be picked up with a water bucket.
Cake	Trading with farmer villagers. Crafting from milk buckets, wheat, sugar, and eggs.
Campfire	Trading with fisherman villagers. Crafting from sticks, logs, and coal or charcoal.
Carved pumpkin	Carving out pumpkins using shears.
Charcoal	When a campfire is broken without Silk Touch, it drops 2 charcoal. Smelting logs.
Chipped anvil Damaged anvil	Using up a normal anvil.
Chorus fruit	Dropped by chorus plant blocks.
Clay	Mud placed above a block with pointed dripstone beneath it slowly dries out and turns into clay. Requires Silk Touch to obtain. Gifted by mason villagers once the player gains Hero of the Village.‌ Crafting from clay balls.
Clay ball	Breaking clay blocks without Silk Touch.
Clock Compass	Trading with librarian villagers. Crafting from gold ingots or iron ingots, and redstone.
Closed eyeblossom Open eyeblossom	Using bone meal on grass blocks in the pale garden biome (in Java Edition, this generates the variant corresponding to the time of day; in Bedrock Edition, eyeblossom generates as closed regardless of time of day) Using bone meal on an eyeblossom generates more copies of that variant nearby.‌ Open eyeblossom transforms into a closed one during the day, and vice versa during the night. Wandering trader can sell open eyeblossoms.
Cobweb	Generated when mobs with the Weaving effect die.
Concrete	Water touching concrete powder turns it into concrete.
Cookie	Trading with farmer villagers. Gifted by farmer villagers once the player gains Hero of the Village.‌ Crafting from wheat and cocoa beans.
Coral Coral fans	Using bone meal underwater in warm ocean biomes.
Coral blocks Red sand Sand Small dripleaf	Trading with wandering traders.
Crimson fungus Crimson roots Nether sprouts Warped fungus Warped roots	Using bone meal on nylium.
Crimson nylium Warped nylium	Using bone meal on netherrack (only renewable in Bedrock Edition) that is adjacent to nylium blocks converts the netherrack to that type of nylium.
Crimson stem Nether wart block Shroomlight Warped stem Warped wart block	Parts of huge fungi grown from fungi with bone meal. Nether wart blocks can also be crafted from nether wart.
Dead coral Dead coral blocks Dead coral fans	Drying out coral, coral blocks, or coral fans, respectively.
Dirt	Using a hoe on a rooted dirt or coarse dirt. Mining podzol without Silk Touch.
Dirt path	Using a shovel on dirt or dirt-like block. Requires Silk Touch to obtain in Bedrock Edition; unobtainable in item form in Java Edition.
Dragon's breath	Using a glass bottle on the ender dragon's breath.
Dripstone block	Trading with mason villagers. Crafting from pointed dripstone.
Dyes	All dyes can be obtained by trading with wandering traders. All dyes (except for green) can be crafted from flowers, cocoa beans or other dyes. Green dye can be smelted from cactus. Additionally: red dye can be crafted from beetroot; blue dye from lapis lazuli; black dye from ink sac; white dye from bone meal; lime dye can be smelted from sea pickles.
Fern	Using bone meal on grass blocks. Must be obtained with shears. Trading with wandering traders.
Fire charge	Bartering. Crafting from blaze powder, gunpowder, and coal or charcoal.
Flint	Breaking gravel without Silk Touch. Trading with villagers.
Glass	Trading with librarian villagers. Smelting sand.
Glazed terracotta Stained terracotta	Trading with mason villagers. Crafting and smelting from terracotta and dyes.
Glistering melon slice Golden carrot	Trading with farmer villagers. Crafting from melon slices or carrots, and gold nuggets. Golden carrots are rewarded by ominous trial spawners once all mobs they spawned were killed.
Glow berries	Using bone meal on cave vines.
Glowstone	Trading with cleric villagers. Trading with wandering traders. Crafting from glowstone dust.
Golden axe	Gifted by weaponsmith villagers once the player gains Hero of the Village.‌ Crafting from gold ingots and sticks.
Grass block Mycelium	Naturally spread to any nearby dirt. Require Silk Touch to obtain.
Hanging roots	Using bone meal on rooted dirt.
Honey bottle	Collected from a full beehive or bee nest using glass bottles.
Ice	Forms from water source blocks exposed under the sky in cold biomes or at high altitudes. Requires Silk Touch to obtain.
Iron nugget	Crafting from iron ingots. Smelting iron armor, chainmail armor, iron tools or swords.
Item frame	Trading with cartographer villagers. Crafting from sticks and leather.
Lantern	Trading with librarian villagers. Crafting from iron nuggets and torches.
Lava bucket Powder snow bucket Water bucket	Using a bucket on the liquid/powder snow block, or on a cauldron filled up with it. Reusable sponges may become wet from flowing water, then smelted to produce a water bucket.
Leather horse armor	Trading with leatherworker villagers. Crafting from leather.
Firefly bush Lilac Peony Rose bush Sunflower	Using bone meal on the respective plant drops copies of that plant.
Logs Leaves Mangrove roots	Parts of trees grown from azalea, flowering azalea, propagules, and saplings. Leaves require shears or Silk Touch to obtain.
Map	Trading with cartographer villagers. Gifted by cartographer villagers once the player gains Hero of the Village.‌ Crafting from paper and compasses.
Melon slice	Breaking melons without Silk Touch.
Moss block Pale moss block	Trading with wandering traders. Using bone meal on a moss/pale moss block converts nearby stone, dirt and similar blocks to that type of moss.
Moss carpet Pale moss carpet	Using bone meal on the respetive type of moss. Crafting from the respective moss blocks. Regular moss carpets generate on mangrove trees grown from mangrove propagules.
Mud	Using a water bottle on dirt.
Muddy mangrove roots	Created when a mangrove tree grows, if the tree roots intersect with nearby mud blocks. Crafting from mud and mangrove roots.
Mushroom stew	Using a bowl on a mooshroom. Crafting from mushrooms and bowls.
Nether brick	Bartering. Smelting netherrack (only renewable in Bedrock Edition).
Nether star	Dropped by the wither.
Ominous trial key	Rewarded by ominous trial spawners once all mobs they spawned were killed.
Paper	Gifted by cartographer villagers once the player gains Hero of the Village.‌ Crafting from sugar cane.
Pitcher plant Torchflower	Grown from pitcher pods and torchflower seeds, respectively.
Podzol	Growing a large spruce tree converts nearby moss blocks, dirt, and dirt-like blocks into podzol. Trading with wandering traders.
Poisonous potato	Rarely dropped from fully grown potato plants.
Polished granite Polished diorite Polished andesite	Trading with mason villagers. Crafting from cobblestone and nether quartz.
Pumpkin pie	Gifted by farmer villagers once the player gains Hero of the Village.‌ Trading with farmer villagers. Crafting from pumpkins, sugar, and eggs.
Rabbit stew	Trading with butcher villagers. Crafting from cooked rabbits, mushrooms, baked potatoes, carrots, and bowls.
Rooted dirt	Growing an azalea on moss blocks, dirt, and dirt-like blocks converts them into rooted dirt. Trading with wandering traders.
Sea pickle	Using bone meal underwater on coral blocks, or on already existing sea pickles. Trading with wandering traders.
Shears	Trading with shepherd villagers. Crafting from iron ingots.
Short dry grass Tall dry grass	Using bone meal on short dry grass turns it into tall dry grass; using bone meal on tall dry grass creates short dry grass nearby.
Short grass	Using bone meal on grass blocks, moss blocks or pale moss blocks. Must be obtained with shears.
Sniffer egg	Breeding sniffers with torchflower seeds.
Snowball	Dropped by snow golems. Breaking snow or snow blocks with a non-Silk Touch shovel.
Snow block	Crafting from snowballs. Stacking 8 layers of snow on top of each other creates a snow block. Requires a shovel with Silk Touch to obtain.‌
Soul soil	Breaking soul campfires without Silk Touch.
Spectral arrow‌	Bartering. Crafting from glowstone dust and arrows.
Stone tools	Trading with toolsmith villagers. Gifted by toolsmith villagers once the player gains Hero of the Village.‌ Stone axes are gifted by weaponsmith villagers, too.‌ Crafting from cobblestone or blackstone and sticks.
Suspicious stew	Using a bowl on a brown mooshroom. Trading with farmer villagers. Crafting from mushrooms, flowers, and bowls.
Torch	Generated at the exit portal whenever the ender dragon dies. Crafting from coal or charcoal and sticks.
Totem of undying	Dropped by evokers that spawn in raids.
Turtle egg	Breeding turtles with seagrass. Placed as a block in the world; requires Silk Touch to obtain.
Turtle scute	Dropped by baby turtles (hatched from turtle eggs) when they grow up.
All stages of oxidation of: Waxed block of copper Waxed chiseled copper Waxed copper bulb Waxed copper door Waxed copper grate Waxed copper trapdoor Waxed cut copper Waxed cut copper slab Waxed cut copper stairs	Using a honeycomb on the respective unwaxed block. Crafting from honeycomb and the respective unwaxed block.
Written book	Signing books and quills.

Renewable only in block form

These blocks can be created indefinitely, but either can't be obtained in item form (e.g. water), or can be obtained only non-renewably (e.g. large fern).

Resource	[hide]Renewable source
Air	Created by destroying any other block.
Bubble column	Water source blocks transform to bubble columns if there is soul sand or a magma block beneath them.
Chorus plant block	Parts of chorus plants, grown from chorus flowers.
Farmland	Using a hoe on dirt, podzol, grass blocks, mycelium, or dirt path.
Fire Soul fire	Using flint and steel or fire charges on blocks, a ghast's fireball or blaze's small fireball hitting blocks, lightning strikes, lava igniting blocks, or natural fire spread. Soul fire generates only on soul sand and soul soil.
Frogspawn	Breeding frogs with slimeballs.
Frosted ice	Created when an entity with boots enchanted with Frost Walker walks near water.
Infested chiseled stone bricks Infested cobblestone Infested cracked stone bricks Infested mossy stone bricks Infested stone Infested stone bricks	Created when a silverfish enters chiseled stone bricks, cobblestone, cracked stone bricks, mossy stone bricks, stone, or stone bricks, respectively.
Large fern Tall grass Tall seagrass	Using bone meal on ferns, short grass, and seagrass, respectively. Tall grass can also be created by using bone meal on grass blocks, moss blocks, and pale moss blocks. Tall seagrass can also be created by using bone meal underwater.
Lava	Placing down lava buckets. In Java Edition, if the game rule lavaSourceConversion is true, a lava source block is created from a flowing block that is horizontally adjacent to two or more other source blocks, and sitting on top of a solid block or another lava source block.
Lava cauldron	A lava source block above a stalactite creates additional lava source blocks in a cauldron beneath it. A lava bucket can be used on a cauldron.
Nether portal	Lighting up an obsidian frame with fire.
Powder snow	Placing down powder snow buckets.
Powder snow cauldron	A cauldron fills up with powder snow when it is snowing. A powder snow bucket can be used on a cauldron.
Water	If the game rule waterSourceConversion is true‌, or always in Bedrock Edition, a water source block is created from a flowing block that is horizontally adjacent to two or more other source blocks, and sitting on top of a solid block or another water source block. Placing down water buckets or buckets of mob.
Water cauldron	A cauldron fills up with water when it is raining. A water bucket can be used on a cauldron.

Vault

Each vault and ominous vault keeps track of up to 128 unique players that have opened the vault. If a 129th player opens the vault, the first known player who opened the vault is forgotten, and can open the vault again. Resources listed below are renewable only through this behavior, and not by any other method.

Resource	[hide]Renewable source
Diamond	Part of loot tables of both types of vaults.
Block of diamond Enchanting table Jukebox Some firework stars and firework rockets	Crafting from diamonds and other renewable resources.
Bolt armor trim Coast armor trim Dune armor trim Eye armor trim Flow armor trim Host armor trim Netherite upgrade smithing template (only renewable in Bedrock Edition) Raiser armor trim Rib armor trim (only renewable in Bedrock Edition) Sentry armor trim Shaper armor trim Snout armor trim Spire armor trim Vex armor trim Wayfinder armor trim Wild armor trim	Duplicating the respective template with diamonds and another renewable resource. Unlisted templates require a non-renewable resource to duplicate. Netherite upgrades and "rib" armor trims are renewable only in Bedrock Edition, as netherrack is not renewable in Java Edition. "Bolt" armor trims are also a part of the loot table of a vault. "Flow" armor trims are also a part of the loot table of an ominous vault.
Guster banner pattern "Precipice" music disc	Part of the loot table of a vault.
Enchanted book (Wind Burst I) Enchanted golden apple Flow banner pattern Heavy core "Creator" music disc	Part of the loot table of an ominous vault.
Mace	Crafting from heavy cores and breeze rods.
Thing banner pattern	Crafting from enchanted golden apples and paper.