Pitcher Plant

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A pitcher plant is a plant that grows from a pitcher pod.

Obtaining

When a pitcher pod grows into its final stage, it becomes a pitcher plant.

Breaking

Pitcher plants can be broken instantly with any item or by hand.

Pitcher plants also break if water or lava runs over its location, if a piston extends or pushes a block into its location, or if a block under the plant is moved or destroyed.

Usage

A pitcher plant can be crafted into 2 cyan dye.

Name	Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Cyan Dye	Pitcher Plant	2

Sounds

Java Edition:

Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	`block.crop.break`	`subtitles.block.generic.break`	0.9	0.8	16
Block placed	Blocks	When the block is placed	`item.crop.plant`^{[sound 1]}	`subtitles.block.generic.place`	0.45	varies ^{[sound 2]}	16
Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	`block.grass.hit`	`subtitles.block.generic.hit`	0.25	0.5	16
None^{[sound 3]}	Entity-Dependent	Falling on the block with fall damage	`block.grass.fall`	None^{[sound 3]}	0.5	0.75	16
Footsteps	Entity-Dependent	Walking on the block	`block.grass.step`	`subtitles.block.generic.footsteps`	0.15	1.0	16

↑ Unlike all other block placement sound events, these are listed under items. Confirmed to be intentional by Mojang, see MC-177459
↑ Can be 1.2 or 0.96 for each sound
↑ ^a ^b MC-177082

Bedrock Edition:

Source	Description	Resource location	Volume	Pitch
Blocks	Once the block has broken	`dig.grass`	0.7	0.8-1.0
Blocks	When the block is placed	`dig.grass`	0.8	0.8-1.0
Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	`hit.grass`	0.3	0.5
Players	Falling on the block with fall damage	`fall.grass`	0.4	1.0
Players	Walking on the block	`step.grass`	0.3	1.0
Players	Jumping from the block	`jump.grass`	0.11	1.0
Players	Falling on the block without fall damage	`land.grass`	0.21	1.0

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Block tags	Item tags	Translation key
Pitcher Plant	`pitcher_plant`	Block & Item	`flowers` `tall_flowers`	`flowers` `tall_flowers`	`block.minecraft.pitcher_plant`

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Item ID^{[i 1]}	Translation key
Pitcher Plant	`pitcher_plant`	`-612`	Block & Giveable Item^{[i 2]}	Identical^{[i 3]}	`tile.pitcher_plant.name`

↑ ID of block's direct item form, which is used in savegame files and addons.
↑ Available with /give command.
↑ The block's direct item form has the same id as the block.

History

Java Edition
1.20	23w12a	Added pitcher plants.
	23w14a	Now craft two cyan dye instead of one.
	23w14a	Now located next to other large plants in the Creative inventory.
	23w16a	Pitcher plants are now flammable.
Bedrock Edition
1.20.0	beta 1.20.0.20	Added pitcher plants.
	beta 1.20.0.20	They only craft into one cyan dye currently.
	beta 1.20.0.22	Now craft two cyan dye instead of one.

Trivia

While referred to by a generic name, the plant is meant to be a fictional species.^[1]

References

↑ "Imaginary one!" – @JasperBoerstra (Jasper Boerstra) on X, March 25, 2023

[1] Unlike all other block placement sound events, these are listed under items. Confirmed to be intentional by Mojang, see MC-177459

[2] Can be 1.2 or 0.96 for each sound

[bugMC-177082-3] MC-177082

[bedrock-item-id-4] ID of block's direct item form, which is used in savegame files and addons.

[bedrock-give-available-5] Available with /give command.

[bedrock-item-form-6] The block's direct item form has the same id as the block.

[7] "Imaginary one!" – @JasperBoerstra (Jasper Boerstra) on X, March 25, 2023

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