Roots are a non-solid "plant" block that come in two variants, crimson roots and warped roots, which generate naturally on warped or crimson nylium and soul soil in their respective biomes. They resemble a colony of tall, thin mushrooms.
Obtaining
Breaking
Roots can be mined instantly using any tool. They drop themselves as items when broken. Flower pots containing roots drop both the flower pot and roots when broken.
Natural generation
Crimson roots generate in the crimson forest biome and rarely in the soul sand valley and warped forest biomes. Warped roots generate in warped forest biomes.
Mob loot
An enderman holding crimson or warped roots drops the block upon death.
Chest loot
| Item | Structure | Container | Quantity | Chance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Java Edition | ||||
| Crimson Roots | Bastion remnant | Hoglin stable chest | 2–7 | 22.8% |
| Bedrock Edition | ||||
| Crimson Roots | Bastion remnant | Hoglin stable chest | 2–7 | 22.8% |
Post-generation
Applying bone meal to nylium causes roots to appear on that nylium block, and on nearby nylium. The generated roots are the same type as the nylium that the bone meal is used on. Using bone meal on warped nylium can also generate crimson roots at a very low chance.[1]
Usage
Decoration
Roots are decorative blocks. They can be planted on the same blocks that fungi can be placed on. Roots can be planted in a flower pot, which gives them a different texture.
Compost
Roots can also be used on a composter, with a 65% chance of increasing the level by 1.
Sounds
| Sound | Subtitles | Source | Description | Resource location | Translation key | Volume | Pitch | Attenuation distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Block broken | Blocks | Once the block has broken | block | subtitles | 1.0 | 0.8 | 16 | |
| Block placed | Blocks | When the block is placed | block | subtitles | 1.0 | 0.8 | 16 | |
| Block breaking | Blocks | Unused sound event | block | subtitles | 0.25 | 0.5 | 16 | |
| None[sound 1] | Entity-Dependent | Falling on the block with fall damage | block | None[sound 1] | 0.5 | 0.75 | 16 | |
| Footsteps | Entity-Dependent | Walking on the block | block | subtitles | 0.15 | 1.0 | 16 |
| Sound | Source | Description | Resource location | Volume | Pitch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blocks | Once the block has broken | dig | 1.0 | 0.8-1.0 | |
| Blocks | When the block is placed | dig | 1.0 | 0.8-1.0 | |
| Blocks | While the block is in the process of being broken | hit | 0.3 | 0.5 | |
| Players | Falling on the block with fall damage | fall | 0.4 | 1.0 | |
| Players | Walking on the block | step | 0.15 | 1.0 | |
| Players | Jumping from the block | jump | 0.12 | 1.0 | |
| Players | Falling on the block without fall damage | land | 0.14 | 1.0 |
Data values
ID
| Name | Identifier | Form | Block tags | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crimson Roots | crimson_roots | Block & Item | enderman_holdable | block.minecraft.crimson_roots |
| Warped Roots | warped_roots | Block & Item | enderman_holdable | block.minecraft.warped_roots |
| Name | Identifier | Numeric ID | Form | Item ID[i 1] | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crimson Roots | crimson_roots | 478 | Block & Giveable Item[i 2] | Identical[i 3] | tile.crimson_roots.crimsonRoots.name |
| Warped Roots | warped_roots | 479 | Block & Giveable Item[i 2] | Identical[i 3] | tile.warped_roots.warpedRoots.name |
History
| Java Edition | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 28, 2019 |  Crimson roots was shown as part of crimson forest biome. | ||||
| 1.16 | 20w06a |    Added crimson and warped roots.
| |||
| The inventory texture of crimson roots is slightly different from their block texture.[2] | |||||
| 20w09a | Roots can now be planted in flower pots. | ||||
| 20w10a |  The inventory texture of crimson roots has been changed to match the block form. | ||||
| 20w15a | Roots can now be composted. | ||||
| 20w16a | Crimson roots now generate in bastion remnants chests. | ||||
| 1.16.2 | Pre-release 1 | Roots now require shears to drop themselves. | |||
| Pre-release 2 | Roots no longer require shears to drop themselves. | ||||
| 1.19.3 | 22w44a | Roots now make sounds when being walked on.[3] | |||
| Bedrock Edition | |||||
| 1.16.0 | beta 1.16.0.51 | Added crimson and warped roots. | |||
| beta 1.16.0.57 | Crimson roots now generate in bastion remnants chests. | ||||
| Roots can now be composted. | |||||
Issues
Issues relating to "Crimson Roots" or "Warped Roots" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.
Gallery
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Crimson Roots which generated in a Soul Sand Valley.
