A sea pickle is a small block that emits light underwater, and is typically found in colonies of up to four sea pickles.
Obtaining
Sea pickles can be broken instantly. Each colony drops 1-4 sea pickles, depending on how many are in the colony (so a colony of 3 pickles drops 3 pickles).
Natural generation
Sea pickle colonies generate on the bottom of warm oceans and are found on top of coral blocks in coral reefs. Each chunk has 1⁄6 chance to generate sea pickle colonies. They can be found in groups of 1 up to 4.
Sea pickles may also be found in desert village houses as decorative blocks that resemble pottery.
Post-generation
Using bone meal on an underwater sea pickle placed on top of a living coral block creates more sea pickles. Specifically, the colony to which bone meal is applied increases in size, and any living coral block within a taxicab distance of 2 blocks (horizontally from either the coral block or the sea pickle itself) can generate 1-3 sea pickles. They do not grow or spread naturally, and do not require light.
Trading
Sea pickles are sold by wandering traders for 2 emeralds.
Usage
Sea pickles can be placed on top of most solid blocks, as well as non-solid blocks, up to four per block, similar to turtle eggs or candles. More information regarding placement on transparent blocks can be found at Opacity/Placement.
Sea pickles produce light when underwater. A single pickle produces a light level of 6, and a colony produces an additional 3 levels per pickle (so 4 sea pickles produces a light level of 15). When they produce light, there is a pale green glow at the end of the pickle.
Bone meal can be used on sea pickles if they are underwater, and planted on living coral blocks. This increases their number on that block, and they spread to empty areas underwater above other living coral blocks. They can spread to the original sea pickle's level or one level below, out to a horizontal taxicab distance of 2. Bone meal can be used on sea pickles planted on other blocks, or outside of water, but nothing happens and the bone meal is still consumed.[1]
Smelting ingredient
Composting
Placing a sea pickle into a composter has a 65% chance of raising the compost 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 | While the block is in the process of being broken | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hostile Creatures | Once the block has broken | mob | 1.0 | 0.8-1.0 | |
| Hostile Creatures | When the block is placed | mob | 1.0 | 0.8-1.0 | |
| Blocks | While the block is in the process of being broken | hit | 0.25 | 0.5 | |
| Players | Falling on the block with fall damage | fall | 0.4 | 1.0 | |
| Players | Walking on the block | step | 0.3 | 1.0 | |
| Players | Jumping from the block | jump | 0.12 | 1.0 | |
| Players | Falling on the block without fall damage | land | 0.22 | 1.0 |
Achievements
| Icon | Achievement | In-game description | Actual requirements (if different) | Gamerscore earned | Trophy type (PS4) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PS4 | Other | |||||
| One Pickle, Two Pickle, Sea Pickle, Four | Place four Sea Pickles in a group | — | 20G | Bronze | ||
Data values
ID
| Name | Identifier | Form | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sea Pickle | sea_pickle | Block & Item | block.minecraft.sea_pickle |
| Name | Identifier | Numeric ID | Form | Item ID[i 1] | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sea Pickle | sea_pickle | 411 | Block & Giveable Item[i 2] | Identical[i 3] | tile.sea_pickle.name |
Block states
| Name | Default value | Allowed values | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| pickles | 1 | 1234 | Number of pickles. |
| waterlogged | true | falsetrue | Whether or not there's water in the same place as these pickles. |
| Name | Metadata Bits | Default value | Allowed values | Values for Metadata Bits |
Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cluster_count | 0x10x2 | 0 | 0123 | 0123 | Number of additional pickles. |
| dead_bit | 0x4 | false | falsetrue | 01 | True if there's no water in the same place as these pickles. |
History
| Java Edition | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.13 | 18w14b |          Added sea pickles. | |||
| 18w16a | Sea pickles can now be placed on top of non-solid blocks. | ||||
| 18w22a | If the player is inside the hitbox of sea pickle, and another is attempted to be placed, the placement now fails, as with most other blocks. | ||||
| Sea pickles now make placement sounds when the amount in a stack is increased. | |||||
| More sea pickles can now be added to a stack when aiming at adjacent blocks instead of requiring the player to target the pickle stack directly | |||||
| Sea pickles now require a supporting block underneath. | |||||
| 1.14 | 18w50a | Sea pickles may now generate in desert village houses. | |||
| 19w03a | Placing a sea pickle into the new composter block has a 50% chance of raising the compost level by 1. | ||||
| 19w05a | Sea pickles now have a 65% chance of increasing the compost level in a composter by 1. | ||||
| Added wandering traders, which sell sea pickles. | |||||
| 1.16 | 20w15a | Walls now connect to the bottom of sea pickles. | |||
| 1.16.2 | 20w28a | Sea pickles can now be placed on soul sand. | |||
| 1.17 | 21w13a | The model of the tentacles of the sea pickles has been tweaked that the backside textures are mirrored. | |||
| Bedrock Edition | |||||
| 1.4.0 | beta 1.2.20.1 | Added sea pickles. | |||
| 1.7.0 | beta 1.7.0.3 | Sea pickles now break instantly when destroyed in Survival mode. | |||
| 1.10.0 | beta 1.10.0.3 | Sea pickles can now be bought from wandering traders. | |||
| 2 sea pickles now generate in one of new desert village small houses. | |||||
| 1.11.0 | beta 1.11.0.1 | Sea pickles can now be used to fill up composters. | |||
| Legacy Console Edition | |||||
| TU69 | 1.76 | Patch 38 | Added sea pickles. | ||
Issues
Issues relating to "Sea Pickle" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.
Trivia
- Sea pickles are real-life tunicates with blue-green bioluminescence, more properly known as pyrosomes.
Gallery
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Sea pickles out of water. -
Sea pickles in water. -
Sea pickles on a warm ocean bed in a coral reef. -
Sea pickles that generate on top of a coral structure. -
Sea pickles from above the surface. -
A comparison on how much light sea pickles emit. -
Texture file of the sea pickle. -
Sea pickles illuminating a coral reef.
