Peony

Peony
Peony.png: Infobox image for Peony the block in Minecraft
Invicon Peony.png: Inventory sprite for Peony in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Peony
Renewable

Yes

Stackable

Yes (64)

Tool

Any tool

Blast resistance

0

Hardness

0

Luminous

No

Transparent

Yes

Flammable

JE: Yes (60)
BE: Yes (30)

Catches fire
from lava

Yes

A peony is a tall flower that can be crafted into pink dye.

Obtaining

Breaking

A peony can be broken instantly with any item or by hand, dropping itself.

A peony also breaks 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.

Block
Hardness 0
Breaking time (secs)
Default 0.05
Legend
  • incorrect tool, drops nothing
  • correct tool, drops nothing or something other than the block itself
  • correct tool, drops the block itself
  • italicized can be instant mined

Natural generation

Peonies generate naturally on dirt and grass blocks in forests, flower forests, birch forests, old growth birch forests, and dark forests biomes as part of vegetation features.

Post-generation

When bone meal is applied to a peony, the flower drops a copy of itself.

Usage

Main article: Flower § Usage

Like other flowers, peonies can be used as decoration and planted on grass blocks, dirt, coarse dirt, rooted dirt, farmland, podzol, mycelium, moss blocks, mud, or muddy mangrove roots. Like other tall flowers, peonies cannot be placed inside flower pots.

Crafting ingredient

Name Ingredients Crafting recipe
Pink Dye

Bees

Bees engage in a pollinating behavior with peonies, increasing the honey level in beehives and bee nests by 1.

Breeding

Peonies can be used to breed, grow, and lead bees.

Bee nests

Oak, birch, and cherry trees grown from saplings that are within 2 blocks of a peony have a 5% chance to grow with a bee nest and 2-3 bees in it.

Composting

Placing a peony into a composter has a 65% chance of raising the compost level by 1. A stack of peonies yields an average of 5.94 bone meal.

Sounds

Java Edition:

BlockSprite short-grass.png: Sprite image for short-grass in Minecraft grass sound type
SoundSubtitlesSourceDescriptionResource locationTranslation keyVolumePitchAttenuation
distance
​Block brokenBlocksOnce the block has brokenblock.grass.breaksubtitles.block.generic.break1.00.816
​Block placedBlocksWhen the block is placedblock.grass.placesubtitles.block.generic.place1.00.816
​Block breakingBlocksWhile the block is in the process of being brokenblock.grass.hitsubtitles.block.generic.hit0.250.516
​Something falls on a blockEntity-DependentFalling on the block with fall damageblock.grass.fallsubtitles.block.generic.fall0.50.7516
​FootstepsEntity-DependentWalking on the blockblock.grass.stepsubtitles.block.generic.footsteps0.151.016

Bedrock Edition:

BlockSprite short-grass.png: Sprite image for short-grass in Minecraft grass sound type
SoundSourceDescriptionResource locationVolumePitch
BlocksOnce the block has brokendig.grass0.70.8–1.0
BlocksWhen the block is placeduse.grass0.80.8–1.0
BlocksWhile the block is in the process of being brokenhit.grass0.30.5
PlayersFalling on the block with fall damagefall.grass0.41.0
PlayersWalking on the blockstep.grass0.31.0
BlocksJumping from the blockjump.grass0.111.0
BlocksFalling on the block without fall damageland.grass0.211.0

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

NameIdentifierFormBlock tagsItem tagsTranslation key
BlockSprite peony.png: Sprite image for peony in Minecraft PeonypeonyBlock & Itemflowers
tall_flowers
flowers
tall_flowers
block.minecraft.peony

Bedrock Edition:

NameIdentifierAlias ID Numeric ID FormItem ID[i 1]Translation key
BlockSprite peony.png: Sprite image for peony in Minecraft Peonypeonydouble_plant / 5-867Block & Giveable Item[i 2]Identical[i 3]tile.double_plant.paeonia.name
  1. ID of block's direct item form, which is used in savegame files and addons.
  2. Available with /give command.
  3. The block's direct item form has the same ID as the block.

Block states

See also: Block states

Java Edition:

Name Default value Allowed values Description
halflowerlower
upper
The half of the plant contained in this block.

Bedrock Edition:

NameMetadata Bits Default value Allowed valuesValues for
Metadata Bits
Description
upper_block_bitNot Supportedfalsefalse
true
UnsupportedIf it is the upper half of the plant.

History

Java Edition
August 16, 2013 Jeb shows the paeonia, an early prototype of the peony.
1.7.213w36a Added peonies as a double flower.
An unused paeonia texture is still available in the game files.
1.814w04aFlowers no longer generate as a massive group at the world origin.[1]
14w25a Peonies are now affected by the same shading full blocks are.
14w26a Peonies are no longer subject to shading.
1.1418w43aThe unused paeonia texture has been removed.
1.1418w43a The texture of peonies has been changed.
19w03aPlacing a peony into the new composter has a 50% chance of raising the compost level by 1.
19w05aPeonies now have a 65% chance of increasing the compost level in a composter by 1.
1.1519w34aPeonies can now be used to breed bees.
Bees can now pollinate peonies.
Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.9.0build 1 Added peonies.
build 3Added dye recipes for peonies.
v0.14.0build 1Using bone meal on a peony spawns another of that flower as an item.
v0.15.0build 2 The peony texture has been changed, ported from the Legacy Console Edition.
Bedrock Edition
1.10.0beta 1.10.0.3 The texture of peonies has been changed.
Peonies can now be sold by the wandering trader.
?Wandering traders no longer sell peonies.
1.11.0beta 1.11.0.1Peonies can be used to fill a composter.
1.14.0beta 1.14.0.1Peonies can now be used to breed bees.
Bees can now pollinate peonies.
1.20.70Preview 1.20.70.24The bottom halves of peonies are no longer affected by Fortune.
1.21.60Preview 1.21.60.21Peonies no longer appear mirrored when viewed from certain angles.[2]
Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360Xbox OnePS3PS4PS VitaWii USwitch
TU31CU191.221.221.22Patch 31.0.1 Added peonies.
TU69 1.761.761.76Patch 38 The hitbox of peonies is now smaller to match bedrock edition.
1.90 The texture of peonies has been changed.
1.91Peonies can now be sold by the wandering trader.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0 Added peonies.
Minecraft Education
1.0 Added peonies.
1.12 The texture of peonies has been changed.

Data history

Java Edition
1.8.1pre1Added facing state to double_plant, though without visible effect.
1.1317w47aThe different block states for the double_plant ID have now been split up into their own IDs.
Prior to The Flattening, this block's numeral ID was 175.
1.1721w19aminecraft:peony has been added to the newly-implemented #minecraft:mineable/axe block tag. This, however, has no effect in-game, since the block breaks instantly anyway regardless of tool used or active effects.
?minecraft:peony has been removed from the #minecraft:mineable/axe block tag.
1.21.525w10aminecraft:peony has been removed from the block tag #minecraft:sword_efficient.
Bedrock Edition
1.21.0Preview 1.21.0.22The different double plant type block states for the double_plant ID have now been split up into their own IDs.

Issues

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

Trivia

  • In real life, a peony is any member of the Paeonia genus of flowering plants.
  • Peonies were used at Jeb's wedding.[3]

References

  1. MC-44467
  2. MCPE-40646 — Cross models are displayed wrongly from east and west sides — resolved as "Fixed".
  3. http://instagram.com/p/dE8ljlJMLb/

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