Vines

Vines
Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)
Tool
Blast resistance	0.2
Hardness	0.2
Luminous	No
Transparent	Yes
Waterloggable	JE: No; BE: Yes
Flammable	Yes (15)
Catches fire; from lava	Yes
Map color (JE)	; 7 PLANT

Vines are climbable non-solid vegetation blocks that grow on walls.

Obtaining

Breaking

Vines can be destroyed with any item, but using shears is the only way to collect them. Shears enchanted with Efficiency are more efficient when used on vines; Efficiency II and above allows vines to be instantly broken.^[1] Using an axe on vines can also increase efficiency, but does not allow for collection, even with Silk Touch. If multiple vines exist within the same block space, breaking one of them breaks all of them instead of just the one targeted^[2] and results in only a single vine dropping^[3]. Shears used by a dispenser cannot break vines.

Block
Hardness	0.2
Tool
Breaking time (sec)^[A]
Default	0.3
Wooden	0.15
Stone	0.1
Copper	0.1
Iron	0.05
Diamond	0.05
Netherite	0.05
Golden	0.05
Shears	0.3
Sword	0.2
Options
Efficiency	000
Haste	001 1JEBE

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

↑ These durations ignore other influential factors (e.g. Mining Fatigue), and are measured in seconds. For more information, see Breaking § Speed.

Natural generation

Vines are naturally generated in jungles, swamps, mangrove swamps and lush caves. Jungle trees of both sizes have vines on their trunks and canopy edges, and vines grow on the sides of jungle terrain. Vines are also naturally generated on oak trees in swamps and mangrove trees. In Bedrock Edition, vines can also generate on dying oak, spruce, jungle and dark oak trees.

Vines can generate growing on the stumps of oak and jungle fallen trees.

Vines are found in jungle pyramids and the allium room in woodland mansions. They can also generate on the watchtower walls of pillager outposts.

Vines can also be found in the display_2 structure in the trial chambers.

Trading

Vines are sold by wandering traders for an emerald.

Post-generation

Vines generate on 2×2 jungle trees grown from saplings, or mangrove trees grown from propagules.

In Bedrock Edition, vines generate on dying trees, which can sometimes be grown from saplings.

Behavior

On each block tick, the vine block has a 25% chance to spread in a randomly selected direction. Their spreading can be toggled by the doVinesSpread game rule‌. Vines spread to adjacent blocks under certain conditions:

Downward:
- If the block below is air, each side (north, south, east, and west) with vines has a 50% chance to spread downward.
- If the block below is a block, each side of that block with vines on the ticked block has a 50% chance of gaining vines.

Upward:
- If the block above is air and there are fewer than 4 other vine blocks in a 9×9×3 area surrounding the ticked vine block, each side (north, south, east, and west) with vines has a 50% chance to spread upward if that side is backed by a block that vines can be placed on.

Horizontally:
- If the current vine block isn't covering the target direction and there are fewer than 4 other vine blocks in a 9×9×3 area surrounding the ticked vine block, then:
  - If the block in the target direction is air, then it tries:


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If the vine block has vines to the right and that side of the air block is backed by something vines can be placed on, spread to the right side of the air block.


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If the vine block has vines to the left and that side of the air block is backed by something vines can be placed on, spread to the left side of the air block.


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If the vine block has vines to the right, and that side of the air block is backed by another air block, and the right side of the vine block is backed by something vines can be placed on, spread around the corner.


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If the vine block has vines to the left, and that side of the air block is backed by another air block, and the left side of the vine block is backed by something vines can be placed on, spread around the corner.

If the air block in the target direction has something vines could be placed on above it, spread to the top side of the air block.

If the block in the target direction is opaque and fills its whole cube, spread to that side of the ticked vine block.

Vines will spread on every type of tree that they are placed on by the player.

Vines cannot be grown using bone meal.

Vines do not need light when growing.

Usage

Vines can be placed on the side of any block that fills its whole cube and blocks entity movement. They can also be placed on the bottom side of a block (although not the bottom side of another vine^[4]). However, a vine block without vines on any of the horizontal sides disappears if it gets an update from a neighboring block. Vines attached to the bottom of stairs are completely deleted by any block update.^[5]

Several vines can be placed in the same block space, as long as they are facing different directions.

Vines can be climbed by standing next to them and holding the jump key. If there is a solid block behind the vines, the walk forward key can also be used.

Vines cancel a sprint if the player is sprinting, slowing the movement speed.

Vines absorb all fall damage, even without a solid surface nearby. Sneaking on vines causes the player to hang, even if the vines are not adjacent to any surface.

Blocks can replace vines if placed within the same block space. However, item frames and paintings cannot.^[6]

Crafting ingredient

Name	Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Bordure Indented Banner Pattern	Paper +
Mossy Cobblestone	Cobblestone +
Mossy Stone Bricks	Stone Bricks +

Composting

Placing vines into a composter has a 50% chance of raising the compost level by 1.

List of colors

In the inventory, vines have the color
#48b518.

Biome colors

These values are generated by the biome dyeing algorithm. See biome colors for more information.

Biome	Temperature	Downfall	Foliage Color
(Default values) The Void River Warm Ocean Lukewarm Ocean Deep Lukewarm Ocean Ocean Deep Ocean Cold Ocean Deep Cold Ocean Deep Frozen Ocean Lush Caves‌ The End End Highlands End Midlands Small End Islands End Barrens	0.5	0.5	#71a74d
Lush Caves‌	0.9	0.0	#a6a432
Plains Beach Sunflower Plains Dripstone Caves‌ Deep Dark	0.8	0.4	#77ab2f
Dripstone Caves‌	0.2	0.0	#70a26c
Snowy Plains Ice Spikes Snowy Taiga Frozen Ocean Frozen River	0.0	0.5	#60a17b
Grove	-0.2	0.8
Snowy Slopes	-0.3	0.9
Frozen Peaks Jagged Peaks	-0.7	0.9
Desert Savanna‌ Savanna Plateau‌ Windswept Savanna Nether Wastes Warped Forest Crimson Forest Soul Sand Valley Basalt Deltas	2.0	0.0	#aea42a
Savanna‌	1.2	0.0
Savanna Plateau‌	1.0	0.0
Badlands Wooded Badlands Eroded Badlands	2.0	0.0	#9e814d^{[n 1]}
Swamp	0.8	0.9	#6a7039^{[n 1]}
Mangrove Swamp	0.8	0.9	#8db127^{[n 1]}
Forest Dark Forest Flower Forest	0.7	0.8	#59ae30
Birch Forest Old Growth Birch Forest	0.6	0.6	#6ba941
Old Growth Pine Taiga	0.3	0.8	#68a55f
Old Growth Spruce Taiga Taiga	0.25	0.8	#68a464
Windswept Hills Windswept Gravelly Hills Windswept Forest Stony Shore	0.2	0.3	#6da36b
Jungle Bamboo Jungle	0.95	0.9	#30bb0b
Sparse Jungle	0.95	0.8	#3eb80f
Meadow	0.5	0.8	#63a948
Cherry Grove	0.5	0.8	#b6db61^{[n 1]}
Stony Peaks	1.0	0.3	#82ac1e
Snowy Beach	0.05	0.3	#64a278
Mushroom Fields	0.9	1.0	#2bbb0f

Unused biomes in Bedrock Edition.

Biome	Temperature	Downfall	Foliage Color
(Default values) Deep Warm Ocean	0.5	0.5	#71a74d
Snowy Mountains Legacy Frozen Ocean	0.0	0.5	#60a17b
Snowy Taiga Hills Snowy Taiga Mountains	-0.5	0.4	#60a17b
Taiga Hills Taiga Mountains	0.25	0.8	#68a464
Desert Hills Desert Lakes	2.0	0.0	#aea42a
Badlands Plateau Modified Badlands Plateau Modified Wooded Badlands Plateau	2.0	0.0	#9e814d^{[n 1]}
Shattered Savanna Plateau	1.0	0.5	#64b216
Swamp Hills	0.8	0.5	#6a7039^{[n 1]}
Wooded Hills Tall Birch Hills	0.7	0.8	#59ae30
Birch Forest Hills	0.6	0.6	#6ba941
Giant Tree Taiga Hills Giant Spruce Taiga Hills	0.3	0.8	#68a55f
Gravelly Mountains+ Mountain Edge	0.2	0.3	#6da36b
Jungle Hills Modified Jungle Bamboo Jungle Hills	0.95	0.9	#30bb0b
Modified Jungle Edge	0.95	0.8	#3eb80f
Mushroom Field Shore	0.9	1.0	#2bbb0f

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Color is preset

Sounds

Java Edition:

v t e `vine` sound type
Sound	Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	`block.vine.break`	`subtitles.block.generic.break`	0.9	0.8	16
	Block placed	Blocks	When the block is placed	`block.vine.place`	`subtitles.block.generic.place`	0.9	0.8	16
	Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	`block.vine.hit`	`subtitles.block.generic.hit`	0.25	0.5	16
	Something falls on a block	Entity-Dependent	Falling on the block with fall damage	`block.vine.fall`	`subtitles.block.generic.fall`	0.5	0.75	16
	Footsteps	Entity-Dependent	Walking on the block	`block.vine.step`	`subtitles.block.generic.footsteps`	0.15	1.0	16

Bedrock Edition: ^{[sound 1]}

v t e `roots` sound type
Sound	Source	Description	Resource location	Volume	Pitch
	Blocks	Once the block has broken	`dig.roots`	1.0	0.8-1.0
	Blocks	When the block is placed	`dig.roots`	1.0	0.8-1.0
	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	`hit.roots`	0.3	0.5
	Players	Falling on the block with fall damage	`fall.roots`	0.4	1.0
	Players	Walking on the block	`step.roots`	0.15	1.0
	Blocks	Jumping from the block	`jump.roots`	0.12	1.0
	Blocks	Falling on the block without fall damage	`land.roots`	0.14	1.0

↑ MCPE-93577

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Block tags	Translation key
Vines	`vine`	Block & Item	`climbable` `lush_plants_replaceable`	`block.minecraft.vine`

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Item ID^{[i 1]}	Translation key
Vines	`vine`	`106`	Block & Giveable Item^{[i 2]}	Identical^{[i 3]}	`tile.vine.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.

Block states

Java Edition:

Name	Default value	Allowed values	Description
east	`false`	`false` `true`	When true, a vine texture is displayed on the east.
north	`false`	`false` `true`	When true, a vine texture is displayed on the north.
south	`false`	`false` `true`	When true, a vine texture is displayed on the south.
up	`false`	`false` `true`	When true, a vine texture is displayed on the top.
west	`false`	`false` `true`	When true, a vine texture is displayed on the west.

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Metadata Bits	Default value	Allowed values	Values for Metadata Bits	Description
vine_direction_bits	`0x1` `0x2` `0x4` `0x8`	`0`	`0` `1` `2` `3` `4` `5` `6` `7` `8` `9` `10` `11` `12` `13` `14` `15`	`0` `1` `2` `3` `4` `5` `6` `7` `8` `9` `10` `11` `12` `13` `14` `15`	The directions the vine exists, excluding up. Each bit determines one direction: 0x1: Vines at the south 0x2: Vines at the west 0x4: Vines at the north 0x8: Vines at the east Note: Vines gain the ceiling vines if there's a block above, block state doesn't change.

History

Java Edition Beta
August 26, 2011							When the Adventure Update was showcased at PAX, vines hadn't been given a name, and a mouseover would not show a title. This implies that they didn't have an official name at the time.
1.8			Pre-release				Added vines.
			Pre-release				Vines take as long to break as leaves and drop nothing unless collected with shears.
			Pre-release 2 ;)				Vines spread infinitely down now, but do not spread if there are more than four other vine blocks nearby.^[7]
Java Edition
1.2.1			12w03a				Vines are now climbable provided they are climbed against a solid block.
1.2.1			12w04a				Players are now slowed when going through vines due to their nature of being a collisionless ladder.
1.3.1			12w22a				Vines now generate naturally in jungle temples.
1.4.4			1.4.3				Vines no longer appear grayscale when held in third person.
1.5			13w02a				Players who die falling off of vines receive a message upon death: "<player> fell off some vines."
1.8			14w02a				Added a crafting recipe for mossy stone bricks (uses 1 vine and 1 stone brick.)
			14w04a				Added a crafting recipe for mossy cobblestone (uses 1 vine and 1 cobblestone.)
			14w07a				Vines are no longer visible from behind.^[8]
			14w07a				Vines with no connections have no model; this is also tinted.
			14w10a				Vines are visible from behind again. However, the back texture planes are no longer mirrored, unlike before, resulting in the texture always having the same orientation regardless of view direction.
			14w10a				Vines with no connections now crash the game, effectively bricking the world for this version.
			14w10b				Vines with no attachments now use the southmost vine model, fixing the crash from 14w10a.
			14w30c				Vines are now used to create the fancy border pattern for banners.
1.11			16w39a				Vines now generate in woodland mansions.
1.13			17w47a				Vines can now be placed on the bottom of blocks, as well as not replacing existing vines.
1.14			18w43a				The texture of vines have been changed.
			18w45a				Vines can now also be climbed by pressing the jump key, allowing free hanging vines to be climbed.
			19w03a				Placing a vine into the new composter now has a 20% chance of raising the compost level by 1.
			19w05a				Vines now have a 50% chance of increasing the compost level in a composter by 1.
			19w05a				Added wandering traders, which sell vines.
1.16			20w11a				Vines now play sounds when climbed.
1.17			21w03a				Vines now use a multipart model, rather than each combination of vines having a unique model that would be rotated accordingly. As such, vine blocks with an upper vine present no longer rotate with certain state changes, and vine blocks with no vines present are once again invisible.^[9]
			21w05a				Vines now have unique sounds.
			21w05a				Shears enchanted with Efficiency now break vines faster.
			21w10a				Vines can now generate in lush caves.
			21w13a				The model of the vines has been changed that the rear texture plane is correctly mirrored again.^[10]
1.19			22w14a				Vines can now generate on mangrove trees.
1.19			22w15a				Vines can now be placed on the sides of soul sand, mud and maximum height snow.
1.19.4			23w06a				The spreading of vines can now be controlled by the `doVinesSpread` game rule.
1.21			24w18a				Vines can now generate in the entrances of trial chambers.
1.21.5			25w09a				Added fallen trees to match Bedrock Edition, which can generate with vines growing on them.
Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.9.0			build 1				Added vines.
v0.15.0			build 1				Vines now generate naturally in jungle temples.
Pocket Edition
1.1.0			alpha 1.1.0.0				Vines now generate in woodland mansions.
Bedrock Edition
1.2.0			beta 1.2.0.2				Vines can now be used to make border patterns on banners.
1.10.0			beta 1.10.0.3				The texture of vines have been changed.
							Vines can now be used to craft bordure indented banner pattern.
							Vines now generate in pillager outpost watchtowers.
							Vines are now sold by wandering traders.
1.11.0			beta 1.11.0.1				Vines can now be used to fill up composters.
1.11.0			beta 1.11.0.1				Vines can now also be climbed by pressing the jump key, allowing free hanging vines to be climbed.
1.16.20			beta 1.16.20.50				Vines now play sounds when climbed.
1.17.0			beta 1.16.230.52				Vines can now generate in lush caves.
1.19.0			beta 1.19.0.20				Vines can now generate on mangrove trees.
1.19.70			Preview 1.19.70.22				Vines now drop nothing when mined with silk touch enchanted tools except shears.
1.21.0 Experiment Update 1.21			Preview 1.21.0.24				Vines can now generate in the entrances of trial chambers.
Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360	Xbox One	PS3	PS4	PS Vita	Wii U	Switch
TU5	CU1	1.00	1.00	1.00	Patch 1	1.0.1	Added vines.
TU9	CU1	1.00	1.00	1.00	Patch 1		Vines are now climbable provided they are climbed against a solid block.
TU43	CU33	1.36	1.36	1.36	Patch 13		Vines are now used to create the fancy border pattern for banners.
TU54	CU44	1.52	1.52	1.52	Patch 24	1.0.4	Vines now generate in woodland mansions.
TU60	CU51	1.64	1.64	1.64	Patch 30	1.0.11	Vines can now generate on dying trees, making it possible to obtain them without a jungle or swamp biome.
			1.90				The texture of vines have been changed.
			1.90				Vines can now be used to craft bordure indented banner pattern.
			1.91				Vines now generate in pillager outpost watchtowers.
							Vines can now also be climbed by pressing the jump key, allowing free hanging vines to be climbed.
							Added wandering traders, which sell vines.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0							Added vines.

Data history

Java Edition Beta

1.8

Pre-release

The used data values are as follows (tested in 1.7.6, any potential changes between Beta 1.8 Pre-release are not known):

	DV	Description
	0	No attachments
	1	On south face
	2	On west face
	3	On south and west faces
	4	On north face
	5	On north and south faces
	6	On north and west faces
	7	On north, south and west faces
	8	On east face
	9	On east and south faces
	10	On east and west faces
	11	On east, south and west faces
	12	On north and east faces
	13	On north, east and south faces
	14	On north, east and west faces
	15	On north, east, south and west faces

The face of a vine is relative to its block space, and is the opposite of the face of the block it attaches to or the direction it itself faces (a south face vine is in the southernmost area of the block it exists in, but is attached to the north side of a block and itself faces north).

Java Edition

1.8

14w10a

Vine data values often result in incorrect orientations in many arrangements.^[11]

The data values appear to be as follows:

	DV	Description
	0	No attachments - causes game crash
	1	On south face
	2	On west face
	3	On west and east faces
	4	On north face
	5	On north and south faces
	6	On north and south faces
	7	On north, south and west faces
	8	On east face
	9	On north and south faces
	10	On east and west faces
	11	On east, south and west faces
	12	On east and west faces
	13	On north, east and south faces
	14	On north, east and west faces
	15	On north, east, south and west faces

14w18a

Vine data values, according to /setblock, appear to have reverted to their pre-14w10a states:

	DV	Description
	0	No attachments - appears on south face
	1	On south face
	2	On west face
	3	On south and west faces
	4	On north face
	5	On north and south faces
	6	On north and west faces
	7	On north, south and west faces
	8	On east face
	9	On east and south faces
	10	On east and west faces
	11	On east, south and west faces
	12	On north and east faces
	13	On north, east and south faces
	14	On north, east and west faces
	15	On north, east, south and west faces

However, MC-50729 implies some mismatching still exists in some form, possibly with upward-attached vines, or possibly due to the grown vine blocks themselves using the wrong states instead of just models.

1.13 17w47a Prior to The Flattening, this block's numeral ID was 106.

Unused texture update vine variant.
Unused texture update vine variant.
Unused texture update vine variant.

Issues

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

Gallery

Screenshots

A screenshot by Jeb of a floating island with vines.
Griefing with vines in the Java Edition Beta 1.8 Pre-release.
Growing player-placed vines.
Vines hanging from trees in the swamp.
Vines in a jungle biome.
Vines growing from the edges of small jungle trees.
Vines growing in a cave.
Vines on a jungle temple.
Vines in swamp biome generated in the air.

References

↑ https://youtube.com/watch?v=bhkx7mosH7g&t=444
↑ MC-129114 — resolved as "Invalid".
↑ MC-123140 — Vines lost when shearing many at once in a single block space — resolved as "Unresolved".
↑ MC-177513 — Vines cannot be placed on the bottom of other vines — resolved as "Works As Intended".
↑ MC-128672 — Vines placed on the bottom of stairs act anomalously — resolved as "Works As Intended".
↑ MC-130017 — Cannot replace replaceable blocks with paintings/item frames/glow item frames
↑ https://twitter.com/notch/status/113547746585214976
↑ MC-48512 — resolved as "Fixed".
↑ MC-203397 — resolved as "Fixed".
↑ MC-199239 — resolved as "Fixed".
↑ MC-50729 — resolved as "Fixed".

External links

Taking Inventory: Vines – Minecraft.net on August 27, 2019

Navigation

[breakingtimenote-4] These durations ignore other influential factors (e.g. Mining Fatigue), and are measured in seconds. For more information, see Breaking § Speed.

[preset-8] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Color is preset

[9] MCPE-93577

[bedrock-item-id-10] ID of block's direct item form, which is used in savegame files and addons.

[bedrock-give-available-11] Available with /give command.

[bedrock-item-form-12] The block's direct item form has the same ID as the block.

[1] ttps://youtube.com/watch?v=bhkx7mosH7g&t=444

[2] MC-129114 — resolved as "Invalid".

[3] MC-123140 — Vines lost when shearing many at once in a single block space — resolved as "Unresolved".

[5] MC-177513 — Vines cannot be placed on the bottom of other vines — resolved as "Works As Intended".

[6] MC-128672 — Vines placed on the bottom of stairs act anomalously — resolved as "Works As Intended".

[7] MC-130017 — Cannot replace replaceable blocks with paintings/item frames/glow item frames

[13] ttps://twitter.com/notch/status/113547746585214976

[14] MC-48512 — resolved as "Fixed".

[15] MC-203397 — resolved as "Fixed".

[16] MC-199239 — resolved as "Fixed".

[17] MC-50729 — resolved as "Fixed".

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