Weeping Vines

This article is about the red vines that grow in crimson forests. For the cyan vines that grow in warped forests, see Twisting Vines. For the feature, see Weeping Vines (feature).
Weeping Vines
Weeping Vines Plant.png: Infobox image for Weeping Vines the block in Minecraft
Weeping Vines.png: Infobox image for Weeping Vines the block in Minecraft

Java Edition

Weeping Vines Plant BE.png: Infobox image for Weeping Vines the block in Minecraft
Weeping Vines BE.png: Infobox image for Weeping Vines the block in Minecraft

Bedrock Edition

Invicon Weeping Vines.png: Inventory sprite for Weeping Vines in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Weeping Vines
Renewable

Yes

Stackable

Yes (64)

Tool

Blast resistance

0

Hardness

0

Luminous

No

Transparent

Yes

Flammable

No

Catches fire
from lava

No

Map color (JE)


 35 NETHER

Weeping vines are climbable, downwards-growing vegetation blocks found in the Nether in crimson forests.

Obtaining

Breaking

Weeping vines are broken instantly using any tool. They have a 33% chance to drop a single weeping vine when broken, increased to 55% with Fortune I, 77% with Fortune II, and 100% with Fortune III. They always drop a single weeping vine when broken with shears or a tool enchanted with Silk Touch. Any segments left unsupported from above break with a 33% drop chance, regardless of tool used. Accordingly, weeping vines are best harvested from the bottom.

Block [note 1]
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
  1. These blocks have a 13 chance of dropping themselves.

Natural generation

Weeping vines generate naturally inside crevices within the ceilings, or on huge crimson fungi in the crimson forest biome.

Post-generation

A huge fungus grown by using bone meal on a crimson fungus generates weeping vines growing on it.

Each random tick, weeping vines have a 10% chance of growing one block downward. At default random tick speed, each fungus grows approximately every 13653 game ticks (11.3775 minutes). Weeping vines stop growing once they reach the ground or when the block reaches an age block state of 25, whichever is first.

Bone meal can be used to extend weeping vines and can be used anywhere in the chain to extend the whole chain. This can be useful for getting down from a high place in the nether.

Usage

Weeping vines can be placed on, and grow from, the bottom of a block. The top-most vine block always has a starting age value of 0, which increments every time the block grows. If the bottom-most vine block has an age below 25, it continues to grow provided that there is free space below the vine. When the vine does grow, a new vine block with an incremented age value is placed beneath it.

Weeping vines stop growing if shears are used on the tip.

Climbing

Weeping vines can be climbed by standing in them and holding the jump key. If there is a solid block behind the weeping vines, the walk forwards key can also be used.

Composting

Weeping vines can also be used on a composter, with a 50% chance to raise the compost level by 1.

Sounds

Generic

Java Edition:

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

Bedrock Edition:

BlockSprite weeping-vines-plant.png: Sprite image for weeping-vines-plant in Minecraft weeping_vines sound type
SoundSourceDescriptionResource locationVolumePitch
BlocksOnce the block has brokenblock.weeping_vines.break1.00.8-1.0
BlocksWhen the block is placedblock.weeping_vines.place1.00.8-1.0
BlocksWhile the block is in the process of being brokenblock.weeping_vines.hit0.30.5
PlayersFalling on the block with fall damageblock.weeping_vines.fall0.41.0
PlayersWalking on the blockblock.weeping_vines.step0.31.0
PlayersJumping from the blockblock.weeping_vines.jump0.121.0
PlayersFalling on the block without fall damageblock.weeping_vines.land0.221.0

Unique

Java Edition

Sounds
SoundSubtitlesSourceDescriptionResource locationTranslation keyVolumePitchAttenuation
distance
​FootstepsBlocksWhile something is climbing on a weeping vineblock.vine.stepsubtitles.block.generic.footsteps0.151.016
​Plant croppedBlocksWhen the tip of weeping vines are cropped with shearsblock.growing_plant.cropsubtitles.block.growing_plant.crop1.01.016

Bedrock Edition: None [1]

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

NameIdentifierFormBlock tagsTranslation key
BlockSprite weeping-vines.png: Sprite image for weeping-vines in Minecraft Weeping Vinesweeping_vinesBlock & Itemclimbableblock.minecraft.weeping_vines
BlockSprite weeping-vines-plant.png: Sprite image for weeping-vines-plant in Minecraft Weeping Vines Plantweeping_vines_plantBlockclimbableblock.minecraft.weeping_vines_plant

Bedrock Edition:

NameIdentifierNumeric ID FormItem ID[i 1]Translation key
BlockSprite weeping-vines.png: Sprite image for weeping-vines in Minecraft Weeping Vinesweeping_vines486Block & Giveable Item[i 2]Identical[i 3]tile.weeping_vines.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

Java Edition
Weeping Vines:

Name Default value Allowed values Description
age00
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
Increments for every block the weeping vine grows.

Bedrock Edition

NameMetadata Bits Default value Allowed valuesValues for
Metadata Bits
Description
weeping_vines_age0x1
0x2
0x4
0x8
0x10
00
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
Increments for every block the weeping vine grows.


Video

History

November 30th, 2019Weeping vines were showed off in a video by Minecraft's Twitter.
Java Edition
1.1620w06a Added weeping vines.
20w09aWeeping vines can now be climbed.
20w11aWeeping vines now play sounds when climbed.
Weeping vines can now be grown with bone meal.
20w15aWeeping vines can now be composted.
20w18aThe loot table for weeping vines has been changed to only allow 1 to be dropped.
1.1821w37aWeeping vines stop growing if shears are used on the tip.
Bedrock Edition
1.16.0beta 1.16.0.51 Added weeping vines.
beta 1.16.0.57Weeping vines can now be composted.
1.16.20beta 1.16.20.50Weeping vines now play sounds when climbed.
1.21.60Preview 1.21.60.21Weeping vines now stop growing if shears are used on the tip.
Preview 1.21.60.23Weeping vines now have an increased chance of dropping as items if broken with Fortune-enchanted tools, including a 100% chance when using Fortune III.

Data history

Java Edition
1.1721w19aminecraft:weeping_vines and minecraft:weeping_vines_plant have 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.
1.21.525w10aminecraft:weeping_vines and minecraft:weeping_vines_plant have been removed from the block tags #minecraft:mineable/axe and #minecraft:sword_efficient.

Issues

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

Gallery

Screenshots

See also

Navigation

  1. Weeping vines use same sound as their step sound when climbing.