Bone Meal

Bone Meal

Type	Wool dyes
Durability	15 (Data)
Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)
Data value	dec: 35115 hex: 15F15

Bone Meal is a material made from the bones of killed Skeletons. It is used as a dye or as a fertilizer.

[edit] Crafting

Ingredients	Input » Output
Bone

[edit] As a Crafting Material

Ingredients	Input » Output
Wool + Bone Meal

[edit] Uses

[edit] Dye

Like all dyes, bone meal can be applied directly to sheep to color them white. This is the only direct use of bone meal as a dye since it cannot be used to change colored wool blocks back into white wool at a crafting table. It can also be combined with other dyes to produce new colors:

Combine Bone Meal with	for
Ink Sac	Gray Dye
Gray Dye	Light Gray Dye
Lapis Lazuli	Light Blue Dye
Rose Red	Pink Dye
Cactus Green	Lime Dye

[edit] Fertilizer

When using Bone Meal as fertilizer, there is a chance of failure for saplings and mushrooms. In that case, the procedure must be repeated until it eventually works.

• Crops: When applied to planted wheat, one bone meal is consumed and the crop grows instantly, ready to be harvested.
• Melons: When applied to the planted stem, one bone meal is consumed and the stem grows instantly, ready to spawn melons.
• Pumpkins: When applied to the planted stem, one bone meal is consumed and the stem grows instantly, ready to spawn pumpkins.
• Saplings: When applied, one bone meal is consumed and the sapling may grow instantly into a tree, provided it has enough space, light, and luck.
• Grass: When applied to a grass block, one bone meal is consumed and tall grass, and usually a few flowers, form around and on the grass block.
• Mushrooms: When applied to a mushroom that is planted on dirt, one bone meal is consumed and the mushroom grows instantly into a Huge Mushroom. It is possible to be harmed and knocked back if the huge mushroom grows to occupy the space you are in. While the damage is minimal, use caution when growing Huge Mushrooms with low health or near cliffs.
• This effect does not work on cacti, sugar cane, vines or Nether Wart.
• Cocoa Plants: When applied to planted cocoa plants, one bone meal is consumed and the cocoa plant grows instantly, ready to be harvested for Cocoa Beans. (This may not be an efficient method, as Cocoa Plants grow fairly quickly to their last stage)

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[edit] Trivia

• Bone meal's fertilizing properties make it ideal for growing large quantities of trees or wheat in tight spaces very quickly. A single bone's worth of bone meal can generate enough wheat for one bread or cake.
• Using bone meal over grass blocks immediately gives you the tall grass, roses and dandelions. It is faster than having to go search for more.
• When bone meal is used on grass, each new plant has a 90% chance of becoming tall grass. Each plant that is not tall grass has a 1 in 3 chance of becoming a rose, or a 2 in 3 chance of becoming a dandelion.
• Using bone meal to fertilize, harvest and replant Seeds is a fast way of creating a large number of seeds at the expense of bone meal instead of harvesting tall grass. This method also produces wheat and can be used to replace traditional farming methods.
• In Beta SMP version 1.3, there was a bug with Bone Meal so that it would have a 100% chance of succeeding on the first try when used on trees and crops.
• One bone can be crafted to 3 bone meal, which means (on a successful drop), you can get 3 or 6 units of bone meal from a single skeleton.
• There is a crafting recipe that uses white wool and bone meal. It is useless, however, because it outputs white wool, thus wasting bone meal.
• Grass planted with bone meal in an area already populated with grass can force grass to appear up to 5 blocks away from where you originally used it (however in a fewer amount). The same can be done with flowers.

[edit] Bugs

• As of Minecraft 1.2, bone meal turns to an Ink Sac when crafted or taken from the creative menu.

• Rarely, using Bonemeal next to a sapling may cause the sapling to sprout into a tree.

[edit] See also

Icon Dec Hex Description 0 0 Ink Sac 1 1 Rose Red 2 2 Cactus Green 3 3 Cocoa Beans 4 4 Lapis Lazuli 5 5 Purple Dye 6 6 Cyan Dye 7 7 Light Gray Dye

Icon Dec Hex Description 8 8 Gray Dye 9 9 Pink Dye 10 A Lime Dye 11 B Dandelion Yellow 12 C Light Blue Dye 13 D Magenta Dye 14 E Orange Dye 15 F Bone Meal

• Bone
• Skeleton
• Dye
• Farming