Talk:Grass

Well, I can't make the page, but I have a picture of it and Notch's confirmation: http://i.imgur.com/JUEYD.jpg and http://twitter.com/#!/notch/status/71522856479096832 --CDi-Fails 17:14, 20 May 2011 (UTC) I've created the page with just Tall Grass (that is what I put in) so you should be able to write in it now. Timberdoodle 18:11, 20 May 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Shears

Using shears on regular tall grass gives you the tall grass plant that you can then transplant. This has not been tested on other variants of tall grass.

[edit] Picture?

Since Notch released a screenshot, should we crop that in and use it as the block icon? FelixGriffin 23:44, 22 May 2011 (UTC)

[edit] How to get Ferns?

I want the ferns (The min evergreens) but I cant edit them into my inventory. Help?

[edit] Missing grass

Hmmm.... It seems that tall grass has not generated on my map. Same with shrubs. I think that's because I haven't loaded any new chunks. Simply looking for confirmation

                                ~~prisma90

Yup. You need to either create a whole new world or move far enough so a newly generated chunk is created to see the tall grass. Eventually it could spread elsewhere, but you won't find it close by. --King Korihor 20:50, 26 May 2011 (UTC)

[edit] A better name?

This item has been called "Tall Grass," but that doesn't appear to be entirely accurate. At the very least, the item is used for both Tall Grass and Ferns, though they behave the same way. Additionally it's got that non-natural variant which looks identical to a Dead Shrub. Anyway, I'm wondering if a better name for the item/article might not be something like "Foliage Decoration" or something along those lines. "Tall Grass" is only part of the story. Xolotl 21:39, 26 May 2011 (UTC)

I think "Foliage" would be a better name, but it really depends on what it's called in the actual game. --Wipeout4wh 12:04, 28 May 2011 (UTC)

Yeah, I had thought of that; it doesn't look like there's an official tooltip, though, if you use InvEdit or the like to add it to your inventory. So whatever name it's given right now would be unofficial. -- Xolotl 04:03, 29 May 2011 (UTC)

• • The problem with this name change is that most articles refer to Grass Blocks when they link to grass, so all the links will have to be updated. Can anyone (you guys) help out by fixing the links to go to the right article? - Asterick6 06:35, 19 November 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Grass/Fern non-growth-ness confirmation?

Has anyone else tried watching grass grow? I haven't seen any yet so far. :P Past experience with new features makes me guess that it doesn't yet. On the other hand, Notch did mess around with mushroom growth in this update, so it's there's a potential he got a similar mechanism working for these guys. --Srand 21:47, 26 May 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Offset "bug"

Didn't notch say that that was intended? --Tinaun 05:28, 27 May 2011 (UTC)

Jens certainly has... --Warlock 05:32, 27 May 2011 (UTC)

This is the bug: [1]. It's supposed to be off-center, but not off of the block. --Wipeout4wh 12:14, 28 May 2011 (UTC)

It can't be a bug. If the block placement system has been coded correctly (and after this long, it certainly *should* be), it would require extra code to give individual blocks random offsets - it would have to be intentional. 「ダイノガイ千？！」^{? · ☎ Dinoguy1000} 06:40, 30 May 2011 (UTC)

You'd think so, but the bugs introduced in 1.6 were hard to fathom as a programmer >_> I believe the offset is intentional, and would look wild (As Jens described) if there were surrounding grass blocks. The origin of the tall grass block is certainly not off-centre, but the sprite looks intentionally placed. Razish 07:19, 6 June 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Fire "Bug"

hi, was just playing recently, and noticed that you can set Tall grass on fire...

...but not in the way you'd expect. When you set the side alight, it burns the closest block (IE, grass or sand next to it) If, however, you click the top of the grass, fire will burn in seemingly mid-air for a few seconds, then destroy the grass and burn the block below it... --Dark Pulse 07:07, 28 May 2011 (UTC)

Yep, I found this too when playing, got a pic of it for my Minecraft 'picture blog' thing. Also, I set a top of a tall grass (directly next to leaf blocks from a tree), and the tree did not catch fire, but one of the leaf blocks (I think the one right next to the fire) dissapeared.

Matimoo 16:06, 3 June 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Ferns?

How do you find ferns? user:tygor97

I've never seen one once, they seem to be very rare. Calinou - talk × contribs » 08:09, 1 June 2011 (UTC)

They seem to only appear within certain biomes (possibly just one biome type, actually). When they do appear they're all over the place, but they're admittedly a little more rare. One place I found was using map seed 7770115777688830845, at x=200, z=-217. -- Xolotl 17:17, 1 June 2011 (UTC)

With that seed, there are some actually right at the spawn, just ~10 blocks to the east Klaue 17:18, 4 June 2011 (UTC)

Yeah, when I went to double-check before posting, I had noticed there was actually plenty all around. The actual spawn point assigned when the map is created can vary by a few hundred blocks in any direction; when I first found it the x=200 z=-217 place was pretty much right next to where I was. Hum dee hoo. -- Xolotl 17:54, 6 June 2011 (UTC)

Seed "Dud Cave" without quotes, go at X 0 Z 66. Ferns nearby, and nice floating islands... Calinou - talk × contribs » 18:54, 6 June 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Tall Grass underground

Today while exploring a cave underground I found tall grass growing on a dirt block, I'm guessing this is a bug. The grass was on a block 8 blocks above the first bedrock layer with no contact to sunlight whatsoever. I'll leave it to you guys to put it onto the page if you see fit. The pictures are here: http://imageshack.us/g/215/tallgrassunderground1.png/ Feelsgoodmen 10:29, 17 June 2011 (UTC)

It's because of the lava. The same thing will occasionally happen with flowers. 「ダイノガイ千？！」^{? · ☎ Dinoguy1000} 03:20, 19 June 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Regenerate/respawn?

Will tall grass re-grow if destroyed? SpikeX 03:59, 27 June 2011 (UTC)

Only if you apply Bonemeal to the Grass blocks it was on. Verhalthur (talk)(contribs) 20:34, 14 July 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Is the "dead bush-looking plant" really obtainable?

I have tried several times to follow the instructions on this page to obtain the third grass type by placing grass in the desert and using bonemeal. It always gives me the first grass type or dandelions. I believe this is false or outdated information. --Rdh288 00:26, 7 December 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Suggestion - Make it spread

I have a problem with grass not duplicating itself; when minecraft 1.1.0 comes out and sheep feed on it for wool, we would have to search for grass instead of searching for new sheep, which is just as annoying. Grass should spawn another grass instance when it rains, so we could make a sheep pen, surrounded with grass, so new instances of grass can spawn inside the pen, get eaten and it will still proc later.79.112.122.167 15:27, 19 December 2011 (UTC)

Sheep will also eat the grass from Grass Blocks, turning them into dirt (which does regrow into grass on its own). If you remember the nerf that was necessary after vines were first added, you'll understand why grass (and trees, and flowers, and...) doesn't grow on its own. 「ディノ奴千？！」^{? · ☎ Dinoguy1000} 18:23, 19 December 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Ferns No Longer Creative Only

Ferns, as of snapshot 12w04a, are no longer unavailable in survival mode. They now spawn in Jungle Biomes. In the block selection thing down the bottom of the screen, it says that ferns are Creative Only. Does anyone know how to fix this?Louiethefly 09:13, 28 January 2012 (UTC)

That 'block selection thing' is Template:Blocks; updated. (Pre-releases seem to be treated as the current version (see Ocelot etc.), admins can revert if it should wait until 1.2 is out.) -- Orthotope 09:36, 28 January 2012 (UTC)