Melon — Minecraft block

Overview

Melon counts as a plant block in Minecraft 1.21.4. Melon has a crafting recipe, so it is renewable as long as you can source its ingredients. At a hardness of 1 it takes a moment to break but never slows a build down.

Any tool works, and so do bare hands. What you actually collect is Melon Slice. A blast resistance of 1 means a single creeper will clear it away.

It stacks to 64. You make it with Melon Slice. No recipe takes it as an ingredient.

How long it takes to break

At a hardness of 1, Melon takes 1.5 seconds to punch out and 0.2 seconds with a netherite-tier tool of the correct class.

An iron tool takes 0.25 seconds and a diamond one 0.2, so the jump that actually matters for this block is the one to iron.

Nothing here needs a minimum tier: whatever you swing, the block still drops, and the only difference is how long it takes.

Each Efficiency level adds level² + 1 to the tool's speed, so a level V tool clears this about 4 times faster than an unenchanted one.

Tool	No enchantment	Efficiency III	Efficiency V
Hand	1.5 s	1.5 s	1.5 s
Wooden	0.75 s	0.15 s	0.1 s
Stone	0.4 s	0.15 s	instant
Iron	0.25 s	0.1 s	instant
Diamond	0.2 s	0.1 s	instant
Netherite	0.2 s	0.1 s	instant
Golden	0.15 s	0.1 s	instant

Properties

Blast resistance on Melon is 1, so any explosion nearby takes it out. It stops light entirely and gives off no light. A single slot takes 64, the usual full stack. Being renewable, it can be produced indefinitely in one world. An axe is the fastest choice here. A tool of the wrong class is no better than your fist — the speed bonus is tied to the block's own tool tag. Broken normally it drops Melon Slice rather than itself; Silk Touch is what returns the block, and Fortune raises the ordinary drop instead.

Transparent: No
Required tool: Any
Renewable: Yes