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Dried kelp is a food item that can be quickly eaten by the player. It can also be crafted into dried kelp blocks.
Obtaining[]
Cooking[]
Kelp can be cooked in a furnace, smoker, or campfire. Each piece of dried kelp removed from a furnace output slot gives 0.1 experience (6.4 experience per stack).
| Ingredients | Smelting recipe |
|---|---|
| Kelp + Any fuel |
Crafting[]
| Ingredients | Crafting recipe |
|---|---|
| Dried Kelp Block |
Usage[]
Food[]
A player eating dried kelp.
To eat dried kelp, press and hold use while it is selected in the hotbar. Eating one restores 1 (
) hunger and 0.6[JE only] / 0.2[BE only] hunger saturation.
The player can consume a dried kelp about twice as fast as any other food item in the game, Which is around 0.8 seconds (16 game ticks) compared to the regular 1.6 seconds (32 game ticks) of eating food.
Crafting ingredient[]
| Name | Ingredients | Crafting recipe |
|---|---|---|
| Dried Kelp Block | Dried Kelp |
Composting[]
Dried kelp placed into a composter has a 30% chance of raising the compost level by 1.
Sounds[]
| Sound | Subtitles | Source | Description | Resource location | Translation key | Volume | Pitch | Attenuation distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eating | Players | While a player is eating something | entity | subtitles | varies [sound 1] | 0.8-1.2 | 16 | |
| Eating | Friendly Creatures | When a player finishes eating something | entity | subtitles | 1.0 | 0.6-1.4 | 16 | |
| Burp | Players | When a player finishes eating something | entity | subtitles | 0.5 | 0.9-1.0 | 16 |
- ↑ Can be 0.5, 1.0, or 1.5
| Sound | Source | Description | Resource location | Volume | Pitch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Players | While a player is eating something | random | 0.5-1.1 | 0.8-1.2 | |
| Players | When a player finishes eating something | random | 0.5 | 0.9-1.0 |
Achievements[]
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Icon | Achievement | In-game description | Actual requirements (if different) | Gamerscore earned | Trophy type (PS4) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PS4 | Other | ||||||
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Castaway | Eat nothing but dried kelp for three in-game days | Eat dried kelp once; in the following three in-game days, eat nothing but dried kelp. | 20G | Bronze | ||
Advancements[]
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Icon | Advancement | In-game description | Parent | Actual requirements (if different) | Resource location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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![]() | Husbandry | The world is full of friends and food | — | Consume anything that can be consumed. | husbandry/root
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![]() | A Balanced Diet | Eat everything that is edible, even if it's not good for you | A Seedy Place | Eat each of these 40 foods:
| husbandry/balanced_diet
|
Data values[]
ID[]
| Name | Identifier | Form | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dried Kelp | dried_kelp | Item | item.minecraft.dried_kelp |
| Name | Identifier | Numeric ID | Form | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dried Kelp | dried_kelp | 270 | Item | item.dried_kelp.name |
History[]
| Java Edition | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.13 | 18w07a | ||||
| 18w08b | Dried kelp can now be used to craft dried kelp blocks. | ||||
| 1.14 | 19w03a | Placing dried kelp into the new composter has a 10% chance of raising the compost level by 1. | |||
| 19w05a | Dried kelp now has a 30% chance of increasing the compost level in a composter. | ||||
| Bedrock Edition | |||||
| 1.4.0 | beta 1.2.14.2 | ||||
| 1.11.0 | beta 1.11.0.1 | Dried kelp can now be used to fill up composters. | |||
| 1.17.10 | beta 1.17.10.20 | ||||
| Legacy Console Edition | |||||
| TU69 | 1.76 | Patch 38 | |||
Issues[]
Issues relating to "Dried Kelp" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.
Trivia[]
In real life, edible dried seaweed is also called kim.

