Golden Dandelion - minecraft.fandom.com
A golden dandelion is an upcoming decoration block that will be added in First Drop 2026.[upcoming] It has an appearance of a golden version of a normal dandelion, and can be used to feed most baby mobs, which pauses or resumes their aging, i.e. prevents them from turning into adults.
Obtaining[]
Breaking[]
Like any flowers, golden dandelions can be easily broken with any tool.
| Block | Golden Dandelion | |
|---|---|---|
| Hardness | ? | |
| Breaking time (secs) | ||
| Default | ? | |
A golden dandelion also drop as an item if:
- The attachment block is removed or destroyed.
- Water or lava flows into it.
- A piston tries to push it or moves a block into its space.
Crafting[]
| Ingredients | Crafting recipe | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Gold Nugget + Dandelion |
[upcoming: Drop 2026] |
Trading[]
Wandering traders may sell 1 golden dandelion for 2 emeralds as part of their normal trades.
Usage[]
Like any flowers, golden dandelions can be used as a decoration and can be planted on flower pots.
Golden dandelions can be placed on the following blocks:
- Grass Block
- Dirt
- Coarse Dirt
- Rooted Dirt
- Farmland
- Podzol
- Mycelium
- Moss Block
- Pale Moss Block
- Mud
- Muddy Mangrove Roots
Unlike other flowers, golden dandelions cannot be composted in the composter, does not attract bees, and aren't pollinated by bees.
Baby mobs[]
Feeding baby mobs a golden dandelion will lock their aging. Feeding it again will resume their aging.
Golden dandelions, however, do not apply to baby monsters (including undead ones) and baby villagers.
Crafting[]
Like most flowers, golden dandelions can be crafted to yellow dye. They can also be used to craft Saturation suspicious stews like any small flower does.
| Name | Ingredients | Crafting recipe | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yellow Dye | Golden Dandelion | [upcoming: Drop 2026] | |
| Suspicious Stew | Red Mushroom + Brown Mushroom + Bowl + Golden Dandelion |
Piglins[]
Like all golden variant items, piglins are attracted to golden dandelions and run toward any golden dandelions on the ground, inspecting it for 6 to 8 seconds before putting it in their inventory.
Bee nests[]
Oak, birch, and cherry trees grown from saplings planted within 2 blocks of a golden dandelion have a 5% chance of growing a bee nest containing 2-3 bees.
Data values[]
ID[]
| Name | Identifier | Form | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|
| Golden Dandelion | golden_dandelion | Block & Item | block.minecraft.golden_dandelion |
| Name | Identifier | Numeric ID | Form | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Golden Dandelion | golden_dandelion | 1346 | Block & Giveable Item[i 1] | tile.golden_dandelion.name |
Achievements[]
| Icon | Achievement | In-game description | Actual requirements (if different) | Gamerscore earned | Trophy type (PS4) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PS4 | Other | |||||
| Oooh, shiny! | Distract a Piglin using gold | Give a piglin a gold item while it is aggressive toward the player. | 30G | Silver | ||
Advancements[]
| Icon | Advancement | In-game description | Parent | Actual requirements (if different) | Resource location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Oh Shiny | Distract Piglins with gold | Nether | While aggravated, give a piglin one of these 27 gold-related items in the #piglin_loved item tag:
| nether/distract_piglin
|
History[]
| Upcoming Java Edition | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26.1 | snap5 | Added golden dandelions. | |||
| snap6 | Golden dandelion no longer works on baby skeleton horse and baby zombie horse. | ||||
| Golden dandelion now works on tadpoles. | |||||
| Upcoming Bedrock Edition | |||||
| 26.10 | beta 26.10.21 | Added golden dandelions. | |||
| beta 26.10.23 | Golden dandelion can now be crafted with a dandelion surrounded by 8 [[[gold nuggets]]. | ||||
| Golden dandelion can now be used to craft yellow dyes and suspicious stews. | |||||
| Can now be sold by wandering traders for 2 emeralds as part of their regular trade. | |||||
Issues[]
Issues relating to "Golden Dandelion" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.