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.
A player can consume dried kelp about twice as fast as any other food item in the game.
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[]
| Icon | Achievement | In-game description | Actual requirements (if different) | Gamerscore earned | Trophy type (PS4) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PS4 | Other | |||||
| 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[]
| Icon | Advancement | In-game description | Parent | Actual requirements (if different) | Resource location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Husbandry | The world is full of friends and food | — | Consume anything that can be consumed. | husbandry/root
|
 | 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 |  Added dried kelp. | |||
| 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 |  Added dried kelp. | |||
| 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 | The texture of dried kelp has been changed to match Java Edition. | |||
| Legacy Console Edition | |||||
| TU69 | 1.76 | Patch 38 | Added dried kelp. | ||
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.