A glistering melon slice[a] is an inedible item used for brewing potions of Healing. It is also one of the many potion ingredients that can be used to make mundane potions.
Obtaining[]
Chest loot[]
| Item | Structure | Container | Quantity | Chance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Java Edition | ||||
| Glistering Melon Slice | Ruined portal | Chest | 4–12 | 7.3% |
| Bedrock Edition | ||||
| Glistering Melon Slice | Ruined portal | Chest | 4–12 | 7.3% |
Crafting[]
| Ingredients | Crafting recipe |
|---|---|
| Gold Nugget + Melon Slice |
Trading[]
Master-level farmer villagers sell 3 glistering melon for 4 emeralds.
Usage[]
Despite being crafted with a melon slice, a glistering melon slice cannot be eaten, unlike a golden apple or golden carrot.
Brewing ingredient[]
| Name | Ingredients | Brewing recipe |
|---|---|---|
| Mundane Potion | Glistering Melon Slice + Water Bottle |
|
| Potion of Healing | Glistering Melon Slice + Awkward Potion |
Piglins[]
Piglins are attracted to glistering melon slices. They run toward any glistering melon slice on the ground, and inspect it for 6 to 8 seconds before putting it in their inventory.
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 25 gold-related items in the #piglin_loved item tag:
| nether/distract_piglin
|
Data values[]
ID[]
| Name | Identifier | Form | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glistering Melon Slice | glistering_melon_slice | Item | item.minecraft.glistering_melon_slice |
| Name | Identifier | Alias ID | Numeric ID | Form | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glistering Melon | glistering_melon_slice | speckled_melon | 434 | Item | item.speckled_melon.name |
History[]
| Java Edition | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.0.0 | Beta 1.9 Prerelease 4 |  Added glistering melons.
| |||
| The crafting recipe of glistering melons is one melon slice and one gold nugget. | |||||
| Glistering melons have replaced ghast tears as the ingredient to produce potions of Healing due to the difficulty in getting tears.[1] They also now brew with water bottles to create mundane potions. | |||||
| 1.6.1 | 13w23a | The crafting recipe of glistering melons is changed from one gold nugget to eight. | |||
| 1.9 | 15w49a |  The rotation of glistering melon items has been changed to be consistent with melon slices.[2] | |||
| 15w49b | The rotation of glistering melons has been reverted and is no longer consistent with melon slices. | ||||
| 1.13 | 17w47a | Prior to The Flattening, this item's numeral ID was 382. | |||
| 18w20b | "Glistering Melon" has been renamed to "Glistering Melon Slice". | ||||
The ID of glistering melon slices has been changed from speckled_melon to glistering_melon_slice. | |||||
| 1.14 | 18w43a |  The texture of glistering melon slices has been changed. | |||
| 19w11a | Farmer villagers now sell glistering melon slices. | ||||
| 1.16 | 20w09a | Glistering melon slices are now admired by piglins.[3] | |||
| 20w16a | Glistering melon slices now generate in ruined portal chests. | ||||
| Pocket Edition Alpha | |||||
| v0.12.1 | build 1 | Added glistering melons. | |||
| Bedrock Edition | |||||
| 1.10.0 | beta 1.10.0.3 | The texture of glistering melons has been changed. | |||
| 1.11.0 | beta 1.11.0.4 | Glistering melons can now be bought from farmer villagers. | |||
| 1.13.0 | beta 1.13.0.9 | Trading has been changed. Master-level farmer villagers now have a 1⁄3 chance to sell glistering melon slices. | |||
| 1.16.0 | beta 1.16.0.57 | Glistering melons are sold from farmer villagers under a 50% chance, once again. | |||
| Glistering melons now generate in ruined portal chests. | |||||
| 1.16.100 | beta 1.16.100.54 | Ruined Portals can now generate with 4–12 glistering melons instead of only one. | |||
| beta 1.16.100.56 | The ID of glistering melon slices has been changed from speckled_melon to glistering_melon_slice. | ||||
| Legacy Console Edition | |||||
| TU7 | CU1 | 1.0 | Patch 1 | Added glistering melons. | |
| 1.90 | The texture of glistering melons has been changed. | ||||
| New Nintendo 3DS Edition | |||||
| 0.1.0 | Added glistering melons. | ||||
Issues[]
Issues relating to "Glistering Melon Slice" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.
See also[]
Notes[]
- ↑ Known as Glistering Melon Slice in Java Edition and Glistering Melon in Bedrock Edition.