Coarse Dirt

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Coarse Dirt is a variation of dirt found in mega taiga, mesa, and savanna biomes that neither grass, podzol or mycelium will grow on top of despite the light level, unlike regular dirt.

Crafting[]

Coarse Dirt can be crafted by combining two blocks of dirt and gravel, which will yield 4 Coarse Dirt.

Coarse Dirt x4
Dirt	Gravel	None
Gravel	Dirt	None
None	None	None

Mining[]

Coarse Dirt can be harvested with any tool or by hand, but a shovel is the fastest.

Tool
Hardness	0.5
Breaking time^{[note 1]}
Default	0.75
Wood	0.4
Stone	0.2
Iron	0.15
Diamond	0.1
Netherite	0.1
Gold	0.1

↑ Times are for unenchanted tools in seconds.

Trivia[]

Coarse dirt is nearly precisely the same thing as normal dirt, sharing the same block ID and data value as the original.
In 1.7.2, grassless dirt was added that looked like dirt, but could not have grass on it. Its data value was given to coarse dirt in 1.8
The Silk Touch enchantment is not required to obtain coarse dirt, unlike Podzol or Mycelium.
If a coarse dirt block is hoed, it will turn into normal dirt (before, it would turn into farmland), meaning one can effectively turn gravel into dirt.
Dead Bushes can be placed on coarse dirt, but not on grass blocks or normal dirt.

Gallery[]

Video[]

Coarse Dirt - Minecraft Micro Guide (42 seconds)

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[1] Times are for unenchanted tools in seconds.

[note 1]