{{Item
| image = Bone Meal.png
| renewable = Yes
| stackable =  Yes (64)
}}
'''Bone meal''' is a material that can be used as a fertilizer for most plants and fungi, as well as a crafting ingredient for [[dye]]s.

== Obtaining ==

=== Crafting ===

{{Crafting
|Bone
|Output=Bone Meal,3
|type=Material
|showname=0
|head=1
}}
{{Crafting
|Bone Block
|Output= Bone Meal,9
|type=Material
|foot=1
}}

=== Mob loot ===

==== Fish ====
All fish mob variants ([[cod]], [[salmon]], [[tropical fish]], and [[pufferfish]]) have a 5% chance to drop 1 bone meal upon death.{{only|java}} In [[Bedrock Edition]], they drop [[bones]] instead.

=== Composters ===

When a [[composter]] is completely filled, a single bone meal drops the next time the composter is {{ctrl|used}}.

=== Trading ===

[[Wandering trader]]s sell 3 bone meal for an [[emerald]].{{only|bedrock}}

== Usage ==

=== Crafting ingredient ===
{{crafting usage}}

{{IN|bedrock}}, bone meal can be also used in [[banner pattern]]s:
{{banner crafting usage}}

=== Loom ingredient === 
{{Banner loom usage|Bone Meal}}

=== Dye ===
{{Dye usage}}

=== Fertilizer ===
Bone meal can also be used on the following [[plants]] to have a chance to increase their growth stage:
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Plant
!Action
|-
|{{BlockLink|Wheat}}<br>{{BlockLink|Carrots}}<br>{{BlockLink|Potatoes}}
|The plant matures 2–5 growth stages.
|-
|{{BlockLink|Beetroots}}
|The plant has a 75% chance of growing to the next growth stage.
|-
|{{BlockLink|Bamboo}}
|Grows the [[bamboo]] by 1-2 stems.
|-
|{{BlockLink|Melon Stem|link=Melon seeds|text=Melon Seeds}}<br>{{BlockLink|Pumpkin Stem|link=Pumpkin seeds|text=Pumpkin Seeds}}
|The planted stem matures 2–5 growth stages. Bone meal affects only the stem's growth; it does not cause [[melon]]s or [[pumpkin]]s to sprout from a mature stem.
|-
|{{BlockLink|Saplings}}<br>{{BlockLink|Azalea}}<br>{{BlockLink|Flowering Azalea}}<br>{{BlockLink|Mangrove Propagule}} (not hanging)
|The [[sapling]] has a 45% chance of growing to the next growth stage, if possible. Saplings have two growth stages (with no visible difference between them) before growing into trees as the third stage. A tree cannot grow unless the sapling is planted in proper ground and sufficient space is available. Using bone meal on such an obstructed sapling with no chance of growing wastes the bone meal.
|-
|{{BlockLink|Sunflower}}s<br>{{BlockLink|Lilac}}s<br>{{BlockLink|Rose Bush}}es<br>{{BlockLink|Peony|Peonies}}
|The corresponding item form drops, without destroying the original plant.
|-
|{{BlockLink|Grass}}<br>{{BlockLink|Fern}}s<br>{{BlockLink|Seagrass}}
|A one-block-high tall [[grass]], [[fern]], or [[seagrass]] (that is on [[grass block]], [[dirt]], [[coarse dirt]], [[rooted dirt]], [[farmland]], [[podzol]], [[mycelium]], [[moss block]], [[mud]], or [[muddy mangrove roots]] (only exception is seagrass, will need to on a full surface)) grows into a two-block-high tall grass, fern or seagrass.
|-
|{{BlockLink|Mushrooms}}
|Has a 40% chance of growing into a {{EnvLink|huge mushroom}} if on [[grass block]], [[dirt]], [[coarse dirt]], [[rooted dirt]], [[farmland]], [[podzol]], [[mycelium]], [[moss block]], [[mud]], or [[muddy mangrove roots]].
|-
|{{BlockLink|Cocoa}}
|The cocoa plant matures 1 growth stage.
|-
|{{BlockLink|Sweet Berry Bush}}
|Grows every stage.
|-
|{{BlockLink|Sea Pickle}}
|If the [[sea pickle]] is on a [[coral block]] and in [[water]] at least 2 blocks deep, the sea pickle colony grows, and additional sea pickles generate nearby.
|-
|{{BlockLink|Sugar Cane}}{{only|bedrock|short=1}}
|The sugar cane grows to maximum height (three blocks tall).
|-
|{{BlockLink|Kelp}}
|The kelp plant grows by 1 block per bone meal used, up to its maximum height.
|-
|{{BlockLink|Flower|id=poppy}} (excluding wither roses){{only|bedrock|short=1}}
|One-block-high flowers make more flowers of the same type grow in the surrounding area.
|-
|{{BlockLink|Fungus|id=fungi}}
|Grows into [[huge fungi]], but only if on the respective [[nylium]].
|-
|{{BlockLink|Weeping Vines}}
|Grows the [[weeping vine]]s a few blocks downward.
|-
|{{BlockLink|Twisting Vines}}
|Grows the [[twisting vine]]s a few blocks upward.
|-
|{{BlockLink|Cave Vines}}
|Produces [[glow berries]] if the vine did not have any [[glow berries]] on it already.
|-
|{{BlockLink|Glow Lichen}}
|The [[glow lichen]] spreads to a random adjacent block.
|-
|{{BlockLink|Moss Block}}
|The [[moss block]] causes nearby [[stone]], [[cave vine]]s, and [[dirt]] to become moss blocks.
|-
|{{BlockLink|Big Dripleaf}}<br>{{BlockLink|Small Dripleaf}}
|A [[big dripleaf]] grows one block higher, and a [[small dripleaf]] becomes a big dripleaf.
|-
|{{BlockLink|Rooted Dirt}}
|Causes [[hanging roots]] to grow underneath the [[rooted dirt]] if there is space.
|-
|{{BlockLink|Mangrove Leaves}}
|Creates a hanging [[mangrove propagule]] under the [[mangrove leaves]].
|-
|{{BlockLink|Mangrove Propagule}} (hanging)
|The [[mangrove propagule]] matures 1 growth age.
|-
|{{BlockLink|Pink Petals}}
|Produces another pink petal in the block. If there are already four pink petals in the block, it will drop a pink petal as an item.
|-
|{{BlockLink|Torchflower Crop}}<br>{{BlockLink|Pitcher Crop}}
|Grows every stage.
|}

Bone meal does not affect:
* [[Cactus]]
* [[Vines]]
* [[Nether wart]]
* [[Sugar cane]]{{only|JE}}
* [[Chorus plant]]s, or other plants not listed above.

==== Wasting bone meal ====
Bone meal can be used on the following objects in the following situations, consuming it without any real effect:

* On [[grass]], [[fern]]s, and [[seagrass]] that do not have enough space to grow.<ref>{{bug|MC-125642}}</ref>
* On [[seagrass]] that doesn't have [[water]] above.
* On a [[dark oak sapling]] that is not in a group of four.<ref>{{bug|MC-168446}}</ref>
* On a [[mushroom]] that is not on a block that allows it to grow into a huge mushroom.<ref>{{bug|MC-173213}}</ref>
* On a [[sea pickle]] that is already in a group of four and has no valid locations to expand to.<ref>{{bug|MC-127995}}</ref>
* On a [[bamboo]] (not [[bamboo shoot]]) that is blocked in the way.
* On a [[sea pickle]] that is not on a [[coral block]].
* On a [[fungus]] that is not on its respective [[nylium]].
* Any plants that can't grow due to being block by the [[build limit]].

=== Creating new plants ===

If bone meal is {{ctrl|used}} on a [[grass block]]; [[tall grass]], [[grass]], [[flower]]s, and [[pink petals]] form on the targeted block and on random adjacent grass blocks in an 15×5×15{{only|java|short=1}}/7×5×7{{only|bedrock|short=1}} area centered on the targeted block. The flowers/pink petals that appear depend on the biome, meaning that in order to obtain specific flowers, the player must travel to biomes where the flowers are found naturally. See {{slink|Flower|Flower biomes}} for more information.

Using bone meal on a 2-block flower (rose bushes, sunflowers, lilacs or peonies) will cause one of the same type of flower to drop, without breaking the original. This is the only way to reproduce these flowers, since they cannot generate from using bone meal on grass blocks.

Using bone meal on a non-transparent block that is underwater generates [[seagrass]] on that block and surrounding blocks. Sometimes, if in a [[warm ocean]] biome, [[coral]] and [[coral fan]]s may have a chance to generate as well, and in Bedrock Edition, coral (not coral fan) can be generated in any biome. In order for this to work, there must be 2 water blocks above the block the bone meal is being used on, and the lower one must be non-flowing water.

Using bone meal on a [[sea pickle]] on a [[coral block]] creates sea pickles. This generates sea pickles up to 3 [[block]]s (of coral) away, so a 7+ × 7+ block (49+ blocks) of coral may be necessary, to return the most sea pickles per given bone meal attempt (more attempts grows them more numerously, exactly - including the range of it growing, like grass with heights on grass blocks - as coral and coral fans, though those others being non-solid blocks).

Using bone meal on [[netherrack]] adjacent to [[nylium]] converts the netherrack into nylium of the same type. If both crimson and warped nylium are adjacent to the netherrack that was applied with bone meal, there is a 50% chance that either type of nylium is created.

Using bone meal on [[nylium]] causes the corresponding [[roots]] and both types of [[fungi]] to appear on the nylium block and other nylium nearby, with the type of fungi matching the type of nylium being more common. In addition, using bone meal on the side of warped nylium creates [[nether sprouts]] and [[twisting vines]].

=== Farmer villagers ===
[[Villager]]s with the farmer profession can collect bone meal from a full [[composter]], with which they can make their crops grow faster.

== Sounds ==
{{edition|java}}:
{{Sound table
|sound=Bonemeal1.ogg
|sound2=Bonemeal2.ogg
|sound3=Bonemeal3.ogg
|sound4=Bonemeal4.ogg
|sound5=Bonemeal5.ogg
|subtitle=Bone Meal crinkles
|description=When bone meal is successfully used
|source=block
|id=item.bone_meal.use
|translationkey=subtitles.item.bone_meal.use
|volume=1.0
|pitch=1.0
|distance=16
|foot=1}}

{{edition|be}}:
{{Sound table
|type=bedrock
|sound=Bonemeal1.ogg
|sound2=Bonemeal2.ogg
|sound3=Bonemeal3.ogg
|sound4=Bonemeal4.ogg
|sound5=Bonemeal5.ogg
|description=When bone meal is successfully used
|source=block
|id=item.bone_meal.use
|volume=1.0
|pitch=0.9-1.1
|foot=1}}

== Data values ==
=== ID ===
{{edition|java}}:
{{ID table
|edition=java
|showforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Bone Meal
|spritetype=item
|nameid=bone_meal
|form=item
|foot=1}}

{{edition|bedrock}}:
{{ID table
|edition=bedrock
|showaliasids=y
|shownumericids=y
|showforms=y
|notshowbeitemforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Bone Meal
|spritetype=item
|nameid=bone_meal
|aliasid=dye / 15
|id=411
|form=item
|translationkey=item.dye.white.name
|foot=1}}

== History ==

{{History|java beta}}
{{History||1.2|[[File:Bone Meal JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added bone meal.
|Bone meal can now only be applied to [[sapling]]s and [[wheat]].}}
{{History||1.6.6|Bone meal can now be applied on [[grass block]]s.}}
{{History||1.8|snap=Pre-release|Bone meal can now be used on [[mushroom]]s to make [[huge mushroom]]s, and the block the mushroom is on changes to [[dirt]].}}
{{History|||snap=Pre-release 2 ;)|Bone meal can now be applied on [[pumpkin seeds|pumpkin]] and [[melon seed]]s.}}
{{History|java}}
{{History||1.3.1|snap=12w19a|Bone meal can now be applied on [[cocoa bean]]s.}}
{{History|||snap=1.3|[[File:Bone Meal JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The texture of bone meal has been changed.}}
{{History||1.4.2|snap=12w34a|Bone meal can now be used to dye [[leather armor]] and [[tamed wolf]]'s collar.}}
{{History||1.4.6|snap=12w49a|Bone meal can now be [[crafted]] with [[gunpowder]] to create a [[firework star]].}}
{{History||1.5|snap=13w04a|Bone meal has been significantly nerfed.<br>
[[Wheat]], [[melon seeds|melon]] and [[pumpkin seed]]s, [[potato]]es and [[carrot]]s: one bone meal is now consumed for all seven stages of growth (melon and pumpkin seeds do not spawn right away).<br>
[[Sapling]]s: one bone meal is now consumed for each of the two growth stages, then it grows into a tree.<br>
[[Cocoa]]s: one bone meal is now consumed for each of the three stages of growth.
|Green [[particle]]s are now displayed when bone meal is used.
|Bone meal can now be used from [[dispenser]]s.}}
{{History|||snap=13w05a|The balancing of bone meal has been adjusted. Growing a plant to its last state now takes on average 2-5 uses of bone meal (results vary from plant to plant).<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20220921040940/https://imgur.com/a/gOngk</ref>}}
{{History||1.6.1|snap=13w19a|Bone meal can now be used to craft white [[stained clay]].}}
{{History||1.7.2|snap=13w36a|The [[flower]]s generated when using bone meal on grass blocks is now biome dependent.}}
{{History|||snap=13w41a|Bone meal can now be used to craft white [[stained glass]].}}
{{History||1.8|snap=14w30a|Added [[banner]]s, which can be dyed with [[bone meal]].}}
{{History||1.10|snap=16w20a|Bone meal can now be used to craft [[bone block]]s.}}
{{History||1.11|snap=16w39b|Bone meal can now be used to dye [[shulker box]]es.}}
{{History||1.12|snap=17w06a|Bone meal can now be used to craft white [[concrete powder]].}}
{{History||1.13|snap=17w47a|The different data values for the <code>dye</code> ID have been split up into their own IDs.
|Prior to [[1.13/Flattening|''The Flattening'']], this [[item]]'s numeral ID was 351.}}
{{History|||snap=18w07a|Bone meal can now be used underwater to create [[seagrass]].}}
{{History|||snap=18w14b|Bone meal can now be used for spreading [[sea pickle]]s.}}
{{History||1.13.1|snap=18w31a|Bone meal used in [[water]] of warm ocean biomes now has a chance of growing [[coral]].
|[[Cod]], [[salmon]], [[tropical fish]], and [[pufferfish]] now have a chance of dropping bone meal upon death.}}
{{History|||snap=18w32a|Bone meal used in [[water]] of warm ocean biomes now has a chance of growing [[coral fan]]s.}}
{{History||1.14|snap=18w43a|Bone meal can now used to craft [[white dye]].
|Bone meal can no longer be used as a [[dye]].
|All of the dye-related functions and crafting recipes of bone meal (except bone blocks) have been transferred to white dye.
|[[File:Bone Meal JE3 BE3.png|32px]] The texture of bone meal has been changed.
|Bone meal can now be used on [[bamboo]] and [[bamboo shoot]].}}
{{History|||snap=19w03a|Bone meal can now be obtained from [[composter]]s.}}
{{History||1.16|snap=20w06a|Bone meal can now be used to grow [[fungi]] into [[huge fungi]].
|Bone meal can now be used to spread [[nylium]] onto netherrack.}}
{{History|||snap=20w09a|Using bone meal to grow fungi now works only on the respective [[nylium]].}}
{{History|||snap=20w11a|Bone meal can now grow [[kelp]], [[weeping vines]], and [[twisting vines]].}}
{{History|||snap=20w12a|Bone meal can now be used to grow [[roots]], [[fungi]], and [[nether sprouts]] on nylium.}}
{{History|||snap=20w13a|Farmers can now use bone meal to grow crops.}}
{{History||1.17|snap=21w03a|Bone meal can now be used to spread [[glow lichen]]s.}}
{{History|||snap=21w05a|Bone meal can now be used on [[moss block]]s, [[small dripleaf]], [[big dripleaf]], and [[cave vines]].}}
{{History|||snap=21w11a|Bone meal can now be used on [[rooted dirt]].}}
{{History|||snap=21w15a|Bone meal now makes a sound when used.}}
{{History|||snap=21w16a|Moss patches obtained from fertilizing moss blocks contain less vegetation and are now smaller and more irregular in shape.
|Bone meal can now be used on [[azalea]] and [[flowering azalea]].}}
{{History||1.19|snap=22w11a|Bone meal can now be used on [[mangrove propagule]]s and [[mangrove leaves]].}}
{{History||1.20<br>(Experimental)|link=1.19.4|snap=23w07a|Bone meal can now be used on [[pink petals]] and [[torchflower crop]]s.|Using bone meal on [[cherry grove]]s now have a chance to generate [[pink petal]]s.}}
{{History||1.20|snap=23w12a|Bone meal can now be used on [[pitcher crop]]s.}}

{{History|pocket alpha}}
{{History||v0.3.0|[[File:Bone Meal JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added bone meal. It is currently unobtainable and serves no purpose.}}
{{History||v0.3.3|Bone meal can now be crafted from bones.
|Bone meal can now be applied to grass blocks and saplings.}}
{{History||v0.4.0|Added the first [[crop]]s, which bone meal can be applied to.}}
{{History||v0.8.0|snap=build 1|[[File:Bone Meal JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The texture of bone meal has been changed.
|Bone meal no longer instantly grows [[crop]]s to full size.
|Bone meal can now be used to craft white [[wool]].}}
{{History|||snap=build 5|[[Pumpkin]] and [[melon]] stems now grow by only one stage when bone meal is used.
|Some [[flower]]s now spawn certain other flowers when bone meal is used on them.
|Bone meal can now grow [[fern]]s and [[tall grass]] in [[survival]] and [[creative]].
|Bone meal can now grow [[sugar cane]]s to maximum height.}}
{{History||v0.9.0|snap=build 11|Bone meal can now be used to dye tamed [[wolf]] collars.}}
{{History||v0.14.0|snap=build 1|Bone meal can now be used from [[dispenser]]s.
|Bone meal can now be used to dye [[water]] in [[cauldron]]s.}}
{{History|pocket}}
{{History||1.0.0|snap=alpha 0.17.0.1|Bone meal can now be used to dye [[shulker]]s.}}
{{History||1.1.0|snap=alpha 1.1.0.0|Bone meal can now be used to craft white [[concrete powder]], white [[bed]]s and white [[shulker box]]es.}}
{{History||1.1.3|snap=alpha 1.1.3.0|Bone meal can now be used to craft [[bone block]]s.}}
{{History|bedrock}}
{{History||1.2.0|snap=beta 1.2.0.2|Bone meal can now be used to craft white [[stained glass]].
|Bone meal can now be used to craft [[firework star]]s.
|Bone meal can now be used to create [[banner]] patterns.}}
{{History||1.4.0|snap=beta 1.2.14.2|Bone meal can now be used underwater for growing [[seagrass]] and [[coral]].}}
{{History|||snap=beta 1.2.20.1|Bone meal can now be used for spreading [[sea pickle]]s.
|Bone meal can now be used to craft white [[balloon]]s and white [[glow stick]]s.}}
{{History||1.8.0|snap=beta 1.8.0.8|Bone meal can now be used to grow [[bamboo]].}}
{{History|||snap=beta 1.8.0.10|Bone meal can now be used to craft [[white dye]].}}
{{History||1.10.0|snap=beta 1.10.0.3|Bone meal are now sold by [[wandering trader]]s.
|[[File:Bone Meal JE3 BE3.png|32px]] The texture of bone meal has been changed.}}
{{History||1.11.0|snap=beta 1.11.0.1|Bone meal can now be obtained from [[composter]]s.}}
{{History||1.16.0|snap=beta 1.16.0.51|Bone meal can now grow [[fungus|fungi]] into [[huge fungi]].
|Bone meal can now be used to turn [[netherrack]] into [[nylium]].
|Bone meal can now be used to grow [[roots]], [[fungi]], and [[nether sprouts]] on nylium.}}
{{History||1.16.100|snap=beta 1.16.100.56|The ID of bone meal has been changed from <code>dye/15</code> to <code>bone_meal</code>.}}
{{History||1.16.210|snap=beta 1.16.210.51|Bone meal used in [[water]] now has a chance of growing [[coral fan]]s.}}
{{History||1.16.220|snap=beta 1.16.220.52|Bone meal can now be used on [[moss block]]s, [[small dripleaf]], [[big dripleaf]], [[cave vines]] and [[rooted dirt]].}}
{{History||1.17.0|snap=beta 1.16.230.50|Bone meal can now be used to spread [[glow lichen]]s.}}
{{History|||snap=beta 1.16.230.54|Bone meal can be used to grow [[azalea]]s into azalea trees.}}
{{History|||snap=beta 1.17.0.50|Bone meal now makes a sound when used.}}

{{History|console}}
{{History||xbox=TU1|xbone=CU1|ps=1.00|wiiu=Patch 1|switch=1.0.1|[[File:Bone Meal JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added bone meal.}}
{{History||xbox=TU19|xbone=CU7|ps=1.12|Bone meal no longer instantly grows [[crop]]s to full size.}}
{{History||xbox=none|xbone=none|ps=1.90|wiiu=none|switch=none|[[File:Bone Meal JE3 BE3.png|32px]] The texture of bone meal has been changed.}}

{{History|new 3ds}}
{{History||0.1.0|[[File:Bone Meal JE2 BE2.png|32px]] Added bone meal.}}
{{History|foot}}

== Issues ==

{{issue list}}

== Trivia ==

* Bone meal can be used on the sides or bottom of a [[grass block]], as well as on a grass block with [[plant]]s already on top of it.
* Regardless of if it succeeds in fertilizing, bone meal makes green sparkles. However, like smoke from a [[torch]], the sparkles appear only if the [[player]] has [[particles]] set All or Decreased.
* In real life, [[Wikipedia:bone meal|bone meal]] is used as a fertilizer to provide nitrogen and phosphorus to plants.

==Gallery==

<gallery>
File:Bone Meal On Grass.png|Bone meal used on [[grass block]]s.
</gallery>

== See also ==

* [[Farming]]

== References ==
{{reflist}}

{{Items}}

[[Category:Dyes]]
[[Category:Plants]]
[[Category:Renewable resources]]

[[cs:Kostní moučka]]
[[de:Knochenmehl]]
[[es:Polvo de hueso]]
[[fr:Poudre d'os]]
[[hu:Csontliszt]]
[[ja:骨粉]]
[[ko:뼛가루]]
[[nl:Beendermeel]]
[[pl:Mączka kostna]]
[[pt:Farinha de osso]]
[[ru:Костная мука]]
[[th:ผงกระดูก]]
[[zh:骨粉]]
