How to make Bone Meal in Minecraft

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One item that remains important despite its humble appearance is bone meal  throughout the years.

A bone meal is a substance made from bones in Minecraft, and you can get these bones from skeleton mobs. You can use bone meals for growing crops and trees faster in Minecraft, but it doesn’t work on some plants like cactus, nether wart, vines. The bone meal also can be used for making dyes to craft banners and other things white.

From growing plant life, to crafting dyes, blocks, and many decorations, Bone Meal is a great all-around material in Minecraft. For those unsure of how to find or make it, however, it may not be as accessible. However, there are plenty of ways to stock up on Bone Meal. It spawns in quite a few loot locations, as well as being droppable from fish. Additionally, using a composter and putting enough plant matter inside will spawn one piece of Bone Meal.

Bone meal can be found in several places in Minecraft

  • Craft from bones or bone blocks: Place a bone or a bone block into the crafting grid. Bones will give 3 pieces of bone meal, while bone blocks give 9 pieces. Bones are a common drop from killing Skeletons and can also be found in treasure chests. Bone blocks spawn underground in the Overworld on a rare occasion, or commonly spawn in the Soul Sand Valley biome in the Nether.
  • Dropped by fish: Slaying fish (not fishing for them), has a small chance of them dropping bone meal. For Bedrock players, fish will drop bones.
  • Produced by composter: Composters can be crafted with seven pieces of slabs in the crafting grid. Placing any item that’s considered food or a plant will compost it, and once the composter is full, it will return the items as bone meal for the player.
  • Traded by the Wandering Trader: The Wandering Trader will spawn close to the player after a few days have passed in the Minecraft world. Sometimes, he sells a bone meal for a few emeralds, though this trade isn’t really worth it.

Supported Platforms

A Bone meal is available in the following versions of Minecraft:

  • Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac) 
  • Minecraft Pocket Edition (PE) 
  • Minecraft Xbox Editions 
  • Minecraft PS Editions 
  • Minecraft Nintendo 
  • Minecraft Windows 10 Edition
  • Minecraft Education Edition

Where to find this Bone meal  in Creative Mode

You can find a Bone meal in the Creative Inventory menu

  • Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac) : Materials and Miscellaneous
  • Minecraft Pocket Edition (PE) : Miscellaneous and Nature
  • Minecraft Xbox Editions : Materials and Nature
  • Minecraft PS Editions : Materials and Nature
  • Minecraft Nintendo : Materials and Nature
  • Minecraft Windows 10 Edition : Miscellaneous and Nature
  • Minecraft Education Edition : Miscellaneous and Nature

Required Materials to make Bone Meal

In Minecraft, these are the materials you can use to craft bone meal:

  • 1 Bone
  • 1 Bone Block

How to craft Bone Meal in Survival Mode

  • Open the Crafting Menu

Open your crafting table of 3×3 crafting grid

  • Add Items to make Bone Meal

To make a bone meal, you will need to place specific items in the grid. It is important that the items are placed in the exact pattern as described below. Patterns you can use as a crafting recipe for bone meal

  1. Pattern 1

In the first row, there should be 1 bone in the first box. This crafting recipe makes 3 bone meal.

  1. Pattern 2

In the first row, there should be 1 bone block in the first box. This crafting recipe makes 9 bone meal.

The bone meal will appear in the box to the right.

  • Move the Bone Meal to Inventory

Once you have crafted bone meal, you need to move the bone meal to your inventory.

Item ID and Name

A bone meal has the following Name, ID and DataValue

  • Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac) : Bone Meal (minecraft:dye) 351 15

Bone Meal (minecraft:bone_meal)

  • Minecraft Pocket Edition (PE) : Bone Meal (minecraft:dye) 351 15

    Bone Meal (minecraft:bone_meal)

  • Minecraft Xbox One : Bone Meal (minecraft:dye) 351 15

  Bone Meal (minecraft:bone_meal)

  • Minecraft PS4 : Bone Meal (minecraft:dye) 351 15

Bone Meal (minecraft:bone_meal)

  • Minecraft Nintendo Switch : Bone Meal (minecraft:dye) 351 15

Bone Meal (minecraft:bone_meal)

  • Minecraft Windows 10 Edition : Bone Meal (minecraft:dye) 351 15

Bone Meal (minecraft:bone_meal)

  • Minecraft Education Edition : Bone Meal (minecraft:dye) 351 15

Bone Meal (minecraft:bone_meal)

Give Command for Bone Meal

  1. In Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac) 1.13, 1.14, 1.15, 1.16, 1.17, 1.18, 1.18.1, 1.18.2 and 1.19, the /give command for Bone Meal is: /give @p bone_meal 1
  2. In Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac) 1.8, 1.9, 1.10, 1.11 and 1.12, the /give command for Bone Meal is: /give @p dye 1 15
  1. In Minecraft Pocket Edition (PE) 1.16.0, 1.17.0, 1.18.0 and 1.18.31, the /give command for Bone Meal is: /give @p bone_meal 1 0
  1. In Minecraft Pocket Edition (PE) 0.16.0, 1.0, 1.1, 1.2, 1.4.0, 1.5.0, 1.6.0, 1.7.0, 1.8.0, 1.9.0, 1.10.0, 1.11.0, 1.12.0, 1.13.0 and 1.14.0, the /give command for Bone Meal is: /give @p dye 1 15
  1. In Minecraft Xbox One 1.16.0, 1.17.0, 1.18.0 and 1.18.31, the /give command for Bone Meal is: /give @p bone_meal 1 0
  1. In Minecraft Xbox One 1.6.0, 1.7.0, 1.8.0, 1.9.0, 1.10.0, 1.11.0, 1.12.0, 1.13.0 and 1.14.0, the /give command for Bone Meal is: /give @p dye 1 15
  1. In Minecraft PS4 1.16.0, 1.17.0, 1.18.0 and 1.18.31, the /give command for Bone Meal is: /give @p bone_meal 1 0
  1. In Minecraft PS4 1.14.0, the /give command for Bone Meal is: /give @p dye 1 15
  1. In Minecraft Nintendo Switch 1.16.0, 1.17.0, 1.18.0 and 1.18.31, the /give command for Bone Meal is: /give @p bone_meal 1 0
  1. In Minecraft Nintendo Switch 1.6.0, 1.7.0, 1.8.0, 1.9.0, 1.10.0, 1.11.0, 1.12.0, 1.13.0 and 1.14.0, the /give command for Bone Meal is: /give @p dye 1 15
  1. In Minecraft Windows 10 Edition 1.16.0, 1.17.0, 1.18.0 and 1.18.31, the /give command for Bone Meal is: /give @p bone_meal 1 0
  1. In Minecraft Windows 10 Edition 0.16.0, 1.0, 1.1, 1.2, 1.4.0, 1.5.0, 1.6.0, 1.7.0, 1.8.0, 1.9.0, 1.10.0, 1.11.0, 1.12.0, 1.13.0 and 1.14.0, the /give command for Bone Meal is: /give @p dye 1 15
  1. In Minecraft Education Edition 1.17.30, the /give command for Bone Meal is: /give @p bone_meal 1 0
  1. In Minecraft Education Edition 0.14.2, 1.0, 1.0.18, 1.0.21, 1.4.0, 1.7.0, 1.9.0, 1.12.0, 1.12.60 and 1.14.31, the /give command for Bone Meal is: /give @p dye 1 15

Conclusion

With a little luck and determination, it is not difficult to create a Bone Meal farm. Though this is a resource-heavy project, the rewards are well worth the investment.So now that you know this, why don’t you use this to enhance your performance and fire up your game. All The best !

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