Dirt Path

Dirt paths are decorative blocks created by a shovel on most types of dirt. They are mainly found in villages as a path for the villagers.

Breaking

A shovel is the most efficient tool for mining dirt paths. , a dirt path block can be directly obtained in item form with a Silk Touch tool. , dirt paths always drop dirt when broken. Dirt path blocks can be obtained in item form only via the Creative inventory, commands, or . They can still be created from placed dirt, however, by a shovel on dirt, as described in below.

Natural generation

Dirt paths are naturally generated in villages when pathways replace grass blocks. Their purpose is aesthetics, and additionally , pathfinding for villagers. Most dirt paths connect to village structures and houses. Dirt paths also generate as part of some village structures. Although they can't be placed that way by the player, village generation can cause them to appear under other blocks.

Post-generation

Dirt paths can be created by any type of shovel on the side or top of dirt, grass block, coarse dirt, mycelium, podzol, or rooted dirt that has air above it. The shovel then loses one durability.

Usage

Dirt paths are primarily used for decoration, although they also prevent hostile mobs from spawning. They are a similar color to grass blocks placed in a desert or savanna biome. They are only of a block high, therefore items that require a full block like torches and buttons cannot be placed on them. Villagers and iron golems prefer to use dirt paths the most when routing compared to any other block. A dirt path block converts to dirt instantly if a block with a solid material is placed on top of it. Using a hoe on dirt path converts it to farmland. Since dirt paths can be created with any variant of dirt, it can be used as an intermediate step to convert podzol and mycelium, which cannot be tilled directly, into farmland. , using a flint and steel on a dirt path places fire on it. Doing this does not convert the path to dirt.

Trivia

If aimed correctly, an arrow can fly past the gap between a block and a dirt path placed below using commands. The idea of dirt paths came from a suggestion post in /r/Minecraft.

Screenshots

Path Suggestion.png|The original suggestion image for dirt paths. Grum Path.png|The first image of dirt paths released. Pressed Dirt.png|The second image of dirt paths released. GrassPath2.jpg|The third image of dirt paths released. V0.11.0 Dev Village.png|First image of dirt paths generated in a village, tweeted by Tommaso Checchi. GrassBlockGrassPath.png|The of a block height difference between grass blocks and dirt paths. Glitchlol.png|Wheat seeds growing from dirt paths due to a glitch. Dirt Path Update.jpg|Dirt, coarse dirt, podzol, and mycelium being turned into dirt paths.