Lily Pad

A lily pad is a plant block found in swamps, mangrove swamps, and as fishing loot. It can only be placed on water or waterlogged blocks and can be stood on as a platform.

Breaking

Lily pads can be broken instantly with anything. They also break from collisions with boats.

Natural generation

Lily pads can be found naturally on water in swamps, mangrove swamps, and wheat farm rooms of woodland mansions.

Fishing

Lily pads are obtainable through fishing, with a 1.9% chance per attempt. See fishing for more details.

Trading

Wandering traders may sell 5 lily pads for 1 emerald.

Mob loot

, wandering traders have a chance of 8.5% (increased by 1% per level of Looting) to drop 5 lily pads when killed while showing the item as trade offer, if the player holds an emerald.

Usage

Lily pads can be used to make paths over water without having to build bridges or use full blocks. Mobs cannot spawn on lily pads. A lily pad is broken and drops as an item when water flows on it. Normal blocks can be placed on the bottom side of lily pads (from below). This breaks the lily pad (dropping it as an item), but leaves the block in place. Blocks can also be placed on top of lily pads, though the placed block appears to hover over the pad rather than rest on it. A lily pad can be used as a starting point for construction on an ocean surface without having to build up from the ocean floor (see also kelp for this purpose). Lily pads are the only solid block that doesn't prevent fishing treasure items from water near it.