{{redirect|Kelp Block|the non-solid plant|Kelp}}
{{Infobox block
|image=Dried Kelp Block.png
|invimage= Dried Kelp Block
|transparent=No
|light=No
|tool=hoe
|renewable=Yes
|flammable=Yes (30)
|lavasusceptible=No
|stackable=Yes (64)
}}
'''Dried kelp blocks''' are storage [[block]]s equivalent to nine [[dried kelp]]. They can also be used as [[fuel]].

== Obtaining ==
=== Breaking ===
Dried kelp blocks can be [[breaking|mined]] using any [[tool]] or by hand, but a [[hoe]] is the fastest way to break it.
{{breaking row|horizontal=1|Dried Kelp Block|Hoe|Any}}

=== Crafting ===
{{Crafting
|A1 = Dried Kelp
|B1 = Dried Kelp
|C1 = Dried Kelp
|A2 = Dried Kelp
|B2 = Dried Kelp
|C2 = Dried Kelp
|A3 = Dried Kelp
|B3 = Dried Kelp
|C3 = Dried Kelp
|Output = Dried Kelp Block
|type = Building block
}}

== Usage ==
Dried kelp blocks can be used to store dried kelp in a compact fashion.

Unlike [[hay bale]]s, dried kelp blocks cannot be placed in every orientation, despite both being bundled dried plant matter and using the same type of model.

=== Fuel ===
Dried kelp blocks can be used as [[fuel]] in [[furnace]]s, [[blast furnace]]s, and [[smoker]]s. Its burning time is 200 seconds (4000 ticks), and it is able to smelt 20 items. This is 2.5 times the burn duration of [[coal]] and [[charcoal]], and 0.25 times the burn duration of a [[block of coal]]. It is the fuel with the highest number of operations per fuel below 64 items. The highest number of items that can be smelted without any refills or [[hopper]]s and without loss of fuel is 60 items (3 dried kelp blocks).

Crafting a dried kelp block first requires smelting 9 pieces of [[kelp]], so its net fuel value is only 11 items. However, using a different fuel source to smelt pieces of kelp that are then crafted into dried kelp blocks, the number of operations per fuel is effectively increased. If a [[lava bucket]] were used to smelt 100 pieces of kelp that were then crafted into 11 dried kelp blocks, which can then smelt a total of 220 items, giving the lava bucket a net increase of 120 items smelted.

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

=== Composting ===
Dried kelp blocks have a 50% chance of increasing the compost level in a [[composter]] by 1. Composting a dried kelp block instead of 9 kelp items (whether raw or dried) is less efficient. For example, 100 dried kelp blocks would yield 7 {{frac|1|7}} bone meal on average, while 900 kelp items needed to make them in the first place would instead yield 38 {{frac|4|7}} bone meal on average.

=== Trading ===
{{Trade uses}}

== Sounds ==
{{Sound table/Block/Grass}}

== Data values ==
=== ID ===
{{edition|java}}:
{{ID table
|edition=java
|showforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Dried Kelp Block
|spritetype=block
|nameid=dried_kelp_block
|foot=1}}

{{edition|bedrock}}:
{{ID table2
|edition=bedrock
|shownumericids=y
|showforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Dried Kelp Block
|spritetype=block
|nameid=dried_kelp_block
|id=394
|foot=1}}

== Achievements ==
{{load achievements|Alternative Fuel}}

== History ==
{{HistoryTable
|{{HistoryLine|java}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.13|dev=18w07a|[[File:Dried Kelp Block JE1 BE2.png|32px]] Added dried kelp blocks.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=18w07b|Dried kelp blocks are now [[flammable]].}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=18w08b|Dried kelp blocks can now be [[craft]]ed.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.14|dev=18w46a|Dried kelp block's [[Map item format|map color]] has been changed from '26 COLOR_BROWN' to '27 COLOR_GREEN'}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.14|dev=19w03a|Placing dried kelp blocks in the new [[composter]] has a 20% chance of increasing the compost level by 1.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=19w05a|Dried kelp blocks now have a 50% chance of increasing the compost level in a composter by 1.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=19w11a|Butcher [[villager]]s now [[trading|buy]] dried kelp blocks.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.16|dev=20w11a|Dried kelp blocks can now be [[breaking|broken]] faster using [[hoe]]s.}}

|{{HistoryLine|bedrock}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.4.0|dev=beta 1.2.14.2|[[File:Dried Kelp Block BE1.png|32px]] Added dried kelp blocks.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=beta 1.2.20.1|[[File:Dried Kelp Block JE1 BE2.png|32px]] The texture of dried kelp blocks has now been changed.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.11.0|dev=beta 1.11.0.1|Dried kelp blocks can now be used to fill up [[composter]]s.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=beta 1.11.0.4|Dried kelp blocks can now be [[trading|sold]] to butcher [[villager]]s.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.16.0|dev=beta 1.16.0.57|Dried kelp blocks can now be [[breaking|broken]] faster using [[hoe]]s.
|Trading changed, expert butcher villagers now buy 10 dried kelp blocks for an emerald.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.20.30|dev=Preview 1.20.20.21|Increased the blast resistance of dried kelp blocks from 0.5 to 2.5.}}

|{{HistoryLine|console}}
|{{HistoryLine||xbox=TU69|ps3=1.76|psvita=1.76|ps4=1.76|wiiu=Patch 38|[[File:Dried Kelp Block JE1 BE2.png|32px]] Added dried kelp blocks.}}
}}

== Issues ==
{{issue list}}

== External links ==
*[https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/block-month--dried-kelp Block of the Month: Dried Kelp] – Minecraft.net on April 20, 2023

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