{{Redirect|Wheat block|the item harvested from crops|Wheat}}{{Infobox block
|image = <gallery>
Hay Bale (UD) JE2 BE2.png|Hay Bale (UD)
Hay Bale (EW) JE2 BE2.png|Hay Bale (EW)
Hay Bale (NS) JE2 BE2.png|Hay Bale (NS)
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|transparent = No
|light = No
|tool = hoe
|renewable = Yes
|stackable = Yes (64)
|flammable = Yes (60)
|lavasusceptible = No
}}
'''Hay bales''' are storage [[block]]s equivalent to nine pieces of [[wheat]]. They are used as a [[crafting]] ingredient, to feed [[llama]]s and all [[horse]] variants, reduce [[Damage#Fall damage|fall damage]], and extend [[campfire]] smoke.

== Obtaining ==
=== Breaking ===
Hay bales can be [[breaking|mined]] using any [[tool]], but a hoe speeds up the process.

{{breaking row|horizontal=1|Hay Bale|Hoe|Any}}

=== Natural generation ===
Hay bales often generate as [[pile]]s (and in some houses, animal pens, farms, or meeting points) scattered around in [[village]]s located in [[plains]], and less commonly in [[savanna]] and [[desert]] villages. They also can generate under some [[campfire]]s in [[taiga]] villages and as a part of targets/scarecrows in [[pillager outpost]]s.

{{Block distribution}}

=== Crafting ===
{{Crafting
|A1=Wheat
|B1=Wheat
|C1=Wheat
|A2=Wheat
|B2=Wheat
|C2=Wheat
|A3=Wheat
|B3=Wheat
|C3=Wheat
|Output= Hay Bale
|type= Building block
}}

== Usage ==
Hay bales can be used as compact storage of [[wheat]].

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

=== Food ===
Although players cannot eat hay bales, hay bales serve as a compact wheat supply for crafting food items during long periods away from other food sources. A full stack of 64 hay bales is equivalent to 192 loaves of [[bread]] in a single inventory slot.

=== Animals ===
Hay bales can be fed to [[donkey]]s, [[horse]]s, [[llama]]s, or [[mule]]s to heal up to 10 hearts. They are an effective method to heal horses if the player wants to heal them in a short period of time. They also speed up the growth of foals by three minutes and baby llamas by 90 seconds.

==== Breeding ====
Hay bales can be used both to lead and [[Breeding|breed]] llamas.

=== Falling ===
Falling onto a hay bale reduces the [[Damage#Fall damage|fall damage]] by 80%, meaning whatever falls on a hay bale takes 20% of the normal fall damage.

Below are some example damages a player receives falling on a hay bale (assuming no enchantments and/or status effects that reduce fall damage).

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Falling on a hay bale examples
|-
! Fall height !! Fall damage
|-
| 4-8 blocks || {{health|1}}
|-
| 9-13 blocks || {{health|2}}
|-
| 95-100 blocks || {{health|19}}
|-
| 101-103 blocks || {{health|20}}
|-
| 115-120 blocks || {{health|23}}
|}

Thus, it is possible to fall onto a hay bale and survive a 100 block drop (starting with full health) or even a 120 block fall (starting with full health plus 2 [[Absorption]] hearts).

=== Campfires ===
Placing a hay bale under a [[campfire]] makes it a signal fire, increasing the height to which its smoke particles can rise from 10 blocks to 25 blocks.

=== Composting ===
Placing a hay bale into a [[composter]] has an 85% chance of raising the compost level by 1. Composting with hay bales is very inefficient, as the hay bale's chance to be composted is only slightly higher than wheat. For example, 900 wheat could be composted to yield 83{{frac|4|7}} [[bone meal]] on average, but if crafted into 100 hay bales, they would only yield 12{{frac|1|7}} bone meal on average

=== Placement ===
[[File:Orientables.png|thumb|right|Seen here alongside [[log]]s, [[bone block]]s, [[quartz pillar]]s, [[purpur pillar]]s, [[polished basalt]], and [[barrel]]s, hay bales can be pointed in multiple directions.]]

Hay bales can be placed pointing in all three spatial dimensions, in the same way as a log is placed. However, there is no "six-sided" variant like that of the [[wood]] block.

=== Note blocks ===
Hay bale can be placed under [[note block]]s to produce "banjo" sounds.

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

== Data values ==
=== ID ===
{{edition|java}}:
{{ID table
|edition=java
|showforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Hay Bale
|spritetype=block
|nameid=hay_block
|foot=1}}

{{edition|bedrock}}:
{{ID table
|edition=bedrock
|shownumericids=y
|showforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Hay Bale
|spritetype=block
|nameid=hay_block
|id=170
|foot=1}}

=== Block states ===
{{see also|Block states}}

{{/BS}}

== History ==
{{HistoryTable
|{{HistoryLine||February 24, 2013|link=https://www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/1940k3/i_found_a_new_block_hidden_in_one_of_the_mojam2/|A [[wikipedia:Reddit|Reddit]] user (karthus25) discovers a screenshot of hay bales hidden in the files of the [[Mojam]] game ''Nuke the Dinosaurs''.}}
|{{HistoryLine|java}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.6.1|dev=13w16a|[[File:Hay Bale Axis Y JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Hay Bale Axis X JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Hay Bale Axis Z JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Hay Bale Axis None JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added the hay bale.
|The hay bale currently does not have an in-game name, but is called "Hay Bale" in [http://www.mojang.com/2013/04/minecraft-snapshot-13w16a-and-new-launcher/ the change notes].}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=13w16b|The hay bale has now received an in-game name, which is "Hay Block".}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=13w18a|Hay blocks have now received a [[crafting]] recipe.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=13w21a|Hay blocks are now [[flammable]].}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=13w24a|The name of "Hay Block" has been changed to "Hay Bale".}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.8|dev=14w10a|[[File:Missing Model JE2.png|32px]] Six-sided hay bales [[Missing model|no longer have a model]].}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=14w25a|All blocks have been converted to use [[block states]], so the block/data-value combination 170/12 (6-sided hay bale) has been removed.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=14w26c|The amount of how much hay bales heal has been rebalanced.
|Hay bales now accelerate the growth of [[horse]]s.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.9|dev=15w44b|Falling onto a hay bale now does only 20% of the normal [[Damage#Fall damage|fall damage]].}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.11|dev=16w39a|Hay bales can now be used to breed [[llama]]s.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.13|dev=17w47a|Prior to [[1.13/Flattening|''The Flattening'']], this block's numeral ID was 170.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.14|dev=18w43a|[[File:Hay Bale Axis Y JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Hay Bale Axis X JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Hay Bale Axis Z JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The textures of hay bales have been changed.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=18w47a|Added [[pillager outpost]]s, which sometimes generate with scarecrows made of hay bales.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=18w48a|Hay bales now generate in the updated [[plains]] [[village]]s.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=18w49a|Hay bales now generate in the updated [[savanna]] villages.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=18w50a|Hay bales now generate in the updated [[desert]] and [[taiga]] villages.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=19w02a|When a hay bale is placed under a [[campfire]], the campfire's smoke now rises higher than normal (25 blocks instead of the normal 10).}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=19w03a|Placing a hay bale into the new [[composter]] has now a 80% chance of raising the compost level by 1.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=19w05a|Hay bales now have an 85% chance of increasing the compost level in a composter by 1.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=19w09a|Hay bales can now be used to play the banjo, if they are under [[note block]]s.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.16|dev=20w09a|Hay bales can now be used to craft [[target]] blocks.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=20w10a|Hay bales can now be [[breaking|broken]] faster using [[hoe]]s.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.20|dev=23w18a|Entities landing on the edge of a hay bale now properly reduces fall damage.<ref name="MC-1133">{{bug|MC-1133||Whether or not a player experiences some effect is calculated based on the block under the center of the player|Fixed}}</ref>}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.20.2|exp=Villager Trade Rebalance|dev=23w31a|[[Wandering trader]]s now have a chance to [[trading|buy]] a hay bale from the player.}}
|{{HistoryLine|pocket alpha}}
|{{HistoryLine||v0.8.0|dev=build 1|[[File:Hay Bale Axis Y JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Hay Bale Axis X JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Hay Bale Axis Z JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Hay Bale Axis None JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added hay bales.}}
|{{HistoryLine||v0.15.0|dev=build 1|Hay bales can now be used to feed [[horse]]s.}}
|{{HistoryLine|pocket}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.1.0|dev=alpha 1.1.0.0|Hay bales can now be used to breed [[llama]]s.}}
|{{HistoryLine|bedrock}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.2.10|dev=beta 1.2.10.1|Falling onto a hay bale now does only 20% of the normal [[Damage#Fall damage|fall damage]].}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=release|Most changes from beta 1.2.10.1, including the addition of fall damage reduction to hay bales, were reverted due to stability issues.<ref>[[Special:Diff/1181122|Edit to Bedrock Edition 1.2.10 by Minecraft Staff]]</ref>}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.2.13|dev=beta 1.2.13.5|Readded fall damage reduction to hay bales.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.10.0|dev=beta 1.10.0.3|[[File:Hay Bale Axis Y JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Hay Bale Axis X JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Hay Bale Axis Z JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Hay Bale Axis None BE2.png|32px]] The textures of hay bales have been changed.
|Hay bale now generate in [[pillager outpost]]s as targets, and in the new [[village]]s in [[plains]], [[desert]]s, and [[savanna]]s.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.11.0|dev=beta 1.11.0.1|Hay bale can now be used to fill up [[composter]]s.
|When a hay bale is placed under a [[campfire]], the campfire's smoke now rises higher than normal (25 [[block]]s instead of the normal 10).}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.13.0|dev=beta 1.13.0.9|Hay bales can now be used to play the banjo, if they are under [[note block]]s.}}
|{{HistoryLine||?|Hay bales with the side texture on all faces has been removed, and replaced with the Y axis aligned bale.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.16.0|dev=beta 1.16.0.51|Hay bales can now be used to craft [[target]]s.}}
|{{HistoryLine|console}}
|{{HistoryLine||xbox=TU19|xbone=CU7|ps3=1.12|psvita=1.12|ps4=1.12|wiiu=Patch 1|switch=1.0.1|[[File:Hay Bale Axis Y JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Hay Bale Axis X JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Hay Bale Axis Z JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Hay Bale Axis None JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added hay bales.}}
|{{HistoryLine||xbox=TU46|xbone=CU36|ps3=1.38|psvita=1.38|ps4=1.38|wiiu=Patch 15|Falling onto a hay bale now does only 20% of the normal [[Damage#Fall damage|fall damage]].}}
|{{HistoryLine||xbox=TU54|xbone=CU44|ps3=1.52|psvita=1.52|ps4=1.52|wiiu=Patch 24|switch=1.0.4|Hay bales can now be used to breed [[llama]]s.}}
|{{HistoryLine||xbox=none|xbone=none|ps3=none|psvita=none|ps4=1.90|wiiu=none|switch=none|[[File:Hay Bale Axis Y JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Hay Bale Axis X JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Hay Bale Axis Z JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The textures of hay bales have been changed.}}
|{{HistoryLine||xbox=none|xbone=none|ps3=none|psvita=none|ps4=1.91|wiiu=none|switch=none|Hay bale now generate in [[pillager outpost]]s as targets, and in the new [[village]]s in [[plains]], [[desert]]s, and [[savanna]]s.|When a hay bale is placed under a [[campfire]], the campfire's smoke now rises higher than normal (25 [[block]]s instead of the normal 10).}}
|{{HistoryLine|New 3DS}}
|{{HistoryLine||0.1.0|[[File:Hay Bale Axis Y JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Hay Bale Axis X JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Hay Bale Axis Z JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Hay Bale Axis None JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added hay bales.}}
}}

== Issues ==
{{Issue list|Hay Bale|Hay Block|Hay}}

== Gallery ==
=== Renders ===
<gallery>
Hay Bale (EW) JE2 BE2.png|A hay bale on the east-west axes.
Hay Bale (NS) JE2 BE2.png|A hay bale on the north-south axes.
</gallery>

=== Screenshots ===
<gallery>
Hay bales house.png|The image found in the [[Mojang Studios|Mojang]] game file. 
Hay Bale Orientations.png|A building showing the possible orientations of hay bales.
1.13-Jappa-Hay-Bale.jpg|An unreleased [[Texture Update]] hay bale texture.
</gallery>

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* [https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/block-week-hay-bale Block of the Week: Hay Bale] – Minecraft.net on March 31, 2017
* [https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/hay-bale Block of the Month: Hay Bale] — Minecraft.net on July 29, 2024

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