Kelp Farming and Dried Kelp

Quick answer

• Kelp grows in most oceans, up to 26 blocks tall.
• Break one piece and everything above it breaks too.
• Smelt it into Dried kelp, then craft 9 into a Dried kelp block that smelts 20 items as fuel.

Kelp is one of the easiest things to farm. It grows by itself underwater, and dried kelp blocks are a renewable furnace fuel.

Furnace & Fuel CalculatorCalculate Minecraft smelting fuel, time and leftovers using furnaces, smokers or blast furnaces→

Where it grows

Kelp grows in all oceans except warm, frozen and deep frozen ones. Wild kelp can be anything from 2 to 26 blocks tall.

Farming it

1. Plant kelp on a block at the bottom of water.
2. Let it grow up. Bone meal adds one block each use.
3. Break the second block from the bottom. Everything above drops and floats up.

Using it

Item	How to make	Use
Dried kelp	Smelt kelp	Quick snack
Dried kelp block	9 dried kelp	Fuel, smelts 20 items

Kelp also goes in a composter, with a 30% chance per piece.

Cheat sheet

• Most oceans, up to 26 blocks tall
• Break the second block to harvest
• 9 dried kelp = 1 dried kelp block
• Each block smelts 20 items

Farm Output CalculatorCalculate Minecraft farm production, items per hour and required shulker boxes and chests→