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Mangrove Swamp Guide

Mud, roots and frogs. Bring a boat.

A mangrove propagule surrounded by mud, mud bricks, a mangrove log and frogspawn on mud
Quick answer
  • Mangrove swamps have mangrove trees with tall roots, lots of shallow water and Mud.
  • Plant a Mangrove propagule to grow a mangrove tree, even underwater.
  • Frogs, slimes and bogged spawn here.

Mangrove swamps are warm, wet and full of roots. They're slow to walk through but great for building blocks.

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Mangrove trees

  • Give mangrove logs, planks and roots.
  • Propagules hang from the leaves. Use bone meal on a leaf to grow a new one.
  • Propagules can be planted on mud, dirt, grass, clay and moss, even underwater.

Mud

  1. Mud covers the ground. You can also make it with a water bottle on dirt.
  2. Craft mud with wheat to get packed mud.
  3. Craft 4 packed mud into Mud bricks.
Clay from mudPut mud on top of a block with pointed dripstone underneath. After a while it turns into clay.

Mobs

  • Frogs, which lay frogspawn after breeding with slimeballs.
  • Slimes at night.
  • Bogged, the poison skeletons.

Getting around

A boat is often faster than walking through the shallow water, as long as you steer around the roots.

Cheat sheet

  • Mangrove trees and propagules
  • Mud for mud bricks
  • Frogs, slimes and bogged
  • Use a boat

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