This Minecraft tutorial explains how to craft a red mushroom block with screenshots and step-by-step instructions.

In Minecraft, a red mushroom block is an item that you can not make with a crafting table or furnace. Instead, you need to find and gather this item in the game. Gathering a red mushroom block is a bit tricky in Minecraft because you need to mine it with a tool that is enchanted with Silk Touch.

Let’s explore how to add a red mushroom block to your inventory.

TIP: A red mushroom block is only available through the Creative Inventory menu in Bedrock Edition (PE, Windows 10, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch) and Education Edition.

Where to find a Red Mushroom Block in Creative Mode

Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac)

Here is where you can find a red mushroom block in the Creative Inventory menu:

Platform Version(s) Creative Menu Location
Java Edition (PC/Mac) 1.13 – 1.19
Java Edition (PC/Mac) 1.19.3 – 1.19.4
  • Platform is the platform that applies.
  • Version(s) is the Minecraft version numbers where the item can be found in the menu location listed (we have tested and confirmed this version number).
  • Creative Menu Location is the location of the item in the Creative Inventory menu.

How to get a Red Mushroom Block in Survival Mode

You can add a red mushroom block to your inventory in Survival mode by mining the top of a large brown mushroom with a tool that has been enchanted with Silk Touch. So let’s get started!

TIP: This will ONLY work in Java Edition. In Bedrock Edition, there is no way to obtain a red mushroom block in Survival mode. If you try the method below in Bedrock Edition, you will get a light brown (spore) mushroom block instead!

1. Find a Red Mushroom

First, find a large red mushroom in your Minecraft world. Large red mushroom are usually found in the Dark Forest or the Mushroom Island biomes:

Dark Forest

Mushroom Island

This is what a large red mushroom looks like:

Large red mushrooms are easy to spot. They are red with white spots and usually found near large brown mushroom.

2. Hold a Tool with Silk Touch

You can mine the top of a red mushroom with a tool that has been enchanted with Silk Touch such as pickaxe, shovel, or axe:

Pickaxe

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Shovel

How to make a Diamond Shovel
How to make a Golden Shovel
How to make a Iron Shovel
How to make a Stone Shovel
How to make a Wooden Shovel
How to make a Netherite Shovel

Axe

How to make a Diamond Axe
How to make a Golden Axe
How to make a Iron Axe
How to make a Stone Axe
How to make a Wooden Axe
How to make a Netherite Axe

In this example, we are going to use an iron pickaxe that is enchanted with Silk Touch.

3. Break the Top of the Large Red Mushroom

The game control to break the top of the red mushroom depends on the version of Minecraft:

  • For Java Edition (PC/Mac), left click and hold on the top of the red mushroom.

The top of the red mushroom will break and a smaller red mushroom block will float on the ground.

TIP: Normally when you mine the top of a red mushroom with your hand or a tool (that is not enchanted), you will get 0-2 red mushrooms in Java Edition.

However, when you mine the top of a large red mushroom using a tool enchanted with Silk Touch in Java Edition, you will get the red mushroom block itself as the drop.

4. Pick up the Red Mushroom Block

Make sure you pick up the red mushroom block before it disappears.

Once you pick up the red mushroom block, it will appear in your hotbar.

A red mushroom block should be kept in your inventory to be used later.

Item ID and Name

Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac)

In Minecraft, a red mushroom block has the following Name, ID and DataValue:

Description
(Minecraft ID Name)		 ID Data Value Stack Size Version
Red Mushroom Block
(minecraft:red_mushroom_block)		 100 0 64 1.8 – 1.12
Red Mushroom Block
(minecraft:red_mushroom_block)		 100 64 1.13 – 1.19.4
  • Description is what the item is called and (Minecraft ID Name) is the string value that is used in game commands.
  • Minecraft ID is the Internal number for the item.
  • Data Value (or damage value) identifies the variation of the block if more than one type exists for the Minecraft ID.
  • Stack Size is the maximum stack size for this item. While some items in Minecraft are stackable up to 64, other items can only be stacked up to 16 or 1. (NOTE: These stack sizes are for vanilla Minecraft only. If you are running a mod, some mods may change the stack size for an item.)
  • Platform is the platform that applies.
  • Version(s) is the Minecraft version numbers that the Minecraft ID and Name are valid for.

Give Command for Red Mushroom Block

Give Command in Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac)

In Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac) 1.13, 1.14, 1.15, 1.16, 1.17, 1.18, 1.19 and 1.19.4, the /give command for Red Mushroom Block is:

/give @p red_mushroom_block 1

In Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac) 1.8, 1.9, 1.10, 1.11 and 1.12, the /give command for Red Mushroom Block is:

/give @p red_mushroom_block 1 0

Things to Do with Red Mushroom Block

Here are some activities that you can do with a red mushroom block in Minecraft:

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Other Mushroom Blocks

Here are some other mushroom blocks in Minecraft:

How to make a Brown Mushroom Block
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