How to get flowering azalea in Minecraft

Modified Oct 05, 2024 11:22 GMT

The flowering azalea in Minecraft is a variant of the azalea that has multiple benefits and serves as an important resource apart from looking quite pretty. This flower can be found and harvested quite easily for use in a host of scenarios. So what exactly is the flowering azalea and how can you find it while adventuring the block-shaped world?

Here's everything you need to know about the flowering azalea in Minecraft.

Everything you need to know about the flowering azalea in Minecraft

What is a flowering azalea in Minecraft?

flowering azalea is a flower with many uses (Image via Mojang)

The flowering azalea is a variant of the azalea block that is considered a flower and has a variety of uses. It was added to the game in the Caves & Cliffs Update in Minecraft 1.17.

The flower grows on a block of azalea, a solid block that can be used to grow an azalea tree. It is one of the few flowers which cannot be used to craft dye in Minecraft.

How to get flowering azalea in Minecraft

Break a flowering azalea to add it to your inventory (Image via Mojang)

You can get your hands on the flower by looking for a flowering azalea block. They are usually found in the Lush Caves biome, which has an abundance of Azalea trees and vegetation.

Once you find a flowering azalea block, break the flowering azalea block by using your hands or any tool. It breaks instantly and you will find a small flowering azalea floating on the ground. Pick it up to add it to your inventory and use it for various purposes.

How to use flowering azalea in Minecraft

Add a flowering azalea to composter to boost its efficiency (Image via Mojang)

Flowering azaleas function like regular flowers and have a myriad of uses. Apart from being placed on grass blocks, dirt, moss blocks, and more, they can also serve as a great fuel source. flowering azaleas can be used in furnaces in Minecraft to smelt 0.5 items per azalea.

Additionally, you can use the flowering azalea to buff your composting in Minecraft. Adding one of the flowers has an 85% chance of boosting your composting level. You also have a 5% chance of growing bee nests when you plant oak, birch, and cherry saplings within two blocks of a flowering azalea.

The flowering azalea in Minecraft can also be used to grow an azalea tree. Unlike regular saplings, it doesn't automatically grow into a tree. You must use a bone meal to trigger the process and even then, you only have a 45% chance of turning the flowering azalea into an azalea tree.

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Edited by Abhipsito Das