Kelp is a great underwater plant abundant in Minecraft ocean biomes. Except for in freezing and very warm oceans. You can break it with your fists or any tool, and if you want to harvest it faster, break it from the bottom, as it will bring the whole plant down.
If you are here to know how to dry the kelp and use it more efficiently, we are here to help. There are two methods of getting dried kelp. Kelp can be dried using a furnace, campfire and smoker. Let’s not waste any more time and make dried kelp.
How to Make Dried Kelp in Minecraft?
You can obtain dried kelp by using two methods. Let’s see what these methods are and how to use them.
Making Kelp in Minecraft by Smelting
To make dried kelp by smelting, you will need these things.
Ingredients
To dry it, you only need kelp and the fuel of your choice, which can be coal, wood or lava.
Method
- Open a furnace and put the fuel in the bottom slot.
- Now add kelp and let the cooking be done.
- When dried kelp appears in the right box, move it to your inventory.
Every time you get dried kelp, you also get 0.1 XP. It took the furnace 10 seconds, the smoker 5 and the campfire 30 seconds to smelt the kelp. However, at a campfire, no fuel is required.
Making Kelp in Crafting Table
You can also get kelp by using the crafting table in survival.
Method
- Open your crafting table.
- When the 3 by 3 grid appears, put one block of dried kelp in the leftmost box of the first row.
- For each dried kelp block, you will have nine dried kelps.
- When they appear, move them to your inventory.
What to Do With Dried Kelp in Minecraft?
As we said before, kelp is a very useful plant. In Minecraft, you can do many things with kelp.
- You can use dried kelp as a food source. Whenever you consume one dried kelp, it will fill half a hunger icon.
- You can use dried kelps to make a dried kelp block. These blocks will be a great fuel source and smelt 20 items for you.
Conclusion
That is how you make your dried kelp. Even if it is not the best food source, turning it into a block can benefit players. We hope you find this information helpful.
NOTE: You can obtain dried kelp by using this command in java edition.
/give @p dried_kelp_block 1