Lily Pad - Minecraft Block Guide | Properties, Recipe & Uses (2025)

What is Lily Pad in Minecraft?

A lily pad is a flat, green, circular block that floats on the surface of water. Its main purpose is to create a solid surface on top of water that you can walk on. This is incredibly useful for crossing rivers, swamps, and lakes without having to swim or build a full bridge. Players use lily pads to create quick and easy pathways across water, or as a platform for fishing. They are a simple but very effective utility block that makes navigating watery areas much easier. They also serve as a nice decorative block, adding a touch of realism and beauty to any pond or water feature.

How to get Lily Pad in Minecraft

The only way to get a lily pad is to find one. It cannot be crafted. Lily pads generate naturally on the surface of the water in swamp and lush cave biomes. You will see them floating in large patches in these areas. To collect a lily pad, you can simply break it with your hand or any tool. It will break instantly and drop as an item that you can pick up. Be careful not to fall in the water while you are collecting them. You can also get lily pads by fishing. There is a small chance that you will catch a lily pad as a "junk" item while fishing. Finally, a Wandering Trader will sometimes offer to sell two lily pads for one emerald.

How to use Lily Pad in Minecraft

The main use for a lily pad is to create a bridge or platform on water. You can place a lily pad on any water source block, and it will create a solid surface that you can stand on and walk across. You can place a line of them to create a simple bridge. This is much faster than building a bridge out of solid blocks. You can also place other blocks, like torches or sugar cane, on top of a lily pad, which is very useful. For example, you can place a torch on a lily pad to light up the middle of a lake. For builders, lily pads are a great decorative block for ponds, gardens, and other water features, making them look more natural and alive.

How to craft Lily Pad in Minecraft

No recipes for this block.

What can Lily Pad make in Minecraft

No items can be crafted.

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How This All Started

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That was probably a mistake.

A half finished story, oh well. I'll keep adding more as I go!

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Why I Keep Going

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