Aether Dirt

Aether Dirt
Type	Solid Block
Physics	No
Transparency	No
Luminance	No
Blast resistance	2.5
Hardness	0.5
Tool
Renewable	No
Stackable	Yes (64)
Flammable	No
Drops	Itself
Data value	See Data values
ID Name	See Data values

“A paler dirt. Aether grass and skyroot trees will grow on it”
—Book of Lore

Aether Dirt is a type of block found in abundance in the Aether.

Obtaining

Aether Dirt does not require a shovel to be obtained, and so, will drop even if mined with bare hands.

Block	Aether Dirt
Hardness	0.5
Tool
Breaking time
Hand	0.75
Skyroot	0.4
Holystone	0.3
Zanite and Valkyrie*	0.2
Gravitite	0.1

_{*Times are from unenchanted tools in seconds, and Zanite with max durability.}

Natural generation

Aether Dirt makes up the majority of the Aether, along with Holystone. It can be found all over islands, typically covering the first several surface layers before the Holystone.

Usage

Aether Dirt is the only block that can grow Aether plants and trees. Dirt. It is not possible to grow overworld Trees, Tall Grass or Wheat on it.

Swetty Balls can be used to automatically turn placed Aether Dirt into Aether Grass.

Data values

Aether Dirt's data values are:

Name	ID name	DV
Aether Dirt	aether:aether_dirt	167 (dec), A7 (hex), 10100111 (bin)

Issues

Issues relating to Aether Dirt block are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues for Aether Dirt there.

History

The Aether

• Initial release: Introduced
• 1.04: Fixed bug where Aether Dirt would have no name

Aether II

• Initial release: Introduced
• Now breaks at the same speed as overworld dirt. (previously it broke at the same speed that overworld dirt would break when mined with a stone shovel).

Upcoming

• 1.10b1: Now has the id-number of 4096
• 1.10b4: Coarse Aether Dirt variant introduced

Gallery

Comparison between Grass-based Aether and Overworld

Overworld Aether Dirt