Minecraft leaf litter will be quite useful in upcoming game drop despite being visually underwhelming

Leaf litter is a brand new half block that Mojang plans to add in Minecraft's upcoming game drop. It was recently introduced in snapshot 25w02a and has already received reactions from millions of players. Though the block might not look visually appealing, Mojang has made sure to add some useful features to it.

An argument can be made that even though leaf litter might look underwhelming, it can be quite useful in Minecraft.

Note: First part of the article is subjective and solely reflects the writer's opinion. Also, the opinion is based only on the first iteration of leaf litter. There is a chance that Mojang could make changes to the block in the future.

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Reasons why Minecraft leaf litter looks unimpressive but can be extremely useful

Leaf litter's texture and color can feel dull

Leaf litter somewhat clutters the forest floor and also looks the same in every biome (Image via Mojang Studios)

Leaf litter is essentially a sheet-like block that randomly generates in forests, dark forests, and wooded badlands. The block has a few textures of dried leaves of different sizes and shades of brown. One leaf litter item only fills one-fourth of the space when it is placed on a grass block. This means that four of them must be placed to fully fill the block.

Soon after Mojang added leaf litter to Minecraft snapshot 25w02a, it visually cluttered all the biomes it generated. When players enter the biome, the randomly generated brown leaf litter on lush green grass blocks can throw them off.

Of course, a counterargument can be made that forests usually look messy and cluttered in real life, some might feel that the traditional beauty and simplicity of Minecraft forest biomes will be affected with the addition of leaf litter.

Furthermore, leaf litter's color remains the same in every forest biome it generates, which can look mundane. Mojang could have added slight variation to leaf litter color from location to location.

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Leaf litter will be useful in many ways

Despite being visually dull, leaf litter will be of great use in Minecraft (Image via Mojang Studios)

While leaf litter might not look the prettiest, Mojang has added certain features to it so that it becomes quite useful to players, especially those who are starting a new world.

Leaf litter can become a great coal alternative since it can be used as fuel in all furnaces. Two leaf litter items will be able to smelt one piece of item. This will be massively useful in a new world since finding leaf litter scattered around a forest will be much easier to obtain than finding coal ore.

Players will also be able to use leaf litter in composters, with a 30% chance of increasing the manure by one level. Though the odds are less, the abundance of leaf litter in forests will make up for it. Players can convert stacks of leaf litter into bone meal.

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