Kelp: Difference between revisions

While kelp will try to spawn and grow in arctic waters, it will despawn in any water block that changes to [[ice]]. Occasionally a piece of dropped kelp will be found on top of recently formed ice. Most of the time, however, it's trapped under the ice and held there until it despawns or the ice melts. In places where ice melts soon after it forms, loose kelp pieces may float to the surface where they can be picked up by [[swimming]].

Kelp can be farmed by [[Farming|planting]] it in almost any type of [[Blocks|block]] under at least one block of water. It is possible to plant kelp with only half a block of water. Water depth is important because kelp will not grow above the highest (at least partially filled) block of water above it. Care must be taken to avoid drowning while harvesting kelp.

[[Harvesting]] kelp by hand produces one unit per block, but using a [[machete]] or [[spade]] will usually produce three. Kelp above a harvested segment will despawn and may not produce any kelp, so for maximum yield kelp should be harvested from the top down. Leaving the bottom-most block of kelp in place when harvesting avoids the need for replanting at a loss of no more than two kelp per plant.

Kelp is the only ingredient in [[craft]]ing compost and can be done at the [[Craft Bench|craft bench]].

When eaten, Kelp will replenish about half portion of the [[Air Bar|air bar]] when a [[Blockhead]] is underwater or in space.

[[Fish (creature)|Fish]] may spawn in the vicinity of growing kelp, and after having grown long enough in a large enough area, because of the many fishes, sharks may start to spawn.