Glistering Melon Slice
For the edible item, see Melon Slice.
Glistering Melon Slice

| Rarity tier |
Common |
|---|---|
| Renewable |
Yes |
| Stackable |
Yes (64) |
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A glistering melon slice is an inedible item used as a brewing ingredient for potions of Healing.
Obtaining
Generated loot
| Item | Structure | Container | Quantity | Chance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Java Edition and Bedrock Edition | ||||
| Chest | 4–12 | 7.3%{ "item": "Glistering Melon Slice", "stacksize": "4–12", "chance": 0.0729006411312747, "structure": "Ruined Portal", "container": "Chest" }
| ||
Crafting
| Ingredients | Crafting recipe |
|---|---|
| Gold Nugget + Melon Slice |
Trading
| Villager | Probability | Villager wants | Player receives | Trades in stock | Villager experience | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JE | BE | ||||||
| 100% | 50% | 4 × | 3 × | 12 | 30 | ||
Usage
Despite being crafted with a melon slice, a glistering melon slice cannot be eaten, unlike a golden apple or golden carrot.
Brewing ingredient
| Name | Ingredients | Brewing recipe |
|---|---|---|
| Mundane Potion | Glistering Melon Slice + Water Bottle |
|
| Potion of Healing | Glistering Melon Slice + Awkward Potion |
Piglins
Piglins are attracted to glistering melon slices. They run toward any glistering melon slice on the ground, and inspect it for 6 to 8 seconds before putting it in their inventory.
Achievements
| Icon | Achievement | In-game description | Actual requirements (if different) | Gamerscore earned | Trophy type (PS) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PS4 | Other | ||||||
| Oooh, shiny! | Distract a Piglin using gold | Give a piglin a gold item[more information needed] while it is aggressive toward the player. | 30 | Silver | |||
Advancements
| Icon | Advancement | In-game description | Actual requirements (if different) |
|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Oh Shiny | Distract Piglins with gold | While aggravated, give a piglin one of these 25/27[upcoming] gold-related items in the
#piglin_loved item tag:
|
Data values
ID
| Name | Identifier | Form | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|
glistering_melon_slice | Item | item |
| Name | Identifier | Alias ID | Numeric ID | Form | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
glistering_melon_slice | speckled_melon | 434 | Item | item |
History
| Java Edition | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.0.0 | Beta 1.9 Prerelease 4 | ||||||
| The crafting recipe of glistering melons is one melon slice and one gold nugget. | |||||||
| Glistering melons have replaced ghast tears as the ingredient to produce potions of Healing due to the difficulty in getting tears.[1] They also now brew with water bottles to create mundane potions. | |||||||
| 1.6.1 | 13w23a | The crafting recipe of glistering melons is changed from one gold nugget to eight. | |||||
| 1.9 | 15w49a | ||||||
| 15w49b | |||||||
| 1.13 | 18w20b | "Glistering Melon" has been renamed to "Glistering Melon Slice". | |||||
| 1.14 | 18w43a | ||||||
| 19w11a | Farmer villagers now sell 3 glistering melon slices for 4 emeralds. | ||||||
| 1.16 | 20w09a | Glistering melon slices are now admired by piglins.[3] | |||||
| 20w16a | Glistering melon slices now generate in ruined portal chests. | ||||||
| Pocket Edition Alpha | |||||||
| v0.12.1 | build 1 | ||||||
| Bedrock Edition | |||||||
| 1.10.0 | beta 1.10.0.3 | ||||||
| 1.11.0 | beta 1.11.0.4 | Glistering melons can now be bought from farmer villagers. | |||||
| 1.13.0 | beta 1.13.0.9 | Trading has been changed. Master-level farmer villagers now have a 1⁄3 chance to sell glistering melon slices. | |||||
| 1.16.0 | beta 1.16.0.57 | Glistering melons are sold from farmer villagers under a 50% chance, once again. | |||||
| Glistering melons now generate in ruined portal chests. | |||||||
| 1.16.100 | beta 1.16.100.54 | Ruined portals can now generate with 4–12 glistering melons instead of only one. | |||||
| 1.21.30 | Preview 1.21.30.22 | Changed name from "Glistering Melon" to "Glistering Melon Slice" to match Java Edition. | |||||
| Legacy Console Edition | |||||||
| Xbox 360 | Xbox One | PS3 | PS4 | PS Vita | Wii U | Switch | |
| TU7 | CU1 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | Patch 1 | 1.0.1 | |
| TU19 | CU7 | 1.12 | 1.12 | 1.12 | The crafting recipe of glistering melons is changed from one gold nugget to eight.[is this the correct version?] | ||
| 1.90 | |||||||
| 1.91 | Glistering melons can now be bought from farmer villagers. | ||||||
| New Nintendo 3DS Edition | |||||||
| 0.1.0 | |||||||
Data history
| Java Edition | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.13 | 17w47a | Prior to The Flattening, this item's numeral ID was 382. | |||||
| 18w20b | The ID of glistering melon slices has been changed from speckled_melon to glistering_melon_slice. | ||||||
| Bedrock Edition | |||||||
| 1.16.100 | beta 1.16.100.56 | The ID of glistering melon slices has been changed from speckled_melon to glistering_melon_slice. | |||||
Issues
Issues relating to "Glistering Melon Slice" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.
Trivia
- A glistering melon slice is featured in the Cotán painting.
