To get mud in Minecraft, you have two main methods:
- Find and mine mud blocks in a mangrove swamp biome. Mud naturally generates abundantly there, and you can dig it up with your hands or preferably a shovel for faster mining
- Create mud by using a water bottle on a dirt block. First, craft a water bottle by filling a glass bottle with water. Then right-click the water bottle on a dirt block to turn it into mud. This method is useful if you don't have easy access to a mangrove swamp
For large quantities, visiting a mangrove swamp to mine mud directly is the most efficient. Alternatively, you can set up a "mud farm" by placing dirt blocks and converting them into mud using water bottles, then mining the mud blocks repeatedly
. Summary:
- Locate mangrove swamp and mine mud blocks.
- Or craft water bottles, use them on dirt blocks to make mud.
- For bulk mud, consider building a mud farm with dirt and water bottles.
This covers how to get mud both naturally and by crafting in Minecraft.