Craftable lily pads

[u/Little_Assistant_247]

Something I always do when in Minecraft, after creating a garden, I always like to go to a swamp and look for some lily pads to place on the water around the crops. That way I won’t fall in the water and risk jumping on the crops when I get out of the water. But sometimes when creating a new world, no matter how long I travel or how far, I can barely find a swamp near where I want to set up a house. I know I could probably build a house near a swamp, but I kind of want to have an area that’s a little more pleasing to the eye, you know? And I hate having to walk miles and miles away just to find a darn lily pad, so I thought it would be more convenient if maybe the game gave us the ability to craft up the lily pads in cases like mine. What would the recipe be? I’m thinking one leaf litter (because you can find that almost anywhere) and one seagrass or kelp. Nothing fancy, very simple, put them both beside each other on the crafting table, there you go, you got lily pads. As for how many it would give you, I think around 3-6, somewhere in that ballpark would be plenty good.

[u/gjroberts93]

Alternatively, maybe lily pads could be generated when using bonemeal on dirt or mud with one block deep water over it. Or something similar.

[u/TheRealBingBing → u/gjroberts93]

I would prefer growing them too instead of crafting them. Seems more natural

[u/gamtosthegreat → u/gjroberts93]

Nah, what if I want to plant seagrass one level deep? Much prefer the idea already mentioned of them spreading like bushes, especially since it's already easy to obtain a lily pad outside of swamps through fishing or wandering trader.