Dirt

Dirt is a block found abundantly in most biomes under a layer of grass blocks at the top of the Overworld.

Obtaining: You can break a Grass Block

Natural Generation:Dirt is found at any altitude, and comprises the majority of the upper terrain layers in most overworld biomes, bridging the gap between stone and grass blocks in various thicknesses.

There are approximately 1,850 dirt blocks per chunk in plains, forest, snowy tundra, jungle, and mountains biomes. There can be as many as 3,000 in chunks with high mountains. Dirt also generates naturally in some houses in villages. Dirt also generates as part of the dirt floor found in the starting point area in mineshafts.

Dirt can generate in the Overworld in the form of mineral veins. Dirt attempts to generate 10 times per chunk in veins of size 1-33 at any level in all biomes.