---
title: Poison Ivy
icon: verdant:item/poison_ivy
type: item
---

# Poison Ivy

**Poison Ivy** is a common sight in the **Verdant Growth**, often seen hanging from trees or cave ceilings. Entities that walk through **Poison Ivy** - or stand on **Poison Ivy Covered Strangler Leaves** - will be inflicted with the **Poison** effect for a short duration. 

<Asset width={128} height={128} location="verdant:item/poison_ivy" title="Poison Ivy" />

<Asset width={128} height={128} location="verdant:item/poison_ivy_strangler_leaves" title="Poison Ivy Covered Strangler Leaves" />

# Uses

**Poison Ivy** has a small tree of crafting uses. First off, it is a vital ingredient in **Rotten Compost**. **Rotten Compost** is a fertilizer item that behaves similarly to **Bone Meal**

<CraftingRecipe
    slots={[
        'verdant:item/poison_ivy',
        'minecraft:wheat_seeds', 
        'minecraft:rotten_flesh',
        '',
        '',
        '',
        '',
        '',
        ''
    ]}
    result="verdant:item/rotten_compost"
/>

<Callout variant="info">
		The recipe for **Rotten Compost** accepts any type of seeds, not just wheat seeds.
</Callout>

**Poison Ivy** can also be crafted into a **Block of Poison Ivy**, which poisons any entity that stands on it. These might be useful for traps, adventure maps, or mob farms - or for smelting into a **Block of Toxic Ash**.

<CraftingRecipe
    slots={[
        'verdant:item/poison_ivy',
        'verdant:item/poison_ivy', 
        'verdant:item/poison_ivy',
        'verdant:item/poison_ivy',
        'verdant:item/frame_block', 
        'verdant:item/poison_ivy',
        'verdant:item/poison_ivy',
        'verdant:item/poison_ivy', 
        'verdant:item/poison_ivy'
    ]}
    result="verdant:item/poison_ivy_block"
/>

# Toxic Ash

**Toxic Ash** is the most reliable way to remove the **Verdant Growth** from a region. Each **Block of Toxic Ash** crafts to a