How To Farm Bamboo In Minecraft

Non to be confused with Sugar Cane, which was colloquially known every bit Bamboo.

Bamboo is a establish establish in jungles, and can exist used as fuel for smelting or cooking, to breed pandas, or in crafting scaffolding and sticks. Bamboo is the fastest growing plant in Minecraft.

A bamboo shoot is the non-solid, sapling form of bamboo plant.

Obtaining [ ]

Bamboo tin be mined with any tool, but a sword breaks the cake instantly. Flowing water also breaks bamboo shoots, simply non mature bamboo stalks.

Cake	Bamboo
Hardness	1
Tool
Breaking time^[A]
Default	ane.5
Wooden	0.75
Rock	0.4
Iron	0.25
Diamond	0.2
Netherite	0.2
Golden	0.fifteen
Sword	0.05

↑ Times are for unenchanted tools as wielded by players with no status effects, measured in seconds. For more data, see Breaking § Speed.

Bamboo shoots cannot be obtained through vanilla means. In Bedrock Edition, they can be obtained through add-ons or inventory editing. In Coffee Edition, they are completely unobtainable.

Natural generation [ ]

Bamboo generates in widely scattered unmarried shoots inside jungle biomes. Bamboo generates much more densely in the bamboo variants of jungles, covering large areas of the landscape.

Mob loot [ ]

In Coffee Edition, a panda drops i bamboo when killed. In Boulder Edition, a panda drops 0-2 bamboo when killed. Looting increases the drib by 1 per level.

Fishing [ ]

Bamboo can be found while fishing in jungle biomes equally a junk particular.

Chest loot [ ]

Item	Structure	Container	Quantity	Chance
Java Edition
Bamboo	Jungle temple	Breast	1–3	51%
Bamboo	Shipwreck	Supply chest	1–3	14.4%
Bedrock Edition
Bamboo	Jungle temple	Chest	ane–3	l.9%
Bamboo	Shipwreck	Supply breast	1–3	14.four%

Usage [ ]

When cleaved, any bamboo block placed or grown above it is as well broken. A bamboo block drops itself as an detail if a piston pushes information technology or moves a block into its space. When bamboo is first placed every bit a shoot information technology's not solid and tin can be destroyed by water flowing into it. After growing at to the lowest degree one block taller it transforms into another kind of bamboo block that is solid and can't be destroyed by water. To transform a bamboo shoot into a solid bamboo block place another bamboo on top of it.

Farming [ ]

Bamboo tin be planted on moss blocks‌^{[ JE only ]}, grass blocks, dirt, fibroid dirt, rooted dirt, gravel, mycelium, podzol, sand, red sand, or mud. At default random tick speed (3), each found grows on boilerplate every 4096 game ticks (204.8 seconds). When bone repast is used on information technology, it grows by 1–2 blocks. Bamboo tin can grow upward to 12–16 blocks tall. The top of a bamboo institute requires a low-cal level of 9 or above to abound.

Because bamboo breaks in almost the same way as sugar canes, a sugar cane farm can be hands adapted to this utilize. While water is non needed with such a farm, some spacing is recommended if the harvest is done manually as mature stalks are solid.

Pandas [ ]

Bamboo items are eaten past pandas and can be used to speed up the growth of baby pandas. Bamboo can besides be used to breed pandas when at least 8 blocks of bamboo are within five blocks of the pandas, making the panda the simply beast in the game to have extra breeding requirements. At this point, the thespian can feed them bamboo and they mate to have a baby.

Fuel [ ]

Bamboo can be used as fuel in furnaces. Each bamboo particular smelts 0.25 items. Crafting two bamboo into a stick and using that as fuel is equivalent, smelting 0.5 items.

Flower pots [ ]

Bamboo tin exist placed in a flower pot, where it retains the design it has in its item form.

Crafting ingredient [ ]

Name	Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Scaffolding	Bamboo + Cord	6
Stick	Bamboo

Appearance [ ]

The appearance of bamboo changes as information technology grows. When beginning placed, it takes the form of a small shoot, which has no hitbox. When it grows ane block taller it grows to 2 pixels in length and width and the acme block has leaves coming off it. At iii blocks, the acme 2 blocks accept leaves and at iv blocks the bamboo expands to three×3 pixels. At v blocks alpine, the acme 3 blocks have leaves on them. Equally the bamboo grows, the leaves move up and stay at the top three blocks. Destroying a cake of bamboo does non change the appearance of the blocks below it. Bamboo is oriented at a random position in the block that it is in. Bamboo, grass, sugariness berry bushes, and ferns are the only plants that alter their hit boxes as they grow.

Sounds [ ]

Bamboo [ ]

Java Edition:

Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation altitude
Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	`block.bamboo.break`	`subtitles.block.generic.break`	0.viii	?	16
None ^{[sound 1]}	Blocks	Falling on the block with fall harm	`cake.bamboo.fall`	None ^{[sound ane]}	1.0	?	16
Block breaking	Blocks	While the cake is in the process of existence broken	`block.bamboo.hitting`	`subtitles.block.generic.striking`	i.0	?	xvi
Block placed	Blocks	When the block is placed	`block.bamboo.place`	`subtitles.block.generic.place`	0.8	?	16
Footsteps	Blocks	Walking on the cake	`block.bamboo.step`	`subtitles.block.generic.footsteps`	i.0	?	16

↑ ^a ^b MC-177082

Bedrock Edition:^{[ more information needed ]}

Bamboo Shoot [ ]

Coffee Edition:

Sound	Subtitles	Source	Clarification	Resources location	Translation key	Book	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	`cake.bamboo_sapling.pause`	`subtitles.block.generic.suspension`	0.9	?	xvi
?	None ^{[audio ane]}	Blocks	Falling on the block with fall damage	?	None ^{[audio 1]}	?	?	?
	Block breaking	Blocks	While the cake is in the process of being broken	`cake.bamboo_sapling.hitting`	`subtitles.block.generic.hit`	0.8	?	16
	Block placed	Blocks	When the cake is placed	`block.bamboo_sapling.place`	`subtitles.block.generic.place`	0.85	?	16
?	Footsteps	Blocks	Walking on the block	?	`subtitles.block.generic.footsteps`	?	?	?

↑ ^a ^b MC-177082

Boulder Edition:^{[ more information needed ]}

Information values [ ]

ID [ ]

Coffee Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Block tags	Translation key
Bamboo	`bamboo`	Cake & Item	`bamboo_plantable_on`	`block.minecraft.bamboo`
Bamboo Shoot	`bamboo_sapling`	Block	`bamboo_plantable_on`	`block.minecraft.bamboo_sapling`

Bedrock Edition:

Proper name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Class	Item ID^{[i 1]}	Translation key
Bamboo	`bamboo`	`418`	Block & Giveable Item^{[i 2]}	Identical^{[i 3]}	`tile.bamboo.name`
Bamboo Sapling	`bamboo_sapling`	`419`	Block & Ungiveable Item^{[i 4]}	Identical^{[i 3]}	—

↑ ID of block'south directly item form, which is used in savegame files and addons.
↑ Available with /give command.
↑ ^a ^b The block's straight item form has the same id with the cake.
↑ Unavailable with /requite command

Block states [ ]

Java Edition:
Bamboo

Name	Default value	Allowed values	Description
age	`0`	`0` `one`	The age of the bamboo, if this is 1 the bamboo appears thicker.
leaves	`none`	`big` `none` `pocket-sized`	The size of the leaves on this bamboo cake.
stage	`0`	`0` `1`	The stage is incremented at random intervals. At stage i, bamboo may try to abound more bamboo in a higher place it.

Bedrock Edition:
Bamboo:

Proper noun	Metadata Bits	Default value	Allowed values	Values for Metadata Bits	Description
age_bit	`0x8`	`faux`	`imitation` `true`	`0` `1`	The phase is incremented at random intervals. When true, bamboo may endeavor to abound more bamboo in a higher place information technology.
bamboo_leaf_size	`0x2` `0x4`	`no_leaves`	`no_leaves` `small_leaves` `large_leaves`	`0` `i` `2`	The size of the leaves on this bamboo block.
bamboo_stalk_thickness	`0x1`	`sparse`	`thin` `thick`	`0` `one`	The thickness of the bamboo, if this is thick the bamboo appears thicker.

Bamboo Sapling:

Name	Metadata Bits	Default value	Allowed values	Values for Metadata Bits	Description
age_bit	`0x1`	`faux`	`false` `true`	`0` `1`	Specifies the sapling'due south growth stage.
sapling_type	Not Supported	`oak`	`acacia` `birch` `dark_oak` `jungle` `oak` `spruce`	`Unsupported`	Unused.

Achievements [ ]

Icon		Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS4)
PS4	Other platforms	Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS4)
		Zoologist	Brood two pandas with bamboo.	—	40G	Gold

History [ ]

Java Edition
September 29, 2018		Bamboo is announced at MINECON Earth 2018.
1.fourteen	18w43a	Added bamboo.
		Bamboo as an item can exist dropped past bamboo and planted to grow bamboo.
		Added bamboo jungles, where bamboo naturally generates.
i.16	20w06a	"Bamboo Sapling" has been renamed to "Bamboo Shoot".
ane.17	?	Bamboo can now be planted on moss blocks.
ane.17	?	Bamboo can now be planted on rooted dirt.
1.19	22w15a	Bamboo can at present be planted on mud.^[1]
Bedrock Edition
one.8.0	beta 1.eight.0.viii	Added bamboo.
one.8.0	beta 1.eight.0.viii	Bamboo as an item can be dropped by bamboo and planted to grow bamboo.
1.nine.0	beta one.9.0.0	Bamboo can at present generate in jungle biomes in unmarried shoots.
1.nine.0	beta one.9.0.0	Added bamboo jungles, where bamboo naturally generates.
1.12.0	beta 1.12.0.3	The bamboo texture effulgence has been updated to match Coffee Edition.^[two]
Legacy Console Edition
	1.83	Added bamboo.
	1.83	Bamboo every bit an item can be dropped by bamboo and planted to grow bamboo.

Bamboo shoot "item" [ ]

The post-obit content is transcluded from Technical blocks/Bamboo Shoot.

This department is missing information about Test metadata variants - is there a "bamboo sapling birch" and such?.

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Bedrock Edition
one.8.0		beta 1.viii.0.8			Bamboo shoots exist as an item. This is the almost likely version where this was beginning the example.

Appearances [ ]

Boulder Edition
?					Bamboo shoots use this texture.

Names [ ]

Bedrock Edition

? - ?: tile.bamboo_sapling.oak.name

Issues [ ]

Problems relating to "Bamboo" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.

Trivia [ ]

Because bamboo grows quickly (on boilerplate 1 growth per 200 seconds), simply 500 plants in an automatic subcontract produce more items than a hopper can collect (2.five items per second). A unmarried hopper can movement only enough items to continue 6.25 furnaces running.
Like in Minecraft, bamboo is the fastest-growing plant known in real life.
Bamboo cannot be composted in Minecraft, while it can be composted in existent life.