In Java Edition, bone meal cannot be used on sugar cane. In Bedrock Edition, bone meal can be used to instantly grow sugar cane to three blocks. Sugar cane grows regardless of light level, even in complete darkness. The adjacent water block can be covered with another block, whether opaque or transparent, and sugar cane can still be placed and grow next to it. Sugar cane must be planted on a grass block, dirt, coarse dirt, rooted dirt, podzol, sand, moss block, mycelium, or red sand that is directly adjacent to water, waterlogged block, or frosted ice (not merely above or diagonal to water), or on top of another sugar cane block. on average every 18 minutes on Java Edition or 54 minutes on Bedrock Edition, but the actual rate can vary widely).

Sugar cane can generate naturally up to four blocks tall, but short plants grow only to a height of three blocks, adding a block of height when the top sugar cane block has received 16 random block ticks (i.e. Main article: Tutorials/Sugar cane farming Sugar cane takes on a different shade of green depending on the biome in which it is placed. Wandering traders can sell sugar cane for an emerald.ĭue to its water-displacing properties, sugar cane can interestingly be used to create underwater paths, allowing players to move at normal speed and breathe if it is two blocks in height.‌ Sugar cane cannot generate in caves in Java Edition. An extra 10 attempts are made in swamp biomes, and 50 in desert biomes, which makes sugar cane twice as frequent in swamps and six times as frequent in desert biomes, but water is more rare in the desert, except in desert lakes. Sugar canes attempt to generate 10 times in any overworld biome, which requires water. It generates in approximately 0.8 sugar cane per chunk seeing as how they only generate near bodies of water. Rare taller sugar canes can be found if the world generator places two smaller canes on top of each other. Sugar cane can generate naturally near water, as two ( 11⁄ 18 chance), three ( 5⁄ 18 chance), or four ( 2⁄ 18 chance) blocks tall. Naturally-occurring sugar cane near a river. In Java Edition, sugar cane uproots on the next block update or random tick.Ī sugar cane block drops itself as an item if a piston tries to push it (trying to pull it does nothing) or moves a block into its space.

In Bedrock Edition, sugar cane uproots immediately after all adjacent water is removed. When the spot a sugar cane block is placed in becomes unsuitable, such as when the supporting block is removed, the sugar cane block uproots and drops as an item. Sugar cane can be mined instantly with anything.

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