Obtaining
Sugar cane can be mined instantly with anything.
When the spot a sugar cane block is placed in becomes unsuitable, such as when the supporting block is removed, the sugar cane block will uproot and will drop as an item. Sugar cane will not immediately uproot when all adjacent water is removed, but will do so when it next receives a block update or random tick.
A sugar cane block will also be removed and drop itself as an item if a piston tries to push it (trying to pull it does nothing) or moves a block into its space.
Info
Sugar canes are an item and an important crafting ingredient.
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Trivia
- In the code, sugar cane is still referenced as "reeds," both the inventory edited block and the item. It is also called reed in the F3 screen.
- When a sugar cane is broken at the second level, the time resets. (For instance, if a two-block high sugar cane is broken but is just about to grow to the third stage, it would reset that time)
- In the Pocket Edition, you can use bone meal to help grow sugar cane. You cannot do this on PC.
- By placing more sugar canes on top of a sugar cane plant, it is possible to create infinitely tall sugar canes. Be that as it may, it will not naturally grow.
- Sugar canes usually try to spawn more often on the Console Edition to ensure that the limited world have some sugar canes to find.
Natural generation
Sugar cane can generate naturally near water Water Transparency Partial (-2 to light) Luminance No Blast resistance 500 (Flowing) 500 (Still) Tool Renewable Yes Stackable N/A Flammable No Drops None Data values Flowing Water dec: 08 hex: 8 bin: 1000 Still Water dec: 09 hex: 9 bin: 1001 
, as two (11⁄18 chance), three (5⁄18 chance), or four (2⁄18 chance) blocks tall. Rarely taller sugar canes can be found if generation chooses to generate another on top of one already generated.
Farming
Sugar cane naturally grows to a height of three blocks, adding a block of height when the top sugar cane block has received 16 random ticks Nearly all video games (including Minecraft) are driven by one big program loop. Just as every gear in a clock is synchronized with the pendulum, every task involved in advancing a game simulation is synchronized (i.e. on average every 18 minutes, but the actual rate can vary widely). Bone meal Bone Meal Type Wool dyes Durability N/A Renewable Yes Stackable Yes (64) Data value dec: 35115 hex: 15F15 bin: 10101111115 Name dye 15 Bone meal is a material that can be used as a dye as well as 
does not work on sugar cane to speed its growth, except in Pocket Edition. It does not need light Light (or lighting) in Minecraft affects visibility, mob spawning, and plant growth. Contents 1 Brightness 1.1 Spread 2 Sources of light 2.1 Blocks 2.2 Other 3 Light-filtering blocks 4 Effects of light 4.1 Mobs 4.2 
to grow.
Usage
Sugar cane must be planted on a grass Grass Transparency Yes Luminance No Blast resistance 0 Tool Renewable Grass, Fern, Double variants: Yes Shrub: No Stackable Yes (64) Flammable Yes Drops Seeds (0–1) Data values Grass, Fern or Shrub dec: 31 hex: 1F bin: 11111 Double 
, dirt Dirt Transparency No Luminance No Blast resistance 2.5 Tool Renewable No Stackable Yes (64) Flammable No Drops Itself Data value dec: 03 hex: 3 bin: 11 Name dirt See Dirt. For the similar block, see 
, sand Sand Transparency No Luminance No Blast resistance 2.5 Tool Renewable No Stackable Yes (64) Flammable No Experience Smelted: 0.1 Drops Itself Data values Sand dec: 120 hex: C0 bin: 11000 Red Sand dec: 121 hex: C1 bin: 11001 Name sand This 
, podzol Podzol Transparency No Luminance No Blast resistance 2.5 Tool Renewable No Stackable Yes, (64) Flammable No Availability Mega Taiga Drops Dirt (1) Data values PC edition dec: 32 hex: 32 bin: 112 Pocket edition dec: 243 hex: F3 bin: 11110011 Name 
, coarse dirt Coarse Dirt Transparency No Luminance No Blast resistance 2.5 Tool Renewable No Stackable Yes (64) Flammable No Drops Itself Data value dec: 31 hex: 31 bin: 111 Name dirt Coarse dirt is a variation of dirt that will 
or red sand Sand Transparency No Luminance No Blast resistance 2.5 Tool Renewable No Stackable Yes (64) Flammable No Experience Smelted: 0.1 Drops Itself Data values Sand dec: 120 hex: C0 bin: 11000 Red Sand dec: 121 hex: C1 bin: 11001 Name sand This block that is directly adjacent to water Water Transparency Partial (-2 to light) Luminance No Blast resistance 500 (Flowing) 500 (Still) Tool Renewable Yes Stackable N/A Flammable No Drops None Data values Flowing Water dec: 08 hex: 8 bin: 1000 Still Water dec: 09 hex: 9 bin: 1001 or frosted ice Frosted Ice Transparency Partial (-2 to light) Luminance No Blast resistance 2.5 Tool None Renewable PC/PE: N/A CE: Yes Stackable N/A Flammable No Drops None Data values PC: dec: 212 hex: D4 bin: 11010100 PE: dec: 207 hex: CF bin: 11001111 
(not merely above or diagonal to water), or on top of another sugar cane block. The adjacent water block can be covered with another block, whether opaque or transparent When leaves are opaque (in "fast" graphics), they completely block rendering. When leaves are transparent (in "fancy" graphics), the world behind them is also rendered. Opacity (and its inverse, transparency) are properties of blocks with 
, and sugar cane will still be able to be placed and grow next to it.
Due 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. Water must be adjacent to the block the sugar cane is placed on.
Sugar cane takes on a different shade of green depending on the biome in which it is placed.
Crafting ingredient
Name See the definition of the block states. For the files that determine block models, see Models#Block states. Block states are extra pieces of data that further define a block. Contents 1 List  | Ingredients | Crafting Crafting is the method by which many blocks, tools, and materials are made in Minecraft. In order to craft something, players must move items from their inventory to a crafting grid. A 2×2 crafting grid  recipe |
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| Paper | Sugar Canes | |
| Sugar | Sugar Canes |
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Data values
Sugar cane blocks use block data to determine its age. They also have block states, intended to replace block data in the future.
ID
| Block | ID name | ID number |
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| Sugar Cane | minecraft:reeds | 83 |
| Item | ID name | ID number |
| Sugar Canes | minecraft:reeds | 338 |
Block data
| Bits | Values |
|---|---|
| 0x0 | Freshly planted sugar cane. |
| 0x1 to 0x15 | The data value is incremented at random intervals. When it becomes 15, a new sugar cane block is created on top as long as the total height does not exceed 3. |
Block states
- See also: Block states
| Name See the definition of the block states. For the files that determine block models, see Models#Block states. Block states are extra pieces of data that further define a block. Contents 1 List | Value | Description |
|---|---|---|
age | 0–15 | A freshly-planted cane – and a cane which has just grown cane above it – each have an age of 0. The age is incremented at random intervals. At age 15, a cane may try to grow more cane above it. |
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Issues
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Gallery
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A large sugar cane farm using 2ℂₗ2 water holes.
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Water flowing over sugar cane.
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Naturally generated sugar cane found underwater.
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A cactus and sugar cane stalk generated next to each other.
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A sugar cane spawning naturally in a cave underground.
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Another underground sugar cane spawn.
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Sugar cane growing between biomes.
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Sugar cane growing on red sand Sand Transparency No Luminance No Blast resistance 2.5 Tool Renewable No Stackable Yes (64) Flammable No Experience Smelted: 0.1 Drops Itself Data values Sand dec: 120 hex: C0 bin: 11000 Red Sand dec: 121 hex: C1 bin: 11001 Name sand This
in a mesa biome A river bisecting a jungle biome. At the top right is a forest. A river running through a mesa biome with mesa plateaus, with a savanna biome in the bottom right. “ In case you . -
Sugar cane generated without a water source.
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Sugarcane generated in a forest from a water pond.
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Sugar cane generated in a swamp biome.
Heights
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Four-block tall sugar cane.
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Four-block tall sugar cane.
