How To Get Sugar Cane In Minecraft
Sugar cane is a block found as 1–4-block-tall plants near water in the Overworld. As an item, it is an important crafting ingredient.
Contents
- 1 Obtaining
- 1.1 Natural generation
- 1.2 Trading
- 2 Usage
- 2.1 Crafting ingredient
- 2.2 Farming
- 2.3 Composting
- 3 List of colors
- 3.1 Java Edition
- 3.2 Bedrock Edition
- 4 Sounds
- 5 Video
- 6 Data values
- 6.1 ID
- 6.2 Metadata
- 6.3 Block states
- 7 History
- 7.1 Sugar cane "item"
- 7.1.1 Appearances
- 7.1.2 Names
- 7.1 Sugar cane "item"
- 8 Issues
- 9 Trivia
- 10 Gallery
- 11 References
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 uproots and drops as an item. In Bedrock Edition, sugar cane uproots immediately after all adjacent water is removed. In Java Edition, sugar cane uproots on the next block update or random tick.
A 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.
Natural generation [ ]

Naturally-occurring sugar cane near a river.
Sugar cane can generate naturally near water, as two (11⁄18 chance), three (5⁄18 chance), or four (2⁄18 chance) blocks tall. Rare taller sugar canes can be found if the world generator places two smaller canes on top of each other. It generates in approximately 0.8 sugar cane per chunk seeing as how they only generate near bodies of water.
Sugar canes attempt to generate 10 times in any overworld biome, which requires water. 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 cannot generate in caves.
Trading [ ]
Wandering traders can sell sugar cane for an emerald.
Usage [ ]
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.[ Java Edition only ]
Sugar cane takes on a different shade of green depending on the biome in which it is placed.
Crafting ingredient [ ]
Name | Ingredients | Crafting recipe |
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Paper | Sugar Cane | |
Sugar | Sugar Cane |
Farming [ ]

An underground sugar cane farm
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. on average every 18 minutes on Java Edition or 54 minutes on Bedrock Edition, but the actual rate can vary widely). Sugar cane must be planted on a grass block, dirt, coarse dirt, rooted dirt, podzol, sand, moss block, myceluim, 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. 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 grows regardless of light level, even in complete darkness.
In Bedrock Edition, bone meal can be used to instantly grow sugar cane to three blocks. Only one bone meal is consumed. In Java Edition, bone meal cannot be used on sugar cane.[1]
Composting [ ]
Placing sugar cane into a composter has a 50% chance of raising the compost level by 1.
List of colors [ ]
This article is missing information about Bedrock Edition colors (see Water#Color).
Please expand the article to include this information. Further details may exist on the talk page.
Java Edition [ ]
These values are generated by the biome dyeing algorithm. See Biome colors for more information.
Bedrock Edition [ ]
Sounds [ ]
Java Edition:
Sound | Subtitles | Source | Description | Resource location | Translation key | Volume | Pitch | Attenuation distance |
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Block broken | Blocks | Once the block has broken | block.grass.break | subtitles.block.generic.break | 1.0 | 0.8 | 16 | |
None [sound 1] | Blocks | Falling on the block with fall damage | block.grass.fall | None [sound 1] | 0.5 | 0.75 | 16 | |
Block breaking | Blocks | While the block is in the process of being broken | block.grass.hit | subtitles.block.generic.hit | 0.25 | 0.5 | 16 | |
Block placed | Blocks | When the block is placed | block.grass.place | subtitles.block.generic.place | 1.0 | 0.8 | 16 | |
Footsteps | Blocks | Walking on the block | block.grass.step | subtitles.block.generic.footsteps | 0.15 | 1.0 | 16 |
- ↑ a b MC-177082
Bedrock Edition:
Sound | Source | Description | Resource location | Volume | Pitch |
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? | Blocks | Once the block has broken | dig.grass | 0.7 | 0.8 |
? | Blocks | Falling on the block with fall damage | fall.grass | 0.4 | 1.0 |
? | Blocks | While the block is in the process of being broken | hit.grass | 0.3 | 0.5 |
? | Blocks | Jumping from the block | jump.grass | 0.11 | 1.0 |
? | Blocks | Falling on the block without fall damage | land.grass | 0.21 | 1.0 |
? | Blocks | Walking on the block | step.grass | 0.3 | 1.0 |
? | Blocks | When the block is placed | use.grass | 0.8 | 0.8 |
Video [ ]
- Note: This video was made before sugar cane had a different shade of green depending on the biome.
Data values [ ]
ID [ ]
Java Edition:
Name | Resource location | Form | Translation key |
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Sugar Cane | sugar_cane | Block & Item | block.minecraft.sugar_cane |
Bedrock Edition:
Sugar Cane | Resource location | Numeric ID | Form | Translation key |
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Block | reeds | 83 | Block | tile.reeds.name |
Item | reeds | 338 | Item | item.reeds.name |
Metadata [ ]
In Bedrock Edition, sugar cane uses the following data values:
Value | Meaning |
---|---|
0 | Freshly planted sugar cane. |
1 to 15 | 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 [ ]
Name | Default value | Allowed values | Description |
---|---|---|---|
age | 0 | 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 | A freshly-planted cane – and a cane that 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. |
History [ ]
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The specific instructions are: Appearance when affected by MC-48831
Java Edition Alpha | |||||
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v1.0.11 | ![]() ![]() | ||||
Reeds are informally referred to as "bamboo" or "papyrus" by many players. | |||||
Since reeds can be washed away with water currents or instantly destroyed by removing the water adjacent to them, automated reed farms can be made. | |||||
Reeds can be used to craft paper. | |||||
Java Edition Beta | |||||
1.2 | Notch has retconned reeds into sugar cane so that it can now be crafted into sugar, included in the recipe for the cakes. | ||||
1.6 | Test Build 3 | Arrows no longer stick to sugar cane, and instead, they pass through. However, snowballs still come into contact with any sugar cane blocks, as if they are solid. | |||
1.8 | Pre-release | Sugar cane can now grow and be placed onto sand as long as they are adjacent to water. This update allows sugar canes to appear next to water ponds in desert biomes. | |||
Sugar cane is now available in the creative inventory. | |||||
Java Edition | |||||
1.7.2 | 13w36a | ![]() | |||
The item texture remained unchanged, however, and still used the color palette from Alpha to 1.6.4.[2] | |||||
1.9 | 15w43a | Sugar cane no longer breaks if its adjacent water is turned to frosted ice. | |||
1.13 | 17w47a | The ID of sugar cane has now been changed from reeds to sugar_cane . | |||
"Sugar Canes" have now been renamed to "Sugar Cane". | |||||
Prior to The Flattening, this block's numeral ID was 83, and the item's 338. | |||||
1.14 | 18w43a | ![]() | |||
19w03a | Placing sugar cane into a composter has a 20% chance of raising the compost level by 1. | ||||
19w05a | Sugar cane now has a 50% chance of increasing the compost level in a composter by 1. | ||||
Added wandering traders, which sell sugar cane. | |||||
1.17 | 21w11a | ![]() | |||
Pocket Edition Alpha | |||||
Pre-release | ![]() ![]() | ||||
v0.2.0 | Despite being visible in the inventory, sugar cane does not drop anything when mined, making it unobtainable in Survival mode. | ||||
v0.2.1 | Survival players now start with an infinite stack of sugar cane in the inventory. | ||||
v0.3.0 | Sugar cane now drops its item form when mined. | ||||
Survival players no longer start with an infinite stack of sugar cane in the inventory. | |||||
v0.5.0 | Sugar cane can now be grown on sand. | ||||
Sugar cane can now be obtained after activating the nether reactor. | |||||
v0.9.0 | build 1 | ![]() | |||
v0.12.1 | build 1 | Sugar cane is no longer available from the nether reactor. | |||
Pocket Edition | |||||
1.0.0 | alpha 0.17.0.1 | ![]() | |||
Bedrock Edition | |||||
1.2.13 | beta 1.2.13.5 | ![]() | |||
1.10.0 | beta 1.10.0.3 | ![]() | |||
Sugar cane can now be bought from wandering traders. | |||||
1.11.0 | beta 1.11.0.1 | Sugar canes can now be used to fill up composters. | |||
1.17.0 | beta 1.17.0.50 | ![]() | |||
Legacy Console Edition | |||||
TU1 | CU1 | 1.0 | Patch 1 | 1.0.1 | ![]() ![]() |
Sugar canes are solid, making it useful for growable walls. It is not known if or when they were renamed to "Sugar Cane". | |||||
TU2 | Sugar canes are no longer solid, and arrows pass through them. | ||||
TU31 | CU19 | 1.22 | Patch 3 | ![]() | |
TU60 | CU51 | 1.64 | Patch 30 | 1.0.11 | Sugar cane can now be grown with bonemeal. |
1.90 | ![]() | ||||
1.91 | Sugar cane can now be bought from wandering traders. | ||||
Sugar canes can now be used to fill up composters. | |||||
New Nintendo 3DS Edition | |||||
0.1.0 | ![]() ![]() |
Sugar cane "item" [ ]
- The following content is transcluded from Technical blocks/Sugar Cane.
Java Edition Alpha | |||||
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v1.0.11 | Sugar cane has an extra, unobtainable item form corresponding to its block ID. It can be obtained via inventory editors with numeric item ID 83. | ||||
Java Edition Beta | |||||
1.6 | Test Build 3 | Sugar cane items can be obtained from the newly added debug chests, mainly from the 25th slot of the 3rd chest from the left, and the 9th slot of the 7th chest from the left. | |||
release | Debug chests no longer spawn, preventing sugar cane items from being obtained this way. | ||||
1.8 | Pre-release | The block form of sugar cane is available in the Creative inventory, alongside its usually-obtainable item form. | |||
Pre-release 2 ;) | Added pick block functionality. This will change the currently selected slot to any containing this otherwise-unobtainable sugar cane item, but will not allow it to be obtained if not already in the hotbar. | ||||
Java Edition | |||||
? | The direct block form of sugar cane is no longer available in the Creative inventory. | ||||
1.2.5 | pre | Pick Block now returns the actually obtainable sugar cane item. | |||
1.3.1 | 12w15a | Sugar cane items can now be obtained via Pick Block in creative. | |||
12w16a | Pick Block once again returns the actually obtainable sugar cane item. Sugar cane items can now be obtained in singleplayer worlds via the /give command using the respective numeric ID. | ||||
1.7.2 | 13w37a | The direct item form of sugar cane has been removed from the game. It can no longer exist as an item in any way, only as a placed block. | |||
Pocket Edition Alpha | |||||
Pre-release | Sugar cane exists as an item. | ||||
The sugar cane block item is currently available in the Creative inventory. | |||||
v0.2.1 | Survival players now start out with an infinite stack of the sugar cane block item in their inventory. | ||||
v0.3.0 | Survival players no longer start out with an infinite stack of the sugar cane block item in their inventory. | ||||
v0.5.0 | The sugar cane block item is given by the Nether reactor. | ||||
v0.6.0 | The correct sugar cane item is now given by the nether reactor and the creative inventory, making the block item no longer obtainable without inventory editing.[3] |
Appearances [ ]
Java Edition Alpha | |||||
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v1.0.11 | ![]() | ||||
? | The sugar cane item uses the aforementioned texture when held in third person. | ||||
Java Edition | |||||
1.4.2 | 12w34a | The sugar cane item uses the aforementioned texture when in an item frame. | |||
Pocket Edition Alpha | |||||
Pre-release | ![]() | ||||
v0.6.0 | ![]() | ||||
v0.6.1 | ![]() |
Names [ ]
- Java Edition
Item names did not exist prior to Beta 1.0.
- Beta 1.0 - Beta 1.6 Test Build 3: Reeds
- Beta 1.6 - ?: Sugar cane
- Bedrock Edition
Uncraftable items did not have visible displayed names prior to v0.5.0 alpha.
- v0.5.0 alpha - ?: Sugar cane
Issues [ ]
Issues relating to "Sugar Cane" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.
Trivia [ ]
- When a sugar cane is broken at the second level, the time resets (for example, if a two-block high sugar cane is broken, but is just about to grow to the third stage, it would reset that time).
- By placing more sugar canes on top of a sugar cane plant, it is possible to create tall sugar canes (up to y=255, the maximum height for building), although they do not naturally grow this high.
- Before sugar cane received an official name, they were sometimes referred to as bamboo, a block added 9 years later. Other names were "reeds" and "papyrus".
Gallery [ ]
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A large sugar cane farm using 2×2 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 found in the ravine.
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Sugar cane growing between biomes.
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Sugar cane generated without a water source.
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Sugar cane generated in a swamp biome.
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Sugar cane growing in a savanna biome.
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Sugar cane growing with lava flowing around it.
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Sugar canes few seconds before breaking because the water is frozen.
- Heights
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Four-block tall sugar cane.
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Four-block tall sugar cane.
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Four-block tall sugar cane in a plains biome.
References [ ]
- ↑ Can't use bonemeal on cacti or sugar cane – Works As Intended
- ↑ a b MC-216227
- ↑ MCPE-883 – "Wrong sugarcane drop from the reactor and creative mode" – resolved as "Fixed"
- ↑ MCPE-1231 – "sugar cane has a red texure in the survival inventory" – resolved as "Fixed"
How To Get Sugar Cane In Minecraft
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