Sugar Cane

For other uses, see Sugar (disambiguation).
Sugar Cane
Sugar Cane.png: Infobox image for Sugar Cane the block in Minecraft
Sugar Cane (item).png: Infobox image for Sugar Cane the block in Minecraft
Invicon Sugar Cane.png: Inventory sprite for Sugar Cane in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Sugar Cane
Renewable

Yes

Stackable

Yes (64)

Tool
Blast resistance

0

Hardness

0

Luminous

No

Transparent

Yes

Flammable

No

Catches fire
from lava

No

Map color (JE)


 7 PLANT

Sugar cane is a plant block that generates near water. It is used to craft sugar and paper, making it an essential resource for making books, maps, and firework rockets.

Obtaining

Breaking

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. When all adjacent water is removed, 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.

Block Sugar Cane
Hardness 0
Breaking time (secs)
Default 0.05
Legend
  • incorrect tool, drops nothing
  • correct tool, drops nothing or something other than the block itself
  • correct tool, drops the block itself
  • italicized can be instant mined

Natural generation

Naturally-occurring sugar cane near a river.

Sugar cane can generate naturally near water and ice, as two (1118 chance), three (518 chance), or four (218 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[1], 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, making the banks of rivers that cut through deserts lined with sugar canes. Sugar cane cannot generate in caves.[2][3]

Trading

Wandering traders may sell sugar cane for 1 emerald.

VillagerProbabilityVillager wantsPlayer receivesTrades in
stock
Villager
experience
Price
multiplier
JEBE
Wandering TraderOrdinary7%7%EmeraldSugar Cane8

Usage

Sugar cane may be placed only on a grass block, dirt, coarse dirt, rooted dirt, podzol, mycelium, sand, red sand, suspicious sand, moss block, pale moss block, mud or muddy mangrove roots that is directly adjacent to water, a 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.

Farming

Distribution of the time it takes sugar cane to grow fully (height 1 -> height 3) on Java Edition
An underground sugar cane farm.

Sugar cane can generate naturally up to any number of blocks tall, but 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 grows regardless of light level, even in complete darkness.

Naturally generated sugar cane ranging from 2 to 4 blocks tall.

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.[4]

Crafting ingredient

Name Ingredients Crafting recipe
Paper Sugar Cane
Sugar Sugar Cane
Invicon Sugar Cane.png: Inventory sprite for Sugar Cane in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Sugar Cane
Invicon Sugar.png: Inventory sprite for Sugar in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Sugar with description: Sugar

Composting

Placing sugar cane into a composter has a 50% chance of raising the compost level by 1.

Piston interactivity

Sugar cane is destroyed when a piston tries to push it. It can not be pulled by pistons.

Biome colors

The coloration of sugar cane is dependent on the biome they are in. A block always uses the color set to its location, regardless of how it was placed or of its source.

In Bedrock Edition, biome colors also appear on maps.[5]

These values are generated by the biome dyeing algorithm, which depends on the biome's temperature and downfall. See biome colors for more information.

Biome Color Block
Badlands

Wooded Badlands
Eroded Badlands
Badlands Plateau[BE only]
Modified Badlands Plateau[BE only]
Modified Wooded Badlands Plateau[BE only]


 #90814d
[n 1]
Desert

Savanna
Savanna Plateau
Windswept Savanna
Nether Wastes
Warped Forest
Crimson Forest
Soul Sand Valley
Basalt Deltas
Desert Hills[BE only]
Desert Lakes[BE only]


 #bfb755
Stony Peaks
 #9abe4b
Shattered Savanna Plateau[BE only]
 #82c245
Jungle

Bamboo Jungle
Jungle Hills[BE only]
Modified Jungle[BE only]
Bamboo Jungle Hills[BE only]


 #59c93c
Sparse Jungle

Modified Jungle Edge[BE only]


 #64c73f
Lush Caves[BE only]
 #b9b75b
Mushroom Fields

Mushroom Field Shore[BE only]


 #55c93f
Plains

Beach
Sunflower Plains
Dripstone Caves[JE only]
Deep Dark


 #91bd59
Swamp

Mangrove Swamp
Swamp Hills[BE only]


 #6a7039
[n 2]


 #4c763c
[n 3]

Forest

Flower Forest
Wooded Hills[BE only]
Tall Birch Hills[BE only]


 #79c05a
Dark Forest

Dark Forest Hills[BE only]


 #507a32
[n 1]
Pale Garden
 #778272
[n 1]
Birch Forest

Old Growth Birch Forest
Birch Forest Hills[BE only]


 #88bb67
River

Warm Ocean
Lukewarm Ocean
Deep Lukewarm Ocean
Ocean
Deep Ocean
Cold Ocean
Deep Cold Ocean
Deep Frozen Ocean
Lush Caves
The End
End Highlands[JE only]
End Midlands[JE only]
Small End Islands[JE only]
End Barrens[JE only]
The Void[JE only]
Deep Warm Ocean[BE only]>


 #8eb971
Meadow[JE only]
 #83bb6d
Cherry Grove
 #b6db61
[n 1]
Old Growth Pine Taiga

Meadow[BE only]
Giant Tree Taiga Hills[BE only]
Giant Spruce Taiga Hills[BE only]


 #86b87f
Taiga

Old Growth Spruce Taiga
Taiga Hills[BE only]
Taiga Mountains[BE only]


 #86b783
Dripstone Caves[BE only]
 #8bd58a
Windswept Hills

Windswept Gravelly Hills
Windswept Forest
Stony Shore
Gravelly Mountains+[BE only]
Mountain Edge[BE only]


 #8ab689
Snowy Beach
 #83b593
Snowy Plains

Ice Spikes
Snowy Taiga
Frozen Ocean
Frozen River
Grove
Snowy Slopes
Frozen Peaks
Jagged Peaks
Snowy Mountains[BE only]
Legacy Frozen Ocean[BE only]
Snowy Taiga Hills[BE only]
Snowy Taiga Mountains[BE only]


 #80b497
  1. a b c d Color is preset
  2. Above -0.1 temperature.
  3. Below -0.1 temperature.

Sounds

Java Edition:

BlockSprite short-grass.png: Sprite image for short-grass in Minecraft grass sound type
SoundClosed captionsSourceDescriptionIdentifierTranslation keyVolumePitchAttenuation
distance
​Block brokenBlocksOnce the block has brokenblock.grass.breaksubtitles.block.generic.break1.00.816
​Block placedBlocksWhen the block is placedblock.grass.placesubtitles.block.generic.place1.00.816
​Block breakingBlocksWhile the block is in the process of being brokenblock.grass.hitsubtitles.block.generic.hit0.250.516
​Something falls on a blockEntity-DependentFalling on the block with fall damageblock.grass.fallsubtitles.block.generic.fall0.50.7516
​FootstepsEntity-DependentWalking on the blockblock.grass.stepsubtitles.block.generic.footsteps0.151.016

Bedrock Edition:

BlockSprite short-grass.png: Sprite image for short-grass in Minecraft grass sound type
SoundClosed captions
[upcoming: BE 26.0]
SourceDescriptionIdentifierTranslation key
[upcoming: BE 26.0]
VolumePitch
​Block brokenBlocksOnce the block has brokendig.grasssubtitles.block.generic.break0.70.8–1.0
​Block placedBlocksWhen the block is placeduse.grasssubtitles.block.generic.place0.80.8–1.0
​Block breakingBlocksWhile the block is in the process of being brokenhit.grasssubtitles.block.generic.hit0.30.5
​FootstepsPlayersFalling on the block with fall damagefall.grasssubtitles.block.generic.footsteps0.41.0
​FootstepsPlayersWalking on the blockstep.grasssubtitles.block.generic.footsteps0.31.0
​FootstepsBlocksJumping from the blockjump.grasssubtitles.block.generic.footsteps0.111.0
​FootstepsBlocksFalling on the block without fall damageland.grasssubtitles.block.generic.footsteps0.211.0

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

NameIdentifierForm Translation key
BlockSprite sugar-cane.png: Sprite image for sugar-cane in Minecraft Sugar Canesugar_caneBlock & Item block.minecraft.sugar_cane

Bedrock Edition:

Sugar CaneIdentifierAlias ID Numeric ID FormItem ID[i 1] Translation key
BlockSprite sugar-cane.png: Sprite image for sugar-cane in Minecraft BlockreedsNone83Block & Ungiveable Item[i 2]item.reeds tile.reeds.name
ItemSprite sugar-cane.png: Sprite image for sugar-cane in Minecraft Itemsugar_canereeds385Item item.reeds.name
  1. ID of block's direct item form, which is used in savegame files and addons.
  2. Unavailable with /give command

Block states

See also: Block states

Java Edition:

Name Default value Allowed values Description
age00
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.

Bedrock Edition:

NameMetadata Bits Default value Allowed valuesValues for
Metadata Bits
Description
age0x1
0x2
0x4
0x8
00
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
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.

Videos

Note: This video was made before sugar cane had a different shade of green depending on the biome.

History

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There is an associated technical blocks page for the internal item form of this block; see Technical blocks/Sugar Cane.

Java Edition

Java Edition Alpha
v1.0.11 Added reeds.
Since no in-game name was indicated, they were referred to by names such as "bamboo" or "papyrus".
Reeds can be used to craft paper.
Java Edition Beta
1.2"Reeds" have been renamed to "Sugar Canes".
Sugar canes can now be crafted into sugar, included in the recipe for the cakes.
1.6Test Build 3Arrows no longer stick to sugar canes, and instead, they pass through. However, snowballs still come into contact with any sugar cane blocks, as if they are solid.
1.8Pre-releaseSugar canes 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 in both block and item forms.
Java Edition
1.0.0Beta 1.9 Prerelease 6The sugar cane block has been removed from the creative inventory.
1.7.213w36a Sugar canes are now tinted depending on the biome they are in.
The item texture remained unchanged and still used the color palette from before the update.[6]
1.814w25a Sugar canes are now affected by the same shading full blocks are.
14w26a Sugar canes are no longer subject to shading.
1.915w43aSugar canes no longer breaks if its adjacent water is turned to frosted ice.
1.1317w47a"Sugar Canes" has been renamed to "Sugar Cane".
1.1418w43a The texture of the sugar cane item has been changed.
19w03aPlacing sugar cane into a composter has a 20% chance of raising the compost level by 1.
19w05aSugar cane now has a 50% chance of increasing the compost level in a composter by 1.
Added wandering traders, which sell sugar cane.
1.1620w13aSugar cane has been moved from the Miscellaneous tab to the Decoration Blocks tab in the Creative inventory.[7]
1.1721w11a The texture of the sugar cane item has been changed, so that it actually matches the color it uses when placed again.[6]
pre1Sugar cane now generates in mushroom fields.[8]
1.1922w15aSugar cane can now be planted on mud.
1.2023w14aSugar cane can now be planted on suspicious sand.

Bedrock Edition

Pocket Edition Alpha
Pre-release Added sugar canes.
v0.2.0Despite being visible in the inventory, sugar canes does not drop anything when mined, making it unobtainable in Survival mode.
v0.2.1Survival players now start with an infinite stack of sugar canes in the inventory.
v0.3.0Sugar cane now drops its item form when mined.
Survival players no longer start with an infinite stack of sugar canes in the inventory.
v0.5.0Sugar canes can now be grown on sand.
Sugar canes can now be obtained after activating the nether reactor.
v0.8.0build 5Bone meal can now grow sugar canes to maximum height.
v0.9.0build 1 The color of sugar canes now changes depending on the biome they are in.
Using bone meal on sugar canes is no longer able to break blocks above it.
v0.12.1build 1Sugar canes are no longer available from the nether reactor.
Pocket Edition
1.0.0alpha 0.17.0.1 Sugar canes are no longer tinted depending on the biome.
Bedrock Edition
1.2.13beta 1.2.13.5 Sugar canes are now tinted depending on the biome, once again.
1.10.0beta 1.10.0.3 The texture of the sugar cane item has been changed.
Sugar canes can now be bought from wandering traders.
1.11.0beta 1.11.0.1Sugar canes can now be used to fill up composters.
1.17.0beta 1.17.0.50 The texture of the sugar cane item has been changed, so that it actually matches the color it uses when placed again.
1.21.30Preview 1.21.30.22Changed name from "Sugar Canes" to "Sugar Cane" to match Java Edition.
1.21.60Preview 1.21.60.21The hitbox of sugar cane has been changed to match Java Edition.
Preview 1.21.60.23Sugar canes no longer cut through other blocks when generating.

Legacy Console Edition

Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360Xbox OnePS3PS4PS VitaWii USwitch
TU1CU11.001.001.00Patch 11.0.1 Added sugar canes.
Sugar canes are solid, making it useful for growable walls.
TU2Sugar canes are no longer solid, and arrows pass through them.
TU46CU361.471.381.38Patch 15 The color of sugar canes now changes depending on the biome they're in.
TU57CU491.571.561.56Patch 271.0.7 The color of sugar canes no longer changes depending on the biome they're in.
TU60CU511.641.641.64Patch 301.0.11Sugar canes can now be grown with bonemeal.
1.90 The texture of the sugar cane item has been changed.
1.91Sugar canes can now be bought from wandering traders.
Sugar canes can now be used to fill up composters.

New Nintendo 3DS Edition

New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0 Added sugar canes.

Data history

Java Edition
1.1317w47aThe ID of sugar canes has been changed from reeds to sugar_cane.
Prior to The Flattening, this block's numeral ID was 83, and the item's 338.
1.1721w19aminecraft:sugar_cane has been added to the newly-implemented #minecraft:mineable/axe block tag. This, however, has no effect in-game, since the block breaks instantly anyway regardless of tool used or active effects.[check the code]
1.21.525w10aminecraft:sugar_cane has been removed from the block tags #minecraft:mineable/axe and #minecraft:sword_efficient.

Issues

Issues relating to "Sugar Cane" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed 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 the maximum building height), 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", the former of which being both the original in-game name and internal name.
  • 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][9]

Gallery

Renders

Screenshots

References

  1. All Overworld biomes except Frozen Peaks, Jagged Peaks,Lush Caves, Mangrove Swamp, Meadow and Stony Peaks in Java Edition.
  2. MC-214959 — Sugar cane generated in cave — resolved as "Fixed".
  3. MCPE-135812 — Sugar canes can generate in caves — resolved as "Fixed".
  4. MC-73963 — Can't use bone meal on cacti or sugar cane — resolved as "Works As Intended".
  5. "[MC-130658] Grass/foliage colors on maps still use the colors from Alpha v1.1.2_01 and earlier / do not change color with biomes - Jira"Mojira.
  6. a b MC-216227
  7. MC-174434
  8. MC-226683
  9. MC-929 — Sugar cane can be placed underwater — resolved as "Works As Intended".

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