Sugar Cane



Bamboo (also known by Papyrus and Reed, for lack of an official name) was added in the v1.0.11 patch. It is found near water on grass or dirt tiles and can be up to four blocks tall. More bamboo (or other blocks) can be placed on top of it.

Removing the bottom part causes all parts above it to be removed as well, allowing for quick harvesting; one can also "shave" off the upper sections and leave the bottom section planted. It can be crafted into paper.

Farming bamboo is similar to farming crops. Like the real plant, bamboo must be planted on a grass/dirt block immediately adjacent to water, unlike crops which can be within four blocks of water. Diagonal blocks, as well as blocks above or below the water stream, won't allow it to be placed. If it can be placed on a tile, it will grow there. Unlike wheat, it does not require a tilled field to grow. Planted bamboo grows quickly to a height of three blocks.

Bamboo can be found randomly on a dirt block next to the water, similar to Cactus. There appears to be no pattern to the spawn algorithm.

You can walk through bamboo, but water will not pass through it. This makes it a convenient material for water gates.

If the water source is removed, when the bamboo next grows it will realize it has no adjacent water and disintegrate, leaving two bamboo items instead of one. This is not as efficient as growing bamboo normally because you must replace the water supply to re-plant the bamboo.