Wet Sponge

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The wet sponge is a variant of the sponge block that lacks its water-removing property.
Obtaining

A wet sponge can be mined by hand, or with any tool, dropping itself as an item. Mining time is not affected by the tool used.
Block	Wet Sponge
Hardness	0.6
Breaking time (secs)
Default	0.9
Drops

An elder guardian drops one wet sponge when killed by the player. Since elder guardians do not respawn, this does not make sponges renewable.
Dry sponges

When a dry sponge absorbs water, it becomes a wet sponge.
Natural generation

Ocean monuments have a chance of spawning with a room containing wet sponges, usually having 15-30. More than one sponge room can be generated per monument.
Usage

To place a wet sponge, use a wet sponge item while pointing at a surface facing the space the wet sponge should occupy. A wet sponge emits water droplets from its sides and bottom, similar to the way any other block emits the droplets from the bottom when water is directly above it.
Wet sponges can be dried in a furnace in the same way as smelting other items.
Name	Ingredients	Smelting recipe
Sponge	Wet Sponge + Any fuel
When smelted, an empty bucket in the 'fuel' slot will fill and become a water bucket after the sponge is dried. This happens for empty buckets placed by the player while the furnace is still smelting, and also for empty buckets left by lava buckets.
Data values

A wet sponge has the ID name minecraft:sponge and is further defined by its block data. A wet sponge also has a block state which is expected to replace the functionality of block data in a future version.
Block data

	DV	Description
	0	Sponge
	1	Wet Sponge
Block state

Bedrock Edition:
Name	Metadata Bits	Default value	Allowed values	Values for Metadata Bits	Description
sponge_type	`0x1`	`dry`	`dry`	`0`	Sponge
sponge_type	`0x1`	`dry`	`wet`	`1`	Wet Sponge
Video

Wet Sponge/video
History

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1.8
{{Extension DPL}}<ul><li>[[Melon Seeds|Melon Seeds]]<br/>{{Block
|image = <gallery>
Melon Stem Age 0.png | Age 0
Melon Stem Age 1.png | Age 1
Melon Stem Age 2.png | Age 2
Melon Stem Age 3.png | Age 3
Melon Stem Age 4.png | Age 4
Melon Stem Age 5.png | Age 5
Melon Stem Age 6.png | Age 6
Melon Stem Age 7.png | Age 7
</gallery>
| image2 = <gallery>
Attached Melon Stem (N).png | North 
Attached Melon Stem (E).png | East
Attached Melon Stem (S).png | South
Attached Melon Stem (W).png | West
</gallery>
| transparent = Yes
| light = No
| tool = none
| renewable = Yes
| stackable = Yes (64)
| flammable = No
| lavasusceptible = No
}}'''Melon seeds''' are items obtained from [[Melon Slice|melon slices]] that can be used to grow melon stems.

'''Melon stems''' are plants grown on [[farmland]] that, over time, grow [[melon]]s on dirt, mud and moss blocks adjacent to them.

== Obtaining ==
=== Breaking ===
When broken, a melon stem drops 0–3 melon seeds. The chance for melon seeds to drop increases with the stem's age.
{| class="wikitable"
! rowspan="3" |[[Resource location]]
! rowspan="3" | Source
! colspan="4" | Default
|-
| colspan="1" rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" | Nothing || colspan="3" style="text-align:center" |{{ItemLink|Melon Seeds|Melon seeds}}
|-
| style="text-align:center" | 1 || style="text-align:center" | 2 || style="text-align:center" | 3
|-
| rowspan="8" |<code>blocks/melon_stem</code>
|{{BlockLink|Melon Stem|Melon stem}} <code>age = 0</code>
| style="text-align:center" |81.3%|| style="text-align:center" |17.42%|| style="text-align:center" |1.24%|| style="text-align:center" |0.03%
|-
|{{BlockLink|Melon Stem|Melon stem}} <code>age = 1</code>
| style="text-align:center" |65.1%|| style="text-align:center" |30.04%|| style="text-align:center" |4.62%|| style="text-align:center" |0.24%
|-
|{{BlockLink|Melon Stem|Melon stem}} <code>age = 2</code>
| style="text-align:center" |51.2%|| style="text-align:center" |38.4%|| style="text-align:center" |9.6%|| style="text-align:center" |0.8%
|-
|{{BlockLink|Melon Stem|Melon stem}} <code>age = 3</code>
| style="text-align:center" |39.44%|| style="text-align:center" |43.02%|| style="text-align:center" |15.64%|| style="text-align:center" |1.9%
|-
|{{BlockLink|Melon Stem|Melon stem}} <code>age = 4</code>
| style="text-align:center" |29.13%|| style="text-align:center" |44.44%|| style="text-align:center" |22.22%|| style="text-align:center" |3.7%
|-
|{{BlockLink|Melon Stem|Melon stem}} <code>age = 5</code>
| style="text-align:center" |21.6%|| style="text-align:center" |43.2%|| style="text-align:center" |28.8%|| style="text-align:center" |6.4%
|-
|{{BlockLink|Melon Stem|Melon stem}} <code>age = 6</code>
| style="text-align:center" |15.17%|| style="text-align:center" |39.82%|| style="text-align:center" |34.84%|| style="text-align:center" |10.16%
|-
|{{BlockLink|Melon Stem|Melon stem}} <code>age = 7</code>
| style="text-align:center" |10.16%|| style="text-align:center" |34.84%|| style="text-align:center" |39.82%|| style="text-align:center" |15.17%
|-
| rowspan="1" |<code>blocks/attached_melon_stem</code>
|{{BlockLink|Attached Melon Stem|Attached Melon stem}}
| style="text-align:center" |10.16%|| style="text-align:center" |34.84%|| style="text-align:center" |39.82%|| style="text-align:center" |15.17%
|}

=== Natural generation ===
Melon stems generate naturally in stem farm inside [[woodland mansion]]s.

Melon stems generate in 20% of the farm plots in [[savanna]] [[village]]s, and 10% of the farm plots in [[desert]] villages.

=== Chest loot ===
{{LootChestItem|melon-seeds}}

=== Crafting ===
{{Crafting
|Melon Slice
|Output= Melon Seeds
|type= Material
}}

=== Trading ===
[[Wandering trader]]s sell melon seeds for 1 [[emerald]].

== Usage ==
=== Farming ===
{{see also|Tutorials/Pumpkin and melon farming}}
Melon seeds can be planted only on [[farmland]], as stems. Over time, a stem grows through several stages<sup>[''[[Talk:Pumpkin Seeds|needs testing]]'']</sup> and, at its final growth stage, will produce [[melon]]s on any adjacent [[dirt]], [[Coarse Dirt|coarse dirt]], [[Rooted Dirt|rooted dirt]], [[Grass Block|grass block]], [[farmland]], [[podzol]], [[mycelium]], [[Moss Block|moss block]], [[mud]] or [[Muddy Mangrove Roots|muddy mangrove roots]]. If a melon is already occupying a spot adjacent to a stem it does not grow more melons until the melons is removed. A single stem can grow an unlimited number of melons. Melon stems need a minimum light level of 10 in the block above the stem to grow and give melons. Melon seeds are affected by [[bone meal]] only with respect to stem growth; bone meal does not help produce the actual melons.

=== Breeding ===
Like other seeds, melon seeds can be used to [[breed]] [[chicken]]s, lead chickens around, and make baby chickens grow up faster by 10% of the remaining time.

=== Taming ===
Like other seeds, melon seeds can be used to tame [[parrot]]s.

=== Composting ===
Placing melon seeds into a [[composter]] has a 30% chance of raising the compost level by 1.

== Melon Stem ==
A '''melon stem''' is the block that is planted on [[farmland]] when melon seeds are used on it. It starts underground, and rises up as the plant grows. The stem is colored green when young, and then yellow once fully grown.

The stem curves once a melon has grown from it. A fully-grown single stem connects to any [[melon]] in an adjacent square, thus there are 5 possible appearances to a stem. If there are multiple melons it can connect to, it favors the east, then west, north, and south. When the melon is removed, the stem returns to its straight shape.

== Sounds ==
{{Sound table/Block/Hard crop}}

== Data values ==
=== ID ===
{{edition|java}}:
{{ID table
|edition=java
|showblocktags=y
|showforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Melon Stem
|spritetype=block
|nameid=melon_stem
|blocktags=bee_growables, crops
|form=block}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Attached Melon Stem
|spritetype=block
|nameid=attached_melon_stem
|form=block}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Melon Seeds
|spritetype=item
|nameid=melon_seeds
|form=item
|foot=1}}

{{edition|bedrock}}:
{{ID table
|edition=bedrock
|shownumericids=y
|showforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Melon Stem
|spritetype=block
|nameid=melon_stem
|id=105
|form=block
|translationkey=-}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Melon Seeds
|spritetype=item
|nameid=melon_seeds
|id=293
|form=item
|foot=1}}

=== Block states ===
{{see also|Block states}}

{{/BS}}

== Advancements ==
{{load advancements|A Seedy Place}}

== History ==
{{info needed section|check if stems floated above farmland upon initial implementation}}
{{History|java beta}}
{{History||1.8|snap=Pre-release|[[File:Melon Seeds JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added melon seeds.
|[[File:Melon Stem Age 0 JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Stem Age 1 JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 2 JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 3 JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 4 JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 5 JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 6 JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 7 JE1.png|32px]] Added the melon stem, with seven stages of growth.
|Melon seeds can found in the new [[mineshaft]] [[chest]]s.
|[[File:Attached Melon Stem (N) JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Attached Melon Stem (E) JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Attached Melon Stem (S) JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Attached Melon Stem (W) JE1.png|32px]] Melon stems have four slightly visually distinct appearances for each facing direction - the bent part of the stem rotates, but the other two planes do not.
|[[File:Melon Stem Age 8 JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 9 JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 10 JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 11 JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 12 JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 13 JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 14 JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 15 JE1.png|32px]] Melon stem data values 8–15 now show a glitched formation, with a floating stem with an attached stem cross eventually emerging below.
|[[File:Attached Stem Age 8 JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Attached Stem Age 9 JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Attached Stem Age 10 JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Attached Stem Age 11 JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Attached Stem Age 12 JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Attached Stem Age 13 JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Attached Stem Age 14 JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Attached Stem Age 15 JE1.png|32px]] Melon stem blocks with data values higher than 7 can now attach to adjacent fruits, which results in buggy stem textures with [[vines]] in the mix due to vines being below attached stems in [[terrain.png]].}}
{{History|||snap=Pre-release 2 ;)|Melon stems can now be grown faster using [[bone meal]].}}
{{History|java}}
{{History||1.3.1|snap=1.3|The texture of melon stems has been moved one pixel to the left in [[terrain.png]].
|[[File:Melon Stem Age 0 JE2.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 1 JE2.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 2 JE2.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 3 JE2.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 4 JE2.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 5 JE2.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 6 JE2.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 7 JE2.png|32px]] Stems now appear slightly different.
|[[File:Melon Stem Age 8 JE2.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 9 JE2.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 10 JE2.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 11 JE2.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 12 JE2.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 13 JE2.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 14 JE2.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 15 JE2.png|32px]] Overgrown stems now appear slightly different.
|[[File:Attached Melon Stem (N) JE2.png|32px]] [[File:Attached Melon Stem (E) JE2.png|32px]] [[File:Attached Melon Stem (S) JE2.png|32px]] [[File:Attached Melon Stem (W) JE2.png|32px]] Attached melon stems now appear slightly different.
|[[File:Attached Stem Age 8 JE2.png|32px]] [[File:Attached Stem Age 9 JE2.png|32px]] [[File:Attached Stem Age 10 JE2.png|32px]] [[File:Attached Stem Age 11 JE2.png|32px]] [[File:Attached Stem Age 12 JE2.png|32px]] [[File:Attached Stem Age 13 JE2.png|32px]] [[File:Attached Stem Age 14 JE2.png|32px]] [[File:Attached Stem Age 15 JE2.png|32px]] Overgrown attached melon stems now appear slightly different.}}
{{History||1.4.2|snap=12w36a|[[Chicken]]s now use [[wheat seeds]], melon seeds, and [[pumpkin seeds]], instead of [[wheat]] to breed.}}
{{History||1.5|snap=13w02a|[[File:Melon Stem Age 0 JE3.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 1 JE3.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 2 JE3.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 3 JE3.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 4 JE3.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 5 JE3.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 6 JE3.png|32px]] Melon stems now use a squished version of their texture for immature stems, depending on age.
|[[File:Melon Stem Age 8 JE3.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 9 JE3.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 10 JE3.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 11 JE3.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 12 JE3.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 13 JE3.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 14 JE3.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 15 JE3.png|32px]] This also affects melon stems of ages 8–15, which are likewise stretched to accommodate its predicted size.
|[[File:Attached Stem Age 8 JE3.png|32px]] [[File:Attached Stem Age 9 JE3.png|32px]] [[File:Attached Stem Age 10 JE3.png|32px]] [[File:Attached Stem Age 11 JE3.png|32px]] [[File:Attached Stem Age 12 JE3.png|32px]] [[File:Attached Stem Age 13 JE3.png|32px]] [[File:Attached Stem Age 14 JE3.png|32px]] [[File:Attached Stem Age 15 JE3.png|32px]] Melon stems of extreme ages, which are attached to adjacent fruits, now show a stretched and tinted stem appearance.}}
{{History|||snap=13w03a|[[File:Melon Stem Age 0 JE4.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 1 JE4.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 2 JE4.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 3 JE4.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 4 JE4.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 5 JE4.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 6 JE4.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 7 JE4.png|32px]] Melon stems are no longer squished or stretched to account for age.<ref>{{bug|MC-7111}}</ref>
|[[File:Melon Stem Age 8 JE4.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 9 JE4.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 10 JE4.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 11 JE4.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 12 JE4.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 13 JE4.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 14 JE4.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 15 JE4.png|32px]] Melon stems with age values 8 through 15 now show a tinted [[trapdoor]] texture.
|From this version up until 14w08a, overgrown melon stems start to draw from the texture below them on the [[texture atlas]], in much the same way they previously did with terrain.png. However, as texture atlases are unstable and textures tend to change positions as new blocks and textures are added, overgrown stems change the texture they draw from every time new textures are added, which includes when textures added by [[mods]].}}
{{History|||snap=13w09a|[[File:Melon Stem Age 8 JE5.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 9 JE5.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 10 JE5.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 11 JE5.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 12 JE5.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 13 JE5.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 14 JE5.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 15 JE5.png|32px]] Melon stems with age values 8–15 now show a tinted [[birch wood]] texture.}}
{{History||1.6.1|snap=13w24a|Melon and pumpkin stems have now been assigned separate textures.
|[[File:Melon Stem Age 8 JE6.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 9 JE6.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 10 JE6.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 11 JE6.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 12 JE6.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 13 JE6.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 14 JE6.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 15 JE6.png|32px]] Melon stems with age values 8–15 now show a tinted [[note block]] texture.}}
{{History||1.7.2|snap=13w37a|Added the {{cmd|setblock}} [[commands|command]], allowing for invalid stem ages to be placed in the world without using external editors. This also allows them to be obtained in earlier versions via backdating.}}
{{History|||snap=13w41a|[[File:Melon Stem Age 8 JE7.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 9 JE7.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 10 JE7.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 11 JE7.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 12 JE7.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 13 JE7.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 14 JE7.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 15 JE7.png|32px]] Melon stems with age values 8–15 now show a tinted [[netherrack]] texture.}}
{{History||1.8|snap=14w10a|[[File:Melon Stem Age 8 JE8.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 9 JE8.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 10 JE8.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 11 JE8.png|32px]] Melon stems with data values 8–11 now display a tinted attached stem, with 8 facing west, 9 facing east, 10 facing north and 11 facing south.
|Invalid melon stems with data values 12-15 now crash the game.}}
{{History|||snap=14w25a|[[File:Melon Stem Age 0 JE5.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 1 JE5.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 2 JE5.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 3 JE5.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 4 JE5.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 5 JE5.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 6 JE5.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 7 JE5.png|32px]] Melon stems now render as a single diagonal plane, or, in the case of attached stems, a diagonal and orthogonal plane.
|[[File:Attached Melon Stem (N) JE3.png|32px]] [[File:Attached Melon Stem (E) JE3.png|32px]] [[File:Attached Melon Stem (S) JE3.png|32px]] [[File:Attached Melon Stem (W) JE3.png|32px]] The attached melon stem [[model]] now fully rotates to the direction the stem points. Prior to this update, the base of the melon stem would stay the same while the long attaching section would differ, resulting in four possible attached stem appearances.
|Invalid overgrown melon stems have effectively been removed from the game, as attempting to place an out of range stem via {{cmd|setblock}} creates a stem of age 0 and loading a world with such stems existing causes a game crash.}}
{{History|||snap=14w26a|[[File:Melon Stem Age 0 JE6.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 1 JE6.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 2 JE6.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 3 JE6.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 4 JE6.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 5 JE6.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 6 JE6.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 7 JE6.png|32px]] [[File:Attached Melon Stem (N) JE4.png|32px]] [[File:Attached Melon Stem (E) JE4.png|32px]] [[File:Attached Melon Stem (S) JE4.png|32px]] [[File:Attached Melon Stem (W) JE4.png|32px]] Melon stems now correctly render as crosses again.<ref>{{bug|MC-58136}}</ref>}}
{{History|||snap=14w27a|[[File:Attached Stem Age 0 14w27a.png|32px]] [[File:Attached Stem Age 1 14w27a.png|32px]] [[File:Attached Stem Age 2 14w27a.png|32px]] [[File:Attached Stem Age 3 14w27a.png|32px]] [[File:Attached Stem Age 4 14w27a.png|32px]] [[File:Attached Stem Age 5 14w27a.png|32px]] [[File:Attached Stem Age 6 14w27a.png|32px]] Due to a bug, all melon stems appear attached regardless of age or any actual attachment.<ref>{{bug|MC-60208}}</ref>}}
{{History|||snap=14w28a|All melon stems appearing attached regardless of age or any actual attachment has been fixed. However, melon stems still appear attached to adjacent fruits regardless of age due to a similar bug.<ref>{{bug|MC-61716}}</ref>}}
{{History|||snap=14w34d|Melon seeds can no longer be used for [[breeding]] [[chicken]]s.}}
{{History||1.9|snap=15w31a|Chickens can now use melon seeds to breed again.}}
{{History|||snap=15w44a|Melon seeds have been added to [[dungeon]] [[chest]]s.
|The average yield of melon seeds from [[mineshaft]] chests has been decreased.}}
{{History|||snap=15w45a|Melon stems must now be fully grown again to attach.}}
{{History||1.11|snap=16w39a|Melon seeds can now be found inside chests in the new [[woodland mansion]]s.
|Melon crops now generate inside woodland mansions.}}
{{History||1.12|snap=17w18b|Placing a melon seeds in farmland now gives the player the "A Seedy Place" [[advancement]].{{verify}}}}
{{History||1.13|snap=17w47a|The different block states for the <code>melon_stem</code> ID have been split up into their own IDs.
|Prior to [[1.13/Flattening|''The Flattening'']], this [[block]]'s numeral ID was 105, and the [[item]]'s 362.}}
{{History|||snap=17w48a|Attached melon stems no longer [[drops|drop]] seeds.}}
{{History||1.14|snap=18w43a|[[File:Attached Melon Stem (N) JE5.png|32px]] [[File:Attached Melon Stem (E) JE5.png|32px]] [[File:Attached Melon Stem (S) JE5.png|32px]] [[File:Attached Melon Stem (W) JE5.png|32px]] The texture of attached melon stems has been changed.}}
{{History|||snap=18w49a|Melon stems now generate in the updated [[savanna]] [[village]]s.}}
{{History|||snap=18w50a|Melon stems now generate in the updated [[desert]] [[village]]s.}}
{{History|||snap=19w03a|Placing melon seeds into the new [[composter]] has a 10% chance of raising the compost level by 1.}}
{{History|||snap=19w05a|Melon seeds now have a 30% chance of increasing the compost level in a composter by 1.
|Added [[Wandering Trader|wandering trader]]s, which sell melon seeds.}}
{{History||1.15|snap=19w34a|[[Bee]]s can now pollinate melon stems.}}
{{History|||snap=19w39a|Attached melon stems now [[drops|drop]] seeds again.<ref>{{bug|MC-136360}}</ref>}}
{{History||1.18|snap=Pre-release 5|[[File:Melon Seeds JE2.png|32px]] The texture of melon seeds has been changed.}}

{{History|pocket alpha}}
{{History||v0.5.0|Added melon seeds.
|[[File:Melon Stem Age 0 JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Stem Age 1 JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 2 JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 3 JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 4 JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 5 JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 6 JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 7 JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Attached Melon Stem (N) JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Attached Melon Stem (E) JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Attached Melon Stem (S) JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Attached Melon Stem (W) JE1.png|32px]]{{verify|Are these models correct?}} Added melon stems.}}
{{History||v0.6.0|[[File:Melon Seeds JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Melon seeds no longer use the pumpkin seeds texture.}}
{{History||v0.9.0|snap=?|Melon seeds can now be found in [[mineshaft]] chests.}}
{{History||v0.12.1|snap=build 1|Melon seeds are no longer available from the [[Nether reactor]].}}
{{History||v0.14.0|snap=build 1|Melon seeds can now be found in [[minecart with chest|minecarts with chests]] in [[mineshaft]]s.}}
{{History|pocket}}
{{History||1.0.0|snap=alpha 0.17.0.1|Melon seeds now generate inside [[dungeon]] [[chest]]s.}}
{{History||1.1.0|snap=alpha 1.1.0.0|Melon crops now generate inside [[woodland mansion]]s.
|Melon seeds can now be found in woodland mansion chests.}}
{{History|bedrock}}
{{History||1.2.0|snap=beta 1.2.0.2|Melon seeds can now be found inside [[bonus chest]]s.
|Melon seeds are now used to tame [[parrot]]s.}}
{{History||1.10.0|snap=beta 1.10.0.3|[[File:Attached Melon Stem (W) JE5.png|32px]]{{info needed|More accurate image}} The texture of attached melon stems has been changed.
|Melon stems now generate in [[savanna]] and [[desert]] [[village]] farms.
|Added [[wandering trader]]s, who [[trading|sell]] melon seeds.}}
{{History||1.11.0|snap=beta 1.11.0.1|Melon seeds can now be used to fill up [[composter]]s.}}
{{History||1.14.0|snap=beta 1.14.0.1|[[Bee]]s can now pollinate melon stems.}}

{{History|console}}
{{History||xbox=TU5|xbone=CU1|ps=1.0|wiiu=Patch 1|[[File:Melon Seeds JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added melon seeds.
|[[File:Melon Stem Age 0 JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Stem Age 1 JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 2 JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 3 JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 4 JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 5 JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 6 JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 7 JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Attached Melon Stem (N) JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Attached Melon Stem (E) JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Attached Melon Stem (S) JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Attached Melon Stem (W) JE1.png|32px]]{{verify|Are these models correct?}} Added melon stems.}}
{{History||xbox=none|xbone=none|ps=1.90|wiiu=none|switch=none|[[File:Attached Melon Stem (W) JE5.png|32px]]{{info needed|More accurate image}} The texture of attached melon stems has been changed.}}

{{History|New 3DS}}
{{History||0.1.0|[[File:Melon Stem Age 0 JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Stem Age 1 JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 2 JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 3 JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 4 JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 5 JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 6 JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Melon Stem Age 7 JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Attached Melon Stem (N) JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Attached Melon Stem (E) JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Attached Melon Stem (S) JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Attached Melon Stem (W) JE1.png|32px]]{{verify|Are these models correct?}} Added melon stems.}}
{{History|foot}}

<gallery>
Melon Stem with data value 15.png|The final version of the melon stem with age 15, as seen in-game.
Melonstems.png|Melon stems of ages 1–15 on a modded version of 1.7.2, hence the melon stems using the melon top texture.
Stems of 13w02a.png|All 16 stem sizes in 13w02a, with accompanying data values.
</gallery>

=== Melon stem "item" ===
{{:Technical blocks/Melon Stem}}

== Issues ==

{{issue list}}

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
Stem All Ages.png|All stages of growth.
AllSeeds.png|All the [[seeds]] that exist in the game.
</gallery>

== See also ==

* [[Melon]]
* [[Pumpkin Seeds]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Blocks|vegetation}}
{{Items}}

[[Category:Plants]]
[[Category:Food]]
[[Category:Non-solid blocks]]
[[Category:Generated structure blocks]]

[[cs:Semínka melounu]]
[[de:Melone]]
[[es:Semillas de sandía]]
[[fr:Graines de pastèque]]
[[hu:Dinnyemagok]]
[[it:Anguria]]
[[ja:スイカの種]]
[[ko:수박씨]]
[[nl:Meloenzaden]]
[[pl:Nasiona arbuza]]
[[pt:Sementes de melancia]]
[[ru:Семена арбуза]]
[[th:เมล็ดแตงโม]]
[[zh:西瓜种子]]</li><li>[[Bamboo|Bamboo]]<br/>{{for|the plant feature|Bamboo (feature)}}
{{Distinguish|text = [[Sugar Cane]], which was colloquially known as Bamboo}}
{{Block
| image = <gallery>
Leafless Bamboo.png|Leafless
Small Leaves Bamboo.png|Small
Big Leaves Bamboo.png|Big
Leafless Old Bamboo.png|Leafless Old
Small Leaves Old Bamboo.png|Small Old
Big Leaves Old Bamboo.png|Big Old
</gallery>
| image2 = Bamboo Shoot.png<!--different infobox for this later down the line, like with pistons?-->
| image3 = Bamboo (item) JE1 BE1.png
| transparent = Yes
| light = No
| tool = Sword
| tool2 = Axe
| renewable = Yes
| stackable = Yes (64)
| flammable = '''Bamboo''': Yes (60)<br>'''Shoot''': No
| lavasusceptible = Yes
}}
'''Bamboo''' is a versatile, fast-growing, [[Bone Meal|bonemealable]] [[plant]] found primarily in [[jungle]]s, which is used for [[crafting]] (particularly [[scaffolding]] and [[Block of Bamboo|bamboo wood]]), [[smelting]] and [[breeding]] [[Panda|pandas]]. 

A '''bamboo shoot''' is the initial non-solid sapling form of planted bamboo.

== Obtaining ==
Bamboo shoots cannot be obtained through vanilla means. {{IN|bedrock}}, they can be obtained through [[add-on]]s or inventory editing. {{IN|java}}, they are completely unobtainable.

=== Breaking ===
Bamboo can be mined with any [[tool]], but a [[sword]] breaks the block [[instant mining|instantly]], even with [[Mining Fatigue]]. Flowing [[water]] also breaks bamboo shoots, but not mature bamboo stalks.

{{breaking row|Bamboo|Sword|sword=1|horizontal=1}}
{{notelist}}
=== Natural generation ===
Bamboo generates in widely scattered single shoots within [[jungle]] [[biome]]s. Bamboo generates much more densely in the [[bamboo jungle|bamboo variant]]s of jungles, covering large areas of the landscape. Bamboo does ''not'' generate in [[sparse jungle]]s.<ref>{{bug|MC-156638|||WAI}}</ref>

=== Mob loot ===
{{IN|java}}, a [[panda]] drops 1 bamboo when killed. [[Looting]] does not affect the drop rate.<ref>{{bug|MC-160006}}</ref>

{{IN|bedrock}}, a panda drops 0-2 bamboo when killed. Looting increases the drop by 1 per level.

=== Fishing ===
Bamboo can be found while [[fishing]] in [[jungle]] [[biome]]s as a junk [[item]].

=== Chest loot ===
{{LootChestItem|bamboo}}

== Usage ==
When broken, any bamboo [[block]] placed or grown above it is also broken. A bamboo block drops itself as an [[item]] if a [[piston]] pushes it or moves a block into its space. When bamboo is first placed as a shoot it's not solid and can be destroyed by water flowing into it. After growing at least one block taller it becomes solid and can't be destroyed by water. To transform a bamboo shoot into a solid bamboo block place another bamboo on top of it.

Unlike most plants, bamboo cannot be [[Composter#Composting|composted]].<ref>{{bug|MC-142452|||WAI}}</ref>

=== Farming ===
Bamboo can be planted on [[moss block]]s{{only|java|short=1}}, [[grass block]]s, [[dirt]], [[coarse dirt]], [[rooted dirt]], [[gravel]], [[mycelium]], [[podzol]], [[sand]], [[red sand]], [[suspicious sand]], [[suspicious gravel]], [[mud]], bamboo shoot, or on itself. At default random tick speed (3), each plant grows on average every {{convert|4096|ticks|seconds}}. When [[bone meal]] is {{control|used}} on it, it grows by 1–2 [[blocks]]. Bamboo can grow up to 12–16 blocks tall. The top of a bamboo plant requires a [[light]] level of 9 or above to grow.

Because bamboo breaks in almost the same way as [[sugar cane]]s, [[Tutorials/Sugar cane farming|a sugar cane farm]] can be easily adapted to this use. While water is not needed with such a farm, some spacing is recommended if the harvest is done manually as mature stalks are solid.

=== Pandas ===
Bamboo [[item]]s are eaten by [[panda]]s and can be used to speed up the growth of baby pandas. Bamboo can also be used to breed pandas when at least 8 [[block]]s of bamboo are within 5 blocks of the pandas, making the panda the only animal in the game to have extra breeding requirements. At this point, the [[player]] can feed them bamboo and they [[breeding|mate]] to have a baby.

=== Fuel ===
Bamboo can be used as fuel for [[smelting]]. Each bamboo item smelts 0.25 [[item]]s. Crafting two bamboo into a [[stick]] and using that as fuel is equivalent, smelting 0.5 items. 

Bamboo can be crafted into other items to increase its fuel efficiency.
* By crafting 9 bamboo into 2 [[bamboo planks]], 3 items can be smelted instead of 2.25, a 33.3% increase in efficiency.
** {{IN|bedrock}}, the fuel efficiency can be further doubled by crafting the bamboo planks into twice the amount of [[slab]]s.<ref>{{bug|MCPE-94368||Wooden slabs last for the same amount of time as planks in a furnace}}</ref>
* {{IN|java}}, by crafting 14 bamboo into 3 [[ladder]]s, 4.5 items can be smelted instead of 3.5, a 28.6% increase in efficiency.

=== Flower pots ===
Bamboo can be placed in a [[flower pot]], where it retains the design it has in its item form.

=== Crafting ingredient ===
{{crafting usage}}

== Appearance ==
[[File:Bamboo stages.png|thumb|The different stages of bamboo growth.]]

The appearance of bamboo changes as it grows. When first placed, it takes the form of a small shoot, which has no [[hitbox]]. When it grows one [[block]] taller it grows to 2 pixels in length and width and the top block has leaves coming off it. At 3 blocks, the top 2 blocks have leaves and at 4 blocks the bamboo expands to 3×3 pixels. At 5 blocks tall, the top 3 blocks have leaves on them. As the bamboo grows, the leaves move up and stay at the top 3 blocks. Destroying a block of bamboo does not change the appearance of the blocks below it. Bamboo is oriented at a random position in the block that it is in.

== Sounds ==
=== Bamboo ===
{{Sound table/Block/Bamboo}}

=== Bamboo Shoot ===
{{Sound table/Block/Bamboo shoot}}

== Data values ==
=== ID ===
{{edition|java}}:
{{ID table
|edition=java
|showblocktags=y
|showforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Bamboo
|spritetype=block
|nameid=bamboo
|blocktags=bamboo_plantable_on}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Bamboo Shoot
|spritetype=block
|nameid=bamboo_sapling
|blocktags=bamboo_plantable_on
|form=block
|foot=1}}

{{edition|bedrock}}:
{{ID table
|edition=bedrock
|shownumericids=y
|showforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Bamboo
|spritetype=block
|nameid=bamboo
|id=418}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Bamboo Sapling
|spritetype=block
|nameid=bamboo_sapling
|id=419
|form=block
|translationkey=-
|foot=1}}

=== Block states ===
{{see also|Block states}}

{{/BS}}

== Achievements ==
{{load achievements|Zoologist}}

== History ==
{{History||September 29, 2018|link={{tweet|minecraft|1046096508570009602}}|Bamboo is announced at [[MINECON Earth 2018]].}}
{{History|java}}
{{History||1.14|snap=18w43a|[[File:Leafless Bamboo JE1 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Small Leaves Bamboo JE1 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Big Leaves Bamboo JE1 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Leafless Old Bamboo JE1 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Small Leaves Old Bamboo JE1 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Big Leaves Old Bamboo JE1 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Bamboo Shoot JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added bamboo.
|[[File:Bamboo (item) JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Bamboo as an [[item]] can be [[drops|dropped]] by bamboo and planted to grow bamboo.
|Added [[bamboo jungle]]s, where bamboo naturally generates.}}
{{History||1.16|snap=20w06a|"Bamboo Sapling" has been renamed to "Bamboo Shoot".}}
{{History|||snap=20w13a|Bamboo has been moved from the Miscellaneous tab to the Decoration Blocks tab in the [[Creative inventory]].<ref name="misc decoration">https://bugs.mojang.com/browse/MC-174434</ref>}}
{{History||1.17|snap=21w13a|Bamboo can now be planted on rooted dirt.}}
{{History|||snap=21w16a|Bamboo can now be planted on moss blocks.}}
{{History||1.18|snap=21w39a|Bamboo no longer generates underground.<ref>{{bug|MC-145376}}</ref><ref>{{bug|MC-214894}}</ref>}}
{{History||1.19|snap=22w15a|Bamboo can now be planted on mud.}}
{{History||1.20<br>(Experimental)|link=1.19.3|snap=22w42a|Bamboo can now be used to craft [[bamboo planks]].}}
{{History|||snap=22w45a|Bamboo can no longer be used to craft bamboo planks.|Bamboo can now be used to craft a [[block of bamboo]].}}
{{History||1.20<br>(Experimental)|link=1.19.4|snap=23w07a|Bamboo can now be planted on [[suspicious sand]].}}
{{History||1.20|snap=23w14a|Bamboo can now be planted on [[suspicious gravel]].}}

{{History|bedrock}}
{{History||1.8.0|snap=beta 1.8.0.8|[[File:Leafless Bamboo BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Small Leaves Bamboo BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Big Leaves Bamboo BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Leafless Old Bamboo BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Small Leaves Old Bamboo BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Big Leaves Old Bamboo BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Bamboo Shoot JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added bamboo.
|[[File:Bamboo (item) JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Bamboo as an [[item]] can be [[drops|dropped]] by bamboo and planted to grow bamboo.}}
{{History||1.9.0|snap=beta 1.9.0.0|Bamboo can now generate in [[jungle]] [[biome]]s in single shoots.
|Added [[bamboo jungle]]s, where bamboo naturally generates.}}
{{History||1.12.0|snap=beta 1.12.0.3|[[File:Leafless Bamboo JE1 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Small Leaves Bamboo JE1 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Big Leaves Bamboo JE1 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Leafless Old Bamboo JE1 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Small Leaves Old Bamboo JE1 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Big Leaves Old Bamboo JE1 BE2.png|32px]] The bamboo texture brightness has been updated to match {{el|je}}.<ref>{{bug|MCPE-42635}}</ref>}}
{{History||1.17.30|snap=beta 1.17.20.20|Swords now break bamboo instantly to match ''Java Edition''.<ref>{{bug|MCPE-64013}}</ref>}}
{{History||1.20.0|link=Bedrock Edition 1.20.0|snap=beta 1.19.50.21|Bamboo can now be used to craft [[bamboo planks]].}}
{{History|||snap=beta 1.19.60.20|Bamboo can no longer be used to craft bamboo planks.|Bamboo can now be used to craft a [[block of bamboo]].}}

{{History|console}}
{{History||xbox=none|xbone=none|ps=1.83|wiiu=none|switch=none|[[File:Leafless Bamboo JE1 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Small Leaves Bamboo JE1 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Big Leaves Bamboo JE1 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Leafless Old Bamboo JE1 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Small Leaves Old Bamboo JE1 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Big Leaves Old Bamboo JE1 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Bamboo Shoot JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added bamboo.
|[[File:Bamboo (item) JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Bamboo as an [[item]] can be [[drops|dropped]] by bamboo and planted to grow bamboo.}}
{{History|foot}}

=== Bamboo shoot "item" ===
{{:Technical blocks/Bamboo Shoot}}

== Issues ==
{{Issue list}}

== Trivia ==
* Because bamboo grows quickly (on average 1 growth per 200 seconds), just 500 plants in an automatic farm produce more [[item]]s than a [[hopper]] can collect (2.5 items per second). A single hopper can move only enough items to keep 6.25 [[furnace]]s running.
* Bamboo is the fastest-growing plant in ''[[Minecraft]]'', which reflects its status as the fastest-growing plant known in real life.
* While bamboo cannot be composted in ''Minecraft'', it can be composted in real life.

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
File:PandaMinecon.png|The first image featuring bamboo, from [[MINECON Earth 2018]].
File:PandasEatingMinecon.jpg|A group of [[Panda|pandas]] eating bamboo, shown at [[MINECON Earth 2018]].
File:Growing bamboo BE.png|Planted bamboo growing.
File:Bamboo in tree.png|A bamboo shoot growing through a [[tree]].
File:Bamboo Jungle.png|Bamboo seen in a [[jungle]] [[biome]] variant.
File:Bamboo Jungle in Amplified world.png|Bamboo Jungle in an [[Amplified]] world in 1.19-rc2.
File:Naturalbamboo.png|Multiple naturally generated bamboo stems growing by a river.
File:Tall Bamboo.png|Grown Bamboo with three parts
File:Zuri Chopping Bamboo Pixel Art.png|[[Zuri]] chopping down bamboo for a baby panda.
File:Bamboo Wallpaper.png|Smartphone wallpaper of the aforementioned artwork, showing more of the treetops and bamboo.
File:Panda Packaging.jpg|Packing for the ''Diamond Level Panda'', modeled after bamboo.
</gallery>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Blocks|vegetation}}

{{Items}}

[[Category:Plants]]
[[Category:Food]]
[[Category:Natural blocks]]
[[Category:Non-solid blocks]]
[[Category:Flammable blocks]]

[[cs:Bambus]]
[[de:Bambus]]
[[es:Bambú]]
[[fr:Bambou]]
[[it:Bambù]]
[[ja:竹]]
[[ko:대나무]]
[[pl:Bambus]]
[[pt:Bambu]]
[[ru:Бамбук]]
[[th:ไม้ไผ่]]
[[zh:竹子]]</li></ul>
14w25a
Added wet sponge.
14w25b
Wet sponges, when smelted, will fill an empty bucket in the fuel slot with water. Placing a stack of buckets in the fuel slot will replace the entire stack with a single bucket of water.
14w26a
Wet sponges do not replace a stack of buckets with a single one any more, due to furnaces only being able to hold one bucket in the fuel slot.