Bamboo

For the plant feature, see Bamboo (feature).

Not to be confused with Sugar Cane, which was colloquially known as Bamboo.

* Leafless
* Small
* Big
* Leafless Old
* Small Old
* Big Old

**Bamboo** is a versatile, fast-growing, bonemealable plant found primarily in jungles, which is used for crafting (particularly scaffolding and bamboo wood), smelting and breeding 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 Edition*, they can be obtained through add-ons or inventory editing. In *Java Edition*, they are completely unobtainable.

### Breaking

Bamboo can be mined with any tool, but a sword breaks the block instantly, even with Mining Fatigue. Flowing water also breaks bamboo shoots, but not mature bamboo stalks.

 Tool

1. ↑ Times are for unenchanted tools as wielded by players with no status effects, measured in seconds. For more information, see Breaking § Speed.

### Natural generation

Bamboo generates in widely scattered single shoots within jungle biomes. Bamboo generates much more densely in the bamboo variants of jungles, covering large areas of the landscape. Bamboo does *not* generate in sparse jungles.

### Mob loot

In *Java Edition*, a panda drops 1 bamboo when killed. Looting does not affect the drop rate.

In *Bedrock Edition*, 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 biomes as a junk item.

### Chest loot

 **Shipwreck** | Supply chest
 **Shipwreck** | Supply chest

## 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 composted.

### Farming

Bamboo can be planted on moss blocks‌[*JE only*], grass blocks, 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 4096 game ticks (204.8 seconds). When bone meal is 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 canes, 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 items are eaten by pandas and can be used to speed up the growth of baby pandas. Bamboo can also be used to breed pandas when at least 8 blocks 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 mate to have a baby.

### Fuel

Bamboo can be used as fuel for smelting. Each bamboo item smelts 0.25 items. 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 Edition*, the fuel efficiency can be further doubled by crafting the bamboo planks into twice the amount of slabs.
* In *Java Edition*, by crafting 14 bamboo into 3 ladders, 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.

## Appearance

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

*Java Edition*:

1. ↑ a b MC-177082
2. ↑ 1.0 for all except `step2` and `step4`, which are 0.7

*Bedrock Edition*:

1. ↑ 1.0 for all except `step2` and `step4`, which are 0.7

### Bamboo Shoot

*Java Edition*:

1. ↑ a b MC-177082
2. ↑ 1.0 for all except `step2` and `step4`, which are 0.7

*Bedrock Edition*:

## Data values

### ID

*Java Edition*:

*Bedrock Edition*:

1. ↑ ID of block's direct item form, which is used in savegame files and addons.
2. ↑ Available with `/give` command.
3. ↑ a b The block's direct item form has the same id as the block.
4. ↑ Unavailable with `/give` command

### Block states

See also: Block states

*Java Edition*:

Bamboo

*Bedrock Edition*:

## History

### Bamboo shoot "item"

*The following content is transcluded from Technical blocks/Bamboo Shoot.*

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Please expand the section to include this information. Further details may exist on the talk page.

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Saddle (Pig).png | Pig
Saddle (Horse).png | Horse
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== Obtaining ==
=== Chest loot ===
{{LootChestItem|saddle}}

=== Fishing ===
Saddles can be obtained as a "treasure" item from [[fishing]] with a base chance (without fishing rod enchantments) of 0.8%.

=== Trading ===
Master-level [[Trading#Leatherworker|leatherworker]] [[villager]]s have a 50% chance to sell a saddle for 6 [[Emerald|emeralds]] as their trade.{{only|bedrock}} This trade is always offered in ''Java Edition''.

=== Mob loot ===
Any mob that the player equips with a saddle drops the saddle upon death.

A [[strider]] may spawn being ridden by a [[zombified piglin]], which causes it to spawn wearing a saddle. This saddle always drops when the strider is killed.

A [[ravager]] always spawns with a saddle and always drops the saddle upon death. Looting does not affect the drop.

== Usage ==
[[File:SaddledHorse.png|thumb|right|A [[horse]] equipped with a saddle.]]

Animals can also be equipped with saddles by a [[dispenser]].

Although [[ravager]]s are equipped with saddles and sometimes ridden by other mobs, the [[player]] is unable to ride ravagers.

== Sounds ==
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== Data values ==
=== ID ===
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== Achievements ==
{{load achievements|When Pigs Fly}}

== Advancements ==
{{load advancements|This Boat Has Legs}}

== History ==
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== Issues ==
{{issue list}}

== Trivia ==
* A saddle is considered "armor" by the game, but the value of protection to the animal is zero.
* A saddle on a pig can still be seen if the pig is afflicted with [[Invisibility]].
* When riding a saddled mob, the hunger bar is replaced by hearts (representing the mounted mob's health) resembling the look of the saddle.

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
File:Pig saddle.png|A [[player]] riding a [[pig]] (before [[Java Edition Beta 1.8|Beta 1.8]]).
File:Horse saddle.png|A player riding a [[horse]].
File:13w21a-new-HorseUI-inventory.png|The horse interface implemented in [[Java Edition 13w21a|13w21a]] that allows for the removal of saddles, but only on horses, [[donkey]]s or [[mule]]s.
File:Saddled Mule (picture).png|Mule equipped with both a saddle and a [[chest]].
File:GodSpawner.png|A saddle found in a monster room chest, which coincidentally contains an [[enchanted golden apple]].
</gallery>

== See also ==
* [[Transportation]]

== References ==
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[[cs:Sedlo]]
[[de:Sattel]]
[[es:Montura]]
[[fr:Selle]]
[[hu:Nyereg]]
[[it:Sella]]
[[ja:鞍]]
[[ko:안장]]
[[nl:Zadel]]
[[pl:Siodło]]
[[pt:Sela]]
[[ru:Седло]]
[[zh:鞍]]
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#### Names

*Bedrock Edition*
* ? - ?: `tile.bamboo\_sapling.oak.name`

## Issues

Issues relating to "Bamboo" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.

## Trivia

* Because bamboo grows quickly (on average 1 growth per 200 seconds), just 500 plants in an automatic farm produce more items than a hopper can collect (2.5 items per second). A single hopper can move only enough items to keep 6.25 furnaces 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

* The first image featuring bamboo, from MINECON Earth 2018.
* A group of pandas eating bamboo, shown at MINECON Earth 2018.
* Planted bamboo growing.
* A bamboo shoot growing through a tree.
* Bamboo seen in a jungle biome variant.
* Bamboo Jungle in an Amplified world in 1.19-rc2.
* Multiple naturally generated bamboo stems growing by a river.
* Grown Bamboo with three parts
* Zuri chopping down bamboo for a baby panda.
* Smartphone wallpaper of the aforementioned artwork, showing more of the treetops and bamboo.
* Packing for the *Diamond Level Panda*, modeled after bamboo.

## References

1. ↑ MC-156638 — resolved as "Works As Intended".
2. ↑ MC-160006
3. ↑ MC-142452 — resolved as "Works As Intended".
4. ↑ MCPE-94368 — Wooden slabs last for the same amount of time as planks in a furnace
5. ↑ https://bugs.mojang.com/browse/MC-174434
6. ↑ MC-145376
7. ↑ MC-214894
8. ↑ MCPE-42635
9. ↑ MCPE-64013