Bamboo
Bamboo is a fast-growing plant found in jungles and bamboo jungles. It can be grown into tall stalks, used to craft scaffolding and bamboo planks, and fed to pandas.
Stack Size
Stack Size64
Durability
DurabilityN/A
Category
CategoryUtility Blocks
Version Added
Version Added1.14
Item ID
Item IDbamboo
Overview
Bamboo is a block in the Utility Blocks category of Minecraft, obtained through chest loot, natural world generation, fishing, Panda drops, and Jungle foliage. A single inventory slot holds a full stack of 64 Bamboo. It burns in a furnace, though it takes 4 of them to smelt a single item.
Bamboo additionally serves as a crafting ingredient for Scaffolding. Hardness 1 is what Bamboo is worth in the block data. A creeper does to Bamboo what a tool does, because both work against 1. An axe shortens the job on Bamboo, and no minimum material applies. Of the 2 kinds of generated chest that can hold it, jungle temple chests are the best bet at about 51% per chest.
Used to Craft
Bamboo is a crafting ingredient for 1 other item in Minecraft. Each one links to its own recipe and details page.
ScaffoldingHow to Obtain
- Chest loot
- Natural generation
- Fishing
- Panda drops
- Jungle foliage
Fuel Value
Burns for 2.5 seconds (50 ticks), so 4 of them smelt one item
Notes
Can be used as furnace fuel and crafted into a bamboo raft and bamboo blocks.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do you get Bamboo in Minecraft?
Bamboo is obtained through chest loot, natural world generation, fishing, Panda drops, and Jungle foliage. Bamboo is not craftable, but it is an ingredient in 1 recipe.
What is Bamboo used for?
Bamboo is a crafting ingredient used to make Scaffolding.
How many Bamboo can you stack?
Bamboo stacks 64 to a slot, and one full slot carries a furnace through 16 items.
How long does Bamboo take to break?
The block file for Bamboo holds 1 and 1. Since neither figure is raised, Bamboo behaves the same under a pickaxe and under a blast. An axe shortens the job on Bamboo, and no minimum material applies. Nothing here was timed by hand; it is what Java 26.2 stores.
Where do you find Bamboo in chests?
Bamboo is chest loot in jungle temple chests (about 51%, 1 to 3 at a time) and shipwreck supply chests (about 14%, 1 to 3 at a time). Those odds come from the loot tables themselves, so they are per chest, without any Luck.
Can Bamboo be used as fuel?
Yes. Bamboo burns for 2.5 seconds, and a furnace needs 10 seconds per item, so 4 of them smelt one item. The furnace carries the leftover time over rather than wasting it.