How do you get Sugar Cane in Minecraft?

Sugar Cane is obtained through natural world generation, and Sugar Cane from harvesting grown stalks. There is no recipe for Sugar Cane, but 2 recipes ask for it.

When was Sugar Cane added to Minecraft?

Sugar Cane was added in the early Alpha development period.

What is Sugar Cane used for?

Sugar Cane is a crafting ingredient, and it goes into Paper and Sugar.

How many Sugar Cane can you stack?

Sugar Cane at 64 a slot, and Paper takes 3 per craft, so a full slot is 21 Paper with nothing left over. A shulker box of Sugar Cane comes to 1,728, over 27 slots.

Utility Blocks

Sugar Cane

A tall green plant that grows on grass, dirt or sand next to water. It is harvested to make sugar and paper.

Stack Size

Durability

N/A

Sugar Cane at a glance

Sugar Cane, a block out of natural world generation and harvesting grown stalks, sits under Utility Blocks. Stack Sugar Cane 64 high: 576 across a hotbar, 1728 in a shulker box, and 3456 in a double chest.

Sugar Cane additionally serves as a crafting ingredient for Paper and Sugar. There is no waiting on Sugar Cane: its hardness is 0, so it pops the moment you start. It sits between String to Wool and Terracotta in Utility Blocks, number 315 of 340 there.

Used to craft

2 items take Sugar Cane on the crafting grid, Paper and Sugar among them, with Miscellaneous accounting for 2. Each link below opens that recipe with Sugar Cane in the grid.

How to obtain

Natural generation
Harvesting grown stalks

Notes

Grows up to three blocks tall beside water; crafts into sugar (1) or paper (3 cane into 3 paper).

Frequently asked questions about Sugar Cane

How do you get Sugar Cane in Minecraft?
Sugar Cane is obtained through natural world generation, and Sugar Cane from harvesting grown stalks. There is no recipe for Sugar Cane, but 2 recipes ask for it.
When was Sugar Cane added to Minecraft?
Sugar Cane was added in the early Alpha development period.
What is Sugar Cane used for?
Sugar Cane is a crafting ingredient, and it goes into Paper and Sugar.
How many Sugar Cane can you stack?
Sugar Cane at 64 a slot, and Paper takes 3 per craft, so a full slot is 21 Paper with nothing left over. A shulker box of Sugar Cane comes to 1,728, over 27 slots.

Building with it

Sugar cane grows on sand or dirt next to water, up to three blocks high, and gives sugar for cakes and potions and paper for books and maps. Breaking the middle block leaves the base behind, which is what makes an automatic cane farm so simple to build.

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