Bamboo
Material Stack: 64 Since 1.14 (Village & Pillage)
Quick answer: Find it in jungle and bamboo jungle biomes - bamboo jungles are wall-to-wall stalks.
How to get it
- Find it in jungle and bamboo jungle biomes - bamboo jungles are wall-to-wall stalks
- Fish it up as junk while fishing in any jungle biome
- Plant one shoot and wait: bamboo is the fastest-growing plant in the game, up to 12-16 blocks tall
Uses
- Craft scaffolding: 6 bamboo + 1 string, the builder's best friend for tall projects
- Craft blocks of bamboo and mosaic for warm wood-tone builds, plus rafts
- Fuel furnaces cheaply - a bamboo farm is a self-feeding smeltery
- Breed pandas and speed up their growth; baby pandas love the stuff
Renewability
Renewable: one shoot becomes a forest in a Minecraft day.
Java vs Bedrock
Identical in Java and Bedrock.
Related: Sugar CaneString