Sugar Cane
Material Stack: 64 Since Alpha v1.0.11 (as reeds)
Quick answer: Find it growing on dirt, sand, moss or mud next to water along riverbanks and ocean shores.
How to get it
- Find it growing on dirt, sand, moss or mud next to water along riverbanks and ocean shores
- Break the middle or top block: the whole column above pops, so harvest everything above the base and leave the bottom planted
- Buy it from wandering traders for 1 emerald when you cannot find a patch
Uses
- Craft sugar for cakes, pumpkin pie and brewing speed potions
- Craft paper for books, maps and firework rockets - sugar cane is the engine of the enchantment economy
- Grows up to 3 blocks tall next to water; automated observer-and-piston farms harvest it forever
- Compost it in a composter, or feed it to pandas if you just like pandas
Renewability
Renewable: replant the base next to water and it regrows.
Java vs Bedrock
In Bedrock, bone meal grows sugar cane instantly to 3 blocks; in Java bone meal does nothing to it.