Bamboo

Bamboo
Type:	Natural
Mine with:	Hand, Axes
Physics:	Grows, breaks if block underneath is not dirt or bamboo
Found naturally:	Yes
Renewable:	Yes
Identifier:	Bamboo

Bamboo is an alternative of sticks, and is commonly found in the plains biome.

Obtaining

Bamboo can be broken with anything, but using an axe will speed up the process.

Rafts

Rafts drop bamboo when broken.

Natural Generation

Bamboo spawns in mountains, plains, and forest biomes.

Usage

Bamboo can be used to fuel a smelter, although they don't supply as much fuel as coal would. It can also be used in any crafting recipe that might otherwise require sticks.

If bamboo does not have dirt, grass, or another piece of bamboo below it, it will drop as an item.

Crafting Ingredient

Six pieces of bamboo are required to craft a raft.

Six pieces of bamboo are required to craft the Bamboo Door.

The bamboo block is crafted using four bamboo.

Sticks

Bamboo can replace sticks in any crafting recipe, so there are many other uses for it. Since bamboo grows much quicker than trees, they are easier to collect and use as sticks.

History

Version	Date	Changes
First 3 Weeks	Day 18	Added bamboo Replaces sticks in any recipe
1.23	Oct 31, 2012	Added rafts Crafted with six bamboo
1.24	Dec 22, 2012	Added the bamboo block Crafted with four bamboo
1.26.3	Apr 01, 2014	Bamboo is used to craft the Bamboo Door
1.27	Nov 13, 2015	Bamboo texture updated

Bugs

• If an ore or stone is generated under the bamboo during world generation, it will break into drops when the player loads the area.

Trivia

• Bamboo was added to Minecraft in October 2018, over five years after it was added to Mine Blocks.
• While in Mine Blocks bamboo can completely replace sticks on all crafting recipes, this is not the case in Minecraft, where it can be used to craft sticks instead.

Gallery

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  The old texture of bamboo.

See also

• Stick
• Sugarcane
• Trees