{{Block
|image=Sugar Cane.png
|image2=Sugar Cane (item) JE3.png
|extratext = View all [[#Gallery|renders]]
|transparent=Yes
|light=No
|tool=any
|renewable=Yes
|stackable=Yes (64)
|flammable=No
|lavasusceptible=No
}}

'''Sugar cane''' is a block found as 1–4-block-tall. It plants near water in the [[Overworld]]. As an item, it is an important crafting ingredient.

==Obtaining==
Sugar cane can be mined instantly with anything.

When the spot a sugar cane block is placed in becomes unsuitable, such as when the supporting block is removed, the sugar cane block uproots and drops as an item. {{IN|be}}, sugar cane uproots immediately after all adjacent water is removed. {{IN|je}}, sugar cane uproots on the next block update or [[Tick#Random tick|random tick]].

A sugar cane block drops itself as an item if a piston tries to push it (trying to pull it does nothing) or moves a block into its space.

===Natural generation===
[[File:Sugar Canez.png|thumb|250px|Naturally-occurring sugar cane near a river.]]
Sugar cane can generate naturally near [[water]] and [[ice]], as two ({{frac|11|18}} chance), three ({{frac|5|18}} chance), or four ({{frac|2|18}} chance) blocks tall. Rare taller sugar canes can be found if the world generator places two smaller canes on top of each other. It generates in approximately 0.8 sugar cane per chunk seeing as how they only generate near bodies of water.

Sugar canes attempt to generate 10 times in any Overworld biome, which requires water. An extra 10 attempts are made in [[swamp]] biomes, and 50 in [[desert]] biomes, which makes sugar cane twice as frequent in swamps and six times as frequent in desert biomes, making the banks of [[river]]s that cut through deserts lined with sugar canes.  Sugar canes do not grow faster in swamps or deserts they only spawn a increased amount.

Sugar cane cannot generate in caves {{in|je}}.<ref>{{bug|MC-214959||Sugar cane generated in cave|Fixed}}</ref>

===Trading===
[[Wandering trader]]s can sell sugar cane for an [[emerald]].

==Usage==
Due to its water-displacing properties, sugar cane can interestingly be used to create underwater paths, allowing [[player]]s to move at normal speed and breathe if it is two blocks in height.{{only|java}}<ref>{{bug|MC-929||Sugar cane can be placed underwater|WAI}}</ref>

Sugar cane takes on a different shade of green depending on the biome in which it is placed.

===Crafting ingredient===
{{crafting usage}}

===Farming===
{{main|Tutorials/Sugar cane farming}}
[[File:Underground Sugar Farm.png|200px|thumb|An underground sugar cane farm.]]

Sugar cane can generate naturally up to any number of blocks tall, but ''grow'' only to a height of three blocks, adding a block of height when the top sugar cane block has received 16 random [[Tick#Block tick|block tick]]s (i.e. on average every 18 minutes on ''Java Edition''<!-- Average 68.27 seconds/tick * 16 ticks/growth = 18.2 minutes --> or 54 minutes on Bedrock Edition, but the actual rate can vary widely). 
Sugar cane must be planted on a [[grass block]], [[dirt]], [[coarse dirt]], [[rooted dirt]], [[podzol]], [[mycelium]], [[sand]], [[red sand]], [[suspicious sand]], [[moss block]], or [[mud]] that is directly adjacent to [[water]], [[waterlogged]] block, or [[frosted ice]] (not merely above or diagonal to water), or on top of another sugar cane block. The adjacent water block can be covered with another block, whether [[opacity|opaque or transparent]], and sugar cane can still be placed and grow next to it. Sugar cane grows regardless of light level, even in complete darkness.
[[File:4blockcane.png|thumb|A natural 4-block-high sugar cane plant.]]
{{IN|bedrock}}, [[bone meal]] can be used to instantly grow sugar cane to three blocks. Only one bone meal is consumed. {{IN|java}}, bone meal cannot be used on sugar cane.<ref>{{bug|MC-73963||Can't use bonemeal on cacti or sugar cane|WAI}}</ref>

On average, it takes [[Tutorials/Sugar_cane_farming#Mechanics|18 minutes]] for a single block of sugar cane to grow 3 blocks tall.

=== Composting ===
Placing sugar cane into a [[composter]] has a 50% chance of raising the compost level by 1.

== List of colors ==
{{Missing information|Bedrock Edition colors (see [[Water#Color]]{{verify|it's there?}})}}

=== ''Java Edition'' ===
These values are generated by the biome dyeing algorithm. See [[Color#Biome colors|Biome colors]] for more information.
<div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="float: left">
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" data-description="Java edition biome colors"
!Biome !! Category !! Rainfall !! Sugarcane Color !! Temperature Affects !! Render
|-
| {{BiomeLink|Badlands}} || Mesa || No || #90814d || No || [[File:Badlands Sugar Cane.png|32px]]
|-
| {{BiomeLink|Beach}} || Beach || Rain || #91bd59 || || [[File:Plains Sugar Cane.png|32px]]
|-
| {{BiomeLink|Birch Forest}} || Forest || Rain || #88bb67 || || [[File:Birch Forest Sugar Cane.png|32px]]
|-
| {{BiomeLink|Cold Ocean}} || Ocean || Rain || #8eb971 || || [[File:Ocean Sugar Cane.png|32px]]
|-
| {{BiomeLink|Dark Forest}} || Forest || Rain || #507a32 || || [[File:Dark Forest Sugar Cane.png|32px]]
|-
| {{BiomeLink|Deep Cold Ocean}} || Ocean || Rain || #8eb971 || || [[File:Ocean Sugar Cane.png|32px]]
|-
| {{BiomeLink|Deep Frozen Ocean}} || Ocean || Rain || #8eb971 || || [[File:Ocean Sugar Cane.png|32px]]
|-
| {{BiomeLink|Deep Lukewarm Ocean}} || Ocean || Rain || #8eb971 || || [[File:Ocean Sugar Cane.png|32px]]
|-
| {{BiomeLink|Deep Ocean}} || Ocean || Rain || #8eb971 || || [[File:Ocean Sugar Cane.png|32px]]
|-
| {{BiomeLink|Desert}} || Desert || No || #bfb755 || || [[File:Desert Sugar Cane.png|32px]]
|-
| {{BiomeLink|End Barrens}} || The End || No || #8eb971 || || [[File:Ocean Sugar Cane.png|32px]]
|-
| {{BiomeLink|End Highlands}} || The End || No || #8eb971 || || [[File:Ocean Sugar Cane.png|32px]]
|-
| {{BiomeLink|End Midlands}} || The End || No || #8eb971 || || [[File:Ocean Sugar Cane.png|32px]]
|-
| {{BiomeLink|Eroded Badlands}} || Mesa || No || #90814d || No || [[File:Badlands Sugar Cane.png|32px]]
|-
| {{BiomeLink|Flower Forest}} || Forest || Rain || #79c05a || || [[File:Forest Sugar Cane.png|32px]]
|-
| {{BiomeLink|Forest}} || Forest || Rain || #79c05a || || [[File:Forest Sugar Cane.png|32px]]
|-
| {{BiomeLink|Frozen Ocean}} || Ocean || Snow || #80b497 || || [[File:Snowy Plains Sugar Cane.png|32px]]
|-
| {{BiomeLink|Frozen River}} || River || Snow || #80b497 || || [[File:Snowy Plains Sugar Cane.png|32px]]
|-
| {{BiomeLink|Old Growth Spruce Taiga}} || Taiga || Rain || #86b783 || || [[File:Taiga Sugar Cane.png|32px]]
|-
| {{BiomeLink|Old Growth Pine Taiga}} || Taiga || Rain || #86b87f || || [[File:Old Growth Pine Taiga Sugar Cane.png|32px]]
|-
| {{BiomeLink|Ice Spikes}} || Icy || Snow || #80b497 || || [[File:Snowy Plains Sugar Cane.png|32px]]
|-
| {{BiomeLink|Jungle}} || Jungle || Rain || #59c93c || || [[File:Jungle Sugar Cane.png|32px]]
|-
| {{BiomeLink|Sparse Jungle}} || Jungle || Rain || #64c73f || || [[File:Sparse Jungle Sugar Cane.png|32px]]
|-
| {{BiomeLink|Lukewarm Ocean}} || Ocean || Rain || #8eb971 || || [[File:Ocean Sugar Cane.png|32px]]
|-
| {{BiomeLink|Windswept Hills}} || Extreme Hills || Rain || #8ab689 || || [[File:Windswept Hills Sugar Cane.png|32px]]
|-
| {{BiomeLink|Mushroom Fields}} || Mushroom || Rain || #55c93f || || [[File:Mushroom Fields Sugar Cane.png|32px]]
|-
| {{BiomeLink|Nether}} || Nether || No || #bfb755 || || [[File:Desert Sugar Cane.png|32px]]
|-
| {{BiomeLink|Ocean}} || Ocean || Rain || #8eb971 || || [[File:Ocean Sugar Cane.png|32px]]
|-
| {{BiomeLink|Plains}} || Plains || Rain || #91bd59 || || [[File:Plains Sugar Cane.png|32px]]
|-
| {{BiomeLink|River}} || River || Rain || #8eb971 || || [[File:Ocean Sugar Cane.png|32px]]
|-
| {{BiomeLink|Savanna}} || Savanna || No || #bfb755 || || [[File:Desert Sugar Cane.png|32px]]
|-
| {{BiomeLink|Savanna Plateau}} || Savanna || No || #bfb755 || || [[File:Desert Sugar Cane.png|32px]]
|-
| {{BiomeLink|Windswept Savanna}} || Savanna || No || #bfb755 || || [[File:Desert Sugar Cane.png|32px]]
|-
| {{BiomeLink|Small End Islands}} || The End || No || #8eb971 || || [[File:Ocean Sugar Cane.png|32px]]
|-
| {{BiomeLink|Snowy Beach}} || Beach || Snow || #83b593 || || [[File:Snowy Beach Sugar Cane.png|32px]]
|-
| {{BiomeLink|Snowy Taiga}} || Taiga || Snow || #80b497 || || [[File:Snowy Plains Sugar Cane.png|32px]]
|-
| {{BiomeLink|Snowy Plains}} || Icy || Snow || #80b497 || || [[File:Snowy Plains Sugar Cane.png|32px]]
|-
| {{BiomeLink|Stony Shore}} || None || Rain || #8ab689 || || [[File:Windswept Hills Sugar Cane.png|32px]]
|-
| {{BiomeLink|Sunflower Plains}} || Plains || Rain || #91bd59 || || [[File:Plains Sugar Cane.png|32px]]
|-
| {{BiomeLink|Swamp}} || Swamp || Rain || #6A7039 || If temperature below -0.1, used #4C763C. || [[File:Swamp Sugar Cane.png|32px]] / [[File:Swamp Sugar Cane (Cold).png|32px]]
|-
| {{BiomeLink|Taiga}} || Taiga || Rain || #86b783 || || [[File:Taiga Sugar Cane.png|32px]]
|-
| {{BiomeLink|Old Growth Birch Forest}} || Forest || Rain || #88bb67 || || [[File:Birch Forest Sugar Cane.png|32px]]
|-
| {{BiomeLink|The End}} || The End || No || #8eb971 || || [[File:Ocean Sugar Cane.png|32px]]
|-
| {{BiomeLink|The Void}} || None || No || #8eb971 || || [[File:Ocean Sugar Cane.png|32px]]
|-
| {{BiomeLink|Warm Ocean}} || Ocean || Rain || #8eb971 || || [[File:Ocean Sugar Cane.png|32px]]
|-
| {{BiomeLink|Wooded Badlands}} || Mesa || No || #90814d || No || [[File:Badlands Sugar Cane.png|32px]]
|-
| {{BiomeLink|Windswept Forest}} || Extreme Hills || Rain || #8ab689 || || [[File:Windswept Hills Sugar Cane.png|32px]]
|}
</div>
{{clear}}
=== Bedrock Edition ===
{{empty section}}

== Sounds ==
{{Sound table/Block/Grass}}

== Data values ==
=== ID ===
{{edition|java}}:
{{ID table
|edition=java
|showforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Sugar Cane
|spritetype=block
|nameid=sugar_cane
|foot=1}}

{{edition|bedrock}}:
{{ID table
|edition=bedrock
|firstcolumnname=Sugar Cane
|shownumericids=y
|showforms=y
|showaliasids=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Block
|spritename=sugar-cane
|spritetype=block
|nameid=reeds
|id=83
|form=block
|itemform=item.reeds}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Item
|spritename=sugar-cane
|spritetype=item
|nameid=sugar_cane
|id=385
|form=item
|aliasid=reeds
|translationkey=item.reeds.name
|foot=1}}

=== Block states ===
{{see also|Block states}}

{{/BS}}

== Video ==
{{Video note|This video was made before sugar cane had a different shade of green depending on the biome.|minor}}
<div style="text-align:center">{{yt|zlOnwn3PH5o}}</div>

== History ==
{{more images|Appearance when affected by {{bug|MC-48831}}}}
{{History|java alpha}}
{{History||v1.0.11|[[File:Sugar Cane JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Sugar Cane (item) JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added reeds in the [[Seecret Updates|Seecret Friday Update 6]].
|Reeds are informally referred to as "bamboo" or "papyrus" by many [[player]]s. 
|Since reeds can be washed away with [[water]] currents or instantly destroyed by removing the water adjacent to them, automated reed farms can be made. 
|Reeds can be used to craft [[paper]].}}
{{History|java beta}}
{{History||1.2|[[Notch]] has [[wikipedia:Retroactive continuity|retconned]] reeds into sugar cane so that it can now be [[crafting|crafted]] into [[sugar]], included in the recipe for the [[cake]]s.}}
{{History||1.6|snap=Test Build 3|[[Arrow]]s no longer stick to sugar cane, and instead, they pass through. However, [[snowball]]s still come into contact with any sugar cane blocks, as if they are solid.}}
{{History||1.8|snap=Pre-release|Sugar cane can now grow and be placed onto [[sand]] as long as they are adjacent to [[water]]. This update allows sugar canes to appear next to [[water]] ponds in [[desert]] biomes.
|Sugar cane is now available in the [[creative]] [[inventory]] in both block and item forms.}}
{{History|java}}
{{History||1.0.0|snap=?|The sugar cane block has been removed from the creative inventory.}}
{{History||1.7.2|snap=13w36a|[[File:Sugar Cane JE2 BE2.png|32px]] Sugar cane is now [[tint]]ed depending on the [[biome]] it's in.
|The item texture remained unchanged, however, and still used the color palette from Alpha to 1.6.4.<ref name="Bug">{{bug|MC-216227}}</ref>}}
{{History||1.9|snap=15w43a|Sugar cane no longer breaks if its adjacent [[water]] is turned to [[frosted ice]].}}
{{History||1.13|snap=17w47a|The ID of sugar cane has now been changed from <code>reeds</code> to <code>sugar_cane</code>.
|"Sugar Canes" have now been renamed to "Sugar Cane".
|Prior to [[1.13/Flattening|''The Flattening'']], this [[block]]'s numeral ID was 83, and the [[item]]'s 338.}}
{{History||1.14|snap=18w43a|[[File:Sugar Cane (item) JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The texture of the sugar cane item has been changed.}}
{{History|||snap=19w03a|Placing sugar cane into a [[composter]] has a 20% chance of raising the compost level by 1.}}
{{History|||snap=19w05a|Sugar cane now has a 50% chance of increasing the compost level in a composter by 1.
|Added [[wandering trader]]s, which sell sugar cane.}}
{{History||1.16|snap=20w13a|Sugar cane has been moved from the Miscellaneous tab to the Decoration Blocks tab in the [[Creative inventory]].<ref name="misc decoration">https://bugs.mojang.com/browse/MC-174434</ref>}}
{{History||1.17|snap=21w11a|[[File:Sugar Cane (item) JE3.png|32px]] The texture of the sugar cane item has been changed, so that it actually matches the color it uses when placed again.<ref name="Bug"/>}}
{{History|||snap=Pre-release 1|Sugar cane now generates in mushroom fields.<ref>{{bug|MC-226683}}</ref>}}
{{History||1.19|snap=22w15a|Sugar cane can now be planted on mud.}}
{{History||1.20|snap=23w14a|Sugar cane can now be planted on [[suspicious sand]].}}

{{History|pocket alpha}}
{{History||Pre-release|[[File:Sugar Cane JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Sugar Cane (item) JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added sugar cane.}}
{{History||v0.2.0|Despite being visible in the inventory, sugar cane does not drop anything when mined, making it unobtainable in Survival mode.}}
{{History||v0.2.1|Survival players now start with an infinite stack of sugar cane in the inventory.}}
{{History||v0.3.0|Sugar cane now drops its item form when mined.
|Survival players no longer start with an infinite stack of sugar cane in the inventory.}}
{{History||v0.5.0|Sugar cane can now be grown on [[sand]].
|Sugar cane can now be obtained after activating the [[nether reactor]].}}
{{History||v0.8.0|snap=build 5|[[Bone meal]] can now grow sugar cane to maximum height.}}
{{History||v0.9.0|snap=build 1|[[File:Sugar Cane JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The color of sugar cane now changes depending on the [[biome]] they are in.
|Using bone meal on sugar cane is no longer able to break blocks above it.}}
{{History||v0.12.1|snap=build 1|Sugar cane is no longer available from the [[nether reactor]].}}
{{History|pocket}}
{{History||1.0.0|snap=alpha 0.17.0.1|[[File:Sugar Cane JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Due to a bug, sugar canes no longer change color depending on the [[biome]].}}
{{History|bedrock}}
{{History||1.2.13|snap=beta 1.2.13.5|[[File:Sugar Cane JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The color of sugar canes now changes depending on the [[biome]], once again.}}
{{History||1.10.0|snap=beta 1.10.0.3|[[File:Sugar Cane (item) JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The texture of the sugar cane [[item]] has been changed.
|Sugar cane can now be [[trading|bought]] from [[wandering trader]]s.}}
{{History||1.11.0|snap=beta 1.11.0.1|Sugar canes can now be used to fill up [[composter]]s.}}
{{History||1.17.0|snap=beta 1.17.0.50|[[File:Sugar Cane (item) JE3.png|32px]] The texture of the sugar cane item has been changed, so that it actually matches the color it uses when placed again.}}

{{History|console}}
{{History||xbox=TU1|xbone=CU1|ps=1.0|wiiu=Patch 1|switch=1.0.1|[[File:Sugar Cane JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Sugar Cane (item) JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added sugar canes.
|Sugar canes are solid, making it useful for growable walls. Unlike on Java Edition, they were never renamed to Sugar Cane.}}
{{History||xbox=TU2|Sugar canes are no longer solid, and arrows pass through them.}}
{{History||xbox=TU31|xbone=CU19|ps=1.22|wiiu=Patch 3|[[File:Sugar Cane JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The color of sugar cane now changes depending on the [[biome]] they're in.}}
{{History||xbox=TU60|xbone=CU51|ps=1.64|wiiu=Patch 30|switch=1.0.11|Sugar cane can now be grown with [[bonemeal]].}}
{{History||xbox=none|xbone=none|ps=1.90|wiiu=none|switch=none|[[File:Sugar Cane (item) JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The texture of the sugar cane [[item]] has been changed.}}
{{History||xbox=none|xbone=none|ps=1.91|wiiu=none|switch=none|Sugar cane can now be [[trading|bought]] from [[wandering trader]]s.
|Sugar canes can now be used to fill up [[composter]]s.}}

{{History|New Nintendo 3DS Edition}}
{{History||0.1.0|[[File:Sugar Cane JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Sugar Cane (item) JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added sugar cane.}}
{{History|foot}}

=== Sugar cane "item" ===
{{:Technical blocks/Sugar Cane}}

== Issues ==
{{Issue list}}

== Trivia ==
*When a sugar cane is broken at the second level, the time resets (for example, if a two-block high sugar cane is broken, but is just about to grow to the third stage, it would reset that time).
*By placing more sugar canes on top of a sugar cane plant, it is possible to create tall sugar canes (up to y=319, the maximum height for building), although they do not naturally grow this high.
*Before sugar cane received an official name, they were sometimes referred to as [[bamboo]], a block added 9 years later. Other names were "reeds" and "papyrus".

== Gallery ==
=== Renders ===
<gallery>
Plains Sugar Cane.png|Plains
Taiga Sugar Cane.png|Taiga
Snowy Plains Sugar Cane.png|Snowy plains
Jungle Sugar Cane.png|Jungle
Desert Sugar Cane.png|Desert
Swamp Sugar Cane (Cold).png|Swamp (cold)
Swamp Sugar Cane.png|Swamp
Badlands Sugar Cane.png|Badlands
</gallery>

=== In-game ===
<gallery>
Huge Sugar Farm.png|A large sugar cane farm using 2×2 [[water]] holes.
Sugar Cane Waterfall.png|Water flowing over sugar cane.
UnderwaterSugarCane.png|Naturally generated sugar cane found underwater.
Sugar and Cactus.png|A [[cactus]] and sugar cane stalk generated next to each other.
SugarCaneRavine.png|Sugar cane found in the [[ravine]].
Reeds in Winter mode.png|Reeds generated in the [[winter mode]].
Sugar Cane Naturally Growing.png|Sugar cane growing between [[biome]]s.
Mesa Sugar Cane.jpg|Sugar cane growing on [[red sand]] in a [[badlands]] biome.
Sugarcanenowaterglitch.png|Sugar cane generated without a water source.
SwampCane.png|Sugar cane generated in a [[swamp]] biome.
Sugar cane savanna.png|Sugar cane growing in a [[savanna]] biome.
ForestSugarcane.png|Sugar cane growing in a [[forest]] biome.
Lava cane.png|Sugar cane growing with lava flowing around it.
Before breaking.png|Sugar canes few seconds before breaking because the water is frozen.
Undergroundreed.png|A sugar cane plant that generated in an underground [[water lake]].
Cave Sugar.png|Another example.
</gallery>

=== Heights ===
<gallery>
Tall Sugar Cane.png|Four-block tall sugar cane.
4RiverCane.png|Four-block tall sugar cane.
4-block tall sugar cane.png|Four-block tall sugar cane in a [[plains]] biome.
</gallery>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{Blocks|vegetation}}

{{Items}}

[[Category:Plants]]
[[Category:Natural blocks]]
[[Category:Non-solid blocks]]

[[cs:Cukrová třtina]]
[[de:Zuckerrohr]]
[[es:Caña de azúcar]]
[[fr:Canne à sucre]]
[[hu:Cukornád]]
[[it:Canna da zucchero]]
[[ja:サトウキビ]]
[[ko:사탕수수]]
[[nl:Suikerriet]]
[[pl:Trzcina cukrowa]]
[[pt:Cana-de-açúcar]]
[[ru:Сахарный тростник]]
[[th:อ้อย]]
[[uk:Цукрова тростина]]
[[zh:甘蔗]]
