{{for|the plant feature|Bamboo (feature)}}
{{Distinguish|text = [[Sugar Cane]], which was colloquially known as Bamboo}}
{{Block
| image = <gallery>
Leafless Bamboo.png|Leafless
Small Leaves Bamboo.png|Small
Big Leaves Bamboo.png|Big
Leafless Old Bamboo.png|Leafless Old
Small Leaves Old Bamboo.png|Small Old
Big Leaves Old Bamboo.png|Big Old
</gallery>
| image2 = Bamboo Shoot.png<!--different infobox for this later down the line, like with pistons?-->
| image3 = Bamboo (item) JE1 BE1.png
| transparent = Yes
| light = No
| tool = Sword
| tool2 = Axe
| renewable = Yes
| stackable = Yes (64)
| flammable = '''Bamboo''': Yes (60)<br>'''Shoot''': No
| lavasusceptible = Yes
}}
'''Bamboo''' is a versatile, fast-growing, [[Bone Meal|bonemealable]] [[plant]] found primarily in [[jungle]]s, which is used for [[crafting]] (particularly [[scaffolding]] and [[Block of Bamboo|bamboo wood]]), [[smelting]] and [[breeding]] [[Panda|pandas]]. 

A '''bamboo shoot''' is the initial non-solid sapling form of planted bamboo.

== Obtaining ==
Bamboo shoots cannot be obtained through vanilla means. {{IN|bedrock}}, they can be obtained through [[add-on]]s or inventory editing. {{IN|java}}, they are completely unobtainable.

=== Breaking ===
Bamboo can be mined with any [[tool]], but a [[sword]] breaks the block [[instant mining|instantly]], even with [[Mining Fatigue]]. Flowing [[water]] also breaks bamboo shoots, but not mature bamboo stalks.

{{breaking row|Bamboo|Sword|sword=1|horizontal=1}}
{{notelist}}
=== Natural generation ===
Bamboo generates in widely scattered single shoots within [[jungle]] [[biome]]s. Bamboo generates much more densely in the [[bamboo jungle|bamboo variant]]s of jungles, covering large areas of the landscape. Bamboo does ''not'' generate in [[sparse jungle]]s.<ref>{{bug|MC-156638|||WAI}}</ref>

=== Mob loot ===
{{IN|java}}, a [[panda]] drops 1 bamboo when killed. [[Looting]] does not affect the drop rate.<ref>{{bug|MC-160006}}</ref>

{{IN|bedrock}}, a panda drops 0-2 bamboo when killed. Looting increases the drop by 1 per level.

=== Fishing ===
Bamboo can be found while [[fishing]] in [[jungle]] [[biome]]s as a junk [[item]].

=== Chest loot ===
{{LootChestItem|bamboo}}

== Usage ==
When broken, any bamboo [[block]] placed or grown above it is also broken. A bamboo block drops itself as an [[item]] if a [[piston]] pushes it or moves a block into its space. When bamboo is first placed as a shoot it's not solid and can be destroyed by water flowing into it. After growing at least one block taller it becomes solid and can't be destroyed by water. To transform a bamboo shoot into a solid bamboo block place another bamboo on top of it.

Unlike most plants, bamboo cannot be [[Composter#Composting|composted]].<ref>{{bug|MC-142452|||WAI}}</ref>

=== Farming ===
Bamboo can be planted on [[moss block]]s{{only|java|short=1}}, [[grass block]]s, [[dirt]], [[coarse dirt]], [[rooted dirt]], [[gravel]], [[mycelium]], [[podzol]], [[sand]], [[red sand]], [[suspicious sand]], [[suspicious gravel]], [[mud]], bamboo shoot, or on itself. At default random tick speed (3), each plant grows on average every {{convert|4096|ticks|seconds}}. When [[bone meal]] is {{control|used}} on it, it grows by 1–2 [[blocks]]. Bamboo can grow up to 12–16 blocks tall. The top of a bamboo plant requires a [[light]] level of 9 or above to grow.

Because bamboo breaks in almost the same way as [[sugar cane]]s, [[Tutorials/Sugar cane farming|a sugar cane farm]] can be easily adapted to this use. While water is not needed with such a farm, some spacing is recommended if the harvest is done manually as mature stalks are solid.

=== Pandas ===
Bamboo [[item]]s are eaten by [[panda]]s and can be used to speed up the growth of baby pandas. Bamboo can also be used to breed pandas when at least 8 [[block]]s of bamboo are within 5 blocks of the pandas, making the panda the only animal in the game to have extra breeding requirements. At this point, the [[player]] can feed them bamboo and they [[breeding|mate]] to have a baby.

=== Fuel ===
Bamboo can be used as fuel for [[smelting]]. Each bamboo item smelts 0.25 [[item]]s. Crafting two bamboo into a [[stick]] and using that as fuel is equivalent, smelting 0.5 items. 

Bamboo can be crafted into other items to increase its fuel efficiency.
* By crafting 9 bamboo into 2 [[bamboo planks]], 3 items can be smelted instead of 2.25, a 33.3% increase in efficiency.
** {{IN|bedrock}}, the fuel efficiency can be further doubled by crafting the bamboo planks into twice the amount of [[slab]]s.<ref>{{bug|MCPE-94368||Wooden slabs last for the same amount of time as planks in a furnace}}</ref>
* {{IN|java}}, by crafting 14 bamboo into 3 [[ladder]]s, 4.5 items can be smelted instead of 3.5, a 28.6% increase in efficiency.

=== Flower pots ===
Bamboo can be placed in a [[flower pot]], where it retains the design it has in its item form.

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

== Appearance ==
[[File:Bamboo stages.png|thumb|The different stages of bamboo growth.]]

The appearance of bamboo changes as it grows. When first placed, it takes the form of a small shoot, which has no [[hitbox]]. When it grows one [[block]] taller it grows to 2 pixels in length and width and the top block has leaves coming off it. At 3 blocks, the top 2 blocks have leaves and at 4 blocks the bamboo expands to 3×3 pixels. At 5 blocks tall, the top 3 blocks have leaves on them. As the bamboo grows, the leaves move up and stay at the top 3 blocks. Destroying a block of bamboo does not change the appearance of the blocks below it. Bamboo is oriented at a random position in the block that it is in.

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

=== Bamboo Shoot ===
{{Sound table/Block/Bamboo shoot}}

== Data values ==
=== ID ===
{{edition|java}}:
{{ID table
|edition=java
|showblocktags=y
|showforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Bamboo
|spritetype=block
|nameid=bamboo
|blocktags=bamboo_plantable_on}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Bamboo Shoot
|spritetype=block
|nameid=bamboo_sapling
|blocktags=bamboo_plantable_on
|form=block
|foot=1}}

{{edition|bedrock}}:
{{ID table
|edition=bedrock
|shownumericids=y
|showforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Bamboo
|spritetype=block
|nameid=bamboo
|id=418}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Bamboo Sapling
|spritetype=block
|nameid=bamboo_sapling
|id=419
|form=block
|translationkey=-
|foot=1}}

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

{{/BS}}

== Achievements ==
{{load achievements|Zoologist}}

== History ==
{{History||September 29, 2018|link={{tweet|minecraft|1046096508570009602}}|Bamboo is announced at [[MINECON Earth 2018]].}}
{{History|java}}
{{History||1.14|snap=18w43a|[[File:Leafless Bamboo JE1 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Small Leaves Bamboo JE1 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Big Leaves Bamboo JE1 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Leafless Old Bamboo JE1 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Small Leaves Old Bamboo JE1 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Big Leaves Old Bamboo JE1 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Bamboo Shoot JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added bamboo.
|[[File:Bamboo (item) JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Bamboo as an [[item]] can be [[drops|dropped]] by bamboo and planted to grow bamboo.
|Added [[bamboo jungle]]s, where bamboo naturally generates.}}
{{History||1.16|snap=20w06a|"Bamboo Sapling" has been renamed to "Bamboo Shoot".}}
{{History|||snap=20w13a|Bamboo 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=21w13a|Bamboo can now be planted on rooted dirt.}}
{{History|||snap=21w16a|Bamboo can now be planted on moss blocks.}}
{{History||1.18|snap=21w39a|Bamboo no longer generates underground.<ref>{{bug|MC-145376}}</ref><ref>{{bug|MC-214894}}</ref>}}
{{History||1.19|snap=22w15a|Bamboo can now be planted on mud.}}
{{History||1.20<br>(Experimental)|link=1.19.3|snap=22w42a|Bamboo can now be used to craft [[bamboo planks]].}}
{{History|||snap=22w45a|Bamboo can no longer be used to craft bamboo planks.|Bamboo can now be used to craft a [[block of bamboo]].}}
{{History||1.20<br>(Experimental)|link=1.19.4|snap=23w07a|Bamboo can now be planted on [[suspicious sand]].}}
{{History||1.20|snap=23w14a|Bamboo can now be planted on [[suspicious gravel]].}}

{{History|bedrock}}
{{History||1.8.0|snap=beta 1.8.0.8|[[File:Leafless Bamboo BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Small Leaves Bamboo BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Big Leaves Bamboo BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Leafless Old Bamboo BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Small Leaves Old Bamboo BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Big Leaves Old Bamboo BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Bamboo Shoot JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added bamboo.
|[[File:Bamboo (item) JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Bamboo as an [[item]] can be [[drops|dropped]] by bamboo and planted to grow bamboo.}}
{{History||1.9.0|snap=beta 1.9.0.0|Bamboo can now generate in [[jungle]] [[biome]]s in single shoots.
|Added [[bamboo jungle]]s, where bamboo naturally generates.}}
{{History||1.12.0|snap=beta 1.12.0.3|[[File:Leafless Bamboo JE1 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Small Leaves Bamboo JE1 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Big Leaves Bamboo JE1 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Leafless Old Bamboo JE1 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Small Leaves Old Bamboo JE1 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Big Leaves Old Bamboo JE1 BE2.png|32px]] The bamboo texture brightness has been updated to match {{el|je}}.<ref>{{bug|MCPE-42635}}</ref>}}
{{History||1.17.30|snap=beta 1.17.20.20|Swords now break bamboo instantly to match ''Java Edition''.<ref>{{bug|MCPE-64013}}</ref>}}
{{History||1.20.0|link=Bedrock Edition 1.20.0|snap=beta 1.19.50.21|Bamboo can now be used to craft [[bamboo planks]].}}
{{History|||snap=beta 1.19.60.20|Bamboo can no longer be used to craft bamboo planks.|Bamboo can now be used to craft a [[block of bamboo]].}}

{{History|console}}
{{History||xbox=none|xbone=none|ps=1.83|wiiu=none|switch=none|[[File:Leafless Bamboo JE1 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Small Leaves Bamboo JE1 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Big Leaves Bamboo JE1 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Leafless Old Bamboo JE1 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Small Leaves Old Bamboo JE1 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Big Leaves Old Bamboo JE1 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Bamboo Shoot JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added bamboo.
|[[File:Bamboo (item) JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Bamboo as an [[item]] can be [[drops|dropped]] by bamboo and planted to grow bamboo.}}
{{History|foot}}

=== Bamboo shoot "item" ===
{{:Technical blocks/Bamboo Shoot}}

== Issues ==
{{Issue list}}

== Trivia ==
* Because bamboo grows quickly (on average 1 growth per 200 seconds), just 500 plants in an automatic farm produce more [[item]]s than a [[hopper]] can collect (2.5 items per second). A single hopper can move only enough items to keep 6.25 [[furnace]]s running.
* Bamboo is the fastest-growing plant in ''[[Minecraft]]'', which reflects its status as the fastest-growing plant known in real life.
* While bamboo cannot be composted in ''Minecraft'', it can be composted in real life.

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
File:PandaMinecon.png|The first image featuring bamboo, from [[MINECON Earth 2018]].
File:PandasEatingMinecon.jpg|A group of [[Panda|pandas]] eating bamboo, shown at [[MINECON Earth 2018]].
File:Growing bamboo BE.png|Planted bamboo growing.
File:Bamboo in tree.png|A bamboo shoot growing through a [[tree]].
File:Bamboo Jungle.png|Bamboo seen in a [[jungle]] [[biome]] variant.
File:Bamboo Jungle in Amplified world.png|Bamboo Jungle in an [[Amplified]] world in 1.19-rc2.
File:Naturalbamboo.png|Multiple naturally generated bamboo stems growing by a river.
File:Tall Bamboo.png|Grown Bamboo with three parts
File:Zuri Chopping Bamboo Pixel Art.png|[[Zuri]] chopping down bamboo for a baby panda.
File:Bamboo Wallpaper.png|Smartphone wallpaper of the aforementioned artwork, showing more of the treetops and bamboo.
File:Panda Packaging.jpg|Packing for the ''Diamond Level Panda'', modeled after bamboo.
</gallery>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Blocks|vegetation}}

{{Items}}

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

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