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{{Infobox block
| *-2caption = Young
| *-1caption = Old
| image3caption = Shoot
| group = Leafless
| 1-2 = Leafless Bamboo.png
| 1-1 = Leafless Old Bamboo JE1 BE1.png
| group2 = Small leaves
| 2-2 = Small Leaves Bamboo.png
| 2-1 = Small Leaves Old Bamboo JE1.png
| group3 = Big leaves
| 3-2 = Big Leaves Bamboo.png
| 3-1 = Big Leaves Old Bamboo JE1.png
| image3 = Bamboo Shoot.png
| image4 = Bamboo (item).png
| transparent = Yes
| light = No
| tool = Sword
| tool2 = Axe
| renewable = Yes
| stackable = Yes (64)
| flammable = '''Bamboo''': Yes (60) '''Shoot''': No
| lavasusceptible = Yes
|mapcolor = {{TooltipSprite||Bamboo}} {{Map color|Bamboo}}
{{TooltipSprite||Bamboo Shoot}} {{Map color|Bamboo Sapling}}
}}
{{relevant tutorial|Bamboo farming}}
'''Bamboo''' is a versatile, fast-growing [[Minecraft:plant]] found primarily in [[Minecraft:jungle]]s, used for [[Minecraft:crafting]] (particularly [[Minecraft:scaffolding]] and [[Minecraft:Block of Bamboo|bamboo wood]]), [[Minecraft:smelting]], and breeding [[Minecraft:panda]]s.

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

== Obtaining ==
Bamboo shoots in item form cannot be obtained through vanilla means. {{IN|bedrock}}, they can be obtained through [[Minecraft:add-on]]s or inventory editing. {{IN|java}}, they do not exist as items and are thus completely unobtainable. Like most other [[Minecraft:Sapling|saplings]], limiting its possible growing conditions can keep it in its initial state.

=== Breaking ===
Bamboo stalks can be mined with any [[Minecraft:tool]], but an [[Minecraft:axe]] is quicker than other tools. Using a [[Minecraft:sword]] of any type breaks bamboo stalks and shoots [[Minecraft:instant mining|instantly]], even with [[Minecraft:Mining Fatigue]]. Flowing [[Minecraft:water]] also breaks bamboo shoots, but not mature bamboo stalks.
{{breaking row|Bamboo; Bamboo Shoot|Axe; any|sword=1;sword=1|horizontal=1|link=none;none}}
{{notelist}}

=== Natural generation ===
{{main|Bamboo (feature)}}
Bamboo generates in widely scattered single shoots within [[Minecraft:jungle]] biomes. Bamboo generates much more densely in the [[Minecraft:bamboo jungle]]s, covering large areas of the landscape. Bamboo does not generate in [[Minecraft:sparse jungle]]s.

{{block distribution}}

=== Mob loot ===

{{Drop sources|Bamboo}}

=== Generated loot ===
{{LootChestItem|bamboo}}

=== Fishing ===
Bamboo can be found while [[Minecraft:fishing]] in [[Minecraft:jungle]] biomes as a junk [[Minecraft:item]].

== Usage ==
When broken, any bamboo [[Minecraft:block]] placed or grown above it is also broken. A bamboo block drops itself as an [[Minecraft:item]] if a [[Minecraft: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 a solid stalk and cannot 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 [[Minecraft:compost]]ed.<ref>{{bug|MC-142452|||WAI}}</ref>

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

Because bamboo breaks in almost the same way as [[Minecraft:sugar cane]], [[Minecraft: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. Flowing water makes it a lot easier to collect the bamboo though and eliminates the need for space between them for collection.

Bamboo can be farmed infinitely in a closed cycle even without automation, as a [[Minecraft:wooden sword]] can break 30 bamboo plants, but only costs 11 bamboo to make, thus enabling the player to farm 330 to 450 bamboo per sword ([11 to 15] × 30). A crafting table is required to make the bamboo blocks and the sword.

=== Pandas ===
Bamboo [[Minecraft:item]]s are eaten by [[Minecraft: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 1 bamboo block (not a bamboo shoot) is within 5 blocks of the pandas, making the panda the only animal in the game to have extra breeding requirements. At this point, the [[Minecraft:player]] can feed them bamboo and they [[Minecraft:breeding|mate]] to have a baby.

=== Fuel ===
Bamboo can be used as fuel for [[Minecraft:smelting]]. Each bamboo item smelts 0.25 [[Minecraft:item]]s. (it costs 4 bamboo items to smelt 1 item.)

Bamboo can be crafted into other items to increase its fuel efficiency.
* By crafting a [[Minecraft:Block of Bamboo]] (9 bamboo) into 2 [[Minecraft:Planks#Crafting|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 [[Minecraft:slab]]s.<ref>{{bug|MCPE-94368||Wooden slabs last for the same amount of time as planks in a furnace}}</ref>

=== Flower pots ===
Bamboo can be placed in a [[Minecraft: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 that has no [[Minecraft:hitbox]]. When it grows one [[Minecraft:block]] taller, its visual thickness increases to 2×2 pixels and the top block has leaves. At 3 blocks tall, the top two blocks have leaves. At 4 blocks tall, the bamboo's visual thickness expands to 3×3 pixels. At 5 blocks tall, the top three blocks have leaves on them, and these blocks remain on top as the bamboo grows. Destroying a block of bamboo does not change the appearance of the blocks below it. Bamboo is oriented randomly 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 table2
|edition=bedrock
|shownumericids=y
|showforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Bamboo
|spritetype=block
|nameid=bamboo
|id=418}}
{{ID table2
|displayname=Bamboo Sapling
|spritetype=block
|nameid=bamboo_sapling
|id=419
|form=block
|translationkey=tile.bamboo_sapling.name
|foot=1}}

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

{{JE}}: 
'''Bamboo'''
{{bst|age|0|0,1|The age of the bamboo, if this is 1 the bamboo appears thicker.}}
{{bst|leaves|none|large,none,small|The size of the leaves on this bamboo block.}}
{{bst|stage|0|0,1|The stage is incremented at random intervals. At stage 1, bamboo may try to grow more bamboo above it.|foot=1}}

{{BE}}: 
'''Bamboo'''
{{bst|showaux=1|bits=0x8|age_bit|false|false,true|The stage is incremented at random intervals. When true, bamboo may try to grow more bamboo above it.|0,1}}
{{bst|bits=0x2,0x4|bamboo_leaf_size|no_leaves|no_leaves,small_leaves,large_leaves|The size of the leaves on this bamboo block.|0,1,2}}
{{bst|bits=0x1|bamboo_stalk_thickness|thin|thin,thick|The thickness of the bamboo, if this is thick the bamboo appears thicker.|0,1|foot=1}}
'''Bamboo Sapling'''
{{bst|showaux=1|bits=0x1|age_bit|false|false,true|Specifies the sapling's growth stage.|0,1|foot=1}}

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

== History ==
{{See technical block|Bamboo Shoot}}

=== Announcement ===
{{HistoryTable
|{{HistoryLine||September 29, 2018|link={{tweet|minecraft|1046096508570009602}}|Bamboo is announced at [[Minecraft:MINECON Earth 2018]].}}
}}

=== ''Java Edition'' ===
{{HistoryTable
|{{HistoryLine|java}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.14|dev=18w43a|[[File:Leafless Bamboo JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Small Leaves Bamboo JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Big Leaves Bamboo JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Leafless Old Bamboo JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Small Leaves Old Bamboo JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Big Leaves Old Bamboo JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Bamboo Shoot JE1 BE2.png|32px]] Added bamboo.
|[[File:Bamboo (item) JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Bamboo as an [[Minecraft:item]] can be [[Minecraft:drop]]ped by bamboo and planted to grow bamboo.
|Added [[Minecraft:bamboo jungle]]s, where bamboo naturally generates.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.16|dev=20w06a|"Bamboo Sapling" has been renamed to "Bamboo Shoot".}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=20w13a|Bamboo has been moved from the Miscellaneous tab to the Decoration Blocks tab in the [[Minecraft:Creative inventory]].<ref name="misc decoration">{{bug|MC-174434}}</ref>}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.17|dev=21w13a|Bamboo can now be planted on rooted dirt.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=21w16a|Bamboo can now be planted on moss blocks.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.18|dev=21w39a|Bamboo no longer generates underground.<ref>{{bug|MC-145376}}</ref><ref>{{bug|MC-214894}}</ref>}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.19|dev=22w15a|Bamboo can now be planted on mud.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.19.3|exp=Update 1.20|dev=22w42a|Bamboo can now be used to craft [[Minecraft:bamboo planks]].}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=22w45a|Bamboo can no longer be used to craft bamboo planks.
|Bamboo can now be used to craft a [[Minecraft:block of bamboo]].}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.19.4|exp=Update 1.20|dev=23w07a|Bamboo can now be planted on [[Minecraft:suspicious sand]].}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.20|dev=23w14a|Bamboo can now be planted on [[Minecraft:suspicious gravel]].}}}}
=== ''Bedrock Edition'' ===
{{HistoryTable
|{{HistoryLine|bedrock}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.8.0|dev=beta 1.8.0.8|[[File:Leafless Bamboo JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Small Leaves Bamboo1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Big Leaves Bamboo1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Leafless Old Bamboo JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Small Leaves Old Bamboo1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Big Leaves Old Bamboo1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Bamboo Shoot BE1.png|32px]] Added bamboo.
|[[File:Bamboo (item) JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Bamboo as an [[Minecraft:item]] can be [[Minecraft:drop]]ped by bamboo and planted to grow bamboo.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.9.0|dev=beta 1.9.0.0|Bamboo can now generate in [[Minecraft:jungle]] [[Minecraft:biome]]s in single shoots.
|Added [[Minecraft:bamboo jungle]]s, where bamboo naturally generates.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.12.0|dev=beta 1.12.0.3|[[File:Leafless Bamboo JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Small Leaves Bamboo1 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Big Leaves Bamboo1 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Leafless Old Bamboo JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Small Leaves Old Bamboo1 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Big Leaves Old Bamboo1 BE2.png|32px]]The bamboo texture brightness has been updated to match {{el|je}}.<ref>{{bug|MCPE-42635}}</ref>}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.17.30|dev=beta 1.17.20.20|Swords now break bamboo instantly to match ''Java Edition''.<ref>{{bug|MCPE-64013}}</ref>}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.20.0|link=Bedrock Edition 1.20.0|dev=Preview 1.19.50.21|Bamboo can now be used to craft [[Minecraft:bamboo planks]].}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=Preview 1.19.60.20|Bamboo can no longer be used to craft bamboo planks.
|Bamboo can now be used to craft a [[Minecraft:block of bamboo]].}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.20.30|dev=Preview 1.20.20.21|Decreased the hardness and blast resistance of bamboo from 2 to 1.
|Increased the hardness and blast resistance of bamboo shoots from 0 to 1.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.21.50|dev=Preview 1.21.50.20|[[Minecraft:Pickaxe]]s and [[Minecraft:shovel]]s no longer mine bamboo as quickly as [[Minecraft:axe]]s.
|[[Minecraft:Sword]]s can now destroy bamboo shoots instantly, while axes no longer mine them faster.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.21.60|dev=Preview 1.21.60.21| [[File:Bamboo Shoot JE1 BE2.png|32px]] Changed the model of bamboo saplings to match ''Java Edition''.
|The width of bamboo generated in [[Minecraft:bamboo jungle]]s is now consistent across the entire plant.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=Preview 1.21.60.23|Bamboo no longer generates in [[Minecraft:sparse jungle]]s.
|Bamboo generates in larger and denser patches in [[Minecraft:bamboo jungle]]s.
|The width of bamboo generated in [[Minecraft:bamboo jungle]]s is now consistent across the entire plant.}}
|{{HistoryLine||26.0|dev=Preview 26.0.25|Bamboo stalks will now have no transparency from a distance (except on simple graphics).}}
}}

=== Legacy Console Edition ===
{{HistoryTable
|{{HistoryLine|ps4}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.83|[[File:Leafless Bamboo JE1 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Small Leaves Bamboo JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Big Leaves Bamboo JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Leafless Old Bamboo JE1 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Small Leaves Old Bamboo JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Big Leaves Old Bamboo JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Bamboo Shoot JE1 BE2.png|32px]] Added bamboo.
|[[File:Bamboo (item) JE1 BE2.png|32px]] Bamboo as an [[Minecraft:item]] can be [[Minecraft:drop]]ped by bamboo and planted to grow bamboo.}}
}}

== Issues ==
{{Issue list|}}

== Trivia ==
* Because bamboo grows quickly (on average 1 growth per 200 seconds), just 500 plants in an automatic farm produce more [[Minecraft:item]]s than a [[Minecraft:hopper]] can collect (2.5 items per second). A single hopper can move only enough items to keep 6.25 [[Minecraft:furnace]]s running.
* Bamboo is the fastest-growing plant in ''[[Minecraft: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 ==
=== Renders ===
<gallery>
File:Tall Bamboo.png|Grown bamboo with three parts.
</gallery>

=== Screenshots ===
<gallery>
File:PandaMinecon.png|The first image featuring bamboo, from [[Minecraft:MINECON Earth 2018]].
File:PandasEatingMinecon.jpg|A group of [[Minecraft:panda]]s eating bamboo, shown at [[Minecraft:MINECON Earth 2018]].
File:Growing bamboo BE.png|Planted bamboo growing.
File:Bamboo in tree.png|A bamboo shoot growing through a [[Minecraft:tree]].
File:Bamboo Jungle.png|Bamboo seen in a [[Minecraft:jungle]] biome.
File:Bamboo Jungle in Amplified world.png|Bamboo jungle in an [[Minecraft:Amplified]] world in 1.19-rc2.
File:Naturalbamboo.png|Multiple naturally generated bamboo stems growing by a river.
</gallery>

=== In other media ===
<gallery>
File:Zuri Chopping Bamboo Pixel Art.png|[[Minecraft: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}}

== Navigation ==
{{Navbox wood}}
{{Navbox bamboo}}
{{Navbox blocks|vegetation}}

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[[Category:Mob food]]
[[Category:Natural blocks]]
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[[Category:Flammable blocks]]

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