{{for|the plant feature|Bamboo (feature)}}
{{Distinguish|text = [[Sugar Cane]], which was colloquially known as Bamboo}}
<div class="mobileonly">{{relevant tutorial|Bamboo farming}}</div>
{{Infobox block
| group = Leafless
| 1-1 = Leafless Bamboo.png
| group2 = Small
| 2-1 = Small Leaves Bamboo.png
| group3 = Big
| 3-1 = Big Leaves Bamboo.png
| image2 = Bamboo Shoot.png<!--different infobox for this later down the line, like with pistons?-->
| image3 = Bamboo (item).png
| transparent = Yes
| light = No
| tool = Sword
| tool2 = Axe
| renewable = Yes
| stackable = Yes (64)
| flammable = '''Bamboo''': Yes (60)<br>'''Shoot''': No
| lavasusceptible = Yes
}}
<div class="nomobile">{{relevant tutorial|Bamboo farming}}</div>
'''Bamboo''' is a versatile, fast-growing [[plant]] found primarily in [[jungle]]s, used for [[crafting]] (particularly [[scaffolding]] and [[Block of Bamboo|bamboo wood]]), [[smelting]], and breeding [[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 [[add-on]]s or inventory editing. {{IN|java}}, they do not exist as items and are thus completely unobtainable.

=== Breaking ===
Bamboo stalks can be mined with any [[tool]], but an [[axe]] is quicker than other tools. Using a [[sword]] of any type breaks bamboo stalks [[instant mining|instantly]], even with [[Mining Fatigue]]. Swords can also break bamboo shoots instantly. Flowing [[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 [[jungle]] biomes. 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>

{{block distribution}}

=== 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.

{{Drop sources|Bamboo}}

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

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

== 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 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 [[compost]]ed.<ref>{{bug|MC-142452|||WAI}}</ref>

=== Farming ===
Bamboo can be planted on [[moss block]]s, [[grass block]]s, [[dirt]], [[coarse dirt]], [[rooted dirt]], [[gravel]], [[mycelium]], [[podzol]], [[sand]], [[red sand]], [[suspicious sand]], [[suspicious gravel]], [[mud]], [[muddy mangrove roots]], 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 [[block]]s. 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 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 [[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.

Bamboo can be crafted into other items to increase its fuel efficiency.
* By crafting a [[Block of Bamboo]] (9 bamboo) into 2 [[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 [[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 [[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 [[hitbox]]. When it grows one [[block]] taller its thickness increases to 2 pixels and the top block has leaves. At 3 blocks tall, the top two blocks have leaves. At 4 blocks tall, the bamboo 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=-
|foot=1}}

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

{{/BS}}

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

== History ==
{{HistoryTable
|{{HistoryLine||September 29, 2018|link={{tweet|minecraft|1046096508570009602}}|Bamboo is announced at [[MINECON Earth 2018]].}}
|{{HistoryLine|java}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.14|dev=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 [[drop]]ped by bamboo and planted to grow bamboo.
|Added [[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 [[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 [[bamboo planks]].}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=22w45a|Bamboo can no longer be used to craft bamboo planks.
|Bamboo can now be used to craft a [[block of bamboo]].}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.19.4|exp=Update 1.20|dev=23w07a|Bamboo can now be planted on [[suspicious sand]].}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.20|dev=23w14a|Bamboo can now be planted on [[suspicious gravel]].}}

|{{HistoryLine|bedrock}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.8.0|dev=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 [[drop]]ped by bamboo and planted to grow bamboo.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.9.0|dev=beta 1.9.0.0|Bamboo can now generate in [[jungle]] [[biome]]s in single shoots.
|Added [[bamboo jungle]]s, where bamboo naturally generates.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.12.0|dev=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>}}
|{{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 [[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 [[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|[[Pickaxe]]s and [[shovel]]s no longer mine bamboo as quickly as [[axe]]s.
|[[Sword]]s can now destroy bamboo shoots instantly, while axes no longer mine them faster.}}

|{{HistoryLine|ps4}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.83|[[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 [[drop]]ped by bamboo and planted to grow bamboo.}}
}}

=== 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 ==
=== Renders ===
<gallery>
File:Tall Bamboo.png|Grown bamboo with three parts.
</gallery>

=== Screenshots ===
<gallery>
File:PandaMinecon.png|The first image featuring bamboo, from [[MINECON Earth 2018]].
File:PandasEatingMinecon.jpg|A group of [[panda]]s 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.
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.
</gallery>

=== In other media ===
<gallery>
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}}

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

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