It is no surprise that farming is essential in Minecraft. There are a wide variety of crops available in the game to help you regenerate health, tame animals, and many other things.
Finding crops in the wild can be a hassle, which is why setting up automated farms in your base is recommended.
Mojang’s survival title has a fairly realistic farming system, though, as crops only grow when certain conditions are met. So, here’s a rundown of all the crops in Minecraft and how to grow them.
Contents:
- How to find crops in Minecraft
- How to grow crops in Minecraft
- How to keep your crops in Minecraft safe
How to find crops in Minecraft
In the table below, you’ll find all crops available in Minecraft, how to find them, and the conditions required to grow them:
| Minecraft crop | How to find | Growth conditions |
|---|---|---|
| Wheat | Break grass blocks | Farmland |
| Beetrot | – Break beetroot blocks in village farms. The highest chance is in desert villages. – Trade from wandering traders for one emerald. | “ |
| Carrot | Break carrot blocks in village farms. The highest chance is in plains. | “ |
| Potato | Break potato blocks in village farms. The highest chance is in snowy biome. | “ |
| Melon | Break melon blocks in jungle biomes, savanna villages, or tillage rooms of woodland mansions. | – Light level 9 or higher – Should at least have one adjacent dirt, coarse dirt, rooted dirt, grass, farmland, podzol, mycelium, moss, mud or muddy mangrove roots block |
| Pumpkin | – Get pumpkin from wandering traders for Emeralds. – Put a pumpkin in the crafting menu to get seeds. | – Light level 9 or higher – Should at least have one adjacent dirt, coarse dirt, rooted dirt, grass, farmland, podzol, mycelium, moss, mud or muddy mangrove roots block |
| Torchflower | A sniffer can find seeds while searching in dirt, grass, podzol, coarse dirt, rooted dirt, moss block, mud, and muddy mangrove roots | Farmland |
| Pitcher Pod | A sniffer can find seeds while searching in dirt, grass, podzol, coarse dirt, rooted dirt, moss block, mud, and muddy mangrove roots | Farmland |
| Cocoa Pod | Mine cocoa pods that generally spawn on trunks of trees in jungles, bamboo jungles, and sparese jungles. | Place cocoa beans on the side of a jungle log (doesn’t need to be attached to a tree). |
| Sugar Cane | Sugar Cange generates naturally near ice and water. It most frequently spawns deserts and swamps. | Plant on a grass, dirt, coarse dirt, rooted dirt, podzol, mycelium, sand, red sand, suspicious sand, moss block, or mud block directly adjacent to a water or ice block. |
| Sweet Berry | Break berry bushes in taiga and snowy taiga biomes. | Grows on grass, dirt, farm, podzol, coarse dirt, or moss. |
| Cactus | Naturally generates in deserts and badlands | Naturally generated in deserts and badlands |
| Mushroom | Naturally generates in areas with light level 12 or low. Biomes include swamp, old growth taiga, and mushroom fields. | – Doesn’t grow if placed directly under the sky unless planted on mycelium, podzol or nylium. – Light level below 13. |
| Kelp | Grows naturally in ocean biomes near seagrass. | Only grows on water source blocks or downward-flowing water. |
| Sea Pickle | Generates naturally on the bottom of warm oceans and on top of coral blocks in coral reefs. | Can be placed on most solid blocks. |
| Nether Wart | Generates in nether fortresses near staircases. | Only grows on soulsand found exclusively in the Nether. |
| Chorus Fruit | Break chorus plant that spawns on the outer islands of the end. | Does not grow |
| Fungus | Generates naturally in crimson and warped forests. | – Grows on grass, dirt, coarse dirt, podzol, farmland, rooted dirt, moss blocks, nylium, mycelium, soul soil, mud, and muddy mangrove roots blocks. – A solid block should be below the block fungi grows on. |
| Glow Berries | Generate naturally in lush caves. | – Place on the bottom of a block so you would want to build a tower and let the berry vine grow towards the ground. |
How to grow crops in Minecraft
You need a hoe to turn any grass or dirt block into farmland in Minecraft. The tool comes in all rarities but the only aspect affected by material is durability.
Fill the first two blocks of the top row of the crafting menu with the desired source (wood, rock, gold, diamond, etc.) and place two sticks in the middle column to craft a hoe. The same has been showcased in the image below as well:
The shape of your farmland doesn’t matter. However, just make sure to have a block or line of water near because crops grow much faster in irrigated land (dark brown color indicates a block is irrigated).
An important fact to note is that a single block of source water can irrigate a 9×9 area. This is why a 9×9 grid with a block of water in between is considered the ideal farm size in Minecraft.
You’ll have to alter the pattern and shape of your farm for certain crops too. For instance, you’ll have to leave an adjacent block empty for melons and pumpkins.
In the image below, the farm on the left would work for crops like carrots, potatoes, beetroot, and wheat. To grow pumpkins and melons, the farm on the right is suitable:
To boost crop growth in Minecraft, use bonemeal. You can get the item easily by placing a bone block or bones in the crafting menu. Finally, to harvest your output, just interact with the plant or break it with your in-game hand.
How to keep your crops in Minecraft safe
You’ll need to place a fence around your farmland to save it from mobs and animals in the open world. Make sure to place torches above the fence so you have a consistent source of light above your plants. Torches also come in handy if you want to grow crops underground.
