Minecraft For Dummies by Jacob Cordeiro

Author:Jacob Cordeiro [Cordeiro, Jacob]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: vl-nfcompvg
Publisher: Wiley
Published: 2013-01-16T05:00:00+00:00

Figure 5-7: Growing reeds and cacti

Fortunately, sugar cane is easy to farm. Simply follow these steps:

1. Find (or make) a place that holds water.

Reeds grow only near lakes or pools. Note that they can grow only on grass, dirt, or sand.

2. Place canes next to the water in the same way you would place any block.

When a patch of reeds is placed where it can grow, it extends vertically until it’s three blocks tall.

3. After the sugar cane is fully grown, harvest all but the bottom block.

When you break the stalk blocks in the middle, the top section breaks down into items. The reeds at the bottom begin growing again.

The essential concept here is to plant a short patch of reeds, let it grow, and then mow it down so that it can grow again.

When the ground is flat, you’re at eye level with the point at which you should break your sugar canes. Walk around with the crosshair at eye level, while holding the left mouse button to break all the reeds quickly.

Cacti

Cacti are sharp desert plants that can be used for creating traps or making green dye. (Refer to the small cactus farm shown in Figure 5-7.) You can typically find cacti in the desert, and you can grow them similarly to sugar cane (as described in the preceding section). However, growing them is unique because they

Require no water and must be placed on sand

Cannot be placed next to other blocks

Are sharp, and they destroy items

Destroy the entire cactus and replant it to ensure that some of your profits aren’t destroyed by other cactus blocks.

Cocoa beans

Cocoa beans are used to make brown dye and as an ingredient in cookies. The best way to find cocoa beans is to explore a jungle — the beans are found in pods growing off the trees. Though green and yellow pods aren’t fully matured, orange ones provide several cocoa beans when you smash them.

Farming cocoa beans is easy. To place a pod, right-click some jungle wood while holding cocoa beans. Then break the pod when it turns orange to harvest lots of cocoa beans. Make a large wall of jungle wood to start your farm.

Nether wart

You can find nether wart growing in special rooms in the nether fortress (described in Chapter 8). You can pick up nether wart by breaking fully grown crops, as shown in Figure 5-8. Nether wart is useful for brewing potions (described in Chapter 6). You can farm nether wart by planting it in soul sand blocks and waiting for it to grow, similarly to wheat. (You don’t need to till soul sand.)

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