Farming

This page contains an overview of farmable blocks. Farmable blocks will spawn either new blocks or yield new items, when mined. All farmable blocks have to be on top of another certain kind of block to grow. Some farmable blocks also need light.

The “Maximum profit” column shows the maximum possible outcome a single block will yield, including itself.

Light level 13 on a farmable crop cannot be achieved at night.

	Block	Grows on	Needs light?	Maximum profit	Theorical growth speed (evolution)	Expected growth speed (full)
	Cotton	Wet Soil, Water up to 3 blocks away	Yes, 13 or higher	3 Strings and 3 Cotton Seeds	1/2 chance to grow every 80 seconds = about 160 seconds per stage	160 × 7 = 1120 seconds ~= 19 minutes -- 7 stages are needed to grow from stage 1 to stage 8
	Wheat (plant)	Wet Soil, Water up to 3 blocks away	Yes, 13 or higher	2 Wheat (items) and 2 Wheat Seeds	1/2 chance to grow every 90 seconds = about 180 seconds per stage	180 × 7 = 1260 seconds = 21 minutes -- 7 stages are needed to grow from stage 1 to stage 8
	Jungle Sapling	Dirt, Grass Block	No	About 20 Jungle Trees and many Jungle Leaves	1/50 chance every 10 seconds	10 × 50 = 500 seconds ~= 8 minutes -- only 1 stage
	Sapling	Dirt, Grass Block	No	4-5 Trees, many Leaves and some Apples	1/50 chance every 10 seconds	10 × 50 = 500 seconds ~= 8 minutes -- only one stage
	Cactus	Any kind of sand	No	4 Cacti	1/20 chance every 50 seconds	50 × 20 = 1000 seconds ~= 17 minutes -- 3 stages are needed to grow to full height (4 blocks), horizontally planted cacti grow vertically
	Papyrus	Dirt, Grass Block, Water up to 3 blocks away	No	4 Papyri	1/20 chance every 50 seconds	50 × 20 = 1000 seconds ~= 17 minutes -- 3 stages are needed to grow to full height (4 blocks), horizontally planted cacti grow vertically
	Group:flora	Grass Block	Yes, 13 or higher	4 flora blocks of the same kind	1/25 chance every 50 seconds	50 × 25 = 1250 seconds ~= 21 minutes -- only one stage
	Group:flora	Desert Sand	No	1 Dry Shrub	1/25 chance every 50 seconds	50 × 25 = 1250 seconds ~= 21 minutes -- only one stage