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)	Number of growth stages
	Cotton	Wet Soil, Wet Desert Sand Soil	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	8
	Wheat (plant)	Wet Soil	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	8
	Jungle Sapling	Dirt, Dirt with Grass, Dirt with Grass and Footsteps, Dirt with Dry Grass, Soil, Wet Soil, Desert Sand Soil, Wet Desert Sand Soil	No	About 20 Jungle Trees and many Jungle Leaves	1/50 chance every 10 seconds	10 × 50 = 500 seconds ≈ 8 minutes	2
	Sapling	Dirt, Dirt with Grass, Dirt with Grass and Footsteps, Dirt with Dry Grass, Soil, Wet Soil, Desert Sand Soil, Wet Desert Sand Soil	No	4-5 Trees, many Leaves and some Apples	1/50 chance every 10 seconds	10 × 50 = 500 seconds ≈ 8 minutes	2
	Acacia Sapling	Dirt, Dirt with Grass, Dirt with Grass and Footsteps, Dirt with Dry Grass, Soil, Wet Soil, Desert Sand Soil, Wet Desert Sand Soil	No	Some Acacia Trees and many Acacia Leaves	1/50 chance every 10 seconds	10 × 50 = 500 seconds ≈ 8 minutes	2
	Pine Sapling	Dirt, Dirt with Grass, Dirt with Grass and Footsteps, Dirt with Dry Grass, Soil, Wet Soil, Desert Sand Soil, Wet Desert Sand Soil	No	Some Pine Trees and many Pine Leaves	1/50 chance every 10 seconds	10 × 50 = 500 seconds ≈ 8 minutes	2
	Cactus	Any kind of sand	No	4 Cacti	1/20 chance every 50 seconds	50 × 20 = 1000 seconds ≈ 17 minutes	4
	Papyrus	Dirt, Dirt with Grass. (Water must be to 3 blocks away)	No	4 Papyri	1/20 chance every 50 seconds	50 × 20 = 1000 seconds ≈ 17 minutes	4
	Group:flora	Dirt with Grass	Yes, 13 or higher	4 flora blocks of the same kind	1/25 chance every 50 seconds	50 × 25 = 1250 seconds ≈ 21 minutes	1
	Group:flora	Desert Sand	No	1 Dry Shrub	1/25 chance every 50 seconds	50 × 25 = 1250 seconds ≈ 21 minutes	1
	Brown Mushroom Spores	Dirt, Dirt with Grass, Dirt with Grass and Footsteps, Dirt with Dry Grass, Soil, Wet Soil, Desert Sand Soil, Wet Desert Sand Soil	No, grows in darkness	1 Brown Mushroom, 3 Brown Mushroom Spores	???	???	2
	Red Mushroom Spores	Dirt, Dirt with Grass, Dirt with Grass and Footsteps, Dirt with Dry Grass, Soil, Wet Soil, Desert Sand Soil, Wet Desert Sand Soil	No, grows in darkness	1 Red Mushroom, 3 Red Mushroom Spores	???	???	2