At Minecraft, cocoa beans are one of the main colorings and food ingredient. They grow on special pods that are found in jungle biomes. The player may well wonder how to plant cocoa beans in Minecraft. To do this, it is enough to have one in the inventory and, taking it in hand, click on a free block of wood from the jungle. As a result, it forms a new pod, from which in the future it will be possible to get even more beans. The block does not have to be part of a full tree.
Height
Cocoa beans at Minecraft have three stages of growth. The first pod is small and green. At the second stage, the plant becomes larger and darkens slightly. At the end, the pod grows a little more and gets an orange-brown color. When destroyed in the first two stages, the pod will produce only one bean. When fully ripened, it will produce two or three fruits. Bone meal can be used to make the plant skip the first stage of growth. Pods can drop beans if they run into running water, piston pressure, or if the block they grow on is broken.
Using
Like all other dyes, cocoa beans can:
- apply on the sheep to dye their coat, which can then be sheared, having received from one to three corresponding blocks;
- apply on tamed wolves to change the color of their collars;
- use on leather armor, beds, glass, terracotta and shalker boxes;
- mix with gunpowder to create a firework;
- use to shape banners;
- change the color of water contained in boilers;
- combine with sand and gravel for the manufacture of concrete powder;
- apply in crafting balloons or candles.
How to grow cocoa beans in Minecraft
The best option for a manual farm will look standard, as indicated in the photo in the article.
The pattern can be repeated vertically or spread horizontally, thus creating larger sections. Vertical farms take up less space and have greater productivity, however, they are more difficult to transplant, and the collection of fruits located too high can be a problem.
Keep in mind that the farm should not exceed a height of 6 blocks from where you are standing. Otherwise, you simply cannot collect the fruits. In addition, balancing ease of planting and maximum yield includes a trench 4 blocks deep. The character can collect those beans that are under it.
Cocoa beans will fall if they are hit by a player, if the block on which they grow hits the piston, if the water occupies the space where the fruits grow, or if the tree block on which they are destroyed. All automatic collection methods depend on these features. Theoretically, dynamite can also be used, but it will be very expensive.
Mechanical method
There are currently no ready-made projects for a fully automated farm, as you must manually place the cocoa beans in the blocks for growing pods. However, semi-automatic farms that reap the benefits without the player’s participation are popular and fairly cheap.
They are divided into two types: piston and water.
Water farms are designed to ensure that the flow of water released after pressing the button will wash all the fruits into a designated place, after which the player can immediately collect them.
Piston farms use a single line of wood blocks, on all sides of which cocoa plants are planted. Pistons either push the pods or the block itself, causing the beans to fall down. Other designs can quickly raise and lower the trunk, but they use more complex red stone designs and are not more useful, cheaper, or effective than simple designs.