How to Make a Fully Automated Sugarcane Farm in Minecraft

Step-by-step guide to building an automatic sugarcane farm

• Sugarcane
• Dirt blocks
• Water bucket
• Pistons
• Observers
• Redstone dust
• Building blocks (any type)
• Hoppers
• Chest
• Minecart with hopper
• Rails

Step 1: Set up the planting area.

1. Dig a shallow trench and fill it with water.
2. Place the dirt blocks next to the water where sugarcane will grow.
3. Plant sugarcane on the dirt blocks.

Step 2: Add Pistons and Observers

1. Behind each sugarcane plant, place a piston one block above the dirt level.
2. Place an observer on top of each piston, facing the sugarcane, to detect when it grows to three blocks tall.

Step 3: Connect with Redstone

1. Place the redstone dust behind each of the observers.
2. After the sugarcane reaches the observer height, it triggers the redstone, which leads to powering on the piston.
3. Pistons then break the top two segments of the sugarcane, leaving the base to regrow.

Step 4: Collect the Harvest Automatically

1. Build a track using rails underneath or in front of the sugarcane row.
2. Place a minecart with a hopper on top of the tracks to collect the dropped sugarcane.
3. Connect the rail tracks to a hopper and a chest system to store your production automatically.

Optional Enhancements

• Expand the farm horizontally to boost your production.
• To observe the redstone mechanism clearly, use a glass view.
• Add lighting to ensure optimal growth conditions.