How to Grow Cocoa Beans in Minecraft

Cocoa beans in Minecraft are an important ingredient, both to create brown dyes and to decorate or process foods such as cookies. Although small, cocoa beans have special properties that make many new players confused.

 

If you want to learn how to get, grow, and use cocoa beans in Minecraft, the guide below will help you master every step from Java Edition to Bedrock Edition.

1. Where Do Cocoa Beans Appear In Minecraft?

Java Edition

1. Cacao beans occur naturally in rainforests, bamboo forests, and scattered forests.
2. They exist as cocoa pods that grow on small natural forest trees.

Number of seeds obtained:

1. Small and medium fruit → 1 cocoa bean
2. Large fruit → 3 cocoa beans

Tools:

1. An axe is the preferred tool for breaking, but you can also use your hands or any other tool.

Bedrock Edition

In addition to the above method, Bedrock Edition also has additional methods:

1. Open loot bonus chest
2. Fishing in jungle, bamboo, and scattered forest biomes
3. Dealing with wandering traders

 

So, cocoa beans are easier to find for Bedrock players, but Java is not too difficult to collect either.

2. How to grow Cocoa Beans in Minecraft

You cannot grow cocoa beans on soil, grass, or regular wood. Only jungle wood will work.

How to grow:

1. Pick cocoa beans in hand.
2. Press the side of a jungle tree or stripped jungle log .
3. Small green cocoa pods will appear.

The process of growing up

1. Small fruit → Medium fruit light brown
2. Medium fruit → Large dark brown fruit, when broken will yield 3 cocoa beans

Accelerate growth

1. Use bone meal to help cocoa pods grow faster.
2. One time bone meal → fruit advances to next stage
3. Here is a quick way to build an efficient cocoa bean farm in Minecraft.

3. What Are Cocoa Beans Used For In Minecraft?

3.1 Brown Dye

1. Java Edition: Convert cocoa beans to brown dye in the crafting grid (1 bean → 1 dye)
2. Bedrock Edition: Cocoa beans used directly as brown dye without conversion

3.2 Uses in crafting

1. Cocoa beans are an ingredient in cookie recipes.
2. Can be combined with other ingredients to color objects.

 

3.3 Making compost

1. Cocoa beans can be put into a composter.
2. Increase compost layer with 65% probability

4. Quick Harvest Tips and Cocoa Bean Farms

1. Create cocoa bean fields on artificial jungle trees for continuous harvesting
2. Use bone meal to shorten the maturity time
3. Combine with other plants to get many dye colors for decoration or processing.

Conclude

Cocoa beans are a versatile ingredient in Minecraft, from browning to making cookies to decorating structures. Mastering how to find, grow, and use cocoa beans will help new and veteran players expand their creativity in the game.

Start collecting cocoa beans today to own large cocoa farms and make the most of their uses in Minecraft!