Sugar

For other uses, see Sugar (disambiguation).

Sugar

Rarity tier	Common
Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)

Sugar is a food ingredient and brewing ingredient made from sugar cane or honey bottles.

Obtaining

Mob loot

Java Edition:

Mob		Quantity / Chance / Average
		Default			Looting I			Looting II			Looting III
	Witch	0–6	17.87%	0.29	0–9	21.98%	0.43	0–12	23.98%	0.57	0–15	24.64%	0.71

Mob		Quantity / Chance / Average
		Default			Looting I			Looting II			Looting III
	Witch	0–6	4964⁄27783	2⁄7	0–9	48845⁄222264	3⁄7	0–12	426371⁄1778112	4⁄7	0–15	1478609⁄6001128	5⁄7

Mob		Amount	Probability
			Default	Looting I	Looting II	Looting III
	Witch	0	22819⁄27783 (82.13%)	173419⁄222264 (78.02%)	1351741⁄1778112 (76.02%)	4522519⁄6001128 (75.36%)
		1	86⁄1029 (8.36%)	2993⁄37044 (8.08%)	3923⁄65856 (5.96%)	26329⁄666792 (3.95%)
		2	800⁄9261 (8.64%)	3095⁄37044 (8.35%)	2285⁄28224 (8.10%)	33251⁄500094 (6.65%)
		3	157⁄27783 (0.57%)	10211⁄222264 (4.59%)	3145⁄49392 (6.37%)	17023⁄250047 (6.81%)
		4	1⁄343 (0.29%)	52⁄9261 (0.56%)	311⁄12096 (2.57%)	87337⁄2000376 (4.37%)
		5	1⁄9261 (0.01%)	1⁄343 (0.29%)	115⁄21952 (0.52%)	12239⁄666792 (1.84%)
		6	1⁄27783 (0.00%)	185⁄222264 (0.08%)	2729⁄889056 (0.31%)	28289⁄6001128 (0.47%)
		7	0	1⁄12348 (0.01%)	235⁄197568 (0.12%)	2113⁄666792 (0.32%)
		8	0	1⁄37044 (0.00%)	19⁄65856 (0.03%)	1063⁄666792 (0.16%)
		9	0	1⁄222264 (0.00%)	1⁄16464 (0.01%)	3539⁄6001128 (0.06%)
		10	0	0	13⁄592704 (0.00%)	113⁄666792 (0.02%)
		11	0	0	1⁄197568 (0.00%)	103⁄2000376 (0.01%)
		12	0	0	1⁄1778112 (0.00%)	11⁄500094 (0.00%)
		13	0	0	0	1⁄142884 (0.00%)
		14	0	0	0	1⁄666792 (0.00%)
		15	0	0	0	1⁄6001128 (0.00%)
		Average	2⁄7 (0.29)	3⁄7 (0.43)	4⁄7 (0.57)	5⁄7 (0.71)

Drops		1
Mob		Expected Number of Kills
		Default	Looting I	Looting II	Looting III
	Witch	3.50	2.33	1.75	1.40

Bedrock Edition:

Mob		Quantity / Chance / Average
		Default			Looting I			Looting II			Looting III
	Witch	0–6	17.87%	0.29	0–9	17.87%	0.38	0–12	17.87%	0.48	0–15	17.87%	0.57

Mob		Quantity / Chance / Average
		Default			Looting I			Looting II			Looting III
	Witch	0–6	4964⁄27783	2⁄7	0–9	4964⁄27783	8⁄21	0–12	4964⁄27783	10⁄21	0–15	4964⁄27783	4⁄7

Mob		Amount	Probability
			Default	Looting I	Looting II	Looting III
	Witch	0	22819⁄27783 (82.13%)	22819⁄27783 (82.13%)	22819⁄27783 (82.13%)	22819⁄27783 (82.13%)
		1	86⁄1029 (8.36%)	43⁄1029 (4.18%)	43⁄2058 (2.09%)	43⁄3087 (1.39%)
		2	800⁄9261 (8.64%)	223⁄2646 (8.43%)	4657⁄74088 (6.29%)	997⁄23814 (4.19%)
		3	157⁄27783 (0.57%)	9913⁄222264 (4.46%)	113329⁄1778112 (6.37%)	337177⁄6001128 (5.62%)
		4	1⁄343 (0.29%)	157⁄37044 (0.42%)	4649⁄197568 (2.35%)	1369⁄31752 (4.31%)
		5	1⁄9261 (0.01%)	71⁄24696 (0.29%)	523⁄148176 (0.35%)	4651⁄285768 (1.63%)
		6	1⁄27783 (0.00%)	22⁄27783 (0.08%)	397⁄148176 (0.27%)	157⁄55566 (0.28%)
		7	0	5⁄74088 (0.01%)	37⁄32928 (0.11%)	4751⁄2000376 (0.24%)
		8	0	1⁄37044 (0.00%)	73⁄296352 (0.02%)	919⁄666792 (0.14%)
		9	0	1⁄222264 (0.00%)	1⁄21168 (0.00%)	1583⁄3000564 (0.05%)
		10	0	0	1⁄49392 (0.00%)	29⁄222264 (0.01%)
		11	0	0	1⁄197568 (0.00%)	71⁄2000376 (0.00%)
		12	0	0	1⁄1778112 (0.00%)	1⁄55566 (0.00%)
		13	0	0	0	13⁄2000376 (0.00%)
		14	0	0	0	1⁄666792 (0.00%)
		15	0	0	0	1⁄6001128 (0.00%)
		Average	2⁄7 (0.29)	8⁄21 (0.38)	10⁄21 (0.48)	4⁄7 (0.57)

Drops		1
Mob		Expected Number of Kills
		Default	Looting I	Looting II	Looting III
	Witch	3.50	2.62	2.10	1.75

Crafting

Name	Ingredients	Crafting recipe	Notes
Sugar	Sugar Cane
Sugar	Honey Bottle	3	Empty bottles remain in the crafting grid after crafting the sugar.

Compound creation

Sugar can be created from its base elements, using the compound creator.‌^{[Bedrock Edition and Minecraft Education only]}

Name	Elements	Example recipe
Sugar	6 Carbon 12 Hydrogen 6 Oxygen	6126

Usage

Crafting ingredient

Name	Ingredients	Crafting recipe	Notes
Cake	Milk Bucket + Sugar + Any Egg + Wheat		After crafting the cake, the empty buckets remain in the crafting grid in Java Edition, or are moved to the first available inventory slot in Bedrock Edition.
Fermented Spider Eye	Brown Mushroom + Sugar + Spider Eye
Pumpkin Pie	Pumpkin + Sugar + Any Egg

Brewing ingredient

Name	Ingredients	Brewing recipe
Mundane Potion	Sugar + Water Bottle
Potion of Swiftness	Sugar + Awkward Potion

Horses

Sugar can be fed to horses to heal 1HP, speed growth by 30 seconds, and increase taming probability by 3%. In Java Edition, due to a bug, skeleton horses (in their hostile state; being ridden by skeletons) can also be fed sugar.^[1]

Achievements

Icon		Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS)
PS4	Other
		The Lie	Bake a cake using: wheat, sugar, milk, and eggs.	Pick up a cake from a crafting table output.	30	Bronze

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Translation key
Sugar	sugar	Item	item.minecraft.sugar

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Translation key
Sugar	sugar	416	Item	item.sugar.name

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History

Java Edition

Java Edition Beta
1.2							Added sugar. Sugar can be used to craft cake.
Java Edition
1.0.0			Beta 1.9 Prerelease 2				Sugar is now used to craft fermented spider eyes.
			Beta 1.9 Prerelease 3				Sugar can now be brewed in a water bottle to create a mundane potion, or in an awkward potion to create a potion of Swiftness.
			Beta 1.9 Prerelease 6				Sugar no longer renders like a tool in third person.
1.4.2			12w37a				Sugar is now used to make pumpkin pies.
			12w38b				Witches can now drop sugar.
1.14			18w43a				The texture of sugar has been changed.
1.15			19w34a				Sugar can now can be created using 1 honey bottle.

Bedrock Edition

Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.2.0							Added sugar. It is currently unobtainable and serves no purpose.
v0.3.0							Sugar is now craftable using sugar cane.
v0.7.0							Sugar is now used to craft cake.
v0.8.0			build 1				Sugar is now used to craft pumpkin pies.
v0.12.1			build 1				Sugar has been added to the Creative inventory.
							Sugar is now used to craft fermented spider eyes.
							Sugar can now be used for brewing, to get mundane potions and potions of Swiftness.
v0.14.0			build 1				Added witches, which can drop sugar upon death.
v0.15.0			build 1				Sugar can now be used to feed horses, which can increase their temper, heal them, and speed up the growth of foals.
Bedrock Edition
1.4.0			beta 1.2.20.1				In Education Edition, sugar can now be created using 6 carbon, 12 hydrogen, and 6 oxygen in the compound creator.
1.10.0			beta 1.10.0.3				The texture of sugar has been changed.
1.14.0			beta 1.14.0.1				Sugar can now be created using 1 honey bottle.

Legacy Console Edition

Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360	Xbox One	PS3	PS4	PS Vita	Wii U	Switch
TU1	CU1	1.00	1.00	1.00	Patch 1	1.0.1	Added sugar.
							Sugar is used to craft cake.
TU7							Sugar is now used to craft fermented spider eyes.
							Sugar can now be brewed in a water bottle to create a mundane potion, or in an awkward potion to create a potion of Swiftness.
TU14		1.04					Sugar is now used to make pumpkin pies.
TU19	CU7	1.12	1.12	1.12			Witches can now drop sugar.
			1.90				The texture of sugar has been changed.

New Nintendo 3DS Edition

New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0							Added sugar.

Data history

Trivia

• According to Education Edition, the chemical formula of Minecraft sugar is C₆H₁₂O₆; while this could make it any number of simple sugars, it confirms it is not actually sucrose (common table sugar).

Issues

Issues relating to "Sugar" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

Gallery

• 
  Sugar held incorrectly in third person before Java Edition Beta 1.9 Prerelease 6

References

External links

• "Taking Inventory: Sugar" by Duncan Geere – Minecraft.net, January 27, 2022.