HOW TO GROW WATERMELONS AND PUMPKINS IN MINECRAFT?
As you probably know, one of the crucial factors regarding survival in Minecraft is obtaining food. In that sense, hunting is quite good at the beginning, but what ends up paying off, in the long run, is having your garden that constantly generates, in a more or less passive way, the food that your character needs.
Growing Watermelons and Pumpkins in Minecraft
Why specifically these two fruits? Well, mainly because both are very useful, each in its way; but above all because both work in practically the same way, so I preferred to put them together in the same post.
HOW TO FIND WATERMELONS AND PUMPKINS IN MINECRAFT
I’m not going to fool you, they are very rare objects, but they are not extremely rare either. Both Pumpkins and Watermelons usually appear in grassy areas (not tall grass), although on rare occasions I have seen them in the sand but in this case only next to grassy areas.
I usually see them mostly next to water areas, so it is better to look for these types of areas: Areas with grass and close to water. In any case, don’t expect to find them easily; In fact, I would tell you not to look for them, just be attentive in your exploration sessions; Sooner or later you will see some… but it costs.
HOW TO GET WATERMELONS AND PUMPKINS SEEDS
The seeds are obtained in a somewhat different way in both cases. As for the Pumpkins, we will simply have to put the pumpkin block on the crafting table:
As you can see, we will obtain a total of 4 seeds for each Pumpkin. Regarding Watermelons, it is the same, it only changes because when you “break” the Watermelons in Minecraft it will be divided into several slices of it. We must put the slices on the Crafting table in the same way:
We will get one seed for each slice of Watermelon, but unlike Cabalaza, we will get a few slices for each Watermelon.
HOW TO GROW WATERMELONS AND CABALAZAS
You will have to create a garden, the idea is to plant the Pumpkins and Watermelons (as always, with plowed and hydrated soil) as usual, but this time with a slight change. These fruits will not grow directly in the place where we plant them, but the fruit itself will be generated in a free block attached to where it has been planted. In the photo you see the idea, we leave a line completely planted (you can see the roots next to the water row) and we must have soil with grass in a row parallel to where we have planted. That’s where the fruits will appear.
As is usual in orchards, remember that you will need a row of water close to the crops; as well as lighting and a fence that protects our crops from anything. Regarding the time in which these grow to create the fruit, the truth is that compared to other crops such as Wheat, it takes a long time. You’d better get on with other things while it grows. Remember that Bees help pollinate to increase the speed of growth, in the same way that Bone Powder does.
WHAT IS WATERMELON FOR IN MINECRAFT?
Watermelon is a very good form of food in Minecraft since each watermelon in Minecraft can provide us with 3 to 7 Watermelon stems, so things spread quite a bit and we directly obtain a product that can be consumed.
SHIMMERING WATERMELON
Another more peculiar use is to create Health Potions but to do this we will have to cover a slice of watermelon with Gold Nuggets to get “Shiny Watermelon”. This is the recipe:
WHAT IS THE CABALAZA FOR IN MINECRAFT?
Although the Pumpkin is not as profitable as the Watermelon in terms of nutrition, it makes up for it with the fact that it can create certain very useful as well as curious things. Let’s start with a recipe:
PUMPKIN PIE
A very good recipe and surely delicious to heal a good amount of health. We will need the following materials:
- Pumpkin.
- Sugar.
- Egg.
We must place these three ingredients on the crafting table to create the delicious Cabalaza Pie:
Now worry about hiding the Pumpkin Pie well, lest one of your friends or a greedy villager smell it and be unable to resist eating it. By the way, did you know that there is a Minecraft mod in which you can tame a Bat? The Pumpkin Pie is the item you need to tame them. If you want more information about the mod: Here it is.
CARVED PUMPKIN
We can get the Carved Pumpkin simply by using scissors on a Pumpkin. By doing so, it will take on a Halloween pumpkin-style appearance. This type of Pumpkin is extremely useful for the following reasons:
- If we put it on as a helmet, we can calmly look the Enderman in the face without them becoming aggressive; something that can foolishly get us out of trouble or at least will simply help us to be able to look them directly in the eyes without danger.
- Furthermore, this object is part of the Minecraft Golem recipes. A very interesting topic that I will surely talk to you about in the future, which I think is a topic that deserves a post dedicated to it.