Paper production begins along coastlines and riverbanks. Sugar cane generates naturally on dirt, grass, sand, red sand, or mud blocks that sit directly adjacent to a water source block or waterlogged block. Breaking a mature stalk leaves the root block intact to regenerate indefinitely. Running a three-block-wide farm trench with central water irrigation produces roughly 60 to 90 stalks per harvest cycle once fully scaled.
Leather demands an active approach. Early-game survivalists frequently stall here because passive animal spawns thin out quickly around an established spawn chunk. Efficient players establish a self-sustaining cow farming pen immediately. Enclose an 8x8 dirt footprint with wooden fences, lure two wild cows inside using wheat, and breed them continuously. Each breeding action triggers a five-minute cooldown per adult, while newborn calves require 20 minutes to mature into harvestable adults.
If passive cow herds are scarce in your local biome, alternative leather sources exist:
- Horses, Donkeys, and Mules: Yield 0 to 2 leather units upon defeat.
- Llamas: Drop identical yields but retaliate with ranged spit attacks.
- Nether Hoglins: Provide a brutal, high-volume leather supply in Crimson Forest biomes, dropping raw porkchops and leather upon defeat.
- Villager Chests: Tannery structures inside generated villages occasionally contain between 1 and 3 finished leather strips.
