How to Get and Grow Sugarcane

Developed a sweet tooth in Animal Crossing: New Horizons (ACNH) for the Nintendo Switch? Check out our sugarcane guide and learn all about everything sugarcane even how to use sugarcane for Food Recipe DIYs and more!

How to Get Sugarcane

Leif's Garden Shop Kapp'n's Boat Tours

From Leif

Step	Directions
1	Buy Sugarcane Starts from Leif
2	Plant the Sugarcane Starts on the Ground
3	Wait 3 days for the Sugarcane to Grow

1. Buy Sugarcane Starts from Leif

Lief will occassionally carry Sugarcane Starts for 280 Bells when he visits your island. You can also donate Bells to his plot on Harv's Island Plaza, so you can buy from Leif at any time.

How to Unlock Leif's Garden Shop

2. Plant Sugarcane Starts on the Ground

Plant the Sugarcane Starts on a plot of land on your island. You cannot plant sugarcane or any other crop on sand.

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3. Wait 3 Days for Sugarcane to Grow

After plating your Sugarcane Starts, wait three days for the sugarcane to grow. Water the plant daily to yield more sugarcane at the end of the three days.

From Kapp'n's Boat Tours

Step	Directions
1	Ride Kapp'n's Boat Tours
2	Find an island with Sugarcane
3	Pick up the Sugarcane and return to your island

1. Ride Kapp'n's Boat Tours

Take a ride on Kapp'n's Boat Tours by visiting him on the pier and paying him 1,000 Nook Miles. After riding his boat, he will take you to a random mysterious island, which could contain a type of crop.

How to Find Kapp'n and Ride the Boat Tours

2. Find an Island with Sugarcane

Continue riding Kapp'n's Boat Tours until you encounter an island containing sugarcane. You can only ride his boat once per day, so you may need to time travel to find the island quickly.

Kapp'n's Boat Tour Guide

3. Pick Up Sugarcane and Return to Your Island

Once you find a sugarcane island, you can pick up the sugarcane by hand or dig up the plant with your shovel and bring it back home.

How to Grow Sugarcane

Grow your sugarcane by selecting sugarcane starts in your inventory and choosing to “Plant 1”.

You can also choose to dig a hole in the ground with your shovel and bury sugarcane!

Sugarcane Growth Progress

Day 1	Day 2	Day 3	Day 4

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Water Daily to Produce More Crops!

Tending your crops daily with a watering can will give you more crops when it comes to harvesting! Although your crops will still grow regardless, why say no to a few hundred (or more!) Bells?

How to Get Bells Fast

How to Use Sugarcane

Use for DIYs Sell at Nook's Cranny Use as Decorations Eat for Stamina

Use for DIYs

Sugarcane are used as a produce crop to make delicious Food DIY Recipes with.

How to Cook Food

Sell at Nook's Cranny

Sugarcane actually sell for more than their starts cost at 350 Bells a piece. Check how much you can earn from harvesting Sugarcane with our profit calculation below!

Sugarcane Harvest Profit Calculations

# of Starts	Cost of Starts	Harvested, Watered Once	Harvested, Watered Twice	Harvested, Watered Thrice
1	280	350	700	1,050
5	1,400	1,750	3,500	5,250
10	2,800	3,500	7,000	10,500
20	5,600	7,000	14,000	21,000

Use as Decorations

You can place Sugarcane to decorate on your island! However, leaving too many of the on the ground could lower your island rating.

You can place them on top of furniture, such as tables and shelves to avoid this!

How to Raise Your Island Star Rating

Eat for Stamina Points

Eating sugarcane, much like you can with fruits, turnips, mushrooms, and bamboo shoots, can get you up to 10 points of stamina that allows you to things you cannot normally do in the game.

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What are Sugarcane?

Sugarcane can be bought at Leif's Garden Shop for 280 Bells or found in mysterious islands during Kapp'n's boat tours. When harvested, Sugarcane can be sold for 350 Bells.

Sugarcane Harvest Profit Calculations

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