Bamboo

Bamboo is a type of flora that appears in. It cannot be found naturally in the Town and must be bought from Leif. They are available to buy from the T&T Emporium for 3,000 Bells. Bamboo shoots can also be received from villagers after completing errands.

To plant bamboo, the player must equip a shovel and plant them similar to trees. After three days, the bamboo will mature into bamboo stalks. Once fully grown, the player can dig around the base of the plant to dig up bamboo shoots. The player is able to cut the top of the bamboo off with an axe, but it will no longer grow.

Keep in mind that once a bamboo sprout is dug up the player will want to have at least one free space in their pocket inventory. If a bamboo sprout is dug up without any space in the players pocket inventory and then re-buried, it will be planted as a new bamboo shoot instead of being covered up, in contrast to how fossils and pitfall seeds are simply indicated by a pentagonal star when re-buried.

Be wary of how independent Bamboo can be. If Bamboo Shoots are unattended long enough, they will sprout the next day as if planted, making an unintentional Bamboo Forest. However, if bamboo sprouts wilt they will disappear the next day on their own to prevent clogging of space for other shoots to grow. Leaving a Bamboo forest will cause it to grow and grow until it spreads around the whole town