As the title states, we're trying to find out what's the better food to farm. Wheat, or melons? Keep in mind that wheat is used for breeding. Let's keep it on facts!
EDIT:
I added a poll due to request. I made sure that there was choice to choose both if you wanted to, because melons and wheat may both be important to you.
i would say wheat, cuz wheat gives you seeds also, it's easier to harvest, and it's more filling. with wheat, if you want to, you can get meat, which is even more food that could fill four times as much as melons
i would say wheat, cuz wheat gives you seeds also, it's easier to harvest, and it's more filling. with wheat, if you want to, you can get meat, which is even more food that could fill four times as much as melons
Melon slices can be crafted into seeds.
Also, it takes 3 wheat to make one bread, which restores 2.5 hunger. One melon drops 3-7 slices, each healing one hunger.
EDIT: Apparently, each melon drops ONE slice in 1.9pr4. However, they can now be crafted into glistering melons, which are used in instaheal potions.
i would say wheat, cuz wheat gives you seeds also, it's easier to harvest, and it's more filling. with wheat, if you want to, you can get meat, which is even more food that could fill four times as much as melons
Melon slices can be crafted into seeds.
Also, it takes 3 wheat to make one bread, which restores 2.5 hunger. One melon drops 3-7 slices, each healing one hunger.
EDIT: Apparently, each melon drops ONE slice in 1.9pr4. However, they can now be crafted into glistering melons, which are used in instaheal potions.
i would say wheat, cuz wheat gives you seeds also, it's easier to harvest, and it's more filling. with wheat, if you want to, you can get meat, which is even more food that could fill four times as much as melons
Melon slices can be crafted into seeds.
Also, it takes 3 wheat to make one bread, which restores 2.5 hunger. One melon drops 3-7 slices, each healing one hunger.
EDIT: Apparently, each melon drops ONE slice in 1.9pr4. However, they can now be crafted into glistering melons, which are used in instaheal potions.
I actually like to carry a stack of both at most times. Melon is great to constantly keep the hunger bar topped. Bread (from wheat) I use when the hunger bar has a gone down more than one level.
I think melon is the easier to farm (after you manage to get the seeds). A full stack of melon is easy from just a couple rows of plants and they seem to grow back almost as quick as I can harvest them (1.8.1).
It takes a much larger farm of wheat to get a full stack of bread.
Starting out, wheat is going to be the choice. You'll have to find an abandoned mine and risk it to get melon seeds before you can do that.
I think they are both among the best foods in 1.8.1. I have yet to try 1.9 and animal breeding and animals have become kind of scarce on my 1.8.1 world so meat is just for special occasions now. :smile.gif:
Well, wheat is so much easier to plant, (In 1.9Pre4 of course), because you can just hit some grass, and get seeds. Melons have to be found in abandoned mineshafts to get yourself to start farming melons.
I'd have to say wheat, don't forget, you have to re-hoe the ground each time you harvest melons, but you don't with wheat. Though, they both have their good points, i guess i just like wheat a little more at the moment.
I'm going to have to go with wheat as well for a few reasons.
- It's easier to start a wheat farm then a melon farm since you have to explore mineshafts for the melons; not something you can do on day 1.
- Bread, while taking 3 wheat per, restores more of your hunger bar and provides more saturation which means your hunger bar will go down slower on a diet of bread rather then melons. (http://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Food)
- Lastly wheat has the additional usage of being used for breading animals to provide other resources such as wool and leather as well as milk and eggs which are used to make the all important cake. Can't make a cake with just melons now can it.
EDIT:
I added a poll due to request. I made sure that there was choice to choose both if you wanted to, because melons and wheat may both be important to you.
I forgot food didn't directly heal the player anymore.
Add a poll!
Melon slices can be crafted into seeds.
Also, it takes 3 wheat to make one bread, which restores 2.5 hunger. One melon drops 3-7 slices, each healing one hunger.
EDIT: Apparently, each melon drops ONE slice in 1.9pr4. However, they can now be crafted into glistering melons, which are used in instaheal potions.
Melon slices can be crafted into seeds.
Also, it takes 3 wheat to make one bread, which restores 2.5 hunger. One melon drops 3-7 slices, each healing one hunger.
EDIT: Apparently, each melon drops ONE slice in 1.9pr4. However, they can now be crafted into glistering melons, which are used in instaheal potions.
Melon slices can be crafted into seeds.
Also, it takes 3 wheat to make one bread, which restores 2.5 hunger. One melon drops 3-7 slices, each healing one hunger.
EDIT: Apparently, each melon drops ONE slice in 1.9pr4. However, they can now be crafted into glistering melons, which are used in instaheal potions.
I think melon is the easier to farm (after you manage to get the seeds). A full stack of melon is easy from just a couple rows of plants and they seem to grow back almost as quick as I can harvest them (1.8.1).
It takes a much larger farm of wheat to get a full stack of bread.
Starting out, wheat is going to be the choice. You'll have to find an abandoned mine and risk it to get melon seeds before you can do that.
I think they are both among the best foods in 1.8.1. I have yet to try 1.9 and animal breeding and animals have become kind of scarce on my 1.8.1 world so meat is just for special occasions now. :smile.gif:
EDIT: It's harder to find Melon seeds for me, so I don't look for them alot.
but melons in every other respect (in 1.8.1)
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- It's easier to start a wheat farm then a melon farm since you have to explore mineshafts for the melons; not something you can do on day 1.
- Bread, while taking 3 wheat per, restores more of your hunger bar and provides more saturation which means your hunger bar will go down slower on a diet of bread rather then melons. (http://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Food)
- Lastly wheat has the additional usage of being used for breading animals to provide other resources such as wool and leather as well as milk and eggs which are used to make the all important cake. Can't make a cake with just melons now can it.