Minecraft – Will rain affect the growth of crops

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Will rain speed up the growth of seedlings, sugarcane, wheat, melons and pumpkin seeds? enter image description here

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The code that determines the rate of growth is:

getGrowthRate(crop)
{
    if (crop.getBlockBelow().isHydrated())
        growthRate = 4.0;
    else
        growthRate = 2.0;

    for (farmland in crop.getFarmlandIn8BlocksBelow()) //Immediately surrounding Farmland with crops
    {
        if (farmland.isHydrated())
            growthRate = growthRate + 0.75
        else
            growthRate = growthRate + 0.25
    }

    if (crop.hasNeighborCropOnNS() and crop.hasNeighborCropOnEW()) //If (north OR south) AND (east OR west) have crops
        growthRate = growthRate / 2;
    else if (crop.hasNeighborCropDiagonally()) //If any immediately diagonal square has a crop
        growthRate = growthRate / 2;

    return growthRate;
}

isHydrated() returns whether a farmland block is moistened or not. Rain does not make farmland moist any quicker than normal.

So the answer is no, rain does not affect the rate of growth of crops.

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I'm going to borrow the code for Melon/Pumpkin growing from John's answer to a related question:

int i1 = random.nextInt(4);
int j1 = i;  // Assuming j1 and k1 are the horizontal axes...
int k1 = k;
if(i1 == 0)  // North
{
    j1--;
}
if(i1 == 1) // South
{
    j1++;
}
if(i1 == 2) // East
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    k1--;
}
if(i1 == 3) // West
{
    k1++; // or somthing like that, anyway.
}
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This code works by first picking a direction, then checking if it is farmland, and then placing a melon/pumpkin if it is. Therefore you will get higher yield if there are more farmland blocks around the vine, as if you only have 1 there is only a 1/4 chance of this function creating a melon/pumpkin when it is triggered.

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