Sapling

A sapling is a non-solid block that can be grown into a tree.

Natural generation

 * Oak

In Legacy Console Edition, they can be found in 25.6% of village blacksmith chests in stacks of 3–7.


 * Spruce

Potted spruce saplings generate in taiga and snowy taiga village mason houses.


 * Birch

Potted birch saplings generate in some room in woodland mansion.


 * Dark oak

58 Dark oak saplings generate naturally in a "sapling farm room" in woodland mansions. 28 dark oak saplings are also found inside a chest in that room.


 * Acacia

Acacia saplings generate in savanna village libraries.

Obtaining
Saplings can be broken using any tool, and will always drop themselves.

Leaves
When leaves are broken by any tool except shears, they will have a 5% chance of dropping a sapling, except for jungle leaves, which have a 2.5% chance of dropping a sapling.

The Fortune enchantment increases the rate to 6.25% (2.78% for jungle leaves) at level I, 8.33% (3.125% for jungle leaves) at level II, and 10% (4.17% for jungle leaves) at level III.

Trading
Each type of sapling is sold by the wandering trader for 5 emeralds.

Growing trees
Saplings come in six varieties, one for each of six trees: oak, birch, spruce, jungle, acacia, and dark oak.

Tree saplings have two growth stages (with no visible difference between them) before growing into trees. When a tree is to be grown, a height is chosen and then the ground and space are checked; if the ground is bad or there is not space for the chosen height, the tree will not grow. Bone meal can be used to speed up the growth of the sapling, and to grow the tree without sufficient light.

Tree saplings can grow into trees when placed on dirt, podzol or a grass block. Oak, birch, (normal) jungle and (normal) spruce can also grow on farmland, and 2×2 trees only check for dirt or grass under the northwestern-most sapling. The sapling requires a light level of at least 9, and require a certain volume of space above the sapling, based on its type:


 * Oak needs at least 5 spaces above (3x3 column) to grow normally.
 * If a block is present in the growth space (but not directly above the sapling), the tree will still grow, but will be forced to grow a large variant.
 * Birch needs at least 6 spaces above (3x3 column).
 * Spruce needs at least 7 spaces above (5x5 column) when placing a single sapling.
 * Giant spruce needs at least 14 spaces above (6x6 column) when planted as 4 saplings in a 2×2 square. Also requires the 4x4 area centered on the saplings at the same level to be empty.
 * Jungle needs at least 5 spaces above (3x3 column) when placing a single sapling.
 * Giant jungle needs at least 11 spaces above (6x6 column) when planted as 4 saplings in a 2×2 square. Also requires the 4x4 area centered on the saplings at the same level to be empty.
 * Acacia needs at least 6 spaces above (5x5 column).
 * Dark oak needs at least 7 spaces above (4x4 column) and must be planted as 4 saplings in a 2×2 square.

Except for giant jungle and giant spruce (as noted above), sapling growth is not affected by nearby blocks on the same level as the sapling(s).

Dirt blocks in the space above the sapling are an exception. Dirt blocks will not stop the sapling from growing. For most tree types, including giant versions, the dirt will remain in place and the rest of the tree will generate normally around it (it is possible to grow a tree that contains only one log block at the original sapling location, with a column of dirt above where the rest of the trunk should be and leaves spreading out from it). For the large variant of oak trees, the dirt blocks will be replaced with log blocks wherever they would normally occur. In Java Edition, all types of log block and wood block and their stripped versions are also treated like dirt blocks (they don't stop growth). In Bedrock Edition, log and wood blocks are treated like other block types and will stop the sapling from growing if they are above it.

Decoration
Any kind of tree sapling can be placed in a flower pot.

Fuel
Tree saplings can be used as a fuel in furnaces, smelting 0.5 items per sapling.

Composting
Placing saplings into a composter has a 30% chance of raising the compost level by 1.

ID
Java Edition:

Bedrock Edition:

Block data
In Bedrock Edition, saplings use the following data values:

Trivia

 * If the player stands on the same block as a placed tree sapling, the tree will still grow over the player, which will cause suffocation as it pushes the player out of the block.
 * Saplings can grow without the required amount of light if bone meal is used.

Gallery
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