For other uses, see Apple (disambiguation).
Apples are food items that can be eaten by the player.
Obtaining[]
Block loot[]
Oak and dark oak leaves have 0.5% (1⁄200) chance of dropping an apple when decayed or broken, but not if burned. Breaking leaves with a tool enchanted with the Fortune enchantment increases the chances of dropping an apple: 0.556% (1⁄180) with Fortune I, 0.625% (1⁄160) with Fortune II, and 0.833% (1⁄120) with Fortune III.
Chest loot[]
| Item | Structure | Container | Quantity | Chance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Java Edition | ||||
| Apple | Bonus chest | Chest | 1–2 | 83.8% |
| Igloo | Chest | 1–3 | 70.4% | |
| Stronghold | Altar chest | 1–3 | 33.2% | |
| Storeroom chest | 1–3 | 47.5% | ||
| Village | Weaponsmith's chest | 1–3 | 59.8% | |
| Plains house chest | 1–5 | 74.2% | ||
| Bedrock Edition | ||||
| Apple | Bonus chest | Chest | 1–2 | 100% |
| Igloo | Chest | 1–3 | 70.4% | |
| Stronghold | Altar chest | 1–3 | 32.3% | |
| Storeroom chest | 1–3 | 40% | ||
| Village | Weaponsmith's chest | 1–3 | 59.8% | |
| Plains house chest | 1–5 | 74.2% | ||
Trading[]
Apprentice-level farmer villagers have a 50% (1⁄2)[Bedrock Edition only] or 66.7% (2⁄3)[Java Edition only] chance of selling 4 apples as part of their trades.
Usage[]
See also: Hunger management
To eat an apple, press and hold use while it is selected in the hotbar. Eating one restores 4 (
) hunger and 2.4 saturation.
Crafting ingredient[]
| Name | Ingredients | Crafting recipe |
|---|---|---|
| Golden Apple | Gold Ingot + Apple |
Composting[]
Placing an apple into a composter has a 65% (13⁄20) chance of raising the compost level by 1.
Sounds[]
| Sound | Subtitles | Source | Description | Resource location | Translation key | Volume | Pitch | Attenuation distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eating | Players | While a player is eating something | entity | subtitles | varies [sound 1] | 0.8-1.2 | 16 | |
| Eating | Friendly Creatures | When a player finishes eating something | entity | subtitles | 1.0 | 0.6-1.4 | 16 | |
| Burp | Players | When a player finishes eating something | entity | subtitles | 0.5 | 0.9-1.0 | 16 |
- ↑ Can be 0.5, 1.0, or 1.5
| Sound | Source | Description | Resource location | Volume | Pitch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Players | While a player is eating something | random | 0.5-1.1 | 0.8-1.2 | |
| Players | When a player finishes eating something | random | 0.5 | 0.9-1.0 |
Data values[]
ID[]
| Name | Identifier | Form | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apple | apple | Item | item.minecraft.apple |
| Name | Identifier | Numeric ID | Form | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apple | apple | 257 | Item | item.apple.name |
Advancements[]
| Icon | Advancement | In-game description | Parent | Actual requirements (if different) | Resource location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Husbandry | The world is full of friends and food | — | Consume anything that can be consumed. | husbandry/root
|
 | A Balanced Diet | Eat everything that is edible, even if it's not good for you | A Seedy Place | Eat each of these 40 foods:
| husbandry/balanced_diet
|
History[]
| Java Edition Indev | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.31 | 20091231-2 |  Added apples.
| |||
| Apples are currently non-functional in this version. | |||||
| 20100110 | Apples are now functional and are edible, restoring 2 . They are intended to replace mushrooms, which were previously edible. | ||||
| 20100128 | Apples now used to craft arrows. | ||||
| 20100129 | Apples no longer used to craft arrows. | ||||
| 20100206 | Apples now use the texture of golden helmets. | ||||
| Java Edition Infdev | |||||
| February 23, 2010 | At the bottom of a crafting guide they made, a player named JTE jokingly indicated that Notch dropped an apple when killed, and that apples could be crafted into something called a "golden apple" – this was a joke on the fact that apples were totally unobtainable.[1][2] | ||||
| 20100227-1 | Players named "Notch" now drop an apple when they die in addition to their inventory. | ||||
| Apples are now used to craft golden apples. | |||||
| Apples now correctly use the apple texture again. | |||||
| 20100327 | With the addition of the respawn feature, apples have become legitimately obtainable in Survival and renewable for players named "Notch". | ||||
| Java Edition Beta | |||||
| 1.8 | Pre-release | Apples can now be found in the new stronghold storeroom chests, making them obtainable in normal Survival gameplay for the first time. | |||
| Apples now restore 4 () instead of 4. | |||||
| Apples are now stackable. | |||||
| Java Edition | |||||
| 1.0.0 | Beta 1.9 Prerelease 3 | Apples are now found in the new stronghold altar chests. | |||
| 1.1 | 11w48a | Oak leaves now have a 1/200 chance of dropping an apple when destroyed, making apples fully renewable. | |||
| 12w01a | Apples are now found in the new village blacksmith chests. | ||||
| 1.3.1 | 12w16a | Apples can now be found in the new bonus chests. | |||
| 12w18a | "Notch" players no longer drop apples when they die. | ||||
| 12w21a | Farmer villagers now sell 5 apples for 1 emerald. | ||||
| Apples are now used to craft enchanted golden apples. | |||||
| 1.4.2 | 12w37a |  The apple's texture has been changed: the item sprite no longer has a dark outline and now has a more detailed look. | |||
| 1.5 | 13w09b | The Fortune enchantment now increases the chance of dropping apples. | |||
| 1.7.2 | 13w43a | Added dark oak leaves, which drop apples. | |||
| 1.9 | 15w43a | Apples may now be found in igloo basement chests. | |||
| 15w44a | Average yield of apples has been slightly increased in bonus chests. | ||||
| Apples can no longer be used to craft enchanted golden apples. | |||||
| 1.11 | 16w33a | Farmer villagers now sell 5–7 apples for 1 emerald. | |||
| 1.13 | 17w47a | Prior to The Flattening, this item's numeral ID was 260. | |||
| 1.14 | 18w43a |  The texture of apples has been changed. | |||
| 18w48a | Apples can now be found in chests in plains village houses. | ||||
| 19w03a | Placing an apple into the new composter has a 50% chance of raising the compost level by 1. | ||||
| 19w05a | Apples now have a 65% chance of increasing the compost level in a composter by 1. | ||||
| Pocket Edition Alpha | |||||
| v0.4.0 | Added apples. | ||||
| v0.5.0 | Apples now restore 4 instead of 2. | ||||
| v0.8.0 | build 1 | The apple's texture has been changed: the item sprite no longer has a dark outline and now has a more detailed look. | |||
| v0.12.1 | build 1 | Added apples to the Creative inventory. | |||
| Apples are now stackable. | |||||
| Apples now restore 4 () instead of 4. | |||||
| The Fortune enchantment can now be used to increase chance of dropping apples. | |||||
| Apples can now be used to craft golden apples and enchanted golden apples. | |||||
| v0.15.0 | build 1 | Apples can now be used to feed horses. | |||
| Pocket Edition | |||||
| 1.0.0 | alpha 0.17.0.1 | Apples can now be found inside igloo chests. | |||
| 1.0.4 | alpha 1.0.4.0 | Farmer villagers now sell 5-7 apples for 1 emerald. | |||
| Bedrock Edition | |||||
| 1.2.0 | beta 1.2.0.2 | Apples can no longer be used to craft enchanted golden apples. | |||
| Apples can now be found inside bonus chests. | |||||
| 1.10.0 | beta 1.10.0.3 | Apples can now be found in plains village weaponsmith chests and plains house chests. | |||
| The texture of apples has been changed. | |||||
| 1.11.0 | beta 1.11.0.1 | Apples can now be found in desert, savanna, taiga and snowy taiga village weaponsmith chests. | |||
| Apples can now be used to fill up composters. | |||||
| beta 1.11.0.4 | Farmer villagers now sell 4 apples as part of their second tier trades. | ||||
| Legacy Console Edition | |||||
| TU1 | Patch 1 | Added apples. | |||
| TU5 | Apples are now stackable. | ||||
| Apples now restore 4 () instead of 4. | |||||
| TU12 | 1.03 | The apple's texture has been changed: the item sprite no longer has a dark outline and now has a more detailed look. | |||
| 1.90 | The texture of apples has been changed. | ||||
| New Nintendo 3DS Edition | |||||
| 0.1.0 | Added apples. | ||||
Issues[]
Issues relating to "Apple" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.
Trivia[]
- Prior to the texture update in Java Edition 1.4.2, the sprite of the apple was the same one used in Notch's game Legend of the Chambered.
- Before it was added to Minecraft, apples dropping from trees was already a feature in Minicraft.
Gallery[]
An apple found in a stronghold chest.
An apple that dropped from decaying leaves.
Obtaining apples via villager trading.
The Candy Apple, an item featured in the Trails & Tales Event.
References[]
- ↑ http://www.minecraftforum.net/topic/2750582-the-secret-history-of-minecraft/
- ↑ https://echidnatribe.org/Minecraft/crafting.php (This is an unofficial recreation with the original domain)
External Links[]
- Taking Inventory: Apple – Minecraft.net on November 23, 2018