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Leaves are blocks which grow as part of trees.
Obtaining
Leaves can only be obtained with shears or Silk Touch enchanted tools.
| Block | Leaves | |
|---|---|---|
| Hardness | 0.2 | |
| Breaking time (secs) | ||
| Default | 0.3 | |
| Shears | 0.05 | |
| Sword | 0.2 | |
Natural generation
Leaves occur naturally on trees throughout the Overworld. Oak leaves also generate in woodland mansions.
Usage
Leaves from trees spontaneously decay (disappear) when they receive a block tick, if they are not connected to any wood block, either directly or via other leaf block, with a maximum distance of 4 blocks. Player-placed leaf blocks will never decay.
Leaves which decay or are destroyed without using shears usually drop nothing, but yield saplings 5% (1/20) of the time. Jungle leaves drop saplings 2.5% (1/40) of the time. Oak and dark oak leaves also have a 0.5% (1/200) chance of dropping an apple. Rates are increased by the Fortune enchantment. Leaves that are burned do not yield saplings or apples.
Leaves take on a different shade of green depending on the biome in which they are placed.
Leaves are always transparent to light but cannot be seen through when the graphics mode is set to "Fast"; the transparent regions are instead black. They diffuse sky light, causing the shadows they cast under trees.
Data values
Block data
Leaves use two different block IDs. They use minecraft:leaves (block 18) for oak, spruce, birch and jungle; and they use minecraft:leaves2 (block 161) for dark oak and acacia. Leaves use block data values to determine their type and state. They also have block states which will replace data values in the future.
Block 18
| DV | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | Oak Leaves | |
| 1 | Spruce Leaves | |
| 2 | Birch Leaves | |
| 3 | Jungle Leaves | |
| 4 | Oak Leaves, check for decay | |
| 5 | Spruce Leaves, check for decay | |
| 6 | Birch Leaves, check for decay | |
| 7 | Jungle Leaves, check for decay | |
| 8 | Oak Leaves, persistent | |
| 9 | Spruce Leaves, persistent | |
| 10 | Birch Leaves, persistent | |
| 11 | Jungle Leaves, persistent | |
| 12 | Oak Leaves, persistent + check for decay | |
| 13 | Spruce Leaves, persistent + check for decay | |
| 14 | Birch Leaves, persistent + check for decay | |
| 15 | Jungle Leaves, persistent + check for decay |
Block 161
| DV | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | Acacia Leaves | |
| 1 | Dark Oak Leaves | |
| 4 | Acacia Leaves, check for decay | |
| 5 | Dark Oak Leaves, check for decay | |
| 8 | Acacia Leaves, persistent | |
| 9 | Dark Oak Leaves, persistent | |
| 12 | Acacia Leaves, persistent + check for decay | |
| 13 | Dark Oak Leaves, persistent + check for decay |
Block states
Block 18 (minecraft:leaves) Java Edition:
| Name | Default value | Allowed values | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| distance | 7 | 1234567 | How far away this block is from the nearest log or wood, in taxicab distance. |
| persistent | false | falsetrue | If the block persists regardless of having no wood nearby.true for player-placed leaves. |
| waterlogged | false | falsetrue | Whether or not there's water in the same place as this leaves. |
Bedrock Edition:
Leaves:
| Name | Metadata Bits | Default value | Allowed values | Values for Metadata Bits |
Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| old_leaf_type | 0x10x2 | oak
| oak | 0 | Oak Leaves |
spruce | 1 | Spruce Leaves | |||
birch | 2 | Birch Leaves | |||
jungle | 3 | Jungle Leaves | |||
| persistent_bit | 0x8 | false | falsetrue | 01 | If the block persists regardless of having no wood nearby. |
| update_bit | 0x4 | false | falsetrue | 01 | If the block checks for nearby wood and decays. |
Leaves2:
| Name | Metadata Bits | Default value | Allowed values | Values for Metadata Bits |
Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| new_leaf_type | 0x10x2 | acacia
| acacia | 0 | Acacia Leaves |
dark_oak | 1 | Dark Oak Leaves | |||
| persistent_bit | 0x8 | false | falsetrue | 01 | If the block persists regardless of having no wood nearby. |
| update_bit | 0x4 | false | falsetrue | 01 | If the block checks for nearby wood and decays. |
Azalea leaves and flowering azalea leaves:
| Name | Metadata Bits | Default value | Allowed values | Values for Metadata Bits |
Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| persistent_bit | Not Supported | false | falsetrue | Unsupported | If the block persists regardless of having no wood nearby. |
| update_bit | Not Supported | false | falsetrue | Unsupported | If the block checks for nearby wood and decays. |
Block 161 (minecraft:leaves2) Leaves/BS2
History
| classic | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.0.14a_01 | File:LeavesPre0.0.9a.PNG Leaves were first added to the game. | ||||
| 0.0.15a | File:LeavesAlpha.png The texture of leaves was changed. | ||||
| 0.24_06 | Leaves now drop saplings. | ||||
| indev | |||||
| December 23, 2009 | Leaves give off shadows. | ||||
| alpha | |||||
| 1.0.6_01 | Leaves decay again when not connected to the ground or to a tree trunk. | ||||
| Seecret Friday 9 | Torches can no longer be placed on tree leaves, but only in fancy mode. | ||||
| 1.2.0 | File:Leaves.png With the addition of biomes, the color of leaves was changed. | ||||
| 1.2.1 | Leaf particle colors now reflect the biome instead of the gray scale texture. | ||||
| 1.2.3 | Re-introduced leaf decay. | ||||
| 1.2.3_01 | Leaf decay disabled due to an infinite loop in the code. | ||||
| beta | |||||
| 1.0 | Reintroduced leaf decay with the new behavior. | ||||
| 1.2 | |||||
| 1.6 | Many disparities between the properties of leaves in Fast and Fancy graphics have been fixed. | ||||
| 1.7 | Implemented shears to collect leaves. Before, leaves could only be obtained via inventory hacking, or the /give command in multiplayer. | ||||
| 1.8 | Leaf blocks placed by the player or an Enderman no longer decay like normal leaves do. | ||||
| release | |||||
| 1.1 | 11w48a | Oak leaves have a small chance of dropping an apple. | |||
| 1.2.1 | 12w03a | ||||
| 1.3.1 | 12w18a | Jungle leaves have a small chance of dropping cocoa beans. | |||
| 12w19a | Jungle leaves no longer drop cocoa beans. | ||||
| 12w21a | Water slowly drips through them when it's raining. | ||||
| 1.7.2 | 13w43a | ||||
| 1.11 | 16w39a | Leaves now generate in woodland mansions. | |||
| Pocket Edition Alpha | |||||
| 0.1.0 | Added leaves. | ||||
| 0.8.0 | build 2 | Birch leaves now have the proper texture. | |||
| Color of leaves changed. | |||||
| Added jungle leaves to Creative. | |||||
| 0.9.0 | build 1 | Added acacia and dark oak leaves. | |||
| Jungle leaves can now be obtained in survival mode as part of jungle trees. | |||||
| Jungle leaves are now permanently opaque. | |||||
| Smooth lighting added for leaves. | |||||
| Leaves will now release spiders, creating a higher amount of spiders in tree-rich biomes at night (version exclusive). | |||||
| 0.12.1 | build 1 | Version exclusive: Leaves in snowy biomes now appear frost-covered. | |||
| Pocket Edition | |||||
| 1.1 | build 1 | Leaves now generate in woodland mansions. | |||
| Bedrock Edition | |||||
| 1.2 | build 7 | Jungle leaves are now transparent on higher-end devices when Fancy leaves are turned on. | |||
| Legacy Console Edition | |||||
| TU1 | CU1 | 1.0 | Patch 1 | Added leaves. | |
| TU5 | Leaf blocks placed by the player no longer decay like normal leaves do. | ||||
| TU9 | Added birch and spruce leaves. | ||||
| TU12 | Added jungle leaves. | ||||
| TU14 | 1.04 | Water drip particles appear underneath if it's raining. | |||
Leaves from the Post Multiplayer Creative Mode Release 0.0.15a. The leaves from this version don't decay when standing by themselves.
Original leaf decay algorithm
In Alpha, leaves would decay using an algorithm that checks whether it has a solid or leaf block underneath it or is adjacent to a solid block. If it doesn't, it must be connected to a leaf block that is also supported as long as it is no further than five blocks away from said support.
- Alpha-style decay
Issues
Issues relating to "Leaves" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.
Trivia
- Occasionally, leaves will grow through other blocks, acting as though they are still connected to the tree. They may also completely replace blocks they try to grow into.
- Leaves do not prevent chests from being opened.
- Some trees seem to occasionally drop apples or saplings without being destroyed due to creation of leaf blocks not supported by wood.
- The frost texture in Minecraft: Pocket Edition is not an instant transition. Instead, the leaves slowly shift from their original color to the frosty one.
- Leaves dissapear when pushed by pistons.
Gallery
- JungleLeavesTex.png
The default texture for jungle leaves have a yellowish tint in some areas.
- 2011-07-19 19.23.41.png
A red mushroom is seen growing on the top of a block of leaves.
- ↑ "Block of the Week: Leaves" – Minecraft.net, August 18, 2017

