All existing spruce and pine variants
A spruce and pine, grows from a spruce sapling and has growth patterns and requirements similar to birch trees, although they appear different. They are mainly found in the taiga biome, but they may also generate in windswept forest, snowy plains, snowy taiga, and old growth taiga biomes.
Variants[]
There are several different forms of these trees that may grow from any spruce saplings:
- A spruce - common variant with a height between 5-12. The leaves tend to grow in discrete rows rather than the more spherical arrangement of oaks and birch trees. In Bedrock Edition, only this variant can be grown using saplings.
- A pine - fairly tall variant of spruce trees that generate in a matchstick style, with only a few leaves at the top.
- A mega spruce - larger variant of spruce that generates in the old growth spruce taiga which has a lot more leaves than the mega pine. In Bedrock Edition, only this variant can be grown using saplings.
- A mega pine - larger variant of pine that generates in the old growth pine taiga These spruce trees have few leaves, concentrated at the top, and can be grown from spruce saplings arranged in a 2×2 square, with or without bone meal.
Comparison of mega spruce and mega pine sizes from different biomes, left to right: old growth pine taiga, old growth spruce taiga, and a regular spruce tree.
Mega spruce with canopies in different shapes.
Generation[]
The spruce tree variants spawn naturally in the indicated biomes:
| Biome |  Spruce
|
 Mega Spruce
|
 Pine
|
 Mega Pine
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Old Growth Spruce Taiga | [BE only] | |||
| Old Growth Pine Taiga | [BE only] | |||
| Snowy Taiga | ||||
| Snowy Plains | ||||
| Taiga | ||||
| Windswept Forest | ||||
| Grove |
The maximum reach of podzol from a single mega spruce. Up is north.
In an amplified taiga or old growth taiga, some of the spruces generate with snow on them, just like in the other cold biomes.
When mega spruces grow, they convert any grass blocks, dirt, mycelium, coarse dirt, rooted dirt and moss blocks[Java Edition only][1] up to a radius of 6 blocks to podzol, centered on the south-eastern sapling.
Like birches, they do not grow branches. When height-constrained, the trunk height maximum is two less than the roof. The headroom of 9 blocks limits the tree to a trunk height of 7, which enables harvesting from ground level.
Blocks and items[]
These items can be obtained from all variants of spruce.
- Mushrooms[Bedrock Edition only] (if present on a fallen log)
- Spruce Leaves (harvested with shears)
- Spruce Log (harvested with any tool including hands)
- Spruce Planks (created from a log in the inventory crafting grid)
- Spruce Sapling (chance of dropping when breaking leaves)
- Stripped Spruce Log (created by using an axe on a log)
- Vines[Bedrock Edition only] (harvested with shears from dying trees)
- Stick (chance of dropping when breaking leaves)
Planting[]
Spruce saplings may be planted and grown on:
- Dirt
- Grass Block
- Coarse Dirt
- Podzol
- Mycelium
- Rooted Dirt
- Moss Block
- Farmland
- Mud
- Muddy Mangrove Roots
In order to grow a 2×2 tree (be it mega spruce, mega pine, mega jungle or dark oak), four saplings must be placed adjacent to each other in a square. For growth to succeed, there must be no blocks adjacent (even diagonally) to the north-western side up to the final height of the tree. Bone meal can be used on any of the saplings. The largest mega spruces and mega pines reach 30 blocks tall.
1×1 spruces require a 5×5 column of unobstructed space at least 7 blocks above the sapling to grow (8 blocks including the sapling itself). No horizontal clearance is needed at the base of the tree and 1 level above (a sapling planted in a hole 2 blocks deep can still grow).
2×2 mega spruces require a 5×5 column of unobstructed space at least 14 blocks above the saplings to grow (15 blocks including the saplings themselves). This column is centered on the northwestern sapling. A 3×3 area is required at the base of the tree (the level of the saplings).
Other variant spruce trees[]
In Bedrock Edition and Minecraft Education, trees can generate as one of the two following variants of the normal tree. Both of these generate naturally, and can be grown out of normal saplings.[2][3]
The different dying tree types.
Fallen spruce log.
Dying trees[]
A dying spruce and dying pine has the standard growth pattern of any other tree, however, all exposed logs in the main trunk are covered with vines.
Fallen spruces and pines[]
A fallen spruce may consist of a single upright log, or a stump. Logs lying on their side are often found 1–2 blocks from the stump. They occasionally have mushrooms on top.
A fallen spruce log has a length of 6–10 blocks, and the stump is never covered with vines.
Foliage colors[]
Spruce leaves do not follow the foliage color rules that cause the trees to appear in different colors in different biomes. Spruce leaves are always the same color regardless of the biome.
Data values[]
History[]
| Java Edition Beta | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.2 | Added spruces and pines, replacing Oak trees in Taigas. | ||||
| 1.5 | Spruces and pines can now be grown using saplings. | ||||
| Java Edition | |||||
| 1.2 | 12w07a | Spruces and pines are no longer generate. | |||
| 1.2.2 | Spruces and pines are now generate, once again.[4] | ||||
| 1.5 | Spruces and pines can now be grown using saplings. | ||||
| 1.7.2 | 13w36a | Added mega spruces and mega pines. | |||
| Spruce trees now generate in ice plains biomes and extreme hills+ biomes in addition to oak trees. | |||||
| 1.13 | 18w06a | Mega spruces and pines now transform nearby grass blocks into podzol when they grow. | |||
| Pocket Edition Alpha | |||||
| v0.1.0 | Added spruces and pines. | ||||
| v0.2.1 | Oak trees generate with spruce wood. | ||||
| v0.4.0 | Oak trees no longer generate with spruce wood. | ||||
| v0.9.0 | build 1 | Added mega spruces, mega pines, and version-exclusive fallen and dying trees. | |||
| Cold-en oak trees (spruce trees shaped like oak trees) no longer generate. | |||||
| Bedrock Edition | |||||
| 1.16.0 | beta 1.15.0.51 | Mega spruces and mega pines now transform nearby grass blocks into podzol when they grow. | |||
| Legacy Console Edition | |||||
| TU1 | CU1 | 1.00 | Patch 1 | 1.0.1 | Added oak, spruce, and birch trees. |
Issues[]
Issues relating to "Spruce" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.
Trivia[]
- In real life, spruce is a genus of trees known as Picea.
Gallery[]
The first image of an old growth taiga.
Spruce trees
Two dying spruce trees in a taiga.
An oak tree loaded after birch and spruce were added.
A snowy spruce forest on the left.
A spruce forest in the snowy taiga.
Numerous spruce trees.
Pine forest.
The difference between a pine and a spruce.
Image of the many variations of the normal spruce tree. Including a 4-Ringed spruce tree in the 4 position in the left.
