Cherry Leaves

Java Edition

Bedrock Edition

Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)
Tools
Blast resistance	0.2
Hardness	0.2
Luminous	No
Transparent	Partial (diffuses sky light)
Waterloggable	Yes
Flammable	Yes (30)
Catches fire from lava	Yes
Map color	20 COLOR_PINK
Note block instrument	Default (Harp)

Cherry leaves are leaves that form the canopy of cherry trees and function as flowers for bee mechanics. They are colored pink which does not change with the biome they are placed in.

Obtaining

Breaking

Hoes are the default tools for breaking leaves, but leaves can be obtained only with shears or tools enchanted with Silk Touch.

Block	Cherry Leaves
Hardness	0.2
Tool
Breaking time (sec)^[A]
Default	10.3 (JE) 0.3 (BE)
Wooden	10.15 (JE) 0.15 (BE)
Stone	10.1 (JE) 0.1 (BE)
Copper	10.1 (JE) 0.1 (BE)
Iron	10.05 (JE) 0.05 (BE)
Diamond	10.05 (JE) 0.05 (BE)
Netherite	10.05 (JE) 0.05 (BE)
Golden	10.05 (JE) 0.05 (BE)
Shears	10.3 (JE) 0.3 (BE)
Sword	10.2 (JE) 0.2 (BE)
Options
Efficiency	000
Haste	001 1JEBE

Legend

incorrect tool, drops nothing
correct tool, drops nothing or something other than the block itself
correct tool, drops the block itself
italicized can be instant mined

↑ These durations ignore any other influential factors (e.g., Mining Fatigue) and are measured in seconds. For more information, see Breaking § Mining efficiency.

Without shears, cherry leaves can drop 1 cherry sapling and 1—2 sticks. Fortune increases the chances.

Drop	No Fortune	Fortune I	Fortune II	Fortune III
Cherry Sapling	5% (¹⁄₂₀)	6.25% (¹⁄₁₆)	8.33% (¹⁄₁₂₎	10% (¹⁄₁₀)
1-2 Sticks	2% (¹⁄₅₀)	2.22% (¹⁄₄₅)	2.5% (¹⁄₄₀)	3.33% (¹⁄₃₀)

Natural generation

Cherry leaves occur naturally on cherry trees in cherry groves. They also generate as part of abandoned camps in cherry groves.

Post-generation

Cherry leaves generate as part of trees grown from cherry saplings.

Usage

Main article: Leaves § Usage

Cherry leaves that decay have the same drop chances as when broken by players, yielding cherry saplings 5% (¹⁄₂₀) of the time, sticks 2% of the time, and otherwise nothing. Leaves that are burned do not drop saplings.

Unlike most other leaves, cherry leaves are not biome tinted and always stay pink. They also do not turn white during snowfall.

Smelting ingredient

Name	Ingredients	Smelting recipe
Leaf Litter	Cherry Leaves + Any fuel	0.1

Redstone component

This feature is exclusive to Java Edition.

The state of a leaves block—including a player-placed block—changes after 1 game tick (half a redstone tick) when the distance to the nearest log or wood block changes, up to 6 blocks of leaves away. Observers facing away from the leaves detect this change and transmit a redstone signal in the same game tick, making leaves useful for redstone signal transmission.

Piston interactivity

Leaves are destroyed when pushed by pistons. They do not stick to sticky pistons, slime blocks, or honey blocks.

Composting

Cherry leaves have a 30% chance of increasing the compost level in a composter by 1. A stack of leaves yields an average of 3.05 bone meal.

Bees

Cherry leaves function like any other flower in their interaction and uses with bees.

Particles

Cherry leaves produce falling leaves particles underneath the leaf block, where they slowly fall to the ground. They are always pink like the leaves block. Cherry leaves particles are differently textured compared to other falling leaves, and appear more often.

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Sounds

Java Edition:

`cherry_leaves` sound type
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	`block.cherry_leaves.break`	`subtitles.block.generic.break`	1.0	0.8	16
	Block placed^{[until: JE 26.4]}	Blocks	When the block is placed	`block.cherry_leaves.place`	`subtitles.block.generic.place`	1.0	0.8	16
	Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	`block.cherry_leaves.hit`	`subtitles.block.generic.hit`	0.2	0.5	16
	Something falls on a block	Entity-Dependent	Falling on the block with fall damage	`block.cherry_leaves.fall`	`subtitles.block.generic.fall`	0.5	0.75	16
	Footsteps	Entity-Dependent	Walking on the block	`block.cherry_leaves.step`	`subtitles.block.generic.footsteps`	0.15	1.0	16

Bedrock Edition:

`cherry_leaves` sound type
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch
	?	Blocks	Once the block has broken	`break.cherry_leaves`	?	1.0	1.0
	?	Blocks	When the block is placed	`place.cherry_leaves`	?	1.0	1.0
	?	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	`hit.cherry_leaves`	?	0.8	1.0
	?	Players	Falling on the block with fall damage	`fall.cherry_leaves`	?	0.4	1.0
	?	Blocks^{[sound 1]}	Walking on the block	`step.cherry_leaves`	?	0.2	1.0
	?	Blocks^{[sound 1]}	Jumping from the block	`step.cherry_leaves`	?	0.12	1.0
	?	Blocks^{[sound 1]}	Falling on the block without fall damage	`step.cherry_leaves`	?	0.18	1.0

↑ ^a ^b ^c MCPE-168093 – step.cherry_leaves uses Blocks sound category instead of Players

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Block tags	Item tags	Translation key
Cherry Leaves	`cherry_leaves`	Block & Item	`lava_pool_stone_cannot_replace` `leaves` `mineable/hoe`	`leaves`	`block.minecraft.cherry_leaves`

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Alias ID	Numeric ID	Form	Item ID^{[i 1]}	Block tags	Translation key
Cherry Leaves	`cherry_leaves`	None	`803`	Block & Giveable Item^{[i 2]}	Identical^{[i 3]} (Numeric: `-548`)	`minecraft:is_hoe_item_destructible` `minecraft:leaves`	`tile.cherry_leaves.name`

↑ ID of block's direct item form, which is used in savegame files and addons.
↑ Available with /give command.
↑ The block's direct item form has the same ID as the block.

Block states

Name	Default value	Allowed values	Description
distance	`7`	`1` `2` `3` `4` `5` `6` `7`	How far away this block is from the nearest log or wood, in taxicab distance.
persistent	`false`	`false` `true`	If the block persists regardless of having no wood nearby. `true` for player-placed leaves.
waterlogged	`false`	`false` `true`	Whether or not there's water in the same place as this leaves.

Name	Metadata Bits	Default value	Allowed values	Values for Metadata Bits	Description
persistent_bit	Not Supported	`false`	`false` `true`	`Unsupported`	If the block persists regardless of having no wood nearby.
update_bit	Not Supported	`false`	`false` `true`	`Unsupported`	If the block checks for nearby wood and decays.

History

Java Edition

Java Edition
1.19.4 Experiment Update 1.20	23w07a	Added cherry leaves behind the "Update 1.20" experimental data pack.
	pre1	Bees now see cherry leaves as flowers.
	pre4	Updated the texture of cherry leaves.
1.20	23w12a	Cherry leaves are now available without using the "Update 1.20" experimental data pack.
1.21.5	25w02a	Leaves can now be smelted into leaf litter.
1.21.11	25w41a	The transparency of leaves is now controlled by the "See-Through Leaves" setting.
	pre1	Opaque leaves render differently due to a bug.^[1]
	pre2	The appearance of opaque leaves has been changed. When the "See-Through Leaves" setting is disabled, all the transparent pixels are set to the darkest opaque color, further darkened by 25%.
26.3	snap1	Cherry, and poplar leaves now generate as part of abandoned camps.

Bedrock Edition

Bedrock Edition
1.19.80 Experiment Next Major Update	Preview 1.19.80.20	Added cherry leaves.
1.19.80 Experiment Next Major Update	Preview 1.19.80.21	Updated the texture of cherry leaves.
1.20.0	Preview 1.20.0.21	Cherry leaves are now available without using the "Next Major Update" experimental toggle.
26.40 Experiment Drop 3 of 2026	Preview 26.40.27	Oak, birch, jungle, cherry, and poplar leaves now generate as part of abandoned camps.
26.50	Preview 26.50.22	All features from the "Drop 3 of 2026" experiment have been fully implemented.

Issues

Issues relating to "Cherry Leaves" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

Trivia

Occasionally, leaves 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.
Some trees seem to occasionally drop saplings without being destroyed due to creation of leaf blocks not supported by logs.

Gallery

Renders

"See-Through Leaves" turned off in Java Edition
"Fancy Leaves" disabled in Bedrock Edition

In other media

Leaves in A Minecraft Movie

References

↑ MC-304401 – Non see-through leaves look different compared to the previous snapshot – resolved as "Fixed".

External links

Block of the Month: Cherry Leaves — Minecraft.net on March 8, 2024