Dark Oak Leaves

Dark Oak Leaves
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	JE: ; 7 PLANT; BE: (Foliage tint)
Note block instrument	Default (Harp)

Dark oak leaves are biome-colored leaves that form the canopy of dark oak trees, and can drop apples.

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	Dark Oak 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, dark oak leaves can drop 1 dark oak sapling, 1—2 sticks, and 1 apple. Fortune increases the chances.

Drop	No Fortune	Fortune I	Fortune II	Fortune III
Dark Oak 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)
Apple	0.5% (¹⁄₂₀₀)	0.556% (¹⁄₁₈₀)	0.625% (¹⁄₁₆₀)	0.833% (¹⁄₁₂₀)

Natural generation

Dark oak leaves form the canopy of dark oak trees in dark forests. They also generate in woodland mansions.

Post-generation

Leaves generate as part of dark oak trees grown from dark oak saplings.

Usage

Dark oak leaves that decay have the same drop chances as when broken by a player, yielding 1 dark oak sapling 5% (¹⁄₂₀) of the time, 1-2 sticks 2% of the time, and 1 apple 0.5% (¹⁄₂₀₀) of the time. It is extremely rare but possible for a single leaf to drop a sapling, two sticks and an apple at the same time. Leaves that are burned do not drop saplings or apples.

Smelting ingredient

Name	Ingredients	Smelting recipe
Leaf Litter	Dark Oak 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

Dark oak 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.

Color

Dark oak leaves have unique colors based on the biome they are placed in.

In the inventory, dark oak leaves are colored
#48b518 in Java Edition, or use pre-colored textures in Bedrock Edition.

Biome colors

These values are generated by the biome dyeing algorithm. In Bedrock Edition, biome colors also appear on maps.

Biome	Color	Renders
Badlands‌^{[JE only]}	#9E814D
Eroded Badlands‌^{[JE only]}
Wooded Badlands‌^{[JE only]}
Desert	#AEA42A
Savanna
Savanna Plateau
Windswept Savanna
Nether Wastes
Soul Sand Valley
Crimson Forest
Warped Forest
Basalt Deltas
Badlands‌^{[BE only]}
Eroded Badlands‌^{[BE only]}
Wooded Badlands‌^{[BE only]}
Badlands Plateau‌^{[BE only]}
Modified Badlands Plateau‌^{[BE only]}
Modified Wooded Badlands Plateau‌^{[BE only]}
Desert Hills‌^{[BE only]}
Desert Lakes‌^{[BE only]}
Stony Peaks	#82AC1E
Shattered Savanna Plateau‌^{[BE only]}	#64b216
Jungle	#30BB0B
Bamboo Jungle
Jungle Hills‌^{[BE only]}
Modified Jungle‌^{[BE only]}
Bamboo Jungle Hills‌^{[BE only]}
Sparse Jungle	#3EB80F
Modified Jungle Edge‌^{[BE only]}	#3EB80F
Lush Caves‌^{[BE only]}	#A6A432
Mushroom Fields	#2BBB0F
Mushroom Field Shore‌^{[BE only]}	#2BBB0F
Plains	#77AB2F
Sunflower Plains
Beach
Dripstone Caves‌^{[JE only]}
Deep Dark
Sulfur Caves
Swamp	#6A7039
Swamp Hills‌^{[BE only]}	#6A7039
Mangrove Swamp	#8DB127
Forest	#59AE30
Flower Forest
Dark Forest
Wooded Hills‌^{[BE only]}
Tall Birch Hills‌^{[BE only]}
Dark Forest Hills‌^{[BE only]}
Pale Garden	#878D76
Birch Forest	#6BA941
Old Growth Birch Forest
Birch Forest Hills‌^{[BE only]}
Dappled Forest	#e68e30
Ocean	#71A74D
Deep Ocean
Warm Ocean
Lukewarm Ocean
Deep Lukewarm Ocean
Cold Ocean
Deep Cold Ocean
Deep Frozen Ocean
River
Lush Caves‌^{[JE only]}
The End
Small End Islands‌^{[JE only]}
End Barrens‌^{[JE only]}
End Midlands‌^{[JE only]}
End Highlands‌^{[JE only]}
The Void‌^{[JE only]}
Deep Warm Ocean‌^{[BE only]}
Meadow‌^{[JE only]}	#63A948
Cherry Grove	#B6DB61
Meadow‌^{[BE only]}	#68A55F
Old Growth Pine Taiga
Giant Tree Taiga Hills‌^{[BE only]}
Giant Spruce Taiga Hills‌^{[BE only]}
Taiga	#68A464
Old Growth Spruce Taiga
Taiga Hills‌^{[BE only]}
Taiga Mountains‌^{[BE only]}
Dripstone Caves‌^{[BE only]}	#70A26C
Windswept Hills	#6DA36B
Windswept Gravelly Hills
Windswept Forest
Stony Shore
Gravelly Mountains+‌^{[BE only]}
Mountain Edge‌^{[BE only]}
Snowy Beach	#64A278
Snowy Plains	#60A17B
Ice Spikes
Ice Caves^{[upcoming: Fourth Drop 2026]}
Snowy Taiga
Frozen Ocean
Frozen River
Grove
Snowy Slopes
Frozen Peaks
Jagged Peaks
Snowy Mountains‌^{[BE only]}
Legacy Frozen Ocean‌^{[BE only]}
Snowy Taiga Hills‌^{[BE only]}
Snowy Taiga Mountains‌^{[BE only]}

Snowy leaves

This feature is exclusive to Bedrock Edition.

In any biome with a base temperature of below 0.15, dark oak leaves gradually fade to white once snowfall begins, giving them a frosted appearance for the storm's duration. During transition, the white color is blended with the regular color in eight steps. After snowfall ends, leaves gradually fade back to their normal coloration.

This does not affect leaves in biomes with a higher base temperature, even at altitudes that allow snowfall. The change is entirely invisible to the client if the graphics mode is set to Simple, though it still takes place, and leaves are the correct color phase for the time if the option is re-enabled.

Particles

Dark oak leaves produce falling leaves particles underneath the leaf block, where they slowly fall to the ground. They have the same color as the leaves they're falling from, which can change with the biome or during snowfall.‌^{[BE only]}

[breakingtimenote-1] These durations ignore any other influential factors (e.g., Mining Fatigue) and are measured in seconds. For more information, see Breaking § Mining efficiency.

[A]

`grass` sound type
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	`block.grass.break`	`subtitles.block.generic.break`	1.0	0.8	16
	Block placed^{[until: JE 26.4]}	Blocks	When the block is placed	`block.grass.place`	`subtitles.block.generic.place`	1.0	0.8	16
	Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	`block.grass.hit`	`subtitles.block.generic.hit`	0.25	0.5	16
	Something falls on a block	Entity-Dependent	Falling on the block with fall damage	`block.grass.fall`	`subtitles.block.generic.fall`	0.5	0.75	16
	Footsteps	Entity-Dependent	Walking on the block	`block.grass.step`	`subtitles.block.generic.footsteps`	0.15	1.0	16

`grass` sound type
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch
	Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	`dig.grass`	`subtitles.block.generic.break`	0.7	0.8–1.0
	Block placed	Blocks	When the block is placed	`place.grass`	`subtitles.block.generic.place`	0.8	0.8–1.0
	Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	`hit.grass`	`subtitles.block.generic.hit`	0.3	0.5
	Footsteps	Players	Falling on the block with fall damage	`fall.grass`	`subtitles.block.generic.footsteps`	0.4	1.0
	Footsteps	Players	Walking on the block	`step.grass`	`subtitles.block.generic.footsteps`	0.3	1.0
	Shovel flattens	Blocks	When a shovel creates a dirt path	`use.grass`	`subtitles.item.shovel.flatten`	1.0	0.8
	Footsteps	Blocks	Jumping from the block	`jump.grass`	`subtitles.block.generic.footsteps`	0.11	1.0
	Footsteps	Blocks	Falling on the block without fall damage	`land.grass`	`subtitles.block.generic.footsteps`	0.21	1.0

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.

Java Edition
1.7.2	13w43a	Added dark oak leaves, which use separate but identical textures to oak leaves.
1.7.2	1.7	Dark oak leaves now drop dark oak saplings, rather than spruce saplings.^[1]
1.8	14w25a	Leaves now render differently with the "Fast" graphics setting.
	14w25a	Leaves no longer have distinct texture files for fast and fancy graphics.
	14w25b	Leaves now render differently in the "Fast" graphics setting - all transparent pixels are rendered fully opaque, causing them to appear black with the default textures.^[2]
1.11	16w39a	Dark oak leaves now generate in woodland mansions.
1.13	18w22a	Naturally-generated leaves now survive at a distance of up to 6 blocks from logs, instead of 4.
1.14	18w43a	Leaves now have a small chance to drop sticks when decaying.
	18w43a	The textures of all leaves have changed. This also results in dark oak leaves having visually distinct textures from oak leaves.
	19w03a	Placing leaves into the brand-new composter has a 10% chance of raising the compost level by 1.
	19w05a	Leaves now have a 30% chance of increasing the compost level in a composter by 1.
1.16	20w15a	Hoes can now break leaves quickly.
1.19	22w12a	Leaves are now waterloggable.
1.21.5	25w02a	Leaves can now be smelted into leaf litter.
1.21.5	25w02a	Dark oak leaves now emit falling leaf particles.
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.^[3]
	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%.

Dark Oak Leaves

Obtaining

Breaking

Natural generation

Post-generation

Usage

Smelting ingredient

Redstone component

Piston interactivity

Composting

Color

Biome colors

Snowy leaves

Particles

Sounds

Data values

ID

Block states

History

Java Edition

Bedrock Edition

Legacy Console Edition

New Nintendo 3DS Edition

Issues

Trivia

Gallery

Renders

References

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Related mods

Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.9.0	build 1	Added dark oak leaves. They use separate but identical textures to oak leaves.
		Jungle leaves can now be obtained in Survival mode as part of jungle trees.
		Leaves now release spiders, creating a higher amount of spiders in tree-rich biomes at night (version exclusive).
v0.12.1	build 1	Leaves in snowy biomes now gradually become frost-covered during snowfall.
Pocket Edition
1.1.0	alpha 1.1.0.0	Dark oak leaves now generate in woodland mansions.
Bedrock Edition
1.10.0	beta 1.10.0.3	Leaves now have a small chance to drop sticks when decaying.
1.10.0	beta 1.10.0.3	The textures of dark oak leaves have been changed.
1.11.0	beta 1.11.0.1	Leaves can now be used to fill up composters.
1.21.60 Experiment Drop 1 2025	Preview 1.21.60.25	Dark oak leaves now emit falling leaf particles.

Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360	Xbox One	PS3	PS4	PS Vita	Wii U	Switch
TU31	CU19	1.22	1.22	1.22	Patch 3		Added dark oak leaves.
TU54	CU44	1.52	1.52	1.52	Patch 24	1.0.4	Dark oak leaves now generate in woodland mansions.
			1.90				Leaves now have a small chance to drop sticks when decaying.
			1.90				The textures of dark oak leaves have been changed.
			1.91				Leaves can now be used to fill up composters.