Oak Leaves

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)

Oak leaves are biome-colored leaves that form the canopy of oak trees and jungle bushes, 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	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, oak leaves can drop 1 oak sapling, 1—2 sticks, and 1 apple. Fortune increases the chances.

Drop	No Fortune	Fortune I	Fortune II	Fortune III
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

Oak leaves form the canopy of any standing oak tree and jungle bush. Oak trees with oak leaves are also generated in some parts of plains villages, trial chambers, and abandoned camps.

Post-generation

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

Usage

Oak leaves that decay have the same drop chances as when broken by a player, yielding 1 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	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

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

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

In the inventory, 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, 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

Oak leaves have falling leaves particles which are produced 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 Classic
0.0.14a		Added leaves.
0.0.14a		The bottom texture of leaves is mirrored vertically.
0.0.15a (Multiplayer Test 1)		The texture of leaves has been changed.
0.0.19a		Leaves can now be selected on the hotbar, rather than strictly requiring a number key as placeable blocks did previously.
0.24_SURVIVAL_TEST		Leaves now drop saplings.
Java Edition Indev
0.31	20091223-1459	Leaves now produce shadows.
0.31	20100107-1947	Leaves texture is now solid.
20100218-0011		Leaves now decay.
Java Edition Infdev
20100227-1414		Leaves no longer decay.
20100325-1545		Leaves now decay again.
20100413-1951		Leaves no longer decay due to the addition of big trees.
20100615		Leaves now decay again.
20100616-1808		Leaves now use an opaque texture and act like opaque solid blocks when the graphics setting is set to "Fast".
20100616-1808		Blocks like torches, doors and ladders can now be placed on leaves with fast graphics.
Java Edition Alpha
v1.0.6		Leaves no longer decay.
v1.0.6		Leaves now have a ¹⁄₂₀ chance of dropping a sapling instead of ¹⁄₁₀.
v1.0.6_01		Leaves now decay again when not connected to the ground or to a tree trunk.
v1.2.0	preview	With the addition of biomes, the color of leaves have been changed.
v1.2.0	preview	Leaves no longer decay.
v1.2.1		Leaf breaking particle colors now reflect the biome, instead of the grayscale texture.
v1.2.3		Leaf decay has been re-introduced.
v1.2.3_01		Leaf decay is now disabled, due to an infinite loop in the code.
Java Edition Beta
1.0		Leaf decay has been re-introduced with the new behavior.
1.1		Leaf decay has been rewritten, once again.
1.6	Test Build 3	Leaves are no longer considered solid with Fast graphics, meaning that certain blocks can no longer be placed on leaves and mobs cannot spawn on top of them.
1.7		Added shears, which collect leaves. Before, leaves could be obtained only via inventory editing.
1.7		Leaves no longer appear gray (blank and uncolored, default texture before the application of biome coloration) in the inventory.
1.8	Pre-release	Leaves placed by the player or an enderman no longer decay like normal leaves do.
Java Edition
1.0.0	Beta 1.9 Prerelease 4	The Silk Touch enchantment can now be used to collect leaves.
1.0.0	Beta 1.9 Prerelease 6	Silk Touch now preserves the data value of broken leaves rather than always dropping oak. This now includes non-species metadata, allowing for the collection of invalid data value leaves as an item.
1.1	11w48a	Oak leaves now have a ¹⁄₂₀₀ chance of dropping an apple.
1.2.1	12w03a	Oak leaves now generate in jungle bushes.
1.3.1	12w18a	Oak leaves now have a unique name.
1.3.1	12w22a	Water now slowly drips through leaves during rain.
1.4.6	12w49a	Leaves now always drop the correct data values when collected via Silk Touch, making invalid data value leaves unobtainable in survival from this point onwards.
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.^[1]
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 oak leaves have changed.
	18w48a	Oak leaves now generate at some meeting points in plains villages.
	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.
1.20.3 Experiment Update 1.21	23w45a	Oak leaves can now generate in the entrances of trial chambers.
1.21.5	25w02a	Leaves can now be smelted into leaf litter.
1.21.5	25w02a	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.^[2]
	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	Oak Leaves now generate as part of abandoned camps.

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

Announcement

Java Edition

Bedrock Edition

Legacy Console Edition

New Nintendo 3DS Edition

Issues

Trivia

Gallery

Renders

In other media

References

More in Flammable blocks

Related mods

Pocket Edition Alpha
Demo		Added oak leaves, tinted with #339933.
v0.1.0		Added opaque item models for the block and item form of leaves when the graphics setting is not set to "Fancy".
		Added an item model for oak leaves tinted with #59a53f and an inventory icon.
		Oak Leaves in item form with damage value 1 and 2 use models of spruce and birch leaves, however still place oak leaves.
		Added inventory icon for oak leaves.
v0.2.0		The texture of inventory icon for oak leaves has been changed.
v0.2.1		The item model use separate but identical magenta textures when "Fancy Graphics" are enabled/disabled and no longer tinted.
		Oak leaves in item form with damage value 1 and 2 no longer use models of spruce and birch leaves.
		The texture of inventory icon for oak leaves has been changed.
v0.2.1 alpha2		The textures of oak leaves have been changed.
		The textures were taken from Java Edition Alpha v1.1.2_01 and earlier.
		The textures of oak leaves in item form have been changed to pre-tinted leaves.
v0.3.0		Oak leaves now drop their item form when broken with shears.
		Survival players no longer start out with an infinite amount of oak leaves in the inventory.
		The texture of inventory icon for oak leaves has been changed.
v0.3.2		The tint of oak leaves has been changed to #48b518.
		Oak leaves now have a small chance to drop an oak sapling when broken.
		The texture of inventory icon for oak leaves has been changed.
v0.4.0		Oak leaves now have a small chance to drop an apple when broken.
v0.4.0		The texture of inventory icon for oak leaves has been changed.
v0.8.0	build 1	The textures of oak leaves have been changed.
v0.8.0	build 1	Leaves now use rendered item models for inventory icon.
v0.9.0	build 1	The models of leaves have been changed.
v0.9.0	build 1	Leaves now release spiders, creating a higher amount of spiders in tree-rich biomes at night (version exclusive).
v0.12.1	build 1	Oak leaves now gradually become frost-covered during snowfall.
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 oak leaves has 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	Oak leaves now emit falling leaf particles.
26.40 Experiment Drop 3 of 2026	Preview 26.40.27	Oak Leaves now generate as part of abandoned camps.

Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360	Xbox One	PS3	PS4	PS Vita	Wii U	Switch
TU1	CU1	1.00	1.00	1.00	Patch 1	1.0.1	Added oak leaves.
TU5							Leaf blocks placed by the player no longer decay like normal leaves do.
TU5							Apples now drop from leaves.
TU14		1.04					Water drip particles appear underneath leaves if it's raining.
			1.90				Leaves now have a small chance to drop sticks when decaying.
			1.90				The textures of oak leaves has been changed.
			1.91				Leaves can now be used to fill up composters.