Pale Oak

Pale Oak

Tree

Sapling

Biomes	Pale Garden
Mobs	Creaking
Generates in existing chunks	Yes
Consists of	Pale Oak Log Pale Oak Leaves Pale Hanging Moss Creaking Heart

A pale oak is a type of tree similar to dark oak that generates in pale gardens, with a thick pale trunk and gray leaves. Naturally-generated pale oaks have a chance of containing creaking hearts in them.

Appearance

Pale oaks have some similarities with dark oak trees, including thick 2×2 trunks, irregular logs connected to the trunk and a similar canopy shape. However, they are gray in color and have pale hanging moss attached to the canopy. Pale oaks grown from saplings do not have pale hanging moss.

Naturally generated pale oak trees sometimes have one creaking heart hidden inside. At nighttime, this spawns a creaking mob that creates resin clumps on the tree when hit, and can only despawn when the creaking heart gets destroyed.

Generation

The pale oak only generates naturally in the pale garden biome, densely enough to let hostile mobs spawn during the daytime. Each tree has a 20% chance to spawn a creaking heart. The spawn attempt fails if there is no log that is completely hidden by other logs.

Planting

Pale oak saplings can be planted on:

• Dirt
• Grass Block
• Coarse Dirt
• Podzol
• Mycelium
• Rooted Dirt
• Moss Block
• Pale Moss Block
• Farmland
• Mud
• Muddy Mangrove Roots

Growing these trees requires four pale oak saplings arranged in a 2×2 grid; they do not grow if planted individually. They require a 3×3 column of unobstructed space at least 7 blocks above the sapling to grow (8 blocks including the sapling itself). This column is centered on the northwestern sapling. Additionally, pale oak trees require a 5×5 column without obstruction for the next 3 layers of its final height. No horizontal clearance is needed at the base of the tree (saplings planted in a 2×2 hole 1 block deep still grow).

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier
[No displayed name]	pale_oak
[No displayed name]	creaking_heart

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier
[No displayed name]	pale_oak_tree_feature
[No displayed name]	pale_oak_tree_with_decorations_and_creaking_heart_feature
[No displayed name]	pale_oak_tree_with_decorations_feature

Config

History

Reveal

September 28, 2024							Pale oak trees were showcased on Minecraft Live 2024.

Java Edition

Java Edition
1.21.2 Experiment Winter Drop			24w40a				Added pale oak trees.
1.21.4			24w44a				The pale oak leaves now emit falling particles.
							Player grown pale oak trees grow without any decorations.
							Naturally generated pale oak trees have pale hanging moss hanging from the foliage, pale moss patches on the ground, and creaking heart blocks can generate in them.
							Naturally spawned pale oak trees with creaking hearts inside now get resin on the logs if a creaking from the creaking heart is attacked.

Bedrock Edition

Bedrock Edition
1.21.50			Preview 1.21.50.20				Added pale oak trees.
			Preview 1.21.50.25				Naturally spawned pale oak trees with creaking hearts inside now get resin on the logs if a creaking from the creaking heart is attacked.
			Preview 1.21.50.26				The pale oak leaves now emit falling particles.

Issues

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

Gallery

Screenshots

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  A pale oak grown from saplings, which does not have pale hanging moss
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  A creaking being hit near a pale oak with its creaking heart exposed
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  Pale oak and dark oak trees on the biome border
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  All 2×2 trees in Minecraft

Mojang images

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  In Minecraft Live 2024, the color of the pale oak leaves were affected by the biome color.
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  A skull made out of pale oak wood

In other media

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  Villager No. 15 opening a pale oak
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  A creaking heart activating behind Villager No. 9
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  Several pale oaks in the key art for The Garden Awakens