Sapling

This article is about the saplings obtainable by breaking leaves of their respective tree types. For the block used to grow an azalea tree, see Azalea. For the block used to grow a mangrove tree, see Mangrove Propagule. For the block used to grow bamboo, see Bamboo shoot. For the block used to grow huge fungi, see Nether Fungus.

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Sapling

Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)
Tool	Any tool
Blast resistance	0
Hardness	0
Luminous	No
Transparent	Yes
Flammable	No
Catches fire from lava	No
Map color	20 COLOR_PINK  6 METAL All other saplings:  7 PLANT
Note block instrument	Default (Harp)

A sapling is a non-solid block that can be grown into a tree.

Obtaining

Breaking

Saplings can be broken instantly using any tool, including the player's fist, and always drop themselves.

Block	Saplings
Hardness	0
Breaking time (secs)
Default	10.05 (JE) 0.05 (BE)

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

A sapling is removed and drops as an item if:

• its attachment block is moved, removed, or destroyed
• water or lava flows into its space
• a piston tries to push it or moves a block into its space
• in Bedrock Edition, a ravager walks on it, except for cherry or pale oak saplings

Leaves

When leaves decay, or are broken by any tool except shears or tools with Silk Touch, they have a 5% chance of dropping a sapling, except for jungle leaves, which have a 2.5% chance of dropping a sapling. The Fortune enchantment increases the rate to 6.25% (2.78% for jungle leaves) at level I, 8.33% (3.125% for jungle leaves) at level II, and 10% (4.17% for jungle leaves) at level III.

Natural generation

Spruce

Potted spruce saplings generate in taiga and snowy taiga‌^{[BE only]} village mason houses.

Birch

Potted birch saplings generate in the "Large dining room" and "Master bedroom" rooms in woodland mansions.

Dark oak

The "Sapling farm" room in woodland mansions naturally generates with 58 dark oak saplings.

Acacia

Two acacia saplings generate in front of each savanna village library.

Cherry

A cherry sapling can generate in abandoned camps located in cherry groves.

Jungle

A jungle sapling can generate in abandoned camps located in sparse jungles.

Generated loot

Item	Structure	Container	Quantity	Chance
Java Edition
Oak Sapling	Village	Weaponsmith's chest	3–7	22.9% { "item": "Oak Sapling", "stacksize": "3–7", "chance": 0.22884863260948196, "structure": "Village", "container": "Weaponsmith's chest" }
		Plains house chest	1–2	48.2% { "item": "Oak Sapling", "stacksize": "1–2", "chance": 0.4819569376305396, "structure": "Village", "container": "Plains house chest" }
Spruce Sapling	Village	Taiga house chest	1–5	40.6% { "item": "Spruce Sapling", "stacksize": "1–5", "chance": 0.4058792240743314, "structure": "Village", "container": "Taiga house chest" }
Acacia Sapling	Village	Savanna house chest	1–2	71.7% { "item": "Acacia Sapling", "stacksize": "1–2", "chance": 0.7169464744127282, "structure": "Village", "container": "Savanna house chest" }
Bedrock Edition
Oak Sapling	Bonus Chest	Chest	4	14.3% { "item": "Oak Sapling", "stacksize": 4, "chance": 0.1428571428571429, "structure": "Bonus Chest", "container": "Chest" }
	Village	Cartographer's chest	1–2	26.3% { "item": "Oak Sapling", "stacksize": "1–2", "chance": 0.26288199999999995, "structure": "Village", "container": "Cartographer's chest" }
		Plains house chest	1–2	48.2% { "item": "Oak Sapling", "stacksize": "1–2", "chance": 0.4819569376305396, "structure": "Village", "container": "Plains house chest" }
		Weaponsmith's chest	3–7	22.9% { "item": "Oak Sapling", "stacksize": "3–7", "chance": 0.22884863260948196, "structure": "Village", "container": "Weaponsmith's chest" }
Birch Sapling	Bonus Chest	Chest	4	14.3% { "item": "Birch Sapling", "stacksize": 4, "chance": 0.1428571428571429, "structure": "Bonus Chest", "container": "Chest" }
Spruce Sapling	Bonus Chest	Chest	4	14.3% { "item": "Spruce Sapling", "stacksize": 4, "chance": 0.1428571428571429, "structure": "Bonus Chest", "container": "Chest" }
	Village	Taiga house chest	1–5	43.7% { "item": "Spruce Sapling", "stacksize": "1–5", "chance": 0.4373709452178328, "structure": "Village", "container": "Taiga house chest" }
Acacia Sapling	Bonus Chest	Chest	4	14.3% { "item": "Acacia Sapling", "stacksize": 4, "chance": 0.1428571428571429, "structure": "Bonus Chest", "container": "Chest" }
	Village	Savanna house chest	1–2	71.7% { "item": "Acacia Sapling", "stacksize": "1–2", "chance": 0.7169464744127282, "structure": "Village", "container": "Savanna house chest" }
Dark Oak Sapling	Bonus Chest	Chest	4	14.3% { "item": "Dark Oak Sapling", "stacksize": 4, "chance": 0.1428571428571429, "structure": "Bonus Chest", "container": "Chest" }

Trading

Wandering traders may sell 1 of any sapling for 5 emeralds.

Villager		Probability		Villager wants	Player receives	Trades in stock	Villager experience	Price multiplier
		JE	BE
Wandering Trader	Ordinary	6%	6%	5 × Emerald	Acacia Sapling	8	—	—
		6%	6%	5 × Emerald	Birch Sapling	8	—	—
		6%	6%	5 × Emerald	Cherry Sapling	8	—	—
		6%	6%	5 × Emerald	Dark Oak Sapling	8	—	—
		6%	6%	5 × Emerald	Jungle Sapling	8	—	—
		6%	6%	5 × Emerald	Oak Sapling	8	—	—
		6%	6%	5 × Emerald	Pale Oak Sapling	8	—	—
		6%	6%	5 × Emerald	Spruce Sapling	8	—	—
		6%	6%	5 × Emerald	Poplar Sapling	8	—	—

Mob loot

In Bedrock Edition, wandering traders have a chance of 25% (increased by 1% per level of Looting) to drop 1 sapling when killed while showing the item as trade offer, if the player holds an emerald.

Usage

Growing trees

Saplings come in eight varieties, each of which can grow into a corresponding tree: oak, birch, spruce, jungle, acacia, dark oak, pale oak, cherry, and poplar.

Saplings can grow into trees when placed on all variants of dirt (except dirt paths) or moss blocks. In Java Edition, saplings can only be placed on these blocks normally but can still grow on other blocks.

Saplings have two growth stages (with no visible difference between them using default resources) before growing into trees as the third stage. Bone meal can be used to speed up the growth of the sapling, even without sufficient light. Otherwise, the block above the sapling requires a light level of at least 9 for its growth stage to increase.

Some saplings can be grown in a 2×2 pattern to grow into a bigger tree, and some need to be grown in a 2×2 pattern. The chart below shows which sapling grows into which tree under what condition.

Sapling	1×1	2×2
Oak Sapling	Oak or Fancy Oak	Nothing
Spruce Sapling	Spruce	Mega Spruce or Mega Pine
Birch Sapling	Birch	Nothing
Jungle Sapling	Jungle Tree	Mega Jungle Tree
Acacia Sapling	Acacia	Nothing
Dark Oak Sapling	Nothing	Dark Oak
Cherry Sapling	Cherry	Nothing
Pale Oak Sapling	Nothing	Pale Oak
Poplar Sapling	Orange Poplar, Yellow Poplar or Red Poplar	Nothing

When a tree is to be grown, a height is chosen and the ground and space above are checked; if the ground is bad or there is no space for the chosen height, the tree does not grow. A certain volume of space is required above the sapling, based on its type:

• Oak needs at least 5 spaces above (3×3 column) to grow normally. If a block is present in the growth space (but not directly above the sapling), the tree still grows, but is forced to grow a large variant.
• Birch needs at least 6 spaces above (3×3 column).
• Spruce needs at least 6 spaces above (5×5 column) when placing a single sapling.
  • Giant spruce needs at least 14 spaces above (6×6 column‌^{[Bedrock Edition only]} or 5×5 column centered on the northwest sapling‌^{[Java Edition only]}) when planted as 4 saplings in a 2×2 square. Also requires the 4×4 area centered on the saplings‌^{[Bedrock Edition only]} or 3×3 area centered on the northwest sapling‌^{[Java Edition only]} at the same level to be empty.^[1]
• Jungle needs at least 5 spaces above (3×3 column) when placing a single sapling.
  • Giant jungle needs at least 11 spaces above (6×6 column‌^{[Bedrock Edition only]} or 5×5 column centered on the northwest sapling‌^{[Java Edition only]}) when planted as 4 saplings in a 2×2 square. Also requires the 3×3 area centered on the saplings and to the north/west of the sapling at the same level to be empty of any type of block, including transparent ones. However, a giant jungle tree can grow if the north/west blocks are any type of log, wood or leaves.^[1]
• Acacia needs at least 6 spaces above (5×5 column).
• Dark oak and pale oak need at least 7 spaces above (6×6 column‌^{[Bedrock Edition only]} or 3×3 column centered on the northwest sapling‌^{[Java Edition only]}) and must be planted as 4 saplings in a 2×2 square.
• Cherry needs at least 8 spaces above (5×5 column).

In addition:

• A spruce or jungle sapling cannot grow if it is part of a 2×2 square of saplings that doesn't meet the requirements for a giant tree.
  • The sapling searches for a 2×2 square of saplings in the sequence of southeast, northeast, southwest and northwest, only the first found 2×2 sapling square tries to grow, and all the other saplings may serve as obstructions.^{[verify for Bedrock Edition]} And because a 2×2 sapling square sequenced later always contains a sapling within the required space of another sapling square sequenced earlier, all growth attempts of a sapling that is part of more than one 2×2 sapling squares fail.
• Except for giant jungle and giant spruce (as noted above), sapling growth is not affected by nearby blocks on the same level as the sapling(s).

In Java Edition, blocks in the #replaceable_by_trees tag are treated as empty, and all types of log blocks, wood blocks, stripped variants, and leaves are exceptions (they don't stop growth). In Bedrock Edition, log and wood blocks are treated like other block types and stop the sapling from growing if they are above it.

When a sapling on a grass block grows into a tree, the grass block becomes a dirt block. In Java Edition most types of saplings also turn mycelium and any block not in the dirt tag under them into dirt when growing, and azalea saplings are an exception that turn any block under them into rooted dirt.

Bee nests

Oak, birch, and cherry trees grown from saplings that are within 2 blocks of any flower, flowering azalea,‌^{[JE only]} or flowering azalea leaves‌^{[JE only]} have a 5% chance to grow with a bee nest and 2-3 bees in it.

Decoration

Any kind of sapling can be placed in a flower pot.

Fuel

Saplings can be used as fuel in furnaces, smelting 0.5 items per sapling.

Composting

Placing a sapling into a composter has a 30% chance of raising the compost level by 1. A stack of saplings yields an average of 2.74 bone meal.

Sounds

Cherry sapling

Java Edition:

cherry_sapling sound type
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	​Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	block.cherry_sapling.break	subtitles.block.generic.break​	1.0	0.8	16
	​Block placed​[until: JE 26.4]	Blocks	When the block is placed	block.cherry_sapling.place	subtitles.block.generic.place​	1.0	0.8	16
	​Block breaking	Blocks	Not normally encounterable[sound 1]	block.cherry_sapling.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.cherry_sapling.fall	subtitles.block.generic.fall​	0.5	0.75	16
	​Footsteps	Entity-Dependent	Walking on the block	block.cherry_sapling.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.15	1.0	16

Bedrock Edition:

bamboo_sapling sound type
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch
	​Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	block.bamboo_sapling.break	​ ?	0.9	0.8–1.0
	​Block placed	Blocks	When the block is placed	block.bamboo_sapling.place	​ ?	0.85	0.8–1.0

Other saplings

Java Edition:

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

Bedrock Edition:

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

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Block tags	Item tags	Translation key
Oak Sapling	oak_sapling	Block & Item	saplings	saplings	block.minecraft.oak_sapling
Spruce Sapling	spruce_sapling	Block & Item	saplings	saplings	block.minecraft.spruce_sapling
Birch Sapling	birch_sapling	Block & Item	saplings	saplings	block.minecraft.birch_sapling
Jungle Sapling	jungle_sapling	Block & Item	saplings	saplings	block.minecraft.jungle_sapling
Acacia Sapling	acacia_sapling	Block & Item	saplings	saplings	block.minecraft.acacia_sapling
Dark Oak Sapling	dark_oak_sapling	Block & Item	saplings	saplings	block.minecraft.dark_oak_sapling
Cherry Sapling	cherry_sapling	Block & Item	saplings	saplings	block.minecraft.cherry_sapling
Pale Oak Sapling	pale_oak_sapling	Block & Item	saplings	saplings	block.minecraft.pale_oak_sapling
Poplar Sapling	poplar_sapling	Block & Item	saplings	saplings	block.minecraft.poplar_sapling

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Alias ID	Numeric ID	Form	Item ID[i 1]	Translation key
Oak Sapling	oak_sapling	sapling / 0	6	Block & Giveable Item[i 2]	Identical[i 3]	tile.sapling.oak.name
Spruce Sapling	spruce_sapling	sapling / 1	1080	Block & Giveable Item[i 2]	Identical[i 3] (Numeric: -825)	tile.sapling.spruce.name
Birch Sapling	birch_sapling	sapling / 2	1081	Block & Giveable Item[i 2]	Identical[i 3] (Numeric: -826)	tile.sapling.birch.name
Jungle Sapling	jungle_sapling	sapling / 3	1082	Block & Giveable Item[i 2]	Identical[i 3] (Numeric: -827)	tile.sapling.jungle.name
Acacia Sapling	acacia_sapling	sapling / 4	1083	Block & Giveable Item[i 2]	Identical[i 3] (Numeric: -828)	tile.sapling.acacia.name
Dark Oak Sapling	dark_oak_sapling	sapling / 5	1084	Block & Giveable Item[i 2]	Identical[i 3] (Numeric: -829)	tile.sapling.big_oak.name
Cherry Sapling	cherry_sapling	None	802	Block & Giveable Item[i 2]	Identical[i 3] (Numeric: -547)	tile.cherry_sapling.name
Pale Oak Sapling	pale_oak_sapling	None	1261	Block & Giveable Item[i 2]	Identical[i 3] (Numeric: -1006)	tile.pale_oak_sapling.name
Poplar Sapling	poplar_sapling	None	1398	Block & Giveable Item[i 2]	Identical[i 3] (Numeric: -1143)	tile.poplar_sapling.name

Block states

Java Edition:

Bedrock Edition:

History

Java Edition

Java Edition pre-Classic
rd-161348							Added saplings as the fifth placeable block in the game.
							Pressing 6 selects it. (It was not on 5, which was empty, as Notch thought his sapling texture was "ugly" and tried to "hide" the block.[2])
Java Edition Classic
0.0.13a							Changed texture and model of saplings.
0.0.19a							Saplings can now be selected on the hotbar, rather than strictly requiring a number key as placeable blocks did previously.
August 25, 2009							Notch showed saplings growing into trees.
0.24_SURVIVAL_TEST							Added tree growth.
Java Edition Indev
0.31			20091223-0040				Saplings now have a stretched model with wider texture planes.
			20100109-1939				The texture of saplings has been changed.
			20100124-2119				A full stack of saplings now generates in a chest inside the starting house.
			20100129-1447				Saplings no longer generate in a chest inside the starting house.
Java Edition Infdev
20100227-1414							Saplings no longer grow.
20100413-1951							Saplings can now grow again.
							Placing saplings crashes the game.
20100414							Placing saplings no longer crashes the game.
20100607							Saplings grow into regular trees again.
Java Edition Beta
1.5							Added spruce and birch saplings. Before, trees dropped only oak saplings, regardless of the tree.
							Saplings can now be used as fuel in furnaces.
							Oak saplings from prior to this update could convert to spruce or birch saplings.​ This was presumably due to the data now used for specifying sapling type previously being used for age calculations.
Java Edition
1.1			12w01a				Oak saplings can now be found in the new village blacksmith chests.
1.2.1			12w04a				Added jungle saplings.
							The texture of oak saplings has been changed.
1.3.1			12w17a				Saplings now have names based on their type of tree.
1.4.2			12w34a				The ability to place saplings in flower pots has been added.
1.7.2			13w43a				Added acacia and roofed oak saplings.
							Blocks can now be replaced with log by growing dark oak saplings. If pre-existing parts of a dark oak tree exist, the tree may randomly grow downward, replacing any block in the way with wood.
			1.7				"Roofed Oak Sapling" has been renamed to "Dark Oak Sapling".
1.8			14w07a				Sapling texture planes are no longer stretched by a factor of sqrt2.
			14w10a				Saplings of metadata 8-13 (closer to growth) now have no model.
			14w10b				Saplings 8-13 now have models again.
			14w10c				Sapling texture planes are now stretched a bit more than they were previously - were the texture full, it would reach the corners of the block.
			14w17a				Sapling texture planes are now the same size as they were before 14w07a.
			14w25a				Saplings are now affected by the same shading full blocks are.
			14w26a				Saplings are no longer subject to shading.
1.8.2			pre4				Blocks can no longer be replaced using dark oak tree growth.
1.11			16w39a				Dark oak and birch saplings now generate in woodland mansions.
1.14			18w43a				The textures of all saplings have been changed.
			18w48a				Oak saplings can now be found in chests in plains village houses.
			18w49a				Acacia saplings can now be found in chests in savanna village houses.
							Acacia saplings now generate in front of savanna village libraries.
			18w50a				Spruce saplings can now be found in chests in taiga village houses.
							Potted spruce saplings now generate in taiga village mason houses.
			19w03a				Placing a sapling into the new composter block has a 10% chance of raising the compost level by 1.
			19w05a				Saplings now have a 30% chance of increasing the compost level in a composter by 1.
							Added wandering traders, which sell all types of saplings.
1.15			19w34a				Bee nests were added, which have a chance to generate on trees grown from saplings.​
			19w35a				Bee nests can no longer generate on trees grown from saplings.
1.15.2			pre1				Oak and birch saplings grown within 2 blocks of a flower on the same y-level now have a 5% chance to have a bee nest.
1.17			21w16a				Saplings can now be planted and grown on mycelium and moss blocks.[3]
1.18			21w38a				Saplings can now grow into trees regardless of the blocks under them. Previously, saplings could only grow when placed on all variants of dirt (except dirt paths) or moss blocks, and only the block under the northwest sapling was checked for a 2×2 tree.
1.19.4 Experiment Update 1.20			23w07a				Added cherry saplings behind the "Update 1.20" experimental data pack.
			pre2				The texture of cherry saplings has been changed.
1.20			23w12a				Cherry saplings are now available without using the "Update 1.20" experimental data pack.
1.21.2 Experiment Winter Drop			24w40a				Added pale oak saplings behind the "Winter Drop" experimental data pack.
1.21.4			24w44a				Pale oak saplings are now available without using the “Winter Drop” experimental data pack.
							Pale oak saplings can now be sold by the wandering trader.
1.21.5			25w02a				Pale oak saplings now have an updated map color.
26.3			snap1				Added poplar saplings.
			snap2				Poplar saplings now break if water flows into its space.[4]
							Poplar saplings can now be used as fuel.[5]
							Poplar saplings are now included in the item tag and block tag saplings.[6]

Bedrock Edition

Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.3.2							Added oak, spruce, and birch saplings.
v0.3.3							Saplings are now available in the creative inventory.
v0.8.0			build 1				The texture of oak saplings has been changed.
							Saplings can now be used as fuel in a furnace.
v0.9.0			build 1				Added jungle, acacia and dark oak saplings.
			build 5				Spruce saplings can now be used to grow mega spruce trees.
Pocket Edition
1.1.0			alpha 1.1.0.0				Dark oak and birch saplings now generate in woodland mansions.
Bedrock Edition
1.2.0			beta 1.2.0.2				Saplings can now be found in bonus chests.
1.10.0			beta 1.10.0.3				Saplings can now be bought from wandering traders.
							Potted spruce saplings can now be found in taiga and snowy taiga village mason houses.
							Acacia saplings now generate in some savanna village houses.
							The textures of all saplings have been changed.
1.11.0			beta 1.11.0.1				Oak saplings can now be found in village cartographer and plains village house chests.
							Acacia saplings can now be found in savanna village house chests.
							Spruce saplings can now be found in taiga and snowy taiga village house chests.
							Saplings can now be used to fill up composters.
1.16.0			beta 1.15.0.51				Oak and birch saplings grown within 2 blocks of a flower on the same y-level now have a 5% chance to have a bee nest.
1.19.80 Experiment Next Major Update			Preview 1.19.80.20				Added cherry saplings behind the "Next Major Update" experimental toggle.
1.20.0			Preview 1.20.0.21				Cherry saplings are now available without using the "Next Major Update" experimental toggle.
1.21.50			Preview 1.21.50.20				Added pale oak saplings.
1.21.60			Preview 1.21.60.21				Saplings no longer appear mirrored when viewed from certain angles.[7]
26.40 Experiment Drop 3 of 2026			Preview 26.40.27				Added poplar saplings.
26.50			Preview 26.50.22				All features from the "Drop 3 of 2026" experiment have been fully implemented.

Legacy Console Edition

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, spruce, and birch saplings.
TU3							The texture of oak saplings has been changed.
TU12							Added jungle tree saplings.
TU14		1.04					The ability to place saplings in flower pots has been added.
TU31	CU19	1.22	1.22	1.22	Patch 3		Added acacia and dark oak saplings.
TU54	CU44	1.52	1.52	1.52	Patch 24	1.0.4	Dark oak and birch saplings now generate in woodland mansions.
			1.90				The textures of all saplings have been changed.
			1.91				Added wandering traders, which sell all types of saplings.
							Saplings can now be used to fill up composters.

New Nintendo 3DS Edition

New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0							Added saplings.

Data history

Java Edition

Java Edition
1.8			14w06a				All six saplings now use the newly-implemented model json file models/block/cross.json; previously the geometry was defined in the game code itself.
			14w10a				Saplings with numerical metadata variants 6, 7, 14 and 15, which are inaccessible through normal gameplay, now have no model rather than appearing identical to dark oak saplings.
			14w25a				Saplings are now defined via block states rather than by numerical metadata. Prior to this version, the numerical metadata variants of sapling were as follows: DV Description 0 Oak Sapling 1 Spruce Sapling 2 Birch Sapling 3 Jungle Sapling 4 Acacia Sapling 5 Dark Oak Sapling 6-15 Inaccessible "boring" variants of saplings ​
			14w26a				Saplings with metadata values 6, 7, 14 and 15 have been completely removed from the game.
1.13			17w47a				The different type block states for the sapling ID have now been split up into their own IDs.
							Prior to The Flattening, this block's numeral ID was 6.
1.17			21w19a				#minecraft:saplings has been added to the newly-implemented #minecraft:mineable/axe block tag. This, however, has no effect in-game, since the blocks break instantly anyway regardless of tool used or active effects. Prior to this, saplings were hardcoded to 'prefer' axes.
1.21.5			25w10a				#minecraft:saplings has been removed from the block tags #minecraft:mineable/axe and #minecraft:sword_efficient.

Bedrock Edition

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  Unused sapling snow overlay texture.
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  The texture over a sapling.

Issues

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

Trivia

• If the player stands on the same block as a placed tree sapling, the tree still grows over the player, causing suffocation as it pushes the player out of the block.

Gallery

Screenshots

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  Old Oak Sapling
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  All saplings, with the trees they grow into behind them

In other media

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  Official render of Zuri, Sunny, and Efe planting an oak sapling for Arbor Day
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  Kai thinking about planting a cherry sapling

See also

• Nether Fungi
• Mangrove Propagule
• Tree

References

External links

• "Taking Inventory: Sapling" by Duncan Geere – Minecraft.net, April 8, 2020.