Apple
Apples are food items that can be eaten by the player.
Contents
Obtaining[edit]
Trees[edit]
Oak and dark oak leaves have 0.5% (1⁄200) chance of dropping an apple when decayed or broken, but not if burned. Breaking leaves with a tool enchanted with the Fortune enchantment increases the chances of dropping an apple: 0.556% (1⁄180) with Fortune I, 0.625% (1⁄160) with Fortune II, and 0.833% (1⁄120) with Fortune III.
Natural generation[edit]
Item | Structure | Container | Quantity | Chance |
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Java Edition | ||||
Apple | Bonus chest | Chest | 1–2 | 83.8% |
Igloo | Chest | 1–3 | 70.4% | |
Stronghold | Altar chest | 1–3 | 33.5% | |
Storeroom chest | 1–3 | 47.5% | ||
Village | Plains house chest | 1–5 | 74.2% | |
Weaponsmith's chest | 1–3 | 59.8% | ||
Bedrock Edition | ||||
Apple | Bonus chest | Chest | 1–2 | 100% |
Igloo | Chest | 1–3 | 70.4% | |
Stronghold | Altar chest | 1–3 | 32.5% | |
Storeroom chest | 1–3 | 40% | ||
Village | Plains house chest | 1–5 | 74.2% | |
Weaponsmith's chest | 1–3 | 59.8% |
Trading[edit]
Apprentice-level farmer villagers have a 50% (1⁄2)[Bedrock Edition only] or 66.7% (2⁄3)[Java Edition only] chance of selling 4 apples as part of their trades.
Usage[edit]
To eat an apple, press and hold use while it is selected in the hotbar. Eating one restores 4 () hunger and 2.4 saturation.
Crafting ingredient[edit]
Name | Ingredients | Crafting recipe |
---|---|---|
Golden Apple | Gold Ingot + Apple |
Composting[edit]
Placing an apple into a composter has a 65% (13⁄20) chance of raising the compost level by 1.
Sounds[edit]
Sound | Subtitle | Source | Description | Namespaced ID | Translation key | Volume | Pitch | Attenuation distance |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Eating | ? | Eating one single food | entity.generic.eat | subtitles.entity.generic.eat | ? | ? | ? | |
Burp | ? | Eating a singular food | entity.generic.burp | subtitles.entity.generic.burp | ? | ? | ? |
Data values[edit]
ID[edit]
Name | Namespaced ID | Translation key |
---|---|---|
Apple | apple | item.minecraft.apple |
Name | Namespaced ID | Numeric ID | Translation key |
---|---|---|---|
Apple | apple | 260 | item.apple.name |
Advancements[edit]
Icon | Advancement | In-game description | Parent | Actual requirements (if different) | Namespaced ID |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Husbandry | The world is full of friends and food | — | Eat anything that can be eaten. | husbandry/root
|
![]() | A Balanced Diet | Eat everything that is edible, even if it's not good for you | A Seedy Place | Eat each of these 39 foods:
| husbandry/balanced_diet
|
History[edit]
Java Edition Indev | |||||
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0.31 | 20091231-2 | ![]() | |||
Apples are currently non-functional in this version. | |||||
20100111-1 | Apples are now functional and are edible, restoring 2 hearts. They are intended to replace mushrooms, which were previously edible. | ||||
? | Apples now use the texture of golden helmets. | ||||
? | Apples now correctly use the apple texture again. | ||||
Java Edition Infdev | |||||
February 23, 2010 | At the bottom of a crafting guide they made, a player named JTE jokingly indicated that Notch dropped an apple when killed, and that apples could be crafted into something called a "golden apple" – this was a joke on the fact that apples were totally unobtainable.[1][2] | ||||
Minecraft Infdev | 20100227 | Players named "Notch" now drop an apple when they die in addition to their inventory. | |||
Apples are now used to craft golden apples. | |||||
20100327 | With the addition of the respawn feature, apples have become legitimately obtainable in survival and renewable for players named "Notch". | ||||
Java Edition Beta | |||||
1.8 | Pre-release | Apples can now be found in the new stronghold storeroom chests. | |||
Apples now restore 4 (![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||||
Apples are now stackable. | |||||
Java Edition | |||||
1.0.0 | Beta 1.9 Prerelease 3 | Apples are now found in the new stronghold altar chests. | |||
1.1 | 11w48a | Oak leaves now have a 1/200 chance of dropping an apple when destroyed, making apples fully renewable. | |||
12w01a | Apples are now found in the new village blacksmith chests. | ||||
1.3.1 | 12w16a | Apples can now be found in the new bonus chests. | |||
12w18a | "Notch" players no longer drop apples when they die. | ||||
12w21a | Farmer villagers now sell 5 apples for 1 emerald. | ||||
Apples are now used to craft enchanted golden apples. | |||||
1.4.2 | 12w37a | ![]() | |||
1.5 | 13w09b | The Fortune enchantment now increases the chance of dropping apples. | |||
1.9 | 15w43a | Apples may now be found in igloo basement chests. | |||
15w44a | Average yield of apples has been slightly increased in bonus chests. | ||||
Apples can no longer be used to craft enchanted golden apples. | |||||
1.11 | 16w33a | Farmer villagers now sell 5–7 apples for 1 emerald. | |||
1.13 | 17w47a | Prior to The Flattening, this item's numeral ID was 260. | |||
1.14 | 18w43a | ![]() | |||
19w03a | Placing an apple into the new composter has a 50% chance of raising the compost level by 1. | ||||
19w05a | Apples now have a 65% chance of increasing the compost level in a composter by 1. | ||||
Pocket Edition Alpha | |||||
v0.4.0 | ![]() | ||||
v0.8.0 | build 2 | ![]() | |||
v0.12.1 | build 1 | Added apples to the creative inventory. | |||
Apples are now stackable. | |||||
Apples now restore 4 (![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||||
The Fortune enchantment can now be used to increase chance of dropping apples. | |||||
Apples can now be used to craft golden apples and enchanted golden apples. | |||||
v0.15.0 | build 1 | Apples can now be used to feed horses. | |||
Pocket Edition | |||||
1.0.0 | alpha 0.17.0.1 | Apples can now be found inside igloo chests. | |||
1.0.4 | alpha 1.0.4.0 | Farmer villagers now sell 5-7 apples for 1 emerald. | |||
Bedrock Edition | |||||
1.2.0 | beta 1.2.0.2 | Apples can no longer be used to craft enchanted golden apples. | |||
Apples can now be found inside bonus chests. | |||||
1.10.0 | beta 1.10.0.3 | Apples can now be found in plains village weaponsmith chests and plains house chests. | |||
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1.11.0 | beta 1.11.0.1 | Apples can now be found in desert, savanna, taiga and snowy taiga village weaponsmith chests. | |||
Apples can now be used to fill up composters. | |||||
beta 1.11.0.4 | Farmer villagers now sell 4 apples as part of their second tier trades. | ||||
Legacy Console Edition | |||||
TU1 | Patch 1 | ![]() | |||
TU5 | Apples are now stackable. | ||||
Apples now restore 4 (![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||||
TU12 | 1.03 | ![]() | |||
1.90 | ![]() | ||||
New Nintendo 3DS Edition | |||||
0.1.0 | ![]() |
Issues[edit]
Issues relating to "Apple" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.
Trivia[edit]
- Prior to the texture update in Java Edition 1.4.2, the sprite of the red apple was the same as used in Notch's game Legend of the Chambered.