Sapling

Sapling

Transparent	Yes
Luminance	0
Blast resistance	0
Tool	Any tool
Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)
Flammable	No
Drops	Itself
Data value	dec: 06 hex: 6 bin: 110
Name	See Data values

A sapling is one of seven types of plant; six of which can be grown into a tree and one which grows into bamboo.

Obtaining

Saplings can be broken using any tool, and (with the exception of bamboo saplings) will always drop themselves.

Leaves

When leaves are broken by any tool except shears, they will 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

Oak saplings can be found in 25.6% of village blacksmith chests in stacks of 3–7.

In Bedrock Edition all saplings can be found in 16.7% of bonus chests in stacks of 4.

Dark oak saplings generate naturally in a certain room in woodland mansions. They are also found inside a chest in that room.

Usage

Growing trees

See also: Tree

Saplings come in seven varieties, one for each of six trees: oak, birch, spruce, jungle, acacia, and dark oak. There is also the bamboo sapling, linked to the bamboo plant.

Tree saplings can grow into trees when placed on dirt, podzol or a grass block. Oak, birch, and (normal) spruce can also grow on farmland, and 2×2 trees only check for dirt or grass under the northwestern-most sapling. The sapling requires a light level of at least 9, and require a certain amount of space around the sapling, based on its type:

• Oak needs at least 5 spaces above
• Birch needs at least 6 spaces above
• Spruce needs at least 7 spaces above when placing a single sapling
  • Giant spruce needs at least 14 spaces above when planted as 4 saplings in a 2×2 square
• Jungle needs at least 5 spaces above when placing a single sapling
  • Giant jungle needs at least 11 spaces above and 1 space adjacent when planted as 4 saplings in a 2×2 square
• Acacia needs at least 6 spaces above
• Dark oak needs at least 7 spaces above and must be planted as 4 saplings in a 2×2 square

Bone meal can be used to speed up the growth of the sapling, and to grow the tree without sufficient light.

Tree saplings have two growth stages (with no visible difference between them) before growing into trees. When a tree is to be grown, a height is chosen and then the ground and space are checked; if the ground is bad or there is not space for the chosen height, the tree will not grow.

Oak saplings will grow through dirt, replacing it with wood trunks.

Single and giant trees will not grow when they have an adjacent block next to them above ground, including half blocks. Single trees will allow objects to be placed at their diagonals without impeding growth, giant trees will not. Oak trees ignore adjacent blocks and will grow anyway, provided there is enough space above.

Decoration

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

Fuel

Tree saplings can be used as a fuel in furnaces, smelting 0.5 items per sapling.

Composting

Placing saplings into a composter has a 10% chance of raising the compost level by 1.‌^{[upcoming 1.14]}

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Block	Name ID
Oak Sapling	oak_sapling
Spruce Sapling	spruce_sapling
Birch Sapling	birch_sapling
Jungle Sapling	jungle_sapling
Acacia Sapling	acacia_sapling
Dark Oak Sapling	dark_oak_sapling

Bedrock Edition:

Block	Name ID	Numeric ID
Sapling	sapling	6

Block data

See also: Data values

In Bedrock Edition, saplings use the following data values:

Bits	Values
0x1 0x2 0x4	A three-bit field storing a value of 0 to 5 specifying the type of sapling: 0: Oak Sapling 1: Spruce Sapling 2: Birch Sapling 3: Jungle Sapling 4: Acacia Sapling 5: Dark Oak Sapling
0x8	Set if sapling is ready to grow into a tree.

Block states

See also: Block states

Name	Value	Description
stage	0 1	Specifies the sapling's growth stage.

History

Java Edition Pre-classic
rd-161348					Saplings were added to the game.
Java Edition Classic
0.0.11a					Changed texture from original.
0.0.13a					The texture was changed back to the original.
August 25, 2009					Showed saplings growing into trees.
0.24_SURVIVAL_TEST					Added tree growth.[needs testing]
Java Edition Indev
0.31					Changed texture.
Java Edition Infdev
April 20, 2010					Saplings can grow into fancy trees instead of the original pattern.
June 7, 2010					Saplings grow into regular trees again.
Java Edition Beta
1.5					Added birch and spruce saplings. Before, trees only dropped oak saplings, regardless of the tree.
					Saplings can now be used as fuel in furnaces.
Java Edition
1.1			12w01a		Oak Saplings can be found in the new village blacksmith chests.
1.2.1			12w04a		Changed texture of oak saplings.
					Added Jungle saplings.
1.3.1			12w17a		Saplings now have names based on their type of tree.
1.4.2			12w34a		Added the ability to place saplings in flower pots.
1.7.2			13w43a		Added Acacia and Roofed Oak saplings.
			1.7-pre		Renamed Roofed Oak to Dark Oak.
			?		Blocks can be replaced with wood by growing dark oak saplings. If pre-existing parts of a dark oak tree exist, the tree may randomly grow downwards, replacing any block in the way with wood.
1.8.2			pre4		Blocks can no longer be replaced using dark oak saplings.
1.11			16w39a		Dark oak and birch saplings now generate in woodland mansions.
1.13			17w47a		The different type block states for the sapling ID have been split up into their own IDs.
					Prior to The Flattening, this block's numeral ID was 6.
			19w03a		Placing a sapling into the new composter has a 10% chance of raising the compost level by 1.
Pocket Edition Alpha
0.3.2					Added oak, birch and spruce saplings.
0.9.0			build 1		Added jungle, acacia and dark oak saplings.
			build 5		Spruce saplings can be used to grow mega spruce trees.
Pocket Edition
1.1			build 1		Dark oak and birch saplings now generate in woodland mansions.
Legacy Console Edition
TU1	CU1	1.0	Patch 1		Added oak saplings.
TU9					Added birch and spruce saplings.
TU12					Added jungle saplings.
TU31	CU19	1.22	Patch 3		Added acacia and dark oak saplings.

Issues

Issues relating to "Sapling" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.

Trivia

• If the player stands on the same block as a placed tree sapling, the tree will still grow over the player, which will cause suffocation as it pushes the player out of the block.
• Saplings can grow without the required amount of light if bone meal is used.

Gallery

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  All tree saplings with their respective wood.

Blocks

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