Leaves

Leaves

Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)
Tools
Blast resistance	0.2
Hardness	0.2
Luminant	No
Transparent	Partial (diffuses sky light)
Flammable	Yes (30)
Catches fire from lava	Yes

Leaves are blocks that grow as part of trees. Leaves mainly drop saplings and sticks.

Occurrence

Natural generation

Leaves on fast and on fancy graphic.

Leaves occur naturally on trees throughout the Overworld. Dark oak leaves also generate in woodland mansions.

Obtaining

Loot

From block loot

Leaves can be obtained only with shears or Silk Touch enchanted tools.

Namespaced ID	Source	Drops
		Default	Silk Touch	Other tool
blocks/oak_leaves	Oak Leaves	See #Block loot	1 (100%)	1 (100%)
blocks/birch_leaves	Birch Leaves	See #Block loot	1 (100%)	1 (100%)
blocks/spruce_leaves	Spruce Leaves	See #Block loot	1 (100%)	1 (100%)
blocks/jungle_leaves	Jungle Leaves	See #Block loot	1 (100%)	1 (100%)
blocks/acacia_leaves	Acacia Leaves	See #Block loot	1 (100%)	1 (100%)
blocks/dark_oak_leaves	Dark Oak Leaves	See #Block loot	1 (100%)	1 (100%)

Usage

Leaves from trees spontaneously decay (disappear) when they receive a block tick if they are not connected to any log, either directly or via other leaf block, with a maximum distance of 6 blocks. Player-placed leaf blocks never decay.

Leaves that decay, or are destroyed without using shears, yield saplings or sticks 5% (¹⁄₂₀) of the time, and otherwise drop nothing. Jungle leaves drop saplings 2.5% (¹⁄₄₀) of the time. Oak and dark oak leaves also have a separate but additional 0.5% (¹⁄₂₀₀) chance of dropping an apple, making it extremely rare but possible for a single leaf to drop a sapling along with an apple. Rates are increased by the Fortune enchantment. Leaves that are burned do not yield saplings or apples.

Leaves take on a different shade of green depending on the biome in which they are placed.

Leaves are always transparent to light, but cannot be seen through when the graphics mode is set to "Fast"; the transparent regions are instead black. They diffuse sky light, causing the shadows they cast under trees.

Breaking

Hoes are the default tools for breaking leaves, but leaves can be obtained only with shears or Silk Touch enchanted tools.

Block	Leaves
Hardness	0.2
Tool
Breaking time
Default	0.35
Wooden	0.2
Stone	0.1
Iron	0.05
Diamond	0.05
Netherite	0.05
Golden	0.05
Shears	0.05
Sword	0.2

Block loot

See also: Fortune § Tabulated probabilities

Namespaced ID	Source	Drops
		Default	Silk Touch	Other tool
blocks/oak_leaves	Oak Leaves	1 (5%) 1 (0.5%) 1-2 (2%)	1 (100%)	1 (100%)
blocks/birch_leaves	Birch Leaves	1 (5%) 1-2 (2%)	1 (100%)	1 (100%)
blocks/spruce_leaves	Spruce Leaves	1 (5%) 1-2 (2%)	1 (100%)	1 (100%)
blocks/jungle_leaves	Jungle Leaves	1 (2.5%) 1-2 (2%)	1 (100%)	1 (100%)
blocks/acacia_leaves	Acacia Leaves	1 (5%) 1-2 (2%)	1 (100%)	1 (100%)
blocks/dark_oak_leaves	Dark Oak Leaves	1 (5%) 1 (0.5%) 1-2 (2%)	1 (100%)	1 (100%)

Redstone component

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.

Composting

Leaves have a 30% chance of increasing the compost level in a composter by 1.

List of colors

Java Edition

Hard-coded colors

• In the inventory, oak, jungle, acacia, and dark oak leaves are colored
   #48B518.
• Spruce leaves are colored
   #619961, and is not affected by biome or inventory color.
• Birch leaves are colored
   #80a755, and is not affected by biome or inventory color.

Biome colors

These values are generated by the biome dyeing algorithm. See Biome colors for more information.

Biome	Category	Rainfall	Foliage Color	Temperature Affects	Render
Badlands	Mesa	No	#9e814d	No
Badlands Plateau	Mesa	No	#9e814d	No
Beach	Beach	Rain	#77ab2f
Birch Forest	Forest	Rain	#6ba941
Birch Forest Hills	Forest	Rain	#6ba941
Cold Ocean	Ocean	Rain	#71a74d
Dark Forest	Forest	Rain	#59ae30
Dark Forest Hills	Forest	Rain	#59ae30
Deep Cold Ocean	Ocean	Rain	#71a74d
Deep Frozen Ocean	Ocean	Rain	#71a74d
Deep Lukewarm Ocean	Ocean	Rain	#71a74d
Deep Ocean	Ocean	Rain	#71a74d
Deep Warm Ocean	Ocean	Rain	#71a74d
Desert	Desert	No	#aea42a
Desert Hills	Desert	No	#aea42a
Desert Lakes	Desert	No	#aea42a
End Barrens	The End	No	#71a74d
End Highlands	The End	No	#71a74d
End Midlands	The End	No	#71a74d
Eroded Badlands	Mesa	No	#9e814d	No
Flower Forest	Forest	Rain	#59ae30
Forest	Forest	Rain	#59ae30
Frozen Ocean	Ocean	Snow	#60a17b
Frozen River	River	Snow	#60a17b
Giant Spruce Taiga	Taiga	Rain	#68a464
Giant Spruce Taiga Hills	Taiga	Rain	#68a464
Giant Tree Taiga	Taiga	Rain	#68a55f
Giant Tree Taiga Hills	Taiga	Rain	#68a55f
Gravelly Mountains	Extreme Hills	Rain	#6da36b
Gravelly Mountains+	Extreme Hills	Rain	#6da36b
Ice Spikes	Icy	Snow	#60a17b
Jungle	Jungle	Rain	#30bb0b
Jungle Edge	Jungle	Rain	#3eb80f
Jungle Hills	Jungle	Rain	#30bb0b
Lukewarm Ocean	Ocean	Rain	#71a74d
Modified Badlands Plateau	Mesa	No	#9e814d	No
Modified Jungle	Jungle	Rain	#30bb0b
Modified Jungle Edge	Jungle	Rain	#3eb80f
Modified Wooded Badlands Plateau	Mesa	No	#9e814d	No
Mountain Edge	Extreme Hills	Rain	#6da36b
Mountains	Extreme Hills	Rain	#6da36b
Mushroom Fields	Mushroom	Rain	#2bbb0f
Mushroom Field Shore	Mushroom	Rain	#2bbb0f
Nether	Nether	No	#aea42a
Ocean	Ocean	Rain	#71a74d
Plains	Plains	Rain	#77ab2f
River	River	Rain	#71a74d
Savanna	Savanna	No	#aea42a
Savanna Plateau	Savanna	No	#aea42a
Shattered Savanna	Savanna	No	#aea42a
Shattered Savanna Plateau	Savanna	No	#aea42a
Small End Islands	The End	No	#71a74d
Snowy Beach	Beach	Snow	#64a278
Snowy Mountains	Icy	Snow	#60a17b
Snowy Taiga	Taiga	Snow	#60a17b
Snowy Taiga Hills	Taiga	Snow	#60a17b
Snowy Taiga Mountains	Taiga	Snow	#60a17b
Snowy Tundra	Icy	Snow	#60a17b
Stone Shore	None	Rain	#6da36b
Sunflower Plains	Plains	Rain	#77ab2f
Swamp	Swamp	Rain	#6a7039	If temperature below -0.1, used #4C763C.	/
Swamp Hills	Swamp	Rain	#6a7039	If temperature below -0.1, used #4C763C.	/
Taiga	Taiga	Rain	#68a464
Taiga Hills	Taiga	Rain	#68a464
Taiga Mountains	Taiga	Rain	#68a464
Tall Birch Forest	Forest	Rain	#6ba941
Tall Birch Hills	Forest	Rain	#6ba941
The End	The End	No	#71a74d
The Void	None	No	#71a74d
Warm Ocean	Ocean	Rain	#71a74d
Wooded Badlands Plateau	Mesa	No	#9e814d	No
Wooded Hills	Forest	Rain	#59ae30
Wooded Mountains	Extreme Hills	Rain	#6da36b

Bedrock Edition

In Bedrock Edition, leaves appear as snow-covered during snowfall, however, these appearances are exclusive to snowy tundra, frozen river, snowy beach, snowy taiga, and mountain biomes and their variants. However, leaves are snow-covered only during snowfalls when fancy graphics are enabled.

Sounds

Java Edition:

Sound	Subtitle	Source	Description	Namespaced ID	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	Block broken	Blocks	Breaking the block	block.grass.break	subtitles.block.generic.break	1.0	0.8	16
	None	Blocks	Falling on the block with fall damage	block.grass.fall	None	0.5	0.75	16
	Block breaking	Blocks	Mining the block	block.grass.hit	subtitles.block.generic.hit	0.25	0.5	16
	Block placed	Blocks	Placing the block	block.grass.place	subtitles.block.generic.place	1.0	0.8	16
	Footsteps	Blocks	Walking on the block	block.grass.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps	0.15	1.0	16

Bedrock Edition: ^{[needs in-game testing]}

Sound	Description	Namespaced ID	Volume	Pitch
?	Breaking the block	dig.grass	0.5	0.8
?	Falling on the block with fall damage	fall.grass	?	?
?	Mining the block	hit.grass	0.6	0.5
?	Jumping from the block	jump.grass	?	?
?	Falling on the block without fall damage	land.grass	?	?
?	Walking on the block	step.grass	?	?
?	Placing the block	dig.grass	1	0.8

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Namespaced ID	Item tags (JE)	Translation key
Oak Leaves	oak_leaves	leaves	block.minecraft.oak_leaves
Spruce Leaves	spruce_leaves	leaves	block.minecraft.spruce_leaves
Birch Leaves	birch_leaves	leaves	block.minecraft.birch_leaves
Jungle Leaves	jungle_leaves	leaves	block.minecraft.jungle_leaves
Acacia Leaves	acacia_leaves	leaves	block.minecraft.acacia_leaves
Dark Oak Leaves	dark_oak_leaves	leaves	block.minecraft.dark_oak_leaves

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Namespaced ID	Numeric ID	Translation key
Leaves (oak, spruce, birch and jungle)	leaves	18	?
Leaves (acacia and dark oak)	leaves2	261	?

Block data

See also: Data values

In Bedrock Edition, leaves use the following data values:

Leaves

	DV	Description
	0	Oak Leaves
	1	Spruce Leaves
	2	Birch Leaves
	3	Jungle Leaves
	4	Oak Leaves (no decay)
	5	Spruce Leaves (no decay)
	6	Birch Leaves (no decay)
	7	Jungle Leaves (no decay)
	8	Oak Leaves (check decay)
	9	Spruce Leaves (check decay)
	10	Birch Leaves (check decay)
	11	Jungle Leaves (check decay)
	12	Oak Leaves (no decay and check decay)
	13	Spruce Leaves (no decay and check decay)
	14	Birch Leaves (no decay and check decay)
	15	Jungle Leaves (no decay and check decay)

Leaves 2

	DV	Description
	0	Acacia Leaves
	1	Dark Oak Leaves
	4	Acacia Leaves (no decay)
	5	Dark Oak Leaves (no decay)
	8	Acacia Leaves (check decay)
	9	Dark Oak Leaves (check decay)
	12	Acacia Leaves (no decay and check decay)
	13	Dark Oak Leaves (no decay and check decay)

Block states

See also: Block states

Java Edition:

Name	Default value	Allowed values	Description
distance	7	1 2 3 4 5 6 7	How far away this block is from the appropriate wood type.
persistent	false	false true	If the block persists regardless of having no wood nearby.

Bedrock Edition:
Leaves

Name	Default value	Allowed values	Description
old_leaf_type	oak	oak	Oak Leaves
		spruce	Spruce Leaves
		birch	Birch Leaves
		jungle	Jungle Leaves
persistent_bit	false	false true	If the block persists regardless of having no wood nearby.
update_bit	false	false true	If the block checks for nearby wood.

Leaves2

Name	Default value	Allowed values	Description
new_leaf_type	acacia	acacia	Acacia Leaves
		dark_oak	Dark Oak Leaves
persistent_bit	false	false true	If the block persists regardless of having no wood nearby.
update_bit	false	false true	If the block checks for nearby wood.

History

Java Edition Classic
0.0.14a					Added leaves.
0.0.15a (Multiplayer Test 1)					The texture of leaves has been changed.
August 25, 2009					Demonstrated that leaves now drop saplings.
0.24_SURVIVAL_TEST					Leaves now drop saplings.[needs testing]
Java Edition Indev
0.31		20091223-2			Leaves now produce shadows.
Java Edition Infdev
20100413					Leaves no longer decay.
20100615					Leaves now decay again.
20100617-1					Fast graphics now affects the texture of leaves.
Java Edition Alpha
v1.0.6					Leaves no longer decay.
					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.
v1.1.0					Torches can no longer be placed on tree leaves, but only in fancy mode.
v1.2.0		preview			With the addition of biomes, the color of leaves have been changed.
					Leaves no longer decay.
v1.2.1					Leaf particle colors now reflect the biome, instead of the gray scale 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.
1.2					Birch and spruce trees have been introduced. Trees pre-dating this update include multiple types of leaves, as the data indicating leaf type was previously used for decay calculations.
1.6		?			Many disparities between the properties of leaves in Fast and Fancy graphics have been fixed.
1.7					Added shears, which collect leaves. Before, leaves could be obtained only via inventory editing.
					Leaves no longer appear gray (blank and uncolored, default texture before the application of biome coloration) in the inventory.
1.8		Pre-release			Leaf blocks placed by the player or an enderman no longer decay like normal leaves do.
Java Edition
1.1		11w48a			Oak leaves now have a small chance of dropping an apple.
1.2.1		12w03a			Added jungle leaves.
					Oak trees pre-dating Beta 1.2 can include some jungle leaves, as the data indicating leaf type had previously been used for decay calculations.
1.3.1		12w18a			Jungle leaves now have a small chance of dropping cocoa beans.
		12w19a			Jungle leaves no longer drop cocoa beans.
		12w21a			Water now slowly drips through leaves when it's raining.
1.7.2		13w43a			Added acacia and dark oak leaves.
1.11		16w39a			Leaves now generate in woodland mansions.
1.13		17w47a			The different variant block states for both the leaves and leaves2 IDs have now been split up into their own IDs.
					Prior to The Flattening, these blocks' numeral IDs were 18 and 161.
		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.
					The textures of all leaves have been changed.
		19w03a			Placing leaves into the 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.
Pocket Edition Alpha
Pre-release					Added leaves.
0.1.0					Added oak, birch and spruce leaves.
0.5.0					Spruce leaves use a darker version of the oak leaves texture inside the inventory.
0.8.0		build 2			Birch leaves now have the proper texture.
					Added jungle leaves to creative.
					The color of leaves has been changed.[more information needed]
					Spruce leaves no longer use a darker version of the oak leaves texture inside the inventory.
0.9.0		build 1			Added acacia and dark oak leaves.
					Jungle leaves can now be obtained in survival mode as part of jungle trees.
					Jungle leaves are now permanently opaque.
					Smooth lighting has been added for leaves, changing the appearance of leaves from to
					Leaves now release spiders, creating a higher amount of spiders in tree-rich biomes at night (version exclusive).
0.12.1		build 1			Leaves in snowy biomes now gradually become frost-covered during snowfall.
Pocket Edition
1.1.0		alpha 1.1.0.0			Leaves now generate in woodland mansions.
Bedrock Edition
1.2.0		beta 1.2.0.22			Jungle leaves are now transparent on higher-end devices when Fancy leaves are turned on.
1.10.0		beta 1.10.0.3			Leaves now have a small chance to drop sticks when decaying.
					The textures of all leaves have been changed.
1.11.0		beta 1.11.0.1			Leaves can now be used to fill up composters.
Legacy Console Edition
TU1	CU1	1.0	Patch 1	1.0.1	Added leaves.
TU5					Leaf blocks placed by the player no longer decay like normal leaves do.
TU9					Added birch and spruce leaves.
TU12					Added jungle 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.
					The textures of all leaves have been changed.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0					Added leaves.

Original leaf decay algorithm

Leaves from the 0.0.15a. The leaves from this version don't decay when standing by themselves.

In Alpha, leaves would decay using an algorithm that checks whether it has a solid or leaf block underneath it or is adjacent to a solid block. If it doesn't, it must be connected to a leaf block that is also supported as long as it is no further than five blocks away from said support.

• Alpha-style decay
• 

  The extent a single "branch" of leaves can survive.

• 
• 
• 
• 

  Leaves can be connected an infinite distance away from a support block.

Issues

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

Trivia

• Occasionally, leaves grow through other blocks, acting as though they are still connected to the tree. They may also completely replace blocks they try to grow into.
• Leaves do not prevent chests from being opened.
• Some trees seem to occasionally drop apples or saplings without being destroyed due to creation of leaf blocks not supported by logs.
• The frost texture in Bedrock Edition is not an instant transition. Instead, the leaves slowly shift from their original color to the frosty one.
• Leaves disappear when pushed by pistons.
• Leaves Z-fight with blocks such as carpet that are placed on top; a bug that Mojang decided not to fix.‌^{[Bedrock Edition only]}
• Leaves have three breaking tools (hoes, shears and swords), the most of any block.

Gallery

• 

  The default texture for snowy jungle leaves have a yellowish tint in some areas.

• 

  A red mushroom is seen growing on the top of a block of leaves.

• 

  Old Legacy Console Edition's jungle leaves. This texture was also shown in the old Bedrock Edition's inventory sprite.

• 

  Old Legacy Console Edition's jungle leaves (Fast graphics).

References

Blocks

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