Leaves

Leaves

Transparency	Partial (diffuses sky light)
Luminance	No
Blast resistance	1
Tool
Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)
Flammable	Yes
Drops	Sapling (0–1) Apple (0–1) (from oak and dark oak leaves)
Data values	Oak/Spruce/Birch/Jungle dec: 18 hex: 12 bin: 10010 Acacia/Dark Oak dec: 161 hex: A1 bin: 10100001
Name	See Data values

	“	Leaves were one of Minecraft's earliest additions, arriving alongside logs, ores and sand way back in 2009 in version 0.0.14a_01. They've changed a lot over time, first being tweaked to drop saplings, then to decay when deprived of their trunk, then to drop apples, then even to have water drip through them when it's raining!	„
		— Duncan Geere

Leaves are blocks which grow as part of trees.

Obtaining

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

Block	Leaves
Hardness	0.2
Breaking time
Hand	0.35
Shears	0.05
Sword	0.2

Natural generation

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

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 will never decay.

Leaves which decay or are destroyed without using shears usually drop nothing, but yield saplings 5% (1/20) of the time. Jungle leaves drop saplings 2.5% (1/40) of the time. Oak and dark oak leaves also have a 0.5% (1/200) chance of dropping 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.

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

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

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	ID name
Oak Leaves	oak_leaves
Spruce Leaves	spruce_leaves
Birch Leaves	birch_leaves
Jungle Leaves	jungle_leaves
Acacia Leaves	acacia_leaves
Dark Oak Leaves	dark_oak_leaves

Bedrock Edition:

Name	ID name	Numeral ID
Leaves (oak to jungle)	leaves	18
Leaves (acacia to dark oak)	leaves2	161

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

Name	Value	Description
persistent	true	The block will decay.
	false	The block will be checked for decay.
distance	1—7	How far away this block is from the appropriate wood type.

History

Classic
0.0.14a					Leaves were first added to the game.
0.0.15a (Multiplayer Test 1)					The texture of leaves was changed.
0.24 (August 25, 2009)					Leaves now drop saplings.
Indev
0.31 (December 23, 2009, 2)					Leaves give off shadows.
Alpha
v1.0.6_01					Leaves 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			?		With the addition of biomes, the color of leaves was changed.
v1.2.1					Leaf particle colors now reflect the biome instead of the gray scale texture.
v1.2.3					Re-introduced leaf decay.
v1.2.3_01					Leaf decay disabled due to an infinite loop in the code.
Beta
1.0					Reintroduced leaf decay with the new behavior.
1.2					Birch and spruce trees introduced. Trees pre-dating this update would 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					Implemented shears to collect leaves. Before, leaves could only be obtained via inventory editing.
?					Leaves no longer appear gray (blank and uncoloured, default texture before the application of biome coloration) in the inventory.
1.8			?		Leaf blocks placed by the player or an Enderman no longer decay like normal leaves do.
Official release
1.1			11w48a		Oak leaves have a small chance of dropping an apple.
1.2.1			12w03a		Added jungle leaves. Oak trees pre-dating Beta 1.2 could include some jungle leaves, as the data indicating leaf type had previously been used for decay calculations.
1.3.1			12w18a		Jungle leaves have a small chance of dropping cocoa beans.
			12w19a		Jungle leaves no longer drop cocoa beans.
			12w21a		Water slowly drips through them when it's raining.
1.7.2			13w43a		Acacia and dark oak leaves were added.
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 been split up into their own IDs.
					Prior to The Flattening, thse 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.
Pocket Edition Alpha
0.1.0					Added leaves.
0.8.0			build 2		Birch leaves now have the proper texture.
					Color of leaves changed.
					Added jungle leaves to Creative.
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 added for leaves.
					Leaves will now release spiders, creating a higher amount of spiders in tree-rich biomes at night (version exclusive).
0.12.1			build 1		Version exclusive: Leaves in snowy biomes now appear frost-covered.
Pocket Edition
1.1			build 1		Leaves now generate in woodland mansions.
Bedrock Edition
1.2			build 7		Jungle leaves are now transparent on higher-end devices when Fancy leaves are turned on.
Legacy Console Edition
TU1	CU1	1.0	Patch 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 if it's raining.

Issues

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

Trivia

• Occasionally, leaves will 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 Minecraft: 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 which Mojang decided not to fix.^{[Bedrock Edition only]}

Gallery

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

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

References

Blocks

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