Sapling

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.
===Natural generation===
; Spruce
Potted spruce saplings generate in taiga and snowy taiga village mason houses.
; Birch
Potted birch saplings generate in a room in woodland mansions.
; Dark oak
58 dark oak saplings generate naturally in a "sapling farm room" in woodland mansions. 28 dark oak saplings are also found inside a chest in that room.
; Acacia
Two acacia saplings generate in front of each savanna village library.
===Chest loot===
===Post-generation===
When leaves decay, or are broken by any tool except shears, 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.
===Trading===
Each type of sapling is sold by the wandering trader for 5 emeralds.
==Usage==
===Growing trees===
Saplings come in seven varieties, each of which can grow into a corresponding tree: oak, birch, spruce, jungle, acacia, dark oak, and cherry. In addition, azaleas and mangrove propagules can also grow trees.
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 above are checked; if the ground is bad or there is not space for the chosen height, the tree does not grow. Bone meal can be used to speed up the growth of the sapling, even to grow the tree without sufficient light.
Saplings can grow into trees when placed on all variants of dirt (except dirt paths) or moss blocks. The sapling requires a light level of at least 9, and require a certain volume of space 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 (6x6 column) when planted as 4 saplings in a 2×2 square. Also requires the 4x4 area centered on the saplings at the same level to be empty.
*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) when planted as 4 saplings in a 2×2 square. Also requires the 4x4 area centered on the saplings at the same level to be empty.
*Acacia needs at least 6 spaces above (5×5 column).
*Dark oak needs at least 7 spaces above (6×6 column) and must be planted as 4 saplings in a 2×2 square.
*A cherry tree requires a 5×5 area of unobstructed space 8 blocks above its sapling to grow (9 blocks including the sapling itself). No horizontal clearance is needed at the base of the tree (a sapling planted in a hole 1 block deep can still grow). Their growth is not hindered by logs, leaves or saplings.
In addition:
*Saplings can grow only if a player is within a certain radius, even in loaded chunks. For oak saplings, this check applies to individual blocks; for dark oak, acacia and birch, it applies to each chunk.
*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.
*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).
Dirt blocks in the space above the sapling are an exception. Dirt blocks do not stop the sapling from growing. For most tree types, including giant versions, the dirt remains in place and the rest of the tree generates normally around it (it is possible to grow a tree that contains only one log block at the original sapling location, with a column of dirt above where the rest of the trunk should be and leaves spreading out from it). For the large variant of oak trees, the dirt blocks are replaced with log blocks wherever they would normally occur. , all types of log block and wood block and their stripped versions are also treated like dirt blocks (they don't stop growth). , 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.
===Bee nests===
Oak and birch trees grown from saplings that are within 2 blocks of any flower, flowering azalea, or flowering azalea leaves have a 5% chance to grow with a bee nest and 1-3 bees in it.
===Decoration===
Any kind of sapling can be placed in a flower pot.
===Fuel===
Saplings can be used as a 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 ===
=== Other saplings ===
==Data values==
===ID===
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===Block states===
==History==
===Data history===
==Issues==
==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==
Arbor-Day.jpg|Official render of Zuri, Sunny, and Efe planting an oak sapling for Arbor Day.
File:Kai Dream House.jpg|Kai thinking about planting a cherry sapling.
File:Old Tree.png|Old Oak Sapling
===Renders===
Oak Sapling.png|Oak
Spruce Sapling.png|Spruce
Birch Sapling.png|Birch
Jungle Sapling.png|Jungle
Acacia Sapling.png|Acacia
Dark Oak Sapling.png|Dark Oak
Cherry Sapling.png|Cherry
==See also==
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==References==
== External Links ==
*Taking Inventory: Sapling – Minecraft.net on April 8, 2020
Category:Plants
Category:Non-solid blocks
Category:Generated structure blocks
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