Saplings

Sapling
Type:	Block
Renewable:	Yes
Identifier:	sapling

Saplings are young trees that eventually grow, making wood and fruit renewable.

Obtaining

Saplings have a chance of being dropped by leaves when destroyed or decayed. You can also get them by using Bone meal on a grass block.

Bonemeal

Saplings also have a chance of spawning when bone meal is used on grass.

Usage

Saplings can be walked through by entities.

Growing trees

Saplings grow into trees when placed, if certain conditions are met. In order for a sapling to grow, it must be placed in an open area on grass.

In these conditions, after some time it will naturally grow into a tree. It can also be done instantly by shift+left clicking with bone meal. Upon growth, the sapling has a random chance of growing as a fruit tree, containing either apples, oranges, or lemons in the leaves, or just as a tree with plain leaves.

Fuel

Item	# of items smelted	Notes
	0.5	It is better to grow the tree, as that could give 20 or 24 wooden planks, smelting an item each.

Task

Number	Icon[ng]	Name	Newgrounds name	Description [ng]	Objective	Points[ng]	Requirements
11		Grow a tree	Grow Tree	They're a renewable resource.	Plant and let a tree grow	5	×1

History

Version	Date	Changes
Prior to 1.4.34	Day 9	Trees can be planted [added saplings] Grass grows under saplings You can walk through saplings
Prior to 1.4.34	Day 11	Saplings can grow into trees offscreen
Prior to 1.4.34	Day 20	Saplings grow into trees slower
1.23	Oct 31, 2012	Infinite-trees-from-one-sapling bug fixed
1.27	Nov 13, 2015	Bonemeal on grass can produce a sapling Saplings can be a fuel in the furnace

Trivia

• In Minecraft, you have to use bonemeal multiple times for the tree to grow quicker.
• The texture of saplings was changed, however it is unknown which update this was.

See also

• Tree
• Bone meal