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{{Infobox structure
| title = Spruce / Pine
| group1 = Spruce
| 1-1 = Spruce.png
| group2 =  Pine
| 2-1 = Pine Tree.png
| group3 = Mega Spruce
| 3-1 = Mega Spruce Tree.png
| group4 = Mega Pine
| 4-1 = Mega Pine Tree.png
| group5 = Fallen Spruce
| 5-1 = Spruce Fallen Log.png
| group6 = Spruce with Vines
| 6-1 = Spruce Tree with Vines.png
| image1caption = Tree
| image2 = Spruce Sapling.png
| image2caption = Sapling
| defaultimagesize = x200px
| biome =
* {{BiomeLink|Grove}}
* {{BiomeLink|Old Growth Pine Taiga}}
* {{BiomeLink|Old Growth Spruce Taiga}}
* {{BiomeLink|Ice Spikes}}
* {{BiomeLink|Snowy Plains}}
* {{BiomeLink|Snowy Taiga}}
* {{BiomeLink|Taiga}}
* {{BiomeLink|Windswept Forest}} 
* {{BiomeLink|Windswept Hills}}{{only|java|short=1}}
* {{BiomeLink|Windswept Gravelly Hills}}{{only|java|short=1}}
* {{BiomeLink|Giant Tree Taiga Hills}}{{only|be|short=1}}
* {{BiomeLink|Giant Spruce Taiga Hills}}{{only|be|short=1}}
* {{BiomeLink|Gravelly Mountains&plus;}}{{only|be|short=1}}
* {{BiomeLink|Taiga Hills}}{{only|be|short=1}}
* {{BiomeLink|Taiga Mountains}}{{only|be|short=1}}
* {{BiomeLink|Snowy Mountains}}{{only|be|short=1}}
* {{BiomeLink|Snowy Taiga Hills}}{{only|be|short=1}}
* {{BiomeLink|Snowy Taiga Mountains}}{{only|be|short=1}}
* {{BiomeLink|Dappled Forest}}{{upcoming}}
| fruit = None
| surface =
* {{BlockLink|Dirt}}
* {{BlockLink|Grass Block}}
* {{BlockLink|Coarse Dirt}}
* {{BlockLink|Podzol}}
* {{BlockLink|Moss Block}}
* {{BlockLink|Mycelium}}
| blocks = 
* {{BlockLink|Spruce Log}}
* {{BlockLink|Spruce Leaves}}
* {{BlockLink|Brown Mushroom}}
* {{BlockLink|Red Mushroom}}
* {{BlockLink|Vines}}{{only|bedrock|short=1}} (dying trees)
* {{BlockLink|Dirt}} (groves)
| canspawn = Yes
}}
[[File:Spruce variants.png|thumb|312x312px|All existing spruce and pine variants]]
'''Spruces''' and '''pines''' are [[Minecraft:tree]]s with dark bark and brown wood. They have growth patterns and requirements similar to [[Minecraft:birch]]es, although they appear different. They are mainly found in the [[Minecraft:taiga]] biome (and variants), but they may also generate in [[Minecraft:windswept forest]]s, [[Minecraft:snowy plains]], [[Minecraft:grove]]s, and [[Minecraft:Dappled Forest|dappled forests]]<sup>[''upcoming [[Minecraft:Third Drop 2026]]'']</sup>.

== Appearance ==
{{info needed section|How does leaf placement/distribution work?}}
Spruces come in several different variants with different properties:
* Spruces are the most common variant with a height between 5 and 12 blocks. The leaves tend to grow in discrete rows rather than the more spherical arrangement of oaks and birch trees. 
* Pines are a fairly tall variant of spruces which generate in a matchstick style, with only a few leaves at the top, with a rare variant which is small. They can't be grown from spruce saplings.
* Mega spruces are larger variants of spruces which generate in the [[Minecraft:old growth spruce taiga]] and rarely in the [[Minecraft:old growth pine taiga]]. They have considerably more leaves than the mega pine.
* Mega pines are a larger variant of pines which generate only in the [[Minecraft:old growth pine taiga]]. These pines have few leaves, concentrated at the top, and can be grown from spruce saplings arranged in a 2×2 square, with or without bone meal.{{Only|java}}
<gallery>
File:Taiga Trees.png|Comparison of mega spruce and mega pine sizes from different biomes, left to right: old growth pine taiga, old growth spruce taiga, and a regular spruce tree.
File:Mega Spruce Trees.png|Mega spruce with canopies in different shapes.
</gallery>

== Generation ==
The spruce variants spawn naturally in the indicated biomes, ordered in density:
{| class="wikitable col-1-left" data-description="Spruce variant biomes" style="text-align:center;"
! Biome
![[File:Spruce Tree.png|25px]] Spruce
![[File:Mega Spruce Tree.png|25px]] Mega Spruce
![[File:Pine Tree.png|15px]] Pine
![[File:Mega Pine Tree.png|25px]] Mega Pine
![[File:Spruce Fallen Log.png|25px]] Fallen/dying
|-
|{{BiomeLink|Old Growth Pine Taiga}} || {{tc|yes}} || {{tc|no}} || {{tc|yes}} || {{tc|yes}} || {{tc|yes}}
|-
|{{BiomeLink|Giant Tree Taiga Hills}}{{only|be|short=1}} || {{tc|yes}} || {{tc|no}} || {{tc|yes}} || {{tc|yes}} || {{tc|yes}}
|-
|{{BiomeLink|Giant Spruce Taiga Hills}}{{only|be|short=1}} || {{tc|yes}} || {{tc|no}} || {{tc|yes}} || {{tc|yes}} || {{tc|yes}}
|-
|{{BiomeLink|Old Growth Spruce Taiga}} || {{tc|yes}} || {{tc|yes}} || {{tc|no}} || {{tc|yes}} || {{tc|yes}}
|-
|{{BiomeLink|Taiga}} || {{tc|yes}} || {{tc|no}} || {{tc|yes}} || {{tc|no}} || {{tc|yes}}
|-
|{{BiomeLink|Taiga Hills}}{{only|be|short=1}} || {{tc|yes}} || {{tc|no}} || {{tc|yes}} || {{tc|no}} || {{tc|yes}}
|-
|{{BiomeLink|Taiga Mountains}}{{only|be|short=1}} || {{tc|yes}} || {{tc|no}} || {{tc|yes}} || {{tc|no}} || {{tc|yes}}
|-
|{{BiomeLink|Snowy Taiga}} || {{tc|yes}} || {{tc|no}} || {{tc|yes}} || {{tc|no}} || {{tc|yes}}
|-
|{{BiomeLink|Snowy Taiga Hills}}{{only|be|short=1}} || {{tc|yes}} || {{tc|no}} || {{tc|yes}} || {{tc|no}} || {{tc|yes}}
|-
|{{BiomeLink|Snowy Taiga Mountains}}{{only|be|short=1}} || {{tc|yes}} || {{tc|no}} || {{tc|yes}} || {{tc|no}} || {{tc|yes}}
|-
|{{BiomeLink|Grove}} || {{tc|yes}} || {{tc|no}} || {{tc|yes}} || {{tc|no}} || {{tc|no}}
|-
|{{BiomeLink|Windswept Forest}} || {{tc|yes}} || {{tc|no}} || {{tc|no}} || {{tc|no}} || {{tc|yes}}
|-
|{{BiomeLink|Gravelly Mountains&plus;}}{{only|be|short=1}} || {{tc|yes}} || {{tc|no}} || {{tc|no}} || {{tc|no}} || {{tc|yes}}
|-
|{{BiomeLink|Snowy Plains}} || {{tc|yes}} || {{tc|no}} || {{tc|no}} || {{tc|no}} || {{tc|yes}}
|-
|{{BiomeLink|Snowy Mountains}}{{only|be|short=1}} || {{tc|yes}} || {{tc|no}} || {{tc|no}} || {{tc|no}} || {{tc|yes}}
|-
|{{BiomeLink|Windswept Hills}} || {{tc|partial|{{JE|short=1}} only}} || {{tc|no}} || {{tc|no}} || {{tc|no}} || {{tc|partial|{{JE|short=1}} only}}
|-
|{{BiomeLink|Windswept Gravelly Hills}} || {{tc|partial|{{JE|short=1}} only}} || {{tc|no}} || {{tc|no}} || {{tc|no}} || {{tc|partial|{{JE|short=1}} only}}
|}
[[File:Podzol Pattern.png|thumb|The maximum horizontal reach of podzol that can generate from a mega spruce tree.]]

In [[Minecraft:grove]]s, spruces grow on an additional block of [[Minecraft:dirt]] in the [[Minecraft:snow block]] terrain. In [[Minecraft:ice spikes]], no blocks generate where trees can grow, but they might leak on biome borders.

When mega spruces grow, they convert any [[Minecraft:grass block]]s, [[Minecraft:dirt]], [[Minecraft:mycelium]], [[Minecraft:coarse dirt]], [[Minecraft:rooted dirt]], [[Minecraft:mud]], [[Minecraft:muddy mangrove roots]], [[Minecraft:moss block]]s and [[Minecraft:Pale Moss Block|pale moss blocks]] up to a radius of 6 blocks to [[Minecraft:podzol]], centered on the south-eastern sapling.

Like birches, they do not grow branches. When height-constrained, the trunk height maximum is two less than the roof. The headroom of 9 blocks limits the tree to a trunk height of 7, which enables harvesting from ground level.

== Blocks and items ==
These items can be obtained from all variants of spruce.
* {{BlockLink|Spruce Log}} (harvested with any tool including hands)
* {{BlockLink|Spruce Leaves}} (harvested with [[Minecraft:shears]])
* {{ItemLink|Stick}} (chance of dropping when breaking leaves)
* {{BlockLink|Spruce Planks}} (created from a log in the inventory crafting grid)
* {{BlockLink|Spruce Wood}} (created from logs in the inventory crafting grid)
* {{BlockLink|Stripped Spruce Log}} (created by {{control|using}} an [[Minecraft:axe]] on a log)
* {{BlockLink|Stripped Spruce Wood}} (created by {{control|using}} an [[Minecraft:axe]] on wood)
* {{BlockLink|Spruce Sapling}} (chance of dropping when breaking leaves)
* {{BlockLink|Vines}}{{only|be}} (harvested with shears from dying trees)

== Planting ==
Spruce [[Minecraft:sapling]]s may be planted and grown on:
{{columns-list|
* {{BlockLink|Dirt}}
* {{BlockLink|Grass Block}}
* {{BlockLink|Coarse Dirt}}
* {{BlockLink|Podzol}}
* {{BlockLink|Mycelium}}
* {{BlockLink|Rooted Dirt}}
* {{BlockLink|Moss Block}}
* {{BlockLink|Pale Moss Block}}
* {{BlockLink|Farmland}}
* {{BlockLink|Mud}}
* {{BlockLink|Muddy Mangrove Roots}}
}}
1×1 spruces require a 5×5 column of unobstructed space at least 7 blocks above the sapling to grow (8 blocks including the sapling itself). No horizontal clearance is needed at the base of the tree and 1 level above; that is, a sapling planted in a hole 2 blocks deep can still grow.

To grow a 2×2 tree (be it mega spruce or mega pine), four saplings must be placed adjacent to each other in a square. For growth to succeed, the three adjacent blocks outside the northwest corner of the square must be clear. Also, there must be an unobstructed 5×5 column of blocks centered on the northwestern sapling, starting from the top of the sapling and at least 14 blocks tall (15 blocks including the sapling), or up to the final height of the tree, which can be 30 blocks above ground. [[Minecraft:Bone meal]] can be used on any of the saplings to accelerate growth.

2×2 spruce trees convert nearby dirt type blocks to [[Minecraft:Podzol]] when grown.

== Other spruce variants ==

Spruce trees can generate as one of the two following variants of the normal tree. Both of these generate naturally, and can be grown out of normal saplings.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20190711143349/http://i.imgur.com/hTg0N8J.gifv</ref><ref>{{bug|MCPE-21304}}</ref>

=== Fallen spruces and pines ===
{{main|Fallen tree}}

A fallen spruce may consist of a single upright log, or a stump. Logs lying on their side are often found 1–2 blocks from the stump. They occasionally have [[Minecraft:mushroom]]s on top.

A fallen spruce log has a length of 6–10 blocks, and the stump is never covered with vines.

=== Spruces and pines with vines ===
{{main|Tree with vines}}{{exclusive|bedrock|section=1}}

Spruces and pines with vines retain their standard growth pattern. However, all exposed logs in the main trunk are covered with [[Minecraft:vines]].
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== Foliage colors ==
{{main|Tint}}
Spruce leaves do not follow the [[Minecraft:tint|foliage color]] rules that cause the trees to appear in different colors in different [[Minecraft:biome]]s. Spruce leaves are always the same color regardless of the biome. {{IN|bedrock}}, however, they turn white as other leaves do during [[Minecraft:snowfall]] in snowy biomes.
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== Data values ==

=== ID ===
{{edition|java}}:
{{ID table
|displayname=[No displayed name]
|spritename=mega-pine
|spritetype=env
|nameid=mega_pine
|head=1
}}
{{ID table
|displayname=[No displayed name]
|spritename=mega-spruce
|spritetype=env
|nameid=mega_spruce}}
{{ID table
|displayname=[No displayed name]
|spritename=pine-tree
|spritetype=env
|nameid=pine
}}
{{ID table
|displayname=[No displayed name]
|spritename=spruce-tree
|spritetype=env
|nameid=spruce
|foot=1}}

=== Config ===
{{main|Tree#Config}}

== History ==
=== ''Java Edition'' ===
{{HistoryTable
|{{HistoryLine|java beta}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.2|Added spruces and pines, replacing Oak trees in [[Minecraft:Taiga]]s.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.5|Spruces and pines can now be grown using saplings.}}
|{{HistoryLine|java}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.2.1|dev=12w07a|Spruces and pines are no longer generated.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.2.2|Spruces and pines are now generated, once again.<ref name=jeb4>{{tweet|jeb_|175224622525071363|Updated Minecraft to 1.2.2 because birches and pine trees were missing. Birches love pine trees.|March 12, 2012}}</ref>}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.7.2|dev=13w36a|Added mega spruces and mega pines.
|Spruce trees now generate in [[Minecraft:ice plains]] biomes and [[Minecraft:extreme hills+]] biomes in addition to oak trees.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.13|dev=18w06a|Mega spruces and pines now transform nearby grass blocks into podzol when they grow.}}
}}

=== ''Bedrock Edition'' ===
{{HistoryTable
|{{HistoryLine|pocket alpha}}
|{{HistoryLine||v0.1.0|Added spruces and pines.}}
|{{HistoryLine||v0.2.1|Oak trees generate with spruce wood.}}
|{{HistoryLine||v0.4.0|Oak trees no longer generate with spruce wood.}}
|{{HistoryLine||v0.9.0|dev=build 1|Added mega spruces, mega pines, and version-exclusive fallen and dying trees.
|Cold-en oak trees (spruce trees shaped like oak trees) no longer generate.}}
|{{HistoryLine|bedrock}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.16.0|dev=beta 1.15.0.51|Mega spruces and mega pines now transform nearby grass blocks into podzol when they grow.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.21.100|dev=Preview 1.21.100.20|Increased the size of the [[Minecraft:podzol]] patches generated beneath mega pines and mega spruces.}}
}}

=== Legacy Console Edition ===
{{HistoryTable
|{{HistoryLine|console}}
|{{HistoryLine||xbox=TU1|xbone=CU1|ps3=1.00|psvita=1.00|ps4=1.00|wiiu=Patch 1|switch=1.0.1|Added oak, spruce, and birch trees.}}
}}

== Issues ==
{{issue list}}

== Trivia ==
* In real life, "spruce" refers to any member of the [[Minecraft:wikipedia:spruce|''Picea'']] genus of trees.
**Although the leaves of real-life spruce trees are typically referred to as "needles", the [[Minecraft:leaves]] of spruce trees in ''Minecraft'' are still called "spruce leaves" as well as producing leaf particles{{until|Third Drop 2026}} and being able to be smelted into [[Minecraft:leaf litter]].

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
File:RedwoodBiome.jpg|The first image of an [[Minecraft:old growth taiga]]
File:Spruce Trees.png|Spruce trees
File:Pair of Dying Trees.jpg|Two dying spruce trees in a taiga
File:SnowyTaiga.png|A snowy spruce forest on the left
File:Snowy taiga.png|A spruce forest in the [[Minecraft:snowy taiga]]
File:Bunch of pine trees.png|Numerous spruce trees
File:PineForest.png|Pine forest
File:Pine Spruce.png|The difference between a pine and a spruce
File:LollipopSpruceTree.png|A lollipop pine tree
</gallery>

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== Navigation ==
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