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{{Distinguish|Dark Oak|Pale Oak|Swamp Oak}}
{{For}}
{{Redone|Move swamp oak information to the [[Minecraft:Swamp Oak]] page.}}
{{Infobox structure
| group1 = Oak
| 1-1 = Oak.png
| 1-1caption = Tree
| group2 = Fancy Oak
| 2-1 = Large Oak Tree.png
| 2-1caption = Tree
| group3 = Swamp Oak
| 3-1 = Swamp Oak.png
| 3-1caption = Tree
| image = Oak Sapling.png
| imagecaption = Sapling
| defaultimagesize = x200px
| extratext = [[#Gallery|View all renders]]
| biome =
* {{BiomeLink|Bamboo Jungle}} (fancy oak)
* {{BiomeLink|Cold Ocean}}
* {{BiomeLink|Dark Forest}}
* {{BiomeLink|Deep Cold Ocean}}
* {{BiomeLink|Deep Frozen Ocean}}
* {{BiomeLink|Deep Lukewarm Ocean}}
* {{BiomeLink|Deep Ocean}}
* {{BiomeLink|Flower Forest}}
* {{BiomeLink|Forest}}
* {{BiomeLink|Frozen Ocean}}
* {{BiomeLink|Frozen River}}
* {{BiomeLink|Jungle}} (fancy oak)
* {{BiomeLink|Lukewarm Ocean}}
* {{BiomeLink|Ocean}}
* {{BiomeLink|Meadow}}
* {{BiomeLink|Plains}}
* {{BiomeLink|River}} (fancy oak)
* {{BiomeLink|Savanna}}
* {{BiomeLink|Savanna Plateau}}
* {{BiomeLink|Sparse Jungle}} (fancy oak)
* {{BiomeLink|Sunflower Plains}}
* {{BiomeLink|Swamp}} (swamp oak)
* {{BiomeLink|Warm Ocean}}
* {{BiomeLink|Windswept Forest}}
* {{BiomeLink|Windswept Gravelly Hills}}{{only|java|short=1}}
* {{BiomeLink|Windswept Hills}}{{only|java|short=1}}
* {{BiomeLink|Windswept Savanna}}
* {{BiomeLink|Wooded Badlands}}
| fruit = {{ItemLink|Apple}}
| surface =
* {{BlockLink|Dirt}}
* {{BlockLink|Grass Block}}
* {{BlockLink|Coarse Dirt}}
* {{BlockLink|Podzol}}
* {{BlockLink|Mycelium}}
| blocks = 
* {{BlockLink|Oak Log}}
* {{BlockLink|Oak Leaves}}
* {{BlockLink|Vines}} (swamp oak, dying trees{{only|be|short=1}})
* {{BlockLink|Bee Nest}}
| canspawn = Yes
}}

An '''oak''' is the most common [[Minecraft:tree]] in the game, found in a variety of [[Minecraft:biome]]s and available in several variants. It has the smallest initial space requirement for growth, and along with [[Minecraft:dark oak|dark oaks]], its [[Minecraft:leaves]] have a chance to drop an [[Minecraft:apple]]. As with [[Minecraft:birch]]es and [[Minecraft:cherries]], an oak grown near [[Minecraft:flower]]s can generate with a [[Minecraft:bee nest]] attached.

There are three variants of the oak tree: small regular oaks, tall and branching '''fancy oaks''', and '''[[Minecraft:swamp oak]]s'''.

== Appearance ==
Oaks come in several variants with different properties:
* Small regular oaks are the most common. The leaves are arranged the same as the [[Minecraft:Birch#Leaf arrangement|birch leaf arrangement]].
* Fancy oaks are less common and have a distinct look and different growth requirements. They often have branches, outgrowths of logs on the sides of the trunk, or even freestanding logs surrounded by leaves. The sapling requires 4&ndash;14 blocks of open space directly above to grow (air or leaves only) but can otherwise be completely enclosed on all sides.
** A fancy oak form exists with a single leaf block layer above the minimal 4-block trunk, rarely allowing a tree to grow in a vertical space with a height of only 5, but otherwise, the maximum trunk height is 2 less than the vertical space, making the practical minimum height 6. Branches and outgrowths, however, require 8 blocks of open space directly above the sapling. 
** An oak can be forced into a fancy configuration if a "brace" of non-solid blocks (e.g. glass or slabs) is placed around where the trunk would be, one block off the ground.
** A rare variant is colloquially known as a "balloon" oak. This is a fancy oak generated with the smallest size possible. It consists of a tall trunk and leaves that form a spherical shape, similar to a balloon. These oaks can grow around an obstructing block. They usually contain 4 blocks of logs, but some may contain more.
* In swamp biomes, naturally occurring swamp oaks tend to grow in the water. Unlike trees in other biomes, which typically have a slightly conical or pointed canopy, all swamp oaks have round, flat-topped canopies. Also, unlike oaks, these have a broad range of foliage. They tend to be covered in [[Minecraft:vines]] that trail down to the ground.
* Two unique oak with unique leaf arrangements generate in some structures and cannot be grown from saplings:
** An oak with a unique arrangement of leaves is generated at [[Minecraft:Village/Structure/Blueprints#Meeting Point 3|meeting point 3]] in plains [[Minecraft:village]]s. 
** A solitary oak has a {{frac|2|9}} (22.2%) chance to appear as "[[Minecraft:Trial Chambers/Structure#Entrances|display 1]]" inside [[Minecraft:trial chambers]] entrances.
<gallery heights="300" widths="300">
Plains Meeting Point 3.png|Meeting point 3 in a plains village.
Trial Chambers entrance 1 (oak).png|Entrance 1 in a trial chamber, which contains display 1.
</gallery>

== Generation ==
The oak variants generate naturally in the following biomes:
{| class="wikitable col-1-left" data-description="Oak variant biomes" style="text-align:center;"
! Biome
! [[File:Oak.png|25px]] Oak
! [[File:Balloon Oak Tree.png|25px]] Fancy Oak
! [[File:Swamp Oak.png|25px]] Swamp Oak
|-
|{{BiomeLink|Bamboo Jungle}} || {{tc|no}} || {{tc|yes}} || {{tc|no}}
|-
|{{BiomeLink|Cold Ocean}} ||{{tc|yes}} ||{{tc|yes}} ||{{tc|no}}
|-
|{{BiomeLink|Dark Forest}} || {{tc|yes}} || {{tc|yes}} || {{tc|no}}
|-
|{{BiomeLink|Deep Cold Ocean}} ||{{tc|yes}} ||{{tc|yes}} ||{{tc|no}}
|-
|{{BiomeLink|Deep Frozen Ocean}} ||{{tc|yes}} ||{{tc|yes}} ||{{tc|no}}
|-
|{{BiomeLink|Deep Lukewarm Ocean}} ||{{tc|yes}} ||{{tc|yes}} ||{{tc|no}}
|-
|{{BiomeLink|Deep Ocean}} ||{{tc|yes}} ||{{tc|yes}} ||{{tc|no}}
|-
|{{BiomeLink|Flower Forest}}
|{{tc|yes}}
|{{tc|yes}}
|{{tc|no}}
|-
|{{BiomeLink|Forest}} || {{tc|yes}} || {{tc|yes}} || {{tc|no}}
|-
|{{BiomeLink|Frozen Ocean}} ||{{tc|yes}} ||{{tc|yes}} ||{{tc|no}}
|-
|{{BiomeLink|Frozen River}}
|{{tc|yes}}
|{{tc|yes}}
|{{tc|no}}
|-
|{{BiomeLink|Jungle}} || {{tc|no}} || {{tc|yes}} || {{tc|no}}
|-
|{{BiomeLink|Lukewarm Ocean}} ||{{tc|yes}} ||{{tc|yes}} ||{{tc|no}}
|-
|{{BiomeLink|Ocean}} ||{{tc|yes}} ||{{tc|yes}} ||{{tc|no}}
|-
|{{BiomeLink|Meadow}} || {{tc|yes}} || {{tc|yes}} || {{tc|no}}
|-
|{{BiomeLink|Plains}} || {{tc|yes}} || {{tc|yes}} || {{tc|no}}
|-
|{{BiomeLink|River}} || {{tc|yes}}|| {{tc|yes}} || {{tc|no}}
|-
|{{BiomeLink|Savanna}} || {{tc|yes}} || {{tc|no}} || {{tc|no}}
|-
|{{BiomeLink|Savanna Plateau}}
|{{tc|yes}}
|{{tc|no}}
|{{tc|no}}
|-
|{{BiomeLink|Sparse Jungle}} || {{tc|no}} || {{tc|yes}} || {{tc|no}}
|-
|{{BiomeLink|Sunflower Plains}}
|{{tc|yes}}
|{{tc|yes}}
|{{tc|no}}
|-
|{{BiomeLink|Swamp}} || {{tc|no}} || {{tc|no}} || {{tc|yes}}
|-
|{{BiomeLink|Warm Ocean}} ||{{tc|yes}} ||{{tc|yes}} ||{{tc|no}}
|-
|{{BiomeLink|Windswept Forest}} || {{tc|yes}} || {{tc|yes}} || {{tc|no}}
|-
|{{BiomeLink|Windswept Savanna}}
|{{tc|yes}}
|{{tc|no}}
|{{tc|no}}
|-
|{{BiomeLink|Wooded Badlands}} || {{tc|yes}} || {{tc|no}} || {{tc|no}}
|}

== Blocks and items ==
These items can be obtained from all variants of oak:
* {{BlockLink|Oak Log}} (harvested with any tool including hands)
* {{BlockLink|Oak Leaves}} (harvested with [[Minecraft:shears]])
* {{ItemLink|Stick}} (chance of dropping when breaking leaves)
* {{BlockLink|Oak Planks}} (created from a log in the inventory crafting grid)
* {{BlockLink|Stripped Oak Log}} (created by {{control|using}} an [[Minecraft:axe]] on a log)
* {{BlockLink|Oak Sapling}} (chance of dropping when breaking leaves)
* {{ItemLink|Apple}} (chance of dropping when breaking leaves)
* {{BlockLink|Bee Nest}} (if spawned on an oak near flowers)
* {{BlockLink|Vines}} (harvested with shears from a swamp oak, or from a dying tree)

== Planting ==
Oak [[Minecraft:sapling]]s can be planted and grown on all of these blocks:
* {{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}}

An oak requires a 1×1 column of unobstructed space at least 4 blocks above its sapling to grow (5 blocks including the sapling itself), While the fancy oak variant requires 4-14 blocks above a sapling. Oaks can still grow when the base and trunk are enclosed on all sides. Their growth is not hindered by [[Minecraft:log]]s, [[Minecraft:leaves]], dirt, or saplings.

An oak grown from a sapling within 2 blocks of a flower has a 5% chance of having a [[Minecraft:bee nest]] containing 2-3 bees.

==Other oak variants==
Oak 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 oaks ===
{{main|Fallen tree}}
[[File:Oak Fallen Log.png|200px|A fallen oak log.]]

These trees consist of a single upright log or stump. Logs lying on their side are often found 1&ndash;2 blocks from the stump. They occasionally have mushrooms on top.

A fallen oak has a log length of 4&ndash;7 blocks and the stump is 75% covered with vines.

=== Dying oaks ===
{{exclusive|bedrock|section=1}}
[[File:Dying Trees.jpg|thumb|The different dying tree types.]]
Dying oaks retain their standard growth pattern. However, all exposed logs in the main trunk are covered with [[Minecraft:vines]]. They can generate as regular or small oaks.

{{-}}

== Data values ==

=== ID ===
{{info needed section|Explanations of each tree type ID, and meaning of the number suffix for the bees trees}}
{{el|java}}:
{{ID table
|edition=java
|displayname=[No displayed name]
|spritename=fancy-oak
|spritetype=env
|nameid=fancy_oak_bees_0002
|head=1
}}
{{ID table
|edition=java
|displayname=[No displayed name]
|spritename=fancy-oak
|spritetype=env
|nameid=fancy_oak_bees_002
}}
{{ID table
|edition=java
|displayname=[No displayed name]
|spritename=fancy-oak
|spritetype=env
|nameid=fancy_oak_bees_005
}}
{{ID table
|edition=java
|displayname=[No displayed name]
|spritename=fancy-oak
|spritetype=env
|nameid=fancy_oak_bees
}}
{{ID table
|edition=java
|displayname=[No displayed name]
|spritename=fancy-oak
|spritetype=env
|nameid=fancy_oak
}}
{{ID table
|edition=java
|displayname=[No displayed name]
|spritename=oak-tree
|spritetype=env
|nameid=oak_bees_0002
}}
{{ID table
|edition=java
|displayname=[No displayed name]
|spritename=oak-tree
|spritetype=env
|nameid=oak_bees_002
}}
{{ID table
|edition=java
|displayname=[No displayed name]
|spritename=oak-tree
|spritetype=env
|nameid=oak_bees_005
}}
{{ID table
|edition=java
|displayname=[No displayed name]
|spritename=oak-tree
|spritetype=env
|nameid=oak
}}
{{ID table
|edition=java
|displayname=[No displayed name]
|spritename=swamp-oak
|spritetype=env
|nameid=swamp_oak
|foot=1
}}

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

== History ==
{{info needed section|something changed about fancy oak generation in 1.13}}

=== ''Java Edition'' ===
{{HistoryTable
|{{HistoryLine|java classic}}
|{{HistoryLine||0.0.14a|[[File:Oak JE1.png|18px]] Added trees.}}
|{{HistoryLine||0.0.14a_08|[[File:Oak JE2.png|18px]] The shape of trees has been changed.}}
|{{HistoryLine||0.0.15a (Multiplayer Test 1)|[[File:Oak JE3.png|32px]] The shape of trees has been changed.}}
|{{HistoryLine|java infdev}}
|{{HistoryLine||20100227-1414|Trees temporarily removed to test basic infinite world functionality.}}
|{{HistoryLine||20100320|Re-added trees to world generation.}}
|{{HistoryLine||20100327|Trees regenerate after the world is reloaded.}}
|{{HistoryLine||20100330|Trees no longer regenerate.}}
|{{HistoryLine||20100413|Added fancy oaks, using parts of Paul Spooner's Forester editor script.<ref>[[Minecraft:wordofnotch:506311060|Still going slow, but here's a new screenshot!]] – The Word of Notch, April 8, 2010</ref><ref>http://www.peripheralarbor.com/minecraft/minecraftscriptphotojournal.html</ref>}}
|{{HistoryLine||20100420|Fancy oaks can be grown with saplings.}}
|{{HistoryLine||20100607|Reverted oaks to how they were before Infdev 20100413-1949.}}
|{{HistoryLine||20100617-1205
|[[File:Oak JE6.png|32px]] Trees no longer generate the top layers of logs, instead generating with solid layers of leaves.}}
|{{HistoryLine||20100618|[[File:Oak JE5.png|32px]] Trees now have logs inside of leaves, once again.}}
|{{HistoryLine|java alpha}}
|{{HistoryLine||v1.0.6|Fancy oaks were re-added. They have a {{frac|1|10}} chance to grow in place of a small oak tree, including from saplings.}}
|{{HistoryLine|java beta}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.2|Oak trees no longer generate in [[Minecraft:taiga]]s.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.5|Birch and spruce trees can now be grown using saplings. Old saplings either stayed as oak saplings or became either birch or spruce saplings.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.8|dev=Pre-release|The [[Minecraft:swampland]] biome was added, with a new swamp oak, which is of more uniform size and has vines growing on them. There is no way to grow these trees; oak saplings grow normal oak trees. A bush-shaped variety of oak was removed.}}
|{{HistoryLine|java}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.3.2|dev=pre|Fancy oaks now generate with sideways [[Minecraft:logs]].}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.7.2|dev=13w36a|Fancy oaks no longer naturally generate in forest biomes. [[Minecraft:Jeb]] explained it was due to issues in the large tree generator code that caused severe performance issues.<ref>{{reddit|1m97cw/while_you_are_all_crying_over_the_name_change_of}}</ref>
|Oaks now generate in several new biomes, such as [[Minecraft:Dark Forest|roofed forest]] and [[Minecraft:savanna]].}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.8.2|dev=pre4|Big oak and dark oak branches no longer replace solid blocks.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.9|dev=15w44a|Fancy oaks now generate in forest biomes again, thanks to an FPS fix provided by Spooner.<ref>{{bug|MC-29844}}</ref>}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.10|dev=16w20a|Lone oaks can now rarely generate in [[Minecraft:plains]] and sunflower plains biomes.}}
}}

=== ''Bedrock Edition'' ===
{{HistoryTable
|{{HistoryLine|pocket alpha}}
|{{HistoryLine||Pre-release|[[File:Oak BE1.png|32px]] Added oaks. Their leaves are tinted with {{color|#339933}}.}}
|{{HistoryLine||v0.2.1|[[File:Oak BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Oak (fast) BE2.png|32px]] Replaced oak logs with [[Minecraft:spruce log]]s.}}
|{{HistoryLine||v0.4.0|[[File:Oak BE6.png|32px]] [[File:Oak (fast) BE6.png|32px]] Replaced spruce logs with oak logs.}}
|{{HistoryLine||v0.9.0|dev=build 1|Added fancy oaks, swamp oaks, and version-exclusive fallen and dying trees.
|Cold-en oak trees (spruce trees shaped like oak trees) no longer generate.}}
|{{HistoryLine||v0.12.1|dev=build 1|Leaves in [[Minecraft:Biome#Snowy Biomes|snowy biomes]] now gradually become frost-covered during [[Minecraft:snowfall]].}}
|{{HistoryLine|bedrock}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.21.60|dev=Preview 1.21.60.23|[[Minecraft:Swamp]] oaks generate slightly more frequently, and no longer generate in direct contact with the ground.}} 
}}

=== 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 trees.}}
}}

==Issues==

{{issue list}}

==Trivia==

*In real life, an oak is any member of the [[Minecraft:wikipedia:oak|''Quercus'']] genus of trees.

== Gallery ==
=== Renders ===
<gallery>
File:Oak Tree.png|Oak Tree
File:Oak Tree with Bee nest.png|Oak with Bee Nest
File:Balloon Oak Tree.png|Small Fancy Oak (Balloon Oak Tree)
File:Large Oak Tree.png|Fancy Oak
File:Swamp Oak.png|Swamp Oak
File:Plains Meeting Point 3 Tree.png|Oak at meeting point 3 of villages
File:Trial Chambers display 1.png|Oak at display 1 of trial chambers
</gallery>


=== Screenshots ===
<gallery>
Oak Trees.png|Oak trees
3trees.png|Fancy oaks with leaves removed
OTree.png|A balloon oak tree
Screentree1.png|An oak
Screentree2.png|A fancy oak
Balloon-Oak-Tree.png|Wild balloon oak tree
Village Log.jpg|A fallen oak in a village
ThreeTrees.png|Two balloon oak and small jungle trees on the border of a jungle
Cave oak.png|A fancy oak generated in a cave
BetaMultiTree.png|An oak tree loaded after birch and spruce were added
BirchTree.png|A birch and a balloon oak tree sharing a canopy
</gallery>

===Odd generation===

<gallery>
Oak On Birch.png|A giant oak tree generated in a river biome next to a birch forest.
Treeonstone.jpg|An oak tree that was generated over a [[Minecraft:lava lake]]. The dirt under it was replaced by stone.
Aeaeeaaae.jpg|An unsupported tree.
Tree On Fire.png|A tree generated next to a lava lake, which caught on fire.
Floating Fallen Tree.png|A fallen oak with some logs in midair.
Lower Fallen Tree.png|A fallen oak where most of the logs are lower than the base.
Treebiomes.jpg|An oak with two different leaf colors.
Fallen Tree on the Water.png|A fallen oak where most of the logs are floating directly above a river.
</gallery>

===Developer screenshots===
<gallery>
Trees Notch.jpg|First image of trees. 0.0.14a development.
Trees Crosscut Notch.jpg|"Cross-cut" of the tree.
Notch-Tumblr-Newtrees.jpg|[[Minecraft:Notch]] posted this image of the new fancy trees with code provided to him by Paul Spooner.
Beaver Trees.png|Trees damaged by "beavers" according to [[Minecraft:Jeb]].
Dinnerbone Fallen Tree.png|Image from [[Minecraft:Dinnerbone]] of a fallen tree in Java Edition.
</gallery>

===Old versions===
<gallery>
Trees in 0.0.14a_08.png|Trees in [[Minecraft:0.0.14a_08]].
Tree1.png|A tree in [[Minecraft:0.0.23a_01]].
oak tree on top of Indev House.png|An oak tree that generated on top of a [[Minecraft:Starting House]] in [[Minecraft:Java Edition Indev 0.31 20100201-2227|Indev 0.31 20100201-2227]].
Large Trees in Alpha v1.0.6.png|Fancy trees as they appeared in [[Minecraft:Alpha v1.0.6]].
3trees alpha.png|Fancy trees with leaves removed in [[Minecraft:Alpha v1.1.2_01]].
Newtrees.png|Oaks and [[Minecraft:birch]]es in [[Minecraft:Beta 1.4]].
MCPELiteTree.jpg|An oak in [[Minecraft:Pocket Edition Lite]].
</gallery>

== References==

{{reflist}}

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