Minecraft:Oak

Template:Infobox structure An oak is the most common Minecraft:tree in the game, found in a variety of Minecraft:biomes and available in several variants. It has the smallest initial space requirement for growth, and along with Minecraft:dark oaks, its Minecraft:leaves have a chance to drop an Minecraft:apple. As with Minecraft:birches and Minecraft:cherries, an oak grown near Minecraft:flowers can generate with a Minecraft:bee nest attached.

There are three variants of the oak tree: regular oaks, tall and branching fancy oaks, and Minecraft:swamp oaks which cannot be grown. They can also generate fallen or grow with vines.Template:Only

Appearance

Oaks come in several variants with different properties:

• Regular (small) oaks are the most common, with a shape similar to Minecraft:birches.
• Fancy oaks are less common and have a randomized 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 4–14 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 Minecraft: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 broader 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 meeting point 3 in plains Minecraft:villages.
  • A solitary oak has a Template:Frac (22.2%) chance to appear as "display 1" inside Minecraft:trial chambers entrances.

• Meeting point 3 in a plains village
  Meeting point 3 in a plains village
• Entrance 1 in a trial chamber, which contains display 1
  Entrance 1 in a trial chamber, which contains display 1

Fancy oaks and regular oaks have a chance to generate with a Minecraft:bee nest and 2-3 bees, which only occurs in regular forests, flower forests, plains, and meadows, where they are guaranteed.

Fallen oaks

Template:Main Fallen oaks replace regular or fancy oak trees in any biome where they can generate except flower forests, bamboo jungles, and meadows.

A fallen oak 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 mushrooms on top.

A fallen oak has a log length of 4–7 blocks and the stump is 75% covered with Minecraft:vines.

Oaks with vines

Some regular oaks may be covered with Minecraft:vines on all exposed logs. Oaks grown from saplings also have a chance to be covered with vines.

Generation

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Oaks in a forest

The oak variants generate naturally in the following biomes. The list is ordered in density.

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In Minecraft:forests, Minecraft:dark forests, and Minecraft:wooded badlands (and variants), all naturally generated oaks spawn Minecraft:leaf litter on the ground below.

Planting

Oak Minecraft:saplings can be planted and grown on all of these blocks:

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An oak requires a 1×1 column of unobstructed space at least 4 blocks above its sapling to grow, 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:logs, 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. They can also grow into oaks with vines.Template:Only

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History

Trivia

• In real life, an oak is any member of the Quercus genus of trees.

Gallery

Renders

• Oak with Bee Nest
  Oak with Bee Nest
• Small Fancy Oak (Balloon Oak Tree)
  Small Fancy Oak (Balloon Oak Tree)
• Oak at meeting point 3 of villages
  Oak at meeting point 3 of villages
• Oak at display 1 of trial chambers
  Oak at display 1 of trial chambers

Screenshots

• Fancy oaks in sunflower plains
  Fancy oaks in sunflower plains
• An oak with bee nest in a meadow
  An oak with bee nest in a meadow
• The smallest possible oak
  The smallest possible oak
• An oak with a bee nest in a flower forest
  An oak with a bee nest in a flower forest
• An oak in a savanna plateau on the slope of a mountain
  An oak in a savanna plateau on the slope of a mountain
• A fallen oak in wooded badlands
  A fallen oak in wooded badlands
• An oak in extreme wooded badlands at the world generation limit
  An oak in extreme wooded badlands at the world generation limit
• Fancy oaks in a bamboo jungle
  Fancy oaks in a bamboo jungle
• Wild balloon oak tree
  Wild balloon oak tree
• Oaks and fancy oaks in a dark forest
  Oaks and fancy oaks in a dark forest
• Swamp oaks in the water
  Swamp oaks in the water
• A lone oak on an island
  A lone oak on an island
• Oaks in the snow in a rather high windswept forest
  Oaks in the snow in a rather high windswept forest
• Some oaks in a windswept savanna
  Some oaks in a windswept savanna
• A swamp oak that generated high on the border of a windswept savanna
  A swamp oak that generated high on the border of a windswept savanna
• A fallen oak in a forest next to a "double" oak
  A fallen oak in a forest next to a "double" oak
• Some oaks deeper down in a ravine
  Some oaks deeper down in a ravine
• Oak trees with vines next to a cherry grove
  Oak trees with vines next to a cherry grove
• A fancy oak generated in a cave
  A fancy oak generated in a cave
• A tree generated next to a lava lake, which caught on fire
  A tree generated next to a lava lake, which caught on fire
• Fancy oaks with leaves removed
  Fancy oaks with leaves removed
• Some oaks in the unused gravelly mountains+ biome
  Some oaks in the unused gravelly mountains+ biome

Historical screenshots

• Trees in Minecraft:0.0.14a_08
  Trees in Minecraft:0.0.14a_08
• A tree in Minecraft:0.0.23a_01
  A tree in Minecraft:0.0.23a_01
• An oak tree that generated on top of a Minecraft:Starting House in Indev 0.31 20100201-2227
  An oak tree that generated on top of a Minecraft:Starting House in Indev 0.31 20100201-2227
• Fancy trees as they appeared in Minecraft:Alpha v1.0.6
  Fancy trees as they appeared in Minecraft:Alpha v1.0.6
• Fancy trees with leaves removed in Minecraft:Alpha v1.1.2_01
  Fancy trees with leaves removed in Minecraft:Alpha v1.1.2_01
• Oaks and Minecraft:birches in Minecraft:Beta 1.4
  Oaks and Minecraft:birches in Minecraft:Beta 1.4
• An oak in Minecraft:Pocket Edition Lite
  An oak in Minecraft:Pocket Edition Lite
• A fallen oak in a village
  A fallen oak in a village

Development screenshots

• First image of trees
  First image of trees
• "Cross-cut" of the tree
  "Cross-cut" of the tree
• Minecraft:Notch posted this image of the new fancy trees with code provided to him by Paul Spooner.
  Minecraft:Notch posted this image of the new fancy trees with code provided to him by Paul Spooner.
• Trees damaged by "beavers" according to Minecraft:Jeb
  Trees damaged by "beavers" according to Minecraft:Jeb
• Image from Minecraft:Dinnerbone of a fallen tree in Java Edition
  Image from Minecraft:Dinnerbone of a fallen tree in Java Edition