Tree Saplings
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| Sapling, Jungle Sapling, Pine Sapling, Acacia Sapling, Aspen Sapling | |
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| A node in Minetest Game | |
| Node Type | Plant |
| Drops | Itself |
| Physics | No |
| Luminance | No |
| Flammable | Yes |
| Generated | No |
| Renewable | Yes |
| Stackable | Yes (99) |
| Itemstring | see table |
Saplings are a group of blocks which grow into trees. They are dropped by leaf-type blocks with a chance of 1 in 20 for each leaf block. The sapling drop “replaces” the leaf block drop—you do not get the leaf block if you get a sapling.
All saplings can be can be placed on any block.
Growth
Saplings will, provided they are under sunlight and are on placed on any dirt or another block that supports growth, will grow into trees after a while. They instantly go from sapling to full tree, there are no intermediate growth stages.
Specifically, all saplings only grow on the following blocks:
- Dirt
- Dirt with Grass
- Dirt with Grass and Footsteps
- Dirt with Rainforest Litter
- Dirt with Dry Grass
- Soil
- Wet Soil
- Desert Sand (!)
- Desert Sand Soil
- Wet Desert Sand Soil
Types
There are different saplings, each sapling grows into a different tree.
| Sapling type | Itemstring | Dropped from … | Grows into … | |
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Sapling | default:sapling |  Leaves
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 Tree or apple tree
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Jungle Sapling | default:junglesapling |  Jungle Leaves
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 Jungle tree
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Pine Sapling | default:pine_sapling |  Pine Needles
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 Pine tree
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Acacia Sapling | default:acacia_sapling |  Acacia Leaves
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 Acacia tree
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Aspen Sapling | default:aspen_sapling |  Aspen Leaves
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 Aspen tree
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Sapling
Trees grown from saplings have a 25% chance to bear apples.
Pine Sapling
The pine sapling will grow into a pine tree. If dirt with snow, snow or a snow block was in a 3×3×3 area around the sapling, the pine tree will be covered with snow.
Other saplings
Trees grown from other saplings will be mostly the same every time.