Oak

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

There are three variants of the oak tree: small regular oaks, tall and branching fancy oaks, and swamp oaks which cannot be grown. They can also generate fallen or with vines‌^{[BE only]}.

Oaks come in several variants with different properties:

• Small regular oaks are the most common, with a distinct shape similar to birches.
• 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 4–14 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 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 villages.
  • A solitary oak has a ²⁄₉ (22.2%) chance to appear as "display 1" inside 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.

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

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

These items can be obtained from oaks:

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  Oak Log (harvested with any tool including hands)
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  Oak Leaves (harvested with shears)
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  Stick (chance of dropping when breaking leaves)
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  Oak Planks (created from a log in the inventory crafting grid)
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  Stripped Oak Log (created by using an axe on a log)
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  Oak Sapling (chance of dropping when breaking leaves)
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  Apple (chance of dropping when breaking leaves)
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  Bee Nest (if spawned on an oak near flowers)
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  Vines (harvested with shears from a swamp oak, from a dying tree, or fallen tree)

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

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  Dirt
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  Grass Block
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  Coarse Dirt
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  Podzol
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  Mycelium
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  Rooted Dirt
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  Moss Block
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  Pale Moss Block
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  Farmland
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  Mud
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  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 logs, leaves, dirt, or saplings.

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

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.^[1][2]

👁 A fallen oak log.

These trees consist of a single upright log or 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 vines.

Dying oaks retain their standard growth pattern. However, all exposed logs in the main trunk are covered with vines. They can generate as regular or small oaks.

Java Edition:

Issues relating to "Oak" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

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

• 👁 Oak Tree
  
  Oak Tree
• 👁 Oak with Bee Nest
  
  Oak with Bee Nest
• 👁 Small Fancy Oak (Balloon Oak Tree)
  
  Small Fancy Oak (Balloon Oak Tree)
• 👁 Fancy Oak
  
  Fancy Oak
• 👁 Swamp Oak
  
  Swamp Oak
• 👁 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

• 👁 Oak trees
  
  Oak trees
• 👁 Fancy oaks with leaves removed
  
  Fancy oaks with leaves removed
• 👁 A balloon oak tree
  
  A balloon oak tree
• 👁 An oak
  
  An oak
• 👁 A fancy oak
  
  A fancy oak
• 👁 Wild balloon oak tree
  
  Wild balloon oak tree
• 👁 A fallen oak in a village
  
  A fallen oak in a village
• 👁 Two balloon oak and small jungle trees on the border of a jungle
  
  Two balloon oak and small jungle trees on the border of a jungle
• 👁 A fancy oak generated in a cave
  
  A fancy oak generated in a cave
• 👁 An oak tree loaded after birch and spruce were added
  
  An oak tree loaded after birch and spruce were added
• 👁 A birch and a balloon oak tree sharing a canopy
  
  A birch and a balloon oak tree sharing a canopy

• 👁 A giant oak tree generated in a river biome next to a birch forest.
  
  A giant oak tree generated in a river biome next to a birch forest.
• 👁 An oak tree that was generated over a lava lake. The dirt under it was replaced by stone.
  
  An oak tree that was generated over a lava lake. The dirt under it was replaced by stone.
• 👁 An unsupported tree.
  
  An unsupported tree.
• 👁 A tree generated next to a lava lake, which caught on fire.
  
  A tree generated next to a lava lake, which caught on fire.
• 👁 A fallen oak with some logs in midair.
  
  A fallen oak with some logs in midair.
• 👁 A fallen oak where most of the logs are lower than the base.
  
  A fallen oak where most of the logs are lower than the base.
• 👁 An oak with two different leaf colors.
  
  An oak with two different leaf colors.
• 👁 A fallen oak where most of the logs are floating directly above a river.
  
  A fallen oak where most of the logs are floating directly above a river.

• 👁 First image of trees. 0.0.14a development.
  
  First image of trees. 0.0.14a development.
• 👁 "Cross-cut" of the tree.
  
  "Cross-cut" of the tree.
• 👁 Notch posted this image of the new fancy trees with code provided to him by Paul Spooner.
  
  Notch posted this image of the new fancy trees with code provided to him by Paul Spooner.
• 👁 Trees damaged by "beavers" according to Jeb.
  
  Trees damaged by "beavers" according to Jeb.
• 👁 Image from Dinnerbone of a fallen tree in Java Edition.
  
  Image from Dinnerbone of a fallen tree in Java Edition.

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