How do you get Apple in Minecraft?

Apple is obtained through breaking oak and dark oak leaves, Apple from chest loot, and Apple from trading (Wandering Trader). It is not craftable, but it is an ingredient in 1 recipe.

Where do you find Apple in chests?

Apple is chest loot in the bonus chest (about 84%, 1 to 2 at a time), plains village houses (about 74%, 1 to 5 at a time), igloo basement chests (about 70%, 1 to 3 at a time), and village weaponsmith chests (about 55%, 1 to 3 at a time). It shows up in 6 kinds of chest in total. Those odds are per chest, and Luck does not move them.

What is Apple used for?

Apple is a crafting ingredient, and it goes into Golden Apple.

How long does it take to eat Apple?

1.6 seconds for one Apple, and an empty bar of Apple means 5 of those, or 8 seconds in total. What that time buys is 0.6 saturation for every hunger point, which is where Apple sits against the rest.

When was Apple added to Minecraft?

Apple was added in the early Alpha development period.

How many Apple can you stack?

64 Apple go in a slot, and eaten out again that is 12.8 bars. A full backpack of 36 inventory slots carries 2,304 at once.

Food

Apple

A common fruit that restores 4 hunger points. It is used to craft golden apples.

Stack Size

Durability

N/A

Apple at a glance

Breaking oak and dark oak leaves, chest loot, and trading (Wandering Trader) give you Apple, a food item filed under Food. Stack Apple 64 high: 576 across a hotbar, 1728 in a shulker box, and 3456 in a double chest. Eating Apple restores 4 hunger, 2 drumsticks on the bar, plus 2.4 saturation.

Eating Apple puts 4 hunger and 2.4 saturation back on the clock, and while the hunger number fills the bar in front of you, the saturation is what keeps it working for you long afterwards. It additionally serves as a crafting ingredient for Golden Apple. Of the 6 kinds of generated chest that can hold Apple, the bonus chest is the best bet at about 84% per chest. It opens the Food list, Baked Potato follows it, 37 entries in all.

Used to craft

Golden Apple is the one recipe that asks for Apple, and the link below opens that grid. Each link below opens that recipe with Apple in the grid.

Golden Apple

How to obtain

Breaking oak and dark oak leaves
Chest loot
Trading (Wandering Trader)

Food value

Hunger Restored

4 (2 drumsticks)

Saturation

2.4

Time to Eat

1.6 seconds

Eat On A Full Bar

Eating

Count 8 seconds to eat back a whole bar with Apple: 5 helpings at 1.6 seconds each. Per point of hunger you get 0.6 saturation out of Apple, and saturation is what drains before hunger does. On saturation Apple lands at 20 of 37, just under Cake and just over Chorus Fruit.

Frequently asked questions about Apple

How do you get Apple in Minecraft?
Apple is obtained through breaking oak and dark oak leaves, Apple from chest loot, and Apple from trading (Wandering Trader). It is not craftable, but it is an ingredient in 1 recipe.
Where do you find Apple in chests?
Apple is chest loot in the bonus chest (about 84%, 1 to 2 at a time), plains village houses (about 74%, 1 to 5 at a time), igloo basement chests (about 70%, 1 to 3 at a time), and village weaponsmith chests (about 55%, 1 to 3 at a time). It shows up in 6 kinds of chest in total. Those odds are per chest, and Luck does not move them.
What is Apple used for?
Apple is a crafting ingredient, and it goes into Golden Apple.
How long does it take to eat Apple?
1.6 seconds for one Apple, and an empty bar of Apple means 5 of those, or 8 seconds in total. What that time buys is 0.6 saturation for every hunger point, which is where Apple sits against the rest.
When was Apple added to Minecraft?
Apple was added in the early Alpha development period.
How many Apple can you stack?
64 Apple go in a slot, and eaten out again that is 12.8 bars. A full backpack of 36 inventory slots carries 2,304 at once.

Building with it

Apples fall from oak and dark oak leaves as they decay, so any forest is an orchard if you cut it down. Four hunger on its own is modest, but eight gold ingots turn one into a golden apple, which is where most apples eventually end up.

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