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Birch Sapling
Utility Blocks

Birch Sapling

Birch Sapling is a plant that grows into a birch tree when placed on dirt or grass with adequate light and space.

Stack Size

64

Durability

N/A

Category

Utility Blocks

Version Added

Alpha

Item ID

birch_sapling

Birch Sapling at a glance

Birch Sapling, a block out of leaf drops and natural world generation, sits under Utility Blocks. Carrying Birch Sapling is cheap: 64 to a slot, 576 across the hotbar, 1728 in a chest. Burning Birch Sapling works, at 2 a smelt, so keep it for emergencies: a full stack smelts 32.

Hardness 0 means Birch Sapling comes away immediately, whatever you are holding. It sits between Birch Planks and Birch Sign in Utility Blocks, number 30 of 340 there.

How to obtain

  • Leaf drops
  • Natural generation

Fuel value

Birch Sapling burns for 5 seconds (100 ticks), so 2 Birch Sapling smelt one item

Notes

Can be grown instantly with bone meal.

Frequently asked questions about Birch Sapling

  1. Birch Sapling as it appears in the game, the item this answer is about

    How do you get Birch Sapling in Minecraft?

    Birch Sapling is obtained through leaf drops, and Birch Sapling from natural world generation. No amount of crafting produces Birch Sapling.

  2. 64 Birch Sapling drawn together, the full slot the answer counts

    How many Birch Sapling can you stack?

    Birch Sapling goes 64 to a slot, and a full slot carries a furnace through 32 smelted items. A shulker box of Birch Sapling comes to 1,728, over 27 slots.

  3. Birch Sapling on its own, since nothing in the game is crafted from it

    What is Birch Sapling used for?

    Birch Sapling is a plant that grows into a birch tree when placed on dirt or grass with adequate light and space.

  4. Birch Sapling beside a furnace, which is where its 5 seconds of burning go

    Can Birch Sapling be used as fuel?

    It burns, but thinly: 5 seconds per Birch Sapling against the 10 a furnace needs, so 2 Birch Sapling go into one smelted item. What is left of a Birch Sapling stays in the furnace, so no part of Birch Sapling goes to waste.

Building with it

Birch saplings grow quickly and predictably, always to roughly the same height, which is exactly why builders like them: a birch row planted along a path grows into an even avenue rather than a jumble. The pale planks are the lightest wood in the overworld.

Related Astroworld Resources

Villager trades for Birch Sapling

What villagers ask for Birch Sapling on Astroworld Trades

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