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Dark Oak Sapling
Utility Blocks

Dark Oak Sapling

Dark Oak Sapling is a plant that grows into a dark oak tree when placed on dirt or grass with adequate light and space.

Stack Size

64

Durability

N/A

Category

Utility Blocks

Version Added

1.7

Item ID

dark_oak_sapling

Dark Oak Sapling at a glance

Dark Oak Sapling comes from leaf drops and natural world generation, and Utility Blocks is where it sits as a block. A slot of Dark Oak Sapling holds 64, nine slots hold 576, and 1728 fill a chest. It burns in a furnace, but a single smelt eats 2, so a stack of 64 covers 32 items.

A single tap removes Dark Oak Sapling; the game gives it a hardness of 0. It sits between Dark Oak Planks and Dark Oak Sign in Utility Blocks, number 111 of 340 there.

How to obtain

  • Leaf drops
  • Natural generation

Fuel value

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

Notes

Can be grown instantly with bone meal.

Frequently asked questions about Dark Oak Sapling

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

    How do you get Dark Oak Sapling in Minecraft?

    Dark Oak Sapling is obtained through leaf drops, and Dark Oak Sapling from natural world generation. It cannot be crafted, only obtained the way described.

  2. Dark Oak Sapling on its own, since nothing in the game is crafted from it

    What is Dark Oak Sapling used for?

    Dark Oak Sapling is a plant that grows into a dark oak tree when placed on dirt or grass with adequate light and space.

  3. 64 Dark Oak Sapling drawn together, the full slot the answer counts

    How many Dark Oak Sapling can you stack?

    A slot of 64 Dark Oak Sapling burns for 32 smelted items, and that is what the stack is worth as fuel. A full backpack of 36 inventory slots carries 2,304 at once.

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

    Can Dark Oak Sapling be used as fuel?

    Burning Dark Oak Sapling works: 5 seconds each, though not one item at a time, since it takes 2 of them to finish a single smelt. What is left of a Dark Oak Sapling stays in the furnace, so no part of Dark Oak Sapling goes to waste.

Building with it

Dark oak saplings only work in fours: plant a single one and nothing happens no matter how long you wait. Four in a square grow a thick canopy tree, and the leaves drop apples, so a dark oak farm produces food alongside its wood.