How do you get Oak Leaves in Minecraft?

Oak Leaves is obtained through Shears, Oak Leaves from natural world generation, and Oak Leaves from decay. There is no crafting recipe. Oak Leaves come out of the world, and a hoe is what breaks them.

How long does Oak Leaves take to break?

Oak Leaves answer to 0.2 hardness, and they answer to 0.2 when something explodes. Identical values are the game's way of saying Oak Leaves were not designed to stop anything hitting them. The game files them under a hoe, without a minimum tier attached to Oak Leaves. Java 26.2 publishes Oak Leaves this way, and we print them the same.

How many Oak Leaves can you stack?

A single slot takes 64 Oak Leaves, so 27 shulker slots hold 1,728 and 36 inventory slots hold 2,304. A shulker box of Oak Leaves comes to 1,728, over 27 slots.

When was Oak Leaves added to Minecraft?

Oak Leaves was added in the early Alpha development period.

Utility Blocks

Oak Leaves

Oak Leaves are the foliage block of oak trees. They decay when no nearby log is present and can drop saplings, sticks, and apples.

Stack Size

Durability

N/A

Oak Leaves at a glance

Oak Leaves, blocks out of Shears, natural world generation, and decay, sit under Utility Blocks. Carrying Oak Leaves are cheap: 64 to a slot, 576 across the hotbar, 1728 in a chest.

Oak Leaves are 0.2-hardness blocks. Their blast resistance repeats that 0.2, so Oak Leaves offer no shelter. The game files them under a hoe, without a minimum tier attached to Oak Leaves. They sits between Oak Hanging Sign and Oak Log in Utility Blocks, number 217 of 340 there.

How to obtain

Shears
Natural generation
Decay

Notes

Only drops itself when broken with Shears or a Silk Touch tool; not usable as fuel.

Frequently asked questions about Oak Leaves

How do you get Oak Leaves in Minecraft?
Oak Leaves is obtained through Shears, Oak Leaves from natural world generation, and Oak Leaves from decay. There is no crafting recipe. Oak Leaves come out of the world, and a hoe is what breaks them.
How long does Oak Leaves take to break?
Oak Leaves answer to 0.2 hardness, and they answer to 0.2 when something explodes. Identical values are the game's way of saying Oak Leaves were not designed to stop anything hitting them. The game files them under a hoe, without a minimum tier attached to Oak Leaves. Java 26.2 publishes Oak Leaves this way, and we print them the same.
What is Oak Leaves used for?
Oak Leaves are the foliage block of oak trees. They decay when no nearby log is present and can drop saplings, sticks, and apples.
How many Oak Leaves can you stack?
A single slot takes 64 Oak Leaves, so 27 shulker slots hold 1,728 and 36 inventory slots hold 2,304. A shulker box of Oak Leaves comes to 1,728, over 27 slots.
When was Oak Leaves added to Minecraft?
Oak Leaves was added in the early Alpha development period.

Building with it

Oak leaves drop saplings, sticks and, rarely, apples, and shears collect the blocks themselves. They decay when the log they were attached to is gone, which is why a build using leaf blocks needs them placed by hand rather than left standing.

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