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Spruce Sapling
Utility Blocks

Spruce Sapling

Spruce Sapling is a plant that grows into a spruce 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

spruce_sapling

Spruce Sapling at a glance

Minecraft files Spruce Sapling under Utility Blocks: a block you get from leaf drops and natural world generation. 64 Spruce Sapling fit in a slot, 576 across the hotbar, 3456 in a double chest. It burns in a furnace, but a single smelt eats 2, so a stack of 64 covers 32 items.

A single tap removes Spruce Sapling; the game gives it a hardness of 0. Generated chests only ever hold Spruce Sapling in one place: taiga village houses (about 41%, 1 to 5 at a time). It sits between Spruce Planks and Spruce Sign in Utility Blocks, number 301 of 340 there.

How to obtain

  • Leaf drops
  • Natural generation

Fuel value

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

Notes

Can be grown instantly with bone meal.

Frequently asked questions about Spruce Sapling

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

    How do you get Spruce Sapling in Minecraft?

    Spruce Sapling is obtained through leaf drops, and Spruce Sapling from natural world generation. Nothing you can build: Spruce Sapling is found, and taiga village houses come out at about 41%.

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

    How many Spruce Sapling can you stack?

    64 Spruce Sapling is the limit per slot, and a full slot in the fuel box smelts 32 items. A double chest of Spruce Sapling comes to 3,456, spread over 54 slots.

  3. A chest beside Spruce Sapling, the loot this answer lists

    Where do you find Spruce Sapling in chests?

    Spruce Sapling is chest loot in one place and one only: taiga village houses (about 41%, 1 to 5 at a time). No other generated chest lists it, so that single structure is the whole search, and every other chest in the game will disappoint you.

  4. Spruce Sapling on its own, since nothing in the game is crafted from it

    What is Spruce Sapling used for?

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

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

    Can Spruce Sapling be used as fuel?

    Burning Spruce 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 Spruce Sapling stays in the furnace, so no part of Spruce Sapling goes to waste.

Building with it

One spruce sapling grows a normal tree, four in a square grow the giant version with a two by two trunk. The giant is worth the extra saplings: it yields several times the wood, and podzol generates under it, which is otherwise hard to obtain.

Related Astroworld Resources

Villager trades for Spruce Sapling

What villagers ask for Spruce Sapling on Astroworld Trades

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