Overview
Birch Sapling is one of the 9 variants of this shape in the game. What changes between them is the material, and with it the hardness, the drops, the durability and the recipe — so every figure on this page is this variant's own. Oak Sapling is the same shape in a different material.
Birch Sapling counts as a plant block in Minecraft 1.21.4. There is no way to craft it; you have to find it and mine it. It breaks almost instantly, with a hardness of just 0.
You can break it by hand without losing the drop. It drops as the same block you mined. Light passes through it, so it will not darken the space behind it.
It offers almost no protection from explosions (0 blast resistance). A full stack holds 64. It is not used in any crafting recipe.
About the birch set
How long it takes to break
Birch Sapling sits at hardness 0: 0 seconds per block with your fists, 0 with the correct netherite tool.
No particular tool tier is required: any tool, or none at all, still yields the drop, so the table below is about speed rather than about whether you get anything.
Efficiency adds its level squared plus one to the tool speed. On a block this soft the enchantment reaches instant mining almost immediately.
| Tool | No enchantment | Efficiency III | Efficiency V |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hand | instant | instant | instant |
| Wooden | instant | instant | instant |
| Stone | instant | instant | instant |
| Iron | instant | instant | instant |
| Diamond | instant | instant | instant |
| Netherite | instant | instant | instant |
| Golden | instant | instant | instant |
Properties
Birch Sapling resists blasts at 0, which is not enough to survive anything explosive nearby. Light passes through it, and it emits none of its own. One inventory slot holds 64, the normal full stack. It is renewable, so a single world can supply an unlimited amount of it. Flammable, at encouragement 60 and burn 100: build with it away from lava, and do not use it as a wall you care about. An axe is fastest here; any other class mines it at bare-hand speed, because the bonus only applies to the class the block is tagged for. As furnace fuel it burns for 5 seconds — half of what a single smelting operation needs.
- Transparent
- Yes
- Required tool
- Any
- Flammable
- Yes (60/100)
- Renewable
- Yes
- Fuel value
- 5 s
Drops
Mined with any, Birch Sapling drops itself.
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Frequently asked questions
How do you get Birch Sapling in Minecraft?
Mine Birch Sapling with any and it drops itself.
What tool do you need to break Birch Sapling?
No specific tool is required — Birch Sapling can be broken by hand.
Is Birch Sapling blast resistant?
Birch Sapling has a blast resistance of 0, so an explosion nearby will destroy it.
How many Birch Sapling fit in one stack?
Birch Sapling stacks to 64, so a single double chest holds 3,456 of them.
Is Birch Sapling renewable?
It is. Birch Sapling can be made again in the same world, so there is no need to ration it.
How long does Birch Sapling take to break?
About 0 seconds if you bring the correct netherite tool; 0 seconds with your fists.
The rest of the set
Birch Sapling is one of 9 variants of the same shape. The others are made from different materials, so their numbers differ:
