Overview
Cherry Leaves 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 Leaves is the same shape in a different material.
Minecraft classifies Cherry Leaves as a plant block. A hardness of 0.2 means it is one of the quicker blocks to clear. No specific tool is required to collect it.
Light passes through it, so it will not darken the space behind it. It offers almost no protection from explosions (0.2 blast resistance). A full stack holds 64.
It is not used in any crafting recipe.
About the cherry set
How long it takes to break
Cherry Leaves sits at hardness 0.2: 0.3 seconds per block with your fists, 0.05 with the correct netherite tool.
The drop does not depend on the tool — bare hands work as well as anything — so the table below is purely about speed.
Each Efficiency level adds level² + 1 to the tool's speed; against a block this soft, instant mining arrives after only a level or two.
| Tool | No enchantment | Efficiency III | Efficiency V |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hand | 0.3 s | 0.3 s | 0.3 s |
| Wooden | 0.15 s | instant | instant |
| Stone | 0.1 s | instant | instant |
| Iron | instant | instant | instant |
| Diamond | instant | instant | instant |
| Netherite | instant | instant | instant |
| Golden | instant | instant | instant |
Properties
With 0.2 blast resistance Cherry Leaves goes down to any nearby explosion. It is transparent to light and produces no light. 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 30 and burn 60: build with it away from lava, and do not use it as a wall you care about. A hoe 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.
- Transparent
- Yes
- Required tool
- Any
- Flammable
- Yes (30/60)
- Renewable
- Yes
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Frequently asked questions
How do you get Cherry Leaves in Minecraft?
Cherry Leaves generates naturally in the world and does not drop anything without Silk Touch.
What tool do you need to break Cherry Leaves?
No specific tool is required — Cherry Leaves can be broken by hand.
Is Cherry Leaves blast resistant?
Cherry Leaves has a blast resistance of 0.2, so an explosion nearby will destroy it.
How many Cherry Leaves fit in one stack?
Cherry Leaves stacks to 64, so a single double chest holds 3,456 of them.
Is Cherry Leaves renewable?
Yes. Cherry Leaves can be obtained again and again in one world, so building with it does not exhaust the supply.
How long does Cherry Leaves take to break?
0.05 seconds with a netherite-tier tool of the right class, or 0.3 seconds bare-handed.
The rest of the set
Cherry Leaves is one of 9 variants of the same shape. The others are made from different materials, so their numbers differ:
