Overview
Spruce 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.
Spruce Sapling counts as a plant block in Minecraft 1.21.4. It has no crafting recipe — you collect it by mining it where it generates. A hardness of 0 means it is one of the quicker blocks to clear.
No specific tool is required to collect it. Broken correctly, it drops itself. Because it is transparent it does not block light.
A blast resistance of 0 means a single creeper will clear it away. It stacks to 64. Nothing on the crafting grid is made from it.
About the spruce set
How long it takes to break
Spruce Sapling has a hardness of 0. By hand that is 0 seconds per block; with the correct tool at netherite tier it is 0 seconds.
There is no tier requirement to worry about. Any tool, or none, returns the drop; the numbers below just say how fast.
Efficiency contributes its level squared plus one to tool speed, and on something this soft that reaches instant mining almost at once.
| 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
With 0 blast resistance Spruce Sapling goes down to any nearby explosion. It is transparent to light and produces no light. Stack size is 64 — the standard full stack. It renews, so a single world will never run out. It catches easily (encouragement 60, burn 100), so keep lava and open flame well away from it and from anything next to it. The fastest tool for it is an axe; any other kind of tool mines it no faster than a bare hand does, because the speed bonus only applies to the tool 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, Spruce Sapling drops itself.
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Frequently asked questions
How do you get Spruce Sapling in Minecraft?
Mine Spruce Sapling with any and it drops itself.
What tool do you need to break Spruce Sapling?
No specific tool is required — Spruce Sapling can be broken by hand.
Is Spruce Sapling blast resistant?
Spruce Sapling has a blast resistance of 0, so an explosion nearby will destroy it.
How many Spruce Sapling fit in one stack?
Spruce Sapling stacks to 64, which puts 3,456 of them in a double chest.
Is Spruce Sapling renewable?
Yes. Spruce Sapling can be obtained again and again in one world, so building with it does not exhaust the supply.
How long does Spruce Sapling take to break?
About 0 seconds if you bring the correct netherite tool; 0 seconds with your fists.
The rest of the set
Spruce Sapling is one of 9 variants of the same shape. The others are made from different materials, so their numbers differ:
