{{Block
| image = Oak Leaves.png
| extratext = View [[#Renders|all renders]]
| transparent = Partial <small>(diffuses sky light)</small>
| light = No
| tool = Shears
| tool2 = Hoe
| tool3 = Sword
| renewable = Yes
| stackable = Yes (64)
| flammable = Yes (30)
| lavasusceptible = Yes
}}
{{for|the removed Pocket Edition block|Leaves carried}}
{{for|the item often incorrectly referred to as "alpha leaves"|Invalid Data Value Leaves}}
'''Leaves''' are natural [[block]]s that generate as part of [[tree]]s. Despite being a full block, they can be [[Waterlogging|waterlogged]].

== Obtaining ==
=== Breaking ===
{{see also|Fortune#Tabulated probabilities}}Hoes are the default tools for breaking leaves, but leaves can be obtained only with [[shears]] or [[Silk Touch]] enchanted tools.
{{breaking row|horizontal=1|Leaves|Hoe|drop=0|shears=1|sword=0}}

{| class="wikitable"
! Drop
! Source
! No Fortune
! Fortune I
! Fortune II
! Fortune III
|-
| style="text-align:left" | {{BlockLink|Jungle Sapling}}s
| style="text-align:left" | {{BlockSprite|jungle-leaves}} Jungle Leaves
| 2.5% ({{frac|1|40}})
| 2.78% ({{frac|1|36}})
| 3.125% ({{frac|1|32}})
| 4.17% ({{frac|1|24}})
|-
| style="text-align:left" | {{BlockLink|Azalea}} or other {{BlockLink|Saplings}}
| style="text-align:left" | {{BlockSprite|Azalea Leaves}} Azalea Leaves or other {{BlockSprite|Leaves}} Leaves
| 5% ({{frac|1|20}})
| 6.25% ({{frac|1|16}})
| 8.33% ({{frac|1|12)}}
| 10% ({{frac|1|10}})
|-
| style="text-align:left" | 1-2 {{ItemLink|Stick}}s
| style="text-align:left" | {{BlockSprite|leaves}} All Leaves
| 2% ({{frac|1|50}})
| 2.22% ({{frac|1|45}})
| 2.5% ({{frac|1|40}})
| 3.33% ({{frac|1|30}})
|-
| style="text-align:left" | {{ItemLink|Apple}}s
| style="text-align:left" | {{BlockSprite|Oak Leaves}} Oak and {{BlockSprite|Dark Oak Leaves}} Dark Oak Leaves
| 0.5% ({{frac|1|200}})
| 0.556% ({{frac|1|180}})
| 0.625% ({{frac|1|160}})
| 0.833% ({{frac|1|120}})
|}

=== Natural generation ===
Leaves occur naturally on trees and azaleas throughout the [[Overworld]]. Specially, oak leaves are generate in [[jungle bush]]es. Oak leaves also generate in the tree at meeting point in plains [[village]]. Dark oak leaves also generate in [[woodland mansion]]s.

=== Post-generation ===
{{see also|Tutorials/Tree farming}}
Leaves generate as part of trees grown from [[sapling]]s or [[azalea]].

== Usage ==
Leaves from trees spontaneously decay (disappear) when they receive a [[Tick#Random tick|block tick]] if they are not connected to a block with the <code>logs</code> tag ([[log]] or [[wood]] block), either directly or via other leaf blocks, with a maximum distance of 6 blocks{{only|je}} or 4 blocks{{only|be}}. Leaves placed by players never decay.

Leaves that decay, or are destroyed without using [[Silk Touch]] or [[shears]], yield [[sapling]]s 5% ({{frac|1|20}}) of the time, sticks 2% of the time, and otherwise drop nothing. Jungle leaves drop saplings 2.5% ({{frac|1|40}}) of the time. Oak and dark oak leaves also have a separate but additional 0.5% ({{frac|1|200}}) chance of dropping an [[apple]], making it extremely rare but possible for a single leaf to drop a sapling, a stick and an apple at the same time. Rates are increased by the [[Fortune]] enchantment. Leaves that are burned do not yield saplings or apples.

Leaves take on a different shade of green depending on the [[biome]] in which they are placed.

Leaves are always [[transparent]] to [[light]], but cannot be seen through when the [[Options#Video Settings|graphics mode]] is set to "Fast"; the transparent regions are instead black{{only|je|short=true}}/dark green{{only|be|short=true}}. They diffuse sky light, causing the shadows they cast under trees.

Leaves can be [[Waterlogging|waterlogged]], despite being a full block. Water does not spread out{{only|je}} and waterlogged leaves follow the same rules as any other [[Waterlogging#Mechanism|waterlogged]] block. When [[Concrete Powder|concrete powder]] is placed on any side of the waterlogged leaves it turns into [[concrete]], without the danger of the water running out of the block.

Applying [[bone meal]] to mangrove leaves with a space beneath produces a hanging [[mangrove propagule]] with <code>age=0</code>.

=== Redstone component ===
{{Exclusive|java|section=1}}
The state of a leaves block—including a player-placed block—changes after 1 game tick (half a redstone tick) when the distance to the nearest [[log]] or [[wood]] block changes, up to 6 blocks of leaves away. [[Observer]]s facing away from the leaves detect this change and transmit a redstone signal in the same game tick, making leaves useful for redstone signal transmission. This has been called "Leafstone" by the Minecraft Community.

=== Piston interactivity ===
Leaves are destroyed when pushed by [[piston]]s. They do not stick to sticky pistons, [[slime block]]s or [[honey block]]s.

=== Composting ===
Leaves have a 30% chance of increasing the compost level in a [[composter]] by 1. A stack of leaves yields an average of 2.74 [[bonemeal]].

=== Bees ===
Flowering azaleas leaves and cherry leaves function like any other [[flower]]s in their interaction and uses with [[bee]]s.

=== Bee nests ===
Oak and birch [[trees]] grown from [[saplings]] that are within 2 blocks of any flowering azalea leaves have a 5% chance to grow with [[bee nest]] and 1-3 bees in it.

=== Color ===

* In the inventory, {{BlockSprite|Oak Leaves}} oak, {{BlockSprite|Jungle Leaves}} jungle, {{BlockSprite|Acacia Leaves}} acacia, and {{BlockSprite|Dark Oak Leaves}} dark oak leaves are colored {{color|#48b518}}.
* In the inventory, {{BlockSprite|Mangrove Leaves}} mangrove leaves are colored {{color|#92c648}}.
* {{BlockSprite|Spruce Leaves}} Spruce leaves are colored {{color|#619961}}, and are not affected by biome or inventory color.<ref name="MC-3930">{{Cite bug|MC|3930|colormaps/foliage.png not affecting birch and spruce leaves, watercolor.png not changing water at all|date=November 28, 2012}}</ref>
* {{BlockSprite|Birch Leaves}} Birch leaves are colored {{color|#80a755}}, and are not affected by biome or inventory color.<ref name="MC-3930"/>
* {{BlockSprite|Azalea Leaves}} Azalea, {{BlockSprite|Flowering Azalea Leaves}} flowering azalea, and {{BlockSprite|Cherry Leaves}} cherry leaves are not colored.

===== Biome colors =====
These values are generated by the biome dyeing algorithm. See [[Color#Biome colors|Biome colors]] for more information.
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" data-description="Biome colors"
!Biome !! Temperature !! Downfall !! Foliage Color !! Block
|-
| (Default values)<br>{{BiomeLink|The Void}}<br>{{BiomeLink|River}}<br>{{BiomeLink|Warm Ocean}}<br>{{BiomeLink|Lukewarm Ocean}}<br>{{BiomeLink|Deep Lukewarm Ocean}}<br>{{BiomeLink|Ocean}}<br>{{BiomeLink|Deep Ocean}}<br>{{BiomeLink|Cold Ocean}}<br>{{BiomeLink|Deep Cold Ocean}}<br>{{BiomeLink|Deep Frozen Ocean}}<br>{{BiomeLink|Lush Caves}}{{only|je|short=1}}<br>{{BiomeLink|The End}}<br>{{BiomeLink|End Highlands}}<br>{{BiomeLink|End Midlands}}<br>{{BiomeLink|Small End Islands}}<br>{{BiomeLink|End Barrens}} || 0.5 || 0.5 || {{Color|#71a74d}} || [[File:Oak Leaves.png|32px]]
|-
| {{BiomeLink|Lush Caves}}{{only|be|short=1}} || 0.9 || 0.0 || {{Color|#a6a432}} || [[File:Lush Caves Oak Leaves.png|32px]]
|-
| {{BiomeLink|Plains}}<br>{{BiomeLink|Beach}}<br>{{BiomeLink|Sunflower Plains}}<br>{{BiomeLink|Dripstone Caves}}{{only|je|short=1}}<br>{{BiomeLink|Deep Dark}} || 0.8 || 0.4 || {{Color|#77ab2f}} || [[File:Plains Oak Leaves.png|32px]]
|-
| {{BiomeLink|Dripstone Caves}}{{only|be|short=1}} || 0.2 || 0.0 || {{Color|#70a26c}} || [[File:Dripstone Caves Oak Leaves.png|32px]]
|-
| {{BiomeLink|Snowy Plains}}<br>{{BiomeLink|Ice Spikes}}<br>{{BiomeLink|Snowy Taiga}}<br>{{BiomeLink|Frozen Ocean}}<br>{{BiomeLink|Frozen River}} || 0.0 || 0.5
| rowspan="4" | {{Color|#60a17b}}
| rowspan="4" | [[File:Snowy Plains Oak Leaves.png|32px]]
|-
| {{BiomeLink|Grove}} || -0.2 || 0.8
|-
| {{BiomeLink|Snowy Slopes}} || -0.3 || 0.9
|-
| {{BiomeLink|Frozen Peaks}}<br>{{BiomeLink|Jagged Peaks}} || -0.7 || 0.9
|-
| {{BiomeLink|Desert}}<br>{{BiomeLink|Savanna}}{{only|je|short=1}}<br>{{BiomeLink|Savanna Plateau}}{{only|je|short=1}}<br>{{BiomeLink|Windswept Savanna}}<br>{{BiomeLink|Nether Wastes}}<br>{{BiomeLink|Warped Forest}}<br>{{BiomeLink|Crimson Forest}}<br>{{BiomeLink|Soul Sand Valley}}<br>{{BiomeLink|Basalt Deltas}} || 2.0 || 0.0
| rowspan="3" | {{Color|#aea42a}}
| rowspan="3" | [[File:Desert Oak Leaves.png|32px]]
|-
| {{BiomeLink|Savanna}}{{only|be|short=1}}|| 1.2 || 0.0
|-
| {{BiomeLink|Savanna Plateau}}{{only|be|short=1}}|| 1.0 || 0.0
|-
| {{BiomeLink|Badlands}}<br>{{BiomeLink|Wooded Badlands}}<br>{{BiomeLink|Eroded Badlands}} || 2.0 || 0.0 || {{Color|#9e814d}}<ref group="n" name="preset">Color is preset</ref> || [[File:Badlands Oak Leaves.png|32px]]
|-
| {{BiomeLink|Swamp}} || 0.8 || 0.9 || {{Color|#6a7039}}<ref group="n" name="preset"/> || [[File:Swamp Oak Leaves.png|32px]]
|-
| {{BiomeLink|Mangrove Swamp}}|| 0.8 || 0.9 || {{Color|#8db127}}<ref group="n" name="preset"/> || [[File:Mangrove Swamp Oak Leaves.png|32px]]
|-
| {{BiomeLink|Forest}}<br>{{BiomeLink|Dark Forest}}<br>{{BiomeLink|Flower Forest}} || 0.7 || 0.8 || {{Color|#59ae30}} || [[File:Forest Oak Leaves.png|32px]]
|-
| {{BiomeLink|Birch Forest}}<br>{{BiomeLink|Old Growth Birch Forest}} || 0.6 || 0.6 || {{Color|#6ba941}} || [[File:Birch Forest Oak Leaves.png|32px]]
|-
| {{BiomeLink|Old Growth Pine Taiga}} || 0.3 || 0.8 || {{Color|#68a55f}} || [[File:Old Growth Pine Taiga Oak Leaves.png|32px]]
|-
| {{BiomeLink|Old Growth Spruce Taiga}}<br>{{BiomeLink|Taiga}} || 0.25 || 0.8 || {{Color|#68a464}} || [[File:Taiga Oak Leaves.png|32px]]
|-
| {{BiomeLink|Windswept Hills}}<br>{{BiomeLink|Windswept Gravelly Hills}}<br>{{BiomeLink|Windswept Forest}}<br>{{BiomeLink|Stony Shore}}|| 0.2 || 0.3 || {{Color|#6da36b}} || [[File:Windswept Hills Oak Leaves.png|32px]]
|-
| {{BiomeLink|Jungle}}<br>{{BiomeLink|Bamboo Jungle}}|| 0.95 || 0.9 || {{Color|#30bb0b}} || [[File:Jungle Oak Leaves.png|32px]]
|-
| {{BiomeLink|Sparse Jungle}} || 0.95 || 0.8 || {{Color|#3eb80f}} || [[File:Sparse Jungle Oak Leaves.png|32px]]
|-
| {{BiomeLink|Meadow}} || 0.5 || 0.8 || {{Color|#63a948}} || [[File:Meadow Oak Leaves.png|32px]]
|-
| {{BiomeLink|Cherry Grove}} || 0.5 || 0.8 || {{Color|#b6db61}}<ref group="n" name="preset"/> || [[File:Cherry Grove Oak Leaves.png|32px]]
|-
| {{BiomeLink|Stony Peaks}} || 1.0 || 0.3 || {{Color|#82ac1e}} || [[File:Stony Peaks Oak Leaves.png|32px]]
|-
| {{BiomeLink|Snowy Beach}} || 0.05 || 0.3 || {{Color|#64a278}} || [[File:Snowy Beach Oak Leaves.png|32px]]
|-
| {{BiomeLink|Mushroom Fields}} || 0.9 || 1.0 || {{Color|#2bbb0f}} || [[File:Mushroom Fields Oak Leaves.png|32px]]
|}

Unused biomes in {{BE}}.

{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" data-description="Unused biome colors"
!Biome !! Temperature !! Downfall !! Foliage Color !! Block
|-
| (Default values)<br>{{BiomeLink|Deep Warm Ocean}}
| 0.5 || 0.5 || {{Color|#71a74d}} || [[File:Oak Leaves.png|32px]]
|-
| {{BiomeLink|Snowy Mountains}}<br>{{BiomeLink|Legacy Frozen Ocean}} || 0.0 || 0.5
| rowspan="2" | {{Color|#60a17b}} 
| rowspan="2" | [[File:Snowy Plains Oak Leaves.png|32px]]
|-
| {{BiomeLink|Snowy Taiga Hills}}<br>{{BiomeLink|Snowy Taiga Mountains}} || -0.5 || 0.4
|-
| {{BiomeLink|Taiga Hills}}<br>{{BiomeLink|Taiga Mountains}} || 0.25 || 0.8 || {{Color|#68a464}} || [[File:Taiga Oak Leaves.png|32px]]
|-
| {{BiomeLink|Desert Hills}}<br>{{BiomeLink|Desert Lakes}} || 2.0 || 0.0 || {{Color|#aea42a}} || [[File:Desert Oak Leaves.png|32px]]
|-
| {{BiomeLink|Badlands Plateau}}<br>{{BiomeLink|Modified Badlands Plateau}}<br>{{BiomeLink|Modified Wooded Badlands Plateau}} || 2.0 || 0.0 || {{Color|#9e814d}}<ref group="n" name="preset"/> || [[File:Badlands Oak Leaves.png|32px]]
|-
| {{BiomeLink|Shattered Savanna Plateau}}
| 1.0 || 0.5 || {{Color|#64b216}} || [[File:Windswept Savanna Oak Leaves.png|32px]]
|-
| {{BiomeLink|Swamp Hills}} || 0.8 || 0.5 || {{Color|#6a7039}}<ref group="n" name="preset"/> || [[File:Swamp Oak Leaves.png|32px]]
|-
| {{BiomeLink|Wooded Hills}}<br>{{BiomeLink|Tall Birch Hills}}<br>{{BiomeLink|Dark Forest Hills}} || 0.7 || 0.8 || {{Color|#59ae30}} || [[File:Forest Oak Leaves.png|32px]]
|-
| {{BiomeLink|Birch Forest Hills}} || 0.6 || 0.6 || {{Color|#6ba941}} || [[File:Birch Forest Oak Leaves.png|32px]]
|-
| {{BiomeLink|Giant Tree Taiga Hills}}<br>{{BiomeLink|Giant Spruce Taiga Hills}} || 0.3 || 0.8 || {{Color|#68a55f}} || [[File:Old Growth Pine Taiga Oak Leaves.png|32px]]
|-
| {{BiomeLink|id=modified-gravelly-mountains|Gravelly Mountains+}}<br>{{BiomeLink|Mountain Edge}} || 0.2 || 0.3 || {{Color|#6da36b}} || [[File:Windswept Hills Oak Leaves.png|32px]]
|-
| {{BiomeLink|Jungle Hills}}<br>{{BiomeLink|Modified Jungle}}<br>{{BiomeLink|Bamboo Jungle Hills}} || 0.95 || 0.9 || {{Color|#30bb0b}} || [[File:Jungle Oak Leaves.png|32px]]
|-
| {{BiomeLink|Modified Jungle Edge}} || 0.95 || 0.8 || {{Color|#3eb80f}} || [[File:Sparse Jungle Oak Leaves.png|32px]]
|-
| {{BiomeLink|Mushroom Field Shore}} || 0.9 || 1.0 || {{Color|#2bbb0f}} || [[File:Mushroom Fields Oak Leaves.png|32px]]
|}

{{Reflist|group=n}}

==== Snowy leaves ====
{{Exclusive|Bedrock|section=1}}

Leaves appear as [[snow]]-covered during snowfall, however, these appearances are exclusive to {{BiomeLink|frozen ocean}}, {{BiomeLink|deep frozen ocean}}, {{BiomeLink|frozen river}}, {{BiomeLink|snowy beach}}, {{BiomeLink|snowy plains}},  and {{BiomeLink|snowy taiga}} biomes and their variants. Leaves are snow-covered only during snowfalls when fancy graphics are enabled. In [[mountain]]s biomes and variants leaves do not become frost covered during snowfall.

== Sounds ==

=== Other leaves ===
{{Sound table/Block/Grass}}
=== Azalea leaves ===
{{Sound table/Block/Azalea leaves}}
=== Cherry leaves ===
{{Sound table/Block/Cherry leaves}}

== Data values ==
=== ID ===
{{edition|java}}:
{{ID table
|edition=java
|showblocktags=y
|showitemtags=y
|showforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Oak Leaves
|spritetype=block
|nameid=oak_leaves
|blocktags=lava_pool_stone_cannot_replace, leaves, mineable/hoe
|itemtags=leaves}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Spruce Leaves
|spritetype=block
|nameid=spruce_leaves
|blocktags=lava_pool_stone_cannot_replace, leaves, mineable/hoe
|itemtags=leaves}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Birch Leaves
|spritetype=block
|nameid=birch_leaves
|blocktags=lava_pool_stone_cannot_replace, leaves, mineable/hoe
|itemtags=leaves}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Jungle Leaves
|spritetype=block
|nameid=jungle_leaves
|blocktags=lava_pool_stone_cannot_replace, leaves, mineable/hoe
|itemtags=leaves}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Acacia Leaves
|spritetype=block
|nameid=acacia_leaves
|blocktags=lava_pool_stone_cannot_replace, leaves, mineable/hoe
|itemtags=leaves}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Dark Oak Leaves
|spritetype=block
|nameid=dark_oak_leaves
|blocktags=lava_pool_stone_cannot_replace, leaves, mineable/hoe
|itemtags=leaves}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Mangrove Leaves
|spritetype=block
|nameid=mangrove_leaves
|blocktags=lava_pool_stone_cannot_replace, leaves, mineable/hoe
|itemtags=leaves}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Cherry Leaves
|spritetype=block
|nameid=cherry_leaves
|blocktags=lava_pool_stone_cannot_replace, leaves, mineable/hoe
|itemtags=leaves}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Azalea Leaves
|spritetype=block
|nameid=azalea_leaves
|blocktags=lava_pool_stone_cannot_replace, leaves, mineable/hoe
|itemtags=leaves}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Flowering Azalea Leaves
|spritetype=block
|nameid=flowering_azalea_leaves
|blocktags=flowers, lava_pool_stone_cannot_replace, leaves, mineable/hoe
|itemtags=flowers, leaves
|foot=1}}

{{edition|bedrock}}:
{{ID table
|edition=bedrock
|shownumericids=y
|showforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Leaves (oak, spruce, birch and jungle)
|spritename=leaves
|spritetype=block
|nameid=leaves
|id=18
|translationkey=tile.leaves.oak.name, tile.leaves.spruce.name, tile.leaves.birch.name, tile.leaves.jungle.name}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Leaves (acacia and dark oak)
|spritename=leaves
|spritetype=block
|nameid=leaves2
|id=161
|translationkey=tile.leaves2.acacia.name, tile.leaves.acacia.name, tile.leaves2.big_oak.name, tile.leaves.big_oak.name}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Mangrove Leaves
|spritetype=block
|nameid=mangrove_leaves
|id=-472}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Cherry Leaves
|spritetype=block
|nameid=cherry_leaves
|id=-548}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Azalea Leaves
|spritetype=block
|nameid=azalea_leaves
|id=579}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Flowered Azalea Leaves
|spritetype=block
|nameid=azalea_leaves_flowered
|id=580
|foot=1}}

=== Block states ===
{{see also|Block states}}
{{/BS}}

== History ==
{{main|/History}}
{{info needed section|weren't endermen able to pick up flowering azalea leaves at some point in Java Edition?}}
{{History|java classic}}
{{History||0.0.14a|[[File:Oak Leaves JE1.png|32px]] Added leaves.}}
{{History||0.0.15a (Multiplayer Test 1)|[[File:Oak Leaves JE2.png|32px]] The [[texture]] of leaves has been changed.}}
{{History||August 25, 2009|link=https://notch.tumblr.com/post/170887079/survival-mode-status-update-video-with-plenty-of|Demonstrated that leaves now drop [[sapling]]s.}}
{{History||0.24_SURVIVAL_TEST|Leaves now drop saplings.}}
{{History|java indev}}
{{History||0.31|snap=20091223-2|Leaves now produce shadows.}}
{{History||20100218|Leaves now decay.}}
{{History|java infdev}}
{{History||20100227-1|Leaves no longer decay.}}
{{History||20100325|Leaves now decay again.}}
{{History||20100413|Leaves no longer decay due to the addition of big trees.}}
{{History||20100615|Leaves now decay again.}}
{{History||20100616-1|[[File:Oak Leaves (fast) JE1.png|32px]] Leaves now use an opaque texture when the [[graphics setting]] is set to "Fast".}}
{{History|java alpha}}
{{History||v1.0.6|Leaves no longer decay.
|Leaves now have a {{frac|1|20}} chance of dropping a sapling instead of {{frac|1|10}}.}}
{{History||v1.0.6_01|Leaves now decay again when not connected to the ground or to a tree trunk.}}
{{History||v1.1.0|[[Torch]]es can no longer be placed on tree leaves, but only in fast mode.{{info needed|What does this mean, exactly? Were torches placeable on leaves in fast graphics prior to this version, but no longer are? Or were they placeable regardless of graphics settings, but now can only be placed on leaves in Fast?}}}}
{{History||v1.2.0|snap=preview|[[File:Oak Leaves JE3 BE4.png|32px]] [[File:Oak Leaves (fast) JE2 BE4.png|32px]] With the addition of [[biome]]s, the color of leaves have been changed.
|Leaves no longer decay.}}
{{History||v1.2.1|Leaf breaking particle colors now reflect the biome, instead of the grayscale texture.}}
{{History||v1.2.3|Leaf decay has been re-introduced.}}
{{History||v1.2.3_01|Leaf decay is now disabled, due to an infinite loop in the code.}}
{{History|java beta}}
{{History||1.0|Leaf decay has been re-introduced with the new behavior.}}
{{History||1.1|Leaf decay has been rewritten, once again.}}
{{History||1.2|[[File:Spruce Leaves JE1 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Birch Leaves JE1 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Spruce Leaves (fast) JE1 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Birch Leaves (fast) JE1 BE2.png|32px]] Added spruce and birch leaves, which are colored {{color|#619961}} and {{color|#80a755}} respectively, and do not vary across biomes.
|Spruce and birch leaves that decay, or are destroyed, drop oak saplings.}}
{{History||1.5|Spruce and birch leaves now drop their respective saplings.}}
{{History||1.6|snap=Test Build 3|Many disparities between the properties of leaves in Fast and Fancy graphics have been fixed.{{info needed|which?}}}}
{{History||1.7|Added [[shears]], which collect leaves. Before, leaves could be obtained only via [[inventory]] editing.
|Leaves no longer appear gray (blank and uncolored, default texture before the application of biome coloration) in the inventory.}}
{{History||1.8|snap=Pre-release|Leaves placed by the [[player]] or an [[enderman]] no longer decay like normal leaves do.}}
{{History|java}}
{{History||1.0.0|snap=Beta 1.9 Prerelease 4|The [[Silk Touch]] enchantment can now be used to collect leaves. Any dropped leaves will always be oak, regardless of the tree.{{verify|type=changelog|edition=java}}}}
{{History|||snap=Beta 1.9 Prerelease 6|Silk Touch now preserves the data value of broken leaves rather than always dropping oak. This now includes non-species metadata, allowing for the collection of [[Invalid Data Value Leaves|invalid data value leaves]] as an item.}}
{{History|||snap=?|Spruce and birch leaves are now available directly in the creative inventory.}}
{{History||1.1|snap=11w48a|Oak leaves now have a {{frac|1|200}} chance of dropping an [[apple]].}}
{{History||1.2.1|snap=12w03a|[[File:Jungle Leaves JE1 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Jungle Leaves (fast) JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added jungle leaves.
|Oak leaves now generate in [[jungle bush]]es.}}
{{History||1.3.1|snap=12w18a|Jungle leaves now have a small chance of dropping [[cocoa beans]].}}
{{History|||snap=12w19a|Jungle leaves no longer drop cocoa beans.}}
{{History|||snap=12w22a|Water now slowly drips through leaves during [[rain]].}}
{{History||1.4.6|snap=12w49a|Leaves now always drop the correct data values when collected via Silk Touch, making invalid data value leaves unobtainable in survival from this point onwards.}}
{{History||1.7.2|snap=13w43a|[[File:Oak Leaves JE3 BE4.png|32px]] [[File:Oak Leaves JE3 BE4.png|32px]] [[File:Oak Leaves (fast) JE2 BE4.png|32px]] [[File:Oak Leaves (fast) JE2 BE4.png|32px]] Added acacia and dark oak leaves, which use separate but identical textures to oak leaves.}}
{{History||1.8|snap=14w25a|[[File:Oak Leaves JE3 BE4.png|32px]] Jungle leaves now use the texture of oak leaves.<ref name="MC-56887">{{Cite bug|MC|56887|Jungle leaves have oak leaves texture|date=June 18, 2014}}</ref> This is an issue with the model, as it points to the exact same texture file as oak leaves do, making the jungle leaves texture file unused in this version.
|[[File:Oak Leaves (fast) JE3.png|32px]] [[File:Spruce Leaves (fast) JE2.png|32px]] [[File:Birch Leaves (fast) JE2.png|32px]] [[File:Oak Leaves (fast) JE3.png|32px]] [[File:Oak Leaves (fast) JE3.png|32px]] [[File:Oak Leaves (fast) JE3.png|32px]] Leaves now render differently with the "Fast" graphics setting.
|Leaves no longer have distinct texture files for fast and fancy graphics.}}
{{History|||snap=14w25b|[[File:Jungle Leaves JE1 BE2.png|32px]] Jungle leaves now use their own texture again.<ref name="MC-56887"/>
|[[File:Oak Leaves (fast) JE4.png|32px]] [[File:Spruce Leaves (fast) JE3.png|32px]] [[File:Birch Leaves (fast) JE3.png|32px]] [[File:Jungle Leaves (fast) JE2.png|32px]] [[File:Oak Leaves (fast) JE4.png|32px]] [[File:Oak Leaves (fast) JE4.png|32px]] Leaves now render differently in the "Fast" graphics setting - all transparent regions are set to black instead.<ref>{{Cite bug|MC|56914|Fast Graphics leaves texture|date=June 18, 2014}}</ref>}}
{{History||1.11|snap=16w39a|Leaves now generate in [[woodland mansion]]s.}}
{{History||1.13|snap=18w22a|Naturally-generated leaves now survive at a distance of up to 6 blocks from [[log]]s, instead of 4.}}
{{History||1.14|snap=18w43a|Leaves now have a small chance to drop [[stick]]s when decaying.
|[[File:Oak Leaves JE4.png|32px]] [[File:Spruce Leaves JE2.png|32px]] [[File:Birch Leaves JE2.png|32px]] [[File:Jungle Leaves JE2.png|32px]] [[File:Acacia Leaves JE2.png|32px]] [[File:Dark Oak Leaves JE2.png|32px]] [[File:Oak Leaves (fast) JE5.png|32px]] [[File:Spruce Leaves (fast) JE4.png|32px]] [[File:Birch Leaves (fast) JE4.png|32px]] [[File:Jungle Leaves (fast) JE3.png|32px]] [[File:Acacia Leaves (fast) JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Dark Oak Leaves (fast) JE1.png|32px]] The textures of all leaves have changed. This also results in birch, acacia and dark oak leaves having visually distinct textures from oak leaves.}}
{{History|||snap=18w48a|Oak leaves now generate at some meeting points in plains [[village]]s.}}
{{History|||snap=19w03a|Placing leaves into the brand-new [[composter]] has a 10% chance of raising the compost level by 1.}}
{{History|||snap=19w05a|Leaves now have a 30% chance of increasing the compost level in a composter by 1.}}
{{History||1.16|snap=20w15a|[[Hoe]]s can now break leaves quickly.}}
{{History||October 3, 2020|link={{ytl|DWZIfsaIgtE|t=1781}}|[[File:Azalea Leaves JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Flowering Azalea Leaves JE1.png|32px]] Azalea and flowering azalea leaves are shown as part of [[lush caves]] at [[Minecraft Live 2020]].}}
{{History||1.17|snap=21w05a|[[File:Azalea Leaves JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Flowering Azalea Leaves JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Azalea Leaves (fast).png|32px]] [[File:Flowering Az