Trees

This article is about loggable trees. For fruit trees, see Fruit Tree.

Obtaining

Trees generate naturally in the world as well as grow naturally from saplings. A sapling must be planted for a certain amount of in-game days depending on the type, and have at least a light level of 9 before there is a chance for it to sprout into a tree. What type of trees can spawn in an area depends on the climate and region.

Types

Tree	Temperature		Rainfall		EVT		Region(s)
	Min	Max	Min	Max	Min	Max
Acacia	15	50	75	500	0	2	Africa
Ash	4	22	250	16000	0.5	4	All Regions
Aspen	-3	18	300	1600	0.25	2	Americas, Asia, Europe
Bamboo	13	35	600	8000	0.5	4	Asia
Baobab	21	40	150	3500	0	4	Africa
Birch	-2	18	200	500	0.25	1	Americas, Asia, Europe
Chestnut	3	29	250	16000	0.25	2	Americas, Asia, Europe
Douglas Fir	10	19	750	16000	0.5	4	Americas
Ebony	20	38	500	7000	0.5	4	Africa, Asia
Fever	14	50	50	250	0	1	Africa
Gingko	10	30	700	2500	1	4	Asia
Hickory	4	30	250	16000	0.25	2	Americas, Asia
Kapok	20	35	1500	16000	1	10	Americas
Limba	18	40	1500	10000	0.25	8	Africa
Mahogany	18	40	1500	10000	1.5	8	Africa, Americas
Maple	3	20	250	16000	0.25	4	Africa, Americas, Asia
Oak	5	25	500	1200	0.5	2	All Regions
Palm	21	35	750	16000	0	10	All Regions
Pine	-10	21	250	16000	0.25	3	All Regions
Sequoia	10	20	2000	16000	1	5	Americas, Asia
Spruce	-8	17	250	16000	0.25	1	All Regions
Sycamore	6	30	400	16000	0.25	1	Asia, Europe
Teak	17	40	500	8000	1	8	Asia
White Cedar	-5	24	250	16000	0.25	2	Americas
White Elm	4	30	400	16000	0.25	1	Asia, Europe
Willow	10	30	1300	16000	0.25	1	All Regions

Usage

Logs

Trees require the use of an axe to cut down. Chop the bottom-most log to fell the entire tree. If the axe does not have enough durability to fell the entire tree, as many logs as possible starting from the top of the tree will be chopped and the axe will break. Branches break and will drop sticks and occasionally poles. Leaves disappear, dropping nothing. Using a stone axe yields fewer logs than using a metal axe.

Sticks & Saplings

In order to get sticks and saplings from leaves, they must be destroyed before cutting the tree down. Using a scythe makes stick gathering more efficient by destroying a 3x3x3 area of leaf blocks at once, centered at the broken block. Using the Scythe decreases the drop rate of sticks and saplings from 6% to 4%. Breaking leaf blocks is one of two ways to obtain sticks from trees, the other being crafting a log with any knife to make a pole, which can be crafted into 2 sticks.

Properties

Different trees have different properties, summarized by the following table. Some trees may be more desirable for specific purposes than others. For example, Douglas Fir trees are relatively large and fast growing, making them an excellent choice to farm for making charcoal.

Tree	Growth Speed	Burn Length	Burn Temperature
Acacia	N/A¹	Shortest	Dark Red**
Ash	7 to 8 Days	Shorter	Dark Red***
Aspen	8 to 9 Days	Shortest	Dark Red*
Bamboo		Shortest	Very Hot***
Baobab		Shortest	Very Hot****
Birch	7 to 8 Days	Long	Dark Red**
Chestnut	7 to 8 Days	Short	Dark Red**
Douglas Fir	7 to 8 Days	Short	Dark Red****
Ebony		Shortest	Bright Red*
Fever		Shortest	Faint Red***
Gingko		Shortest	Dark Red
Hickory	10 to 11 Days	Longer	Bright Red
Kapok	N/A¹	Shortest	Dark Red**
Limba		Shortest	Dark Red
Mahogany		Shortest	Bright Red
Maple	7 to 8 Days	Longer	Bright Red
Oak	10 to 11 Days	Longest	Dark Red****
Pine	7 to 8 Days	Shorter	Dark Red*
Sequoia	11 to 12 Days	Long	Dark Red*
Spruce	7 to 8 Days	Short	Dark Red
Sycamore	8 to 9 Days	Long	Dark Red**
Teak		Shortest	Dark Red***
White Cedar	7 to 8 Days	Short	Dark Red*
White Elm	10 to 11 Days	Long	Dark Red**
Willow	11 to 12 Days	Shortest	Dark Red

¹There is currently no way to obtain Acacia or Kapok saplings other than cheating them in. ^Verify

History

Beta
v1g		No longer possible to karate chop trees with your bare hands!
v2 Build 30		Hill biomes generate with trees.
v2 Build 37		Explosions should (most of the time) fell a tree as if you used an axe.
v2 Build 40		Douglas Fir have their own unique tree shape.
Build 58		Chopping down trees uses up 1 durability per log contained in the tree.
Build 65		Trees take a minimum of 7 in game days to grow from a sapling.
		Jungles have been moved closer to the equator with the temperature ranges of other trees increased by almost double.
		Saplings track when they were planted and they grow at varying speeds based upon the tree.
Build 70		Attempting to chop down a tree with an axe that doesn’t have enough health left for each and every block in the tree will cause only part of the tree to be chopped down.
		Saws may not be used for felling trees.
		Using a stone axe to chop trees results in a 10% chance for a block to not yield a log.
78.0		Leaves will only appear dead when the temperature is < 10 or rainfall is < 100 and the tree isn't evergreen.
		Added Acacia Trees.
78.6		Tightened spawn parameters for Douglas Fir and Sequoia trees, making them a bit less common.
78.10		Tweaked the spawn parameters of a few tree types to be less generic.
81.0		Added Limba, Baobab, Gingko, Fever, Ebony, Mahogany, and Teak trees.
		Acacia, Fever, Mahogany, and Limba trees can now be used to produce tannin.
		Updated tree generation for all trees.
		In the autumn, trees will begin to lose their leaves, forming new patches of fallen leaves.
		In the spring, trees will regrow their leaves
		Updated tree generation to make it a little more fair.
		Added tree rareness, so that not all trees are equally likely to spawn.
		Made crops, trees, and fruit trees spawn according to the region data
81.7		Min temps for Aspen, Birch, and Pine slightly raised. Min temp for Spruce slightly lowered.

Gallery

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  Acacia Tree
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  Ash Tree
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  Aspen Tree
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  Bamboo Tree
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  Baobab Tree
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  Short Baobab Tree
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  Birch Tree
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  Chestnut Tree
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  Douglas Fir Tree
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  Ebony Tree
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  Fever Tree
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  Gingko Tree
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  Hickory Tree
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  Kapok Tree
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  Limba Tree
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  Mahogany Tree
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  Maple Tree
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  Oak Tree
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  Palm Tree
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  Palm Tree on a beach
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  Pine Tree
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  Sequoia Tree
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  Spruce Tree
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  Sycamore Tree
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  Teak Tree
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  White Cedar Tree
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  White Elm Tree
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  Willow Tree
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  A Large Tree, in this case a White Elm.