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Spruce Sapling in Minecraft | MinecraftBible

Spruce Sapling is a block in Minecraft 1.21.4, dropping Spruce Sapling.

What is Spruce Sapling?

Spruce Sapling is a Minecraft block classified under the plant;mineable/axe material group. It has a hardness of 0 and a blast resistance of 0. It stacks up to 64 per inventory slot. It is a transparent block, meaning it doesn't fully block light or vision. Spruce Sapling does not emit light. Spruce Sapling filters 0 levels of light passing through it, even though it is technically transparent.

Namespaced identifier: minecraft:spruce_sapling. Command: /give @p minecraft:spruce_sapling 1.

Spruce Sapling drops

When broken, Spruce Sapling drops:

Spruce Sapling

Silk Touch preserves the block itself; Fortune increases quantity of ore-style drops but has no effect on ordinary blocks.

Block tags & properties

Transparent
Hand-Mineable

Spruce Sapling technical properties

Flammable: No
Burns from lava: No
Renewable: Yes
Emits light: No (luminance 0)

Values sourced from Minecraft Wiki: Sapling (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). Verified for Java Edition 1.21.4.

Technical properties

Namespaced ID: minecraft:spruce_sapling
Material family: plant;mineable/axe
Hardness: 0
Blast resistance: 0
Stack size: 64
Transparent: Yes
Blocks light: 0
Emits light: 0
Diggable: Yes
Craftable: No
/give command: /give @p minecraft:spruce_sapling 1

Overview

Spruce Sapling is a block in Minecraft 1.21.4. This page covers mining requirements, real drop data, and crafting relevance.

Step-by-step walkthrough

Spruce Sapling can be broken by hand or with any tool, though using a tool is usually faster.
With the correct tool this takes about 0s to break (unenchanted); by hand it's roughly 0s.
Spruce Sapling is transparent, so light passes through and adjacent blocks won't be shaded by it.

Pro tips

Use /give @p minecraft:spruce_sapling 1 in creative mode to prototype builds before committing resources.
No special tool is required, so hand-mining is a valid fallback in an emergency.

Difficulty and time commitment

Difficulty: Easy
Estimated time per run: 1-5 min

Frequently Asked Questions

What tool do I need to mine Spruce Sapling?

Spruce Sapling can be broken by hand or with any tool - no specific tool tier is required.

What does Spruce Sapling drop when mined?

Breaking Spruce Sapling drops Spruce Sapling.

How hard is Spruce Sapling to mine?

Spruce Sapling has a hardness value of 0. That works out to roughly 0s with the correct tool or 0s by hand (unenchanted, no Haste/Mining Fatigue).

What is the internal Minecraft ID for Spruce Sapling?

The namespaced ID is minecraft:spruce_sapling, usable with /setblock, /fill, and /give.