How to Build Trees in Minecraft

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Last Updated: February 24, 2025

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Making a Classic Tree

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Making a Realistic Tree

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If you are obsessive about your trees or you just don't like the "default" trees in Minecraft, you can either destroy them, or you can rebuild them in a perfect (and identical) shape. It's best to just remove the entire tree (excluding the first log) unless you are playing survival mode.

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Making a Classic Tree

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Start from a flat surface and stack six logs on top of each other.
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Surround the third log with leaf blocks on all sides, making a cube.

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Extend the cube outwards once.
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Do another layer of leaves on top.
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Surround the top log with a cube of leaves.
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Place an extra block of leaves at the center on top.
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Finished.

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To obtain leaf blocks in survival mode, you must break the leaf with shears or a tool enchanted with Silk Touch. Otherwise, it will not drop. If you break the leaves with your hand (or a tool without Silk Touch), saplings may drop.

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