Fruit tree

Fruit trees
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For fruiting cactus and berries, see Plants .

Fruit trees include tree species that yield edible fruits and are grown as a form of agriculture. This contrasts with lumber trees, which are grown and harvested for their wood.

Their foliage changes with the seasons, as with lumber trees, though uniquely going through 5 distinct stages, from dormant to flowering and eventually bearing ripe fruit. The player can harvest their fruit to eat or can be pressed into juice and brewed into alcoholic beverages.

Finding Fruit Trees

Finding fruit trees in the wild can be a little challenging, unless they happen to be in their flowering phase. Since they are essentially just a different kind of tree, spotting them in a forest can be hard. Fruit trees, however, use different leaf block patterns and colours when compared to regular trees. The best signature for a fruit tree is its trunk, since it is noticeably slimmer than the full block trunk of a regular tree.

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  Fruit trees can be hard to spot in the middle of other trees
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  The stem of a fruit tree is slimmer than a full block
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  While flowering fruit trees are easy to spot, fruiting or ripe ones may be similar to their plain look.
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  Fruit trees in various growing and seasonal stages. They are easily spotted on a map, but the cross shapes may be covered by other trees in a forest.

Different fruit tree species require different temperatures and precipitation to spawn in world generation, and can therefore be found in different climates. Note that this does not take into consideration the extreme temperatures that can be reached in summer or winter, but instead depends on the yearly average temperature. This temperature can be shown when using the /wgen pos climate command (admin rights required).

Species	Min Temp	Max Temp	Min Rain	Max Rain
Red Apple	-5	18	0.5	1
Pink Apple	-9	18	0.5	0.9
Yellow Apple	0	22	0.6	1
Peach	10	17	0.55	1
Pear	-10	19	0.5	1
Cherry	0	24	0.6	1
Orange	25	30	0.45	1
Olive	22	50	0.3	0.5
Mango	28	50	0.6	1
Breadfruit	28	50	0.6	1
Lychee	22	50	0.6	1
Pomegranate	22	50	0.3	0.7

Collecting Fruit Tree Cuttings

Cuttings can be acquired from the branch parts of a fruit tree, and will give 1 cutting for each branch part. They can only be broken with an axe.
A fruit tree consists of three different block types: tree stem, tree branch, and tree leaves. While the stem only drops 3-7 firewood and the leaves do not drop anything when broken (unless they currently carry ripe fruit), only the tree branch blocks will drop fruit tree cuttings.
Fruit tree branches that are cut off from a fruit tree to obtain a cutting will now re-grow a new branch over a long period of time, about one year.

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  It can be hard to differentiate between leaves and branches - use the block info!
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  Even if it looks like a branch block, it may already be part of the stem.

Growing Fruit Trees

Fruit tree cuttings can either be planted in the ground for the chance of a completely new tree or grafted onto an existing fruit tree. The chances for a cutting taking root and growing up is 40%, whereas a graft working out has a 60% chance.

However, even if the cutting would take root, it can only do so if the temperature is accommodating for this specific fruit tree species.

The temperature under which a fruit tree will die can vary randomly within a certain range; however, one end of this temperature zone will be favoured. In the list below, the most likely temperature is shown first, with the full possibilities in brackets behind. Similarly, a fruit tree will go into dormancy under specific temperatures, which means even if it does not die, it will not be producing any fruit.

If the tree survives and takes root, the temperatures need to stay within a certain range for a certain amount of time for the tree to be able to flower. This is inspired by real-life vernalization.

That means, for a tree to flower, it needs to be exposed to the cold for a while and then experience a warm day. For example, a Red Apple tree needs to be exposed to temperatures below 1.5 to 2.5 °C (Vernalization Temperature) for 220 to 280 in-game hours (Vernalization Time), allowing it to flower once the ambient temperature goes above 14 to 24 °C again.

Fruit trees should be planted in early spring; otherwise, they're unlikely to experience the cold-warm phase and cannot vernalize that year.

Species	Die-Below Temperature	Vernalization Temp	Min Vernalization Time (Hours)	Enter Dormancy Temp	Exit Dormancy Temp
Pink Apple	-24°C (-34 to -24)	3°C (2.5 - 3.5)	250 (220 - 280)	-3°C (-7 to 1)	19°C (14 - 24)
Red Apple	-28°C (-38 to -28)	2°C (1.5 - 2.5)	250 (220 - 280)	-3°C (-7 to 1)	19°C (14 - 24)
Yellow Apple	-22°C (-32 to -22)	4°C (3.5 - 4.5°C)	250 (220 - 280)	-3°C (-7 to 1)	19°C (14 - 24)
Cherry	-20°C (-30 to -20)	5°C (4.5 - 5.5)	250 (220 - 280)	-3°C (-7 to 1)	19°C (14 - 24)
Peach	-12°C (-22 to -12)	5°C (4.5 - 5.5)	250 (220 - 280)	-3°C (-7 to 1)	19°C (14 - 24)
Pear	-28°C (-41 to -28)	2°C (1.5 - 2.5)	250 (220 - 280)	-3°C (-7 to 1)	19°C (14 - 24)

The following six tree species count as evergreen trees; therefore, they do not have a specific flowering requirement, but are susceptible to low temperatures.

Please keep in mind that all information given may change as fruit trees are still under development, specifically, the given die-below and lose-leaves temperatures given here are not final yet.

Species	Die-Below Temp	Lose Leaves Below Temp	Blossoming Time?
Orange	6 (1 - 6)	3 (-1 - 3)
Olive	7 (2 - 7)	0 (-4 - 0)
Mango	10 (6 - 10)	3 (-1 - 3)
Breadfruit	10 (6 - 10)	12 (8 - 12)
Lychee	10 (6 - 10)	12 (8 - 12)
Pomegranate	10 (6 - 10)	12 (8 - 12)

Planting Fruit Trees

A dead (left) and alive (right) planted tree cutting.

When planting a fruit tree cutting directly in the ground, each of the cuttings has a 40% chance to take root; however, if they are planted outside of their temperature comfort zone, where winter temperatures fall below their die-below temperature, they will not take root or might mature only to die during the winter. It is recommended to check the temperature during winter, specifically at night, before planting any fruit trees, to make sure the coldest temperature reached won't kill the fruit tree species that the player is planning to plant.

The soil used to plant the cutting in does not influence the survival chances or the growth speed.

Grafting Fruit Trees

A fruit tree cutting can also be grafted to another, already-grown fruit tree. However, this has some requirements and a 60% chance of success.

Firstly and obviously, grafting only works on another fruit tree. It also requires the host tree to have an "open cut", meaning the end of a branch block as shown below. The new cutting can then be added to the branch and will grow up to 6 additional leaf blocks of the added cutting's type. When planning your orchard, keep in mind that through grafting, the maximum range of a fruit tree can extend from the normal two blocks to a maximum of three blocks out from the stem.

A grafted cutting, even if successful, does not completely integrate with the host tree. It will keep the temperature requirements of its own type, and every leaf block calculates these independently. This results in an important point to keep in mind when preparing and caring for a graft:

Do not attempt to graft fruit trees together that have highly differing temperature requirements. In the best-case scenario, it would simply look silly, as the different parts of the tree would likely cycle through the flowering and fruiting at different times. In the worst-case scenario, however, it would not work out in the first place, or the tree would have a permanently dormant branch.

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  An open break point on a grown mango tree, ready for a graft
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  The mango host tree with a grafted orange branch

Greenhouse

Fruit trees can be planted in greenhouses , the +5 °C bonus increasing their "perceived" temperature and affecting all their possible states accordingly (die-below, vernalization, entering and leaving dormancy, etc.). This means a fruit tree that would otherwise die outside in winter can potentially survive in a greenhouse. Greenhouses can also be used to get fruits earlier in the year, as the fruit trees will reach their "leave dormancy" temperature threshold earlier.

Given that one fruit tree will grow exactly 6 blocks tall and can, ungrafted, be up to 5 blocks wide, a greenhouse with the maximum footprint of 14x14 can accommodate at most 5 trees without overcrowding (one in each corner, and one in the center).

Growth Stages

Fruit trees will go through several stages of growth until they reach their maximum height of 6 (possibly 8) blocks and maximum width of 5 blocks. Growth stages and the time are the same for all fruit tree species. They will simultaneously go through their seasonal changes as well, but those two factors do not influence each other. As long as the fruit tree has leaf and/or branch blocks, those can flower and bear fruit. Leaf blocks that have not flowered and only grow while the rest of the tree is already in the fruiting or ripe phase will not adapt to the same seasonal stage and instead stay plain.

It takes, on average, 8 days until the next growth stage is reached. It can very rarely take less or more time, from 6 to a maximum of 10 days.

A growth stage will be an upward or sideways growth. This means the tree will cycle through growing one block taller and then adding additional leaf blocks until the full "volume" for the current height is reached. The last few growth stages are different from this cycle, since once the tree has reached its maximum height, it will instead concentrate on only growing sideways until it has again filled its maximum "volume".

It is important to note that fruit trees may go through these stages differently. In the example below, the red apple tree used went through a total of 14-16 stages (including growth of filler leaves) and gained the full possible volume. However, fruit trees may skip some of the four directions while growing or even end up in their maximum growth with one half grown "stunted", meaning a branch block is missing and therefore not reaching the full possible width. They will, nevertheless, all reach their maximum possible height without fail.

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  The humble beginnings. 40% chance to survive if planted by a player.
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  First growth stage. That one leaf block can potentially already bear fruit.
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  A growth stage can either be the tree getting taller...
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  ...or filling out the leaf block spaces...
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  ...in several steps.
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  Once it has reached the max height of 6 blocks...
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  ...the lower leaf blocks will vanish...
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  ...and it will instead grow in width to a maximum of 2 away from the stem.

Seasonal Changes

Different fruit tree species cycle through the 5 different stages from dormant to ripe, following the seasons and each tree's temperature requirements. Specifically, the stages of fruiting and ripe may be hard to spot for some species. It is recommended to enlarge the picture to get a better look.

The stages of flowering, fruiting, and ripe only stay for a certain number of days. The block info tooltip for the leaf blocks will include a timer until the end of the current stage. This is especially important for the ripe stage, since the fruits will vanish after the end of the stage if they are not picked in time.

Tree	Length of Stage in days	Dormant	Plain	Flowering	Fruiting	Ripe
Red Apple	Flowering: 3-6 Fruiting: 18 (18-39) Ripe: 12 (12-22)
Pink Apple	Flowering: 3-6 Fruiting: 21 (21-33) Ripe: 9 (9-19)
Yellow Apple	Flowering: 3-6 Fruiting: 23 (23-35) Ripe: 10 (10-20)
Peach	Flowering: 3-6 Fruiting: 30 (30-42) Ripe: 8 (8-16)
Pear	Flowering: 3-6 Fruiting: 20 (20-32) Ripe: 28 (28-38)
Cherry	Flowering: 3-6 Fruiting: 11 (11-23) Ripe: 9 (9-19)
Orange	Flowering: 3-6 Fruiting: 60 (60-72) Ripe: 12 (12-22)
Olive	Flowering: 3-6 Fruiting: 40 (40-52) Ripe: 24 (24-34)
Mango	Flowering: 3-6 Fruiting: 50 (50-62) Ripe: 10 (10-20)
Breadfruit	Flowering: 3-6 Fruiting: 50 (50-62) Ripe: 10 (10-20)	-
Lychee	Flowering: 3-6 Fruiting: 50 (50-62) Ripe: 10 (10-20)	-
Pomegranate	Flowering: 3-6 Fruiting: 50 (50-62) Ripe: 10 (10-20)	-

¹ Unfortunately, the flowering phase for this Breadfruit tree fell in between 3-4 am and was over before daylight. (This will be changed with a better picture if possible)

Harvest

Fruit can be harvested from the leaf blocks titled "with ripe fruit". A specified amount of fruits will be deposited directly into the inventory, leaving the plain leaves behind to go through the flowering cycle again. Harvesting fruit trees in this manner takes a little bit longer than harvesting a berry bush, as the right button needs to be held down for about a full second. Leaf blocks ripe with fruit will also drop their fruit if broken; however, as of 1.16, they do not grow back.

Each leaf block can be harvested for a randomized number of fruit, as shown below as Harvest Stack Size. The first number is the most likely outcome; however, there is a low chance of gaining more, as detailed in the brackets.

Item	Satiety	Category	Harvest Stack Size
Red Apple	80	Fruit	4 (4-8)
Pink Apple	80	Fruit	6 (6-10)
Yellow Apple	80	Fruit	5 (5-9)
Peach	80	Fruit	5 (5-9)
Pear	80	Fruit	5 (5-9)
Cherry	40	Fruit	8 (8-12)
Orange	80	Fruit	5 (5-9)
Olive	100	Vegetable	4 (4-8)
Mango	80	Fruit	4 (4-8)
Breadfruit	200	Fruit	3 (3-7)
Lychee	40	Fruit	8 (8-12)
Pomegranate	80	Fruit	5 (5-9)