Fruit tree

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Fruit Trees are a separate kind of tree spawning in the world. Their foliage changes with the season like regular trees, however they will additionally go through 5 distinct stages from dormant to bearing ripe fruit. Their fruit can be harvested by the player to eat or turn into juice.

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. They do however use different leaf block patterns and colours when compared to regular trees. The best signature for a fruit tree however is their trunk, since it is noticeably slimmer then the full block trunk of a regular tree.

Different fruit tree species require different temperatures and precipitation to spawn on world generation, and can therefore be found in different climates:

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

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 25%, whereas a graft working out only has a 5% 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 amount, however one end of this temperature zone will be favoured. In the below list, 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.
In the event that the tree survives and takes root, the temperatures need to stay within a certain range for an 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. More specifically it needs to be exposed to temperatures above the dormancy range but below 1.5 to 2.5 degrees (Vernalization Temp) for 220 to 280 in-game hours (Vernalization Time). It will then flower once the ambient temperature goes above 14 to 24 °C again.

Species Die-Below Temp Vernalization Temp Min Vernalization Time Enter Dormancy Temp Leave Dormancy Temp
Red Apple -28 (-38 - -28) 1.5 - 2.5 220 - 280 Hours -3 (-7 - 1) 19 (14 - 24)
Pink Apple -24 (-34 - -24) 1.5 - 2.5 220 - 280 Hours -3 (-7 - 1) 19 (14 - 24)
Yellow Apple -22 (-32 - -22) 1.5 - 2.5 220 - 280 Hours -3 (-7 - 1) 19 (14 - 24)
Peach -12 (-22 - -12) 1.5 - 2.5 220 - 280 Hours -3 (-7 - 1) 19 (14 - 24)
Pear -28 (-41 - -28) 1.5 - 2.5 220 - 280 Hours -3 (-7 - 1) 19 (14 - 24)
Cherry -20 (-30 - -20) 1.5 - 2.5 220 - 280 Hours -3 (-7 - 1) 19 (14 - 24)


Orange, Olive and Mango trees 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 still change as fruit trees are currently still under development - specifically the given die-below and loose-leave temperatures given here are not final yet.

Species Die-Below Temp Loose 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 25% chance to take root. However, if they are planted outside of their temperature comfort zone, they will not take root no matter what - or they might grow up only to die during the winter.

Grafting Fruit Trees

A fruit tree cutting can also be grafted to another, already grown fruit tree. However, this has some requirements and only a 5% 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 out up to 6 additional leaf blocks of the added cuttings type. When planning your orchard keep in mind that through grafting, the maximum range of a fruit tree can therefore extend - from the normal two blocks out 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 very likely circle 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.

Growth Stages

Different fruit tree species circle through the 5 different stages from dormant to ripe. Specifically the stages fruiting and ripe may be hard to spot for specific species, it's recommended to enlarge the picture to get a better look.

Tree Growth time ± 1 day
(from planting to fully grown)
Cutting Dormant Plain Flowering Fruiting Ripe
Red Apple x Days Red Apple Tree Cutting Dormant Red Apple Tree Plain Red Apple Tree Flowering Red Apple Tree Fruiting Red Apple Tree Red Apple Tree with Ripe Fruits
Pink Apple x Days Pink Apple Tree Cutting Dormant Pink Apple Tree Plain Pink Apple Tree Flowering Pink Apple Tree Fruiting Pink Apple Tree Pink Apple Tree with Ripe Fruits
Yellow Apple x Days Yellow Apple Tree Cutting Dormant Yellow Apple Tree Plain Yellow Apple Tree Flowering Yellow Apple Tree Fruiting Yellow Apple Tree Yellow Apple Tree with Ripe Fruits
Peach x Days Peach Tree Cutting Dormant Peach Tree Plain Peach Tree Flowering Peach Tree Fruiting Peach Tree Peach Tree with Ripe Fruits
Pear x Days Pear Tree Cutting Dormant Pear Tree Plain Pear Tree Flowering Pear Tree Fruiting Pear Tree Pear Tree with Ripe Fruits
Cherry x Days Cherry Tree Cutting Dormant Cherry Tree Plain Cherry Tree Flowering Cherry Tree Fruiting Cherry Tree Cherry Tree with Ripe Fruits
Orange x Days Orange Tree Cutting Dormant Orange Tree Plain Orange Tree Flowering Orange Tree Fruiting Orange Tree Orange Tree with Ripe Fruits
Olive x Days Olive Tree Cutting Dormant Olive Tree Plain Olive Tree Flowering Olive Tree Fruiting Olive Tree Olive Tree with Ripe Fruits
Mango x Days Mango Tree Cutting Dormant Mango Tree Plain Mango Tree Flowering Mango Tree Fruiting Mango Tree Mango Tree with Ripe Fruits
Breadfruit x Days Mango Tree Cutting - Plain Breadfruit Tree Flowering Breadfruit Tree * Fruiting Breadfruit Tree Breadfruit Tree with Ripe Fruits
Lychee x Days Lychee Tree Cutting - Plain Lychee Tree Flowering Lychee Tree Fruiting Lychee Tree Lychee Tree with Ripe Fruits
Pomegranate x Days Pomegranate Tree Cutting - Plain Pomegranate Tree Flowering Pomegranate Tree Fruiting Pomegranate Tree Pomegranate Tree with Ripe Fruits
  • Unfortunately the flowering phase fell in between 3-4 am and was over before daylight. 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 leafs behind to go through the flowering cycle again. Harvesting fruit trees in this manner takes a little bit longer then harvesting a berry bush, 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.


Item Satiety Category
Fruit-redapple.png Red Apple 80 Fruit
Fruit-pinkapple.png Pink Apple 80 Fruit
Fruit-yellowapple.png Yellow Apple 80 Fruit
Fruit-peach.png Peach 80 Fruit
Fruit-pear.png Pear 80 Fruit
Fruit-cherry.png Cherry 80 Fruit
Fruit-orange.png Orange 80 Fruit
Vegetable-olive.png Olive 100 Vegetable
Fruit-mango.png Mango 80 Fruit
Fruit-breadfruit.png Breadfruit 80 Fruit
Fruit-lychee.png Lychee 80 Fruit
Fruit-pomegranate.png Pomegranate 80 Fruit


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