Acacia Leaves
Acacia Leaves are the vivid green foliage of savanna trees that drop saplings, apples, and sticks when broken without Shears.
Description
Acacia Leaves are a popular building material for decorative roofing, tree canopies, and jungle-themed structures due to their vivid green color. Players who want to collect Acacia Leaves as a block must use Shears or a tool enchanted with Silk Touch — bare-hand or axe breaking destroys the block and triggers the drop table instead. Acacia Leaves can be placed in a Composter and have a 30% chance to raise the compost level by one, making them a reliable source of Bone Meal on farms near savanna biomes. Acacia Leaves do not burn in fire, unlike most wooden blocks, making them safer to use in builds near flammable materials.
Guide
How to collect Acacia Leaves in Minecraft
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Find an acacia tree in a savanna biome
Acacia Leaves only spawn on acacia trees in savanna, savanna plateau, and windswept savanna biomes. Use a map or explore until you see the distinctive flat-topped trees with grey bark.
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Craft or obtain Shears
To collect Acacia Leaves as a block, craft Shears from two Iron Ingots arranged diagonally in a crafting grid. Without Shears, breaking Acacia Leaves drops saplings, sticks, or apples instead of the leaf block.
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Use Shears or Silk Touch to harvest the leaves
Right-click or hold the break button with Shears to instantly collect Acacia Leaves as a block. Alternatively, enchant any tool with Silk Touch to achieve the same result while also being able to use the tool for other purposes.
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Optionally break leaves without Shears for drops
If you need Acacia Saplings or Apples, break Acacia Leaves with bare hands or any non-Silk-Touch tool. Each Acacia Leaf block has a 5% chance to drop an Acacia Sapling and a 0.5% chance to drop an Apple. Adding Fortune III increases sapling drops significantly.
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Compost unused Acacia Leaves for Bone Meal
Place excess Acacia Leaves into a Composter. Each Acacia Leaf block has a 30% chance to raise the compost level by one. Seven successful additions fill the Composter and produce one Bone Meal, which can be used to grow crops or trees.
Acacia Leaves do not burn, making them a safe decorative choice near torches or lava in builds. However, Acacia Leaves will still decay if placed more than 6–7 blocks from an acacia log, so include at least one log in your build to keep the leaves persistent.
Frequently asked questions
How do I get Acacia Leaves without Shears?
Breaking Acacia Leaves without Shears causes the leaf block to be destroyed rather than collected. Without Shears, Acacia Leaves drop Acacia Saplings (5% chance), Sticks (small chance), or an Apple (0.5% chance) instead of the block itself. The only way to collect Acacia Leaves as a placeable block is to use Shears or a tool enchanted with Silk Touch.
Do Acacia Leaves decay on their own?
Acacia Leaves naturally decay when placed more than 6–7 blocks away from any acacia log. If an acacia tree is cut down and no log remains nearby, all connected Acacia Leaves will eventually despawn within a few game ticks. Leaf decay can be prevented by placing at least one acacia log adjacent to or within 7 blocks of the leaves.
What do Acacia Leaves drop when broken?
Acacia Leaves drop differently depending on the tool used. With Shears or Silk Touch, the Acacia Leaves block itself is collected. Without those, each block can drop an Acacia Sapling (5% base chance), Sticks (very low chance), or an Apple (0.5% chance). The Fortune enchantment increases sapling and stick drop rates but has no effect on Apple drops from Acacia Leaves.
Are Acacia Leaves craftable?
Acacia Leaves are not craftable in vanilla Minecraft. Acacia Leaves are a natural block found exclusively on acacia trees in savanna biomes. The only ways to obtain Acacia Leaves as a collectible block are to harvest them using Shears or a Silk Touch-enchanted tool.
What is the fastest tool for breaking Acacia Leaves?
Shears are the fastest tool for breaking Acacia Leaves and are the only tool that makes the leaf block drop as a collectable item. Hoes also break Acacia Leaves quickly without requiring Silk Touch, but they cause the block to be destroyed and trigger the normal drop table (saplings, sticks, apples) rather than yielding the leaf block.
Can Acacia Leaves be used in a Composter?
Acacia Leaves can be placed in a Composter and have a 30% chance to increase the compost level by one with each placement. Filling a Composter to level 7 produces one Bone Meal. Acacia Leaves are an effective composting material for players in or near savanna biomes who collect large quantities of leaves from tree farms.
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