Farming & animals · How it works
Tree saplings
Plant a sapling with 1 m³ of still water beside it: 5 to 10 minutes later it drinks the water and grows into its tree.
In the game
How to get it
Leaves drop saplings (3 % per quarter block). Plant one on grass, dirt, farmland or sand, and pour a full bucket of still water within 2 m of it.
What it is for
Wood near your base forever: a sapling grows into the same big tree as the wild ones; right click it to see if it has what it needs.
Why it exists
Trees should not run out, and water should matter: a tree drinks to grow.
The same text the game shows in its progress tree and on the item's sheet (I).
Saplings let you grow trees where you want them.
Getting saplings
Break leaves: 3 % per quarter block, of the tree those leaves crown -- oak, birch, spruce, cherry, maple (autumn, red and yellow leaves), jungle (canopy) or palm (fronds). See Sapling.
Planting
- Set the sapling on grass, dirt, farmland or sand.
- Put 1 m³ of still water (64 voxels: a full Bucket) within 2 m around it, from 1 m below to 1 m above its foot.
- Wait 5 to 10 minutes. The sapling drinks those 64 voxels and grows into a full tree; saplings within 1 m of it are cleared.
Checking
Right click it standing: a message tells how much water it sees and whether it will grow. Without water or the right soil it simply tries again later.
On the progress path
FE1FarmMain path
A sub-action of the step Seeds: not needed to go on, but counted in your progress.
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