Apple

Apple

Rarity tier	Common
Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)
Restores	4 ()

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        },
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            "label": "(link to Renewable resource article, displayed as Renewable)"
        },
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            "label": "Stackable"
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    "images": [
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Apples are food items that can be eaten by the player or crafted into golden apples.

Obtaining

Block loot

Oak and dark oak leaves have 0.5% (¹⁄₂₀₀) chance of dropping an apple when decayed or broken, but not if burned. Breaking leaves with a tool enchanted with the Fortune enchantment increases the chances of dropping an apple: 0.556% (¹⁄₁₈₀) with Fortune I, 0.625% (¹⁄₁₆₀) with Fortune II, and 0.833% (¹⁄₁₂₀) with Fortune III.

Generated loot

Item	Structure	Container	Quantity	[hide]Chance
Java Edition
Apple	Bonus Chest	Chest	1–2	83.8% { "item": "Apple", "stacksize": "1–2", "chance": 0.8377160030052592, "structure": "Bonus Chest", "container": "Chest" }
	Igloo	Chest	1–3	70.4% { "item": "Apple", "stacksize": "1–3", "chance": 0.7036114467820859, "structure": "Igloo", "container": "Chest" }
	Stronghold	Storeroom chest	1–3	47.5% { "item": "Apple", "stacksize": "1–3", "chance": 0.4753516873195087, "structure": "Stronghold", "container": "Storeroom chest" }
		Altar chest	1–3	33.2% { "item": "Apple", "stacksize": "1–3", "chance": 0.3316874999999999, "structure": "Stronghold", "container": "Altar chest" }
	Village	Plains house chest	1–5	74.2% { "item": "Apple", "stacksize": "1–5", "chance": 0.7422481146272464, "structure": "Village", "container": "Plains house chest" }
		Weaponsmith's chest	1–3	59.8% { "item": "Apple", "stacksize": "1–3", "chance": 0.5984756201896029, "structure": "Village", "container": "Weaponsmith's chest" }
Bedrock Edition
Apple	Bonus Chest	Chest	1–2	100% { "item": "Apple", "stacksize": "1–2", "chance": 1, "structure": "Bonus Chest", "container": "Chest" }
	Igloo	Chest	1–3	70.4% { "item": "Apple", "stacksize": "1–3", "chance": 0.7036114467820859, "structure": "Igloo", "container": "Chest" }
	Stronghold	Storeroom chest	1–3	40% { "item": "Apple", "stacksize": "1–3", "chance": 0.40018245990447665, "structure": "Stronghold", "container": "Storeroom chest" }
		Altar chest	1–3	32.3% { "item": "Apple", "stacksize": "1–3", "chance": 0.32265486450878544, "structure": "Stronghold", "container": "Altar chest" }
	Village	Plains house chest	1–5	74.2% { "item": "Apple", "stacksize": "1–5", "chance": 0.7422481146272464, "structure": "Village", "container": "Plains house chest" }
		Weaponsmith's chest	1–3	59.8% { "item": "Apple", "stacksize": "1–3", "chance": 0.5984756201896029, "structure": "Village", "container": "Weaponsmith's chest" }

Trading

Villager	Probability		Villager wants	Player receives
	JE	BE
Apprentice Farmer	67%	50%	Emerald	4 × Apple

Usage

To eat an apple, press and hold use while it is selected in the hotbar. Eating one restores 4 () hunger and 2.4 saturation.

Crafting ingredient

Name	Ingredients	[hide]Crafting recipe
Golden Apple	Gold Ingot + Apple

Composting

Placing an apple into a composter has a 65% (¹³⁄₂₀) chance of raising the compost level by 1.

Sounds

Java Edition:

[hide] v t e Sounds
Sound	Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	​Eating	Players	While a player is eating something	entity.generic.eat	subtitles.entity.generic.eat​	varies	0.8-1.2	16
	​Eating	Friendly Creatures	When a player finishes eating something	entity.generic.eat	subtitles.entity.generic.eat​	1.0	0.6-1.4	16
	​Burp	Players	When a player finishes eating something	entity.player.burp	subtitles.entity.player.burp​	0.5	0.9-1.0	16

Bedrock Edition:

[hide] v t e Sounds
Sound	Source	Description	Resource location	Volume	Pitch
	Players	While a player is eating something	random.eat	0.5-1.1	0.8-1.2
	Players	When a player finishes eating something	random.burp	0.5	0.9-1.0

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	[hide]Translation key
Apple	apple	Item	item.minecraft.apple

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	[hide]Translation key
Apple	apple	257	Item	item.apple.name

Advancements

Icon	Advancement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)
	A Balanced Diet	Eat everything that is edible, even if it's not good for you	Eat each of these 40 foods:[hide] Other foods and consumables can be eaten, but are ignored for this advancement.
	Husbandry	The world is full of friends and food	Consume anything that can be consumed, except for cake.

History

[hide]Java Edition Indev
0.31			20091231-2255				Added apples.
							Apples are currently non-functional in this version.
			20100110				Apples are now functional and are edible, restoring 4HP. They are intended to replace mushrooms, which were previously edible.
			20100128-2304				Apples are now used to craft arrows.
			20100129-1447				Apples are no longer used to craft arrows.
20100206-2034							Apples now use the texture of golden helmets.
[hide]Java Edition Infdev
February 23, 2010							At the bottom of a crafting guide they made, a player named JTE jokingly indicated that Notch dropped an apple when killed, and that apples could be crafted into something called a "golden apple" – this was a joke on the fact that apples were totally unobtainable.
20100227-1414							Players named "Notch" now drop an apple when they die in addition to their inventory.
							Apples are now used to craft golden apples.
							Apples now correctly use the apple texture again.
20100327							With the addition of the respawn feature, apples have become legitimately obtainable in survival and renewable for players named "Notch". This was never added to multiplayer.
[hide]Java Edition Beta
1.8			Pre-release				Apples can now be found in the new stronghold storeroom chests, making them obtainable in normal survival gameplay for the first time.
							Apples now restore 4 () instead of 4HP.
							Apples are now stackable.
[hide]Java Edition
1.0.0			Beta 1.9 Prerelease 3				Apples are now found in the new stronghold altar chests.
1.1			11w48a				Oak leaves now have a 1/200 chance of dropping an apple when destroyed, making apples fully renewable.
			12w01a				Apples are now found in the new village blacksmith chests.
1.3.1			12w16a				Apples can now be found in the new bonus chests.
			12w18a				"Notch" players no longer drop apples when they die.
			12w21a				Farmer villagers now sell 5 apples for 1 emerald.
							Apples are now used to craft enchanted golden apples.
1.4.2			12w37a				The apple's texture has been changed: the item sprite no longer has a dark outline and now has a more detailed look.
1.5			13w09b				The Fortune enchantment now increases the chance of dropping apples.
1.7.2			13w43a				Added dark oak leaves, which drop apples.
1.9			15w43a				Apples may now be found in igloo basement chests.
			15w44a				Average yield of apples has been slightly increased in bonus chests.
							Apples are no longer used to craft enchanted golden apples.
1.11			16w33a				Farmer villagers now sell 5–7 apples for 1 emerald.
1.14			18w43a				The texture of apples has been changed.
			18w48a				Apples can now be found in chests in plains village houses.
			19w03a				Placing an apple into the new composter has a 50% chance of raising the compost level by 1.
			19w05a				Apples now have a 65% chance of increasing the compost level in a composter by 1.
			19w11a				Farmer villagers now sell 4 apples for 1 emerald.
[hide]Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.4.0							Added apples.
v0.5.0							Apples now restore 4HP instead of 2HP.
v0.8.0			build 1				The apple's texture has been changed: the item sprite no longer has a dark outline and now has a more detailed look.
v0.12.1			build 1				Added apples to the Creative inventory.
							Apples are now stackable.
							Apples now restore 4 () instead of 4HP.
							The Fortune enchantment can now be used to increase chance of dropping apples.
							Apples can now be used to craft golden apples and enchanted golden apples.
v0.15.0			build 1				Apples can now be used to feed horses.
[hide]Pocket Edition
1.0.0			alpha 0.17.0.1				Apples can now be found inside igloo chests.
1.0.4			alpha 1.0.4.0				Farmer villagers now sell 5-7 apples for 1 emerald.
[hide]Bedrock Edition
1.2.0			beta 1.2.0.2				Apples can no longer be used to craft enchanted golden apples.
							Apples can now be found inside bonus chests.
1.7.0			beta 1.7.0.2				Apples can now be eaten in Creative mode and on Peaceful difficulty.
1.10.0			beta 1.10.0.3				Apples can now be found in plains village weaponsmith chests and plains house chests.
							The texture of apples has been changed.
1.11.0			beta 1.11.0.1				Apples can now be found in desert, savanna, taiga and snowy taiga village weaponsmith chests.
							Apples can now be used to fill up composters.
			beta 1.11.0.4				Farmer villagers now sell 4 apples as part of their second tier trades.
[hide]Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360	Xbox One	PS3	PS4	PS Vita	Wii U	Switch
TU1	CU1	1.00	1.00	1.00	Patch 1	1.0.1	Added apples.
TU5							Apples are now stackable.
							Apples now restore 4 () instead of 4HP.
TU6							Apples can now be used to craft golden apples.
TU12							The apple's texture has been changed: the item sprite no longer has a dark outline and now has a more detailed look.
TU14		1.04					Apples can now be used to craft enchanted golden apples using eight blocks of gold.
							Farmer villagers now sell apples for 1 emerald.
TU43	CU33	1.36	1.36	1.36	Patch 13		Apples may now be found in igloo basement chests.
TU54	CU44	1.52	1.52	1.52	Patch 24	1.0.4	Farmer villagers now sell 5–7 apples for 1 emerald.
			1.90				The texture of apples has been changed.
			1.91				Farmer villagers now sell 4 apples as part of their second tier trades.
[hide]New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0							Added apples.

Data history

[hide]Java Edition
1.13			17w47a				Prior to The Flattening, this item's numeral ID was 260.

Issues

Issues relating to "Apple" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

Trivia

• Prior to the texture update in Java Edition 1.4.2, the sprite of the apple was the same one used in Notch's game Legend of the Chambered.

Gallery

Screenshots

• 

  An apple found in a stronghold chest.

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  An apple that dropped from decaying leaves.

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  Obtaining apples via villager trading.

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  Unused Texture Update Apple Texture Update#/media/File:Jappa Items 1.jpg

In other media

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  The Candy Apple, an item featured in the Trails & Tales Event.

External links

• Taking Inventory: Apple – Minecraft.net on November 23, 2018