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Sable Trees

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Sable Trees

By Snissac

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Chop trees the real way: notch, back-cut and watch them fall with full Sable physics.

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Description

Sable Trees

Trees don't just pop into items anymore. You cut them down like a real lumberjack, and they fall for real, with full Sable physics.

Domino effect

How to fell a tree

1. The notch
Hit the trunk on the side you want it to fall. A wedge is cut into the log, facing you.
2. The back cut
Hit it again from the opposite side. The tree leans, cracks and comes down toward the notch.
Big 2x2 trees
Notch both front logs, strike the front again to deepen the cut, then finish from behind.

Felling a 2x2 tree

Logs you placed yourself are never touched, so your builds are safe.

When it lands

  • Domino effect: a falling tree knocks down its smaller neighbors.
  • Canopy inertia: leaves burst off with the tree's momentum, dropping saplings, sticks and apples.
  • Snapping wood: heavy branches break off on impact, and sometimes the whole trunk does.
  • Watch your head: a falling tree hits as hard as it's heavy.
  • Rivers and TNT: logs float and you can stand on them; explosions launch trees.

A log floating down a river

TNT launching trees

Prefer just the wood? Set Fallen trees to BREAK in the config, and every tree breaks into its logs and leaf drops a moment after it lands.

After the fall

Stumps and roots
The stump stays, roots and all. It's hard to pull out, and the ground under it holds until you dig the roots out with a shovel.
Chopping block
Right-click a stump with an axe to level it. Put a log on top and split it into extra planks.
Rot or regrow
Left alone, most stumps slowly rot into a mossy stump that drops bone meal and mushrooms. Some grow a new tree instead.
Fallen trees decay
Felled trees darken and decompose after 12 real hours, so physics objects don't pile up. Wax one with honeycomb to keep it forever.

Stump, chopping block and planks

A stump rotting away (timelapse)

Advancements

Advancement How
Timber! Fell a tree with a notch and a back cut
Big Timber Fell a 2x2 tree
Domino Effect Topple 3 trees in a chain with a single felling
Snap! Watch a 2x2 trunk snap in half on impact
Yeet Launch a tree with TNT
Log Driver Stand on a floating log
Bridging the Gap Fell a tree across a gap and walk over it
Pancake Get crushed by a tree falling faster than 8 m/s
Close Shave Survive a falling tree with 1 heart or less
+ 2 secret ones Find them yourself

Compatibility

  • Bountiful Fares (built in): fruit trees, walnut, hoary and palm trees fall, rot and regrow with their own wood, and the hanging fruit and coconuts come down with them.
  • Dynamic Trees: supported through the separate Sable Trees: Dynamic Trees Compat add-on.
  • Trees from other mods work if they use the standard log and leaf tags. Modpacks can add more with the block tags sabletrees:tree_attachments and sabletrees:tree_foliage.

Requires Minecraft 1.21.1, NeoForge and Sable.
Sable Trees is an add-on and is not affiliated with the Sable team.