Axes

The Axe doesn't just chop a log - it reads the whole tree. One swing at any log fells the entire trunk, strips the connected canopy, and (usually) replants a fresh sapling behind you. It also swings noticeably harder than a vanilla axe, so it doubles as a solid weapon in a pinch.

How the Scan Works

The moment you break a log, the axe flood-fills outward through every touching log of the same species (up to 1,000 blocks, so even a mega-jungle tree is safe to chop). It keeps expanding as long as it keeps finding matching logs in the full 3x3x3 neighborhood around each one - so it happily follows branches, not just a straight trunk.

• Leaves are picked up by a second search that spreads outward from any leaf touching the scanned logs.
• If that leaf search gets within 2 blocks of a log that wasn't part of your tree, it backs off - so you'll never accidentally nibble a neighboring tree's canopy.
• Mangrove trees also pull in every connected Mangrove Root block.

What Counts as "a Tree"

Before anything gets felled, the axe checks that what you hit actually qualifies:

• Needs at least 4 connected logs - a single stray log won't trigger felling.
• Needs at least one log standing on valid soil (dirt, grass, podzol, mud, netherrack, and friends) - floating log art won't trigger it either, unless it's Mangrove or a Nether fungus tree (Crimson/Warped), which skip the soil check.
• Needs at least one connected leaf block - a leafless pole of logs won't felled as "a tree."

Fail either check and you'll get a friendly warning in chat instead of a forest disappearing under you.

The Replanting Rule (read this one twice!)

This is the part players ask about most, so here's exactly how it behaves:

• Chop the ground-level log (the very stump, Y-level of the base of the trunk) - the whole tree falls, but nothing gets replanted. You'll see "Replant skipped" in chat.
• Chop any log above the base (second log up, or higher) - the tree falls and a sapling goes back into the ground at every base-log position that has soil below and open air above. You'll see "Saplings replanted" in chat.

In other words: aim low if you want a clear patch, aim a block or two up the trunk if you want the axe to tidy up after itself. For "giant" multi-trunk trees (2x2 Dark Oak, Jungle mega-trees) this can replant several saplings at once, one per base log, minus the exact stump you clicked if that stump happened to be at the base.

Sapling source: pulled from your inventory if you're carrying the matching sapling type - if you're not, it still plants one for free (consider it a small thank-you from the forest).

Mangrove replant: searches outward (up to 8 blocks) for the nearest valid spot instead of planting straight down, since Mangrove roots make "directly below" unreliable.

Everything Else

• Hits harder than a normal axe - +6 bonus attack damage baked into every tier on top of its material bonus.
• Durability drops by 1 for every single log destroyed in the felling - a big tree costs real durability, budget accordingly.
• Hold Crouch (Shift by default) while breaking a log to disable the whole system and just chop that one block, vanilla-style.