Tree felling

Chop one log, the whole tree comes down. Up to 250 logs per tree. Leaves clear automatically.

Vanilla tree-chopping is one log at a time. Climb up, chop the next log, climb back down, gather logs. Sunday Market replaces this with tree felling: chop any one log and the entire tree falls.

Logs land at your feet (or in your inventory if you have Telekinesis). Leaves clear automatically. A 30-block oak tree disappears in one click.

How it works

When you chop a log block with an axe (any axe — wood through netherite), the system:

Detects the connected tree (logs + adjacent leaves)
Verifies it's a real tree (4+ logs, 10+ leaves nearby — not a player-built log structure)
Breaks all the logs
Optionally clears the leaves

Drops accumulate at the base of the tree (or to your inventory with Telekinesis).

Tree size limits

Aspect	Limit
Min logs to count as tree	4
Min leaves to count as tree	10
Max logs per fell	250
Max height (anchor block from bottom)	5

The 4-log minimum prevents felling player-built decorative log structures. The 10-leaf minimum further filters out "log post in a base." The 250-log max stops accidental gigantic-tree scenarios from breaking the server.

The "max height anchor" means: you can chop any of the bottom 5 blocks of the tree. Above that, the system treats it as a partial tree (won't fell the whole thing).

Toggle per-player

Default: enabled.

/treefeller

Toggle tree-felling on/off for yourself.

Some players prefer manual chopping for:

Surgical control in a forest where they only want a few logs
Sapling collection — partial chops give more sapling drops in some configurations
Building — they're harvesting placed logs and don't want them all to fall

Pairing patterns

Tree felling + auto-pickup

Chop one log. Whole tree falls. All logs land in your inventory. One click = full tree's worth of wood.

Tree felling + auto-replant tweak

The auto-plant tweak (see Quality of life) makes dropped saplings auto-plant after a delay. So:

Chop a tree (auto-fell)
Logs to inventory (auto-pickup)
Saplings drop nearby
Saplings auto-plant after a short delay
Trees re-grow on their own

Walk through a forest harvesting trees; they re-seed themselves behind you. Sustainable forestry.

Lumberjack enchant + tree felling

The Lumberjack enchant (see Tool enchantments) provides similar tree-fell functionality. Both can apply; they cooperate. Functionally the same end result.

What it doesn't do

Doesn't break a player-built log structure — too few leaves nearby
Doesn't chop a tree from above the 5-block anchor — partial-tree handling
Doesn't break leaves player-placed (vanilla rule on placed-leaf data)
Doesn't break trees while crouching (in some configurations) — useful for "I want to chop just one log"

Wood types

Works on every tree wood type:

Oak, spruce, birch, jungle, acacia, dark oak
Crimson and warped (Nether stems)
Mangrove, cherry, pale oak, bamboo
Custom tree types from worldgen

Building considerations

If you've built a structure with logs (a wooden cabin, a log fence), tree felling won't affect it because:

Most player log structures have too few leaves nearby (< 10)
Most player log structures don't fit the "tree" shape
The system errs on the side of "leave it alone"

If you're worried, sneak-chop (some configs treat sneaking as "manual mode") or temporarily toggle tree felling off via /treefeller.

Performance notes

Felling a 250-log tree is a brief lag spike — the server breaks 250 blocks in one tick. On a busy server, this can be a small TPS dip. Be considerate:

Don't fell a giant tree right next to a busy area
Don't fell repeatedly in a loop (clear-cutting forests)
If staff asks you to slow down, do

For most everyday play, tree felling is invisible — a click, the tree falls, no perceptible lag.