Leaf Decay Instant
Every Minecraft builder knows the ritual: you chop the trunk, the log drops, and then you stand there waiting while a cloud of leaves slowly decides whether to fall. Sometimes they linger for minutes. Sometimes they just hang there forever, mocking your clean forest. Leaf Decay Instant fixes that annoyance in one small, server-friendly package.
This mod removes leaves the instant they lose their connection to a log. No floating blobs, no awkward cleanup, no punching foliage one block at a time. If you have ever wanted your tree farms, logging camps, and survival clearings to look tidy the second the axe swings, this is the add-on you have been looking for.
What Leaf Decay Instant Actually Does
At its core, the mod hooks into Minecraft's native leaf decay logic and accelerates it. The moment a leaf block is no longer attached to a log, it disappears. That is the whole pitch, but the implementation is far more flexible than a simple instant-removal tweak.
Instant and Chain Decay Modes
By default, leaves vanish almost immediately after losing their connection, with a tiny configurable delay of just a couple of ticks. If you prefer a more cinematic feel, you can switch on chain decay mode. Instead of popping all at once, leaves cascade outward from the trunk in a satisfying wave. The spread factor is adjustable, so you can make the wave fast and snappy or slow and dramatic.
Bonus Drops and Loot
Trees are a resource, and this mod lets you squeeze more out of them. Configurable bonus multipliers add extra rolls for saplings, sticks, and apples. Oak and dark oak trees can even be tuned to drop bonus apples, which makes early-game food gathering noticeably easier without turning the game into a loot piñata.
Sounds and Particles
Decay does not have to be silent. The mod supports multiple break sounds, each with configurable volume, pitch range, and a per-leaf chance to play. Supported sound IDs include grass, azalea leaves, moss, cherry leaves, and sweet berry bush breaks, so you can match the audio to your biome.
Particles are equally tunable. Choose between standard leaf texture particles, composter particles, or the cheerful happy villager effect. You can set the particle count per decay, or turn particles off entirely if you are chasing maximum performance.
Supported Versions and Loaders
Leaf Decay Instant is built for modern Minecraft and runs cleanly on both Fabric and NeoForge. It is a server-side mod, which is a big deal for multiplayer: clients do not need it installed to see the effect. Only the server or the singleplayer host needs the file. That makes it an easy addition to realms, SMPs, and modpacks where you cannot force every player to install extra content.
If you are setting up a fresh instance, the foxygame.net launcher makes grabbing Leaf Decay Instant painless, since its add-on catalog handles the correct loader and version match in a single click and keeps everything updated automatically.
Commands and In-Game Control
You do not need to restart the game to change settings. The mod ships with a command interface that requires OP level 2, so on public servers you can lock it down with LuckPerms and keep it in staff hands.
- /leafdecay reload — reloads the configuration file without restarting.
- /leafdecay set <option> <value> — changes any option live.
- Example: /leafdecay set chainDecay true enables cascading decay.
- Example: /leafdecay set chainDelay 3 slows the wave spread.
- Example: /leafdecay set soundChance 0.5 makes half of decaying leaves play a sound.
- Example: /leafdecay set particleType composter swaps the particle style.
- Example: /leafdecay set extraSaplingChance 2.0 doubles bonus sapling rolls.
Configuration File and Options
On first launch, the mod creates config/instant_leaf_decay.json. With more than twenty options, you can tune nearly every behavior. Core settings include a master toggle and the decay tick delay. Particle options cover count and type. Sound options cover volume, minimum and maximum pitch, and the chance per leaf. Chain decay, extra drops, and filters round out the list.
Filters and Performance
Two filter lists let you exclude specific leaf block IDs or disable decay entirely in certain dimensions, which is handy if you run custom worlds. Performance-wise, the mod leans on Minecraft's native tick system, so overhead stays minimal. There is also a require-player-nearby option with a configurable radius, letting you skip decay calculations in empty chunks and keep large servers smooth.
Compatibility and Installation
Because it extends the base LeavesBlock behavior, Leaf Decay Instant plays nicely with other mods that add custom leaf types. If you want to download Leaf Decay Instant, grab the build that matches your Minecraft version and loader, then drop it into your mods folder. For a manual setup, how to install is straightforward: install Fabric or NeoForge, place the jar in the mods directory, and launch the game once to generate the config file.
The license is MIT, so you are free to use, modify, and bundle it in modpacks without asking permission. Whether you are a builder who hates floating foliage, a server admin chasing tick efficiency, or a survival player who wants a few extra saplings, Leaf Decay Instant for Minecraft delivers exactly what its name promises: clean trees, instantly.