Timber: The One-Chop Tree Felling Add-On for Minecraft
Chopping down a giant jungle tree one block at a time is one of the most tedious chores in Minecraft. You swing your axe, grab a log, swing again, grab another log, and repeat until your inventory is full and your patience is gone. The Timber add-on changes all of that. With a single swing of any axe, an entire tree comes crashing down as a pile of ready-to-collect logs. It is one of those quality-of-life tweaks that, once you try it, you will never want to play without again.
What Timber Does
Timber is a lightweight datapack that turns ordinary tree chopping into a fast, satisfying process. Hold any axe, from a humble wooden one all the way up to netherite, in your main hand and break a single log block. Every log connected to that tree breaks instantly and drops as items on the ground. You keep your momentum, your inventory fills up faster, and you spend less time grinding and more time building.
The add-on is smart about balance too. Breaking logs by hand does nothing special, so the axe requirement keeps things fair and prevents accidental griefing on shared worlds. Leaves are left completely alone. They decay naturally just like in vanilla, dropping saplings and apples exactly as you would expect. Nothing about the core survival loop is broken, only the boring part is removed.
Supported Trees and Versions
Timber works with essentially every wood type in the game. That includes oak, spruce, birch, jungle, acacia, dark oak, mangrove, cherry, and pale oak. It also handles nether stems and bamboo, plus all of their stripped variants. If it grows like a tree and you can chop it with an axe, Timber has you covered.
Because it is a pure datapack, Timber runs on Minecraft: Java Edition and does not require any mod loader such as Forge or Fabric. It is built for modern Java releases, and the pack is designed to stay compatible across recent version updates, so you can keep using it after you upgrade your game. No mods, no plugins, and no resource pack are needed. Just drop it in and start chopping.
Key Features at a Glance
- Axe-only trigger, so trees only fall when you chop with an axe
- Support for every tree type and stripped variant
- Natural leaf decay with vanilla sapling and apple drops
- Anti-lag cap of 128 logs per tree to protect your framerate
- Multiplayer-safe with per-player detection
- Admin commands: /function timber:info for help and /function timber:config/toggle for a global on or off switch
How to Install Timber for Minecraft
Getting started takes less than a minute. The process is simple and works on both singleplayer worlds and servers.
- Download Timber as a .zip file from the official source.
- Open your world folder and locate the datapacks directory.
- Drop the .zip file into that folder without extracting it.
- Load your world and run the /reload command.
- Grab an axe and test it on any tree.
If you run a server, every player benefits automatically thanks to per-player detection. Server admins can toggle the feature globally whenever they need to, which is handy during events or build competitions. If you ever want to check the available commands, the info function lists everything you need.
For players who prefer a hands-off setup, the foxygame.net launcher streamlines the whole process by letting you add Timber to a compatible Minecraft profile with a single click, skipping the manual folder shuffling entirely. It also keeps your installed packs current, so you are always running a version of Timber that matches your game build without hunting down updates yourself.
Why Timber Belongs in Your World
Minecraft is a game about creativity and exploration, yet gathering wood is one of the most repetitive tasks in any survival run. Timber respects the spirit of vanilla while removing the busywork. It keeps leaf decay, sapling drops, and apple drops intact, so your tree farms and forests still behave exactly as they should. The 128-log cap means even massive jungle giants will not tank your performance, and the axe requirement keeps multiplayer servers safe from abuse.
Whether you are building a sprawling base, stocking up for a redstone project, or just clearing space for a new village, Timber saves you hours of tedious clicking. The MIT license means it is free to use and modify, and the compact design means it plays nicely with other datapacks. Download Timber, drop it into your world, and rediscover how fun chopping wood can actually be.
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