Apple

Apples are food items that can be eaten by the player.

Trees
Oak and dark oak leaves have 0.5% (1⁄200) chance of dropping an apple when decayed or broken. This amounts to approximately 25% (1⁄4) chance to get an apple from an oak tree and 60% chance from a dark oak tree. Breaking leaves with a tool enchanted with the Fortune enchantment increases the chances of dropping an apple: 0.556% (1⁄180) with Fortune I, 0.625% (1⁄160) with Fortune II, and 0.833% (1⁄120) with Fortune III.

Natural generation
Apples can be found in 33.5% of stronghold altar chests, 47.5% of stronghold storeroom chests, 59.8% of village weaponsmith chests, and 70.4% of igloo chests, all in stacks of 1–3; in 74.2% of plains village house chests in stacks of 1–5; and in 83.8% of bonus chests in stacks of 1–2.

In Bedrock Edition they can be found in 32.5% of stronghold altar chests and 40.0% of stronghold storeroom chests in stacks of 1–3, and in all bonus chests in stacks of 1–2.

Trading
Apprentice-level farmer villagers have a 50%‌ or 2⁄3‌ chance of selling 4 apples as part of their trades.

Mobs
If the mob Apple Blossom is killed, she drops 1 Apple.

Usage
To eat an apple, press and hold use while it is selected in the hotbar. Eating one restores 4 and 2.4 hunger saturation.

Compositing
Placing an apple into a composter has a 65% chance of raising the compost level by 1.

Java Edition Indev

 * 0.31 20100105: Added apples.
 * Apples are currently non-functional in this version.
 * 20100111-1: Apples are now functional and are edible, restoring 2 hearts. They are intended to replace mushrooms, which were previously edible.

Java Edition Infdev

 * February 23, 2010: At the bottom of a crafting guide they made, a player named JTE jokingly indicated that Notch dropped an apple when killed, and that apples could be crafted into something called a "golden apple" – this was a joke on the fact that apples were totally unobtainable.
 * 20100227: Players named "Notch" now drop an apple when killed.
 * Apples are now used to craft golden apples.

Java Edition Alpha

 * v1.0.15: With the release of multiplayer, apples can now once again be obtained by killing any player named "Notch".

Java Edition Beta

 * 1.8 Pre-release: Apples can now found in the new stronghold storeroom chests.
 * Apples now restore 4 instead of 4♥♥.
 * Apples are now stackable.
 * ?: Killing any player named "Notch" no longer drops an apple.

Java Edition

 * 1.0.0 Beta 1.9 Prerelease 3: Apples are now found in the new stronghold altar chests.
 * 1.1 11w48a: Oak leaves now have a 1/200 chance of dropping an apple when destroyed.
 * 12w01a: Apples are now found in the new village blacksmith chests.
 * 1.3.1 12w16a: Apples can now be found in the new bonus chests.
 * 12w21a: Farmer villagers now sell 5 apples for 1 emerald.
 * Apples are now used to craft enchanted golden apples.
 * 1.4.2 12w37a: The apple's texture has now been changed: the item sprite no longer has a dark outline and now has a more detailed look.
 * 1.5 13w09b: The Fortune enchantment now increases the chance of dropping apples.
 * 1.9 15w43a: Apples may now be found in igloo basement chests.
 * 15w44a: Average yield of apples has been slightly increased in bonus chests.
 * Apples can now no longer be used to craft enchanted golden apples.
 * 1.11 16w33a: Farmer villagers now sell 5–7 apples for 1 emerald.
 * 1.13 17w47a: Prior to The Flattening, this item's numeral ID was 260.
 * 1.14 18w43a: The texture of apples has now been changed.
 * 19w03a: Placing an apple into the new composter has a 50% chance of raising the compost level by 1.
 * 19w05a: Apples now have a 65% chance of increasing the compost level in a composter by 1.

Pocket Edition Alpha

 * 0.4.0: Added apples.
 * 0.8.0 build 2:	The apple's texture has now been changed: the item sprite no longer has a dark outline and now has a more detailed look.
 * 0.12.1	build 1: Added apples to the creative inventory.
 * Apples are now stackable.
 * Apples now restore 4 instead of 4♥♥.
 * The Fortune enchantment can now be used to increase chance of dropping apples.
 * Apples can now be used to craft golden apples and enchanted golden apples.
 * 0.15.0 build 1: Apples can now be used to feed horses.

Pocket Edition

 * 1.0.0 alpha 0.17.0.1: Apples can now be found inside igloo chests.
 * 1.0.4 alpha 1.0.4.0: Farmer villagers now sell 5-7 apples for 1 emerald.

Bedrock Edition

 * 1.2.0 beta 1.2.0.2: Apples can now no longer be used to craft enchanted golden apples.
 * Apples can now be found inside bonus chests.
 * 1.10.0 beta 1.10.0.3: Apples can now be found in plains village weaponsmith chests and plains house chests.
 * The texture of apples has now been changed.
 * 1.11.0 beta 1.11.0.1: Apples can now be found in desert, savanna, taiga and snowy taiga village weaponsmith chests.
 * Apples can now be used to fill up composters.
 * beta 1.11.0.4: Farmer villagers now sell 4 apples as part of their second tier trades.

Legacy Console Edition

 * TU1 Patch 1: Added apples.
 * TU5: Apples are now stackable.
 * Apples now restore 4 instead of 4♥♥.
 * TU12 1.03: The apple's texture has now been changed: the item sprite no longer has a dark outline and now has a more detailed look.

PlayStation 4 Edition

 * 1.90: The texture of apples has now been changed.

New Nintendo 3DS Edition

 * 0.1.0: Added apples.

Trivia

 * The sprite of red apples was the same as used in Notch's game Legend of the Chambered.