[SEPTICSKULL]

So I posted a thread on Reddit about the drop rates of apples lately.

So I have played a lot of Minecraft and it feels to me that ever since the 1.10 update, the drop rates for apples has increased. Now I have tried to do some Searching on Google but to no prevail.

Does anyone of you guys know if the drop rates have changed or not?

[Taeolas]

I'm not sure if there was any change to the rates, but it could be a biome thing. Example, swamps were typically a better place to find apples since the oaks there, although small, would have a higher proportion of leaves on them.

That being said, large oak trees grow naturally in plains now which I believe is somewhat recent, and I noticed they grow more often in forests during natural generation with some forest biomes just being full of the large oak trees. Honestly, the forests with mostly large oak trees look like a whole different biome on its own.

Perhaps apples seem to be more common due to the increase of large oak trees since they do have more leaves.

[Brianetta]

Large oaks take a fair amount of effort to cut down enough that all the leaves decay. You feel like you've earned your apples after that.