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Creaking Heart in Minecraft, shown for the Heart Transplanter advancement (Adventure tab)
Creaking Heart in Minecraft, shown here for Heart Transplanter in the Adventure tab. Image: 15's creaking heart.png from minecraft.wiki, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0.
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Heart Transplanter advancement icon in Minecraft, Creaking Heart in medium difficulty

Heart Transplanter

Place a Creaking Heart with the correct alignment between two Pale Oak Log blocks

Requirements: A creaking heart only does anything when it sits between two pale oak logs.

Heart Transplanter advancement icon in MinecraftAdvancement Made!Heart Transplanter

Overview

Heart Transplanter is a task advancement in the Adventure tab of Minecraft's advancement system, carrying the in-game description "Place a Creaking Heart with the correct alignment between two Pale Oak Log blocks." It branches directly off Adventure, so that earlier advancement is its prerequisite and must be earned first. The Adventure tab covers advancements focused on exploration, combat, trading, and interacting with the world and its inhabitants. Heart Transplanter was added in Minecraft 1.21.6 and is still in the 26.2 advancement set.

It is rated Medium difficulty on this site: requires some preparation or specific resources. Part of normal gameplay progression. It uses the standard task frame, meaning it is a normal step in the tree rather than a goal or challenge milestone. Nothing else in the tree depends on it, so it is a leaf at the tip of its branch.

In tree terms, Heart Transplanter sits first along its line: the full path from the Adventure root reads Adventure -> Heart Transplanter. That means 1 advancement must be completed before this one becomes available, and Heart Transplanter is one of 47 total advancements in the Adventure tab. It shares its parent with 17 sibling advancements (Voluntary Exile, Monster Hunter, What a Deal!, Sticky Situation, Ol' Betsy, Surge Protector, Crafting a New Look, Sweet Dreams, Is It a Bird?, Caves & Cliffs, Sneak 100, Isn't It Scute?, Minecraft: Trial(s) Edition, Respecting the Remnants, Country Lode, Take Me Home, The Power of Books, and Crafters Crafting Crafters), all of which open from the same point in the tree.

How to Complete Heart Transplanter

Earning Heart Transplanter comes down to the following, performed in order:

  1. A creaking heart only does anything when it sits between two pale oak logs, lined up along the same axis as the heart itself.
  2. Cut pale oak in the pale garden, place the heart with the right face up, and put a log against it on both sides.
  3. Placed correctly it switches to its awake state after dark.

Tips & Fastest Route

  • Fastest route: a creaking heart only does anything when it sits between two pale oak logs, lined up along the same axis as the heart itself. The remaining steps follow from there.
  • Make sure Adventure is already ticked off before you start, otherwise Heart Transplanter will not be tracked even if you perform the steps correctly.
  • At Medium difficulty, Heart Transplanter is a routine step once you have the prerequisites in hand; no special grinding is usually needed beyond the items the steps call for.

Common Mistakes

  • Remember that Heart Transplanter will not appear as available until Adventure is done, since the game only tracks an advancement once its parent has been unlocked.

Reward & What It Unlocks

Heart Transplanter grants no experience directly; its value is progression rather than a point payout.

It is a leaf advancement, so nothing further unlocks from it; it stands as a completed tip of its branch.

Details

Advancement ID
minecraft:adventure/heart_transplanter
Category
Adventure
Difficulty
Medium
XP Reward
None
Version Added
1.21.6

Advancement Tree

Child Advancements

Leaf advancement (no children)