Wood

Obtaining

Wood can be broken by hand, but using an axe will speed up the process.

Block	Wood
Hardness	2
Tool
Breaking "Punch" redirects here. For the enchantment, see Enchanting#Punch. The Player punches trees and gets wood (click to view animation). Breaking, digging, punching, or mining is one of the most fundamental activities in Minecraft, performed (by time
Hand	3
Wooden	1.5
Stone	0.75
Iron	0.5
Diamond	0.4
Golden	0.25

1. ⃢₆ₑ Times are for unenchanted tools in seconds.

Info

Wood

Transparency When leaves are opaque (in "fast" graphics), they completely block rendering. When leaves are transparent (in "fancy" graphics), the world behind them is also rendered. Opacity (and its inverse, transparency) are properties of blocks with	No
Luminance Light (or lighting) in Minecraft affects visibility, mob spawning, and plant growth. Contents 1 Brightness 1.1 Spread 2 Sources of light 2.1 Blocks 2.2 Other 3 Light-filtering blocks 4 Effects of light 4.1 Mobs 4.2	No
Blast resistance	10
Tool
Renewable A renewable resource (as opposed to a non-renewable, or finite, resource) is a resource that can be recreated indefinitely in survival without exploiting glitches or using commands. While running out of resources isn t likely to	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64), same species only
Flammable	Yes
Experience Experience First appearances See History Internal ID PC: 2 PE: 69 Network ID PC: none Entity ID xp_orb XP bar visible above hotbar. Experience (EXP or XP for short) can be obtained by gathering experience	Smelted: 0.15
Drops See the items that drop from entities and blocks. For drops as in falls, see Fall Damage. Typical drops from a skeleton: experience orbs, an arrow, and bones. Drops are items that	Itself
Data values	See Data values
Name See values from the latest PCPersonal Computer version of Minecraft. For values from Classic, see Data values/Classic. For values from Indev, see Data values/Indev. For values from the Pocket Edition, see Pocket Edition	See Data values

Wood, or log (from the name ID), is a naturally occurring block found in trees Tree Biome Anywhere in the Overworld where light and dirt are present. Consists of Wood Leaves Vines (large jungle, dying and some fallen trees) Mushroom (some fallen trees) Cocoa (some jungle trees) Can generate post-generation , primarily used to create wood planks Wood Planks Transparency No Luminance No Blast resistance 15 Tool Renewable Yes Stackable Yes (64) Flammable Yes Drops Itself Data value dec: 05 hex: 5 bin: 101 Name planks Wood planks are common blocks used in many crafting . It comes in six species: oak, birch, spruce, jungle, dark oak, and acacia.

Videos

Natural generation

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Oak, spruce, birch or jungle wood can be found in 68.4% of bonus chests in stacks of 1–3.

Acacia or dark oak wood can be found in 68.4% of bonus chests in stacks of 1–3.

Trees

Wood blocks of all six types generate naturally as part of trees Tree Biome Anywhere in the Overworld where light and dirt are present. Consists of Wood Leaves Vines (large jungle, dying and some fallen trees) Mushroom (some fallen trees) Cocoa (some jungle trees) Can generate post-generation . Trees can also be grown using saplings Sapling Transparency Yes Luminance No Blast resistance 0 Tool Any tool Renewable Yes Stackable Yes (64) Flammable No Drops Itself Data value dec: 06 hex: 6 bin: 110 Name sapling A sapling is an item that can be .

Crafting ingredient

Name See values from the latest PC version of Minecraft. For values from Classic, see Data values/Classic. For values from Indev, see Data values/Indev. For values from the Pocket Edition, see Pocket Edition	Ingredients	Crafting Crafting is the method by which many blocks, tools, and materials are made in Minecraft. In order to craft something, players must move items from their inventory to a crafting grid. A 2×2 crafting grid recipe
Wood Planks	Matching Wood	4 Wood Planks Transparency No Luminance No Blast resistance 15 Tool Renewable Yes Stackable Yes (64) Flammable Yes Drops Itself Data value dec: 05 hex: 5 bin: 101 Name planks Wood planks are common blocks used in many crafting 4 Wood Planks Transparency No Luminance No Blast resistance 15 Tool Renewable Yes Stackable Yes (64) Flammable Yes Drops Itself Data value dec: 05 hex: 5 bin: 101 Name planks Wood planks are common blocks used in many crafting 4 Wood Planks Transparency No Luminance No Blast resistance 15 Tool Renewable Yes Stackable Yes (64) Flammable Yes Drops Itself Data value dec: 05 hex: 5 bin: 101 Name planks Wood planks are common blocks used in many crafting 4 Wood Planks Transparency No Luminance No Blast resistance 15 Tool Renewable Yes Stackable Yes (64) Flammable Yes Drops Itself Data value dec: 05 hex: 5 bin: 101 Name planks Wood planks are common blocks used in many crafting 4 Wood Planks Transparency No Luminance No Blast resistance 15 Tool Renewable Yes Stackable Yes (64) Flammable Yes Drops Itself Data value dec: 05 hex: 5 bin: 101 Name planks Wood planks are common blocks used in many crafting 4 Wood Planks Transparency No Luminance No Blast resistance 15 Tool Renewable Yes Stackable Yes (64) Flammable Yes Drops Itself Data value dec: 05 hex: 5 bin: 101 Name planks Wood planks are common blocks used in many crafting

Further crafting

The following table presents the amount of wood needed to produce an even multiple of a given item with no waste left over, and the quantity produced:

1. ↑ ^{a b} Requires the burning of wood into charcoal in a
   furnace. Thus, you will need 8 cobblestone and burning material. The cobblestone and fuel are ignored for the purpose of this conversion.
2. ↑ ^{a b} Because one plank cannot be crafted into two sticks, this crafting recipe requires two wood for two units.

Smelting ingredient

Name See values from the latest PC version of Minecraft. For values from Classic, see Data values/Classic. For values from Indev, see Data values/Indev. For values from the Pocket Edition, see Pocket Edition	Ingredients	Smelting recipe
Charcoal	Any Wood⃂+ Any fuel

Fuel

Wood logs can be used as a fuel in furnaces, smelting 1.5 items per block. It is far more efficient to craft each wood block into four wood planks Wood Planks Transparency No Luminance No Blast resistance 15 Tool Renewable Yes Stackable Yes (64) Flammable Yes Drops Itself Data value dec: 05 hex: 5 bin: 101 Name planks Wood planks are common blocks used in many crafting : each plank will burn as long as the log would have, for a total of 6 items.

Smelting wood into charcoal is slightly better: each charcoal will smelt 8 items, but the charcoal itself needs to be smelted. The net items smelted therefore is 7. Also, the increased need to load and unload items will usually result in some loss of smelting time.

Data values

The wood blocks are defined by block IDs and block data. They also have block states which may replace block data in the future.

Note that when a wood block is placed, it changes its facing parameters, placing in the direction relative to the block it is placed on.

ID

Name See values from the latest PC version of Minecraft. For values from Classic, see Data values/Classic. For values from Indev, see Data values/Indev. For values from the Pocket Edition, see Pocket Edition	ID name	Block ID
Wood (oak to jungle)	minecraft:log	17
Wood (acacia to dark oak)	minecraft:log2	162

Block data

See also: Data values

The block data for wood blocks consists of two facing bits (high-order) and two wood type bits (low-order).

Block 17 (minecraft:log)

Block 162 (minecraft:log2)

Block state

See also: Block states

Block 17 (minecraft:log)

Name See values from the latest PC version of Minecraft. For values from Classic, see Data values/Classic. For values from Indev, see Data values/Indev. For values from the Pocket Edition, see Pocket Edition	Value	Description
axis	none	The block lacks a "top" texture (all sides have the bark texture).
	x	The log is oriented east–west.
	y	The log is oriented vertically.
	z	The log is oriented north–south.
variant	oak	Oak
	spruce	Spruce
	birch	Birch
	jungle	Jungle

Block 162 (minecraft:log2)

Name See values from the latest PC version of Minecraft. For values from Classic, see Data values/Classic. For values from Indev, see Data values/Indev. For values from the Pocket Edition, see Pocket Edition	Value	Description
axis	none	The block lacks a "top" texture (all sides have the bark texture).
	x	The log is oriented east–west.
	y	The log is oriented vertically.
	z	The log is oriented north–south.
variant	acacia	Acacia
	dark_oak	Dark Oak

Achievements

Video

History

Classic
0.0.14a_01					Called log when first introduced, oak wood was one of the first blocks in Minecraft.
0.0.15a					Very small texture change.
0.24_06					Breaking log now drops 3-5 wood planks.
Indev
Feb. 23, 2010					Breaking log gives the block instead of planks.
Alpha
1.2.0					Wood would now only be destroyed by fire if it had several sides simultaneously burning. If only one side was burning, the fire and wood block would last forever.
Beta
1.2					Added birch and spruce wood
					Wood can now be smelted into charcoal
1.4					Wood and wood planks Wood Planks Transparency No Luminance No Blast resistance 15 Tool Renewable Yes Stackable Yes (64) Flammable Yes Drops Itself Data value dec: 05 hex: 5 bin: 101 Name planks Wood planks are common blocks used in many crafting will now burn and be destroyed if any one of the sides are lit on fire. This can happen in 1.6.6 again but may not happen to all wood.
1.5					With the addition of birch and spruce saplings, their respective wood types become renewable resources.
					Added "Getting Wood" achievement for chopping then pick up wood.
Official release
1.2.1			12w03a		Added jungle wood.
1.2.4					Different types of wood now produce different colors of planks when crafted.
1.3.1			12w16a		Oak wood is now found in the new bonus chests.
			12w30d		All types of blocks of wood are now rotatable, with the wood placed with the inner side facing the player (similarly to pistons).
1.4.2			12w38a		Wood blocks now have new sounds when being walked on and broken.
					Orientation of placed wood blocks is now determined by which face of another block they are placed against, similarly to levers.
1.6.1			13w24a		As a featureSpecial attraction of resource packs, each log has its own top, meaning that log tops can now be colored separately.
1.7.2			13w43a		Added two new types of wood: acacia and dark oak.
			1.7-pre		The top texture of all logs now have unique textures, rather than sharing it with oak.
					Wood in bonus chests may also be acacia.
1.9			15w43a		Wood found in bonus chests now may be of any type, rather than just acacia or oak.
			15w44a		Bonus chests now have less wood.
1.11			16w39a		Oak and dark oak wood now generates in woodland mansions Woodland mansion Biome Roofed Forest Consists of See Structure. Can generate post-generation N/A First appearances See history This article may need cleanup to comply with the style guide. Please help improve this if you can. .
Pocket Edition Alpha
0.1.0					Added oak, birch and spruce wood.
0.3.0					Wood can now be collected.
0.8.0			?		All types of blocks of wood are now rotatable, with the wood placed with the inner side facing the player.
					Jungle wood was added to the creative inventory.
					Add jungle wood.
0.9.0			build 1		Added acacia wood and dark oak wood.
					Jungle wood now generates naturally.
					Gave the texture of wood tops its own unique texture for each type of wood.
0.11.0					Changed tooltip from woodtype Log to woodtype Wood.
Pocket Edition
1.1			build 1		Oak and dark oak wood now generates in woodland mansions Woodland mansion Biome Roofed Forest Consists of See Structure. Can generate post-generation N/A First appearances See history This article may need cleanup to comply with the style guide. Please help improve this if you can. .
Console Edition
TU1	CU1	1.0	Patch 1		Added oak, birch and spruce wood.
TU9					Spruce wood and birch wooden can now be crafted into spruce and birch wood planks, stairs and slabs.
TU12					Added jungle wood, which can be crafted into jungle wood planks.
TU14		1.04			All types of blocks of wood are now rotatable, with the wood placed with the inner side facing the player (similarly to pistons).
					Prior to this update, in PlayStation 3 Edition wood with special data values only looked like it is in PC in inventory or when held, and when placed looked completely different.
TU19	CU7	1.12			Updated the textures for birch and jungle wood.
TU27	CU15	1.18			Added acacia and dark oak wood to the creative inventory.
TU31	CU19