Wood
Transparency |
No |
---|---|
Luminance |
No |
Blast resistance |
10 |
Tool | |
Renewable |
Yes |
Stackable |
Yes (64), same species only |
Flammable |
Yes |
Experience |
Smelted: 0.15 |
Drops |
Itself |
Data values |
See Data values |
Name |
See Data values |
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“ | I'd estimate that about 95 percent of my Minecraft worlds begin with me collecting a single block of Oak Wood. It's the mother-block - the block from which everything else in the game develops. Without collecting wood, it's almost impossible to play Minecraft. Seriously, try playing Minecraft without wood. It'll be about as much fun as playing blindfolded, or with me screaming "USE WOOD YOU FOOL!" into your ear the entire time. | „ |
—Duncan Geere[1] |
Wood[until 1.13], or log[upcoming 1.13] (from the name ID), is a naturally occurring block found in trees, primarily used to create wood planks. It comes in six species: oak, birch, spruce, jungle, dark oak, and acacia.
Bark is a variant that has the log texture on six sides, and comes in the same species as wood.[upcoming 1.13]
Stripped log is a variant obtained by right-clicking a log with any axe.[upcoming 1.13]
Contents
Obtaining[edit]
Wood can be broken by hand, but using an axe will speed up the process.
Block | Wood Bark Stripped Log | |
---|---|---|
Hardness | 2 | |
Tool | ||
Breaking time[note 1] | ||
Hand | 3 | |
Wooden | 1.5 | |
Stone | 0.75 | |
Iron | 0.5 | |
Diamond | 0.4 | |
Golden | 0.25 |
- ↑ Times are for unenchanted tools in seconds.
Crafting[edit]
Name | Ingredients | Crafting recipe |
---|---|---|
Bark (1.13) |
Matching Wood |
Natural generation[edit]
Oak wood blocks generate as part of houses in plains villages, acacia wood blocks in case of a savanna village and spruce wood blocks in case of a taiga village. Spruce wood blocks generate as supporting beams of witch huts. Oak and dark oak wood blocks generate as part of woodland mansions.
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.
In 1.13[upcoming] oak logs can be found in 28.0% of bonus chests in stacks of 1–3.
In Bedrock Edition they can be found in 25.0% of bonus chests in stacks of 1–3.
In 1.13[upcoming] spruce logs can be found in 28.0% of bonus chests in stacks of 1–3.
In Bedrock Edition they can be found in 25.0% of bonus chests in stacks of 1–3.
In 1.13[upcoming] birch logs can be found in 28.0% of bonus chests in stacks of 1–3.
In Bedrock Edition they can be found in 25.0% of bonus chests in stacks of 1–3.
In 1.13[upcoming] jungle logs can be found in 28.0% of bonus chests in stacks of 1–3.
In Bedrock Edition they can be found in 25.0% of bonus chests in stacks of 1–3.
In 1.13[upcoming] acacia logs can be found in 28.0% of bonus chests in stacks of 1–3.
In Bedrock Edition they can be found in 50.0% of bonus chests in stacks of 1–3.
In 1.13[upcoming] dark oak logs can be found in 28.0% of bonus chests in stacks of 1–3.
In Bedrock Edition they can be found in 50.0% of bonus chests in stacks of 1–3.
Oak, Spruce and Dark Oak Stripped Log generate as pole in shipwreck.
Trees[edit]
Wood blocks of all six types generate naturally as part of trees. Trees can also be grown using saplings.
Stripped logs[edit]
This section contains content on features that are part of Experimental Gameplay in Bedrock Edition. These features may be properly added in a future update, but require Experimental Gameplay to be enabled in the current version.
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If a player is to use an axe on wood, the wood will turn into a stripped log.[upcoming 1.13]
Usage[edit]
Crafting ingredient[edit]
Name | Ingredients | Crafting recipe |
---|---|---|
Wood Planks | Matching Wood |
Further crafting[edit]
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:
Product | Number of wood blocks needed |
Product amount |
Ratio |
---|---|---|---|
Boat |
5 | 4 | 80% |
Bowl |
3 | 16 | 533.33% |
Button |
1 | 4 | 400% |
Charcoal |
0 crafted, 1 cooked[note 1] | 1 | 100% |
Chest |
2 | 1 | 50% |
Crafting Table |
1 | 1 | 100% |
Door |
3 | 6 | 200% |
Fence |
5 | 12 | 240% |
Fence Gate |
1 | 1 | 100% |
Ladder |
7 | 24 | 342.86% |
Sign |
13 | 24 | 184.62% |
Stick |
1 | 8 | 800% |
Torch |
1 crafted, 8 cooked[note 1] | 32 | 355.56% |
Wood Planks |
1 | 4 | 400% |
Wooden Axe |
2[note 2] | 2 | 100% |
Wooden Hoe |
3 | 4 | 133.33% |
Wooden Pickaxe |
2[note 2] | 2 | 100% |
Wooden Pressure Plate |
1 | 2 | 200% |
Wooden Shovel |
1 | 2 | 200% |
Wooden Slab |
3 | 24 | 800% |
Wooden Stairs |
3 | 8 | 266.67% |
Wooden Sword |
5 | 8 | 160% |
Wooden Trapdoor |
3 | 4 | 133.33% |
- ↑ 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. - ↑ a b Because one plank cannot be crafted into two sticks, this crafting recipe requires two wood for two units.
Smelting ingredient[edit]
Name | Ingredients | Smelting recipe |
---|---|---|
Charcoal | Any Wood + Any fuel |
Name | Ingredients | Smelting recipe |
---|---|---|
Charcoal (1.13) |
Any Bark + Any fuel |
Name | Ingredients | Smelting recipe |
---|---|---|
Charcoal (1.13) |
Any Stripped Log + Any fuel |
Fuel[edit]
Wood logs and bark blocks 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: 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[edit]
Oak, spruce, birch, and jungle wood and bark blocks have the ID name minecraft:log
and are further defined by their block data or block state.[until 1.13]
Acacia and dark oak wood and bark blocks have the ID name minecraft:log2
and are further defined by their block data or block state.[until 1.13]
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[edit]
Name | ID name | Block ID |
---|---|---|
Wood (oak to jungle) |
minecraft:log [until 1.13] |
17[until 1.13] |
Wood (acacia to dark oak) |
minecraft:log2 [until 1.13] |
162[until 1.13] |
Oak Wood |
minecraft:oak_log [upcoming 1.13] |
- |
Spruce Wood |
minecraft:spruce_log [upcoming 1.13] |
- |
Birch Wood |
minecraft:birch_log [upcoming 1.13] |
- |
Jungle Wood |
minecraft:jungle_log [upcoming 1.13] |
- |
Acacia Wood |
minecraft:acacia_log [upcoming 1.13] |
- |
Dark Oak Wood |
minecraft:dark_oak_log [upcoming 1.13] |
- |
Oak Bark |
minecraft:oak_bark [upcoming 1.13] |
- |
Spruce Bark |
minecraft:spruce_bark [upcoming 1.13] |
- |
Birch Bark |
minecraft:birch_bark [upcoming 1.13] |
- |
Jungle Bark |
minecraft:jungle_bark [upcoming 1.13] |
- |
Acacia Bark |
minecraft:acacia_bark [upcoming 1.13] |
- |
Dark Oak Bark |
minecraft:dark_oak_bark [upcoming 1.13] |
- |
Stripped Oak Log |
minecraft:stripped_oak_log [upcoming 1.13] |
- |
Stripped Spruce Log |
minecraft:stripped_spruce_log [upcoming 1.13] |
- |
Stripped Birch Log |
minecraft:stripped_birch_log [upcoming 1.13] |
- |
Stripped Jungle Log |
minecraft:stripped_jungle_log [upcoming 1.13] |
- |
Stripped Acacia Log |
minecraft:stripped_acacia_log [upcoming 1.13] |
- |
Stripped Dark Oak Log |
minecraft:stripped_dark_oak_log [upcoming 1.13] |
- |
Block data[edit]
- See also: Data values
The block data for wood blocks consists of two facing bits (high-order) and two wood type bits (low-order).[until 1.13]
Block 17 (minecraft:log
)
Bits | Values |
---|---|
0x1 0x2 |
A two-bit field storing a value of 0 to 3 specifying the type of wood:
|
0x4 0x8 |
A two-bit field storing a value of 0 to 3 specifying the orientation of the wood:
|
Block 162 (minecraft:log2
)
Bits | Values |
---|---|
0x1 0x2 |
A two-bit field storing a value of 0 to 1 specifying the type of wood:
|
0x4 0x8 |
A two-bit field storing a value of 0 to 3 specifying the orientation of the wood:
|
Block state[edit]
- See also: Block states
Block 17 (minecraft:log
)
Name | Value | Description |
---|---|---|
axis | none[until 1.13] | 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[until 1.13] | oak | Oak |
spruce | Spruce | |
birch | Birch | |
jungle | Jungle |
Block 162 (minecraft:log2
)
Name | Value | Description |
---|---|---|
axis | none[until 1.13] | 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[until 1.13] | acacia | Acacia |
dark_oak | Dark Oak |
Achievements[edit]
Icon | Achievement | In-game description | Actual requirements (if different) | Availability | Xbox points earned | Trophy type (PS) | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Xbox | PS | Bedrock | Nintendo | ||||||
| Getting Wood | Attack a tree until a block of wood pops out | Pick up wood from the ground. | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 10G | Bronze |
| Renewable Energy | Smelt wood trunks using charcoal to make more charcoal. | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 10G | Bronze |
Video[edit]
History[edit]
Classic | |||||
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0.0.14a_01 | ![]() | ||||
0.24 (August 25, 2009) | Breaking log now drops 3–5 wood planks. | ||||
Indev | |||||
February 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 | ![]() ![]() | ||||
Wood can now be smelted into charcoal. | |||||
1.4 | Wood and wood planks 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 | ![]() | |||
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). | ||||
Added bark blocks, which did not have an item form at the time, and could only be placed using commands or external tools. | |||||
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 feature of resource packs, each log has its own top, meaning that log tops can now be colored separately. | |||
1.7.2 | 13w43a | ![]() ![]() | |||
1.7-pre | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||||
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. | |||
July 18, 2017 | Jeb tweets an image of new textures for iron blocks, obsidian, and birch logs. | ||||
July 19, 2017 | Jeb replies with an image of all the new log textures. | ||||
July 19, 2017 | Jasper Boerstra tweets an image of a less-blurry birch texture. | ||||
July 22, 2017 | Jasper Boerstra tweets an image of new crafting table, wood planks, and wood textures. | ||||
Upcoming | |||||
1.13 | 17w47a | Wood renamed to log. | |||
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The different variant block states and the axis=none block state for both the log and log2 IDs have been split up into their own IDs. | |||||
17w47b | Added crafting recipe for bark. | ||||
18w07a | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||||
Pocket Edition Alpha | |||||
0.1.0 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||||
0.3.0 | Wood can now be collected. | ||||
0.8.0 | ? | ![]() | |||
build 2 | 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. | |||||
0.9.0 | build 1 | ![]() ![]() | |||
Jungle wood now generates naturally. | |||||
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Oak wood generate naturally in plains and savannah village. | |||||
0.11.0 | Changed tooltip from [woodtype] Log to [woodtype] Wood. | ||||
0.14.0 | build 1 | Spruce Wood generate in Witch Hut. | |||
0.15.0 | build 1 | Savannah village now generate using Acacia Wood which previously using Oak Wood. | |||
Spruce Wood generate in Taiga Village and Ice Plains Village. | |||||
Pocket Edition | |||||
1.1 | build 1 | Oak and dark oak wood now generates in woodland mansions. | |||
Bedrock Edition | |||||
1.2 | build 1 | Wood now can be found inside bonus chest. | |||
1.2.13 | build 3 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||
Upcoming Bedrock Edition | |||||
1.2.14 | build 1 | Fully implemented stripped logs. | |||
Oak, Spruce and Dark Oak stripped logs now generate in shipwreck. | |||||
1.2.20 | build 1 | ![]() | |||
Legacy Console Edition | |||||
TU1 | CU1 | 1.0 | Patch 1 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | |
TU9 | Spruce wood and birch wooden can now be crafted into spruce and birch wood planks, stairs and slabs. | ||||
TU12 | ![]() | ||||
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 | ![]() ![]() | ||
TU31 | CU19 | 1.22 | Patch 3 | Acacia and dark oak wood is now obtainable in survival. |
Issues[edit]
Issues relating to “Wood” or “Bark“ are maintained on the issue tracker. Report issues there.
Trivia[edit]
- Dark oak and acacia logs share a new block ID separate from the old logs, called log2, because all the other data values on the previous log block were occupied by rotated variants (red sandstone slabs suffered a similar fate). There are still 8 remaining data values on the block that cannot be obtained. The next two trees, if more are added, will likely use these values.[until 1.13]
- Rotated logs in the inventory will be placed like normal logs, even if the item is an all bark block.[until 1.13]
Gallery[edit]
Reference[edit]
- ↑ "Block of the Week: Oak Wood" – Minecraft.net, June 16, 2017