Log

Log

Transparent	No
Luminance	No
Blast resistance	10
Tool
Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64) (same species only)
Flammable	Yes (5)
Catches fire from lava	Yes
Drops	Itself
Data values	See § Data values
Namespaced ID	See § Data values
Tags	See § Data values

This article is about the block found in trees. For the block crafted from logs, see Planks. For the block that has the "bark" texture on all 6 sides, see Wood.

	“	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

A log is a naturally occurring block found in trees, primarily used to create planks. It comes in six types: oak, spruce, birch, jungle, acacia, and dark oak.

A stripped log is a variant obtained by using an axe on a log.

Natural generation

Oak

Oak logs generate as part of houses in plains villages, and as supporting beams of witch huts.

Stripped oak logs generate in plains villages.

Spruce

Spruce logs generate as part of houses in taiga and snowy villages.

Stripped spruce logs generate in snowy tundra villages.

Acacia

Acacia logs generate as part of houses in savanna villages.

Stripped acacia logs generate in savanna villages.

Dark Oak

Dark oak logs can generate in pillager outposts as a pile of logs, and as part of watchtowers.

Mixed

Oak, spruce, and dark oak logs generate as masts in shipwrecks.‌^{[Java Edition only]}

Stripped oak, birch, spruce, acacia, jungle, and dark oak logs generate as masts in shipwrecks.‌^{[Bedrock Edition only]}

Oak and dark oak logs blocks generate as part of woodland mansions.

Trees

Log blocks of all six types generate naturally as part of trees. Trees can also be grown using saplings.

Stripped logs

Using an axe on a log turns it into a stripped log. They act the same as regular logs and can be turned into wood.

Obtaining

Logs can be broken by hand, but using an axe speeds up the process.

Block	Log Stripped Log
Hardness	2
Tool
Breaking time
Hand	3
Wooden	1.5
Stone	0.75
Iron	0.5
Diamond	0.4
Golden	0.25

Chest loot

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.

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.

Spruce logs can be found in 28.0% of bonus chests in stacks of 1–3, and in 65.6% of taiga village house chests in stacks of 1–5.

In Bedrock Edition, they can be found in 25.0% of bonus chests in stacks of 1–3, and in 69.3% of taiga village house chests in stacks of 1–5.

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.

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.

Dark oak logs can be found in 28.0% of bonus chests in stacks of 1–3, and in all pillager outpost chests in stacks of 2–3.

In Bedrock Edition, they can be found in 50.0% of bonus chests in stacks of 1–3.

Usage

Crafting ingredient

Name	Ingredients	Crafting recipe	Description
Campfire	Stick + Coal or Charcoal + Any Log or Any Stripped Log
Planks	Matching Log or Matching Stripped Log	444444
Smoker	Any Log or Any Stripped Log + Furnace
Stripped Wood	Matching Stripped Log	333333	‌[Java and Bedrock editions only]
Wood	Matching Log	333333

Further crafting

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

Product	Number of log needed	Product amount	Ratio
Boat	5	4	80%
Bowl	3	16	533.33%
Button	1	4	400%
Charcoal	0 crafted, 1 cooked	1	100%
Chest	2	1	50%
Crafting Table	1	1	100%
Door	3	6	200%
Fences	5	12	240%
Fence Gates	1	1	100%
Ladder	7	24	342.86%
Sign	13	24	184.62%
Stick	1	8	800%
Torch	1 crafted, 8 cooked	32	355.56%
Planks	1	4	400%
Wooden Axe	2	2	100%
Wooden Hoe	3	4	133.33%
Wooden Pickaxe	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%

Smelting ingredient

Name	Ingredients	Smelting recipe
Charcoal	Any Log or Any Stripped Log + Any fuel

This recipe awards 0.15 experience.

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 log into four wood planks: each plank burns as long as the log would have, for a total of 6 items.

Smelting log into charcoal is slightly better: each charcoal smelts 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 usually result in some loss of smelting time.

Even more efficiently ‌^{[Bedrock Edition only]} one can craft wooden slabs, which each smelt 1.5 items like a plank instead of 0.75 on Java Edition. Since three wood logs can craft into twenty-four slabs, this means 12 items can be processed per log.

Sounds

Java Edition:

Sound	Subtitle	Source	Description	Namespaced ID	Subtitle key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	Block breaking	Blocks	Mining the block	block.wood.hit	subtitles.block.generic.hit	0.25	0.5	16
	Block broken	Blocks	Breaking the block	block.wood.break	subtitles.block.generic.break	1.0	0.8	16
	Block placed	Blocks	Placing the block	block.wood.place	subtitles.block.generic.place	1.0	0.8	16
	Footsteps	Blocks	Walking on the block	block.wood.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps	0.15	1.0	16
	None	Blocks	Falling on the block with fall damage	block.wood.fall	None	0.5	0.75	16

Bedrock Edition:

Sound	Description	Namespaced ID	Volume	Pitch
?	Mining the block	hit.wood	?	0.5
?	Breaking the block	dig.wood	?	0.8
?	Placing the block	use.wood	?	0.8
?	Walking on the block	step.wood	?	?
?	Falling on the block with fall damage	fall.wood	?	?
?	Falling on the block without fall damage	land.wood	?	?
?	Jumping from the block	jump.wood	?	?

Data values

In Bedrock Edition, oak, spruce, birch, and jungle log and wood have the ID name minecraft:log and are further defined by their block data or block state. Acacia and dark oak log and wood blocks have the ID name minecraft:log2 and are further defined by their block data or block state.

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

Logs consider only the axis; a sideways log placed while facing north does not have a top texture rotated 180 degrees from a log placed south.

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Namespaced ID	Tags
Oak Log	oak_log	#logs, #oak_logs
Spruce Log	spruce_log	#logs, #spruce_logs
Birch Log	birch_log	#logs, #birch_logs
Jungle Log	jungle_log	#logs, #jungle_logs
Acacia Log	acacia_log	#logs, #acacia_logs
Dark Oak Log	dark_oak_log	#logs, #dark_oak_logs
Stripped Oak Log	stripped_oak_log	#logs, #oak_logs
Stripped Spruce Log	stripped_spruce_log	#logs, #spruce_logs
Stripped Birch Log	stripped_birch_log	#logs, #birch_logs
Stripped Jungle Log	stripped_jungle_log	#logs, #jungle_logs
Stripped Acacia Log	stripped_acacia_log	#logs, #acacia_logs
Stripped Dark Oak Log	stripped_dark_oak_log	#logs, #dark_oak_logs

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Namespaced ID	Numeric ID
Wood (oak to jungle)	log	17
Wood (acacia to dark oak)	log2	162
Stripped Spruce Wood	stripped_spruce_log	260
Stripped Birch Wood	stripped_birch_log	261
Stripped Jungle Wood	stripped_jungle_log	262
Stripped Acacia Wood	stripped_acacia_log	263
Stripped Dark Oak Wood	stripped_dark_oak_log	264
Stripped Oak Wood	stripped_oak_log	265

Block data

See also: Data values

In Bedrock Edition, log uses the following data values:

Log

Bits	Values
0x1 0x2	A two-bit field storing a value of 0 to 3 specifying the type of wood: 0: Oak Wood 1: Spruce Wood 2: Birch Wood 3: Jungle Wood
0x4 0x8	A two-bit field storing a value of 0 to 3 specifying the orientation of the wood: 0: Facing Up/Down 1: Facing East/West 2: Facing North/South 3: Only bark

Log 2

Bits	Values
0x1 0x2	A two-bit field storing a value of 0 to 1 specifying the type of wood: 0: Acacia Wood 1: Dark Oak Wood
0x4 0x8	A two-bit field storing a value of 0 to 3 specifying the orientation of the wood: 0: Facing Up/Down 1: Facing East/West 2: Facing North/South 3: Only bark

Stripped Log

	DV	Description
	0	Facing up/down
	1	Facing east/west
	2	Facing north/south
	3	All side

Block states

See also: Block states

Java Edition:

Name	Default value	Allowed values	Description
axis	y	x	The log is oriented east–west.
		y	The log is oriented vertically.
		z	The log is oriented north–south.

Bedrock Edition:
Log

Name	Default value	Allowed values	Description
pillar_axis	0	0	The log is oriented vertically.
		1	The log is oriented east–west.
		2	The log is oriented north–south.
old_log_type	oak	birch	Birch Log
		jungle	Jungle Log
		oak	Oak Log
		spruce	Spruce Log

Log2

Name	Default value	Allowed values	Description
pillar_axis	0	0	The log is oriented vertically.
		1	The log is oriented east–west.
		2	The log is oriented north–south.
new_log_type	acacia	acacia	Acacia Log
		dark_oak	Dark Oak Log

Stripped logs

Name	Default value	Allowed values	Description
pillar_axis	0	0	The log is oriented vertically.
		1	The log is oriented east–west.
		2	The log is oriented north–south.

Achievements

Main article: Achievements

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 a log 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

History

Java Edition Classic
May 21, 2009					Notch shows interest in adding wood.
0.0.14a					Added wood.
					Oak wood is currently one of the first blocks in Minecraft.
0.0.15a					The texture of wood has now been changed.
August 25, 2009					Showed that breaking wood now drops 3–5 wood planks.
0.24_SURVIVAL_TEST					The above changed of breaking wood dropping 3-5 wood planks has now been implemented.[needs testing]
Java Edition Indev
February 23, 2010					Breaking wood now gives the block instead of planks.
Java Edition Alpha
?					Wood can now only be destroyed by fire if it had several sides simultaneously burning. If only one side was burning, the fire and wood block lasts forever.
Java Edition Beta
1.2					Added spruce and birch wood.
					Wood can now be smelted into charcoal.
1.4					Wood and wood planks now burn and are destroyed if any one of the sides are lit on fire.
1.5					With the addition of birch and spruce saplings, their respective wood types have now become renewable resources.
					Added "Getting Wood" achievement for chopping then picking up wood.
Java Edition
1.2.1		12w03a			Added jungle wood.
1.2.4		release			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.
		12w22a			Inventory sprites for blocks have been flipped from left to right, changing to .
		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.
					The 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 wood block has its own top, meaning that wood tops can now be colored separately.
1.7.2		13w43a			Added acacia and roofed oak wood.
		1.7			The top texture of all blocks of wood now have unique textures, rather than sharing it with oak.
					The textures of acacia wood have now been drastically changed.
					"Roofed Oak" has now been renamed to "Dark Oak Wood" and has been given a unique texture.
					Wood in bonus chests may now also be acacia.
1.9		15w43a			Wood found in bonus chests can 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 generate in woodland mansions.
1.13		17w47a			"Wood" has now been renamed to "Log".
					The different variant block states and the axis=none block state for both the log and log2 IDs have now been split up into their own IDs.
					Prior to The Flattening, these blocks' numeral IDs were 17 and 162.
		18w07a			Added stripped logs.
		pre1			The side texture for stripped jungle logs has now been changed.
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					JAPPA tweets an image of a less-blurry birch texture.
July 22, 2017					JAPPA tweets an image of new crafting table, wood planks and wood textures.
1.14		18w43a			The textures of logs has now been changed.
		18w47a			The textures of logs has now been changed again.
		18w47b			The top textures of logs has now been changed.
					The top textures of stripped logs has now been changed.
		18w50a			Logs can now be used to craft a smoker.
					The top textures of jungle logs and stripped logs have now been changed once again.
		19w02a			Stripped logs and logs can now be used to craft campfires.
Pocket Edition Alpha
0.1.0					Added oak, spruce and birch wood.
0.3.0					Wood can now be collected.
0.8.0		build 2			Added jungle wood.
					All types of blocks of wood are now rotatable, with the wood placed with the inner side facing the player (similarly to pistons).
					Added jungle wood to the creative inventory.
0.9.0		build 1			Added acacia and dark oak wood.
					Jungle wood now generates naturally.
					The texture of wood tops have been their own unique texture for each type of wood.
					Oak wood now generates naturally in plains and savanna villages.
0.11.0		?			The tooltip has now been changed from [woodtype] Log to [woodtype] Wood. When it was named "Log" in the first place is unknown.
0.14.0		build 1			Spruce wood now generates in witch huts.
0.15.0		build 1			Savanna villages now generate using acacia wood, which previously used oak wood.
					Spruce wood now generates in taiga and ice plains villages.
Pocket Edition
1.1.0		alpha 1.1.0.0			Oak and dark oak wood now generate in woodland mansions.
Bedrock Edition
1.2.0		beta 1.2.0.2			Wood can now be found inside bonus chests.
					Woodland mansions now have birch wood instead of oak wood.
1.4.0		beta 1.2.13.8			Added stripped logs as part of Experimental Gameplay.
		beta 1.2.14.2			Stripped logs have now been fully implemented.
					As an exclusive feature, oak, spruce and dark oak stripped logs now generate as part of shipwrecks.
		beta 1.2.20.1			The side textures for stripped jungle wood has now been changed.
		release			The top textures of stripped spruce and stripped dark oak logs have now been changed.
1.10.0		beta 1.10.0.3			The textures of logs have now been changed.
					32px32px 32px32px The top textures of stripped logs have now been changed.
					"Wood" and "Stripped Wood" have now been renamed to "Log" and "Stripped Log".
					Logs are now used to craft wood, campfires, and smokers.
					Stripped spruce, oak, and acacia logs now generate in new villages.
					Dark oak logs now generate in pillager outpost watchtowers and as a pile of logs.
					Dark oak logs can now be found in pillager outpost chests.
1.11.0		beta 1.11.0.1			Spruce logs can now be found in taiga and snowy taiga village house chests.
Legacy Console Edition
TU1	CU1	1.0	Patch 1	1.0.1	Added oak, spruce and birch wood, with unique top textures.
TU9					Spruce wood and birch wood can now be crafted into spruce and birch wood planks, stairs and slabs.
TU12					Added jungle wood.
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 looked like it is in Java Edition only in the inventory or when held, and when placed looked completely different.
					32px 32px 32px 32px Prior to this version on Xbox 360, higher data values of logs would result in blocks that had the inside texture facing along the expected axis, but the bark textures not rotated. These data values would function like their own blocks and would not change orientation depending on the targeted block face.
TU19	CU7	1.12			The textures for birch and jungle wood have now been updated.
TU27	CU15	1.18			Added acacia and dark oak wood to the creative inventory.
TU31	CU19	1.22	Patch 3		Acacia and dark oak wood is now obtainable in survival.
TU69	CU57	1.76	Patch 38		Added stripped logs.
		1.90			"Wood" has now been renamed to "Log".
					The textures of logs have now been changed.
					The top textures of stripped logs have now been changed.

Issues

Issues relating to "Wood", "Log", or "Stripped log" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.

Trivia

• Dark oak and acacia logs previously shared‌^{[Java Edition only]} or currently do share‌^{[Bedrock Edition only]} a 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.‌^{[Bedrock Edition only]}

Gallery

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  Rotated logs.

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  Oak, birch, jungle, spruce, acacia, and dark oak trees.

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  All log types crafting into the planks below it, and the corresponding saplings.

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  All the facings and types of wood logs with the bark blocks. From left to right: dark oak, acacia, jungle, spruce, birch, oak.

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  Oak wood vs log

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  Oak, spruce, birch, jungle, acacia, and dark oak stripped logs rotated.

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  All variants of logs, bark, and stripped logs, excluding alternate rotations.

References

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