Wood

Wood

Transparent	No
Luminance	0
Blast resistance	10
Tool
Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64), same species only
Flammable	Yes
Experience	Smelted: 0.15
Drops	Itself
Name	See Data values

This article is about the block named "wood" in Java Edition. For the block named "wood" in the Bedrock ^{[until BE 1.10]} and Legacy Console Editions, see Log.

Wood is a block that has the log's bark texture on six sides. It comes in 6 species: oak, spruce, birch, jungle, acacia, and dark oak.

Stripped wood is a variant obtained when any axe is used on wood.

Obtaining

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

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

Stripped wood

Using an axe on wood will turn it into stripped wood.

Natural Generation

Stripped Oak Wood generate as lamp post in plains villages.‌^{[upcoming: JE 1.14 & BE 1.10]}

Acacia wood generate in savanna villages.‌^{[upcoming: JE 1.14 & BE 1.10]}

Spruce wood generate in snowy tundra vilages.‌^{[upcoming: JE 1.14 & BE 1.10]}

Crafting

Wood can be crafted out of four matching logs, yielding three wood as a result.‌^{[Java Edition only]}‌^{[upcoming: BE 1.10]}

Ingredients	Crafting recipe	Description
Matching Log	333333	‌[Java and Bedrock editions only]‌[upcoming: BE 1.10]

Usage

Wood can be used as a decorative block in place of normal logs.

Crafting ingredient

Name	Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Campfire	Stick + Coal or Charcoal + Any Wood or Any Stripped Wood
Planks	Matching Wood or Matching Stripped Wood	444444
Smoker	Any Wood or Any Stripped Wood + Furnace

Smelting ingredient

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

Fuel

Wood and stripped wood can be used as a fuel in furnaces, smelting 1.5 items per block.

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Name ID
Oak Wood	oak_wood
Spruce Wood	spruce_wood
Birch Wood	birch_wood
Jungle Wood	jungle_wood
Acacia Wood	acacia_wood
Dark Oak Wood	dark_oak_wood
Stripped Oak Wood	stripped_oak_wood
Stripped Spruce Wood	stripped_spruce_wood
Stripped Birch Wood	stripped_birch_wood
Stripped Jungle Wood	stripped_jungle_wood
Stripped Acacia Wood	stripped_acacia_wood
Stripped Dark Oak Wood	stripped_dark_oak_wood

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Name ID
Wood‌[upcoming: BE 1.10]	wood‌[upcoming: BE 1.10]

Block data

See also: Data values

In Bedrock Edition, wood uses the following data values:

	DV	Description
	0	Oak Wood
	1	Spruce Wood
	2	Birch Wood
	3	Jungle Wood
	4	Acacia Wood
	5	Dark Oak Wood
	8	Stripped Oak Wood
	9	Stripped Spruce Wood
	10	Stripped Birch Wood
	11	Stripped Jungle Wood
	12	Stripped Acacia Wood
	13	Stripped Dark Oak Wood

Block states

See also: Block states

Name	Value	Description
axis	x	The wood is oriented east–west.
	y	The wood is oriented vertically.
	z	The wood is oriented north–south.

History

Java Edition
1.3.1			12w30d		Added six-sided wood blocks, which look similar to logs, but they have the wood's "bark" texture (side texture when placed vertically) on all 6 sides.
					It has an item form, but only obtainable through commands or external tools. When placed, it acts like a normal log.
1.7.2			13w43a		Added two new types of wood: acacia and dark oak.
			1.7-pre		Drastically changed the texture of acacia wood.
1.13			17w47a		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.
					Readded the item form for wood blocks. They can now be obtained in the inventory.
					Changed the name from wood to bark.
					Prior to The Flattening, these blocks' numeral IDs were 17 and 162.
			17w47b		Added the crafting recipe for bark.
			18w22b		Bark blocks can now be rotated.
			pre1		Changed the bark block top texture.
			pre2		Added stripped bark.
					Changed the bark texture back to how it was before pre1.
			pre5		Bark blocks changed back to <type> Wood.
					Bark IDs changed to <type>_wood.
Upcoming Java Edition
1.14			19w02a		Wood and stripped wood can now be used to craft campfires.
Pocket Edition Alpha
0.8.0			build 2		Added Bark blocks, where at this time can only be obtained using world editing.
0.9.0			build 1		Added Jungle, Acacia, and Dark Oak variants for Bark blocks.
Pocket Edition
1.0			alpha 0.17.0		Bark blocks can now be placed with /setblock ~ ~ ~ log 12, but are not in the creative mode inventory.
Bedrock Edition
1.4			beta 1.2.13.8		Added Stripped bark as part of experimental gameplay, but it can only be placed with /setblock ~ ~ ~ stripped_<type>_log 3.
Upcoming Bedrock Edition
1.10			beta 1.10.0.3		Bark is now called "<type> Wood" and "Stripped <type> Wood".
					Now exist as a separate block; previously placed wood will look the same but still drop logs instead of wood.
					Now craftable
					Wood blocks and stripped wood are added to the creative inventory
					Wood and stripped wood now generates in new villages.
					Wood and stripped wood is now used to craft campfires and smokers.

Issues

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

Gallery

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  The six types of wood blocks

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  Wood and Logs seen beside together

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

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  The top face of wood blocks in 1.13-pre1.

See also

• Log
• Planks
• Charcoal

Blocks

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