Talk:Log/Archive 1

Applewood?
I know we have gotten used to calling it oak, but without it being called oak wood in the tooltip shouldn't it be called applewood now? I am still going to call it oak personally. But then again, I still call Chickens Ducks and Sugar Cane Reeds. I've heard some good arguments either way though, so a note on the page somewhere might be in order. TheCakeisAlive 20:50, 22 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Until there is some official source that calls it one or the other, we may as well leave it the way it is now. Dark wood, birch, and jungle trees are all mentioned by name in patch notes and various tweets by notch and jeb_, but oak trees are never named. No need to go through the trouble of renaming it on the wiki, especially since oak is so common a name. I'd feel free to add a note that some call it apple, though. — MK (c/t) 21:47, 22 March 2012 (UTC)
 * It is now being called Oak Wood in the tool tips as of 1.3.1. --50.12.192.144 04:47, 2 August 2012 (UTC)

Should be named "Trunk"
This should be called "trunk"; trees are the structures built of trunk and leaves made by the map. See tree SteGriff 10:38, 11 July 2009 (UTC)

I disambiguated and tidied up. SteGriff 10:53, 11 July 2009 (UTC)

Needs a better image, but I don't know how to make them, so...


 * All Kids Love Log! :) --JellyfishGreen 10:15, 5 October 2010 (UTC)
 * And officially tagged "Wood" in the Beta pop-up text. --JellyfishGreen 08:40, 22 December 2010 (CST)

Trivia
I just tried the fireplace trick and my log burned up. I have my log completely surrounded by rock other than one face and lit one block in front of it on fire and my log was consumed. --Youassassin 12:47, 3 December 2010 (CST)
 * Sometimes (at least for me) logs/wood will burn up no matter what. You just need to place a new one and try again. It can take a few tries. Jax-Kenobi 15:45, 3 January 2011 (UTC)

I think it should be pointed out that counting the rings on real trees tells you its age in years. in minecraft, doing this won't work. --Rahmspinat 13:41, 11 April 2011 (UTC)

Unstakable
Trunks seems unstackable in a brief "WTF" moment in a smp server. -it is not different trunks. Upgrade?

Wooden Planks
"In Survival mode, wood blocks drop 3 - 5 Wooden Planks when mined."

I'm pretty sure it's gives exactly 4 wooden planks and you don't get them by mining, you get them by crafting :O

The guy that wrote that said about Survival test, an early version of Minecraft. C ali nou - talk × contribs » 10:26, 18 May 2011 (UTC)

Different Types of Wood
Is there any difference between the three types of wood? –The preceding unsigned comment was added by Bubbs3 (Talk&#124;Contribs) Please sign your posts with


 * Nope. They all craft the same Wooden Planks.  The only difference is aesthetic.  Verhalthur (talk)(contribs) 21:00, 18 September 2011 (UTC)

Jungle wood
In patch 12w3a a jungle biome was added, with new tree trunk blocks. I don't have a texture from them that would look any good, so could someone add it? 71.197.221.191 19:04, 19 January 2012 (UTC)Xmzolfm

I propose to name it a Jicaro log/tree/wood. http://www.forestlight.co.uk/catalogue/703.html 131.95.1.188 23:34, 6 April 2012 (UTC)


 * I think that Mahogany fits better. This is based on the    thick trunks that these spawn with and the colour of the wood produced by it: http://www.cites.org/I/news/mahogany_big.jpg  The cocoa beans are the only thing that don't fit but they come from the Theobroma cacao, which is a much smaller plant: http://www.chocolate.org/choctree.jpg --neinome 04:02, 31 July 2012 (UTC)

Crafting quantity count?
I'd like to question some of the crafting counts.

The table in the article says that you get 8 swords from one wood block.

If I count correctly: one block -> 4 planks; two planks for the stick, and two planks for the blade gives one sword.

I'd also like to question 9 wood blocks needed for torches; I'm pretty sure it's at most two wood blocks; one gives one charcoal, one gives lots of sticks, for 4 torches from one charcoal.

Finally, doesn't the new version give 6 wood slabs for one wood block?

Keybounce 05:20, 23 March 2012 (UTC)


 * It looks like the listed how much wood was needed to craft a given type of item and have no planks/sticks left over, but this was never explicitly stated. For torches, you'd turn one wood block into 8 sticks, burn the rest into 8 charcoal, and make 32 torches. The 'ratio' column makes more sense with that table. I'll fix it for consistency (minimum wood to produce at least 1 of a given item), but the original table design is arguably better. Any opinions? -- Orthotope 08:20, 23 March 2012 (UTC)

How do we rotate logs?
"As of Minecraft 12w30d, logs became rotatable." Have they just added support for the logs to be in the rotated positions? Or have they implemented a vanilla way to do the rotating? (If the latter; how?) Do/will branching trees spawn rotated? Cultist O 22:57, 25 July 2012 (UTC)


 * Orientation depends on the player's facing when placing them, similar to pistons; there's no way to actually rotate them in place. Haven't checked to see if they generate in large tree branches yet. -- Orthotope 00:41, 26 July 2012 (UTC)


 * This appears to have been implemented in single player for ver 1.3.1. --50.12.192.144 04:51, 2 August 2012 (UTC)


 * I am in 1.3.2 and it is implemented and working but there seems to be a design flaw in the way orientation is determined. Rather than orientation being a result of the facing of the block face my cross-hair is pointed at, it's determined by my character's facing, and the angles are written such that it is, as best I can tell, completely impossible to place a vertically oriented log at face-height, even with squeezing up close, jumping, or standing on other blocks to get a boost. This is really, really frustrating because I like to use vertical wooden trunks decoratively incorporated into corners in halls, especially mine tunnel halls, and I cannot find any way whatsoever to place the blocks in that position in a room with a ceiling height of less than four. If anyone can come up with a work around it would be very appreciated. 173.74.157.18 02:58, 26 August 2012 (UTC)


 * I usually dig down a block or two to place a log with the desired orientation, however in the latest update (1.4.5) the 'default' placement has been changed - or seems to be. I came to this article looking for the 'official' way to place a log with the orientation I want and didn't find it.
 * The information on 'how to place logs with the desired orientation' needs to be added to the main article.

Jeanjaz 10:22, 12 December 2012 (UTC)


 * The orientation now depends on which face of a block you place it against: put it on the top or bottom of a block and it will be upright, put it on the side and it will be horizontal, with the cut end facing that block. I added this to the history section, but it wouldn't hurt to work it into the main text as well. -- Orthotope 10:41, 12 December 2012 (UTC)

Rotated blocks: Damage value+12
Should there be an item in the trivia about the 6-sided wood block when you add 12 to its normal data value?-- quadrplax 02:20, 27 July 2012 (UTC)

I'll add it to the page, as a chart, and base it off the potions data value chart. --Soandso2 14:45, 3 August 2012 (UTC)

Most important block in Minecraft.
I honestly think its the most important. You cant make tools without it. Tools are essential for survival. You also need it to make torches, witch is also essential. Ive heard alot of people say diamonds. Diamonds are pretty useless without sticks.