Planks

Wood planks are common blocks used in many crafting recipes. Its texture resembles a network of planks, coming in six different shades obtained from the six different tree varieties.

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

Drops
A crashed boat will drop 3 wood planks corresponding to the wood type of the boat, and 2 sticks.

Natural generation
Oak wood planks can be found in:
 * Abandoned mine shafts where they are used as beams supported by oak wood fence posts.
 * Plains Villages where they are used for various structures including walls, roofs, and floors of many buildings, as well as paths over water.
 * Strongholds where they are used for floors and pillars in the Library and Storage rooms.

Spruce wood planks can be found in: Acacia wood planks can be found in Savanna villages.
 * The swamp biome where they are used as the primary building material for witch huts.
 * Taiga Villages, in place of oak planks.

Dark oak wood planks are found in mineshafts generated in mesa biomes.

Usage


Wood planks can be used for building structures, as crafting ingredients, and as fuel.

Crafting ingredient
Wood planks are used in many crafting recipes. Doors, fences, fence gates, slab, and stairs – and boats in all editions except the Console Edition – must be crafted from wood planks of the same type and will match the wood type used. For other products, wood planks of different types can be mixed freely, with no effect on the result.

Fuel
Wood planks can be used as a fuel in furnaces, smelting 1.5 items per block.

Repairing
Wooden swords, pickaxes, axes, hoes and shovels can be repaired with wood planks in an anvil.

Data values
Wood planks have the ID name  and are further defined by their block data. Wood planks also have a block state which is expected to replace the functionality of block data in a future version.

Block data
If a command is used to create planks with data value 6 or higher, these planks will have the name "Oak Wood Planks" but a missing texture. They can't be used to craft stairs, slabs, doors, fences or gates. If placed, they'll become actual oak planks.

Issues
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