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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.

Duncan Geere Mojang avatar

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]

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.‌[BE & LCE 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[A]
Default 3
Wooden 1.5
Stone 0.75
Iron 0.5
Diamond 0.4
Netherite 0.35
Golden 0.25
  1. Times are for unenchanted tools as wielded by players with no status effects, measured in seconds. For more information, see Breaking § Speed.

Chest loot

Item Structure Container Quantity Chance
Java Edition
Oak Log Bonus chest Chest 1–3 26.2%
Bedrock Edition
Oak Log Bonus chest Chest 1–3 25%


Item Structure Container Quantity Chance
Java Edition
Birch Log Bonus chest Chest 1–3 26.2%
Bedrock Edition
Birch Log Bonus chest Chest 1–3 25%


Item Structure Container Quantity Chance
Java Edition
Spruce Log Bonus chest Chest 1–3 26.2%
Village Taiga house chest 1–5 65.6%
Bedrock Edition
Spruce Log Bonus chest Chest 1–3 25%
Village Taiga house chest 1–5 69.3%


Item Structure Container Quantity Chance
Java Edition
Jungle Log Bonus chest Chest 1–3 26.2%
Bedrock Edition
Jungle Log Bonus chest Chest 1–3 25%


Item Structure Container Quantity Chance
Java Edition
Acacia Log Bonus chest Chest 1–3 26.2%
Bedrock Edition
Acacia Log Bonus chest Chest 1–3 50%


Item Structure Container Quantity Chance
Java Edition
Dark Oak Log Bonus chest Chest 1–3 26.2%
Pillager Outpost Chest 2–3 100%
Bedrock Edition
Dark Oak Log Bonus chest Chest 1–3 50%
Pillager Outpost Chest 2–3 100%

Usage

Crafting ingredient

Name Ingredients Crafting recipe
Campfire Stick +
Coal or
Charcoal +
Oak Log or
Spruce Log or
Birch Log or
Jungle Log or
Acacia Log or
Dark Oak Log or
Mangrove Log or
Cherry Log or
Any Stripped Log or Stem

Campfire Stick +
Coal or
Charcoal +
Oak Log or
Spruce Log or
Birch Log or
Jungle Log or
Acacia Log or
Dark Oak Log or
Mangrove Log or
Cherry Log or
Any Stripped Log or Stem

Oak Planks or
Spruce Planks or
Birch Planks or
Jungle Planks or
Acacia Planks or
Dark Oak Planks or
Mangrove Planks or
Cherry Planks
Matching Log or
Matching Stripped Log
Smoker Any Log or Stem or
Any Stripped Log or Stem +
Furnace

Soul Campfire Stick +
Soul Sand or
Soul Soil +
Oak Log or
Spruce Log or
Birch Log or
Jungle Log or
Acacia Log or
Dark Oak Log or
Mangrove Log or
Cherry Log or
Any Stripped Log or Stem

Stripped Wood Matching Stripped Log
Wood Matching Log

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[note 1] 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[note 1] 32 355.56%
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%
  1. a b Requires the burning of wood into charcoal in a furnace, which needs 8 cobblestone and burning material. The cobblestone and fuel are ignored for the purpose of this conversion.
  2. a b Because one plank cannot be crafted into two sticks, this crafting recipe requires two wood for two units.

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.

Sounds

Sound Subtitle Namespaced ID Subtitle ID Source Pitch Volume Attenuation distance
Block breaking block.wood.hit subtitles.block.generic.hit Blocks 0.5 0.25 16
Block broken block.wood.break subtitles.block.generic.break Blocks 0.8 1.0 16
Block placed block.wood.place subtitles.block.generic.place Blocks 0.8 1.0 16
Footsteps block.wood.step subtitles.block.generic.footsteps Blocks 1.0 0.15 16
No subtitle block.wood.fall (Plays when fallen on from a height) Blocks 0.75 0.5 16

Data values

In Bedrock and Legacy Console editions, 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.[2]

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
axisy xThe log or stem is oriented east–west.
yThe log or stem is oriented vertically.
zThe log or stem is oriented north–south.

Bedrock Edition:

NameMetadata Bits Default value Allowed valuesValues for
Metadata Bits
Description
pillar_axis0x1
0x2
y y0The log is oriented vertically.
x1The log is oriented east–west.
z2The log is oriented north–south.

Achievements

Icon Achievement In-game description Actual requirements (if different) Gamerscore earned Trophy type (PS4)
PS4 Other
Getting WoodPunch a tree until a block of wood pops out.Pick up a log from the ground.10GBronze
Renewable EnergySmelt wood trunks using charcoal to make more charcoal.Smelt a wooden log with charcoal as the fuel.10GBronze

History

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Log/History

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

References

  1. "Block of the Week: Oak Wood" – Minecraft.net, June 16, 2017
  2. MC-132180
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