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| — 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 | |
- ↑ 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% |
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
| 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 |
| 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
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:
|
| 0x4 0x8 |
A two-bit field storing a value of 0 to 3 specifying the orientation of the wood:
|
- Log 2
| Bits | Values |
|---|---|
| 0x1 0x2 |
A two-bit field storing a value of 0 to 1 specifying the type of wood:
|
| 0x4 0x8 |
A two-bit field storing a value of 0 to 3 specifying the orientation of the wood:
|
- Stripped Log
| DV | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | Facing up/down | |
| 1 | Facing east/west | |
| 2 | Facing north/south | |
| 3 | All side |
Block states
| Name | Default value | Allowed values | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| axis | y
| x | The log or stem is oriented east–west. |
y | The log or stem is oriented vertically. | ||
z | The log or stem is oriented north–south. |
| Name | Metadata Bits | Default value | Allowed values | Values for Metadata Bits |
Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pillar_axis | 0x10x2 | y
| y | 0 | The log is oriented vertically. |
x | 1 | The log is oriented east–west. | |||
z | 2 | The log is oriented north–south. |
Achievements
| Icon | Achievement | In-game description | Actual requirements (if different) | Gamerscore earned | Trophy type (PS4) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PS4 | Other | |||||
| Getting Wood | Punch a tree until a block of wood pops out. | Pick up a log from the ground. | 10G | Bronze | ||
| Renewable Energy | Smelt wood trunks using charcoal to make more charcoal. | Smelt a wooden log with charcoal as the fuel. | 10G | Bronze | ||
History
The specific instructions are: X- and Z-axis renders of Stripped Spruce/Dark Oak logs in Bedrock Edition 1.10.0 (beta 1.10.0.3)
The specific instructions are: Birch/Jungle wood textures in TU19/CU7/Playstation 1.12.
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
All the facings and types of wood logs with the bark blocks. From left to right: dark oak, acacia, jungle, spruce, birch, oak.
References
- ↑ "Block of the Week: Oak Wood" – Minecraft.net, June 16, 2017
- ↑ MC-132180





