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Planks[a] are common blocks used in crafting recipes.

Natural generation

Oak

Oak planks generate as part of:

Spruce

Spruce planks generate as part of:

Birch

Birch planks generate as part of:

Jungle

Jungle planks generate as part of:

Acacia

Acacia planks generate as part of:

Dark oak

Dark oak planks generate as part of:

Obtaining

Planks can be broken by hand, but using an axe speeds up the process.

Block Planks
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.

Crafting

Wood Species

The saplings and fungi at the bottom grow into the logs and stems that are in the center, which craft into the wood planks at the top

Ingredients Crafting recipe Description
Matching Log or
Matching Stripped Log or
Matching Wood or
Matching Stripped Wood
Matching Stem or
Matching Stripped Stem or
Matching Hyphae or
Matching Stripped Hyphae
[upcoming: BE 1.16.0 & JE 1.16]

Chest loot

Item Structure Container Quantity Chance
Java Edition
Oak Planks Bonus chest Chest 1–12 67.3%
Bedrock Edition
Oak Planks Bonus chest Chest 1–12 100%

Usage

File:Planks Chart.png

The different colors of wood planks. From left to right, there are: oak, spruce, birch, jungle, acacia, dark oak, crimson, and warped.

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

Loot

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Crafting ingredient

Planks are used in many crafting recipes. Doors, fences, fence gates, slabs, stairs, boats, trapdoors, pressure plates, and buttons must be crafted from planks of the same type, and the crafted result depends on the type used. For other products, planks of different types can be mixed freely and the wood types in the product is indeterminate.

Name Ingredients Crafting recipe Description
Barrel Any Planks +
Any wood Slab

Bed Matching Wool +
Any Planks

The wool color must match. The planks can be different.
Beehive Any Planks +
Honeycomb

Bookshelf Any Planks +
Book

Bowl Any Planks
Cartography Table Paper +
Any Planks

Chest Any Planks

Chiseled Bookshelf Any Planks +
Any wood Slab

Crafting Table Any Planks

Fletching Table Flint +
Any Planks

Grindstone Stick +
Stone Slab +
Any Planks

In Bedrock Edition, grindstone recipes built with crimson, warped, or mangrove planks can use a slab of almost any of the stone types including sandstone, quartz, and bricks.
Jukebox Any Planks +
Diamond

Loom String +
Any Planks

Note Block Any Planks +
Redstone Dust

Piston Any Planks +
Cobblestone +
Iron Ingot +
Redstone Dust

Shield Any Planks +
Iron Ingot

Sign Matching Planks +
Stick
Smithing Table Iron Ingot +
Any Planks

Stick Any Planks
Tripwire Hook Iron Ingot +
Stick +
Any Planks
Wood Fence Gate Matching Planks +
Stick

Wood Door Matching Planks
Wood Fence Matching Planks +
Stick
Wood Slab Matching Planks
Wood Stairs Matching Planks
Wooden Button Matching Planks

Wooden Pressure Plate Matching Planks

Wooden Trapdoor Matching Planks
Wooden Axe Any Planks +
Stick

Wooden Hoe Any Planks +
Stick

Wooden Pickaxe Any Planks +
Stick

Wooden Shovel Any Planks +
Stick

Wooden Sword Any Planks +
Stick

Fuel

Planks can be used as a fuel in furnaces, smelting 1.5 items per block.

Repairing

Planks are the repair items for the wood tier, and thus can be used to repair the following items in an anvil:

Sounds

Java Edition:

SoundSubtitlesSourceDescriptionResource locationTranslation keyVolumePitchAttenuation
distance
Block brokenBlocksOnce the block has brokenblock.wood.breaksubtitles.block.generic.break1.00.816
Block placedBlocksWhen the block is placedblock.wood.placesubtitles.block.generic.place1.00.816
Block breakingBlocksWhile the block is in the process of being brokenblock.wood.hitsubtitles.block.generic.hit0.250.516
None[sound 1]Entity-DependentFalling on the block with fall damageblock.wood.fallNone[sound 1]0.50.7516
FootstepsEntity-DependentWalking on the blockblock.wood.stepsubtitles.block.generic.footsteps0.151.016
  1. a b MC-177082

Bedrock Edition:

SoundSourceDescriptionResource locationVolumePitch
BlocksOnce the block has brokendig.wood1.00.8-1.0
BlocksWhen the block is placeddig.wood1.00.8
BlocksWhile the block is in the process of being brokenhit.wood0.230.5
PlayersFalling on the block with fall damagefall.wood0.41.0
PlayersWalking on the blockstep.wood0.31.0
PlayersJumping from the blockjump.wood0.121.0
PlayersFalling on the block without fall damageland.wood0.181.0

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

NameIdentifierTranslation key
?? ?
?? ?
?? ?
?? ?
?? ?
?? ?
?? ?
?? ?

Bedrock Edition:

NameIdentifierNumeric ID Translation key
Wood Planks? ??

Block data

See also: Data values

In Bedrock Edition, wood planks use the following data values:

DV Description
0 Oak Wood Planks
1 Spruce Wood Planks
2 Birch Wood Planks
3 Jungle Wood Planks
4 Acacia Wood Planks
5 Dark Oak Wood Planks

If a command is used to create planks with data value 6 or higher, the resulting planks have the data value 0 (oak planks).

Block states

See also: Block states

In Bedrock Edition, wood planks use the following block states:

Bedrock Edition:

NameMetadata Bits Default value Allowed valuesValues for
Metadata Bits
Description
wood_type0x1
0x2
0x4
oak oak0Oak Wood Planks
spruce1Spruce Wood Planks
birch2Birch Wood Planks
jungle3Jungle Wood Planks
acacia4Acacia Wood Planks
dark_oak5Dark Oak Wood Planks

Achievements

Icon Achievement In-game description Actual requirements (if different) Gamerscore earned Trophy type (PS4)
PS4 Other
BenchmakingCraft a workbench with four blocks of wooden planks.Pick up a crafting table from the inventory's crafting field output or a crafting table output.10GBronze
LibrarianBuild some bookshelves to improve your enchantment table.Pick up a bookshelf from a crafting table output.20GBronze

Advancements

Icon Advancement In-game description Parent Actual requirements (if different) Resource location
Advancement-plain-rawMinecraft
The heart and story of the game Have a crafting table in your inventory.story/root

Video

History

pre-classic
rd-160052Oak Planks JE1 Added wooden planks.
rd-161348Oak Planks JE2 The texture of planks has now been changed.
classic
0.0.14aOak Planks JE3 The texture of planks has now been changed again.
In Survival Test, wooden planks are obtained by destroying wood.
indev
0.3120100129Wooden planks are now used to craft crafting tables, sticks, signs, bookshelves, chests and wooden swords, axes, pickaxes and shovels.
20100130Wooden planks are now used to craft bowls.
20100206Wooden planks are now used to craft wooden hoes.
20100223Destroying a wood block now obtains the wood block itself, which is now craftable into wooden planks.
infdev
20100607Wooden planks are now used to craft wooden doors.
20100629Wooden planks are now used to craft wooden stairs.
alpha
v1.0.1Wooden planks are now used to craft wooden pressure plates.
v1.0.6Wooden planks are now used to craft boats.
v1.0.14Wooden planks are now used to craft jukeboxes.
beta
1.2Wooden planks are now used to craft note blocks.
1.3Wooden planks are now used to craft beds.
1.6Test Build 3Wooden planks are now used to craft wooden trapdoors.[is this the correct version?]
1.7Wooden planks are now used to craft pistons.
1.8Pre-releaseWooden planks can now be found in villages and mineshafts.
Wooden planks are now used to craft fence gates.
Java Edition
1.0.0Beta 1.9 Prerelease 5File:Oak Planks JE4 BE1.png The texture of wooden planks has now been slightly changed.
1.2.4Spruce Planks JE1 BE1 Birch Planks JE1 BE1 Jungle Planks JE1 BE1 Spruce, birch and jungle wood planks are now available, which are crafted from their corresponding wood. The color of wood planks available to this point is now obtainable only from oak wood.
The original "wooden planks" are now called 'Oak Wood Planks' and each wood planks color is named with the wood it is taken from.
1.3.112w16aOak wood planks are now found in the new bonus chests.
12w22aWood planks are now used to craft tripwire hooks.
Inventory sprites for blocks have now been flipped from left to right, changing to File:Oak Planks JE4 BE1.png Spruce Planks JE1 BE1 Birch Planks JE1 BE1 Jungle Planks JE1 BE1.
12w25aSpruce, birch, and jungle wood planks now craft their respective wooden stairs and slabs.
1.4.212w34aWood planks are now used to craft wooden buttons, using 2 planks.
12w34bWooden buttons now require only 1 plank.
1.7.21.7.1Acacia Planks JE1 BE1 Dark Oak Planks JE1 BE1 Acacia and dark oak wood planks are now available, crafted from their corresponding wood.
1.814w32bDifferent types of wood planks now craft different types of fences and fence gates; the fence recipe now requires planks.
14w32dDifferent types of wood planks now craft different types of doors.
1.915w33cWood planks are now used to craft shields.
15w43aPlanks found in bonus chests now may be of any type, rather than just oak.
15w44aThe average yield of planks from bonus chests has now more than doubled.
1.1016w20aDark oak planks can now be found as a part of abandoned mineshafts in mesa biomes.
Spruce and acacia planks can now be found as a part of savanna/taiga villages respectively.
1.1116w39aOak, birch, and dark oak wood planks now generate in woodland mansions.
July 19, 2017Jeb tweets an image of new jungle wood planks, cauldron, and dandelion textures.
July 22, 2017Jasper Boerstra tweets an image of new crafting table, wood planks, and wood textures.
1.1317w47aThe names of wood planks have now been changed from "<wood type> wood planks" to simply "<wood type> planks".
The different block states for the planks ID have now been split up into their own IDs.
Prior to The Flattening, this block's numeral ID was 5.
18w07aAdded stripped logs, a variant of logs, which can be used to craft wood planks.
18w09aSpruce and dark oak planks now generate in some underwater ruins.
18w11aWood planks now generate in shipwreck.
1.1418w43aWood planks are now used to craft a loom.
Oak Planks JE5 Spruce Planks JE2 Birch Planks JE2 Jungle Planks JE2 Acacia Planks JE2 Dark Oak Planks JE2 The textures of planks have now been changed.
18w47aFile:Oak Planks JE6 BE2.png Spruce Planks JE3 Birch Planks JE3 BE2 Jungle Planks JE3 BE2 Acacia Planks JE3 BE2 Dark Oak Planks JE3 BE2 The textures of planks have now been changed, again.
18w48aWood planks are now used to craft grindstones.
18w50aSpruce Planks JE4 BE2 The texture of spruce planks have now been changed, once again.
Planks are now used to craft barrels.
19w02aPlanks are now use to craft a cartography table.
19w03aPlanks are now used to craft composters.
1.1519w34aPlanks are now used to craft beehives.
Upcoming Java Edition
1.1620w06aFile:Crimson Planks JE1.png File:Warped Planks JE1.png Added crimson and warped planks, along with crimson and warped variants of all wooden blocks and items, except boats.
Pocket Edition Alpha
0.1.0File:Oak Planks JE4 BE1.png[verify] Added wooden planks.
Only oak wooden planks currently exist.
0.3.0Wooden planks are now used to craft oak wood stairs, slabs and fence gates, wooden doors, bowls and bookshelves.
0.4.0Wooden planks are now used to craft beds, chests and wooden hoes.
0.6.0Wooden planks are now used to craft signs.
0.8.0build 2Spruce Planks JE1 BE1 Birch Planks JE1 BE1 Jungle Planks JE1 BE1 Added spruce, birch, and jungle wood planks.
?The tooltips have now been changed to "(wood type) Planks".
0.9.0build 1Acacia Planks JE1 BE1 Dark Oak Planks JE1 BE1 Added acacia and dark oak wood planks.
Oak wood planks now naturally spawn in strongholds, abandoned mineshafts and villages.
0.10.0build 1Different types of wood planks now craft different types of fences and fence gates.
Above-ground mineshafts now generate in mesa biomes, using dark oak planks.
0.11.0build 1Different types of wood planks can now be crafted into different types of boats.
Oak wood planks now generate as a bridge in plains and savanna villages.
?The tooltips have now been changed to "(wood type) Wood Planks" for consistency with the Java.
0.13.0build 1Wood planks are now used to craft tripwire hooks, note blocks, wooden pressure plates, wooden buttons, and spruce, birch, jungle, acacia and dark oak doors.
0.14.0build 1Spruce wood planks now generate in witch huts.
0.15.0build 1Wood planks are now used to craft pistons.
Spruce wood planks now generate in taiga and snowy tundra villages.
Acacia wood planks now replace the position of oak wood planks in savanna villages.
Pocket Edition
1.1.0alpha 1.1.0.0Oak and dark oak wood planks now generate in woodland mansions.
Bedrock Edition
1.2.0beta 1.2.0.2Birch wood planks now generate in woodland mansions, instead of oak.
1.4.0beta 1.2.13.8Added stripped logs variants, which can be used to craft wooden planks.
beta 1.2.14.2Wood planks now generate in shipwrecks.
beta 1.2.20.1Spruce and dark oak planks now generate in some underwater ruins.
1.10.0beta 1.10.0.3Wood planks can now be crafted from wood.
Planks can now be used to craft looms, grindstones, and shields.
Birch and dark oak planks now generate in pillager outposts.
File:Oak Planks JE6 BE2.png Spruce Planks JE4 BE2 Birch Planks JE3 BE2 Jungle Planks JE3 BE2 Acacia Planks JE3 BE2 Dark Oak Planks JE3 BE2 The textures of planks have now been changed.
1.11.0beta 1.11.0.1Planks can now be used to craft cartography tables.
1.14.0beta 1.14.0.1Planks are now used to craft beehives.
Upcoming Bedrock Edition
1.16.0beta 1.16.0.51File:Crimson Planks JE1.png File:Warped Planks JE1.png Added crimson and warped planks, along with crimson and warped variants of all wooden blocks and items, except boats.
Legacy Console Edition
TU1CU1 1.0 Patch 1File:Oak Planks JE4 BE1.png Added wooden planks.
TU9Spruce Planks JE1 BE1 Birch Planks JE1 BE1 Added spruce and birch wood planks.
TU12Jungle Planks JE1 BE1 Added jungle wooden planks.
TU27CU15 1.18 Acacia Planks JE1 BE1 Dark Oak Planks JE1 BE1 Added acacia and dark oak planks to the creative inventory.
1.90 File:Oak Planks JE6 BE2.png Spruce Planks JE4 BE2 Birch Planks JE3 BE2 Jungle Planks JE3 BE2 Acacia Planks JE3 BE2 Dark Oak Planks JE3 BE2 The textures of planks have now been changed.
1.95 Planks can now be crafted from wood.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0File:Oak Planks JE4 BE1.png Spruce Planks JE1 BE1 Birch Planks JE1 BE1 Jungle Planks JE1 BE1 Acacia Planks JE1 BE1 Dark Oak Planks JE1 BE1 Added wood planks.

Issues

Issues relating to "Planks" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.

Trivia

Notes

  1. Known as Planks in Java Edition and Wood Planks in Bedrock Edition.
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