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This feature is exclusive to Java Edition, Bedrock Edition and PlayStation 4 Edition. 
This article is about the block named "wood" in Java, Bedrock, and PlayStation 4 Editions. For the block named "wood" in the Legacy Console Edition and New Nintendo 3DS Edition, see Log.

Wood is a block that has the log's bark texture on six sides. It comes in 6 species: oak, spruce, birch, jungle, acacia, and dark oak.

Stripped wood is a variant obtained when any axe is used on wood.

Obtaining

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

Block Wood
Stripped Wood
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.

Stripped wood

Using an axe on wood will turn it into stripped wood.

Natural Generation

Stripped Oak Wood generate as lamp post in Plains Villages.

Stripped Acacia Wood generate in Savanna villages.

Stripped Spruce Wood generate in Snowy Tundra villages.

Crafting

Wood can be crafted out of four matching logs, yielding three wood as a result.

Ingredients Crafting recipe
Matching Log

Usage

Wood can be used as a decorative block in place of normal logs.

Crafting ingredient

Name Ingredients Crafting recipe
Campfire Stick +
Coal or
Charcoal +
Any Wood or Hyphae or
Stripped Birch Wood or
Stripped Jungle Wood or
Stripped Acacia Wood or
Stripped Dark Oak Wood or
Stripped Mangrove Wood or
Stripped Cherry Wood

Campfire Stick +
Coal or
Charcoal +
Any Wood or Hyphae or
Stripped Birch Wood or
Stripped Jungle Wood or
Stripped Acacia Wood or
Stripped Dark Oak Wood or
Stripped Mangrove Wood or
Stripped Cherry Wood

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 Wood or
Matching Stripped Wood
Smoker Any Wood or Hyphae or
Any Stripped Wood or Hyphae +
Furnace

Soul Campfire Stick +
Soul Sand or
Soul Soil +
Any Wood or Hyphae or
Stripped Birch Wood or
Stripped Jungle Wood or
Stripped Acacia Wood or
Stripped Dark Oak Wood or
Stripped Mangrove Wood or
Stripped Cherry Wood

Smelting ingredient

Name Ingredients Smelting recipe
Charcoal Any Wood or
Any Stripped Wood +
Any fuel


Fuel

Wood and stripped wood can be used as a fuel in furnaces, smelting 1.5 items per block.

Data values

ID

Wood/ID

Block data

See also: Data values

In Bedrock Edition, wood uses the following data values:

DV Description
0 Oak Wood
1 Spruce Wood
2 Birch Wood
3 Jungle Wood
4 Acacia Wood
5 Dark Oak Wood
8 Stripped Oak Wood
9 Stripped Spruce Wood
10 Stripped Birch Wood
11 Stripped Jungle Wood
12 Stripped Acacia Wood
13 Stripped Dark Oak Wood

Block states

See also: Block states

Java Edition:

Name Default value Allowed values Description
axisy xThe wood or hyphae is oriented east–west.
yThe wood or hyphae is oriented vertically.
zThe wood or hyphae is oriented north–south.

Bedrock Edition:

Wood

NameMetadata Bits Default value Allowed valuesValues for
Metadata Bits
Description
pillar_axisNot Supportedy xUnsupportedThe wood is oriented east–west.
yUnsupportedThe wood is oriented vertically.
zUnsupportedThe wood is oriented north–south.
stripped_bit0x8falsefalse
true
0
1
Whether the wood is stripped or not.
wood_type0x1
0x2
0x4
oak acacia4Acacia Wood
birch2Birch Wood
dark_oak5Dark Oak Wood
jungle3Jungle Wood
oak0Oak Wood
spruce1Spruce Wood

Warped Hyphae, Stripped Crimson Hyphae, Stripped Warped Hyphae

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

Crimson Hyphae

NameMetadata Bits Default value Allowed valuesValues for
Metadata Bits
Description
pillar_axisNot Supportedy xUnsupportedThe hyphae is oriented east–west.
yUnsupportedThe hyphae is oriented vertically.
zUnsupportedThe hyphae is oriented north–south.

History

Java Edition
1.3.112w30dOak WoodSpruce WoodBirch WoodJungle Wood Added six-sided wood blocks, which look similar to logs, but they have the wood's "bark" texture (side texture when placed vertically) on all 6 sides.
It has an item form, but only obtainable through commands or external tools. When placed, it acts like a normal log.
1.7.213w43aFile:Acacia Wood Revision 1.pngDark Oak Wood Added two new types of wood: acacia and dark oak.
1.7-preAcacia Wood Drastically changed the texture of acacia wood.
1.1317w47aThe different variant block states and the axis=none block state for both the log and log2 IDs have been split up into their own IDs.
Readded the item form for wood blocks. They can now be obtained in the inventory.
Changed the name from wood to bark.
Prior to The Flattening, these blocks' numeral IDs were 17 and 162.
17w47bAdded the crafting recipe for bark.
18w22bFile:Oak Wood X.pngFile:Oak Wood Z.pngFile:Birch Wood X.pngFile:Birch Wood Z.pngFile:Spruce Wood X.pngFile:Spruce Wood Z.pngFile:Jungle Wood X.pngFile:Jungle Wood Z.pngFile:Acacia Wood X.pngFile:Acacia Wood Z.pngFile:Dark Oak Wood X.pngFile:Dark Oak Wood Z.png Bark blocks can now be rotated.
pre1File:Oak Wood Revision 1.pngFile:Oak Wood Revision 1 X.pngFile:Oak Wood Revision 1 Z.pngFile:Birch Wood Revision 1.pngFile:Birch Wood Revision 1 X.pngFile:Birch Wood Revision 1 Z.pngFile:Spruce Wood Revision 1.pngFile:Spruce Wood Revision 1 X.pngFile:Spruce Wood Revision 1 Z.pngFile:Jungle Wood Revision 1.pngFile:Jungle Wood Revision 1 X.pngFile:Jungle Wood Revision 1 Z.pngFile:Acacia Wood Revision 2.pngFile:Acacia Wood Revision 2 X.pngFile:Acacia Wood Revision 2 Z.pngFile:Dark Oak Wood Revision 1.pngFile:Dark Oak Wood Revision 1 X.pngFile:Dark Oak Wood Revision 1 Z.png Changed the bark block top texture.
pre2Stripped Oak WoodFile:Stripped Oak Wood X.pngStripped Oak Wood ZStripped Birch WoodFile:Stripped Birch Wood X.pngFile:Stripped Birch Wood Z.pngStripped Spruce WoodFile:Stripped Spruce Wood X.pngFile:Stripped Spruce Wood Z.pngStripped Jungle WoodFile:Stripped Jungle Wood X.pngFile:Stripped Jungle Wood Z.pngStripped Acacia WoodFile:Stripped Acacia Wood X.pngFile:Stripped Acacia Wood Z.pngStripped Dark Oak WoodFile:Stripped Dark Oak Wood X.pngFile:Stripped Dark Oak Wood Z.png Added stripped bark.
Oak WoodFile:Oak Wood X.pngFile:Oak Wood Z.pngBirch WoodFile:Birch Wood X.pngFile:Birch Wood Z.pngSpruce WoodFile:Spruce Wood X.pngFile:Spruce Wood Z.pngJungle WoodFile:Jungle Wood X.pngFile:Jungle Wood Z.pngAcacia WoodFile:Acacia Wood X.pngFile:Acacia Wood Z.pngDark Oak WoodFile:Dark Oak Wood X.pngFile:Dark Oak Wood Z.png Changed the bark texture back to how it was before pre1.
pre5Bark blocks changed back to <type> Wood.
Bark IDs changed to <type>_wood.
1.1419w02aWood and stripped wood can now be used to craft campfires.
Pocket Edition Alpha
0.8.0build 2Added Bark blocks, where at this time can only be obtained using world editing.
0.9.0build 1Added Jungle, Acacia, and Dark Oak variants for Bark blocks.
Pocket Edition
1.0.0alpha 0.17.0.1Due to the addition of commands, bark blocks can now be placed using /setblock ~ ~ ~ log 12, without the need for an inventory editor.
Bedrock Edition
1.4.0beta 1.2.13.8Stripped Oak WoodStripped Spruce WoodStripped Birch WoodStripped Jungle WoodStripped Acacia WoodStripped Dark Oak Wood Added stripped bark as part of experimental gameplay, but it can only be placed with /setblock ~ ~ ~ stripped_<type>_log 3.
1.10.0beta 1.10.0.3Bark is now called "<type> Wood" and "Stripped <type> Wood".
Now exist as a separate block; previously placed wood will look the same but still drop logs instead of wood.
Added crafting recipe.
Wood blocks and stripped wood are added to the creative inventory.
Wood and stripped wood now generates in new villages.
Wood and stripped wood is now used to craft campfires and smokers.
Legacy Console Edition
TU14CU1 1.04 Patch 11.0.1Oak WoodSpruce WoodBirch WoodJungle Wood Added oak, spruce, birch and jungle bark blocks. They can only be obtained by world editing.
Acacia WoodDark Oak Wood Added acacia and dark oak bark blocks. They can only be obtained by world editing.
TU69CU57 1.76 Patch 38Stripped Oak WoodStripped Spruce WoodStripped Birch WoodStripped Jungle WoodStripped Acacia WoodStripped Dark Oak Wood Added stripped bark. They can only be obtained by world editing.
PlayStation 4 Edition
1.90Added the item form for wood and stripped wood. They can now be obtained in the Creative inventory or through crafting.

Issues

Issues relating to "Wood" or "Stripped Wood" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.

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