| Rarity tier | Common |
|---|---|
| Renewable | Yes |
| Stackable | Yes (64) (same species only) |
| Tool | |
| Blast resistance | 2 |
| Hardness | 2 |
| Luminous | No |
| Transparent | No |
| Flammable |
|
| Catches fire from lava |
|
| Map color | Varies
13 WOOD
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| Note block instrument | Bass |
| Sulfur cube archetype | Bouncy |
A log or stem is a naturally occurring block found in trees or huge fungi, primarily used as a building block and to create planks, a versatile crafting ingredient. There are currently ten types of logs: oak, spruce, birch, jungle, acacia, dark oak, mangrove, cherry, pale oak and poplar; and two types of stems: crimson and warped.
Obtaining
Breaking
Logs and stems can be broken by hand, but using an axe is faster. Logs and stems drop themselves when broken with any tool.
- incorrect tool, drops nothing
- correct tool, drops nothing or something other than the block itself
- correct tool, drops the block itself
- italicized can be instant mined
- ↑ These durations ignore any other influential factors (e.g., Mining Fatigue) and are measured in seconds. For more information, see Breaking § Mining efficiency.
Natural generation
All types of logs generate naturally as part of trees, although fallen trees can only contain oak, spruce, birch, jungle, or poplar. Azalea trees are generated with oak logs. Additionally, one jungle log generates for each jungle bush. Stems generate naturally as part of huge fungi.
In addition to trees:
Oak
Oak logs generate as part of:
- Plains villages
- Swamp huts
- Mineshafts
- Shipwrecks[Java Edition only]
- Trial chambers
- Abandoned camps in flower forests and forest
Spruce
Spruce logs generate as part of:
- Taiga and snowy plains villages
- Shipwrecks[Java Edition only]
Jungle
Jungle logs generate as a part of:
- Shipwrecks[Java Edition only]
- Abandoned camps in bamboo jungles and sparse jungles
Acacia
Acacia logs generate as a part of:
- Savanna villages
- Abandoned camps in savannas
Dark Oak
Dark oak logs generate as part of:
- Pillager outposts
- Badlands mineshafts
- Woodland mansions
- Ancient cities
- Shipwrecks[Java Edition only]
Mangrove
Mangrove logs generate as part of trial chambers.
Birch
Birch logs generate as part of abandoned camps in birch forests, flower forests, and forests.
Cherry
Cherry logs generate as part of abandoned camps in cherry groves.
Pale Oak
Pale oak logs generate as part of abandoned camps in pale gardens.
Poplar
Poplar logs generate as part of abandoned camps in dappled forests.
Generated loot
| Item | Structure | Container | Quantity | Chance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Java Edition | ||||
| Chest | 1–3 | 26.2%{ "item": "Acacia Log", "stacksize": "1–3", "chance": 0.26209753761906973, "structure": "Bonus Chest", "container": "Chest" }
| ||
| Chest | 1–3 | 26.2%{ "item": "Birch Log", "stacksize": "1–3", "chance": 0.26209753761906973, "structure": "Bonus Chest", "container": "Chest" }
| ||
| Chest | 1–3 | 26.2%{ "item": "Dark Oak Log", "stacksize": "1–3", "chance": 0.26209753761906973, "structure": "Bonus Chest", "container": "Chest" }
| ||
| Chest | 2–3 | 100%{ "item": "Dark Oak Log", "stacksize": "2–3", "chance": 1, "structure": "Pillager Outpost", "container": "Chest" }
| ||
| Chest | 1–3 | 26.2%{ "item": "Jungle Log", "stacksize": "1–3", "chance": 0.26209753761906973, "structure": "Bonus Chest", "container": "Chest" }
| ||
| Chest | 1–3 | 26.2%{ "item": "Mangrove Log", "stacksize": "1–3", "chance": 0.26209753761906973, "structure": "Bonus Chest", "container": "Chest" }
| ||
| Chest | 1–3 | 26.2%{ "item": "Oak Log", "stacksize": "1–3", "chance": 0.26209753761906973, "structure": "Bonus Chest", "container": "Chest" }
| ||
| Chest | 1–3 | 26.2%{ "item": "Spruce Log", "stacksize": "1–3", "chance": 0.26209753761906973, "structure": "Bonus Chest", "container": "Chest" }
| ||
| Taiga house chest | 1–5 | 65.6%{ "item": "Spruce Log", "stacksize": "1–5", "chance": 0.6556091848091459, "structure": "Village", "container": "Taiga house chest" }
| ||
| Bedrock Edition | ||||
| Chest | 1–3 | 33.3%{ "item": "Acacia Log", "stacksize": "1–3", "chance": 0.33333333333333337, "structure": "Bonus Chest", "container": "Chest" }
| ||
| Chest | 1–3 | 25%{ "item": "Birch Log", "stacksize": "1–3", "chance": 0.25, "structure": "Bonus Chest", "container": "Chest" }
| ||
| Chest | 1–3 | 33.3%{ "item": "Dark Oak Log", "stacksize": "1–3", "chance": 0.33333333333333337, "structure": "Bonus Chest", "container": "Chest" }
| ||
| Chest | 2–3 | 100%{ "item": "Dark Oak Log", "stacksize": "2–3", "chance": 1, "structure": "Pillager Outpost", "container": "Chest" }
| ||
| Chest | 1–3 | 25%{ "item": "Jungle Log", "stacksize": "1–3", "chance": 0.25, "structure": "Bonus Chest", "container": "Chest" }
| ||
| Chest | 1–3 | 33.3%{ "item": "Mangrove Log", "stacksize": "1–3", "chance": 0.33333333333333337, "structure": "Bonus Chest", "container": "Chest" }
| ||
| Chest | 1–3 | 25%{ "item": "Oak Log", "stacksize": "1–3", "chance": 0.25, "structure": "Bonus Chest", "container": "Chest" }
| ||
| Chest | 1–3 | 25%{ "item": "Spruce Log", "stacksize": "1–3", "chance": 0.25, "structure": "Bonus Chest", "container": "Chest" }
| ||
| Taiga house chest | 1–5 | 69.3%{ "item": "Spruce Log", "stacksize": "1–5", "chance": 0.6929135530018191, "structure": "Village", "container": "Taiga house chest" }
| ||
Trading
Wandering traders can sell 8 logs for one emerald.
| Villager | Probability | Villager wants | Player receives | Trades in stock | Villager experience | Price multiplier | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JE | BE | |||||||
| Special | 13% | 13% | 8 × | 4 | — | — | ||
| 13% | 13% | 8 × | 4 | — | — | |||
| 13% | 13% | 8 × | 4 | — | — | |||
| 13% | 13% | 8 × | 4 | — | — | |||
| 13% | 13% | 8 × | 4 | — | — | |||
| 13% | 13% | 8 × | 4 | — | — | |||
| 13% | 13% | 8 × | 4 | — | — | |||
| 13% | 13% | 8 × | 4 | — | — | |||
| 13% | 13% | 8 × | 4 | — | — | |||
| 13% | 13% | 8 × | 4 | — | — | |||
Mob loot
In Bedrock Edition, wandering traders have a chance of 25% (increased by 1% per level of Looting) to drop 8 available logs when killed while showing the item as trade offer, if the player holds an emerald.
Post-generation
Logs and stems
Trees can be grown using saplings or azalea, and huge fungi can be grown using small Nether fungi.
Usage
Crafting ingredient
| Name | Ingredients | Crafting recipe |
|---|---|---|
| Campfire | Stick + Coal or Charcoal + Any Log or Stem |
|
| Creaking Heart | Pale Oak Log + Block of Resin |
|
| Wood or Hyphae |
Matching Log or Matching Stem |
|
| Planks (except Bamboo) | Matching Log or Matching Stem |
|
| Smoker | Any Log or Stem + Furnace |
|
| Soul Campfire | Stick + Soul Sand or Soul Soil + Any Log or Stem |
Further crafting
The following table presents the amount of logs or stems needed to produce an even multiple of a given item with no waste left over, and the quantity produced:
| Product | Number of logs or stems needed so that there are no redundant planks/sticks/... after crafting | Product amount after crafting | Ratio between the product amount and the number of logs or stems needed |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 3 | 75% | |
| 1[note 1] | 1 | 100% | |
| 4[note 1] | 3 | 75% | |
| 15 | 8 | 53.33% | |
| 5 | 4 | 80% | |
| 13 | 4 | 30.76% | |
| 3 | 16 | 533.33% | |
| 1 | 4 | 400% | |
| 27 crafted, 8 cooked[note 2] | 8 | 22.86% | |
| 0 crafted, 1 cooked[note 2][note 3] | 1 | 100% | |
| 2 | 1 | 50% | |
| 21 | 12 | 57.14% | |
| 1 | 1 | 100% | |
| 21 | 24 | 114.28% | |
| 3 | 6 | 200% | |
| 5 | 12 | 240% | |
| 1 | 1 | 100% | |
| 7 | 24 | 342.86% | |
| 13 | 24 | 184.62% | |
| 6[note 1] | 6 | 100% | |
| 1 | 8 | 800% | |
| 1 crafted, 8 cooked[note 2] | 32 | 355.56% | |
| 1[note 4] | 4 | 400% | |
| 2[note 5] | 2 | 100% | |
| 3 | 4 | 133.33% | |
| 2[note 5] | 2 | 100% | |
| 1 | 2 | 200% | |
| 1 | 2 | 200% | |
| 1 | 2 | 200% | |
| 3 | 24 | 800% | |
| 3 | 8 | 266.67% | |
| 5 | 8 | 160% | |
| 3 | 4 | 133.33% |
- ↑ a b c The stripping must be done with an axe, which is not counted.
- ↑ a b c 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.
- ↑ Assumed to be crafted from logs rather than wood blocks.
- ↑ Assumed to be crafted from logs or stems rather than wood or hyphae blocks.
- ↑ a b Because one plank cannot be crafted into two sticks, this crafting recipe requires two wood or hyphae for two units.
Smelting ingredient
Stems cannot be smelted into charcoal.
Fuel
Logs, but not stems, can be used as a fuel in furnaces, smelting 1.5 items per block.
Stripping
Using an axe on a log or stem strips it, turning it into a stripped log or a stripped stem, which act the same as regular logs or stems.
Cocoa beans
Cocoa beans can be placed on the side of jungle logs to grow a new cocoa pod.
Sounds
| Sounds | Closed captions | Description | Category | Details | » | Technical data | » | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Volume | Pitch | Attenuation | Identifier | Translation key | ||||||
| Block broken | Once the block has broken | Blocks | 1.0 | JE: 0.8 BE: 0.8–1.0 | JE: 16 BE: ? | JE: block.wood.breakBE: dig.wood | subtitles.block.generic.break | |||
| Block placed[until: JE 26.4] Block is placed[upcoming: JE 26.4] | When the block is placed | 1.0 | 0.8 | JE: block.wood.placeBE: dig.wood | subtitles.block.generic.place | |||||
| Block breaking | While the block is in the process of being broken | JE: 0.25 BE: 0.23 | 0.5 | JE: block.wood.hitBE: hit.wood | subtitles.block.generic.hit | |||||
| JE: Something falls on a block BE: Footsteps | Falling on the block with fall damage | JE: Entity-dependent BE: Players | JE: 0.5 BE: 0.4 | JE: 0.75 BE: 1.0 | JE: block.wood.fallBE: fall.wood | JE: subtitles.block.generic.fallBE: subtitles.block.generic.footsteps | ||||
| Footsteps | Walking on the block | JE: 0.15 BE: 0.3 | 1.0 | JE: block.wood.stepBE: step.wood | subtitles.block.generic.footsteps | |||||
| Footsteps | Jumping from the block[BE only] | Players | 0.12 | 1.0 | ? | jump.wood | subtitles.block.generic.footsteps | |||
| Footsteps | Falling on the block without fall damage[BE only] | 0.18 | 1.0 | land.wood | subtitles.block.generic.footsteps | |||||
| Axe strips | JE: When an axe strips any log, stem, wood, or hyphae block BE: When an axe strips a log or wood block, except bamboo and cherry wood[sound 1] | Blocks | 1.0 | JE: 0.85–1.0 BE: 0.8 | JE: 16 BE: ? | JE: item.axe.stripBE: use.wood | subtitles.item.axe.strip | |||
- ↑ MCPE-189879 – Strip wood sounds do not play when stripping Nether stems, cherry logs, or bamboo blocks
Cherry
| Sounds | Closed captions | Description | Category | Details | » | Technical data | » | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Volume | Pitch | Attenuation | Identifier | Translation key | ||||||
| Block broken | Once the block has broken | Blocks | 1.0 | JE: 0.8 BE: 0.8–1.0 | JE: 16 BE: ? | JE: block.cherry_wood.breakBE: break.cherry_wood | subtitles.block.generic.break | |||
| Block placed[until: JE 26.4] Block is placed[upcoming: JE 26.4] | When the block is placed | 1.0 | 0.8 | JE: block.cherry_wood.placeBE: dig.cherry_wood | subtitles.block.generic.place | |||||
| Block breaking | While the block is in the process of being broken | JE: 0.25 BE: 0.23 | 0.5 | JE: block.cherry_wood.hitBE: hit.cherry_wood | subtitles.block.generic.hit | |||||
| JE: Something falls on a block BE: Footsteps | Falling on the block with fall damage | JE: Entity-dependent BE: Players | JE: 0.5 BE: 0.4 | JE: 0.75 BE: 1.0 | JE: block.cherry_wood.fallBE: fall.cherry_wood | JE: subtitles.block.generic.fallBE: subtitles.block.generic.footsteps | ||||
| Footsteps | Walking on the block | JE: 0.15 BE: 0.2 | 1.0 | JE: block.cherry_wood.stepBE: step.cherry_wood | subtitles.block.generic.footsteps | |||||
| Footsteps | Jumping from the block[BE only] | Players | 0.12 | 1.0 | ? | jump.cherry_wood | subtitles.block.generic.footsteps | |||
| Footsteps | Falling on the block without fall damage[BE only] | 0.18 | 1.0 | land.cherry_wood | subtitles.block.generic.footsteps | |||||
| JE: BE: | JE: Axe strips BE: Footsteps | When an axe strips a cherry log or wood block[sound 1] | Blocks | 1.0 | JE: 0.85–1.0 BE: 0.8 | JE: 16 BE: ? | JE: item.axe.stripBE: step.cherry_wood | JE: subtitles.item.axe.stripBE: subtitles.block.generic.footsteps | ||
- ↑ MCPE-189879 – Strip wood sounds do not play when stripping Nether stems, cherry logs, or bamboo blocks
Stems
| Sounds | Closed captions | Description | Category | Details | » | Technical data | » | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Volume | Pitch | Attenuation | Identifier | Translation key | ||||||
| Block broken | Once the block has broken | Blocks | 1.0 | JE: 0.8 BE: 0.8–1.0 | JE: 16 BE: ? | JE: block.stem.breakBE: dig.stem | subtitles.block.generic.break | |||
| Block placed[until: JE 26.4] Block is placed[upcoming: JE 26.4] | When the block is placed | JE: 0.8 BE: 1.0 | JE: 0.88 BE: 0.8–1.0 | JE: block.stem.placeBE: dig.stem | subtitles.block.generic.place | |||||
| Block breaking | While the block is in the process of being broken | JE: 0.2 BE: 0.34 | 0.5 | JE: block.stem.hitBE: hit.stem | subtitles.block.generic.hit | |||||
| Something falls on a block | Falling on the block with fall damage | JE: Entity-dependent BE: Players | JE: 0.5 BE: 0.4 | JE: 0.75 BE: 1.0 | JE: block.stem.fallBE: fall.stem | subtitles.block.generic.fall | ||||
| Footsteps | Walking on the block | JE: 0.15 BE: 0.14 | 1.0 | JE: block.stem.stepBE: step.stem | subtitles.block.generic.footsteps | |||||
| Footsteps | Jumping from the block[BE only] | Players | 0.12 | 1.0 | ? | jump.stem | subtitles.block.generic.footsteps | |||
| Footsteps | Falling on the block without fall damage[BE only] | 0.14 | 1.0 | land.stem | subtitles.block.generic.footsteps | |||||
| JE: BE: | JE: Axe strips BE: Footsteps | When an axe strips a stem or hyphae block[sound 1] | Blocks | 1.0 | JE: 0.85–1.0 BE: 0.8 | JE: 16 BE: ? | JE: item.axe.stripBE: step.stem | JE: subtitles.item.axe.stripBE: subtitles.block.generic.footsteps | ||
- ↑ MCPE-189879 – Strip wood sounds do not play when stripping Nether stems, cherry logs, or bamboo blocks
Data values
ID
| Name | Identifier | Form | Block tags | Item tags | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
oak_log | Block & Item | logslogs_that_burnoak_logsmineable/axe | logslogs_that_burnoak_logs |
block | |
spruce_log | Block & Item | logslogs_that_burnspruce_logsmineable/axe | logslogs_that_burnspruce_logs |
block | |
birch_log | Block & Item | birch_logslogslogs_that_burnmineable/axe | birch_logslogslogs_that_burn |
block | |
jungle_log | Block & Item | jungle_logslogslogs_that_burnmineable/axe | jungle_logslogslogs_that_burn |
block | |
acacia_log | Block & Item | acacia_logslogslogs_that_burnmineable/axe | acacia_logslogslogs_that_burn |
block | |
dark_oak_log | Block & Item | dark_oak_logslogslogs_that_burnmineable/axe | dark_oak_logslogslogs_that_burn |
block | |
mangrove_log | Block & Item | mangrove_logslogslogs_that_burnmineable/axe | mangrove_logslogslogs_that_burn |
block | |
cherry_log | Block & Item | cherry_logslogslogs_that_burnmineable/axe | cherry_logslogslogs_that_burn |
block | |
pale_oak_log | Block & Item | pale_oak_logslogslogs_that_burnmineable/axe | pale_oak_logslogslogs_that_burn |
block | |
poplar_log | Block & Item | poplar_logslogslogs_that_burnmineable/axe | poplar logslogslogs_that_burn |
block | |
crimson_stem | Block & Item | crimson_stemslogsnon_flammable_woodmineable/axe | crimson_stemslogsnon_flammable_wood |
block | |
warped_stem | Block & Item | warped_stemslogsnon_flammable_woodmineable/axe | warped_stemslogsnon_flammable_wood |
block |
| Name | Identifier | Alias ID | Numeric ID | Form | Item ID[i 1] | Block tags | Item tags | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
oak_log | log / 0 | 17 | Block & Giveable Item[i 2] | Identical[i 3] | minecraft:is_axe_item_destructiblelogoakwood | minecraft:logsminecraft:logs_that_burnminecraft:sulfur_cube_archetype_bouncy |
tile | |
spruce_log | log / 1 | 824 | Block & Giveable Item[i 2] | Identical[i 3] (Numeric: -569) | minecraft:is_axe_item_destructiblelogsprucewood | minecraft:logsminecraft:logs_that_burnminecraft:sulfur_cube_archetype_bouncy |
tile | |
birch_log | log / 2 | 825 | Block & Giveable Item[i 2] | Identical[i 3] (Numeric: -570) | birchminecraft:is_axe_item_destructiblelogwood | minecraft:logsminecraft:logs_that_burnminecraft:sulfur_cube_archetype_bouncy |
tile | |
jungle_log | log / 3 | 826 | Block & Giveable Item[i 2] | Identical[i 3] (Numeric: -571) | minecraft:is_axe_item_destructiblejunglelogwood | minecraft:logsminecraft:logs_that_burnminecraft:sulfur_cube_archetype_bouncy |
tile | |
acacia_log | log2 / 0 | 162 | Block & Giveable Item[i 2] | Identical[i 3] | acaciaminecraft:is_axe_item_destructiblelogwood | minecraft:logsminecraft:logs_that_burnminecraft:sulfur_cube_archetype_bouncy |
tile | |
dark_oak_log | log2 / 1 | 827 | Block & Giveable Item[i 2] | Identical[i 3] (Numeric: -572) | dark_oakminecraft:is_axe_item_destructiblelogwood | minecraft:logsminecraft:logs_that_burnminecraft:sulfur_cube_archetype_bouncy |
tile | |
mangrove_log | None | 739 | Block & Giveable Item[i 2] | Identical[i 3] (Numeric: -484) | minecraft:is_axe_item_destructiblewood | minecraft:mangrove_logsminecraft:logsminecraft:logs_that_burnminecraft:sulfur_cube_archetype_bouncy |
tile | |
cherry_log | None | 791 | Block & Giveable Item[i 2] | Identical[i 3] (Numeric: -536) | minecraft:is_axe_item_destructiblewood | minecraft:logsminecraft:logs_that_burnminecraft:sulfur_cube_archetype_bouncy |
tile | |
pale_oak_log | None | 1250 | Block & Giveable Item[i 2] | Identical[i 3] (Numeric: -995) | minecraft:is_axe_item_destructiblewood | minecraft:logsminecraft:logs_that_burnminecraft:sulfur_cube_archetype_bouncy |
tile | |
poplar_log | None | 1387 | Block & Giveable Item[i 2] | Identical[i 3] (Numeric: -1132) | minecraft:is_axe_item_destructiblewood | minecraft:logsminecraft:logs_that_burnminecraft:sulfur_cube_archetype_bouncy |
tile | |
crimson_stem | None | 480 | Block & Giveable Item[i 2] | Identical[i 3] (Numeric: -225) | minecraft:is_axe_item_destructible | minecraft:crimson_stemsminecraft:logsminecraft:sulfur_cube_archetype_bouncy |
tile | |
warped_stem | None | 481 | Block & Giveable Item[i 2] | Identical[i 3] (Numeric: -226) | minecraft:is_axe_item_destructible | minecraft:warped_stemsminecraft:logsminecraft:sulfur_cube_archetype_bouncy |
tile |
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 | Not Supported | y
| x | Unsupported | The log or stem is oriented east–west. |
y | Unsupported | The log or stem is oriented vertically. | |||
z | Unsupported | The log or stem is oriented north–south. |
Achievements
| Icon | Achievement | In-game description | Actual requirements (if different) | Gamerscore earned | Trophy type (PS) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PS4 | Other | |||||
| Getting Wood | Punch a tree until a block of wood pops out. | Pick up a log from the ground. | 10 | Bronze | ||
| Renewable Energy | Smelt wood trunks using charcoal to make more charcoal. | Smelt a wooden log with charcoal as the fuel. | 10 | Bronze | ||
| Heart Transplanter | Place a Creaking Heart with the correct alignment between two Pale Oak Log blocks | — | 20 | Silver | ||
Advancements
| Icon | Advancement | In-game description | Actual requirements (if different) |
|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Heart Transplanter | Place a Creaking Heart with the correct alignment between two Pale Oak Log blocks | — |
Videos
History
Development
| May 21, 2009 | Notch shows interest in adding wood. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 25, 2009 | Notch shows that breaking wood now drops 3–5 wooden planks. | ||||||
| July 18, 2017 | |||||||
| July 19, 2017 | |||||||
| July 19, 2017 | |||||||
| July 22, 2017 | |||||||
| September 28, 2019 | Crimson and Warped logs were shown as part of crimson forest and warped forest biome. | ||||||
| October 16, 2021 | |||||||
| September 28, 2024 | Pale oak logs were showcased on Minecraft Live 2024. | ||||||
| May 30, 2026 | |||||||
Java Edition
| Java Edition Classic | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.0.14a | |||||||
| 0.0.15a (Multiplayer Test 1) | |||||||
| 0.0.19a | |||||||
| 0.24_SURVIVAL_TEST | Breaking wood now drops 3-5 wooden planks. | ||||||
| Java Edition Indev | |||||||
| 0.31 | 20100124-2119 | Wood now generates in starting house chests. | |||||
| 20100129-1447 | Wood no longer generates in starting house chests. | ||||||
| 20100223 | Breaking wood now gives the block instead of wooden planks. | ||||||
| Wood can now be used to craft wooden planks. | |||||||
| Java Edition Alpha | |||||||
| ? | Wood can now be destroyed only by fire if it had several sides simultaneously burning. If only one side was burning, the fire and wood block lasts forever. | ||||||
| Java Edition Beta | |||||||
| 1.2 | |||||||
| Wood can now be smelted into charcoal. | |||||||
| 1.3 | Wood and planks now burn and are destroyed if any one of the sides are lit on fire. | ||||||
| 1.5 | With the addition of birch and spruce saplings, their respective wood types have now become renewable resources. | ||||||
| Added the "Getting Wood" achievement for picking up a wood item. | |||||||
| 1.8 | Pre-release | Oak wood now generates in villages. | |||||
| Java Edition | |||||||
| 1.2.1 | 12w03a | ||||||
| 1.2.4 | Different types of wood now produce different colors of planks when crafted. | ||||||
| 1.3.1 | 12w16a | Oak wood is now found in bonus chests. | |||||
| 12w18a | Each type of wood now has a unique name. | ||||||
| 12w30d | All types of blocks of wood are now rotatable, with the wood placed with the inner side facing the player (similarly to pistons). | ||||||
| 1.3.2 | pre | Large oak trees now generate with horizontal wood blocks. | |||||
| 1.4.2 | 12w38a | Wood blocks have new sounds for being walked on and broken. | |||||
| The orientation of placed wood blocks is now determined by which face of another block they are placed against, similar to levers. | |||||||
| 12w40a | Oak wood now generates as part of witch huts. | ||||||
| 1.6.1 | 13w24a | As a feature of resource packs, each wood block has its own top, meaning that wood tops can now be colored separately. | |||||
| 1.7.2 | 13w43a | ||||||
| 1.7 | "Oak Roof Wood" has been renamed to "Dark Oak Wood". | ||||||
| Wood in bonus chests may now also be acacia. | |||||||
| 1.9 | 15w43a | Wood found in bonus chests can now be of any type, rather than just oak or acacia. | |||||
| 15w44a | Bonus chests now have less wood. | ||||||
| 1.10 | 16w20a | Added taiga villages, which generate with spruce wood. | |||||
| Savanna villages now generate with acacia wood. | |||||||
| 1.11 | 16w39a | Dark oak wood now generates in woodland mansions. | |||||
| 1.13 | 17w47a | "Wood" has been renamed to "Log". | |||||
| 17w47b | Logs can now be used to craft bark. | ||||||
| 18w07a | Right clicking on a log with an axe now creates a stripped log. | ||||||
| 18w11a | Logs now generate as part of the newly added shipwrecks. | ||||||
| 1.14 | 18w43a | ||||||
| 18w47a | |||||||
| Dark oak logs now generate as part of the new pillager outposts. | |||||||
| 18w47b | |||||||
| 18w50a | |||||||
| Spruce logs can now be found in chests in taiga village houses. | |||||||
| Logs can now be used to craft a smoker. | |||||||
| 19w02a | Logs can now be used to craft campfires. | ||||||
| 1.16 | 20w06a | ||||||
| Logs and stems can now be used to craft soul campfires. | |||||||
| 1.17 | 21w07a | Oak logs now generate in mineshafts instead of oak wood. | |||||
| 1.18 | pre5 | ||||||
| 1.19 | 22w11a | ||||||
| 22w13a | Dark oak logs now generate in ancient cities. | ||||||
| 22w14a | Due to the addition of the mangrove tree and mangrove swamp, mangrove logs are now obtainable and renewable. | ||||||
| 22w15a | Mangrove logs now generate in bonus chests. | ||||||
| 1.19.4 Experiment | 23w07a | ||||||
| 1.20 | 23w12a | Cherry logs are now available without using the "Update 1.20" experimental data pack. | |||||
| 1.20.2 Experiment | 23w31a | Wandering traders now have a chance to sell logs of any type except crimson and warped stems. | |||||
| 1.20.3 Experiment | 23w45a | Oak logs can now generate in the entrances of trial chambers. | |||||
| 1.21 | 24w18a | Mangrove logs can now generate in the entrances of trial chambers. | |||||
| 1.21.2 Experiment | 24w40a | ||||||
| 1.21.4 | 24w44a | Pale oak logs are now available without using the "Winter Drop" experimental data pack. | |||||
| 1.21.5 | 25w07a | The changes to wandering trader trades have been moved from experimental features and are now available during normal gameplay. | |||||
| 25w09a | Added fallen trees to match Bedrock Edition, which can generate as oak, birch, spruce and jungle trees made of their respective logs. | ||||||
| 26.2 | snap1 | Added sulfur cubes, which have the ability to absorb logs, providing the bouncy/rubber ball effect to the mob. | |||||
| 26.3 | snap1 | ||||||
| Oak, birch, cherry and poplar logs now generate as part of abandoned camps. | |||||||
Bedrock Edition
| Pocket Edition Alpha | |||||||
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| Demo | |||||||
| v0.2.0 | Added spruce and birch wood to the inventory. | ||||||
| Removed oak wood from the inventory. | |||||||
| v0.2.1 | Oak trees now generate with spruce wood instead of oak wood. Any existing oak wood in a world is automatically converted to spruce wood upon world load. | ||||||
| v0.3.0 | Oak wood in a world is no longer converted to spruce wood upon world load. | ||||||
| Oak wood in the inventory is automatically converted to spruce wood once the player exits and reenters the world. | |||||||
| v0.4.0 | Re-added oak wood to the creative inventory. | ||||||
| Oak trees once again generate with oak wood, making it obtainable in Survival mode. | |||||||
| Oak wood in the inventory is no longer converted to spruce wood. | |||||||
| v0.8.0 | build 1 | ||||||
| All types of blocks of wood are now rotatable, with the wood placed with the inner side facing the player (similarly to pistons). | |||||||
| v0.9.0 | build 1 | ||||||
| Jungle wood now generates naturally. | |||||||
| Oak wood now generates naturally in plains and savanna villages. | |||||||
| The tooltip has been changed from [woodtype] Wood to [woodtype] Log. | |||||||
| v0.11.0 | build 1 | The tooltip has been changed from [woodtype] Log to [woodtype] Wood. | |||||
| v0.14.0 | build 1 | Spruce wood now generates in witch huts. | |||||
| v0.15.0 | build 1 | Savanna villages now generate using acacia wood, which previously used oak wood. | |||||
| Spruce wood now generates in taiga and ice plains villages. | |||||||
| Pocket Edition | |||||||
| 1.1.0 | alpha 1.1.0.0 | Oak and dark oak wood now generate in woodland mansions. | |||||
| Bedrock Edition | |||||||
| 1.2.0 | beta 1.2.0.2 | Wood can now be found inside bonus chests. | |||||
| Woodland mansions now have birch wood instead of oak wood. | |||||||
| 1.10.0 | beta 1.10.0.3 | ||||||
| "Wood" has been renamed to "Log". | |||||||
| Logs are now used to craft wood, campfires, and smokers. | |||||||
| Dark oak logs now generate in pillager outpost watchtowers and as a pile of logs. | |||||||
| Dark oak logs can now be found in pillager outpost chests. | |||||||
| 1.11.0 | beta 1.11.0.1 | Spruce logs can now be found in taiga and snowy taiga village house chests. | |||||
| 1.16.0 | beta 1.16.0.51 | ||||||
| 1.18.10 | beta 1.18.10.22 | ||||||
| 1.19.0 | Preview 1.19.0.21 | ||||||
| 1.19.80 Experiment | Preview 1.19.80.20 | ||||||
| 1.20.0 | Preview 1.20.0.21 | Cherry logs are now available without using the "Next Major Update" experimental toggle. | |||||
| 1.20.30 | Preview 1.20.20.21 | Increased the blast resistance of both crimson and warped stems from 0.3 to 2. | |||||
| 1.20.60 Experiment | Preview 1.20.60.20 | Oak logs can now generate in the entrances of trial chambers. | |||||
| 1.21.0 | Preview 1.21.0.24 | Mangrove logs can now generate in the entrances of trial chambers. | |||||
| 1.21.50 | Preview 1.21.50.20 | ||||||
| 26.20 Experiment | Preview 26.20.23 | Added sulfur cubes, which have the ability to absorb logs, providing the bouncy/rubber ball effect to the mob. | |||||
| 26.30 | Preview 26.30.20 | Implemented all features from the "Drop 2 of 2026" experiment in vanilla gameplay. | |||||
| 26.40 Experiment | Preview 26.40.27 | ||||||
| Oak, birch, cherry and poplar logs now generate as part of abandoned camps. | |||||||
| 26.50 | Preview 26.50.22 | All features from the "Drop 3 of 2026" experiment have been fully implemented. | |||||
Legacy Console Edition
| Legacy Console Edition | |||||||
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| Xbox 360 | Xbox One | PS3 | PS4 | PS Vita | Wii U | Switch | |
| TU1 | CU1 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | Patch 1 | 1.0.1 | |
| TU7 | Each type of wood now has a unique name. | ||||||
| TU9 | Spruce wood and birch wood can now be crafted into spruce and birch wood planks, stairs and slabs. | ||||||
| TU12 | |||||||
| TU14 | 1.04 | All types of blocks of wood are now rotatable, with the wood placed with the inner side facing the player (similarly to pistons). | |||||
| TU19 | CU7 | 1.12 | 1.12 | 1.12 | |||
| The orientation of placed wood blocks is now determined by which face of another block they are placed against, similarly to levers. | |||||||
| Oak wood now generates as part of witch huts. | |||||||
| TU25 | CU14 | 1.17 | 1.17 | 1.17 | |||
| TU27 | CU15 | 1.18 | 1.18 | 1.18 | Acacia and dark oak wood is now obtainable through the creative inventory. | ||
| TU31 | CU19 | 1.22 | 1.22 | 1.22 | Patch 3 | Acacia and dark oak wood is now obtainable in survival. | |
| All types of logs have been added to the custom superflat block selection menu. | |||||||
| TU43 | CU33 | 1.36 | 1.36 | 1.36 | Patch 13 | Added taiga villages, which generate with spruce wood. | |
| Savanna villages now generate with acacia wood. | |||||||
| TU54 | CU44 | 1.52 | 1.52 | 1.52 | Patch 24 | 1.0.4 | Dark oak wood now generates in woodland mansions. |
| 1.90 | "Wood" has been renamed to "Log". | ||||||
| 1.91 | Dark oak logs now generate in pillager outpost watchtowers and as a pile of logs. | ||||||
| Dark oak logs can now be found in pillager outpost chests. | |||||||
| Logs can now be used to craft campfires. | |||||||
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
| New Nintendo 3DS Edition | |||||||
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| 0.1.0 | |||||||
| 1.9.19 | Dark oak wood now generates in woodland mansions. | ||||||
Data history
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| 14w25a | Logs are now defined via block states rather than by numerical metadata. Prior to this version, the numerical metadata variants of minecraft:log were as follows:
The data values for minecraft:log2 were as follows:
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| 14w26a | Placed instances minecraft:log2 with metadata values 2-3, 6-7, 10-11 and 14-15 have now been completely removed from the game. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1.13 | 17w47a | The different variant block states and the axis=none block state for both the log and log2 IDs have now been split up into their own IDs.
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| Prior to The Flattening, these blocks' numeral IDs were 17 and 162. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1.17 | 21w05a | azalea_log_replaceable Azalea log block tag added. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 21w10a | azalea_log_replaceable Azalea log tag removed. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bedrock Edition
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| 1.19.80 | Preview 1.19.80.20 | The different log type block states for the log and log2 IDs have now been split up into their own IDs.
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Prior to this version, the block state variants of log were as follows:
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Issues
Issues relating to "Oak Log", "Spruce Log", "Birch Log", "Jungle Log", "Acacia Log", "Dark Oak Log", "Mangrove Log", "Cherry Log", "Pale Oak Log", "Crimson Stem", or "Warped Stem" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.
Gallery
Screenshots
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All the facings and types of wood logs with the wood blocks. From left to right: oak, spruce, birch, jungle, acacia, dark oak, mangrove, cherry, pale oak, crimson, and warped -
All variants of logs, wood, stripped logs, and stripped wood -
All log types crafting into the planks below it and the corresponding saplings -
Oak/large, birch, spruce/large, jungle/large, acacia, dark oak, cherry, pale oak, azalea trees, and huge crimson and warped fungi -
A build using mangrove logs to represent meat -
Comparison between the log and plank variants of oak, pale oak and dark oak
Development images
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Early developer image of sideways logs -
Unreleased side texture of Oak logs that is seen in a tweet posted by Jappa -
Oak log side texture recreation
In other media
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Logs in A Minecraft Movie -
An oak log in the Plastic Texture Pack -
A spruce log in the Plastic Texture Pack -
A jungle log in the Plastic Texture Pack -
A birch log in the Plastic Texture Pack -
A dark oak log in the Plastic Texture Pack -
An acacia log in the Plastic Texture Pack -
A mangrove log in the Plastic Texture Pack -
A cherry log in the Plastic Texture Pack -
A pale oak log in the Plastic Texture Pack








