Wood

Wood is the log block that makes up tree trunks.

Obtaining

Natural generation

Wood forms the trunk of every tree. Its kind depends on the tree:

Wood	Trees	Biomes
Oak	ordinary and big trees	every biome with trees but Taiga
Spruce	spruce and pine	Taiga
Birch	birch	Forest

A sapling grows into a tree of its own kind.

Breaking

Breaking wood drops it, of the same kind, whatever breaks it. An axe breaks it fastest.

The Getting Wood achievement is for picking up a wood block.

Usage

Crafting and smelting

Result	Recipe
Wooden Planks	4
Charcoal

Wood burns as furnace fuel.

Behaviour

Removing wood marks the leaves up to 4 blocks away for a decay check.

Wood burns.

Data values

• Block ID: 17
• Metadata: 0 oak, 1 spruce, 2 birch
• Translation key: tile.log

The game names all three Wood.

Block Transmutation can give wood metadata 3 to 15. It looks like oak, and drops wood with that damage value, which stacks only with wood of the same value.