Wooden Planks

Wooden Planks
Type:	Solid
Mine with:	Hand, Axes
Drops:	itself
Stackable:	Yes(64)
Flammable:	Yes
Physics:	None
Found naturally:	In chests
Renewable:	Yes

The wooden planks block is necessary for many of the base crafting recipes in the game. It also has a backdrop.

Obtaining

When mined, wooden planks drop themself.

Natural Generation

There is a chance of a bonus chest generating with 6-12 wooden planks.

Wooden planks are also part of the skyhold, ruins, and dungeon loot chests.

Crafting

Wooden planks are easy to craft because they are made from wood, which is found in abundance in forests.

Wooden planks can also be crafting from wooden plank backdrops.

Usage

Wooden planks are a common building resource as they are easy to craft. They are used in a lot of crafting recipes, as seen in the section below, making them a valuable renewable resource.

They are flammable, but the chances of them being set on fire in the over world are quite small. However, it is better not to use them in the nether because of there low resistance to fire.

Crafting Ingredient

You can make many things with wooden planks, including wooden tools. Wooden planks can also be used to craft a backdrop.

Crafting table

Stick

Wooden pressure plate

Bowl

Chest

Wooden pickaxe

Wooden shovel

Wooden sword

Wooden axe

Wooden hoe

Bed

Wooden door

Trap door

Trap door

Fence

Fence gate

Bookshelf

Sign

Wooden slab

Wooden slab

Wooden stairs

Wooden stairs

Piston

Note block

Fuel

Item	# of items smelted	Notes
	1	It is more effiecient to craft wood blocks into four planks, because they each smelt one item.

Tasks

#	Task	Objective
4	Craft a Crafting Table.	Create a crafting table in your inventory.
5	Craft a Wooden Pickaxe.	Make a wooden pickaxe.

History

• Wooden planks were introduced in the first released version of Mine Blocks
• The texture of wooden planks was changed several times

Trivia

• In Minecraft, there are six different types of wood.

See Also

• Wood
• Stick