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Birch Fence

Birch Fence is a barrier block crafted from birch planks and sticks. It is 1.5 blocks tall to mobs and connects to neighboring fences.

Stack Size

64

Durability

N/A

Category

Utility Blocks

Version Added

1.8

Item ID

birch_fence

Birch Fence at a glance

Birch Fence comes from crafting, and Utility Blocks is where it sits as a block. A slot of Birch Fence holds 64, nine slots hold 576, and 1728 fill a chest. It is worth 1.5 smelts in a furnace, 96 once a full stack burns.

Hardness 2 is what Birch Fence is worth in the block data. Its blast resistance is 3. The game files it under an axe, without a minimum tier attached to Birch Fence. It sits between Birch Door and Birch Fence Gate in Utility Blocks, number 26 of 340 there.

Crafting recipe

Crafting
Birch PlanksBirch Planks
StickStick
Birch PlanksBirch Planks
Birch PlanksBirch Planks
StickStick
Birch PlanksBirch Planks
Birch FenceBirch Fence3

How to obtain

  • Crafting

Fuel value

Birch Fence burns for 15 seconds (300 ticks), which is 1.5 items per Birch Fence

Notes

Crafts 3 fences from 4 planks and 2 sticks.

Frequently asked questions about Birch Fence

  1. Birch Planks, Stick going into Birch Fence, the recipe this answer describes

    How do you get Birch Fence in Minecraft?

    Birch Fence is crafted from Birch Planks and Stick at a Crafting Table, and each craft returns 3.

  2. Birch Fence on its own, since nothing in the game is crafted from it

    What is Birch Fence used for?

    Birch Fence is a barrier block crafted from birch planks and sticks. It is 1.5 blocks tall to mobs and connects to neighboring fences.

  3. How long does Birch Fence take to break?

    Birch Fence answers to 2 hardness, and it answers to 3 when something explodes. Explosions and tools work against separate figures on Birch Fence, which is why it breaks at two speeds. The game files it under an axe, without a minimum tier attached to Birch Fence. Java 26.2 lists Birch Fence exactly this way, which is how it is printed here.

  4. 64 Birch Fence drawn together, the full slot the answer counts

    How many Birch Fence can you stack?

    88 Birch Planks and 44 Stick is what 64 Birch Fence costs, since each one returns 3, so filling a single slot is 22 crafts.

  5. Birch Fence beside a furnace, which is where its 15 seconds of burning go

    Can Birch Fence be used as fuel?

    One Birch Fence keeps a furnace running for 15 seconds, which is 1.5 items for each one burnt. Since one craft turns Birch Planks and Stick into Birch Fence, a furnace fed that way runs on Birch Planks and Stick. One Birch Planks on its own gives 15 seconds, next to the 15 of Birch Fence.

Building with it

A Birch Fence gives a pale enclosure, and it is the fence most players use around a garden rather than a pen, because the light wood does not compete with the crops behind it. Fences join up automatically with their neighbours and count as a block and a half for jumping.