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Crimson Planks

Crimson Planks are a deep red building block crafted from crimson stems or hyphae. Used to craft crimson stairs, slabs, doors, signs, and other crimson items.

Stack Size

64

Durability

N/A

Category

Utility Blocks

Version Added

1.16

Item ID

crimson_planks

Crimson Planks at a glance

Crafting gives you Crimson Planks, blocks filed under Utility Blocks. 64 Crimson Planks fit in a slot, 576 across the hotbar, 3456 in a double chest.

Breaking Crimson Planks works against a hardness of 2. Explosions work against a resistance of 3. An axe makes Crimson Planks quick, and even the cheapest one still drops them. They sits between Crimson Fungus and Crying Obsidian in Utility Blocks, number 96 of 340 there.

Crafting recipe

Crafting
Crimson StemCrimson Stem
Crimson PlanksCrimson Planks4

How to obtain

  • Crafting

Notes

Made from nether stems, not wood; not flammable and cannot be used as furnace fuel.

Frequently asked questions about Crimson Planks

  1. Crimson Stem going into Crimson Planks, the recipe this answer describes

    How do you get Crimson Planks in Minecraft?

    Crimson Planks is crafted from Crimson Stem at a Crafting Table, and each craft returns 4.

  2. Crimson Planks coming forward out of the past, in the game since 1.16

    When was Crimson Planks added to Minecraft?

    Crimson Planks was added in version 1.16.

  3. 64 Crimson Planks drawn together, the full slot the answer counts

    How many Crimson Planks can you stack?

    64 Crimson Planks fills a slot, and that slot costs 16 Crimson Stem, since each one returns 4, which is 16 crafts at the crafting table.

  4. Crimson Planks on its own, since nothing in the game is crafted from it

    What is Crimson Planks used for?

    Crimson Planks are a deep red building block crafted from crimson stems or hyphae. Used to craft crimson stairs, slabs, doors, signs, and other crimson items.

  5. Crimson Planks as a block, next to the axe its 2 hardness asks for

    How long does Crimson Planks take to break?

    Two figures cover Crimson Planks: 2 to mine, 3 to blow them up. Because the numbers differ on Crimson Planks, one of the two routes into them is always quicker. An axe makes Crimson Planks quick, and even the cheapest one still drops them. Java 26.2 records Crimson Planks with the numbers above, and they keep them here.

Building with it

Crimson Planks come from the Nether rather than from a tree: a crimson stem, grown from a fungus on nylium, gives four of them. The important part is that they do not burn. In a dimension full of fire and lava, crimson is the only wood-like material that can sit next to a flame safely.

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