Oak Planks
Oak Planks are a warm brown building block crafted from oak logs. Used to craft oak stairs, slabs, doors, fences, and other oak items.
Stack Size
Stack Size64
Durability
DurabilityN/A
Category
CategoryUtility Blocks
Version Added
Version AddedAlpha
Item ID
Item IDoak_planks
Overview
Oak Planks are blocks in the Utility Blocks category of Minecraft, obtained through crafting them and chest loot. A single inventory slot holds a full stack of 64 Oak Planks. They double as furnace fuel, good for 1.5 smelts before they are used up.
Oak Planks is also a hub ingredient, feeding into 11 different recipes in this catalogue, so keeping a stock on hand unlocks a wide range of crafts. Breaking Oak Planks works against a hardness of 2. Explosions work against a resistance of 3. Any axe will do on Oak Planks, from wood upward. Generated chests only ever hold Oak Planks in one place: the bonus chest (about 67%, 1 to 12 at a time).
Crafting Recipe
Used to Craft
Oak Planks is a crafting ingredient for 11 other items in Minecraft. Each one links to its own recipe and details page.
Oak Boat
Oak Pressure Plate
Shield
Wooden Pickaxe
Wooden SwordHow to Obtain
- Crafting
- Chest loot
Fuel Value
Burns for 15 seconds (300 ticks), enough to smelt 1.5 items
Notes
Crafts 4 planks from one log.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do you get Oak Planks in Minecraft?
Oak Planks is crafted at a Crafting Table using Oak Log, and each craft yields 4. It can also be obtained through chest loot.
What is Oak Planks used for?
Oak Planks is a crafting ingredient used to make Cartography Table, Crafting Table, Grindstone, Loom, Oak Boat, Oak Pressure Plate, Piston, Shield, Smithing Table, Wooden Pickaxe, and 1 other item.
How many Oak Planks can you stack?
A full slot is 64 Oak Planks, which costs 16 Oak Log, since each one returns 4. That is 16 passes at the crafting table.
How long does Oak Planks take to break?
2 hardness and 3 blast resistance are the numbers on Oak Planks. Because the numbers differ on Oak Planks, one of the two routes is always quicker. Any axe will do on Oak Planks, from wood upward. Java 26.2 is the version Oak Planks were read from.
Where do you find Oak Planks in chests?
Oak Planks is chest loot in exactly one place: the bonus chest (about 67%, 1 to 12 at a time). No other generated chest in the game lists it, so that structure is the only place worth searching.
Can Oak Planks be used as fuel?
Yes. Oak Planks burns for 15 seconds in a furnace, which is 1.5 items smelted before it is used up.