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Utility Blocks

Spruce Log

Spruce Log is the trunk block of spruce trees. It can be stripped, crafted into spruce wood, or made into spruce planks.

Stack Size

64

Durability

N/A

Category

Utility Blocks

Version Added

Alpha

Item ID

spruce_log

Spruce Log at a glance

Chopping (Axe) and natural world generation give you Spruce Log, a block filed under Utility Blocks. 64 Spruce Log fit in a slot, 576 across the hotbar, 3456 in a double chest. Feed Spruce Log to a furnace and 1.5 smelts follow, 96 from a stack of 64.

Breaking Spruce Log works against a hardness of 2. Speed on Spruce Log comes from an axe, but the drop comes either way. Explosives face the same figure, which is why Spruce Log is not a wall you rely on. Of the 2 kinds of generated chest that can hold Spruce Log, taiga village houses are the best bet at about 66% per chest. It sits between Spruce Hanging Sign and Spruce Planks in Utility Blocks, number 299 of 340 there.

How to obtain

  • Chopping (Axe)
  • Natural generation

Fuel value

Spruce Log burns for 15 seconds (300 ticks), which is 1.5 items per Spruce Log

Notes

Six bark sides face outward; the rings show on the cut ends.

Frequently asked questions about Spruce Log

  1. Spruce Log as it appears in the game, the item this answer is about

    How do you get Spruce Log in Minecraft?

    Spruce Log is obtained through chopping (Axe), and Spruce Log from natural world generation. There is no recipe: Spruce Log is found, and taiga village houses give the best chance at about 66%.

  2. Spruce Log beside a furnace, which is where its 15 seconds of burning go

    Can Spruce Log be used as fuel?

    Fuel, and a usable amount of it: Spruce Log burns 15 seconds apiece, or 1.5 items out of a single one. Coal smelts 8, so it takes 5.333 Spruce Log to match a single piece.

  3. Spruce Log on its own, since nothing in the game is crafted from it

    What is Spruce Log used for?

    Spruce Log is the trunk block of spruce trees. It can be stripped, crafted into spruce wood, or made into spruce planks.

  4. 64 Spruce Log drawn together, the full slot the answer counts

    How many Spruce Log can you stack?

    Spruce Log goes 64 to a slot, and a full slot carries a furnace through 96 smelted items. A shulker box of Spruce Log comes to 1,728, over 27 slots.

  5. A chest beside Spruce Log, the loot this answer lists

    Where do you find Spruce Log in chests?

    Spruce Log is chest loot in taiga village houses (about 66%, 1 to 5 at a time) and the bonus chest (about 26%, 1 to 3 at a time). Those odds are per chest, and Luck does not move them.

  6. Spruce Log as a block, next to the axe its 2 hardness asks for

    How long does Spruce Log take to break?

    2 hardness is one number on Spruce Log, and 2 blast resistance is the other number on it. That is the default pairing for Spruce Log, and it means it has no special toughness either way. Speed on Spruce Log comes from an axe, but the drop comes either way. Java 26.2 records Spruce Log with the numbers above, and it keeps them here.

Building with it

Spruce logs come from taiga, and the large variant grows two by two, so a mature spruce forest yields more wood per tree than any other overworld species. The dark planks are the standard choice for roofs and for anything meant to read as old timber.