Log

Log/Stem

Rarity tier	Common
Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64) (same species only)
Tool
Blast resistance	2
Hardness	2
Luminous	No
Transparent	No
Flammable	Logs: Yes (5) Stems: No
Catches fire from lava	Logs: Yes Stems: No

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        "Jungle Log",
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        "Mangrove Log",
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        "Pale Oak Log",
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A log or stem is a naturally occurring block found in trees or huge fungi, primarily used as a building block and to create planks, a versatile crafting ingredient. There are currently nine types of logs: oak, spruce, birch, jungle, acacia, dark oak, mangrove, cherry blossom, and pale oak; and two types of stems: crimson, and warped.

Obtaining

Breaking

Logs and stems can be broken by hand, but using an axe is faster. Logs and stems drop themselves when broken with any tool.

Block	Log Stem
Hardness	2
Tool
Breaking time (sec)
Default	3
Wooden	1.5
Stone	0.75
Iron	0.5
Diamond	0.4
Netherite	0.35
Golden	0.25
Options
Efficiency	000
Haste	001 1JEBE

Legend

• drops nothing
• drops something other than the block itself
• drops the block itself
• italicized can be instant mined

Natural generation

All types of logs generate naturally as part of trees, although fallen trees can only contain oak, spruce, birch, or jungle. Additionally, one jungle log generates for each jungle bush. Stems generate naturally as part of huge fungi.

Trees and huge fungi

Log/stem	Wood type	Tree/fungus	Natural occurrence
Oak Log	Oak Planks	Oak	Bamboo Jungle Dark Forest Flower Forest Forest Frozen River Jungle Meadow Plains River Savanna Savanna Plateau Sparse Jungle Sunflower Plains Swamp Windswept Forest Windswept Savanna Wooded Badlands
Spruce Log	Spruce Planks	Spruce	Grove Old Growth Pine Taiga Old Growth Spruce Taiga Snowy Plains Snowy Taiga Taiga Windswept Forest
Birch Log	Birch Planks	Birch	Birch Forest Dark Forest Forest Meadow Old Growth Birch Forest
Jungle Log	Jungle Planks	Jungle Bush Jungle Tree	Bamboo Jungle Jungle Sparse Jungle
Acacia Log	Acacia Planks	Acacia	Savanna Savanna Plateau Windswept Savanna
Dark Oak Log	Dark Oak Planks	Dark Oak	Dark Forest
Mangrove Log	Mangrove Planks	Mangrove	Mangrove Swamp
Cherry Log	Cherry Planks	Cherry	Cherry Grove
Pale Oak Log	Pale Oak Planks	Pale Oak	Pale Garden
Crimson Stem	Crimson Planks	Huge Crimson Fungus	Crimson Forest
Warped Stem	Warped Planks	Huge Warped Fungus	Warped Forest

Oak logs generate as part of:

• Plains villages
• Swamp huts
• Mineshafts
• Shipwrecks‌
• Trial chambers

Spruce logs generate as part of:

• Taiga and snowy plains villages
• Shipwrecks‌

Jungle logs generate as part of:

• Shipwrecks‌

Acacia logs generate as part of:

• Savanna villages

Dark oak logs generate as part of:

• Pillager outposts
• Badlands mineshafts
• Woodland mansion
• Ancient city
• Shipwrecks‌

Mangrove logs generate as part of:

• Trial chambers

Generated loot

Item	Structure	Container	Quantity	Chance
Java Edition
Acacia Log	Bonus Chest	Chest	1–3	26.2% { "item": "Acacia Log", "stacksize": "1–3", "chance": 0.26209753761906973, "structure": "Bonus Chest", "container": "Chest" }
Birch Log	Bonus Chest	Chest	1–3	26.2% { "item": "Birch Log", "stacksize": "1–3", "chance": 0.26209753761906973, "structure": "Bonus Chest", "container": "Chest" }
Dark Oak Log	Bonus Chest	Chest	1–3	26.2% { "item": "Dark Oak Log", "stacksize": "1–3", "chance": 0.26209753761906973, "structure": "Bonus Chest", "container": "Chest" }
	Pillager Outpost	Chest	2–3	100% { "item": "Dark Oak Log", "stacksize": "2–3", "chance": 1, "structure": "Pillager Outpost", "container": "Chest" }
Jungle Log	Bonus Chest	Chest	1–3	26.2% { "item": "Jungle Log", "stacksize": "1–3", "chance": 0.26209753761906973, "structure": "Bonus Chest", "container": "Chest" }
Mangrove Log	Bonus Chest	Chest	1–3	26.2% { "item": "Mangrove Log", "stacksize": "1–3", "chance": 0.26209753761906973, "structure": "Bonus Chest", "container": "Chest" }
Oak Log	Bonus Chest	Chest	1–3	26.2% { "item": "Oak Log", "stacksize": "1–3", "chance": 0.26209753761906973, "structure": "Bonus Chest", "container": "Chest" }
Spruce Log	Bonus Chest	Chest	1–3	26.2% { "item": "Spruce Log", "stacksize": "1–3", "chance": 0.26209753761906973, "structure": "Bonus Chest", "container": "Chest" }
	Village	Taiga house chest	1–5	65.6% { "item": "Spruce Log", "stacksize": "1–5", "chance": 0.6556091848091459, "structure": "Village", "container": "Taiga house chest" }
Bedrock Edition
Acacia Log	Bonus Chest	Chest	1–3	33.3% { "item": "Acacia Log", "stacksize": "1–3", "chance": 0.33333333333333337, "structure": "Bonus Chest", "container": "Chest" }
Birch Log	Bonus Chest	Chest	1–3	25% { "item": "Birch Log", "stacksize": "1–3", "chance": 0.25, "structure": "Bonus Chest", "container": "Chest" }
Dark Oak Log	Bonus Chest	Chest	1–3	33.3% { "item": "Dark Oak Log", "stacksize": "1–3", "chance": 0.33333333333333337, "structure": "Bonus Chest", "container": "Chest" }
	Pillager Outpost	Chest	2–3	100% { "item": "Dark Oak Log", "stacksize": "2–3", "chance": 1, "structure": "Pillager Outpost", "container": "Chest" }
Jungle Log	Bonus Chest	Chest	1–3	25% { "item": "Jungle Log", "stacksize": "1–3", "chance": 0.25, "structure": "Bonus Chest", "container": "Chest" }
Mangrove Log	Bonus Chest	Chest	1–3	33.3% { "item": "Mangrove Log", "stacksize": "1–3", "chance": 0.33333333333333337, "structure": "Bonus Chest", "container": "Chest" }
Oak Log	Bonus Chest	Chest	1–3	25% { "item": "Oak Log", "stacksize": "1–3", "chance": 0.25, "structure": "Bonus Chest", "container": "Chest" }
Spruce Log	Bonus Chest	Chest	1–3	25% { "item": "Spruce Log", "stacksize": "1–3", "chance": 0.25, "structure": "Bonus Chest", "container": "Chest" }
	Village	Taiga house chest	1–5	69.3% { "item": "Spruce Log", "stacksize": "1–5", "chance": 0.6929135530018191, "structure": "Village", "container": "Taiga house chest" }

Post-generation

Logs and stems

Trees can be grown using saplings or azalea, and huge fungi can be grown using small fungi.

Usage

Crafting ingredient

Name	Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Campfire	Stick + Charcoal + Any Log or Stem
Campfire	Stick + Coal + Any Log or Stem
Creaking Heart	Pale Oak Log + Block of Resin
Nether planks	Matching Stem or Matching Stripped Stem or Matching Hyphae or Matching Stripped Hyphae	44
Overworld planks	Matching Log	444444444
Oak Wood or Spruce Wood or Birch Wood or Jungle Wood or Acacia Wood or Dark Oak Wood or Mangrove Wood or Cherry Wood or Pale Oak Wood	Matching Log	333333333
Smoker	Any Log or Stem + Furnace
Soul Campfire	Stick + Soul Sand or Soul Soil + Any Log or Stem

Further crafting

The following table presents the amount of logs or stems needed to produce an even multiple of a given item with no waste left over, and the quantity produced:

Product	Number of logs or stems needed so that there are no redundant planks/sticks/... after crafting	Product amount after crafting	Ratio between the product amount and the number of logs or stems needed
Wood	4	3	75%
Hyphae	4	3	75%
Stripped Log	1	1	100%
Stripped Stem	1	1	100%
Stripped Wood	4	3	75%
Stripped Hyphae	4	3	75%
Chiseled Bookshelf	15	8	53.33%
Boat	5	4	80%
Boat with Chest	13	4	30.76%
Bowl	3	16	533.33%
Button	1	4	400%
Campfire	27 crafted, 8 cooked	8	22.86%
Charcoal	0 crafted, 1 cooked	1	100%
Chest	2	1	50%
Barrel	21	12	57.14%
Crafting Table	1	1	100%
Composter	21	24	114.28%
Door	3	6	200%
Fence	5	12	240%
Fence Gate	1	1	100%
Ladder	7	24	342.86%
Sign	13	24	184.62%
Stick	1	8	800%
Torch	1 crafted, 8 cooked	32	355.56%
Planks	1	4	400%
Wooden Axe	2	2	100%
Wooden Hoe	3	4	133.33%
Wooden Pickaxe	2	2	100%
Wooden Pressure Plate	1	2	200%
Wooden Shovel	1	2	200%
Wooden Slab	3	24	800%
Wooden Stairs	3	8	266.67%
Wooden Sword	5	8	160%
Wooden Trapdoor	3	4	133.33%

Smelting ingredient

Name	Ingredients	Smelting recipe
Charcoal	Any Log or Any Stripped Log + Any fuel	0.15

Fuel

Logs, but not stems, can be used as a fuel in furnaces, smelting 1.5 items per block.

Axes

Using an axe on a log or stem turns it into a stripped log or a stripped stem, which act the same as regular logs or stems.

Cocoa beans

Cocoa beans can be placed on the side of jungle logs to grow a new cocoa pod.

Note blocks

Logs and stems can be placed under note blocks to produce "bass" sounds.

Sounds

Other logs

Java Edition:

v t e wood sound type
Sound	Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	​Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	block.wood.break	subtitles.block.generic.break​	1.0	0.8	16
	​Block placed	Blocks	When the block is placed	block.wood.place	subtitles.block.generic.place​	1.0	0.8	16
	​Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	block.wood.hit	subtitles.block.generic.hit​	0.25	0.5	16
	​Something falls on a block	Entity-Dependent	Falling on the block with fall damage	block.wood.fall	subtitles.block.generic.fall​	0.5	0.75	16
	​Footsteps	Entity-Dependent	Walking on the block	block.wood.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.15	1.0	16

Bedrock Edition:

v t e wood sound type
Sound	Source	Description	Resource location	Volume	Pitch
	Blocks	Once the block has broken	dig.wood	1.0	0.8-1.0
	Blocks	When the block is placed	dig.wood	1.0	0.8
	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	hit.wood	0.23	0.5
	Players	Falling on the block with fall damage	fall.wood	0.4	1.0
	Players	Walking on the block	step.wood	0.3	1.0
	Blocks	Jumping from the block	jump.wood	0.12	1.0
	Blocks	Falling on the block without fall damage	land.wood	0.18	1.0

Cherry log

Java Edition:

v t e cherry_wood sound type
Sound	Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	​Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	block.cherry_wood.break	subtitles.block.generic.break​	1.0	0.8	16
	​Block placed	Blocks	When the block is placed	block.cherry_wood.place	subtitles.block.generic.place​	1.0	0.8	16
	​Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	block.cherry_wood.hit	subtitles.block.generic.hit​	0.25	0.5	16
	​Something falls on a block	Entity-Dependent	Falling on the block with fall damage	block.cherry_wood.fall	subtitles.block.generic.fall​	0.5	0.75	16
	​Footsteps	Entity-Dependent	Walking on the block	block.cherry_wood.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.15	1.0	16

Bedrock Edition:

v t e cherry_wood sound type
Sound	Source	Description	Resource location	Volume	Pitch
	Blocks	Once the block has broken	break.cherry_wood	1.0	0.8-1.0
	Blocks	When the block is placed	place.cherry_wood	1.0	0.8
	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	hit.cherry_wood	0.23	0.5
	Players	Falling on the block with fall damage	fall.cherry_wood	0.4	1.0
	Players	Walking on the block	step.cherry_wood	0.2	1.0
	Players	Jumping from the block	step.cherry_wood	0.12	1.0
	Players	Falling on the block without fall damage	step.cherry_wood	0.18	1.0

Stems

Java Edition:

v t e stem sound type
Sound	Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	​Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	block.stem.break	subtitles.block.generic.break​	1.0	0.8	16
	​Block placed	Blocks	When the block is placed	block.stem.place	subtitles.block.generic.place​	0.8	0.88	16
	​Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	block.stem.hit	subtitles.block.generic.hit​	0.2	0.5	16
	​Something falls on a block	Entity-Dependent	Falling on the block with fall damage	block.stem.fall	subtitles.block.generic.fall​	0.5	0.75	16
	​Footsteps	Entity-Dependent	Walking on the block	block.stem.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.15	1.0	16

Bedrock Edition:

v t e stem sound type
Sound	Source	Description	Resource location	Volume	Pitch
	Blocks	Once the block has broken	dig.stem	1.0	0.8-1.0
	Blocks	When the block is placed	dig.stem	1.0	0.8-1.0
	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	hit.stem	0.34	0.5
	Players	Falling on the block with fall damage	fall.stem	0.4	1.0
	Players	Walking on the block	step.stem	0.14	1.0
	Blocks	Jumping from the block	jump.stem	0.12	1.0
	Blocks	Falling on the block without fall damage	land.stem	0.14	1.0

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Block tags	Item tags	Translation key
Oak Log	oak_log	Block & Item	logs logs_that_burn oak_logs mineable/axe	logs logs_that_burn oak_logs	block.minecraft.oak_log
Spruce Log	spruce_log	Block & Item	logs logs_that_burn spruce_logs mineable/axe	logs logs_that_burn spruce_logs	block.minecraft.spruce_log
Birch Log	birch_log	Block & Item	birch_logs logs logs_that_burn mineable/axe	birch_logs logs logs_that_burn	block.minecraft.birch_log
Jungle Log	jungle_log	Block & Item	jungle_logs logs logs_that_burn mineable/axe	jungle_logs logs logs_that_burn	block.minecraft.jungle_log
Acacia Log	acacia_log	Block & Item	acacia_logs logs logs_that_burn mineable/axe	acacia_logs logs logs_that_burn	block.minecraft.acacia_log
Dark Oak Log	dark_oak_log	Block & Item	dark_oak_logs logs logs_that_burn mineable/axe	dark_oak_logs logs logs_that_burn	block.minecraft.dark_oak_log
Mangrove Log	mangrove_log	Block & Item	mangrove_logs logs logs_that_burn mineable/axe	mangrove_logs logs logs_that_burn	block.minecraft.mangrove_log
Cherry Log	cherry_log	Block & Item	cherry_logs logs logs_that_burn mineable/axe	cherry_logs logs logs_that_burn	block.minecraft.cherry_log
Pale Oak Log	pale_oak_log	Block & Item	pale_oak_logs logs logs_that_burn mineable/axe	pale_oak_logs logs logs_that_burn	block.minecraft.pale_oak_log
Crimson Stem	crimson_stem	Block & Item	crimson_stems logs non_flammable_wood mineable/axe	crimson_stems logs non_flammable_wood	block.minecraft.crimson_stem
Warped Stem	warped_stem	Block & Item	warped_stems logs non_flammable_wood mineable/axe	warped_stems logs non_flammable_wood	block.minecraft.warped_stem

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Alias ID	Numeric ID	Form	Item ID	Item tags	Translation key
Oak Log	oak_log	log / 0	17	Block & Giveable Item	Identical	minecraft:logs minecraft:logs_that_burn	tile.log.oak.name
Spruce Log	spruce_log	log / 1	824	Block & Giveable Item	Identical (Numeric: -569)	minecraft:logs minecraft:logs_that_burn	tile.log.spruce.name
Birch Log	birch_log	log / 2	825	Block & Giveable Item	Identical (Numeric: -570)	minecraft:logs minecraft:logs_that_burn	tile.log.birch.name
Jungle Log	jungle_log	log / 3	826	Block & Giveable Item	Identical (Numeric: -571)	minecraft:logs minecraft:logs_that_burn	tile.log.jungle.name
Acacia Log	acacia_log	log2 / 0	162	Block & Giveable Item	Identical	minecraft:logs minecraft:logs_that_burn	tile.log.acacia.name
Dark Oak Log	dark_oak_log	log2 / 1	827	Block & Giveable Item	Identical (Numeric: -572)	minecraft:logs minecraft:logs_that_burn	tile.log.big_oak.name
Mangrove Log	mangrove_log	None	739	Block & Giveable Item	Identical (Numeric: -484)	minecraft:mangrove_logs minecraft:logs minecraft:logs_that_burn	tile.mangrove_log.name
Cherry Log	cherry_log	None	791	Block & Giveable Item	Identical (Numeric: -536)	minecraft:logs minecraft:logs_that_burn	tile.cherry_log.name
Pale Oak Log	pale_oak_log	None	1250	Block & Giveable Item	Identical (Numeric: -995)	minecraft:logs minecraft:logs_that_burn	tile.pale_oak_log.name
Crimson Stem	crimson_stem	None	480	Block & Giveable Item	Identical (Numeric: -225)	minecraft:crimson_stems minecraft:logs	tile.crimson_stem.name
Warped Stem	warped_stem	None	481	Block & Giveable Item	Identical (Numeric: -226)	minecraft:warped_stems minecraft:logs	tile.warped_stem.name

Block states

Java Edition:

Name	Default value	Allowed values	Description
axis	y	x	The log or stem is oriented east–west.
		y	The log or stem is oriented vertically.
		z	The log or stem is oriented north–south.

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Metadata Bits	Default value	Allowed values	Values for Metadata Bits	Description
pillar_axis	Not Supported	y	x	Unsupported	The log or stem is oriented east–west.
			y	Unsupported	The log or stem is oriented vertically.
			z	Unsupported	The log or stem is oriented north–south.

Achievements

Icon		Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS)
PS4	Other
		Getting Wood	Punch a tree until a block of wood pops out.	Pick up a log from the ground.	10	Bronze
		Heart Transplanter	Place a Creaking Heart with the correct alignment between two Pale Oak Log blocks	—	20	Silver
		Renewable Energy	Smelt wood trunks using charcoal to make more charcoal.	Smelt a wooden log with charcoal as the fuel.	10	Bronze

History

For a more in-depth breakdown of changes to textures and models, including a set of renders for each state combination, see /Asset history

May 21, 2009							Notch shows interest in adding wood.
Java Edition Classic
0.0.14a							Added wood.
							Oak wood is currently one of the first blocks in Minecraft.
0.0.15a (Multiplayer Test 1)							The texture of wood has been changed.
August 25, 2009							Notch shows that breaking wood now drops 3–5 wooden planks.
0.24_SURVIVAL_TEST							The above change of breaking wood dropping 3-5 wooden planks has now been implemented.
Java Edition Indev
0.31			20100124-2119				Wood now generates in indev house chests.
			20100129-1447				Wood no longer generates in indev house chests.
20100223							Breaking wood now gives the block instead of wooden planks.
Java Edition Alpha
?							Wood can now be destroyed only by fire if it had several sides simultaneously burning. If only one side was burning, the fire and wood block lasts forever.
Java Edition Beta
1.2							Added spruce and birch wood.
							Wood can now be smelted into charcoal.
1.3							Wood and planks now burn and are destroyed if any one of the sides are lit on fire.
1.5							With the addition of birch and spruce saplings, their respective wood types have now become renewable resources.
							Added "Getting Wood" achievement for picking up a wood item.
1.8			Pre-release				Oak wood now generates in villages.
Java Edition
1.2.1			12w03a				Added jungle wood.
1.2.4							Different types of wood now produce different colors of planks when crafted.
1.3.1			12w16a				Oak wood is now found in bonus chests.
			12w18a				Each type of wood now has a unique name.
			12w30d				All types of blocks of wood are now rotatable, with the wood placed with the inner side facing the player (similarly to pistons).
1.3.2			pre				Large oak trees now generate with horizontal wood blocks.
1.4.2			12w38a				Wood blocks have new sounds for being walked on and broken.
							The orientation of placed wood blocks is now determined by which face of another block they are placed against, similar to levers.
			12w40a				Oak wood now generates as part of witch huts.
1.6.1			13w24a				As a feature of resource packs, each wood block has its own top, meaning that wood tops can now be colored separately.
1.7.2			13w43a				Added acacia and roofed oak wood.
			1.7				"Roofed Oak" has been renamed to "Dark Oak Wood".
							The textures of acacia and dark oak wood have been changed.
							The top texture of all blocks of wood now have unique textures, rather than sharing it with oak.
							Wood in bonus chests may now also be acacia.
1.9			15w43a				Wood found in bonus chests can now be of any type, rather than just oak or acacia.
			15w44a				Bonus chests now have less wood.
1.10			16w20a				Added taiga villages, which generate with spruce wood.
							Savanna villages now generate with acacia wood.
1.11			16w39a				Oak and dark oak wood now generate in woodland mansions.
1.13			17w47a				"Wood" has been renamed to "Log".
			18w11a				Logs now generate as part of the newly added shipwrecks.
July 18, 2017							Jeb tweets an image of new textures for iron blocks, obsidian and birch logs.
July 19, 2017							Jeb reappears with an image of all the new log textures.
July 19, 2017							JAPPA tweets an image of a less-blurry birch texture.
July 22, 2017							JAPPA tweets an image of new crafting table, wood planks and wood textures.
1.14			18w43a				The textures of logs has been changed.
			18w47a				The textures of logs has been changed again.
							Dark oak logs now generate as part of the new pillager outposts.
			18w47b				The top textures of logs has been changed.
			18w50a				The top textures of jungle logs have been changed, once again.
							Spruce logs can now be found in chests in taiga village houses.
							Logs can now be used to craft a smoker.
			19w02a				Logs can now be used to craft campfires.
September 28, 2019							Crimson and Warped logs were shown as part of crimson forest and warped forest biome.
1.16			20w06a				Added crimson and warped stems.
1.17			21w07a				Oak logs now generate in mineshafts instead of oak wood.
October 16, 2021							Mangrove logs were shown on Minecraft Live 2021.
1.18			Pre-release 5				Changed crimson and warped stems textures to match Bedrock Edition.
							The top texture of dark oak log has been changed.
1.19			22w11a				Added mangrove logs.
			22w13a				Dark oak logs now generate in ancient cities.
			22w14a				Due to the addition of the mangrove tree and mangrove swamp, mangrove logs are now obtainable and renewable.
			22w15a				Mangrove logs now generate in bonus chests.
1.19.4 Experiment Update 1.20			23w07a				Added cherry logs behind the "Update 1.20" experimental data pack.
1.20			23w12a				Cherry logs are now available without using the "Update 1.20" experimental data pack.
1.20.2 Experiment Villager Trade Rebalance			23w31a				Wandering traders now have a chance to sell logs of any type.
1.20.3 Experiment Update 1.21			23w45a				Oak logs can now generate in the entrances of trial chambers.
1.21			24w18a				Mangrove logs can now generate in the entrances of trial chambers.
September 28, 2024							Pale oak logs were showcased on Minecraft Live 2024.
1.21.2 Experiment Winter Drop			24w40a				Added pale oak logs.
1.21.4			24w44a				Pale oak logs are now available without using the "Winter Drop" experimental data pack.
1.21.5			25w09a				Added fallen trees to match Bedrock Edition, which can generate as oak, birch, spruce and jungle trees made of their respective logs.
Pocket Edition Alpha
Pre-release							Added oak, spruce and birch wood. Spruce and birch wood are not available in the inventory.
v0.2.0							Added spruce and birch wood to the inventory.
							Removed oak wood from the inventory.
v0.2.1							Oak trees now generate with spruce wood instead of oak wood. Any existing oak wood in a world is automatically converted to spruce wood upon world load.
v0.3.0							Oak wood in a world is no longer converted to spruce wood upon world load.
							Oak wood in the inventory is automatically converted to spruce wood once the player exits and reenters the world.
v0.4.0							Re-added oak wood to the creative inventory.
							Oak trees once again generate with oak wood, making it obtainable in Survival mode.
							Oak wood in the inventory is no longer converted to spruce wood.
v0.8.0			build 1				Added jungle wood to the creative inventory.
							All types of blocks of wood are now rotatable, with the wood placed with the inner side facing the player (similarly to pistons).
v0.9.0			build 1				Added acacia and dark oak wood.
							The texture of wood tops have been their own unique texture for each type of wood, rather than sharing it with oak.
							Jungle wood now generates naturally.
							Oak wood now generates naturally in plains and savanna villages.
							The tooltip has been changed from [woodtype] Wood to [woodtype] Log.
v0.11.0			build 1				The tooltip has been changed from [woodtype] Log to [woodtype] Wood.
v0.14.0			build 1				Spruce wood now generates in witch huts.
v0.15.0			build 1				Savanna villages now generate using acacia wood, which previously used oak wood.
							Spruce wood now generates in taiga and ice plains villages.
Pocket Edition
1.1.0			alpha 1.1.0.0				Oak and dark oak wood now generate in woodland mansions.
Bedrock Edition
1.2.0			beta 1.2.0.2				Wood can now be found inside bonus chests.
							Woodland mansions now have birch wood instead of oak wood.
1.10.0			beta 1.10.0.3				The textures of logs have been changed.
							"Wood" has been renamed to "Log".
							Logs are now used to craft wood, campfires, and smokers.
							Dark oak logs now generate in pillager outpost watchtowers and as a pile of logs.
							Dark oak logs can now be found in pillager outpost chests.
1.11.0			beta 1.11.0.1				Spruce logs can now be found in taiga and snowy taiga village house chests.
1.16.0			beta 1.16.0.51				Added crimson and warped stems.
1.18.10			beta 1.18.10.22				The top texture of dark oak log has been changed.
1.19.0			Preview 1.19.0.21				Added mangrove logs.
1.19.80 Experiment Next Major Update			Preview 1.19.80.20				Added cherry logs behind the "Next Major Update" experimental toggle.
1.20.0			Preview 1.20.0.21				Cherry logs are now available without using the "Next Major Update" experimental toggle.
1.20.30			Preview 1.20.20.21				Increased the blast resistance of both crimson and warped stems from 0.3 to 2.
1.20.60 Experiment Update 1.21			Preview 1.20.60.20				Oak logs can now generate in the entrances of trial chambers.
1.21.0			Preview 1.21.0.24				Mangrove logs can now generate in the entrances of trial chambers.
1.21.50			Preview 1.21.50.20				Added pale oak logs.
Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360	Xbox One	PS3	PS4	PS Vita	Wii U	Switch
TU1	CU1	1.00	1.00	1.00	Patch 1	1.0.1	Added oak, spruce, and birch wood.
TU7							Each type of wood now has a unique name.
TU9							Spruce wood and birch wood can now be crafted into spruce and birch wood planks, stairs and slabs.
TU12							Added jungle wood.
TU14		1.04					All types of blocks of wood are now rotatable, with the wood placed with the inner side facing the player (similarly to pistons).
TU19	CU7	1.12	1.12	1.12			The top texture of all blocks of wood now have unique textures, rather than sharing it with oak.
							The orientation of placed wood blocks is now determined by which face of another block they are placed against, similarly to levers.
							Oak wood now generates as part of witch huts.
TU25	CU14	1.17	1.17	1.17			Added acacia and dark oak wood. It can only be obtained by modding the game.
TU27	CU15	1.18	1.18	1.18			Acacia and dark oak wood is now obtainable through the creative inventory.
TU31	CU19	1.22	1.22	1.22	Patch 3		Acacia and dark oak wood is now obtainable in survival.
TU43	CU33	1.36	1.36	1.36	Patch 13		Added taiga villages, which generate with spruce wood.
							Savanna villages now generate with acacia wood.
TU54	CU44	1.52	1.52	1.52	Patch 24	1.0.4	Dark oak wood now generates in woodland mansions.
			1.90				"Wood" has been renamed to "Log".
							The textures of logs have been changed.
			1.91				Dark oak logs now generate in pillager outpost watchtowers and as a pile of logs.
							Dark oak logs can now be found in pillager outpost chests.
							Logs can now be used to craft campfires.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0							Added wood.
1.9.19							Dark oak wood now generates in woodland mansions.

Data history

Java Edition
1.8			14w10a				minecraft:log2 blocks with numerical metadata variants 2-3, 6-7, 10-11 and 14-15, which are inaccessible through normal gameplay but can be obtained through glitches, now have no model rather than appearing identical to either acacia or dark oak wood.
			14w25a				Logs are now defined via block states rather than by numerical metadata. Prior to this version, the numerical metadata variants of minecraft:log were as follows: DV Description 0 Oak Log (up-down) 1 Spruce Log (up-down) 2 Birch Log (up-down) 3 Jungle Log (up-down) 4 Oak Log (east-west) 5 Spruce Log (east-west) 6 Birch Log (east-west) 7 Jungle Log (east-west) 8 Oak Log (north-south) 9 Spruce Log (north-south) 10 Birch Log (north-south) 11 Jungle Log (north-south) 12 Oak Wood (up-down) 13 Spruce Wood (up-down) 14 Birch Wood (up-down) 15 Jungle Wood (up-down) The data values for minecraft:log2 were as follows: DV Description 0 Acacia Log (up-down) 1 Dark Oak Log (up-down) 2-3 Undefined 4 Acacia Log (east-west) 5 Dark Oak Log (east-west) 6-7 Undefined 8 Acacia Log (north-south) 9 Dark Oak Log (north-south) 10-11 Undefined 12 Acacia Wood (up-down) 13 Dark Oak Wood (up-down) 14-15 Undefined
			14w26a				Placed instances minecraft:log2 with metadata values 2-3, 6-7, 10-11 and 14-15 have now been completely removed from the game.
1.13			17w47a				The different variant block states and the axis=none block state for both the log and log2 IDs have now been split up into their own IDs.
							Prior to The Flattening, these blocks' numeral IDs were 17 and 162.
1.17			21w05a				azalea_log_replaceable Azalea log block tag added.
			21w10a				azalea_log_replaceable Azalea log tag removed.
Bedrock Edition
1.19.80			Preview 1.19.80.20				The different log type block states for the log and log2 IDs have now been split up into their own IDs.
							Prior to this version, the block state variants of log were as follows: Name Default value Allowed values Description old_log_type oak birch Birch Log jungle Jungle Log oak Oak Log spruce Spruce Log The block state variants of log2 were as follows: Name Default value Allowed values Description new_log_type acacia acacia Acacia Log dark_oak Dark Oak Log
Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360	Xbox One	PS3	PS4	PS Vita	Wii U	Switch
TU14		1.04					Prior to this version,​ in PlayStation 3 Edition, wood with metadata values 4 to 15 looked like it is in Java Edition only in the inventory or when held, and when placed looked completely different.
							Prior to this version,​ in Xbox 360 Edition, wood with metadata values 4 to 15 would result in blocks that had the inside texture facing along the expected axis, but the bark textures not rotated. These data values would function like their own blocks and would not change orientation depending on the targeted block face.

Issues

Issues relating to "Oak Log", "Spruce Log", "Birch Log", "Jungle Log", "Acacia Log", "Dark Oak Log", "Mangrove Log", "Cherry Log", "Pale Oak Log", "Crimson Stem", or "Warped Stem" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

Trivia

• In Bedrock Edition, dark oak and acacia logs share a block ID separate from the old logs, called log2, because all the other data values on the previous log block were occupied by rotated variants (red sandstone slabs suffered a similar fate). There are still 8 remaining data values on the block that cannot be obtained. This was also the case in Java Edition prior to 1.13.
• Even if stems or their plank variants cannot be used as fuel or made into charcoal, the player can bypass this by crafting them into crafting tables or sticks, which can be used as a fuel.
• Crimson and warped stems are the only logs that have animated textures.

Gallery

Screenshots

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  All the facings and types of wood logs with the bark blocks. From left to right: oak, spruce, birch, jungle, acacia, dark oak, mangrove, cherry, pale oak, crimson, and warped.

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  All variants of logs, bark, and stripped logs.

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  All log types crafting into the planks below it and the corresponding saplings.

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  Oak/large, birch, spruce/large, jungle/large, acacia, dark oak, cherry, pale oak, azalea trees, and huge crimson and warped fungi.

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  A build using mangrove logs to represent meat.

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  Comparison between the log and plank variants of oak, pale oak and dark oak.

Development images

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  Early developer image of sideways logs.

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  Unreleased side texture of Oak logs that is seen in a tweet posted by Jappa.

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  Oak Log side texture recreation.