Wood (previously known as Log)

Wood (previously known as Log)

 is a naturally occurring block fundamental to the crafting of many blocks and tools in the game. They have a skin resembling bark on the four side faces, and a crosscut face on top and bottom. Only the normal oak logs are available in chunks generated before the Beta 1.2 update and all previous versions, whilst pine and birch will generate in newer chunks. Wood is greatly abundant in naturally-generated maps, as it is used as the foundation for trees. Wood can be chopped by hand, but using an Axe is faster. Wood is also flammable

Of the current wood types, birch is the rarest type. They are often used to make plants, trees and wooden cabins. In Survival Test, wood blocks drop 3 - 5 Wooden Planks when mined. In Indev, Infdev, Alpha, and Beta, mining a wood block will drop a wood block instead. This allows the use of wood as a building material and is craftable into planks.

Wood's only crafting use is to be made into four Wooden Planks. In addition, wood can be burnt in a Furnace to make Charcoal as a substitute for Coal.

There are currently four varieties of wood. One is the normal wood (Oak); another is Birch, which is a lighter color; a third type, Spruce, resembles Oak but is dark in color and grows in colder biomes; the fourth type, Jungle, resembles Oak wood with bark aligned horizontally, and solely occurs in Jungle Biomes. Wood from different types of trees will produce different colors of Wooden Planks when crafted and will not stack in the inventory. Birch trees have slightly duller colored leaves than regular trees, pine trees have pine needles, and jungle leaves are leafy with fruit-like shapes.

The fourth type of wood solely occurs in Jungle Biomes, and comprises trees exclusive to them. The tallest trees have this type of wood in 2x2 dimensions instead of the normal 1x1

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