Overview
Cherry Planks is one of the 12 variants of this shape in the game. What changes between them is the material, and with it the hardness, the drops, the durability and the recipe — so every figure on this page is this variant's own. Oak Planks is the same shape in a different material.
In Minecraft 1.21.4, Cherry Planks is a wooden block. Cherry Planks has a crafting recipe, so it is renewable as long as you can source its ingredients. At a hardness of 2 it takes a moment to break but never slows a build down.
Broken correctly, it drops itself. Sixty-four fit in one inventory slot. The recipe calls for Cherry Log.
It is an ingredient in 49 recipes, among them Barrel, Beehive, Black Bed and 46 more.
About the cherry set
How long it takes to break
At a hardness of 2, Cherry Planks takes 3 seconds to punch out and 0.35 seconds with a netherite-tier tool of the correct class.
You are looking at 0.5 seconds on iron and 0.4 on diamond — the iron step is where the time actually falls.
No particular tool tier is required: any tool, or none at all, still yields the drop, so the table below is about speed rather than about whether you get anything.
Each Efficiency level adds level² + 1 to the tool's speed, so a level V tool clears this about 3.5 times faster than an unenchanted one.
| Tool | No enchantment | Efficiency III | Efficiency V |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hand | 3 s | 3 s | 3 s |
| Wooden | 1.5 s | 0.25 s | 0.15 s |
| Stone | 0.75 s | 0.25 s | 0.1 s |
| Iron | 0.5 s | 0.2 s | 0.1 s |
| Diamond | 0.4 s | 0.2 s | 0.1 s |
| Netherite | 0.35 s | 0.2 s | 0.1 s |
| Golden | 0.25 s | 0.15 s | 0.1 s |
Properties
Blast resistance on Cherry Planks is 3, so an explosion nearby will usually take it out. It stops light entirely and gives off no light. 64 fit in a slot — a full stack. It is renewable, so one world can supply as much of it as you want. It catches easily (encouragement 5, burn 20), so keep lava and open flame well away from it and from anything next to it. The block is tagged for axes, and only that class gets the speed bonus; everything else mines at bare-hand rate. As furnace fuel it burns for 15 seconds — one and a half smelting operations.
- Transparent
- No
- Required tool
- Any
- Flammable
- Yes (5/20)
- Renewable
- Yes
- Fuel value
- 15 s
Crafting recipe
Crafting Table
Shapeless recipe
Cherry Planks ×4
Any cherry log or wood — Cherry Log, Cherry Wood, Stripped Cherry Log, Stripped Cherry Wood
Drops
Mined with any, Cherry Planks drops itself.
Used to craft
Cherry Planks is an ingredient in 49 recipes, producing Barrel, Beehive, Black Bed, Blue Bed, Bookshelf, Bowl, Brown Bed, Cartography Table, Cherry Boat, Cherry Button, Cherry Door, Cherry Fence, Cherry Fence Gate, Cherry Pressure Plate, Cherry Sign, Cherry Slab and 33 more.
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Frequently asked questions
How do you get Cherry Planks in Minecraft?
Cherry Planks is crafted from Cherry Log.
What tool do you need to break Cherry Planks?
No specific tool is required — Cherry Planks can be broken by hand.
Is Cherry Planks blast resistant?
Cherry Planks has a blast resistance of 3, so an explosion nearby will destroy it.
How many Cherry Planks fit in one stack?
64 per stack, so a double chest holds 3,456 Cherry Planks.
Is Cherry Planks renewable?
Yes. Cherry Planks can be obtained again and again in one world, so building with it does not exhaust the supply.
How long does Cherry Planks take to break?
The correct netherite tool clears it in 0.35 seconds. Bare hands take 3.
The rest of the set
Cherry Planks is one of 12 variants of the same shape. The others are made from different materials, so their numbers differ:
