Overview
Cherry Wood is one of the 18 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 Wood is the same shape in a different material.
Cherry Wood counts as a wooden block in Minecraft 1.21.4. Cherry Wood is made at a crafting table. Hardness 2 puts it in the middle of the pack for mining speed.
It drops as the same block you mined. With a blast resistance of only 2 it will not survive an explosion. Sixty-four fit in one inventory slot.
The recipe calls for Cherry Log. It is an ingredient in 5 recipes, among them Campfire, Cherry Planks, Smoker and 2 more.
About the cherry set
How long it takes to break
Cherry Wood has a hardness of 2. By hand that is 3 seconds per block; with the correct tool at netherite tier it is 0.35 seconds.
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.
Efficiency contributes its level squared plus one to tool speed, which makes Efficiency V roughly 3.5 times faster than the plain tool.
| 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 Wood is 2, so any explosion nearby takes it out. It stops light entirely and gives off no light. Stack size is 64 — the standard full stack. It renews, so a single world will never run out. Fire takes to it quickly — encouragement 5, burn 5 — which makes it a poor neighbour for lava or a lit campfire. The fastest tool for it is an axe; any other kind of tool mines it no faster than a bare hand does, because the speed bonus only applies to the tool class the block is tagged for. As furnace fuel it burns for 15 seconds — one and a half smelting operations.
- Transparent
- No
- Required tool
- Any
- Flammable
- Yes (5/5)
- Renewable
- Yes
- Fuel value
- 15 s
Crafting recipe
Crafting Table
Cherry Wood ×3
Drops
Mined with any, Cherry Wood drops itself.
Used to craft
Cherry Wood is an ingredient in 5 recipes, producing Campfire, Cherry Planks, Smoker, Soul Campfire, and Charcoal.
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Frequently asked questions
How do you get Cherry Wood in Minecraft?
Cherry Wood is crafted from Cherry Log.
What tool do you need to break Cherry Wood?
No specific tool is required — Cherry Wood can be broken by hand.
Is Cherry Wood blast resistant?
Cherry Wood has a blast resistance of 2, so an explosion nearby will destroy it.
How many Cherry Wood fit in one stack?
Cherry Wood stacks to 64, so a single double chest holds 3,456 of them.
Is Cherry Wood renewable?
Renewable: one world will supply Cherry Wood indefinitely.
How long does Cherry Wood take to break?
About 0.35 seconds if you bring the correct netherite tool; 3 seconds with your fists.
The rest of the set
Cherry Wood is one of 18 variants of the same shape. The others are made from different materials, so their numbers differ:
