Overview
Dark Oak 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.
Minecraft classifies Dark Oak Wood as a wooden block. Dark Oak Wood 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. It offers almost no protection from explosions (2 blast resistance). A full stack holds 64.
It is crafted from Dark Oak Log. Its main value is as a crafting ingredient: 5 recipes need it, Campfire, Dark Oak Planks, Smoker and 2 more among them.
About the dark oak set
How long it takes to break
Hardness 2 puts Dark Oak Wood at 3 seconds a block bare-handed, or 0.35 seconds with the right tool at netherite tier.
You are looking at 0.5 seconds on iron and 0.4 on diamond — the iron step is where the time actually falls.
Nothing here needs a minimum tier: whatever you swing, the block still drops, and the only difference is how long it takes.
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
Dark Oak Wood resists blasts at 2, which is not enough to survive anything explosive nearby. Light does not pass through it, and it emits none of its own. One inventory slot holds 64, the normal full stack. It is renewable, so a single world can supply an unlimited amount of it. Flammable, at encouragement 5 and burn 5: build with it away from lava, and do not use it as a wall you care about. An axe is fastest here; any other class mines it at bare-hand speed, because the bonus only applies to the 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
Dark Oak Wood ×3
Drops
Mined with any, Dark Oak Wood drops itself.
Used to craft
Dark Oak Wood is an ingredient in 5 recipes, producing Campfire, Dark Oak Planks, Smoker, Soul Campfire, and Charcoal.
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Frequently asked questions
How do you get Dark Oak Wood in Minecraft?
Dark Oak Wood is crafted from Dark Oak Log.
What tool do you need to break Dark Oak Wood?
No specific tool is required — Dark Oak Wood can be broken by hand.
Is Dark Oak Wood blast resistant?
Dark Oak Wood has a blast resistance of 2, so an explosion nearby will destroy it.
How many Dark Oak Wood fit in one stack?
Dark Oak Wood stacks to 64, which puts 3,456 of them in a double chest.
Is Dark Oak Wood renewable?
Renewable: one world will supply Dark Oak Wood indefinitely.
How long does Dark Oak Wood take to break?
With the correct tool at netherite tier it takes 0.35 seconds; by hand it takes 3 seconds.
The rest of the set
Dark Oak Wood is one of 18 variants of the same shape. The others are made from different materials, so their numbers differ:
