Overview
Stripped Birch Log 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 Log is the same shape in a different material.
In Minecraft 1.21.4, Stripped Birch Log is a wooden block. It has no crafting recipe — you collect it by mining it where it generates. 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.
7 recipes call for it, including Birch Hanging Sign, Birch Planks, Campfire and 4 more.
How long it takes to break
Stripped Birch Log sits at hardness 2: 3 seconds per block with your fists, 0.35 with the correct netherite tool.
An iron tool takes 0.5 seconds and a diamond one 0.4, so the jump that actually matters for this block is the one to iron.
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
With 2 blast resistance Stripped Birch Log goes down to any nearby explosion. It is fully opaque and produces no light. A single slot takes 64, the usual full stack. Being renewable, it can be produced indefinitely in one world. It catches easily (encouragement 5, burn 5), so keep lava and open flame well away from it and from anything next to it. 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
Drops
Mined with any, Stripped Birch Log drops itself.
Used to craft
Stripped Birch Log is an ingredient in 7 recipes, producing Birch Hanging Sign, Birch Planks, Campfire, Smoker, Soul Campfire, Stripped Birch Wood, and Charcoal.
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Frequently asked questions
How do you get Stripped Birch Log in Minecraft?
Mine Stripped Birch Log with any and it drops itself.
What tool do you need to break Stripped Birch Log?
No specific tool is required — Stripped Birch Log can be broken by hand.
Is Stripped Birch Log blast resistant?
Stripped Birch Log has a blast resistance of 2, so an explosion nearby will destroy it.
How many Stripped Birch Log fit in one stack?
Stripped Birch Log stacks to 64, which puts 3,456 of them in a double chest.
Is Stripped Birch Log renewable?
Yes — you can keep producing Stripped Birch Log in one world, so building with it will not exhaust the supply.
How long does Stripped Birch Log take to break?
0.35 seconds with a netherite-tier tool of the right class, or 3 seconds bare-handed.
The rest of the set
Stripped Birch Log is one of 18 variants of the same shape. The others are made from different materials, so their numbers differ:
