Overview
Stripped Birch 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.
In Minecraft 1.21.4, Stripped Birch Wood is a wooden block. Stripped Birch 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 Stripped Birch Log. Its main value is as a crafting ingredient: 5 recipes need it, Birch Planks, Campfire, Smoker and 2 more among them.
How long it takes to break
Stripped Birch 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.
The drop does not depend on the tool — bare hands work as well as anything — so the table below is purely about speed.
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
With 2 blast resistance Stripped Birch Wood goes down to any nearby explosion. It is fully opaque and produces no light. 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 the fastest choice here. A tool of the wrong class is no better than your fist — the speed bonus is tied to the block's own tool tag. 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
Stripped Birch Wood ×3
Drops
Mined with any, Stripped Birch Wood drops itself.
Used to craft
Stripped Birch Wood is an ingredient in 5 recipes, producing Birch Planks, Campfire, Smoker, Soul Campfire, and Charcoal.
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Frequently asked questions
How do you get Stripped Birch Wood in Minecraft?
Stripped Birch Wood is crafted from Stripped Birch Log.
What tool do you need to break Stripped Birch Wood?
No specific tool is required — Stripped Birch Wood can be broken by hand.
Is Stripped Birch Wood blast resistant?
Stripped Birch Wood has a blast resistance of 2, so an explosion nearby will destroy it.
How many Stripped Birch Wood fit in one stack?
64 per stack, so a double chest holds 3,456 Stripped Birch Wood.
Is Stripped Birch Wood renewable?
Yes — you can keep producing Stripped Birch Wood in one world, so building with it will not exhaust the supply.
How long does Stripped Birch Wood 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 Wood is one of 18 variants of the same shape. The others are made from different materials, so their numbers differ:
