Wood Planks

Wooden Planks are blocks that are used as a common building material. They are very easy to obtain and are arguably the most important block in the game.

Crafting

 * 1 Wood (Any Type) => 4 Wooden Planks
 * 1 Wood => 1 Button
 * 2 Wooden Planks => 4 Sticks
 * 4 Wooden Planks => 1 Crafting Table
 * 3 Wooden Planks => 6 Wooden Slabs
 * 6 Wooden Planks + 3 Books => 1 Bookshelf
 * 6 Wooden Planks + 1 Stick => 3 Signs
 * 6 Wooden Planks => 4 Wooden Stairs
 * 3 Wooden Planks + 3 Wool => 1 Bed
 * 5 Wooden Planks + 1 Shovel => 1 Boat
 * 2 Wooden Planks => 1 Wooden Pressure Plate
 * 3 Wooden Planks + 4 Cobblestone + 1 Iron Ingot + 1 Redstone Dust => 1 Piston
 * 6 Wooden Planks => 3 Doors

TYPES

 * Oak Planks - Most common, obtained from Oak Wood.


 * Birch Planks - Also common, obtained from Birch Wood. Vanilla colored. Added in 0.8.0 to Survival and Creative.


 * Spruce Planks - Only found in Tundra and Taiga biomes. Dark color. Added in 0.8.0, Survival and Creative.


 * Jungle Planks - Added in 0.8.0 in Creative mode but added to Survival in 0.9.0. Only found in Jungle biomes. Has a tannish pink color.


 * Acacia Planks - Added in 0.9.0. Can be found in the Savanna biome. Has an orange color.


 * Dark Oak Planks - Added in 0.9.0. Can be found in Roofed Forests. Has a dark brown color.

Trivia

 * Wooden planks, unlike Wood, cannot be smelted to make Charcoal.
 * However, along with wood the wooden planks can be used as Fuel for Furnaces.Wood_Planks.gif
 * It can be set ablaze with Flint and Steel, Ghast Fire Charges and Blaze fireballs, or Lava.
 * Wooden Planks are Renewable and Infinite, as Saplings can be grown into Trees to provide Wood.
 * Before 0.8.0, all types of wood would craft Oak Planks regardless of the log type.
 * Wooden Planks naturally spawn in Mineshafts, Witch Huts and Villages.
 * As of 0.13.0, different Wooden Doors can be made using different variants of Wooden Planks.