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How to Craft Crimson Planks in Minecraft

Crimson Planks in Minecraft, drawn from the game's own block model. Building material. The recipe first appears in the game's files in Minecraft 1.16.

On a Crafting Table, 1 Crimson Stem turns into Crimson Planks. A single craft gives you 4 Crimson Planks.

Crimson Planks Item ID and Give Command

The item ID for Crimson Planks is minecraft:crimson_planks. In commands the namespace may be left off, so crimson_planks works too. Checked against Minecraft Java 26.2.

Give yourself one
/give @p crimson_planks
Give a full stack of 64
/give @p crimson_planks 64
Give it to a named player
/give Steve crimson_planks 1

Cheats have to be on for Crimson Planks to appear this way, and the same command works on Bedrock Edition, where the name is written the same.

Overview

Crimson Planks are crafted from Crimson Stems. They are one of the most versatile building blocks used in many recipes. Crimson Planks uses a shapeless recipe, so the ingredients can go in any cells of the grid as long as all of them are present.

This recipe first appears in the game's own data files in Minecraft 1.16, and not in the release before it.

The materials come together from a few sources: you will be working with crimson stem (chop crimson trees).

The Yield Per Stack

Bring 64 crimson stems, leave with 256 crimson planks, after 64 rounds of 1 for 4. Craft 64 clears the box of crimson stem.

Materials Needed

ItemAmountWhere to Find
Crimson StemCrimson StemCrimson Stem1xChop crimson trees

To make Crimson Planks you will gather Crimson Stem (chop crimson trees), and craft them at a Crafting Table.

Step-by-Step Instructions

  1. 1

    Crimson StemCrimson StemCrimson Stem

  2. 2

    4x Crimson Planks

Minecraft crafting recipe for Crimson Planks: 1 x Crimson Stem in a crafting table, making 4 Crimson Planks.

Tips & Notes

  • Because this one is shapeless, Crimson Stem can go in any cells you like. The grid only checks that they are all present.
  • One craft costs 1x Crimson Stem. Start with the Crimson Stem: chop crimson trees.
  • The recipe returns 4 Crimson Planks at a time.

Uses for Crimson Planks

  • Building material
  • Crafting sticks, tools, fences and other wooden items

View detailed item stats, durability and properties for Crimson Planks on the Astroworld Items Database.

Frequently Asked Questions

What do I need to craft Crimson Planks in Minecraft?
Bring 1 Crimson Stem to a Crafting Table and you can make Crimson Planks. Place it in the grid in any arrangement, and one craft produces 4 Crimson Planks.
Where do you find the materials for Crimson Planks?
The materials for Crimson Planks each come from somewhere different. Crimson Stem: chop crimson trees.
How many Crimson Planks do you get from one craft?
The Crimson Planks recipe makes 4 Crimson Planks in a single craft.
What is the item ID for Crimson Planks in Minecraft?
The Crimson Planks item ID is minecraft:crimson_planks, and in a command you can drop the namespace and write crimson_planks on its own. Checked against Java 26.2.
What is the give command for Crimson Planks?
The command for Crimson Planks is /give @p crimson_planks. Add a number for more than one, so /give @p crimson_planks 64 hands you a full stack, and it only runs with cheats enabled.
Is the Crimson Planks recipe the same in Java and Bedrock Edition?
Yes, the Crimson Planks recipe is the same in both editions. Java and Bedrock both build Crimson Planks from 1 Crimson Stem at a Crafting Table, in the same layout, 4 at a time.
Does it matter where you put the ingredients for Crimson Planks?
No, Crimson Planks is a shapeless recipe, so 1 Crimson Stem can go in any slots you like. Only the set of ingredients is checked, not their arrangement.
How do you unlock the Crimson Planks recipe in the recipe book?
The Crimson Planks recipe appears in your recipe book as soon as you pick up Crimson Stem, Stripped Crimson Stem, Crimson Hyphae or Stripped Crimson Hyphae in Java Edition, whichever you come across first. The book lists only what you have triggered, so the craft works before that if you already know the grid.
What version of Minecraft added Crimson Planks?
Crimson planks first appear in Minecraft 1.16: that release ships the recipe file and the one before it does not, out of every Java version Mojang still publishes. The current release still makes Crimson Planks exactly that way.

Sources

Grid, ingredients and yield
1 Crimson Stem in, 4 Crimson Planks out, Crafting Table. Java 26.2, .
That Bedrock agrees
Bedrock 1.26.40.05, same ingredient.
How far back it goes
Java 1.16 is the first release that knows this recipe at all. From all 163 released Java clients, rd-132211 to 26.2.
Stack size
The Astroworld Items Database, built from the same jar.
The recipe book unlock
What unlocks it in the recipe book. Java 26.2.
The stack sum
Counted, not played: 4 Crimson Planks per craft against the stack size.

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