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How to Craft Dark Oak Boat in Minecraft

Dark Oak Boat in Minecraft, drawn from the game's own item texture. Water travel. Minecraft has used the name Dark Oak Boat since 1.9.

On a Crafting Table, 5 Dark Oak Planks turns into a Dark Oak Boat. From the top down: two Dark Oak Planks in the left and right columns; then three Dark Oak Planks. That comes out as 1 Dark Oak Boat. Dark Oak Boats double as furnace fuel: 1200 ticks each, so 11 of them smelt a full stack of 64.

Dark Oak Boat Item ID and Give Command

The item ID for Dark Oak Boat is minecraft:dark_oak_boat. In commands the namespace may be left off, so dark_oak_boat works too. Checked against Minecraft Java 26.2.

Give yourself one
/give @p dark_oak_boat
Give several at once
/give @p dark_oak_boat 5
Give it to a named player
/give Steve dark_oak_boat 1

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

Overview

Dark Oak Boats travel across water and ice. They move extremely fast on blue ice, making them ideal for highways. Dark Oak Boat uses a shaped recipe: the ingredients only work in the pattern shown.

Minecraft has used the name Dark Oak Boat since 1.9, the oldest release whose language file lists it.

The materials come together from a few sources: you will be working with dark oak planks (craft from dark oak logs).

Per Stack

12 crafts drain a stack: 64 dark oak planks become 12 dark oak boats. Left over: just 4 dark oak planks.

Materials Needed

ItemAmountWhere to Find
Dark Oak Planks5xCraft from dark oak logs

To make Dark Oak Boat you will gather 5x Dark Oak Planks (craft from dark oak logs), and craft them at a Crafting Table.

The Full Chain

2 Dark Oak Log makes 8 Dark Oak Planks, the one part of this you craft rather than gather. All in: 2 Dark Oak Log.

  1. 1
    28Dark Oak Planksrepeat 2x
  2. 2
    Dark Oak BoatDark Oak BoatDark Oak Boatthis page

Gather this first

2Dark Oak Log

Step-by-Step Instructions

  1. 1

    5x Dark Oak Planks

  2. 2

    Dark Oak Boat

Minecraft crafting recipe for Dark Oak Boat: 5 x Dark Oak Planks in a crafting table, making 1 Dark Oak Boat.

Tips & Notes

  • Shopping list: 5x Dark Oak Planks. Plan the Dark Oak Planks first: craft from dark oak logs.

Uses for Dark Oak Boat

  • Water travel
  • Ice highway travel (very fast on blue ice)
  • Mob transportation

What Dark Oak Boat Goes Into

One other recipe on this site lists Dark Oak Boat as an ingredient.

Dark Oak Boat with ChestDark Oak Boat with ChestDark Oak Boat with ChestCrafting Table

View detailed item stats, durability and properties for Dark Oak Boat on the Astroworld Items Database.

Frequently Asked Questions

What do I need to craft a Dark Oak Boat in Minecraft?
The list for a Dark Oak Boat is short: 5 Dark Oak Planks, worked at a Crafting Table. Arrange them in the exact grid pattern shown above, and one craft produces one Dark Oak Boat.
What do you need to make a Dark Oak Boat from scratch?
Gather 2 Dark Oak Logs and you have everything a Dark Oak Boat needs. The in-between items are all crafted, 2 crafts from start to finish.
How many Dark Oak Boats do you get from one craft?
The Dark Oak Boat recipe makes one Dark Oak Boat per craft.
What is the item ID for Dark Oak Boat in Minecraft?
Dark Oak Boat is registered as minecraft:dark_oak_boat. Commands accept the short form dark_oak_boat as well, and Bedrock spells it the same. Checked against Java 26.2.
What is the give command for Dark Oak Boat?
Use /give @p dark_oak_boat to put a Dark Oak Boat in your own inventory. Add a number on the end for more than one, and note that cheats have to be on.
Is the Dark Oak Boat recipe the same in Java and Bedrock Edition?
It is the same recipe on both: 5 Dark Oak Planks at a Crafting Table gives you a Dark Oak Boat, in the layout shown above, one at a time.
What version of Minecraft added the Dark Oak Boat?
Minecraft 1.9 is the earliest release that spells out dark oak boat. The recipe file cannot narrow that down, because recipes only became separate files in 1.12. The current release still makes a Dark Oak Boat exactly that way.

Sources

Grid, ingredients and yield
5 Dark Oak Planks in, 1 Dark Oak Boat out, Crafting Table. Java 26.2, .
That Bedrock agrees
Bedrock 1.26.40.05, same ingredient.
How far back it goes
Minecraft Java 1.9 uses this name and the release before it does not. From all 163 released Java clients, rd-132211 to 26.2.
Stack size, burn time
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: 1 Dark Oak Boat per craft against the stack size.

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