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How to Craft Oak Planks in Minecraft

Oak Planks in Minecraft, drawn from the game's own block model. Building material.

Gather 1 Oak Log, then work it on a Crafting Table. One go makes 4 Oak Planks. Oak Planks double as furnace fuel: 300 ticks each, so 43 of them smelt a full stack of 64.

Oak Planks Item ID and Give Command

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

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

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

Overview

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

Oak planks were already in the game in Minecraft 1.12, the release that first filed recipes as data, so this recipe is at least that old.

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

The Stack Arithmetic

Bring 64 oak logs, leave with 256 oak planks, after 64 rounds of 1 for 4. Down to the last oak log, nothing spare.

Materials Needed

ItemAmountWhere to Find
Oak Log1xChop oak trees

A Crafting Table and Oak Log (chop oak trees): that is everything Oak Planks asks for.

Step-by-Step Instructions

  1. 1

    Oak Log

  2. 2

    4x Oak Planks

Minecraft crafting recipe for Oak Planks: 1 x Oak Log in a crafting table, making 4 Oak Planks.

Tips & Notes

  • Because this one is shapeless, Oak Log can go in any cells you like. The grid only checks that they are all present.
  • Shopping list: 1x Oak Log. Plan the Oak Log first: chop oak trees.
  • The recipe returns 4 Oak Planks at a time.

Uses for Oak Planks

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

What Oak Planks Goes Into

9 other recipes list Oak Planks as an ingredient. These 8 need the most of it.

Oak DoorOak DoorOak DoorCrafting TableOak SignOak SignOak SignCrafting TableOak StairsCrafting TableOak TrapdoorOak TrapdoorOak TrapdoorCrafting TableOak BoatOak BoatOak BoatCrafting TableOak FenceCrafting TableOak SlabCrafting TableOak Fence GateCrafting Table

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

Frequently Asked Questions

What do I need to craft Oak Planks in Minecraft?
Oak Planks asks for 1 Oak Log, and the work happens at a Crafting Table. The cells do not matter here, so drop it in anywhere, and one craft produces 4 Oak Planks.
What can you make with Oak Planks?
Oak Planks is an ingredient in 9 other recipes on this site, including Oak Door, Oak Sign, Oak Stairs and Oak Trapdoor. The section above links to each of them.
Where do you find the materials for Oak Planks?
Each ingredient in Oak Planks has its own source. Oak Log: chop oak trees.
How many Oak Planks do you get from one craft?
The Oak Planks recipe makes 4 Oak Planks in a single craft.
What is the item ID for Oak Planks in Minecraft?
Oak Planks is registered as minecraft:oak_planks. Commands accept the short form oak_planks as well, and Bedrock spells it the same. Checked against Java 26.2.
What is the give command for Oak Planks?
Use /give @p oak_planks to put Oak Planks in your own inventory, or /give @p oak_planks 64 for a full stack of 64. Cheats have to be on.
Is the Oak Planks recipe the same in Java and Bedrock Edition?
Yes, the Oak Planks recipe is the same in both editions. Java and Bedrock both build Oak Planks from 1 Oak Log at a Crafting Table, in the same layout, 4 at a time.
Which recipe uses the most Oak Planks?
Of everything on this site, an Oak Door swallows the most Oak Planks: 6 Oak Planks in one craft. That is worth knowing before you decide how many to make.
How do you unlock the Oak Planks recipe in the recipe book?
The Oak Planks recipe appears in your recipe book as soon as you pick up Oak Log, Oak Wood, Stripped Oak Log or Stripped Oak Wood 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 Oak Planks?
Oak planks were in Minecraft 1.12, the first release to store recipes as data, so this one predates anything the game wrote down. Nothing about it has changed since: the pattern above is today's.

Sources

Grid, ingredients and yield
1 Oak Log in, 4 Oak Planks out, Crafting Table. Java 26.2, .
That Bedrock agrees
Bedrock 1.26.40.05, same ingredient.
How far back it goes
Present in Minecraft Java 1.12, the oldest release whose recipes exist to check. 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: 4 Oak Planks per craft against the stack size.

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