Minecraft:Dark Oak

Template:Infobox structure The dark oak is a type of Minecraft:tree with dark bark and wood, being a darker variant of Minecraft:oak. Dark oaks have thick 2×2 trunks that grow thicker near the top, and are found only in the Minecraft:dark forest biome.

Appearance

Dark oak trees generate with thick 2×2 trunks. Minecraft:Dirt blocks appear under the trunk if generated on a steep cliff. Dark oak trees nearly always generate with irregular Minecraft:logs connected to the trunk – these represent large branches. Covered by a wide canopy, many dark oaks together can increase darkness significantly.

Dark oak trees with trunks consisting of 1×1 dark oak logs, instead of 2×2, can be found in two types of rooms in Minecraft:woodland mansions: the tree chopping room, and the nature room. These are not generated elsewhere in the world, and cannot be grown from saplings.

• Tree chopping room
  Tree chopping room
• Nature room
  Nature room

Dark oaks with vines

Template:MainTemplate:Exclusive Some dark oaks may be covered with Minecraft:vines on 6/7 of all exposed logs of the main trunk, not the branches. Dark oaks grown from saplings also have a chance to be covered with vines.

Generation

Dark oaks generate naturally only in the Minecraft:dark forest biome. A dark oak always generates with Minecraft:dirt under its trunk, even if it spawns partly or wholly over Minecraft:air or Minecraft:water blocks.

The ground surrounding naturally-generated dark oaks is covered by Minecraft:leaf litter.

Planting

Dark oak Minecraft:saplings can be planted on: Template:Columns-list Growing these trees requires four dark oak saplings arranged in a 2×2 grid; they do not grow if planted individually. Dark oak trees grow at a much faster rate than most other trees. They require a 3×3 column of unobstructed space at least 7 blocks above the northwestern sapling to grow (8 blocks including the sapling itself). Additionally, dark oak trees require 5×5 layers without obstruction for the top 3 layers of its final height. No horizontal clearance is needed at the base of the tree (saplings planted in a 2×2 hole 1 block deep still grow).

Data values

ID

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History

Trivia

• Dark oak is called 'big oak' in the 1.12 Minecraft:client.jar.

Gallery

• A giant dark oak (left) and a giant jungle tree (right). The giant variety of spruce is not pictured.
  A giant dark oak (left) and a giant jungle tree (right). The giant variety of spruce is not pictured.
• A dark oak generated on a cliffside with dirt underneath
  A dark oak generated on a cliffside with dirt underneath