Minecraft:Dark Oak

Dark oak is a type of Minecraft:tree with dark bark and wood, being a dark variant of Minecraft:oak. Dark oaks have thick trunks (2×2 blocks) and are found 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.

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.

Generation

Dark oaks spawn 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.

Blocks and items

These items can be obtained from all variants of dark oak:

• Template:BlockLink (harvested with any tool including hands)
• Template:BlockLink (harvested with Minecraft:shears)
• Template:ItemLink (chance of dropping when breaking leaves)
• Template:BlockLink (created from a log in the inventory crafting grid)
• Template:BlockLink (created by Template:Control an Minecraft:axe on a log)
• Template:BlockLink (chance of dropping when breaking leaves)
• Template:ItemLink (chance of dropping when breaking leaves)
• Template:BlockLinkTemplate:Only (harvested with Minecraft:shears from a dying tree)

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).

Dying dark oaks

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The different dying tree types.

Template:IN, dark oaks can generate as a dying tree. Dying dark oaks generate naturally, and can be grown from normal saplings.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20190711143349/http://i.imgur.com/hTg0N8J.gifv</ref><ref>Template:Bug</ref> A dying dark oak has the standard growth pattern of any other tree, however, all exposed logs in the main trunk are covered with Minecraft:vines.

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.