Material Reviews-Wood

Today I'll be starting a "series" of posts called "Material Reviews." These posts won't be one after the other, but I thought it'd be interesting to have something like this. If you want me to do more things like this (I already have one in mind), go ahead and tell me in the comments.

This Material Reviews post will be about wood: wooden planks, logs, and the items you can make with them, as well as where to get it! If you want more info on this material, the Minecraft Wiki is a great place to check, I know I link to it a lot, but still, it's a great source of info.

As you may have already guessed, wood comes from trees, making it a very common renewable resource. Not only can you use wood as a nice-looking building material, it is also required to get stone near the beginning of the game. Wood is also used to make sticks, used for making tools, bows, fishing rods, and many other items, as well as wooden pressure plates, which I'll tell more about in the Redstone post next time. Wooden Tools have the 2nd least amount of uses, or "durability." They're also the slowest tool. For the actual mining speed for picks, check out this page.

Due to the massive amount of uses for wood, I would say it's one of the most versatile blocks in Minecraft! Not only is it required for so many necessary things, like crafting tables and torches, but it can be used as a fuel, as well as being cooked/smelted/burned into charcoal, an easier-to-obtain copy of coal!

Also, it's not only just one type of wood. There are 4 types of trees: Oak, Birch, Spruce/Pine (I'll mostly call it Pine, it didn't get an official name until recently), and Jungle, meaning there are 4 types of wood, one from each. And since Minecraft 1.2.5, there have also been 4 types of wooden planks! So if you don't like the color of normal Oak planks, you could use Birch or Pine instead!

     Anyway, this has probably gone on long enough, I believe I've covered everything, but if not, you can always check the video below, I'll be recording and putting videos there that will basically be alternatives to reading the post, and I'll explain everything in the video that was in the post.
     However, since I'd still like it to be watched but still be optional, I might leave out 1 or 2 things that aren't very important and I'll put them in the video. If you find what's missing, post it in the comments of the video or the post, and I'll think of something for the first person to get it, maybe a reference in the next post or something, nothing too special.

(EDIT: Yes, I know. I forgot paintings and signs. Put a stick under a trapdoor for a sign, and surround a wool block with sticks for a painting. So sorry guys.)


But yea, until next time, have a great fortnight!
-Megakaby