Birch Log Item ID

Each item in Minecraft has a unique ID assigned to it, known as an item ID, this can be used in commands to spawn the item into the game. The item ID for birch log in Minecraft is shown below:

Birch Log Spawn Command

The Birch Log item can be spawned in Minecraft with the below command. Cheats must be enabled before this will work.

If you are running the Essentials plugin, you will need to run /minecraft:give instead of simply /give. This is because the Essentials /give command overrides Minecraft's built-in command.

Mining Tools

Below is a table of the tools that can be used to break Birch Log blocks, and the speed it will take to break at (in seconds). This is calculated with the formula (1.5 * Block Hardness) / Tool Multiplier.

Tool Speed
Golden Axe Golden Axe 0.25s
Diamond Axe Diamond Axe 0.38s
Iron Axe Iron Axe 0.5s
Stone Axe Stone Axe 0.75s
Wooden Axe Wooden Axe 1.5s
Netherite Axe Netherite Axe 3s

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Birch Log Information

Birch Log

Wood is the primary constituent of trees in Minecraft. It can be broken with your hands, but using an axe is much faster. When placed in a crafting square, it yields 4 wooden planks which is an ingredient in many important crafting recipes.

Item ID minecraft:birch_log
Legacy Item ID (1.12.2 and Below) minecraft:log
Numerical ID 17:2
Stackable Yes
Max Stack Size 64
Recipes Used In Birch Planks, Birch Wood, Smoker, Campfire, Soul Campfire
Hardness 2.0
Material Wood
Diggable Yes
Min / Max State IDs 79 - 81

Birch Log Block States

Block states are values assigned to a block that changes its state. For example, many blocks have a "direction" block state which can be used to change the direction a block faces.

Find a table of all blockstates for the Birch Log block below.

Block State Name Type Values
axis enum ?
  • x
  • y
  • z