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Dark Oak Door in Minecraft | MinecraftBible

Dark Oak Door is a block in Minecraft 1.21.4, dropping Dark Oak Door.

What is Dark Oak Door?

Dark Oak Door is a Minecraft block classified under the mineable/axe material group. It has a hardness of 3 and a blast resistance of 3. It stacks up to 64 per inventory slot. It is a transparent block, meaning it doesn't fully block light or vision. Dark Oak Door does not emit light. Dark Oak Door filters 0 levels of light passing through it, even though it is technically transparent.

Namespaced identifier: minecraft:dark_oak_door. Command: /give @p minecraft:dark_oak_door 1.

How to mine Dark Oak Door

Dark Oak Door can be broken with any tool, or even by hand.

Break times (unenchanted, no Haste or Mining Fatigue):

  • With the correct tool: approximately 4.5 seconds
  • By hand (no tool): approximately 15 seconds

Using an Efficiency-enchanted tool, Haste beacons, or a Diamond/Netherite tier drastically reduces these times. Water and being airborne slow mining by 5×.

Dark Oak Door drops

When broken, Dark Oak Door drops:

Silk Touch preserves the block itself; Fortune increases quantity of ore-style drops but has no effect on ordinary blocks.

Block tags & properties

  • Transparent
  • Hand-Mineable
  • Craftable

Dark Oak Door technical properties

  • Waterloggable: No
  • Flammable: No
  • Burns from lava: Yes
  • Renewable: Yes
  • Emits light: No (luminance 0)
  • Map color: Varies

Values sourced from Minecraft Wiki: Wooden Door (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). Verified for Java Edition 1.21.4.

Dark Oak Door natural generation

  • World features & structures: Stronghold

Technical properties

  • Namespaced ID: minecraft:dark_oak_door
  • Material family: mineable/axe
  • Hardness: 3
  • Blast resistance: 3
  • Stack size: 64
  • Transparent: Yes
  • Blocks light: 0
  • Emits light: 0
  • Diggable: Yes
  • Craftable: Yes
  • /give command: /give @p minecraft:dark_oak_door 1

Overview

Dark Oak Door is a block in Minecraft 1.21.4. This page covers mining requirements, real drop data, and crafting relevance.

Step-by-step walkthrough

  1. Dark Oak Door can be broken by hand or with any tool, though using a tool is usually faster.
  2. With the correct tool this takes about 4.5s to break (unenchanted); by hand it's roughly 15s.
  3. Dark Oak Door is transparent, so light passes through and adjacent blocks won't be shaded by it.

Pro tips

  • Use /give @p minecraft:dark_oak_door 1 in creative mode to prototype builds before committing resources.
  • No special tool is required, so hand-mining is a valid fallback in an emergency.

Difficulty and time commitment

  • Difficulty: Medium
  • Estimated time per run: 5-20 min

Frequently Asked Questions

What tool do I need to mine Dark Oak Door?

Dark Oak Door can be broken by hand or with any tool - no specific tool tier is required.

What does Dark Oak Door drop when mined?

Breaking Dark Oak Door drops Dark Oak Door.

How hard is Dark Oak Door to mine?

Dark Oak Door has a hardness value of 3. That works out to roughly 4.5s with the correct tool or 15s by hand (unenchanted, no Haste/Mining Fatigue).

Can I craft Dark Oak Door?

Yes - this page lists 2 known crafting recipes for Dark Oak Door.

What is the internal Minecraft ID for Dark Oak Door?

The namespaced ID is minecraft:dark_oak_door, usable with /setblock, /fill, and /give.

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