Minecraft/Planks

Planks are required to make many things, and as wood, it is one of the first blocks you obtain. However, do not build a house entirely of wood, unless it is the only thing that you can use. Doing so risks setting the whole building ablaze, and weak to explosions.

Obtaining
They are a block made from logs. They can also be found in most naturally spawning structures.

Varients
There are 8 types of planks:
 * Oak: flammable
 * Birch: flammable
 * Spruce: flammable
 * Jungle: flammable
 * Acacia: flammable
 * Dark oak: flammable
 * Mangrove: flammable
 * Crimson: not flammable
 * Warped: not flammable

Crafting
Planks are used in many crafting recipes, including crafting tables, boats, doors, wooden tools, jukeboxes, beds, barrels, beehives, bookshelves, bowls, cartography tables, fletching tables, grindstones, looms, noteblocks, pistons, shields, signs, smithing tables, sticks, tripwire hooks, fence gates, fences, stairs, slabs and more.

Below are a few important ones: