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Oak Bark is a crafting resource in DayZ used as kindling for starting fires. It can be gathered from certain trees using sharp tools such as knives, bayonets, axes, hatchets, saws, screwdrivers, sickles, or swords. Oak Bark can be combined with other fire-starting materials to craft a Fireplace, or placed on the ground and ignited with a supported fire source.
In-game description
“Big chunk of dark bark. Useful as kindling. Colors the water when submerged.”
Main Uses
How to use this item
Gather Oak Bark
Cut Oak Bark from certain trees using a sharp tool.
Craft a Fireplace with Oak Bark
Combine Oak Bark with another valid fire material to craft a Fireplace.
- Place Oak Bark in your hands or inventory.
- Combine it with Light Bark, Paper, Rag, Bandage, Carnival Mask, Short Stick, Firewood, or Punched Card.
- Craft the Fireplace.
- Add fuel if needed.
- Ignite the Fireplace with a fire-starting item.
Ignite Oak Bark directly
Place Oak Bark on the ground and ignite it with a supported fire source to create a Fireplace.
- Place Oak Bark on the ground.
- Use Matches, Road Flare, Petrol Lighter, Hand Drill Kit, Blowtorch, or Torch.
- Ignite the Oak Bark.
- Use the created Fireplace for warmth, cooking, or drying gear.
How to get Oak Bark
- Find trees that can provide bark.
- Use a bayonet, knife, axe, hatchet, saw, screwdriver, sickle, or sword on the tree.
- Collect the Oak Bark from the tree.
Spawn info
Obtained from TreesUnknown
- • Oak Bark is gathered from trees.
- • It is not usually found like normal loot.
- • It can be gathered with bayonets, knives, axes, hatchets, saws, screwdrivers, sickles, or swords.
- • It is mainly used as kindling for a Fireplace.
- • It takes 4 inventory slots and weighs 20 g.
- • It has 0 absorbency.
- • Dark Bark was previously called Oak Bark.
Important notes
- Oak Bark is used as kindling.
- It can be gathered from certain trees.
- Sharp tools such as bayonets, knives, axes, hatchets, saws, screwdrivers, sickles, or swords can be used to gather it.
- It can be combined with Light Bark, Paper, Rag, Bandage, Carnival Mask, Short Stick, Firewood, or Punched Card to craft a Fireplace.
- It can also be placed on the ground and ignited with Matches, Road Flare, Petrol Lighter, Hand Drill Kit, Blowtorch, or Torch to create a Fireplace.
- It takes 4 inventory slots.
- It weighs 20 g.
- It has 0 absorbency.
- Its related variant is Light Bark.
- Dark Bark was previously called Oak Bark.