Oak Fence is crafted from four oak planks and two sticks arranged in two horizontal rows on the crafting grid, yielding three fences per recipe. The block stands one-and-a-quarter blocks tall on the world grid but counts as one-and-a-half blocks for collision purposes — high enough that no vanilla mob can jump over it without a slab or stair to boost them. This makes fences the standard barrier for animal pens, garden enclosures, and any safe perimeter where the player wants free visibility through the gaps.

Fences automatically connect to adjacent fences, fence gates, and most full-block walls, forming continuous barriers that follow the layout of placement without manual rotation. A matching fence gate (six planks and two sticks per gate, also three per recipe) snaps into the line and provides a passable opening that opens with right click or a redstone signal. Different wood species can be mixed in the same line — connections work between any wood family — but Nether wood fences only connect to other Nether wood fences, never to Overworld wood. The block burns in fire and lava.