Axe

Axe

Type	Tools
Durability	Wood: 60 Uses Stone: 132 Uses Iron: 251 Uses Golden: 33 Uses Diamond: 1562 Uses
Renewable	Yes
Stackable	No
First appearances	See History
Data values	See Data values
Name	See Data values

Axes are tools used to ease the process of collecting wood based items.

Obtaining

Crafting

Ingredients	Crafting recipe	Description
Any Wood Planks or Cobblestone or Iron Ingot or Gold Ingot or Diamond + Stick
Damaged Wooden Axe or Damaged Stone Axe or Damaged Iron Axe or Damaged Golden Axe or Damaged Diamond Axe		The durability of the two axes is added together, plus an extra 5% durability.

Bonus chest

A bonus chest may contain wooden and/or stone axes.

Trading

Iron and diamond axes can be bought from Weapon Smith villagers for emeralds. Diamond axes are enchanted with a level 5-19 enchantment.

Usage

The axe is used to break wooden items faster.

An axe can also be used as a weapon, in which role it deals 1 () less damage than a sword made of the same material. Usage of the axe as a weapon will deal double durability damage to the axe.

Speed and durability

The following table summarizes the speed at which different quality axes perform.

Axes	Hand	Wood	Stone	Iron	Diamond	Golden
Durability	∞	60	132	251	1562	33
Wooden Door	4.5 s	2.25 s	1.15 s	0.75 s	0.6 s	0.4 s
Wooden Trapdoor	4.5 s	2.25 s	1.15 s	0.75 s	0.6 s	0.4 s
Chest	3.75 s	1.9 s	0.95 s	0.65 s	0.5 s	0.35 s
Crafting Table	3.75 s	1.9 s	0.95 s	0.65 s	0.5 s	0.35 s
Fence	3 s	1.5 s	0.75 s	0.5 s	0.4 s	0.25 s
Fence Gate	3 s	1.5 s	0.75 s	0.5 s	0.4 s	0.25 s
Jukebox	3 s	1.5 s	0.75 s	0.5 s	0.4 s	0.25 s
Wood	3 s	1.5 s	0.75 s	0.5 s	0.4 s	0.25 s
Wood Planks	3 s	1.5 s	0.75 s	0.5 s	0.4 s	0.25 s
Wooden Slabs	3 s	1.5 s	0.75 s	0.5 s	0.4 s	0.25 s
Wooden Stairs	3 s	1.5 s	0.75 s	0.5 s	0.4 s	0.25 s
Bookshelf	2.25 s	1.15 s	0.6 s	0.4 s	0.3 s	0.2 s
Jack o'Lantern	1.5 s	0.75 s	0.4 s	0.25 s	0.2 s	0.15 s
Pumpkin	1.5 s	0.75 s	0.4 s	0.25 s	0.2 s	0.15 s
Sign	1.5 s	0.75 s	0.4 s	0.25 s	0.2 s	0.15 s
Note Block	1.2 s	0.6 s	0.3 s	0.2 s	0.15 s	0.1 s
Wooden Pressure Plate	0.75 s	0.4 s	0.2 s	0.15 s	0.1 s	0.1 s
Cocoa	0.3 s	0.15 s	0.1 s	0.05 s	0.05 s	0.05 s
Daylight Sensor	0.3 s	0.15 s	0.1 s	0.05 s	0.05 s	0.05 s
Huge Mushrooms	0.3 s	0.15 s	0.1 s	0.05 s	0.05 s	0.05 s
Vines	0.3 s	0.15 s	0.1 s	0.05 s	0.05 s	0.05 s

Enchantments

An axe can receive the following enchantments:

• Fortune
• Silk Touch
• Efficiency
• Unbreaking
• Sharpness
• Smite
• Bane of Arthropods

Data values

Item	ID Name	Numerical ID
Wooden Axe	wooden_axe	271
Stone Axe	stone_axe	275
Iron Axe	iron_axe	258
Diamond Axe	diamond_axe	279
Golden Axe	golden_axe	286

Achievements

Icon	Achievement	In-game description	Prerequisites	Actual requirements (if different)	Version restriction	Xbox points earned	Trophy type (PS)
	MOAR Tools	Construct one type of each tool (one pickaxe, one shovel, one axe and one hoe).	Benchmarking		Xbox & PS	15G	Bronze

History

Indev
0.31		When introduced, the texture of the axe was different:
January 11, 2010		Iron axes now gather different materials 400% faster.
Beta
1.2		Gold tools, including axes, remove blocks faster than diamond tools.
1.5		Axes deal more damage to mobs and players than by hand, which means of all non-weapon tools, axes deal the most damage.
1.8		The damage increase was reverted.
Pocket Edition Alpha
0.2.0		Added stone axes.
0.3.0		Added wooden axes.
0.3.2		Added diamond, iron and gold axes.
Console Edition
TU1		Added axes (all five types).

Issues

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Trivia

• Axes in Minecraft Pocket Edition can kill zombies with three hits.
• In the language files, axes are referred to Hatchets.

References

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