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[edit]

Crafting[edit]

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

Mobs[edit]

Main article: Drops § Equipped items

A vindicator spawns with an iron axe, and has a 8.5% (9.5% with Looting I, 10.5% with Looting II and 11.5% with Looting III) chance of dropping it upon death by player. It will usually have some level of damage, and will not be enchanted. However in Bedrock Edition, the iron axe will sometimes be enchanted.

Trading[edit]

Weapon Smith villagers sell iron axes for 6–8 emeralds as one of their initial tier trades, and enchanted diamond axes for 9–12 emeralds as one of their third tier trades. The enchantments will be the same as might be obtained from an enchantment table at levels 5–19.

Natural generation[edit]

Wooden axes can be found in 75.0% of bonus chests in groups of 1.

Stone axes can be found in 14.7% of igloo chests and 25.0% of bonus chests in groups of 1. In 1.13^[upcoming] they can be found in 30.2% of small underwater ruins chests in groups of 1.

In Bedrock Edition they can be found in 30.2% of small underwater ruins chests in groups of 1.

In woodland mansions, a room can appear that has a chest always containing an Efficiency I iron axe.

Usage[edit]

Chopping wood[edit]

An ахе is used to break wood and blocks derived from it faster than by using other tools. An axe uses 1 durability to break a block. For blocks that break instantly, it uses 0 durability.

Speed and durability[edit]

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
Banner	1.5 s	0.75 s	0.4 s	0.25 s	0.2 s	0.15 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
Mushroom (block)	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

Stripped wood[edit]

Right clicking on a log or a bark with any axe will cause it to become a stripped log or a stripped bark respectively, this will also consume one durability.^{[upcoming 1.13]}

Weapon[edit]

Java Edition[edit]

Damage done when using an axe as a weapon is more than that of a sword, though they take longer than a sword to recover. Axes lose 2 points of durability when used as a weapon, and deal different amount of damage and have different cooldown times based on the type:

Material	Wooden	Gold	Stone	Iron	Diamond
Attack damage	7 ()	7 ()	9 ()	9 ()	9 ()
Attack Speed	0.8	1.0	0.8	0.9	1.0
Recovery time	1.25 s	1.0 s	1.25 s	1.11 s	1.0 s
DPS	5.6	7.0	7.2	8.1	9.0
Lifetime damage inflicted^{[note 1]}	210 ( × 105)	119 ( × 59.5)	594 ( × 297)	1134 ( × 567)	7029 ( × 3514.5)

↑ The formula to find the total lifetime damage is (Durability / 2) × Damage per hit = Lifetime damage minimum. The durability is halved because axes take double durability when used as a weapon. The formula also ignores enchantments and critical hits, and assumes the axe is at maximum charge

Disabling a shield[edit]

Attacking a shield user with an axe has a chance to disable the use of the shield for 5 seconds. The base chance is 25%, plus 5 percentage points per level of Efficiency on the axe, plus 75 percentage points if attacking while sprinting.

Legacy Console and Bedrock editions[edit]

In the Legacy Console and Bedrock editions, axes always attack instantly, and do not do as much damage as a sword:

Attack damage
4 ()	5 ()	6 ()	7 ()

Enchantments[edit]

An axe can receive the following enchantments:

Fortune^{[note 1]}
Silk Touch^{[note 1]}
Efficiency
Unbreaking
Sharpness^{[note 2]}^{[note 3]}
Smite^{[note 2]}^{[note 3]}
Bane of Arthropods^{[note 2]}^{[note 3]}
Mending^{[note 3]}
Curse of Vanishing^{[note 3]}

↑ ^a ^b Silk Touch and Fortune are mutually exclusive
↑ ^a ^b ^c Sharpness, Smite and Bane of Arthropods are mutually exclusive
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Only available using enchanted books and an anvil

Fuel[edit]

Wooden axes can be used as a fuel in furnaces, smelting 1 item per axe.

Smelting ingredient[edit]

Name	Ingredients	Smelting recipe
Iron Nugget or Gold Nugget	Iron Axe or Golden Axe + Any fuel

Data values[edit]

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[edit]

Main article: Achievements

Icon	Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Availability				Xbox points earned	Trophy type (PS)
Icon	Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Xbox	PS	Bedrock	Nintendo	Xbox points earned	Trophy type (PS)
	MOAR Tools	Construct one type of each tool (one pickaxe, one shovel, one axe and one hoe).		Yes	Yes	Yes	Wii U, Switch	15G	Bronze

Video[edit]

History[edit]

Indev
0.31 (December 31, 2009, 1)					Added iron axes, they can neither be obtained nor do they have any use.
0.31 (January 11, 2010, 1)					An axe is used to gather wood 400% faster than by hand.
0.31 (January 11, 2010, 1)					When starting in a new world the player is given one of each tools.
0.31 (January 22, 2010)					Half of the axe head is removed.
0.31 (January 24, 2010)					The other axe head is used instead.
0.31 (January 24, 2010)					A complete toolset is no longer given to the player on starting a new world. Instead there are multiple chests in the later called "Indev House" containing a stack of every available block / item including tools.
0.31 (January 28, 2010)					An axe held by the player appears more 3d like.
0.31 (January 29, 2010)					Tools have tiers, in addition to iron, axes can now be made from wood, stone and diamond.
0.31 (January 29, 2010)					Added crafting recipe for iron axes as well as the newly introduced variants.
0.31 (January 30, 2010)					Axes can now be made out of gold.
0.31 (February 1, 2010, 1)					Tools take damage when being used. Better tools last longer.
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.
Official release
1.3.1			12w16a		Wooden and stone axes are now found in the new bonus chests.
			12w18a		Wooden axes can now be used as fuel in a furnace.
			12w21a		Blacksmith villagers now sell 1 diamond axe for 9–11 emeralds, and 1 iron axe for 6–7 emeralds.
1.8			14w02a		Weapon smith villagers now sell 1 enchanted diamond axe for 9–12 emeralds, and 1 iron axe for 6–8 emeralds. Unenchanted diamond axes are no longer sold.
1.9			15w34a		Axes now use the attack speed combat mechanic meter. The time it takes for the meter to fill up for an axe is 1.2 seconds.
			15w34b		Axes now have an attack speed of 0.8, taking about 1.25 seconds to fill the attack meter.
			15w34c		Axes do 4 more damage than previously
					Axes now have an attack speed of 0.85.
					Axes can temporarily disable shield use.
			15w35a		Damage reduced by one and speed increased to 0.9.
			15w37a		Stone and diamond axes now both do 9 damage, instead of the previous 8 and 10 respectively.
			15w37a		Axes now have attack speed based on the tier, with wooden and stone having a speed of 0.8, iron having a speed of 0.9, and diamond having a speed of 1
			15w43a		Stone axes may now be found in igloo basement chests.
			15w44a		Decreased average yield of stone and wooden axes from bonus chests.
1.11.1			16w50a		Golden and iron axes now smelt down into one of their respective nuggets.
Upcoming Java Edition
1.13			18w07a		Using an axe on bark or a log will now turn it into a stripped log.
			18w09a		Stone axes now can generate in the chests of underwater ruins.
			pre2		Using an axe on a bark will now turn it into a stripped bark.
Pocket Edition Alpha
0.2.0					Added stone axes.
0.3.0					Added wooden axes.
0.3.2					Added iron, diamond and golden axes.
0.11.0			build 11		All axes are now available in the creative inventory.
			build 12		Removed all axes from creative.
			build 13		Re-added axes to creative mode.
Pocket Edition
1.0			build 1		Stone Axe now can be found inside Igloo basement chest.
1.0.4			build 1		Iron axe and Enchanted Diamond Axe now sold by Weaponsmith Villager.
1.1			build 1		Iron and golden axes are now smeltable.
					Iron Axe with Efficiency I enchantment can be found inside a chest in woodland mansion.
					Added Vindicator which rarely drop Iron Axe.
Bedrock Edition
1.2			build 1		Wooden axe and Stone Axe can be found in a bonus chest.
1.2.13			build 3		Using an axe on a log will now turn it into a stripped log.
1.4			beta 1.2.20.1		Stone Axe can be found inside underwater ruins chest.
Legacy Console Edition
TU1	CU1	1.00	Patch 1		Added axes (all five types).
TU53	CU43	1.49	Patch 23	Patch s3	Iron and golden axes are now smeltable.

Issues[edit]

Issues relating to "Axe" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.

Trivia[edit]

In the language files, axes are referred to as Hatchets.^[1]

References[edit]

↑ 1.8/assets/minecraft/lang/en_US.lang, line 915: item.hatchetIron.name= Iron Axe

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[1] The formula to find the total lifetime damage is (Durability / 2) × Damage per hit = Lifetime damage minimum. The durability is halved because axes take double durability when used as a weapon. The formula also ignores enchantments and critical hits, and assumes the axe is at maximum charge

[exc-2] Silk Touch and Fortune are mutually exclusive

[exc2-3] Sharpness, Smite and Bane of Arthropods are mutually exclusive

[anvil-4] Only available using enchanted books and an anvil

[1.8_lang-5] 1.8/assets/minecraft/lang/en_US.lang, line 915: item.hatchetIron.name= Iron Axe

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Axe

Contents

Obtaining[edit]

Crafting[edit]

Mobs[edit]

Trading[edit]

Natural generation[edit]

Usage[edit]

Chopping wood[edit]

Speed and durability[edit]

Stripped wood[edit]

Weapon[edit]

Java Edition[edit]

Disabling a shield[edit]

Legacy Console and Bedrock editions[edit]

Enchantments[edit]

Fuel[edit]

Smelting ingredient[edit]

Data values[edit]

Achievements[edit]

Video[edit]

History[edit]

Issues[edit]

Trivia[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

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