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Axe
| Type |
Tools |
|---|---|
| Rarity |
Common |
| Durability |
Wood: 60 uses |
| Renewable |
Yes |
| Stackable |
No |
| Sounds |
Strip wood |
| Data values |
See Data values |
| Namespaced ID |
See Data values |
Axes are tools used to ease the process of collecting wood-based items and for melee attack.
Contents
Obtaining[edit]
Crafting[edit]
| Ingredients | Crafting recipe | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Any 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]
Equipment[edit]
A vindicator spawns with an iron axe, and has an 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 the player. It will usually have some level of damage, and will sometimes be enchanted.
Raid[edit]
In Bedrock Edition vindicators and pillagers that spawn in raids have a 4.1% chance (5.12% on hard) to drop an iron axe, which will be badly damaged and sometimes enchanted with a random enchantment. It's possible for vindicators to drop 2 iron axes, one from natural equipment and one from raid drops.
Trading[edit]
Novice-level Toolsmith villagers have a 25% chance to sell a stone axe for one emerald, journeyman-level Toolsmith villagers have a 25% chance to sell an enchanted iron axe for one emerald, and expert-level Toolsmith villagers have a 50% chance to sell an enchanted diamond axe for 12 emeralds.[Bedrock Edition only]
Novice-level Toolsmith villagers have a 40% chance to sell a stone axe for one emerald, journeyman-level Toolsmith villagers have a 40% chance to sell an enchanted iron axe for 7-22 emeralds, and expert-level Toolsmith villagers have a 2⁄3 chance to sell an enchanted diamond axe for 18-35 emeralds.[Java Edition only]
Novice-level Weaponsmith villagers sell an iron axe for 3 emeralds as one of their trades and master-level Weaponsmith villagers sell an enchanted diamond axe for 12 emeralds.[Bedrock Edition only]
Novice-level Weaponsmith villagers have a 2⁄3 chance to sell an iron axe for 3 emeralds. Master-level Weaponsmith villagers will always sell an enchanted diamond axe for 18-35 emeralds.[Java Edition only]
The enchantments will be the same as the ones 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 30.2% of small underwater ruins chests, 14.7% of igloo chests, and 25.0% of bonus chests, all in groups of 1.
In woodland mansions, a sealed 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 logs 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 axes of different qualities 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 |
| 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 |
| Banners | 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 Detector | 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 logs/wood[edit]
Using an axe on a log or wood block will cause it to become a stripped log or a stripped wood block, respectively. This will consume one durability from the axe.
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 Bedrock and Legacy Console editions, axes always attack instantly (without a cooldown) and do less damage than a sword of the same quality:
| Attack damage | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 4
|
5
|
6
|
7
|
Enchantments[edit]
An axe can receive the following enchantments:
| Name | Max Level |
|---|---|
| Fortune[note 1] | III |
| Silk Touch[note 1] | I |
| Efficiency | V |
| Unbreaking | III |
| Sharpness[note 2][note 3] | V |
| Smite[note 2][note 3] | V |
| Bane of Arthropods[note 2][note 3] | V |
| Mending[note 3] | I |
| Curse of Vanishing[note 3][JE & LCE only] | I |
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 | Namespaced ID | Numericic ID[BE only] |
|---|---|---|
| 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]
| Icon | Achievement | In-game description | Actual requirements (if different) | Availability | Xbox points earned | Trophy type (PS) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Xbox | PS | Bedrock | Nintendo | ||||||
| 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]
Note: This video is outdated, since as of 15w34c axes actually deal more damage than a sword.
History[edit]
| Java Edition Indev | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.31 | 2010-01-11 (1) | Added iron axes, they can neither be obtained nor do they have any use. | |||
| An axe is used to gather wood 400% faster than by hand. | |||||
| When starting in a new world the player is given one of each tools. | |||||
| 2010-01-22 | Half of the axe head is removed. | ||||
| 2010-01-24 |  The other axe head is used instead.
| ||||
| 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. | |||||
| 2010-01-28 | An axe held by the player appears more 3d like. | ||||
| 2010-01-29 |    Tools have tiers, in addition to iron, axes can now be made from wood, stone and diamond.
| ||||
| Added crafting recipe for iron axes as well as the newly introduced variants. | |||||
| 2010-01-30 |  Axes can now be made out of gold. | ||||
| 2010-02-01 | Tools take damage when being used. Better tools last longer. | ||||
| Indev | February 6, 2010 |  Golden axe's texture has now been slightly changed. | |||
| Java Edition 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. | |||
| Java Edition | |||||
| 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. | ||||
| 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. | |||
| 1.13 | 17w47a | Prior to The Flattening, these items' numeral IDs were 271, 275, 258, 279 and 286. | |||
| 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. | ||||
| 1.14 | 18w43a | Changed the textures of all axes. | |||
| Pocket Edition Alpha | |||||
| 0.2.0 | Added stone axes. | ||||
| 0.3.0 | Added wooden axes. | ||||
| 0.3.2 | Added iron, golden and diamond 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 | |||||
| 1.0.0 | alpha 0.17.0.1 | Stone axes now can be found inside Igloo basement chests. | |||
| 1.0.4 | alpha 1.0.4.0 | Weaponsmith villagers now sell iron axes for 6-8 emerald as part of their first tier trades and enchanted diamond axes for 9-12 emeralds as part of their third tier trades. | |||
| 1.1.0 | alpha 1.1.0.0 | Iron and golden axes are now smeltable. | |||
| Iron axes with Efficiency I enchantment can now be found inside chests in woodland mansions. | |||||
| Added vindicators, which rarely drop iron axes. | |||||
| Bedrock Edition | |||||
| 1.2.0 | beta 1.2.0.2 | Wooden and stone axes can now be found in bonus chests. | |||
| 1.4.0 | beta 1.2.13.8 | Using an axe on a log will now turn it into a stripped log. | |||
| beta 1.2.20.1 | Stone axes can now be found inside underwater ruins chests. | ||||
| 1.10.0 | beta 1.10.0.3 | Changed the textures of all axes. | |||
| 1.11.0 | beta 1.11.0.4 | Vindicators and pillagers that spawn in raids can now drop an iron axe. | |||
| Trading has been changed, weaponsmith villagers will now sell iron axes for 3 emeralds and enchanted diamond axes for 12 emeralds as part of their fourth tier trades. | |||||
| Stone axes, enchanted iron and diamond axes can now be bought from toolsmith villagers. | |||||
| Legacy Console Edition | |||||
| TU1 | CU1 | 1.00 | Patch 1 | 1.0.1 | Added axes (all five types). |
| TU53 | CU43 | 1.49 | Patch 23 | Patch 1.0.3 | Iron and golden axes are now smeltable. |
| PlayStation 4 Edition | |||||
| 1.90 | Changed the textures of all axes. | ||||
Issues[edit]
Issues relating to "Axe" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.
Trivia[edit]
- Before Java Edition 1.13, in the language files, axes were referred to as Hatchets.[1]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.8/assets/minecraft/lang/en_US.lang, line 915: item.hatchetIron.name= Iron Axe
