Pickaxe
Rarity color |
Common |
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Durability |
Wood: 59 |
Renewable |
Netherite: No |
Stackable |
No |
A pickaxe is one of the most commonly used tools in the game, being required to mine all ores, rock, rock-based blocks and metal-based blocks. A pickaxe allows the player to mine blocks at faster speeds, depending on the material it is made from. Specific pickaxe materials are also required to harvest certain types of blocks.
Contents
Obtaining
Crafting
Pickaxes are crafted using 2 sticks and 3 units of tool material.
Ingredients | Crafting recipe | Description |
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Any Planks or Iron Ingot or Gold Ingot or Diamond + Stick |
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Any Cobblestone or Blackstone + Stick |
[until JE 1.17] | |
Any stone-tier block + Stick |
[upcoming: JE 1.17] | |
Matching Damaged Pickaxes | The durability of the two pickaxes is added together, plus an extra 5% of the tool type's total durability. |
Upgrading
Repairing
Grinding
Unit repair
Pickaxes can be repaired in an anvil by adding units of the tier's repair material, with each repair material restoring 25% of the pickaxe's maximum durability, rounded down.
Natural generation
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Enchantment probabilities are the same as a level-20 to level-39 enchantment would be on an enchantment table that had no cap at level 30, and that was able to apply treasure enchantments (except Soul Speed), and where the chance of multiple enchantments is not reduced.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 All enchantments are equally probable, including treasure enchantments (except Soul Speed), and any level of the enchantment is equally probable.
- ↑ The item has between 15% and 95% of its total durability.
Trading
In Bedrock Edition, novice-level toolsmith villagers have a 25% chance to sell stone pickaxes for one emerald, Journeyman-level toolsmith villagers have a 25% chance to sell enchanted iron pickaxes for 3 emeralds, and master-level toolsmith villagers always sell enchanted diamond pickaxes for 13 emeralds.
In Java Edition, novice-level toolsmith villagers have a 40% chance to sell a stone pickaxe for one emerald, journeyman-level toolsmith villagers have a 40% chance to sell an enchanted iron pickaxe for 7–22 emeralds, and a master-level toolsmith always sells an enchanted diamond pickaxe for 18–35 emeralds.
The enchantments are the same as the ones obtained from an enchantment table at levels 5–19.
Villager gifts
in Java Edition, toolsmith villagers throw stone pickaxes at players under the Hero of the Village effect.
Usage
Mining
A pickaxe is used to break stone and metal-based materials faster. Breaking a block with a pickaxe consumes one use (one durability point). No durability is consumed for blocks that break instantly. Pickaxes have different amounts of uses based on the type:
- Wooden: 59
- Stone: 131
- Iron: 250
- Golden: 32
- Diamond: 1561
- Netherite: 2031
Different qualities of pickaxe are required to successfully harvest certain ores and blocks. For example, while stone can be mined with any pickaxe, gold ore must be mined with an iron, diamond, or netherite pickaxe, or else the player harvests no ore. Different pickaxes also mine many materials at different speeds:
Speed
The following table shows the time it takes to break each type of block.
- A red background indicates that the block cannot be harvested with that type of pickaxe.
- A yellow background indicates that the block cannot be harvested with that type of pickaxe, but still drops something.
- A green background indicates that the block can be harvested with that type of pickaxe.
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Weapon
Hitting a mob with a pickaxe is a stronger attack than using fists. Pickaxes lose 2 durability when used as a weapon.
Java Edition
Pickaxes have an attack speed modifier of −2.8, meaning they take about 0.83 seconds to recover. All pickaxes have an attack speed of 1.2 hits per second. They deal different damage based on the type:
Pickaxe type | Attack damage | Damage per second (DPS) |
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Wooden Pickaxe | 29px | 2.4 |
Golden Pickaxe | ||
Stone Pickaxe | 39px9px | 3.6 |
Iron Pickaxe | 49px9px | 4.8 |
Diamond Pickaxe | 59px9px9px | 6 |
Netherite Pickaxe | 69px9px9px | 7.2 |
Bedrock Edition
In Bedrock Edition, pickaxes always attack instantly and do the following damage:
Pickaxe type | Attack damage |
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Wooden Pickaxe Golden Pickaxe |
29px |
Stone Pickaxe | 39px9px |
Iron Pickaxe | 49px9px |
Diamond Pickaxe | 59px9px9px |
Netherite Pickaxe | 69px9px9px |
Enchantments
A pickaxe can receive the following enchantments:
Name | Max Level | Method |
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Efficiency | V | |
Fortune[note 3] | III | |
Silk Touch[note 3] | I | |
Unbreaking | III | |
Mending | I | |
Curse of Vanishing | I |
- ↑ The dragon egg can be mined directly only when there aren't any air blocks available for it to teleport to. However, the dragon egg can be collected by other means.
- ↑ Chemistry tables are slow to break by hand, similar to blocks that require a pickaxe to mine. However, they still drop as items.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Fortune and Silk Touch are mutually exclusive.
Fuel
Wooden pickaxes can be used as a fuel in furnaces, smelting 1 item per wooden pickaxe.
Smelting ingredient
Name | Ingredients | Smelting recipe |
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Iron Nugget or Gold Nugget |
Iron Pickaxe or Golden Pickaxe + Any fuel |
Piglins
Template:EntityLink are attracted to golden pickaxes and run toward any golden pickaxes on the ground, and inspect it for 6 to 8 seconds before putting it in their inventory.
Achievements
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Advancements
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Sounds
Sound | Subtitle | Source | Description | Namespaced ID | Translation key | Volume | Pitch | Attenuation distance |
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File:Random break.ogg | Item breaks | ? | When durability is exhausted | entity.item.break | subtitles.entity.item.break | 1.0 | 0.9 | 16 |
Data values
ID
Name | Namespaced ID | Form | Translation key |
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Wooden Pickaxe | wooden_pickaxe | Item | item.minecraft.wooden_pickaxe |
Stone Pickaxe | stone_pickaxe | Item | item.minecraft.stone_pickaxe |
Iron Pickaxe | iron_pickaxe | Item | item.minecraft.iron_pickaxe |
Diamond Pickaxe | diamond_pickaxe | Item | item.minecraft.diamond_pickaxe |
Golden Pickaxe | golden_pickaxe | Item | item.minecraft.golden_pickaxe |
Netherite Pickaxe | netherite_pickaxe | Item | item.minecraft.netherite_pickaxe |
Name | Namespaced ID | Numeric ID | Form | Translation key |
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Wooden Pickaxe | wooden_pickaxe | 270 | Item | item.wooden_pickaxe.name |
Stone Pickaxe | stone_pickaxe | 274 | Item | item.stone_pickaxe.name |
Iron Pickaxe | iron_pickaxe | 257 | Item | item.iron_pickaxe.name |
Diamond Pickaxe | diamond_pickaxe | 278 | Item | item.diamond_pickaxe.name |
Golden Pickaxe | golden_pickaxe | 285 | Item | item.golden_pickaxe.name |
Netherite Pickaxe | netherite_pickaxe | 745 | Item | item.netherite_pickaxe.name |
Video
History
Java Edition Indev | |||||
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0.31 | 20100110 | 32px Added iron pickaxes. | |||
A pickaxe is used to gather stone materials 400% faster than by hand. | |||||
When starting in a new world, the player is given one of each tools. | |||||
20100124 | A complete tool set 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 most accessible blocks/items including tools. | ||||
20100128 | 32px 32px 32px Tools now have tiers. Wooden, stone, and diamond pickaxes have been added. | ||||
32px The texture of iron pickaxes has been changed. | |||||
A pickaxe held by the player now appears more 3d like. | |||||
They cannot be crafted yet, but have been added to the item chest in Indev house. | |||||
20100129 | Wood, stone, iron, and diamond pickaxes can now be crafted. | ||||
20100130 | 32px Pickaxes can now be made out of gold. | ||||
20100201-1 | Tools, including pickaxes, now take damage when being used. | ||||
Better tools, including pickaxes, now last longer. | |||||
20100201-2 | Better pickaxes are now required to mine harder materials. | ||||
20100206 | 32px The texture of golden pickaxes has been changed. | ||||
Java Edition Beta | |||||
1.2 | Before, the pickaxe had much less durability (usually half as much). | ||||
Gold pickaxes now mine certain materials much faster. | |||||
1.8 | Pre-release | Iron pickaxes are now found in the new stronghold storeroom chests, and in the new mineshaft chests. | |||
Java Edition | |||||
1.0.0 | Beta 1.9 Prerelease 3 | Iron pickaxes can now be found in the new stronghold altar chests. | |||
RC1 | Pickaxes and other tools now make a sound when they break. | ||||
1.1 | 12w01a | Iron pickaxes are now found in the new village blacksmith chests. | |||
1.3.1 | 12w16a | Wooden and stone pickaxes are now found in the new bonus chests. | |||
12w18a | Wooden pickaxes can now be used as fuel in a furnace. | ||||
12w21a | Blacksmith villagers now sell 1 diamond pickaxe for 10–11 emeralds, and 1 iron pickaxe for 7–8 emeralds. | ||||
1.6.1 | 13w21a | Instead of replacing the barehanded damage (19px), pickaxes now add their damage onto the barehanded damage, which results in all pickaxes doing 19px more damage than before. | |||
1.8 | 14w02a | Tool smith villagers now sell 1 enchanted diamond pickaxe for 12–15 emeralds, and 1 enchanted iron pickaxe for 9–11 emeralds. | |||
Unenchanted pickaxes are no longer sold by villagers. | |||||
1.9 | 15w31a | Enchanted iron and diamond pickaxes can now be found in the end ship chests in end cities. | |||
15w34a | Pickaxes now use the "attack strength" combat mechanic meter. The time it takes for the meter to fill up for a pickaxe is 0.8 seconds. | ||||
15w34c | Pickaxes now do less damage, but recover quicker. | ||||
15w35a | Pickaxes now recover more slowly. | ||||
15w44a | The average yield of wood and stone pickaxes in bonus chests has been decreased. | ||||
The average yield of iron pickaxes in mineshaft chests has been increased. | |||||
1.11.1 | 16w50a | Golden and iron pickaxes can now be smelted down into one of their respective nuggets. | |||
1.13 | 17w47a | Prior to The Flattening, these items' numeral IDs were 270, 274, 257, 278 and 285. | |||
1.14 | 18w43a | 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px The textures of all pickaxes have been changed. | |||
18w50a | Iron pickaxes can now be found in chests in village toolsmith houses. | ||||
19w13a | Toolsmith villagers now give stone pickaxes to players under the Hero of the Village effect. | ||||
Combat Tests | 1.14.3 - Combat Test | The attack speed for all pickaxes has been increased to 2.5. | |||
The damage for all pickaxes has been increased by 19px. | |||||
1.16 | 20w06a | 32px Added netherite pickaxes. | |||
Netherite pickaxes are obtained by combining one diamond pickaxe and one netherite ingot in a crafting table. | |||||
20w09a | 32px 32px 32px 32px The textures of wooden, golden, diamond, and netherite pickaxes have been changed. | ||||
20w10a | 32px Changed a pixel of the texture of netherite pickaxes. | ||||
Netherite pickaxes can no longer be crafted. | |||||
Netherite pickaxes are now obtained by combining one diamond pickaxe and one netherite ingot in a smithing table. | |||||
20w15a | Stone pickaxes can now be crafted using blackstone. | ||||
20w16a | Golden pickaxes now generate randomly enchanted in ruined portal chests. | ||||
Pocket Edition Alpha | |||||
v0.2.0 | 32px Added stone pickaxes. | ||||
v0.3.0 | 32px Added wooden pickaxes. | ||||
Survival players no longer start out with an infinite durability stone pickaxe in the inventory. | |||||
v0.3.2 | 32px 32px 32px Added iron, gold, and diamond pickaxes. | ||||
v0.4.0 | Removed stone pickaxes from the creative inventory. | ||||
v0.11.0 | build 11 | All pickaxes are now available in the creative inventory. | |||
build 12 | All pickaxes have been removed from creative. | ||||
build 13 | Pickaxes have been re-added to creative mode. | ||||
v0.14.0 | build 1 | Iron pickaxes can now be found inside minecart with chests in mineshafts. | |||
Pocket Edition | |||||
1.0.0 | alpha 0.17.0.1 | Enchanted iron pickaxes and enchanted diamond pickaxes can now be found in end cities. | |||
1.0.4 | alpha 1.0.4.0 | Toolsmith villagers now sell enchanted diamond pickaxes for 12-15 emeralds as their last tier trades and enchanted iron pickaxes for 9-11 emeralds as their second tier trades. | |||
1.1.0 | alpha 1.1.0.0 | Iron and golden pickaxes are now smeltable. | |||
Bedrock Edition | |||||
1.2.0 | beta 1.2.0.2 | Wooden and stone pickaxes can now be found inside bonus chests. | |||
1.10.0 | beta 1.10.0.3 | Iron pickaxes can now be found in plains village weaponsmith houses. | |||
32px 32px 32px 32px 32px The textures of all pickaxes have been changed. | |||||
1.11.0 | beta 1.11.0.1 | Iron pickaxes can now be found in village toolsmiths chests and in savanna, taiga, snowy taiga and desert village weaponsmith chests. | |||
beta 1.11.0.4 | Trading has been changed, toolsmith villagers now have a 25% chance to sell an enchanted iron pickaxe for 3 emeralds as part of their third tier trades, and an enchanted diamond pickaxe now costs 13 emeralds. | ||||
Stone pickaxes can now be bought from toolsmith villagers. | |||||
1.16.0 | beta 1.16.0.51 | 32px Added netherite pickaxes. | |||
Netherite pickaxes are obtained by combining one diamond pickaxe and one netherite ingot in a crafting table. | |||||
32px 32px 32px The textures of wooden, golden, and diamond pickaxes have been changed. | |||||
beta 1.16.0.57 | Netherite pickaxes can no longer be crafted. | ||||
Netherite pickaxes are now obtained by combining one diamond pickaxe and one netherite ingot in a smithing table. | |||||
Stone pickaxes can now be crafted using blackstone. | |||||
Golden pickaxes now generate randomly enchanted in ruined portal chests. | |||||
Netherite pickaxe now generate randomly enchanted in bastion remnant chest. | |||||
Legacy Console Edition | |||||
TU1 | CU1 | 1.0 | Patch 1 | 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px Added pickaxes (all five types). | |
TU53 | CU43 | 1.49 | Patch 23 | 1.0.3 | Iron and golden pickaxes are now smeltable. |
PlayStation 4 Edition | |||||
1.90 | 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px The textures of all pickaxes have been changed. | ||||
New Nintendo 3DS Edition | |||||
0.1.0 | 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px Added pickaxes. |
Issues
Issues relating to "Pickaxe" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.
Trivia
- The golden pickaxe is the only pickaxe aside from the wooden pickaxe that is unable to harvest the material it is made from.
- A Rail that is curved to the side, a texture similar to that of an iron pickaxe appears when viewed from the top.
- The pickaxe is the only block-breaking tool without a use (right-click) function.
Publicity
- Plastic diamond pickaxes are official Minecraft merchandise.[1]
- In the game Naughty Bear: Panic in Paradise, the player can buy a diamond pickaxe which, according to the game, is made by "Kick it up a Notch Pickaxes", referring to Notch.
- In mobile game Vlogger Go Viral clicker game, after buying the figurine shelf, there is a model of a diamond pickaxe stuck to a grass block.
- In the game The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, the player can find a pickaxe called the "Notched Pickaxe", evidently an easter egg.
- In the game Offensive Combat, a stone pickaxe can be used as a melee weapon with the name of "The Notch Carver".
- In the game The Binding of Isaac, an obtainable item named "Notched Axe", also with a drawn 8-bit look, can be used to destroy rocks. The Notched Axe also makes a return in the game's remake, The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth.
- In the game Borderlands 2, the player can find a secret area hidden away by blocks resembling Minecraft dirt, also once inside the player can fight Creeper and the Mother Creeper to get rare Minecraft-related skins.
- In the game Octodad: Dadliest Catch, the supermarket level has a "Mintcraft" display, an obvious parody of Minecraft, even including toy pickaxes and a creeper head.
Gallery
- Pickaxe in Mineshaft Chest.png
A naturally generated pickaxe.
Enchanted pickaxes
- Enchanted Wooden Pickaxe.gif
- Enchanted Stone Pickaxe.gif
- Enchanted Iron Pickaxe.gif
- Enchanted Golden Pickaxe.gif
- Enchanted Diamond Pickaxe.gif
- Enchanted Netherite Pickaxe.gif
References
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