Axe

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

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 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.

Enchantments
An axe can receive the following enchantments:


 * Fortune*
 * Silk Touch*
 * Efficiency
 * Unbreaking

Note: Silk Touch and Fortune are mutually exclusive

Through an anvil, axes can receive the following enchantments:


 * Sharpness*
 * Smite*
 * Bane of Arthropods*

Note: Sharpness, Smite and Bane of Arthropods are mutually exclusive

Trivia

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