Axe
Rarity color |
Common |
---|---|
Durability |
Bedrock Edition |
Renewable |
Netherite: No |
Stackable |
No |
An axe is a tool used to hasten the collection of wood-based items. It is also used as a weapon for melee attacks.
Contents
ObtainingEdit
CraftingEdit
Ingredients | Crafting recipe | Description |
---|---|---|
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] | |
Damaged Matching Axe | The durability of the two axes is added together, plus an extra 5% durability. |
UpgradingEdit
Ingredients | Smithing recipe |
---|---|
Diamond Axe + Netherite Ingot |
RepairingEdit
GrindingEdit
Ingredients | Grinding recipe | Description |
---|---|---|
2x Damaged Wooden Axe or 2x Damaged Stone Axe or 2x Damaged Iron Axe or 2x Damaged Golden Axe or 2x Damaged Diamond Axe or 2x Damaged Netherite Axe |
The durability of the two axes is added together, plus an extra 5% of max durability. |
Unit repairEdit
An axe can be repaired in an anvil by adding units of the tier's repair material, with each repair material restoring 25% of the axe's maximum durability, rounded down.
Mob lootEdit
EquipmentEdit
A vindicator spawns with an iron axe and has an 8.5% chance (9.5% with Looting I, 10.5% with Looting II, and 11.5% with Looting III) of dropping it upon death by the player. It usually has some amount of damage and is sometimes enchanted.
A piglin brute spawns with a golden axe and has an 8.5% chance (9.5% with Looting I, 10.5% with Looting II, and 11.5% with Looting III) of dropping it upon death by the player. Also, in Java Edition, zombified piglins can drop their golden axe (with the same chance as piglin brute drop) if they have been zombified from a piglin brute.
RaidsEdit
In Bedrock Edition, Vindicator and pillagers that spawn in raids have a 4.1% chance (5.12% on hard) to drop a badly-damaged iron axe, which is sometimes enchanted with a random enchantment. A vindicator can drop 2 iron axes, one from natural equipment and one from raid drops.
TradingEdit
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 eight emeralds, and expert-level Toolsmith villagers have a 50% chance to sell an enchanted diamond axe for 13 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 always offer to sell an enchanted diamond axe for 18-35 emeralds.[Java Edition only]
The enchantments are the same as the ones obtained from an enchantment table at levels 5–19.
Villager giftsEdit
Toolsmith villagers occasionally throw stone axes at players with the Hero of the Village status effect.[Java Edition only]
Weaponsmith villagers occasionally throw either stone, gold, or iron axes at players with the Hero of the Village status effect.[Java Edition only]
Chest lootEdit
In woodland mansions, a sealed room can appear that has a chest always containing an Efficiency I iron axe.
Item | Structure | Container | Quantity | Chance |
---|---|---|---|---|
Java Edition | ||||
Wooden Axe | Bonus chest | Chest | 1 | 75% |
Stone Axe | Bonus chest | Chest | 1 | 25% |
Igloo | Chest | 1 | 14.7% | |
Underwater ruins | Small ruins chest | 1 | 30.2% | |
Enchanted Golden Axe[A] | Bastion remnant | Hoglin stable chest | 1 | 22.8% |
Generic chest | 1 | 9.8% | ||
Bridge chest | 1 | 11.2% | ||
Ruined portal | Chest | 1 | 20.5% | |
Bedrock Edition | ||||
Wooden Axe | Bonus chest | Chest | 1 | 75% |
Stone Axe | Bonus chest | Chest | 1 | 25% |
Igloo | Chest | 1 | 14.7% | |
Underwater ruins | Small ruins chest | 1 | 30.2% | |
Enchanted Golden Axe[A] | Ruined portal | Chest | 1 | 20.5% |
- ↑ a b All enchantments are equally probable, including treasure enchantments (except Soul Speed), and any level of the enchantment is equally probable.
UsageEdit
Chopping woodEdit
An axe is used to break logs and blocks derived from wood faster than by using other tools. An axe uses 1 durability to break 1 block. For blocks that break instantly, it uses 0 durability.
DurabilityEdit
Each tier of axe has a different durability:
Material | Durability |
---|---|
Wood | 59 |
Stone | 131 |
Iron | 250 |
Diamond | 1561 |
Golden | 32 |
Netherite | 2031 |
SpeedEdit
The following table summarizes the speed at which axes of different qualities perform.
Block | Breaking time[A] | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Default | Wooden | Stone | Iron | Diamond | Netherite | Golden | |
Wooden Trapdoors | 4.5 | 2.25 | 1.15 | 0.75 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.4 |
Wooden Doors | 4.5 | 2.25 | 1.15 | 0.75 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.4 |
Chest | 3.75 | 1.9 | 0.95 | 0.65 | 0.5 | 0.45 | 0.35 |
Trapped Chest | 3.75 | 1.9 | 0.95 | 0.65 | 0.5 | 0.45 | 0.35 |
Lectern | 3.75 | 1.9 | 0.95 | 0.65 | 0.5 | 0.45 | 0.35 |
Smithing table | 3.75 | 1.9 | 0.95 | 0.65 | 0.5 | 0.45 | 0.35 |
Loom | 3.75 | 1.9 | 0.95 | 0.65 | 0.5 | 0.45 | 0.35 |
Cartography table | 3.75 | 1.9 | 0.95 | 0.65 | 0.5 | 0.45 | 0.35 |
Fletching table | 3.75 | 1.9 | 0.95 | 0.65 | 0.5 | 0.45 | 0.35 |
Barrel | 3.75 | 1.9 | 0.95 | 0.65 | 0.5 | 0.45 | 0.35 |
Fences | 3 | 1.5 | 0.75 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.35 | 0.25 |
Fence Gates | 3 | 1.5 | 0.75 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.35 | 0.25 |
Jukebox | 3 | 1.5 | 0.75 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.35 | 0.25 |
Logs | 3 | 1.5 | 0.75 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.35 | 0.25 |
Planks | 3 | 1.5 | 0.75 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.35 | 0.25 |
Wooden Slabs | 3 | 1.5 | 0.75 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.35 | 0.25 |
Wooden Stairs | 3 | 1.5 | 0.75 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.35 | 0.25 |
Campfire | 3 | 1.5 | 0.75 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.35 | 0.25 |
Bookshelf | 2.25 | 1.15 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.25 | 0.2 |
Banners | 1.5 | 0.75 | 0.4 | 0.25 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.15 |
Jack o'Lantern | 1.5 | 0.75 | 0.4 | 0.25 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.15 |
Melon | 1.5 | 0.75 | 0.4 | 0.25 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.15 |
Pumpkin | 1.5 | 0.75 | 0.4 | 0.25 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.15 |
Sign | 1.5 | 0.75 | 0.4 | 0.25 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.15 |
Note Block | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.15 | 0.15 | 0.1 |
Wooden Pressure Plate | 0.75 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.15 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
Beehive | 0.9 | 0.45 | 0.25 | 0.15 | 0.15 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
Ladder | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.15 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.05 |
Bee Nest | 0.45 | 0.25 | 0.15 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.05 | 0.05 |
Composter | 0.9 | 0.45 | 0.25 | 0.15 | 0.15 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
Bamboo | 1.5 | 0.75 | 0.4 | 0.25 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.15 |
Bed | 0.3 | 0.15 | 0.1 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.05 |
Cocoa | 0.3 | 0.15 | 0.1 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.05 |
Daylight Detector | 0.3 | 0.15 | 0.1 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.05 |
Mushroom Block | 0.3 | 0.15 | 0.1 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.05 |
Vines | 0.3 | 0.15 | 0.1 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.05 |
- ↑ Times are for unenchanted tools as wielded by players with no status effects, measured in seconds. For more information, see Breaking § Speed.
StrippingEdit
Using an axe on a log, wood or copper block causes it to become a stripped log, stripped wood block or removes one layer of oxidization or wax, respectively. This consumes one point of durability from the axe.
WeaponEdit
An axe loses 2 points of durability when used as a weapon.
Bedrock EditionEdit
In Bedrock Edition, axes always attack instantly and deal 1 less damage than a sword of the same quality:
Material | Damage |
---|---|
Wooden | 4 |
Golden | |
Stone | 5 |
Iron | 6 |
Diamond | 7 |
Netherite | 8 |
Java EditionEdit
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. Vindicators, piglin brutes or other mobs with commands always disable the player's shield. Damage done when using an axe as a weapon is more than that of a sword of the same tier, though they take longer than a sword to recover. The damage dealt and cooldown time depends on the type:
Material | Wooden | Gold | Stone | Iron | Diamond | Netherite |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Attack Damage | 7 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 |
Attack Speed | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
Recovery time | 1.25 seconds 25 game ticks |
1 second 20 game ticks |
1.25 seconds 25 game ticks |
1.11 seconds 22.2 game ticks |
1 second 20 game ticks |
1 second 20 game ticks |
DPS | 5.6 | 7.0 | 7.2 | 8.1 | 9.0 | 10.0 |
Lifetime damage inflicted[note 1] | 206.5 × 103.25 | 112 × 56 | 589.5 × 294.75 | 1125 × 562.5 | 7024.5 × 3512.25 | 10155 × 5077.5 |
- ↑ The formula to find the total lifetime damage is (durability ÷ 2) × damage per hit = minimum lifetime damage. 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.
EnchantmentsEdit
An axe can receive the following enchantments:
Name | Max Level | Method |
---|---|---|
Fortune[note 1] | III | |
Silk Touch[note 1] | I | |
Efficiency | V | |
Unbreaking | III | |
Sharpness[note 2] | V | |
Smite[note 2] | V | |
Bane of Arthropods[note 2] | V | |
Knockback [upcoming: JE Combat Tests] | II | |
Cleaving[upcoming: JE Combat Tests][note 2] | III | |
Sweeping Edge[upcoming: JE Combat Tests][note 3] | III | |
Mending | I | |
Curse of Vanishing | I |
FuelEdit
Wooden axes can be used as a fuel in furnaces, smelting 1 item per axe.
Smelting ingredientEdit
Name | Ingredients | Smelting recipe |
---|---|---|
Iron Nugget or Gold Nugget |
Iron Axe or Golden Axe + Any fuel |
SoundsEdit
The specific instructions are: Axe scrapes, Wax on, Wax off
Sound | Subtitle | Source | Description | Namespaced ID | Translation key | Volume | Pitch | Attenuation distance |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Axe strips | Blocks | When stripping wood | item.axe.strip | subtitles.item.axe.strip | 0.9 | 0.85, ? | 16 | |
Item breaks | Players | When durability is exhausted | entity.item.break | subtitles.entity.item.break | 1.0 | 0.9 | 16 |
Data valuesEdit
IDEdit
Name | Namespaced ID | Form | Translation key |
---|---|---|---|
Wooden Axe | wooden_axe | Item | item.minecraft.wooden_axe |
Stone Axe | stone_axe | Item | item.minecraft.stone_axe |
Iron Axe | iron_axe | Item | item.minecraft.iron_axe |
Diamond Axe | diamond_axe | Item | item.minecraft.diamond_axe |
Golden Axe | golden_axe | Item | item.minecraft.golden_axe |
Netherite Axe | netherite_axe | Item | item.minecraft.netherite_axe |
Name | Namespaced ID | Numeric ID | Form | Translation key |
---|---|---|---|---|
Wooden Axe | wooden_axe | 271 | Item | item.wooden_axe.name |
Stone Axe | stone_axe | 275 | Item | item.stone_axe.name |
Iron Axe | iron_axe | 258 | Item | item.iron_axe.name |
Diamond Axe | diamond_axe | 279 | Item | item.diamond_axe.name |
Golden Axe | golden_axe | 286 | Item | item.golden_axe.name |
Netherite Axe | netherite_axe | 746 | Item | item.netherite_axe.name |
AchievementsEdit
Icon | Achievement | In-game description | Actual requirements (if different) | Gamerscore earned | Trophy type (PS) | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
MOAR Tools | Construct one type of each tool. | Construct one pickaxe, one shovel, one axe, and one hoe with the same material. | 15G | Bronze | ||
Oooh, shiny! | Distract a Piglin using gold. | Give a piglin a gold item while it is aggressive toward the player. | 30G | Silver |
AdvancementsEdit
Icon | Advancement | In-game description | Parent | Actual requirements (if different) | Namespaced ID |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Oh Shiny | Distract Piglins with gold | Nether | Give a piglin one of these 24 gold-related items in the #piglin_loved item tag while not wearing any golden armor:
| nether/distract_piglin
|
HistoryEdit
Java Edition Indev | |||||
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0.31 | 20100110 | Added iron axes. | |||
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 tool. | |||||
20100122 | The texture of axes has been changed. Half of the axe head has been removed. | ||||
20100124 | The texture of axes has been changed. The other axe head is now 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 most accessible blocks/items including tools. | |||||
20100128 | Tools now have tiers. Wooden, stone, and diamond axes have been added. | ||||
The texture of iron axes has been changed. | |||||
An axe 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 axes can now be crafted. | ||||
20100130 | Axes can now be made out of gold. | ||||
20100201-1 | Tools now take damage when being used. Better tools now last longer. | ||||
20100206 | The texture of golden axes has been changed. | ||||
Java Edition Beta | |||||
1.2 | Gold tools, including axes, now remove blocks faster than diamond tools. | ||||
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. | ||||
1.6.1 | 13w21a | Instead of replacing the barehanded damage (1 ), axes now add their damage onto the barehanded damage, which results in all axes doing 1 more damage than before. | |||
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 now temporarily disable shield use. | |||||
15w35a | The damage of axes has been reduced by 1 . | ||||
The speed of axes has been 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 and gold having a speed of 1. | |||||
15w43a | Stone axes may now be found in igloo basement chests. | ||||
15w44a | The average yield of stone and wooden axes from bonus chests has been decreased. | ||||
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 now turns it into a stripped log. | ||||
18w09a | Stone axes now can generate in the chests of underwater ruins. | ||||
pre2 | Using an axe on a bark now turns it into a stripped bark. | ||||
1.14 | 18w43a | The textures of all axes have been changed. | |||
1.16 | 20w06a | Added netherite axes. | |||
Netherite axes are obtained by combining one diamond axe and one netherite ingot in a crafting table. | |||||
20w09a | The texture of diamond axes has been changed. | ||||
20w10a | The texture of netherite axes has been changed. | ||||
Netherite axes can no longer be crafted. | |||||
Netherite axes are now obtained by combining one diamond axe and one netherite ingot in a smithing table. | |||||
20w15a | Stone axes can now be crafted using blackstone. | ||||
20w16a | Golden axes now generate randomly enchanted in ruined portal chests. | ||||
Upcoming Java Edition | |||||
1.17 | 21w11a | Axes can now be used to scrape wax and oxidation off copper blocks. | |||
Combat Tests | 1.14.3 - Combat Test | The attack speed for all axes has been increased to 2. | |||
All axes now deal 1 more damage than their sword counterparts. | |||||
Combat Test 3 | The Chopping enchantment has been added for axes, which adds 1 damage and 0.5 seconds (10 game ticks) of shield stunning per level and is mutually exclusive with Sharpness. | ||||
Axes now always disable shields for 1.6 seconds (32 game ticks), instead of having a 25% to disable them for 5 seconds (100 game ticks). | |||||
Axes now take 1 damage when attacking instead of 2. | |||||
Pocket Edition Alpha | |||||
v0.2.0 | Added stone axes. | ||||
v0.3.0 | Added wooden axes. | ||||
Survival players no longer start with an infinite durability stone axe in the inventory. | |||||
v0.3.2 | Added iron, golden and diamond axes. | ||||
v0.4.0 | Removed stone axes from the creative inventory. | ||||
v0.11.0 | build 11 | All axes are now available in the creative inventory. | |||
build 12 | All axes have been removed from creative. | ||||
build 13 | All axes have been re-added to creative mode. | ||||
v0.12.1 | build 1 | Instead of replacing the barehanded damage (1 ), axes now add their damage onto the barehanded damage, which results in all axes doing 1 more damage than before. | |||
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 emeralds 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 the Efficiency I enchantment can now be found inside chests in woodland mansions. | |||||
Added vindicators, who 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 now turns 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 | The textures of all axes have been changed. | |||
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 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 axes, and diamond axes can now be bought from toolsmith villagers. | |||||
1.16.0 | beta 1.16.0.51 | Added netherite axes. | |||
Netherite axes are obtained by combining one diamond axe and one netherite ingot in a crafting table. | |||||
The texture of diamond axes has been changed. | |||||
beta 1.16.0.57 | Netherite axes can no longer be crafted. | ||||
Netherite axes are now obtained by combining one diamond axe and one netherite ingot in a smithing table. | |||||
Stone axes can now be crafted using blackstone. | |||||
Golden axes now generate randomly enchanted in ruined portal chests. | |||||
Netherite axes now generate randomly enchanted in bastion remnant chests. | |||||
1.16.20 | beta 1.16.20.50 | Added piglin brutes, who rarely drop golden axes. | |||
1.16.100 | beta 1.16.100.54 | Piglin brutes no longer spawn with enchanted axes. | |||
beta 1.16.100.55 | Zombified piglins that are converted from piglin brutes now keep their golden axes. | ||||
1.16.220 | beta 1.16.220.52 | Axes can now be used to scrape wax off copper blocks. | |||
Legacy Console Edition | |||||
TU1 | CU1 | 1.00 | Patch 1 | 1.0.1 | Added axes (all five types). |
TU53 | CU43 | 1.49 | Patch 23 | 1.0.3 | Iron and golden axes are now smeltable. |
1.90 | The textures of all axes have been changed. | ||||
New Nintendo 3DS Edition | |||||
0.1.0 | Added axes. |
IssuesEdit
Issues relating to "Axe" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.
TriviaEdit
- Before Java Edition 1.13, in the language files, axes were referred to as Hatchets.[1]
See alsoEdit
ReferencesEdit
- ↑ 1.8/assets/minecraft/lang/en_US.lang, line 915: item.hatchetIron.name= Iron Axe