Axes are auxiliary tools used to ease the process of collecting logs, planks, chests and bookcases, but are not required to gather them.
Uses
Axes are used for cutting down trees in game to obtain wood.
Crafting
Axes are crafted using 2 sticks and 3 units of a tool material:
| Ingredients | Input » Output | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Sticks + Wood or Cobblestone or Iron Ingots or Gold Ingots or Diamond Gems |
Template:Grid/Crafting Table | Used to chop wood-related
blocks faster than by hand. |
Speed and Durability
The following table summarizes the speed at which different quality axes perform.
| Axes | Bare hands | Wood | Stone | Iron | Diamond | Gold |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Durability | ∞ | 60 | 132 | 251 | 1562 | 33 |
| Chest | 3.75 secs | 1.9 secs | 0.95 secs | 0.65 secs | 0.5 secs | 0.35 secs |
| Wood | 3 secs | 1.5 secs | 0.75 secs | 0.5 secs | 0.4 secs | 0.25 secs |
| Wooden Plank |
3 secs | 1.5 secs | 0.75 secs | 0.5 secs | 0.4 secs | 0.25 secs |
| Bookshelf | 2.25 secs | 1.15 secs | 0.6 secs | 0.4 secs | 0.3 secs | 0.2 secs |
Notes
- A wood block can be chopped until it almost breaks then switched to a non-tool item to complete breaking, saving a use of the axe.
- After 1.2 Beta update, gold tools, including axes, remove blocks faster than diamond tools.
- Axes, as of Minecraft Beta 1.5, deal more damage to mobs and players than by hand.