Axes are auxiliary tools used to ease the process of collecting logs, planks, chests and bookcases, but are not required to gather them. They can also be used on mobs as a weapon, but do less damage than swords of the same material.
Usage
The Axe is used to collect Wood and other Wooden Items faster. This item is not required to advance in the game, but can make gathering Wooden Items faster. Some Blocks that the Axe collect, but not limited to, are:
The axe can also be used as a weapon and will deal less damage then a sword, but more than anything else. However, using this as a weapon will deal double damage to the axe. That, and it is more expensive than the sword, means using it as a weapon is unreliable.
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 (not recommended for diamond axes, because diamond axes cut so fast that switching is almost impossible)
- 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, which means of all non-weapon tools, axes deal the most damage.