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Axes are auxiliary tools used to ease the process of collecting logs, planks, workbenches and chests, but are not required to gather them.

Axes are created with 2 sticks and 3 units of a tool material:

Name Ingredients Input » Output Description
Axes Sticks + Wood or
Cobblestone or
Iron Ingots or
Gold Ingots or
Diamond Gems
File:CraftingAxesIOanim.gif Used to chop wood-related blocks faster than by hand.

The following table summarizes the speed at which different quality axes perform.

Axes Bare hands Wood/gold Stone Iron Diamond
Durability 60 132 ~251 1562
Log 3.34 sec 1.44 sec 0.89 sec 0.68 sec 0.59 sec
Plank 3.34 sec 1.79 sec 1.04 sec 0.79 sec 0.68 sec
Workbench 4.06 sec 4.06 sec 4.06 sec 4.06 sec 4.06 sec
Chest 4.06 sec 2.15 sec 1.21 sec 0.91 sec 0.76 sec

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.
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