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