Tool

This article is about the in-game items. For program enhancing software, see Programs and Editors.

A tool is an item used by the player while held to perform actions faster and more efficiently, to gather materials not obtainable by hand, to gain information, or to perform completely new actions. With the exception of the clock, compass, empty bucket, and lead, tools do not stack in the inventory. Tools can be repaired; see Item repair.

Obtaining

Mob loot

Main article: Drops

Some tools can be obtained by killing mobs that carry the equipment.

Crafting

Most tools can be obtained through crafting.

Name	Ingredients	Crafting recipe	Description
Axe	Any Planks or Iron Ingot or Gold Ingot or Diamond + Stick
Stone Axe	Any stone-tier block + Stick		Can use cobblestone and its other variants interchangeably.
Axe	Damaged Matching Axe		The durability of the two axes is added together, plus an extra 5% durability.
Brush	Feather + Copper Ingot + Stick
Brush	Damaged Brush		The durability of the two brushes is added together, plus an extra 5% durability.
Bundle	String + Leather
Clock	Gold Ingot + Redstone Dust
Compass	Iron Ingot + Redstone Dust
Fishing Rod	Stick + String
Fishing Rod	Damaged Fishing Rod		The durability of the two fishing rods is added together, plus an extra 5% durability.
Flint and Steel	Iron Ingot + Flint
Flint and Steel	Damaged Flint and Steel		The durability of the two tools is added together, plus an extra 5% durability.
Hoe	Any Planks or Iron Ingot or Gold Ingot or Diamond + Stick
Stone Hoe	Any stone-tier block + Stick		Can use cobblestone and its other variants interchangeably.
Hoe	Damaged Matching Hoe		The durability of the two hoes is added together, plus an extra 5% durability.
Lead	String + Slimeball	2
Pickaxe	Any Planks or Iron Ingot or Gold Ingot or Diamond + Stick
Stone Pickaxe	Any stone-tier block + Stick		Can use cobblestone and its other variants interchangeably.
Pickaxe	Matching Damaged Pickaxes		The durability of the two pickaxes is added together, plus an extra 5% of the tool type's total durability.
Recovery Compass	Echo Shard + Compass
Shears	Iron Ingot
Shears	Damaged Shears		The durability of the two shears is added together, plus an extra 5% durability.
Shovels	Any Planks or Iron Ingot or Gold Ingot or Diamond + Stick
Stone Shovel	Any stone-tier block + Stick		Can use any variant of cobblestone
Shovel	Damaged Matching Shovel		The durability of the two shovels is added together, plus an extra 5% durability.
Spyglass	Amethyst Shard + Copper Ingot

Upgrading

Netherite tools can be obtained only through upgrading.

Usage

Best tools

Main article: Breaking

Many blocks have a preferred tool to break them. Some blocks can be broken only with certain tools. The tool's material also affects how fast a block is mined. Materials from worst to best in terms of mining speed are wooden, stone, iron, diamond, netherite, gold.

Item durability

Main article: Durability

Different tools have different amounts of durability. Some uses require more durability to be used than others. A tool's durability is also affected by its material. Materials from worst to best in terms of durability are gold, wooden, stone, iron, diamond, netherite.

Some tools are not block-breaking tools: This includes bows, fishing rods, carrots on sticks, flint & steel, and buckets. Such tools are no better than bare fists at breaking blocks, but they do not take damage from doing so—they take damage from being used in their own intended manners.

Item enchantability

Materials from worst to best in terms of enchantability are stone, diamond, iron, wooden/netherite, gold.

Smelting

Main article: Smelting

Iron or golden tools can be smelted into nuggets.

Ingredients	Smithing recipe
Netherite Upgrade + Diamond Hoe or Diamond Shovel or Diamond Pickaxe or Diamond Axe + Netherite Ingot	Upgrade Gear

Name	Ingredients	Smelting recipe
Iron Nugget	Any iron tools + Any fuel	0.1
Gold Nugget	Any golden tools + Any fuel	0.1

Fuel

• Wooden tools can be used as a fuel in furnaces, smelting 1 item per tool.
• A fishing rod can be used as fuel in furnaces, smelting 1.5‌/1‌ items per fishing rod.

History

Java Edition Indev
0.31		20091231-2			Added iron shovels.
		20100110			Added iron axes and pickaxes.
		20100128			Added wooden, stone, and diamond tools.
		20100129			Added crafting recipes for wooden, stone, iron, and diamond tools.
		20100130			Added golden tools.
		20100131			A tier system for wooden, stone, iron, diamond, and gold tools is added. Each tier has a different mining speed multiplier and durability.
		20100201-2			Tools are now required to break blocks and ores.
Java Edition
1.0.0		RC1			Tools now make a breaking sound and have a breaking animation.
					All tools now also have breaking animation.
		RC2			Tools no longer break quickly after loading a world that was saved in RC1.
1.3.1		12w17a			Tools now have infinite durability in Creative mode.
		12w18a			Wooden tools became able to be used as fuel for furnaces in case players didn't want to repair them or finish using them.
		12w24a			Breaking a block that can be instantly mined by hand (tall grass, torch, etc.) while holding a block-breaking tool no longer reduces the tool's durability.
1.6.1		13w21a			Instead of replacing the barehanded damage (1), pickaxes, shovels, axes and swords now add their damage onto the barehanded damage.
1.11.1		16w50a			Golden and iron tools now smelt down into one of their respective nuggets.
1.14		18w48a			Tools cannot be repaired by crafting.
1.14.3		Pre-Release 3			Tools can be once again be repaired by crafting.
1.16.2		20w29a			Tools have a new arrange in the Creative inventory.
1.20 (Experimental)		23w04a			Upgrading diamond tools to netherite tools now requires the netherite upgrade smithing template.
		23w07a			Added brushes.
Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.2.0					Added stone tools and shears.
v0.3.0					Added wooden tools.
v0.3.2					Added iron, diamond, and golden tools.
v0.3.3					Added bows.
v0.4.0					Added flint and steel and all hoe types.
v0.7.0					Added buckets.
v0.7.4					Flint and steel now ignite creepers.
v0.8.0		build 1			Added flint and steel to the Creative inventory.
		build 3			Added shears to the Creative inventory.
v0.11.0		build 1			Added fishing rod.
v0.15.0		build 1			Added carrot on a stick and leads.
Pocket Edition
1.1.0		alpha 1.1.0.0			Golden and iron tools now smelt down into one of their respective nuggets.
Legacy Console Edition
TU53	CU43	1.49	Patch 23	1.0.3	Golden and iron tools now smelt down into one of their respective nuggets.

Issues

Issues relating to "Tool" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.

Trivia

• Gold tools are actually ranked as superior to diamond tools on the Legacy Console Edition's crafting screen.
• Wooden tools can be burned in a furnace regardless of its durability; this means the player can burn a wooden tool that has only 1 use left.

See also

• Item Repair
• Breaking
• Weapon

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