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Naturally occurring iron pickaxes can spawn inside chests in Abandoned Mine Shafts.

Pickaxes are one of the most commonly used tools in the game, being required to mine all ores and many other types of blocks. Different qualities of pickaxe are required to successfully harvest certain ores and blocks. For example, while stone can be mined with any pickaxe, gold ore must be mined with an iron pickaxe or better, or else the player will harvest no ore. Different pickaxes also mine many materials at different speeds (see the Speed and Durability table below). Zombies have a rare chance of dropping an iron pickaxe.

Items

I am used in the game to mine items. I am the only thing required to go further in the game of Minecraft, all other tools only help you achieve your goals faster. Blocks minable by me include, but are limited to:

Ore

Stone

I do much more damage to mobs compared to an axe or a sword.

Crafting

Pickaxes are crafted using 2 sticks and 3 units of a tool material:

Ingredients Input » Output Description
Sticks +
Wooden Planks or
Cobblestone or
Iron Ingots or
Gold Ingots or
Diamond Gems
Template:Grid/Crafting Table Required to mine stone-related blocks and ore.

Speed and Durability

The following table shows the time it takes to break each type of block. A block marked with a red background indicates that it cannot be mined by that tool type. A green background indicates the quickest tool types for the corresponding block. Note that some blocks will not drop anything regardless of the tool used.


Pickaxes Nothing Gold Wood Stone Iron Diamond
Durability 33 60 132 251 1562
Obsidian 250 secs 50 secs 50 secs 50 secs 50 secs 10 secs
Iron Door 25 secs 7.5 secs 7.5 secs 7.5 secs 7.5 secs 7.5 secs
Block of Diamond 25 secs 25 secs 25 secs 25 secs 1.25 secs 0.85 secs
Block of Iron 25 secs 25 secs 25 secs 2.5 secs 1.25 secs 0.95 secs
Monster Spawner 25 secs 7.5 secs 7.5 secs 7.5 secs 7.5 secs 7.5 secs
Dispenser 17.5 secs 5.25 secs 5.25 secs 5.25 secs 5.25 secs 5.25 secs
Furnace 17.5 secs 5.25 secs 5.25 secs 5.25 secs 5.25 secs 5.25 secs
Coal Ore 15 secs 0.4 secs 2.25 secs 1.15 secs 0.75 secs 0.6 secs
Diamond Ore 15 secs 15 secs 15 secs 15 secs 0.75 secs 0.6 secs
Gold Ore 15 secs 15 secs 15 secs 15 secs 0.75 secs 0.6 secs
Iron Ore 15 secs 15 secs 15 secs 1.15 secs 0.75 secs 0.6 secs
Lapis Lazuli Ore 15 secs 15 secs 15 secs 1.15 secs 0.75 secs 0.6 secs
Redstone Ore 15 secs 15 secs 15 secs 15 secs 0.75 secs 0.6 secs
Block of Gold 15 secs 15 secs 15 secs 15 secs 0.75 secs 0.6 secs
Lapis Lazuli Block 15 secs 15 secs 15 secs 1.15 secs 0.75 secs 0.6 secs
Brick 10 secs 3 secs 3 secs 3 secs 3 secs 3 secs
Nether Brick 10 secs 3 secs 3 secs 3 secs 3 secs 3 secs
Cobblestone 10 secs 0.25 secs 1.5 secs 0.75 secs 0.5 secs 0.4 secs
Moss Stone 10 secs 0.25 secs 1.5 secs 0.75 secs 0.5 secs 0.4 secs
Slab 10 secs 0.25 secs 1.5 secs 0.75 secs 0.5 secs 0.4 secs
Stone Stairs 10 secs 3 secs 3 secs 3 secs 3 secs 3 secs
Stone 7.5 secs 0.2 secs 1.15 secs 0.6 secs 0.4 secs 0.3 secs
Sandstone 4 secs 0.1 secs 0.6 secs 0.3 secs 0.2 secs 0.15 secs
Ice 1 secs 0.1 secs 0.4 secs 0.2 secs 0.15 secs 0.1 secs
Pressure Plate 2.5 secs 0.75 secs 0.75 secs 0.75 secs 0.75 secs 0.75 secs
Netherrack 2 secs 0.05 secs 0.3 secs 0.15 secs 0.1 secs 0.1 secs
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