Axe

An axe is a tiered tool that can quickly break wood-related and certain plant-related blocks, or be used as a melee weapon that temporarily disables shields. Axes have unique interactions with logs and blocks crafted from copper, turning them into stripped logs or removing a level of oxidation/coat of wax, respectively.

Variants

There are seven axe variants:

• Wooden Axe
• Golden Axe
• Stone Axe
• Copper Axe
• Iron Axe
• Diamond Axe
• Netherite Axe

Obtaining

Wooden, golden, stone, copper, iron, and diamond axes are crafted using 2 sticks and 3 identical units of tool material.

Crafting

Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Any Planks or  Gold Ingot or  Any stone-tier block or  Copper Ingot or  Iron Ingot or  Diamond + Stick

Smithing

Ingredients	Smithing recipe
Netherite Upgrade + Diamond Axe + Netherite Ingot

Generated loot

Item	Structure	Container	Quantity	Chance
Java Edition
Wooden Axe	Bonus Chest	Chest	1	75% { "item": "Wooden Axe", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.75, "structure": "Bonus Chest", "container": "Chest" }
	Trial Chambers	Entrance chest	1	55.1% { "item": "Wooden Axe", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.5508401920438958, "structure": "Trial Chambers", "container": "Entrance chest" }
Enchanted Golden Axe[A]	Bastion Remnant	Bridge chest	1	11.2% { "item": "Enchanted Golden Axe", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.11242603550295849, "structure": "Bastion Remnant", "container": "Bridge chest" }
		Hoglin stable chest	1	22.8% { "item": "Enchanted Golden Axe", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.22793887963348602, "structure": "Bastion Remnant", "container": "Hoglin stable chest" }
		Generic chest	1	9.8% { "item": "Enchanted Golden Axe", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.09750000000000003, "structure": "Bastion Remnant", "container": "Generic chest" }
	Ruined Portal	Chest	1	20.5% { "item": "Enchanted Golden Axe", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.20469270240551518, "structure": "Ruined Portal", "container": "Chest" }
Stone Axe	Bonus Chest	Chest	1	25% { "item": "Stone Axe", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.25, "structure": "Bonus Chest", "container": "Chest" }
	Igloo	Chest	1	14.7% { "item": "Stone Axe", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.14719442350968348, "structure": "Igloo", "container": "Chest" }
	Underwater Ruins	Small ruins chest	1	30.2% { "item": "Stone Axe", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.3020312205494109, "structure": "Underwater Ruins", "container": "Small ruins chest" }
Iron Axe	Ocean ruins	Warm ruins suspicious sand	1	6.7% { "item": "Iron Axe", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.06666666666666665, "structure": "Ocean ruins", "container": "Warm ruins suspicious sand" }
		Cold ruins suspicious gravel	1	6.7% { "item": "Iron Axe", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.06666666666666665, "structure": "Ocean Ruins", "container": "Cold ruins suspicious gravel" }
Java Edition 1.21.11
Stone Axe	Underwater Ruins	Small ruins chest	1	28.5% { "item": "Stone Axe", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.28499313621704003, "structure": "Underwater Ruins", "container": "Small ruins chest" }
Bedrock Edition
Wooden Axe	Bonus Chest	Chest	1	75% { "item": "Wooden Axe", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.75, "structure": "Bonus Chest", "container": "Chest" }
	Trial Chambers	Entrance chest	1	55.1% { "item": "Wooden Axe", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.5508401920438958, "structure": "Trial Chambers", "container": "Entrance chest" }
Enchanted Golden Axe[A]	Bastion Remnant	Bridge chest	1	11.2% { "item": "Enchanted Golden Axe", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.11242603550295849, "structure": "Bastion Remnant", "container": "Bridge chest" }
		Hoglin stable chest	1	22.8% { "item": "Enchanted Golden Axe", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.22793887963348602, "structure": "Bastion Remnant", "container": "Hoglin stable chest" }
		Generic chest	1	9.8% { "item": "Enchanted Golden Axe", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.09750000000000003, "structure": "Bastion Remnant", "container": "Generic chest" }
	Ruined Portal	Chest	1	20.5% { "item": "Enchanted Golden Axe", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.20469270240551518, "structure": "Ruined Portal", "container": "Chest" }
Stone Axe	Bonus Chest	Chest	1	25% { "item": "Stone Axe", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.25, "structure": "Bonus Chest", "container": "Chest" }
	Igloo	Chest	1	14.7% { "item": "Stone Axe", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.14719442350968348, "structure": "Igloo", "container": "Chest" }
	Underwater Ruins	Small ruins chest	1	30.2% { "item": "Stone Axe", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.3020312205494109, "structure": "Underwater Ruins", "container": "Small ruins chest" }
Iron Axe	Ocean ruins	Warm ruins suspicious sand	1	6.7% { "item": "Iron Axe", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.06666666666666665, "structure": "Ocean ruins", "container": "Warm ruins suspicious sand" }
		Cold ruins suspicious gravel	1	6.7% { "item": "Iron Axe", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.06666666666666665, "structure": "Ocean Ruins", "container": "Cold ruins suspicious gravel" }

Villager gifts

Toolsmith villagers occasionally throw stone axes at players with the Hero of the Village status effect.

Weaponsmith villagers occasionally throw either stone, gold, or iron axes at players with the Hero of the Village status effect.

Usage

Statistics

Java Edition

In Java Edition, wooden, stone, and copper axes have an attack speed of 0.8 (1.25 seconds), iron axes have an attack speed of 0.9 (1.111 seconds), and golden, diamond, and netherite axes have an attack speed of 1 (1 second). They have the following statistics:

Unenchanted
Type	Mining efficiency	Attack damage	Attack speed	DPS	Attack reach	Durability	Lifetime damage inflicted[note 1]	Enchantability
	2	7HP	0.8 (1.25 seconds)	5.6	3 (3 blocks)	59	210HP × 105	15
(critical)		10.5HP × 5.25		8.4			336HP × 168
	12	7HP	1 (1 second)	7		32	112HP × 56	22
(critical)		10.5HP × 5.25		10.5			168HP × 84
	4	9HP	0.8 (1.25 seconds)	7.2		131	594HP × 297	5
(critical)		13.5HP × 6.75		10.8			1768.5HP × 884.25
	5	9HP	0.8 (1.25 seconds)	7.2		190	855HP × 427.5	13
(critical)		13.5HP × 6.75		10.8			2565HP × 1282.5
	6	9HP	0.9 (1.111 seconds)	8.1		250	1125HP × 562.5	14
(critical)		13.5HP × 6.75		12.15			3375HP × 1687.5
	8	9HP	1 (1 second)	9		1561	7029HP × 3514.5	10
(critical)		13.5HP × 6.75		13.5			21073.5HP × 10536.75
	9	10HP	1 (1 second)	10		2031	10160HP × 5080	15
(critical)		15HP × 7.5		15			30465HP × 15232.5

Enchanted
Type	Base mining efficiency	Efficiency I	Efficiency II	Efficiency III	Efficiency IV	Efficiency V
	2	4	7	12	19	28
	4	6	9	14	21	30
	5	7	10	15	22	31
	6	8	11	16	23	32
	8	10	13	18	25	34
	9	11	14	19	26	35
	12	14	17	22	29	38
Type	Base damage	Sharpness I	Sharpness II	Sharpness III	Sharpness IV	Sharpness V
	7HP	8HP	8.5HP × 4.25	9HP	9.5HP × 4.75	10HP
(critical)	10.5HP × 5.25	11.5HP × 5.75	12HP × 6	12.5HP × 6.25	13HP × 6.5	13.5HP × 6.75
	9HP	10HP	10.5HP × 5.25	11HP × 5.5	11.5HP × 5.75	12HP × 6
(critical)	13.5HP × 6.75	14.5HP × 7.25	15HP × 7.5	15.5HP × 7.75	16HP × 8	16.5HP × 8.25
	10HP	11HP × 5.5	11.5HP × 5.75	12HP × 6	12.5HP × 6.25	13HP × 6.5
(critical)	15HP × 7.5	16HP × 8	16.5HP × 8.25	17HP × 8.5	17.5HP × 8.75	18HP × 9
Type	Base damage	Smite / BoA I	Smite / BoA II	Smite / BoA III	Smite / BoA IV	Smite / BoA V
	7HP	9.5HP × 4.75	12HP × 6	14.5HP × 7.25	17HP × 8.5	19.5HP × 9.75
(critical)	10.5HP × 5.25	13HP × 6.5	15.5HP × 7.75	18HP × 9	20.5HP × 10.25	23HP × 11.5
	9HP	11.5HP × 5.75	14HP × 7	16.5HP × 8.25	19HP × 9.5	21.5HP × 10.75
(critical)	13.5HP × 6.75	16HP × 8	18.5HP × 9.25	21HP × 10.5	23.5HP × 11.75	26HP × 13
	10HP	12.5HP × 6.25	15HP × 7.5	17.5HP × 8.75	20HP × 10	22.5HP × 11.25
(critical)	15HP × 7.5	17.5HP × 8.75	20HP × 10	22.5HP × 11.25	25HP × 12.5	27.5HP × 13.75

Bedrock Edition

In Bedrock Edition, axes have no attack cooldown, and have the following statistics:

Type	Damage	DPS
Wooden	4HP	8
Golden
Stone	5HP	10
Copper
Iron	6HP	12
Diamond	7HP	14
Netherite	8HP	16

Breaking

An axe is used to break logs, blocks derived from wood and some other blocks faster than by using other tools. An axe uses 1 durability to break 1 block. For blocks that break instantly, it uses 0 durability.

Speed

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

Block	Breaking time (sec)[A]
	Default	Wooden	Stone	Copper	Iron	Diamond	Netherite	Golden
Creaking Heart	15	7.5	3.75	3	2.5	1.9	1.7	1.25
Wooden Doors	4.5	2.25	1.15	0.9	0.75	0.6	0.5	0.4
Wooden Trapdoors	4.5	2.25	1.15	0.9	0.75	0.6	0.5	0.4
Barrel	3.75	1.9	0.95	0.75	0.65	0.5	0.45	0.35
Cartography Table	3.75	1.9	0.95	0.75	0.65	0.5	0.45	0.35
Chest	3.75	1.9	0.95	0.75	0.65	0.5	0.45	0.35
Crafting Table	3.75	1.9	0.95	0.75	0.65	0.5	0.45	0.35
Fletching Table	3.75	1.9	0.95	0.75	0.65	0.5	0.45	0.35
Lectern	3.75	1.9	0.95	0.75	0.65	0.5	0.45	0.35
Loom	3.75	1.9	0.95	0.75	0.65	0.5	0.45	0.35
Smithing Table	3.75	1.9	0.95	0.75	0.65	0.5	0.45	0.35
Trapped Chest	3.75	1.9	0.95	0.75	0.65	0.5	0.45	0.35
Bamboo Mosaic	3	1.5	0.75	0.6	0.5	0.4	0.35	0.25
Block of Bamboo	3	1.5	0.75	0.6	0.5	0.4	0.35	0.25
Block of Stripped Bamboo	3	1.5	0.75	0.6	0.5	0.4	0.35	0.25
Campfire	3	1.5	0.75	0.6	0.5	0.4	0.35	0.25
Fence Gates	3	1.5	0.75	0.6	0.5	0.4	0.35	0.25
Jukebox	3	1.5	0.75	0.6	0.5	0.4	0.35	0.25
Logs Stems	3	1.5	0.75	0.6	0.5	0.4	0.35	0.25
Planks	3	1.5	0.75	0.6	0.5	0.4	0.35	0.25
Shelf	3	1.5	0.75	0.6	0.5	0.4	0.35	0.25
Soul Campfire	3	1.5	0.75	0.6	0.5	0.4	0.35	0.25
Stripped Logs Stripped Stems	3	1.5	0.75	0.6	0.5	0.4	0.35	0.25
Stripped Wood Stripped Hyphae	3	1.5	0.75	0.6	0.5	0.4	0.35	0.25
Wood Hyphae	3	1.5	0.75	0.6	0.5	0.4	0.35	0.25
Wooden Fences	3	1.5	0.75	0.6	0.5	0.4	0.35	0.25
Wooden Slabs	3	1.5	0.75	0.6	0.5	0.4	0.35	0.25
Wooden Stairs	3	1.5	0.75	0.6	0.5	0.4	0.35	0.25
Bookshelf	2.25	1.15	0.6	0.45	0.4	0.3	0.25	0.2
Chiseled Bookshelf	2.25	1.15	0.6	0.45	0.4	0.3	0.25	0.2
Bamboo	1.5	0.75	0.4	0.3	0.25	0.2	0.2	0.15
Banners	1.5	0.75	0.4	0.3	0.25	0.2	0.2	0.15
Carved Pumpkin	1.5	0.75	0.4	0.3	0.25	0.2	0.2	0.15
Hanging Sign	1.5	0.75	0.4	0.3	0.25	0.2	0.2	0.15
Jack o'Lantern	1.5	0.75	0.4	0.3	0.25	0.2	0.2	0.15
Melon	1.5	0.75	0.4	0.3	0.25	0.2	0.2	0.15
Pumpkin	1.5	0.75	0.4	0.3	0.25	0.2	0.2	0.15
Sign	1.5	0.75	0.4	0.3	0.25	0.2	0.2	0.15
Note Block	1.2	0.6	0.3	0.25	0.2	0.15	0.15	0.1
Mangrove Roots	1.05	0.55	0.3	0.25	0.2	0.15	0.15	0.1
Beehive	0.9	0.45	0.25	0.2	0.15	0.15	0.1	0.1
Composter	0.9	0.45	0.25	0.2	0.15	0.15	0.1	0.1
Wooden Button	0.75	0.4	0.2	0.15	0.15	0.1	0.1	0.1
Wooden Pressure Plate	0.75	0.4	0.2	0.15	0.15	0.1	0.1	0.1
Chorus Flower	0.6	0.3	0.15	0.15	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.05
Chorus Plant	0.6	0.3	0.15	0.15	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.05
Ladder	0.6	0.3	0.15	0.15	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.05
Bee Nest	0.45	0.25	0.15	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.05	0.05
Cocoa	0.3	0.15	0.1	0.1	0.05	0.05	0.05	0.05
Daylight Detector	0.3	0.15	0.1	0.1	0.05	0.05	0.05	0.05
Glow Lichen	0.3	0.15	0.1	0.1	0.05	0.05	0.05	0.05
Mushroom Block	0.3	0.15	0.1	0.1	0.05	0.05	0.05	0.05
Vines	0.3	0.15	0.1	0.1	0.05	0.05	0.05	0.05
Big Dripleaf	0.15	0.1	0.05	0.05	0.05	0.05	0.05	0.05

Stripping and scraping

Using an axe on a log, wood block, block of bamboo, or block of copper causes it to become a stripped log, stripped wood block, block of stripped bamboo, or removes one layer of oxidization or wax from a copper-based block or a copper golem, respectively. This consumes one point of durability from the axe.

In Java Edition, if the player holds a shield in their off-hand and attempts to strip a block with an axe, they will enable the shield instead of stripping with the axe. However, if the player sneaks, they can strip blocks as normal.

Attacking

Pressing attack while holding an axe inflicts damage on both mobs and other players. Upon damaging a mob or player, the axe's durability decreases by 2.

Attacking a boat or a minecart with any axe tier instantly destroys it ‌^{[Java Edition only]}, without decreasing the axe's durability.

Disabling shields

Attacking a shielding player with an axe disables the use of all of their shields for 5 seconds. Wardens, vindicators, piglin brutes, and other axe-wielding mobs also disable a shielding player's shield. This special ability has been referred to as a crushing blow on certain occasions.^[1]

Repairing

Combining

Ingredients	Crafting recipe	Description
Matching Damaged Axes		The durability of the two axes is added together, plus an extra 5% durability.

Ingredients	Grinding recipe	Description
Matching Damaged Axes		The durability of the two axes is added together, plus an extra 5% durability.

Anvil repair

Name	Ingredients	Anvil recipe
Wooden Axe	Damaged Wooden Axe + Any Planks	Wooden Axe
Stone Axe	Damaged Stone Axe + Cobblestone or  Blackstone or  Cobbled Deepslate	Stone Axe
Copper Axe	Damaged Copper Axe + Copper Ingot	Copper Axe
Iron Axe	Damaged Iron Axe + Iron Ingot	Iron Axe
Golden Axe	Damaged Golden Axe + Gold Ingot	Golden Axe
Diamond Axe	Damaged Diamond Axe + Diamond	Diamond Axe
Netherite Axe	Damaged Netherite Axe + Netherite Ingot	Netherite Axe

An axe can be repaired in an anvil by adding units of the tiers' repair material, with each repair material restoring 25% the axe's maximum durability, rounded down. Two axes of the same tier can also be combined in an anvil. Both methods preserve the axe's enchantments, unlike by crafting to repair.

Enchantments

An axe can receive the following enchantments:

Name	Description	Max Level	Method	Weight
Efficiency	Increases the mining speed.	V	Enchanting Table Anvil	10
Fortune[note 2]	Increases the amount of drops when mining.	III	Enchanting Table Anvil	2
Silk Touch[note 2]	Causes blocks to drop themselves when mined.	I	Enchanting Table Anvil	1
Sharpness[note 3]	Increases the damage dealt.	V	Enchanting Table‌[BE only] Anvil	10
Smite[note 3]	Increases the damage dealt to undead.	V	Enchanting Table‌[BE only] Anvil	5
Bane of Arthropods[note 3]	Increases the damage dealt to arthropods.	V	Enchanting Table‌[BE only] Anvil	5
Cleaving​[upcoming JE Combat Tests][note 3]	Increases the damage and shield cooldown time dealt.	III	Enchanting Table Anvil
Looting​[upcoming JE Combat Tests][note 4]	Increases the amount of drops when killing an entity with the axe.	III	Anvil	2
Knockback​[upcoming JE Combat Tests][note 4]	Increases the knockback dealt.	II	Anvil	5
Fire Aspect​[upcoming JE Combat Tests][note 4]	Ignites any targets hit by the axe and lights unlit candles, campfires, and Block of TNT when used.	II	Anvil	2
Sweeping Edge​[upcoming JE Combat Tests][note 4]	Increases the sweeping damage dealt.	III	Anvil	2
Unbreaking	Grants a chance to negate durability consumption.	III	Enchanting Table Anvil	5
Mending	Repairs the axe when obtaining experience.	I	Anvil	2
Curse of Vanishing	The axe vanishes on death, not dropping as an item.	I	Anvil	1

Sounds

Java Edition:

v t e Sounds
Sound	Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	​Axe strips	Blocks	When an axe strips a log or wood block	item.axe.strip	subtitles.item.axe.strip​	0.9	1.0/0.85	16
	​Wax off	Blocks	When an axe unwaxes a block of copper	item.axe.wax_off	subtitles.item.axe.wax_off​	1.0	0.9/1.1/1.0	16
	​Axe scrapes	Blocks	When an axe deoxidizes a block of copper	item.axe.scrape	subtitles.item.axe.scrape​	1.0	1.0/0.9/1.1	16
	​Item breaks	Players	When an axe's durability is exhausted	entity.item.break	subtitles.entity.item.break​	0.8	0.8-1.2	16

Bedrock Edition:

v t e Sounds
Sound	Source	Description	Resource location	Volume	Pitch
	Blocks	When an axe strips a log or wood block	use.wood	1.0	0.8
	Blocks	When an axe strips a stem or hyphae block [sound 1]	use.stem	1.0	0.8
	Players	When an axe strips a block of bamboo [sound 1]	step.bamboo_wood	1.0	0.8
	Players	When an axe strips a cherry log or cherry wood block [sound 1]	step.cherry_wood	1.0	0.8
	Friendly Mobs	When an axe unwaxes a copper blocks and copper golem ​[more information needed]	copper.wax.off	1.0	0.8-1.2
	Friendly Mobs	When an axe deoxidizes a copper blocks and copper golem	scrape	1.0	0.8-1.2
	Players	When an axe's durability is exhausted	random.break	1.0	0.9

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Translation key
Wooden Axe	wooden_axe	Item	item.minecraft.wooden_axe
Stone Axe	stone_axe	Item	item.minecraft.stone_axe
Iron Axe	iron_axe	Item	item.minecraft.iron_axe
Diamond Axe	diamond_axe	Item	item.minecraft.diamond_axe
Golden Axe	golden_axe	Item	item.minecraft.golden_axe
Netherite Axe	netherite_axe	Item	item.minecraft.netherite_axe

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Translation key
Wooden Axe	wooden_axe	311	Item	item.wooden_axe.name
Stone Axe	stone_axe	315	Item	item.stone_axe.name
Copper Axe	copper_axe	772	Item	item.copper_axe.name
Iron Axe	iron_axe	298	Item	item.iron_axe.name
Diamond Axe	diamond_axe	319	Item	item.diamond_axe.name
Golden Axe	golden_axe	325	Item	item.golden_axe.name
Netherite Axe	netherite_axe	607	Item	item.netherite_axe.name

Achievements

Advancements

Video

History

February 20, 2024							A Mojang short about bugs shows early textures of netherite items, including the axe.
Java Edition Indev
0.31			20100110				Added axes, which are internally referred to as hatchets.
							An axe is used to gather wood 400% faster than by hand.
							When starting in a new world, the player is given one of each tool.
			20100122-2251				The texture of axes has been changed. Half of the axe head has been removed.
			20100124-2119				The texture of axes has been changed again. The other axe head is now used instead.
							A complete toolset is no longer given to the player on starting a new world. Instead, there are multiple chests in the later called "Indev House" containing a stack of most accessible blocks / items including tools.
			20100128-2200				Tools now have tiers. Wooden, stone, and diamond axes have been added.
							The texture of the existing axes, now known as iron axes, has been changed.
							An axe held by the player is now rendered to appear more 3D.
							They cannot be crafted yet, but have been added to the item chest in the Indev house.
			20100129-1447				Wooden, stone, iron, and diamond axes can now be crafted.
							Due to a bug, stone axe can be crafted only in next version
			20100130				Axes can now be made out of gold.
			20100131				Tools now take damage when being used. Better tools now last longer.
20100206-2034							The texture of golden axes has been changed.
Java Edition Beta
1.0							With tooltips being added, axes now have an official name as axes instead of hatchets.
1.2							Gold tools, including axes, now remove blocks faster than diamond tools.
Java Edition
1.2.4			release				Spruce planks, birch planks, and jungle planks can now be used to craft wooden axes.
			12w21a				Blacksmith villagers now sell 1 diamond axe for 9–11 emeralds, and 1 iron axe for 6–7 emeralds.
1.6.1			13w21a				Instead of replacing the barehanded damage (1HP), axes now add their damage onto the barehanded damage, which results in all axes doing 1HP more damage than before.
1.9			15w34a				Axes now use the attack speed combat mechanic meter. The time it takes for the meter to fill up for an axe is 1.2 seconds.
			15w34b				Axes now have an attack speed of 0.8, taking about 1.25 seconds to fill the attack meter.
			15w34c				Axes do 4HP more damage than previously.
							Axes now have an attack speed of 0.85.
							Axes now have a random chance to temporarily disable shield use, a chance that is increased by efficiency level and whether or not the user is sprinting.
			15w35a				The damage of axes has been reduced by 1HP.
							The speed of axes has been increased to 0.9.
			15w37a				Axes now have attack speed based on the tier, with wooden and stone having a speed of 0.8, iron having a speed of 0.9, and diamond and gold having a speed of 1.
1.11			16w35a				An axe now has a 100% chance of disabling shield use, and the chance is no longer increased by Efficiency level and whether or not the user is sprinting.
			16w39a				An iron axe enchanted with Efficiency I can now be found in the "Tree-chopping room" in woodland mansions.
1.13			18w07a				Using an axe on a log now turns it into a stripped log.
			pre2				Using an axe on wood now turns it into stripped wood.
1.14			18w43a				The textures of all axes have been changed.
1.16			20w06a				Added netherite axes.
							Netherite axes are obtained by combining one diamond axe and one netherite ingot in a crafting table.
			20w10a				The texture of netherite axes has been changed.
							Netherite axes can no longer be crafted.
							Netherite axes are now obtained by combining one diamond axe and one netherite ingot in a smithing table.
1.17			21w11a				Axes can now be used to scrape wax and oxidation off copper blocks.
1.19.4 Experiment Update 1.20			23w04a				Upgrading diamond axes to netherite axes now requires the netherite upgrade smithing template.
1.20.5			24w03a				Axes can now receive Sharpness, Smite, and Bane of Arthropods through an enchanting table, rather than only through an anvil.[2]
			24w12a				Axes can no longer receive Sharpness, Smite, and Bane of Arthropods through an enchanting table.
1.21			24w18a				While holding a shield and an axe, blocking with a shield is now prioritized over stripping or scraping blocks with an axe.[3]
1.21.9			25w31a				Added copper axes.
Java Edition Combat Tests
1.14.3							The attack speed for all axes has been increased to 2.
							Decreased the attack damage of all axes, making them all deal 1HP more damage than their sword counterparts across all tiers.
							The attack reach for all axes has been decreased to 2.5, down from 3.
3							The Chopping enchantment has been added for axes, which adds 1 damage and 0.5 seconds (10 game ticks) of shield stunning per level and is mutually exclusive with Sharpness.
							Axes now disable shields for 1.6 seconds (32 game ticks), down from 5 seconds (100 game ticks).
							Axes now lose 1 durability when attacking instead of 2.
4							Knockback, Sweeping Edge, Looting, and Fire Aspect enchantments can now be applied to axes.
6							The Chopping enchantment for axes has been renamed to Cleaving.
							The Cleaving enchantment now adds 1 additional damage, making the totals 2HP at level 1, 3HP at level 2, and 4HP at level 3.
Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.2.0							Added wooden, stone, iron, golden, and diamond axes (Currently unobtainable expect stone axes).
v0.3.0							Wooden axes can now be crafted with wooden planks and sticks.
							Survival players no longer start with an infinite durability stone axe in the inventory.
v0.3.2							Iron, golden and diamond axes can now be crafted with corresponding materials and sticks.
v0.4.0							Removed stone axes from the Creative inventory.
v0.11.0			build 11				All axes are now available in the Creative inventory.
			build 12				All axes have been removed from Creative.
			build 13				All axes have been re-added to Creative Mode.
v0.12.1			build 1				Instead of replacing the barehanded damage (1HP), axes now add their damage onto the barehanded damage, which results in all axes doing 1HP more damage than before.
Pocket Edition
1.0.0			alpha 0.17.0.1				Stone axes now can be found inside igloo basement chests.
1.0.4			alpha 1.0.4.0				Weaponsmith villagers now sell iron axes for 6-8 emeralds as part of their first tier trades and enchanted diamond axes for 9-12 emeralds as part of their third tier trades.
1.1.0			alpha 1.1.0.0				Iron and golden axes are now smeltable.
							Iron axes with the Efficiency I enchantment can now be found inside chests in woodland mansions.
							Added vindicators, who rarely drop iron axes.
Bedrock Edition
1.2.0			beta 1.2.0.2				Wooden and stone axes can now be found in bonus chests.
1.2.13			beta 1.2.13.8				Using an axe on a log now turns it into a stripped log.
1.4.0			beta 1.2.20.1				Stone axes can now be found inside ocean ruins chests.
1.10.0			beta 1.10.0.3				The textures of all axes have been changed.
1.11.0			beta 1.11.0.4				Vindicators and pillagers that spawn in raids can now drop an iron axe.
							Trading has been changed, weaponsmith villagers now sell iron axes for 3 emeralds and enchanted diamond axes for 12 emeralds as part of their fourth tier trades.
							Stone axes, enchanted iron axes, and diamond axes can now be bought from toolsmith villagers.
1.16.0			beta 1.16.0.51				Added netherite axes.
							Netherite axes are obtained by combining one diamond axe and one netherite ingot in a crafting table.
							The texture of diamond axes has been changed.
			beta 1.16.0.57				Netherite axes can no longer be crafted.
							Netherite axes are now obtained by combining one diamond axe and one netherite ingot in a smithing table.
							Stone axes can now be crafted using blackstone.
							Golden axes now generate randomly enchanted in ruined portal chests.
							Netherite axes now generate randomly enchanted in bastion remnants chests.
1.16.20			beta 1.16.20.50				Added piglin brutes, who rarely drop golden axes.
1.16.100			beta 1.16.100.54				Piglin brutes no longer spawn with enchanted axes.
1.16.220			beta 1.16.220.52				Axes can now be used to scrape wax off copper blocks.
1.18.30			Preview 1.18.30.27				Axes can now temporarily disable shield use. This is not mentioned in the official changelog.[4]
1.20.60 Experiment Update 1.21			Preview 1.20.60.20				Randomly enchanted diamond axes now generate in trial chambers.
1.21.100 Experiment Drop 3 2025			Preview 1.21.100.23				Added copper axes.
Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360	Xbox One	PS3	PS4	PS Vita	Wii U	Switch
TU1	CU1	1.00	1.00	1.00	Patch 1	1.0.1	Added axes (all five types).
TU14		1.04					Blacksmith villagers now sell 1 diamond axe for 9–11 emeralds, and 1 iron axe for 6–7 emeralds.
TU19	CU7	1.12	1.12	1.12			Instead of replacing the barehanded damage (1HP), axes now add their damage onto the barehanded damage, which results in all axes doing 1HP more damage than before.
TU36	CU25	1.28	1.28	1.28	Patch 7		The attack damage of axes is now shown above the hotbar when switching to it if the item has less than 3 enchantments.
TU54	CU44	1.52	1.52	1.52	Patch 24	1.0.4	An iron axe enchanted with Efficiency I can now be found in the "Tree-chopping room" in woodland mansions.
TU69		1.76	1.76	1.76	Patch 38		Using an axe on a log now turns it into a stripped log.
							Stone axes can now be found inside ocean ruins chests.
			1.90				The textures of all axes have been changed.
			1.91				Vindicators and pillagers that spawn in raids can now drop an iron axe.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0							Added axes.

Issues

Issues relating to "Axe" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

Trivia

• Before Java Edition 1.13, in the language files, axes were referred to as Hatchets.^[5]
• Weaponsmith villagers gifting stone, iron and golden axes is a reference to the story The Honest Woodcutter, where a woodcutter dropped his axe into a river, and is successively provided a silver and a golden axe by the river god.

Gallery

Renders

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  Enchanted Wooden Axe
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  Enchanted Stone Axe
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  Enchanted Copper Axe
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  Enchanted Iron Axe
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  Enchanted Golden Axe
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  Enchanted Diamond Axe
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  Enchanted Netherite Axe

Super Duper Graphics Pack

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  Stone Axe

Other

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  Axes in A Minecraft Movie.

See also

• Pickaxe
• Sword

References

External links

• "Taking Inventory: Axe" by Duncan Geere – Minecraft.net, February 6, 2020.

Notes

Navigation

v t e Tools
Pickaxe	Wooden Stone Copper Iron Golden Diamond Netherite
Shovel	Wooden Stone Copper Iron Golden Diamond Netherite
Axe	Wooden Stone Copper Iron Golden Diamond Netherite
Hoe	Wooden Stone Copper Iron Golden Diamond Netherite
Miscellaneous	Brush Fishing Rod Carrot on a Stick Warped Fungus on a Stick Flint and Steel Shears

v t e Weapons
Sword	Wooden Stone Copper Iron Golden Diamond Netherite
Axe	Wooden Stone Copper Iron Golden Diamond Netherite
Spear​[upcoming Mounts of Mayhem]	Wooden Stone Copper Iron Golden Diamond Netherite
Others	Bow Crossbow Mace Trident
Ammunition	Arrow Tipped Arrow JE only Spectral Arrow

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