Axes

Axe
Type:	Item, Tool
Stackable:	No

Axes are tools used to ease the process of collecting wood and other wooden objects, but are not required to gather them.

Obtaining

Natural Generation

Wooden axes with full durability can be found in 52.2% of bonus chest in stacks of 1 with full durability.

Stone axes with 20-50 damage can be found in 52.2% of bonus chests in stacks of 1.

Stone axes with 50-100 damage can be found in 21.8% of loot chests in stacks of 1.

Crafting

Axes are crafted using three tool materials and two sticks.

Usage

Mining

The axe is used to mine wood and wooden based blocks faster. It is not needed as much as the pickaxe. Compared to the axe, breaking these things by hand is still pretty quick.

Axe	Material	Comments
	Wooden planks	Easiest axe to craft, however also the slowest. Can be found in the bonus chest and loot chest.
	Cobblestone	Second easiest to craft, and slightly faster than the wooden axe. Can also be found in the bonus chest and loot chest.
	Iron ingot	Slightly harder to craft, however quite fast.
	Gold ingot	Fastest mining speed, however it is not recommended for regular use as it has very low durability, so it uses up a lot of gold quickly.
	Diamond	Faster mining speed than the iron axe, however slightly slower than gold. It has a lot of durability for how much it costs.

Durability

There are five types of axes, each with different mining speeds and durability.

Axe	Name	Uses
	Golden axe	33
	Wooden axe	60
	Stone axe	130
	Iron axe	251
	Diamond axe	1500

Weapon

Axes can be used to deal more damage to mobs than by hand, however an axe does half a heart less damage than a sword of the same material, and uses up two durability points when used to deal damage to mobs. This makes them a less used weapon than swords because they are crafted with three tool materials as opposed to two, however they do less damage and do not last as long, making the sword the better option.

Enchanting

Axes can be enchanted directly through the enchantment table.

Enchantments applicable to pickaxes include:

• Silk touch(Max lvl I)*
• Fire aspect(Max lvl I)
• Efficiency(Max lvl II)
• Fortune(Max lvl III)*
• Knockback(Max lvl III)
• Looting(Max lvl III)
• Bane of arthropods(Max lvl III)
• Smite(Max lvl IV)
• Sharpness(Max lvl IV)
• Unbreaking(Max lvl IV)

*Note: Silk touch and fortune are mutually exclusive.

Data Values

Different axes have different item ids.

Here is a table:

Axe	ID
	wooden_axe
	stone_axe
	iron_axe
	golden_axe
	diamond_axe

History

Version	Date	Changes
Prior to 1.4.34	Day 11	Added axes

See Also

• Shovels
• Pickaxes
• Swords
• Hoes
• Tools