Minecraft Axe

Minecraft Axe

Axe

Mobs

Equipment

Main article: Drops § Equipped items

A vindicator spawns with an iron axe, and has an 8.5% (9.5% with Looting I, 10.5% with Looting II and 11.5% with Looting III) chance of dropping it upon death by the player. It will usually have some level of damage, and will sometimes be enchanted.

Raid

In Bedrock Edition vindicators and pillagers that spawn in raids have a 4.1% chance (5.12% on hard) to drop an iron axe, which will be badly damaged and sometimes enchanted with a random enchantment. It's possible for vindicators to drop 2 iron axes, one from natural equipment and one from raid drops.

Trading

Novice-level Toolsmith villagers have a 25% chance to sell a stone axe for one emerald, journeyman-level Toolsmith villagers have a 25% chance to sell an enchanted iron axe for one emerald, and expert-level Toolsmith villagers have a 50% chance to sell an enchanted diamond axe for 12 emeralds.‌^{[Bedrock Edition only]}

Novice-level Toolsmith villagers have a 40% chance to sell a stone axe for one emerald, journeyman-level Toolsmith villagers have a 40% chance to sell an enchanted iron axe for 7-22 emeralds, and expert-level Toolsmith villagers have a ²⁄₃ chance to sell an enchanted diamond axe for 18-35 emeralds.‌^{[Java Edition only]}

Novice-level Weaponsmith villagers sell an iron axe for 3 emeralds as one of their trades and master-level Weaponsmith villagers sell an enchanted diamond axe for 12 emeralds.‌^{[Bedrock Edition only]}

Novice-level Weaponsmith villagers have a ²⁄₃ chance to sell an iron axe for 3 emeralds. Master-level Weaponsmith villagers will always sell an enchanted diamond axe for 18-35 emeralds.‌^{[Java Edition only]}

The enchantments will be the same as the ones obtained from an enchantment table at levels 5–19.

Natural generation

Wooden axes can be found in 75.0% of bonus chests in groups of 1.

Stone axes can be found in 30.2% of small underwater ruins chests, 14.7% of igloo chests, and 25.0% of bonus chests, all in groups of 1.

In woodland mansions, a sealed room can appear that has a chest always containing an Efficiency I iron axe.

Usage

Chopping wood

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

Speed and durability

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

Axes	Hand	Wood	Stone	Iron	Diamond	Golden
Durability	∞	60	132	251	1562	33
Wooden Door	4.5 s	2.25 s	1.15 s	0.75 s	0.6 s	0.4 s
Wooden Trapdoor	4.5 s	2.25 s	1.15 s	0.75 s	0.6 s	0.4 s
Chest	3.75 s	1.9 s	0.95 s	0.65 s	0.5 s	0.35 s
Crafting Table	3.75 s	1.9 s	0.95 s	0.65 s	0.5 s	0.35 s
Fence	3 s	1.5 s	0.75 s	0.5 s	0.4 s	0.25 s
Fence Gate	3 s	1.5 s	0.75 s	0.5 s	0.4 s	0.25 s
Jukebox	3 s	1.5 s	0.75 s	0.5 s	0.4 s	0.25 s
Wood	3 s	1.5 s	0.75 s	0.5 s	0.4 s	0.25 s
Planks	3 s	1.5 s	0.75 s	0.5 s	0.4 s	0.25 s
Wooden Slabs	3 s	1.5 s	0.75 s	0.5 s	0.4 s	0.25 s
Wooden Stairs	3 s	1.5 s	0.75 s	0.5 s	0.4 s	0.25 s
Bookshelf	2.25 s	1.15 s	0.6 s	0.4 s	0.3 s	0.2 s
Banners	1.5 s	0.75 s	0.4 s	0.25 s	0.2 s	0.15 s
Jack o'Lantern	1.5 s	0.75 s	0.4 s	0.25 s	0.2 s	0.15 s
Pumpkin	1.5 s	0.75 s	0.4 s	0.25 s	0.2 s	0.15 s
Sign	1.5 s	0.75 s	0.4 s	0.25 s	0.2 s	0.15 s
Note Block	1.2 s	0.6 s	0.3 s	0.2 s	0.15 s	0.1 s
Wooden Pressure Plate	0.75 s	0.4 s	0.2 s	0.15 s	0.1 s	0.1 s
Cocoa	0.3 s	0.15 s	0.1 s	0.05 s	0.05 s	0.05 s
Daylight Detector	0.3 s	0.15 s	0.1 s	0.05 s	0.05 s	0.05 s
Mushroom Block	0.3 s	0.15 s	0.1 s	0.05 s	0.05 s	0.05 s
Vines	0.3 s	0.15 s	0.1 s	0.05 s	0.05 s	0.05 s

Stripped logs/wood

Using an axe on a log or wood block will cause it to become a stripped log or a stripped wood block, respectively. This will consume one durability from the axe.

Weapon

Java Edition

Damage done when using an axe as a weapon is more than that of a sword, though they take longer than a sword to recover. Axes lose 2 points of durability when used as a weapon, and deal different amount of damage and have different cooldown times based on the type:

Material	Wooden	Gold	Stone	Iron	Diamond
Attack damage	7	7	9	9	9
Attack Speed	0.8	1.0	0.8	0.9	1.0
Recovery time	1.25 s	1.0 s	1.25 s	1.11 s	1.0 s
DPS	5.6	7.0	7.2	8.1	9.0
Lifetime damage inflicted[note 1]	210 × 105	119 × 59.5	594 × 297	1134 × 567	7029 × 3514.5

1. Jump up↑ The formula to find the total lifetime damage is (Durability / 2) × Damage per hit = Lifetime damage minimum. The durability is halved because axes take double durability when used as a weapon. The formula also ignores enchantments and critical hits, and assumes the axe is at maximum charge

Disabling a shield

Attacking a shield user with an axe has a chance to disable the use of the shield for 5 seconds. The base chance is 25%, plus 5 percentage points per level of Efficiency on the axe, plus 75 percentage points if attacking while sprinting.

Legacy Console and Bedrock editions

In the Bedrock and Legacy Console editions, axes always attack instantly (without a cooldown) and do less damage than a sword of the same quality:

Attack damage
4	5	6	7

Enchantments

An axe can receive the following enchantments:

Name	Max Level
Fortune[note 1]	III
Silk Touch[note 1]	I
Efficiency	V
Unbreaking	III
Sharpness[note 2][note 3]	V
Smite[note 2][note 3]	V
Bane of Arthropods[note 2][note 3]	V
Mending[note 3]	I
Curse of Vanishing[note 3]‌[JE & LCE only]	I

1. ↑ ^{Jump up to:a b} Silk Touch and Fortune are mutually exclusive
2. ↑ ^{Jump up to:a b c} Sharpness, Smite and Bane of Arthropods are mutually exclusive
3. ↑ ^{Jump up to:a b c d e} Only available using enchanted books and an anvil

Data values

Item	Namespaced ID	Numericic ID‌[BE only]
Wooden Axe	wooden_axe	271
Stone Axe	stone_axe	275
Iron Axe	iron_axe	258
Diamond Axe	diamond_axe	279
Golden Axe	golden_axe	286

Achievements

Main article: Achievements

Icon	Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Availability				Xbox points earned	Trophy type (PS)
				Xbox	PS	Bedrock	Nintendo
	MOAR Tools	Construct one type of each tool (one pickaxe, one shovel, one axe and one hoe).		Yes	Yes	Yes	Wii U, Switch	15G	Bronze

History

Java Edition Indev
0.31		2010-01-11 (1)			Added iron axes, they can neither be obtained nor do they have any use.
					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 tools.
		2010-01-22			Half of the axe head is removed.
		2010-01-24			The other axe head is 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 every available block / item including tools.
		2010-01-28			An axe held by the player appears more 3d like.
		2010-01-29			Tools have tiers, in addition to iron, axes can now be made from wood, stone and diamond.
					Added crafting recipe for iron axes as well as the newly introduced variants.
		2010-01-30			Axes can now be made out of gold.
		2010-02-01			Tools take damage when being used. Better tools last longer.
Indev		February 6, 2010			Golden axe's texture has now been slightly changed.
Java Edition Beta
1.2					Gold tools, including axes, remove blocks faster than diamond tools.
1.5					Axes deal more damage to mobs and players than by hand, which means of all non-weapon tools, axes deal the most damage.
1.8		?			The damage increase was reverted.
Java Edition
1.3.1		12w16a			Wooden and stone axes are now found in the new bonus chests.
		12w18a			Wooden axes can now be used as fuel in a furnace.
		12w21a			Blacksmith villagers now sell 1 diamond axe for 9–11 emeralds, and 1 iron axe for 6–7 emeralds.
1.8		14w02a			Weapon smith villagers now sell 1 enchanted diamond axe for 9–12 emeralds, and 1 iron axe for 6–8 emeralds. Unenchanted diamond axes are no longer sold.
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 4 more damage than previously
					Axes now have an attack speed of 0.85.
					Axes can temporarily disable shield use.
		15w35a			Damage reduced by one and speed increased to 0.9.
		15w37a			Stone and diamond axes now both do 9 damage, instead of the previous 8 and 10 respectively.
					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 having a speed of 1
		15w43a			Stone axes may now be found in igloo basement chests.
		15w44a			Decreased average yield of stone and wooden axes from bonus chests.
1.11.1		16w50a			Golden and iron axes now smelt down into one of their respective nuggets.
1.13		17w47a			Prior to The Flattening, these items' numeral IDs were 271, 275, 258, 279 and 286.
		18w07a			Using an axe on bark or a log will now turn it into a stripped log.
		18w09a			Stone axes now can generate in the chests of underwater ruins.
		pre2			Using an axe on a bark will now turn it into a stripped bark.
1.14		18w43a			Changed the textures of all axes.
Pocket Edition Alpha
0.2.0					Added stone axes.
0.3.0					Added wooden axes.
0.3.2					Added iron, golden and diamond axes.
0.11.0		build 11			All axes are now available in the creative inventory.
		build 12			Removed all axes from creative.
		build 13			Re-added axes to creative mode.
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 emerald 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 Efficiency I enchantment can now be found inside chests in woodland mansions.
					Added vindicators, which 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.
1.4.0		beta 1.2.13.8			Using an axe on a log will now turn it into a stripped log.
		beta 1.2.20.1			Stone axes can now be found inside underwater ruins chests.
1.10.0		beta 1.10.0.3			Changed the textures of all axes.
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 will 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 and diamond axes can now be bought from toolsmith villagers.
Legacy Console Edition
TU1	CU1	1.00	Patch 1	1.0.1	Added axes (all five types).
TU53	CU43	1.49	Patch 23	Patch 1.0.3	Iron and golden axes are now smeltable.
PlayStation 4 Edition
1.90					Changed the textures of all axes.

Issues

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Trivia

• Before Java Edition 1.13, in the language files, axes were referred to as Hatchets.^[1]

See also

• Pickaxe