Minecraft Dungeons, see For the weapon in, see MCD:Pickaxe

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Pickaxe Rarity Common Durability Wood: 59

Stone: 131

Iron: 250

Golden: 32

Diamond: 1561

Netherite: 2031 Renewable Netherite: No

Others: Yes

Stackable No

Pickaxes are one of the most commonly used tools in the game, being required to mine all ores, rock, rock-based blocks and metal-based blocks. They allow the player to mine blocks at faster speeds, and the speed increases depending on the material it is made out of.

Obtaining [ edit ]

Crafting [ edit ]

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

Upgrading [ edit ]

Repairing [ edit ]

Grinding [ edit ]

Pickaxes can be repaired in an anvil by adding units of the tiers' repair material, with each repair material restoring 25% of the pickaxe's maximum durability, rounded down.

Natural generation [ edit ]

Trading [ edit ]

In Bedrock Edition, novice-level toolsmith villagers have a 25% chance to sell stone pickaxes for one emerald, Journeyman-level toolsmith villagers have a 25% chance to sell enchanted iron pickaxes for 3 emeralds, and master-level toolsmith villagers always sell enchanted diamond pickaxes for 13 emeralds.

In Java Edition, novice-level toolsmith villagers have a 40% chance to sell a stone pickaxe for one emerald, journeyman-level toolsmith villagers have a 40% chance to sell an enchanted iron pickaxe for 7–22 emeralds, and a master-level toolsmith always sells an enchanted diamond pickaxe for 18–35 emeralds.

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

Usage [ edit ]

Mining [ edit ]

A pickaxe is used to break stone and metal-based materials faster. When a block is broken using a pickaxe, the pickaxe uses 1 durability. For blocks that break instantly, it uses 0 durability. Pickaxes have different amounts of uses based on the type:

Wooden: 59

Stone: 131

Iron: 250

Golden: 32

Diamond: 1561

Netherite: 2031

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, diamond or netherite pickaxe, or else the player harvests no ore. Different pickaxes also mine many materials at different speeds:

Speed [ edit ]

The following table shows the time it takes to break each type of block.

A red background indicates that the block cannot be harvested with that type of pickaxe.

background indicates that the block cannot be harvested with that type of pickaxe. A yellow background indicates that the block cannot be harvested with that type of pickaxe, but still drops something.

background indicates that the block cannot be harvested with that type of pickaxe, but still drops something. A green background indicates that the block can be harvested with that type of pickaxe.

Weapon [ edit ]

Hitting a mob with a pickaxe is a stronger attack than using fists. Pickaxes lose 2 durability when used as a weapon.

Java Edition [ edit ]

Pickaxes have an attack speed modifier of −2.8, meaning they take about 0.83 seconds to recover. All pickaxes have an attack speed of 1.2 hits per second. They deal different damage based on the type:

Bedrock Editions [ edit ]

In Bedrock Edition, pickaxes always attack instantly and do the following damage:

Enchantments [ edit ]

A pickaxe can receive the following enchantments:

a b Fortune and Silk Touch are mutually exclusive.

Fuel [ edit ]

Wooden pickaxes can be used as a fuel in furnaces, smelting 1 item per wooden pickaxe.

Smelting ingredient [ edit ]

Piglins [ edit ]

Piglins are attracted to golden pickaxes and run toward any golden pickaxes on the ground, and inspect it for 6 to 8 seconds before putting it in their inventory.

Achievements [ edit ]

Icon Achievement In-game description Actual requirements (if different) Gamerscore earned Trophy type (PS) Time to Mine! Use planks and sticks to make a pickaxe. Pick up any type of pickaxe from a crafting table output. 10G Bronze Getting an Upgrade Construct a better pickaxe. Pick up a pickaxe from a crafting table output that is not a wooden pickaxe. 15G Bronze MOAR Tools Construct one type of each tool. Construct one pickaxe, one shovel, one axe, and one hoe with the same material. 15G Bronze Oooh, shiny! Distract a Piglin using gold. Give a piglin a gold item while it is aggressive toward the player. 30G Silver

Advancements [ edit ]

Icon Advancement In-game description Parent Actual requirements (if different) Namespaced ID Stone Age

Mine stone with your new pickaxe Minecraft Have cobblestone or blackstone in your inventory, both in the #stone_tool_materials tag. story/mine_stone Getting an Upgrade

Construct a better pickaxe Stone Age Have a stone pickaxe in your inventory. story/upgrade_tools Isn't It Iron Pick

Upgrade your pickaxe Acquire Hardware Have an iron pickaxe in your inventory. story/iron_tools Oh Shiny

Distract Piglins with gold Nether Give a piglin one of #piglin_loved entity tag these 22 gold-related items in theentity tag nether/distract_piglin

Sounds [ edit ]

Sound Subtitle Source Description Namespaced ID Translation key Volume Pitch Attenuation

distance Sound parameters Volume Pitch Attenuation

distance Stream Preload https://minecraft.gamepedia.com/File:Random_break.ogg Item breaks ? When durability is exhausted entity.item.break subtitles.entity.item.break 1.0 0.9 16 ? ? ? ? ?

Data values [ edit ]

ID [ edit ]

Java Edition:

Name Namespaced ID Translation key Wooden Pickaxe wooden_pickaxe item.minecraft.wooden_pickaxe Stone Pickaxe stone_pickaxe item.minecraft.stone_pickaxe Iron Pickaxe iron_pickaxe item.minecraft.iron_pickaxe Diamond Pickaxe diamond_pickaxe item.minecraft.diamond_pickaxe Golden Pickaxe golden_pickaxe item.minecraft.golden_pickaxe Netherite Pickaxe netherite_pickaxe item.minecraft.netherite_pickaxe

Bedrock Edition:

Name Namespaced ID Numeric ID Translation key Wooden Pickaxe wooden_pickaxe 270 item.wooden_pickaxe.name Stone Pickaxe stone_pickaxe 274 item.stone_pickaxe.name Iron Pickaxe iron_pickaxe 257 item.iron_pickaxe.name Diamond Pickaxe diamond_pickaxe 278 item.diamond_pickaxe.name Golden Pickaxe golden_pickaxe 285 item.golden_pickaxe.name Netherite Pickaxe netherite_pickaxe 745 item.netherite_pickaxe.name

Video [ edit ]

History [ edit ]

Issues [ edit ]

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

Trivia [ edit ]

The Golden Pickaxe is the only pickaxe aside from the Wooden Pickaxe that is unable to harvest the material it is made from.

On Rails that are curved to the side, a texture similar to that of an Iron Pickaxe appears when viewed from the top.

Publicity [ edit ]

Gallery [ edit ]

A naturally generated pickaxe.

Enchanted pickaxes [ edit ]