Axe

Wooden
Stone
Iron
Golden
Diamond
Netherite

Durability

Bedrock Edition

Golden: 33
Wooden: 60
Stone: 132
Iron: 251
Diamond: 1562
Netherite: 2032

Java Edition

Golden: 32
Wooden: 59
Stone: 131
Iron: 250
Diamond: 1561
Netherite: 2031

Stackable

No

An axe is a tool used to hasten the breaking of wood-based or other tough organic blocks, strip or scrape certain blocks, or as a melee weapon that can disable shields it hits.

Obtaining[]

Crafting[]

Ingredients	Crafting recipe	Description
Any Planks or Iron Ingot or Gold Ingot or Diamond + Stick
Any stone-tier block + Stick		Can use cobblestone and its other variants interchangeably.
Damaged Matching Axe		The durability of the two axes is added together, plus an extra 5% durability.

Upgrading[]

Ingredients	Smithing recipe
Netherite Upgrade + Diamond Axe + Netherite Ingot	Upgrade Gear

Repairing[]

Grinding[]

Ingredients	Grinding recipe	Description
2× Damaged Wooden Axe or 2× Damaged Stone Axe or 2× Damaged Iron Axe or 2× Damaged Golden Axe or 2× Damaged Diamond Axe or 2× Damaged Netherite Axe		The durability of the two axes is added together, plus an extra 5% of max durability.

Unit repair[]

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

Mob loot[]

Equipment[]

A vindicator spawns with an iron axe and has an 8.5% chance (9.5% with Looting I, 10.5% with Looting II, and 11.5% with Looting III) of dropping it upon death by the player. It is usually heavily damaged and is sometimes enchanted.

A piglin brute spawns with a golden axe and has an 8.5% chance (9.5% with Looting I, 10.5% with Looting II, and 11.5% with Looting III) of dropping it upon death by the player. Also, in Java Edition, zombified piglins can drop their golden axe (with the same chance as piglin brute drop) if they have been zombified from a piglin brute.

Raids[]

In Bedrock Edition, Vindicator and pillagers that spawn in raids have a 4.1% chance (5.12% on hard) to drop a badly-damaged iron axe, which is sometimes enchanted with a random enchantment. A vindicator can 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 eight emeralds, and expert-level Toolsmith villagers have a 50% chance to sell an enchanted diamond axe for 13 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 66.67% 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 66.67% chance to sell an iron axe for 3 emeralds. Master-level Weaponsmith villagers always offer to sell an enchanted diamond axe for 18-35 emeralds.‌^{[Java Edition only]}

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

Villager gifts[]

Toolsmith villagers occasionally throw stone axes at players with the Hero of the Village status effect.‌^{[Java Edition only]}

Weaponsmith villagers occasionally throw either stone, gold, or iron axes at players with the Hero of the Village status effect.‌^{[Java Edition only]}

Structure loot[]

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

Item	Structure	Container	Quantity	Chance
Java Edition
Wooden Axe	Bonus chest	Chest	1	75%
Stone Axe	Bonus chest	Chest	1	25%
	Igloo	Chest	1	14.7%
	Underwater ruins	Small ruins chest	1	30.2%
Enchanted Golden Axe^[A]	Bastion remnant	Hoglin stable chest	1	22.8%
		Generic chest	1	9.8%
		Bridge chest	1	11.2%
	Ruined portal	Chest	1	20.5%
Iron Axe	Cold Ocean ruins	Cold ruins suspicious gravel	1	6.7%
Iron Axe	Cold Ocean ruins	Warm ruins suspicious sand	1	6.7%
Bedrock Edition
Wooden Axe	Bonus chest	Chest	1	75%
Stone Axe	Bonus chest	Chest	1	25%
	Igloo	Chest	1	14.7%
	Underwater ruins	Small ruins chest	1	30.2%
Enchanted Golden Axe^[A]	Bastion remnant	Hoglin stable chest	1	22.8%
		Generic chest	1	9.8%
		Bridge chest	1	11.2%
	Ruined portal	Chest	1	20.5%
Iron Axe	Cold Ocean ruins	Cold ruins suspicious gravel	1	6.7%
Iron Axe	Cold Ocean ruins	Warm ruins suspicious sand	1	6.7%

↑ ^a ^b All enchantments are equally probable, including treasure enchantments (except Soul Speed, and Swift Sneak), and any level of the enchantment is equally probable.

Usage[]

Chopping[]

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.

Durability[]

Each tier of axe has a different durability:

Material	Durability
Wood	59
Stone	131
Iron	250
Diamond	1561
Golden	32
Netherite	2031

Speed[]

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

Block	Breaking time^[A]
Block	Default	Wooden	Stone	Iron	Diamond	Netherite	Golden
Wooden Trapdoors	4.5	2.25	1.15	0.75	0.6	0.5	0.4
Wooden Doors	4.5	2.25	1.15	0.75	0.6	0.5	0.4
Barrel	3.75	1.9	0.95	0.65	0.5	0.45	0.35
Cartography Table	3.75	1.9	0.95	0.65	0.5	0.45	0.35
Chest	3.75	1.9	0.95	0.65	0.5	0.45	0.35
Trapped Chest	3.75	1.9	0.95	0.65	0.5	0.45	0.35
Crafting Table	3.75	1.9	0.95	0.65	0.5	0.45	0.35
Fletching Table	3.75	1.9	0.95	0.65	0.5	0.45	0.35
Lectern	3.75	1.9	0.95	0.65	0.5	0.45	0.35
Loom	3.75	1.9	0.95	0.65	0.5	0.45	0.35
Smithing Table	3.75	1.9	0.95	0.65	0.5	0.45	0.35
Bamboo Mosaic	3	1.5	0.75	0.5	0.4	0.35	0.25
Block of Bamboo	3	1.5	0.75	0.5	0.4	0.35	0.25
Campfire	3	1.5	0.75	0.5	0.4	0.35	0.25
Fences	3	1.5	0.75	0.5	0.4	0.35	0.25
Fence Gates	3	1.5	0.75	0.5	0.4	0.35	0.25
Jukebox	3	1.5	0.75	0.5	0.4	0.35	0.25
Logs	3	1.5	0.75	0.5	0.4	0.35	0.25
Planks	3	1.5	0.75	0.5	0.4	0.35	0.25
Wooden Slabs	3	1.5	0.75	0.5	0.4	0.35	0.25
Wooden Stairs	3	1.5	0.75	0.5	0.4	0.35	0.25
Bookshelf	2.25	1.15	0.6	0.4	0.3	0.25	0.2
Chiseled Bookshelf	2.25	1.15	0.6	0.4	0.3	0.25	0.2
Banners	1.5	0.75	0.4	0.25	0.2	0.2	0.15
Jack o'Lantern	1.5	0.75	0.4	0.25	0.2	0.2	0.15
Melon	1.5	0.75	0.4	0.25	0.2	0.2	0.15
Pumpkin	1.5	0.75	0.4	0.25	0.2	0.2	0.15
Sign	1.5	0.75	0.4	0.25	0.2	0.2	0.15
Hanging Sign	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Note Block	1.2	0.6	0.3	0.2	0.15	0.15	0.1
Mangrove Roots	1.05	0.55	0.3	0.2	0.15	0.15	0.1
Wooden Pressure Plate	0.75	0.4	0.2	0.15	0.1	0.1	0.1
Beehive	0.9	0.45	0.25	0.15	0.15	0.1	0.1
Ladder	0.6	0.3	0.15	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.05
Bee Nest	0.45	0.25	0.15	0.1	0.1	0.05	0.05
Composter	0.9	0.45	0.25	0.15	0.15	0.1	0.1
Bamboo	1.5	0.75	0.4	0.25	0.2	0.2	0.15
Bed	0.3	0.15	0.1	0.05	0.05	0.05	0.05
Cocoa	0.3	0.15	0.1	0.05	0.05	0.05	0.05
Daylight Detector	0.3	0.15	0.1	0.05	0.05	0.05	0.05
Mushroom Block	0.3	0.15	0.1	0.05	0.05	0.05	0.05
Vines	0.3	0.15	0.1	0.05	0.05	0.05	0.05

↑ Times are for unenchanted tools as wielded by players with no status effects, measured in seconds. For more information, see Breaking § Speed.

Stripping[]

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, respectively. This consumes one point of durability from the axe.

Weapon[]

An axe loses 2 points of durability when used as a weapon.

Bedrock Edition[]

In Bedrock Edition, axes always attack instantly and deal 1 less damage than a sword of the same quality but it lowers the durability of armor and shields faster than any other tool in-game.

Material	Damage
Wooden	4
Golden	4
Stone	5
Iron	6
Diamond	7
Netherite	8

Java Edition[]

Attacking a shield user with an axe should have a chance to disable the use of the shield for 5 seconds, but currently this always disables a shield.^[1] The base chance is 25%, plus 5 percentage points per level of Efficiency on the axe, plus 75 percentage points if attacking while sprinting. Vindicators, piglin brutes, or other mobs with commands always disable the player's shield. Damage done when using an axe as a weapon is more than that of a sword of the same tier, though they take longer than a sword to recover, resulting in lower DPS (with the exception of golden axes). The damage dealt and cooldown time depends on the type:

Material	Wooden	Gold	Stone	Iron	Diamond	Netherite
Attack Damage	7	7	9	9	9	10
Attack Speed	0.8	1.0	0.8	0.9	1.0	1.0
Recovery time	1.25 seconds (25 game ticks)	1 second (20 game ticks)	1.25 seconds (25 game ticks)	1.11 seconds (22.2 game ticks)	1 second (20 game ticks)	1 second (20 game ticks)
DPS	5.6	7.0	7.2	8.1	9.0	10.0
Lifetime damage inflicted^{[note 1]}	210 × 105	112 × 56	594 × 297	1125 × 562.5	7029 × 3514.5	10160 × 5080

↑ The formula to find the total lifetime damage is ceil(durability ÷ 2) × damage per hit. The durability is halved then ceiled because axes take double durability when used as a weapon, and the last 1 durability can also deal damage. The formula also ignores enchantments and critical hits, and assumes each attack is performed at maximum charge.

Enchantments[]

An axe can receive the following enchantments:


Name	Max Level	Method
Fortune^{[note 1]}	III
Silk Touch^{[note 1]}	I
Efficiency	V
Unbreaking	III
Sharpness^{[note 2]}	V
Smite^{[note 2]}	V
Bane of Arthropods^{[note 2]}	V
Fire Aspect‌^{[upcoming: JE Combat Tests]}^{[note 3]}	II
Looting‌^{[upcoming: JE Combat Tests]}^{[note 3]}	III
Knockback‌^{[upcoming: JE Combat Tests]}^{[note 3]}	II
Cleaving‌^{[upcoming: JE Combat Tests]}^{[note 2]}	III
Sweeping Edge‌^{[upcoming: JE Combat Tests]}^{[note 3]}	III
Mending	I
Curse of Vanishing	I

↑ ^a ^b Silk Touch and Fortune are mutually exclusive.
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d Sharpness, Smite, Bane of Arthropods, and Cleaving‌^{[upcoming: JE Combat Tests]} are mutually exclusive.
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d Fire Aspect, Looting, Knockback, and Sweeping Edge currently exist, but they can be used only for swords.

Fuel[]

Wooden axes can be used as a fuel in furnaces, smelting 1 item per axe.

Smelting ingredient[]

Name	Ingredients	Smelting recipe
Iron Nugget or Gold Nugget	Iron Axe or Golden Axe + Any fuel	0.1

Piglins[]

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

Sounds[]

Java Edition:

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:

Source	Description	Resource location	Volume	Pitch
Blocks	When an axe strips a log or wood block ^{[sound 1]}	`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 Creatures	When an axe unwaxes or deoxidizes a block of copper ^{[more information needed]}	`copper.wax.off`	1.0	0.8-1.2
Players	When an axe's durability is exhausted	`random.break`	1.0	0.9

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d MCPE-106552

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