{{Item |image= Wooden Pickaxe.png; Stone Pickaxe.png; Iron Pickaxe.png; Golden Pickaxe.png; Diamond Pickaxe.png |invimage=Wooden Pickaxe |invimage2=Stone Pickaxe |invimage3=Iron Pickaxe |invimage4=Golden Pickaxe |invimage5=Diamond Pickaxe |type=Tools |durability= Wood: 60 Uses<br> Stone: 132 Uses<br> Iron: 251 Uses<br> Golden: 33 Uses<br> Diamond: 1562 Uses |stackable=No |renewable=Yes |multipledata=See [[#Data values|Data values]] |nameid=See [[#Data values|Data values]] }} {{quote|Pickaxes, or picks, are probably the tool that people use the most in Minecraft. You’ll need one to mine stone and ores, as well as to break objects like furnaces, anvils and iron bars. It’s often the first tool that people make in the game, out of two sticks and three bits of wood. Don’t pretend the recipe isn’t burnt into your brain.|Duncan Geere<ref>https://minecraft.net/en-us/article/taking-inventory-pickaxe</ref>||Duncan Geere Mojang avatar.png}} '''Pickaxes''' are one of the most commonly used [[tools]] in the game, being required to mine all [[ore]]s, [[rock]] and metal-based [[block]]s. They allow the [[player]] to mine blocks at faster speeds, with the speed increasing depending on the material it is made out of. == Obtaining == === Crafting === Pickaxes are crafted using 2 [[sticks]] and 3 units of a tool material. {{Crafting |showdescription=1 |showname=0 |head=1 |name=[[Pickaxe]] |A1={Any Planks}; Cobblestone; Iron Ingot; Gold Ingot; Diamond |B1={Any Planks}; Cobblestone; Iron Ingot; Gold Ingot; Diamond |C1={Any Planks}; Cobblestone; Iron Ingot; Gold Ingot; Diamond |B2=Stick |B3=Stick |Output=Wooden Pickaxe; Stone Pickaxe; Iron Pickaxe; Golden Pickaxe; Diamond Pickaxe |type=Tool }} {{Crafting |foot=1 |ignoreusage=1 |name=[[Pickaxe]] |ingredients=Damaged Matching [[Pickaxe]] |Damaged Wooden Pickaxe; Damaged Stone Pickaxe; Damaged Iron Pickaxe; Damaged Golden Pickaxe; Damaged Diamond Pickaxe |Damaged Wooden Pickaxe; Damaged Stone Pickaxe; Damaged Iron Pickaxe; Damaged Golden Pickaxe; Damaged Diamond Pickaxe |Output=Wooden Pickaxe; Stone Pickaxe; Iron Pickaxe; Golden Pickaxe; Diamond Pickaxe |description= The durability of the two pickaxes is added together, plus an extra 5% durability. |type= Tool }} === Natural generation === {{LootChestItem|wooden-pickaxe}} {{LootChestItem|stone-pickaxe}} {{LootChestItem|iron-pickaxe}} {{LootChestItem|enchanted-iron-pickaxe}} {{LootChestItem|enchanted-diamond-pickaxe}} ; Notes {{notelist}} === Trading === Tool Smith [[villagers]] sell enchanted iron pickaxes for 9–11 emeralds as one of their second tier trades, and enchanted diamond pickaxes for 12–15 emeralds as one of their third tier trades. The enchantments will be the same as might be obtained from an [[enchantment table]] at levels 5–19. == Usage == === Mining === 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: * Golden: 33 * Wooden: 60 * Stone: 132 * Iron: 251 * Diamond: 1562 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]] or [[diamond]] pickaxe, or else the player will harvest no ore. Different pickaxes also mine many materials at different speeds: ==== Speed ==== The following table shows the time it takes to break each type of block. * A <span style="background-color:#FFC7CE;color:#9C0006;">red</span> background indicates that the block cannot be harvested with that type of pickaxe. * A <span style="background-color:#FFFFDD;color:#8A7600;">yellow</span> background indicates that the block cannot be harvested with that type of pickaxe, but still drops something. * A <span style="background-color:#C6EFCE;color:#006100;">green</span> background indicates that the block can be harvested with that type of pickaxe. <!-- Table is sorted by hardness (mining time with diamond shows well), then by name --> {| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" data-description="Mining time by block" style="background-color: transparent;" ! Times to break blocks by pickaxe |- | {{breaking row|sort=1|simple=1|Obsidian|Diamond}} {{breaking row|Ender Chest|Wooden|drop=0}} {{breaking row|Anvil|Wooden}} {{breaking row|Block of Coal|Wooden}} {{breaking row|Block of Diamond|Iron}} {{breaking row|Block of Emerald|Iron}} {{breaking row|Block of Iron|Stone}} {{breaking row|Block of Redstone|Wooden}} {{breaking row|Enchanting Table|Wooden}} {{breaking row|Iron Bars|Wooden}} {{breaking row|Iron Door|Wooden|link=Door|item=1}} {{breaking row|Spawner|Wooden|drop=0}} {{breaking row|Dispenser|Wooden}} {{breaking row|Dropper|Wooden}} {{breaking row|Furnace|Wooden}} {{breaking row|Block of Gold|Iron}} {{breaking row|Coal Ore|Wooden|drop=0}} {{breaking row|Diamond Ore|Iron|drop=0}} {{breaking row|Emerald Ore|Iron|drop=0}} {{breaking row|End Stone|Wooden}} {{breaking row|Gold Ore|Iron}} {{breaking row|Hopper|Wooden}} {{breaking row|Iron Ore|Stone}} {{breaking row|Iron Trapdoor|link=Trapdoor|Wooden}} {{breaking row|Lapis Lazuli Block|Stone}} {{breaking row|Lapis Lazuli Ore|Stone|drop=0}} {{breaking row|Nether Quartz Ore|Wooden|drop=0}} {{breaking row|Redstone Ore|Iron|drop=0}} {{breaking row|Brick Stairs|link=Stairs|Wooden}} {{breaking row|Bricks|Wooden}} {{breaking row|Cauldron|Wooden}} {{breaking row|Cobblestone|Wooden}} {{breaking row|Cobblestone Stairs|Wooden}} {{breaking row|Cobblestone Wall|Wooden}} {{breaking row|Mossy Cobblestone|Wooden}} {{breaking row|Nether Bricks|Wooden}} {{breaking row|Nether Brick Fence|Wooden}} {{breaking row|Nether Brick Stairs|Wooden|link=Stairs}} {{breaking row|sprite=smooth-stone-slab|Stone Slab|Wooden}} {{breaking row|Andesite|Wooden}} {{breaking row|Diorite|Wooden}} {{breaking row|Granite|Wooden}} {{breaking row|Polished Andesite|Wooden}} {{breaking row|Polished Diorite|Wooden}} {{breaking row|Polished Granite|Wooden}} {{breaking row|Stone|Wooden}} {{breaking row|Stone Bricks|Wooden}} {{breaking row|Stone Brick Stairs|Wooden|link=Stairs}} {{breaking row|Prismarine|Wooden}} {{breaking row|Prismarine Bricks|Wooden}} {{breaking row|Dark Prismarine|Wooden}} {{breaking row|Terracotta|Wooden}} {{breaking row|Colored Terracotta|Wooden|link=Terracotta}} {{breaking row|Block of Quartz|Wooden}} {{breaking row|Quartz Stairs|Wooden}} {{breaking row|Sandstone|Wooden}} {{breaking row|Sandstone Stairs|Wooden|link=Stairs}} {{breaking row|Brewing Stand|Wooden}} {{breaking row|Stone Pressure Plate|Wooden|link=Pressure Plate}} {{breaking row|Weighted Pressure Plates|Wooden}} {{breaking row|Netherrack|Wooden}} {{breaking row|Rail}} {{breaking row|Ice|drop=0}} {{breaking row|Packed Ice|drop=0|foot=1}} |} === Weapon === If you hit a mob while holding a pickaxe, it will be a stronger attack than if barehanded. Pickaxes use 2 durability when used as a weapon. ==== Java Edition ==== [[Category:Java Edition specific information]]Pickaxes have an attack speed modifier of -2.8, meaning they take about 0.83 seconds to [[Damage#Attack cooldown|recover]]. They deal different damage based on the type: {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" data-description="Attack damage" ! Attack speed ! colspan="4" | Attack damage ! colspan="4" | Damage/Second (DPS) |- | 1.2 | {{ItemSprite|Wooden Pickaxe}}{{ItemSprite|Golden Pickaxe}} {{hp|2}} | {{ItemSprite|Stone Pickaxe}} {{hp|3}} | {{ItemSprite|Iron Pickaxe}} {{hp|4}} | {{ItemSprite|Diamond Pickaxe}} {{hp|5}} | {{ItemSprite|Wooden Pickaxe}}{{ItemSprite|Golden Pickaxe}} 2.4 | {{ItemSprite|Stone Pickaxe}} 3.6 | {{ItemSprite|Iron Pickaxe}} 4.8 | {{ItemSprite|Diamond Pickaxe}} 6 |} ==== Console and Bedrock editions ==== [[Category:Legacy Console Edition specific information]]In the [[Console Edition|Console]] and [[Bedrock Edition|Bedrock]] editions, pickaxes always attack instantly and do the following damage: {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" data-description="Attack damage" ! colspan="4" | Attack damage |- | {{ItemSprite|Wooden Pickaxe}}{{ItemSprite|Golden Pickaxe}} {{hp|3}} | {{ItemSprite|Stone Pickaxe}} {{hp|4}} | {{ItemSprite|Iron Pickaxe}} {{hp|5}} | {{ItemSprite|Diamond Pickaxe}} {{hp|6}} |} === Enchantments === A pickaxe can receive the following [[Enchanting|enchantment]]s: * [[Efficiency]] * [[Fortune]]<ref group=note name=note1>Fortune and Silk Touch are mutually exclusive.</ref> * [[Silk Touch]]<ref group=note name=note1/> * [[Unbreaking]] * [[Mending]]<ref group=note name=anvil>Only available using [[enchanted book]]s and an [[anvil]], or by finding an enchanted pickaxe in an [[End city]] chest.</ref> * [[Curse of Vanishing]]<ref group=note name=anvil/> ;Notes <references group="note"/> === Fuel === Wooden pickaxes can be used as a fuel in [[furnace]]s, smelting 1 item per pickaxe. === Smelting ingredient === {{Smelting|showname=1|Iron Pickaxe;Golden Pickaxe|Iron Nugget;Gold Nugget}} == Achievements == {{Load achievements|Time to Mine!;Getting an Upgrade;MOAR Tools}} == Advancements == {{load advancements|Stone Age;Getting an Upgrade;Isn't It Iron Pick}} == Data values == Pickaxes have an item data field to determine durability, and use five different IDs === ID === Pickaxes use their ID to determine their grade. {{/ID}} === Item data === Pickaxes item data is used to determine the damage of the pickaxe. All pickaxes have a data value of 0 when they are fully repaired, and the value increases every time it takes damage. If a pickaxe is used when it only has one use left, it will break instead of increasing the damage. The data value of a pickaxe with only one use is different based on the type: * Golden: 32 * Wooden: 59 * Stone: 131 * Iron: 250 * Diamond: 1561 Any higher value will act as having only one use left. == Video == {{/video}} == History == {{History|indev}} {{History||0.31|snap=January 11, 2010, 1|Added iron pickaxes. |A pickaxe is used to gather stone materials 400% faster than by hand. |When starting in a new world, the [[player]] is given one of each [[tool]]s.}} {{History|||snap=January 24, 2010|A complete tool set is now no longer given to the player on starting a new world. Instead, there are multiple [[chest]]s in the (later called) "[[Indev House]]", which contains a stack of every available [[block]] and [[item]], including [[tool]]s.}} {{History|||snap=January 28, 2010|A pickaxe held by the [[player]] will now appear more 3d like.}} {{History|||snap=January 29, 2010|[[Tool]]s will now have tiers. In addition to [[iron]], pickaxes can now be made from [[wood]], [[stone]] and [[diamond]]. |Added crafting recipe for iron pickaxes as well as the newly introduced variants.}} {{History|||snap=January 30, 2010|Pickaxes can now be made out of [[gold]].}} {{History|||snap=February 1, 2010, 3|[[Tool]]s will now take [[damage]] when being used. |Better tools will now last longer. |Better pickaxes are now required to mine harder materials.}} {{History|beta}} {{History||1.2|Before, the pickaxe had much less [[durability]] (usually half as much). |Gold pickaxes will now mine certain materials much faster.}} {{History||1.8|snap=Pre-release|Iron pickaxes are now found in the new [[stronghold]] storeroom [[chest]]s, and in the new [[mineshaft]] chests.}} {{History|java}} {{History||1.0.0|snap=Beta 1.9 Prerelease 3|Iron pickaxes can now be found in the new [[stronghold]] altar [[chest]]s.}} {{History|||snap=RC1|Pickaxes and other tools will now make a [[sound]] when they break.}} {{History||1.1|snap=12w01a|Iron pickaxes are now found in the new [[village]] blacksmith chests.}} {{History||1.3.1|snap=12w16a|Wooden and stone pickaxes are now found in the new [[bonus chest]]s.}} {{History|||snap=12w18a|Wooden pickaxes can now be used as fuel in a [[furnace]].}} {{History|||snap=12w21a|Blacksmith [[villager]]s will now [[trading|sell]] 1 diamond pickaxe for 10–11 [[emerald]]s, and 1 iron pickaxe for 7–8 emeralds.}} {{History||1.8|snap=14w02a|Tool smith [[villager]]s will now [[trading|sell]] 1 [[enchanting|enchanted]] diamond pickaxe for 12–15 [[emerald]]s, and 1 enchanted iron pickaxe for 9–11 emeralds. |Unenchanted pickaxes are now no longer sold by [[villager]]s.}} {{History||1.9|snap=15w31a|Enchanted iron and diamond pickaxes can now be found in the [[end ship]] [[chest]]s in [[end city|end cities]].}} {{History|||snap=15w34a|Pickaxes will now use the "attack strength" combat mechanic meter. The time it takes for the meter to fill up for a pickaxe is 0.8 seconds.}} {{History|||snap=15w34c|Pickaxes will now do less [[damage]], but recover quicker.}} {{History|||snap=15w35a|Pickaxes will now recover more slowly.}} {{History|||snap=15w44a|The average yield of wood and stone pickaxes in [[bonus chest]]s has been decreased. |The average yield of iron pickaxes in [[mineshaft]] [[chest]]s has been increased.}} {{History||1.11.1|snap=16w50a|Golden and iron pickaxes will now smelt down into one of their respective [[nugget]]s.}} {{History||1.13|snap=17w47a|Prior to [[1.13/Flattening|''The Flattening'']], these items' numeral IDs were 270, 274, 257, 278 and 285.}} {{History|pocket alpha}} {{History||0.2.0|Added stone pickaxes.}} {{History||0.3.0|Added wooden pickaxes.}} {{History||0.3.2|Added diamond, iron and gold pickaxes.}} {{History||0.11.0|snap=build 11|All pickaxes are now available in the [[creative]] inventory.}} {{History|||snap=build 12|All pickaxes have now been removed from creative.}} {{History|||snap=build 13|Pickaxes have now been re-added to creative mode.}} {{History||0.14.0|snap=build 1|Iron pickaxes can now be found inside [[minecart with chest]]s in [[abandoned mineshaft]]s.}} {{History|pocket}} {{History||1.0|snap=alpha 0.17.0.1|Enchanted iron pickaxes and [[enchanting|enchanted]] diamond pickaxes can now be found in [[end city|end cities]].}} {{History||1.0.4|snap=alpha 1.0.4.0|Tool smith [[villager]]s will now [[trading|sell]] enchanted diamond and iron pickaxes for [[emerald]]s.}} {{History||1.1|snap=alpha 1.1.0.0|Iron and golden pickaxes are now [[smelting|smeltable]].}} {{History|bedrock}} {{History||1.2|snap=?|Wooden and stone pickaxes can now be found inside [[bonus chest]]s.}} {{History|bedrock upcoming}} {{History||1.10|snap=beta 1.10.0.3|Iron pickaxees can now be found in village weaponsmith houses.}} {{History|console}} {{History||xbox=TU1|xbone=CU1|ps=1.0|wiiu=Patch 1|Added pickaxes (all five types).}} {{History||xbox=TU53|xbone=CU43|ps=1.49|wiiu=Patch 23|switch=Patch s3|Iron and golden pickaxes are now [[smelting|smeltable]].}} {{History|foot}} == Issues == {{issue list}} == Publicity == * Foam Stone pickaxes are official ''Minecraft'' merchandise.<ref>http://www.jinx.com/p/minecraft_foam_pick_axe.html?catid=&s=minecraft</ref> * In the game ''Naughty Bear: Panic in Paradise'', you can buy a diamond pickaxe which, according to the game, is made by Kick it up a Notch Pickaxes, referring to Notch. *In the mobile game Vlogger Go Viral clicker game, after buying the figurine shelf, there will be a model of a diamond pickaxe stuck to a grass block. * In the game ''The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim'', you can find a pickaxe called the "Notched Pickaxe", evidently an [[easter egg]]. * In the game ''Offensive Combat'', a stone pickaxe can be used as a melee weapon with the name of "The Notch Carver". * In the game ''The Binding of Isaac'', an obtainable item named "Notched Axe", also with a drawn 8-bit look, can be used to destroy rocks. The Notched Axe also makes a return in the game's remake, ''The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth''. * In the game "Borderlands 2", you can find a secret area hidden away by blocks resembling Minecraft Dirt, also once inside you can fight Creeper and the Mother Creeper to get rare Minecraft-related weapons. == Gallery == <gallery> File:Pickaxe in Mineshaft Chest.png|A naturally generated pickaxe. </gallery> == References == {{Reflist}} {{Items}} [[cs:Krumpáč]] [[de:Spitzhacke]] [[es:Pico]] [[fr:Pioche]] [[hu:Csákány]] [[it:Piccone]] [[ja:ツルハシ]] [[ko:곡괭이]] [[nl:Houweel]] [[pl:Kilof]] [[pt:Picareta]] [[ru:Кирка]] [[uk:Кайло]] [[zh:镐]]