Axe

Axe

Type	Tools
Durability	Wood: 60 Uses Stone: 132 Uses Iron: 251 Uses Gold: 33 Uses Diamond: 1562 Uses
Renewable	Yes
Stackable	No
First appearance	Indev 0.31 (January 29, 2010)
Data values	Wooden dec: 271 hex: 10F Stone dec: 275 hex: 113 Iron dec: 258 hex: 102 Gold dec: 286 hex: 11E Diamond dec: 279 hex: 117

Axes are tools used to ease the process of collecting woods, wood planks, chests and bookshelves, but are not required to gather them. They can also be used on mobs and player as a weapon, but do half a heart less damage than swords of the same material.

[edit] Usage

The axe is used to break wood and wooden items faster. It is less necessary than a pickaxe to advance in the game as the axe is not needed to collect items for which it is suited to breaking or, in the case of bookshelves, does not help in collecting it. Most items the axe is rated for can also be broken reasonably quickly by hand. However, given most players expend fairly large quantities of wood through gameplay, the use of axes for logging and renovation will save a great deal of time in the long run.

An axe can also be used as a weapon, in which role it deals less damage than a sword, but more than any other tool in melee. Axes cannot be used to parry. Players that can reliably launch critical hits can nevertheless make axes compelling weapons, especially should a sword not be handy. They can be useful to kill passive mobs while logging.

Usage of the axe as a weapon will deal double durability damage to the axe. Moreover, axes cost more resources per tool than swords do to begin with. Hence, the axe's use as a weapon should be limited to last resort. However, a diamond axe can be a useful weapon when obtained from trading with villagers, as it does the same damage as the iron sword and is almost three times as durable. A diamond axe will also usually cost only slightly more emeralds than an iron sword.

[edit] Crafting

Ingredients	Input » Output	Description
Sticks + Wood Planks or Cobblestone or Iron Ingots or Gold Ingots or Diamonds		Used to break wood-related blocks faster than by hand.

[edit] Speed and durability

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

Axes	Nothing	Wood	Stone	Iron	Diamond	Gold
Durability	∞	60	132	251	1562	33
Trapdoor	4.5 s	2.25 s	1.15 s	0.75 s	0.6 s	0.4 s
Wooden Door	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
Wood 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
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 Sensor	0.3 s	0.15 s	0.1 s	0.05 s	0.05 s	0.05 s
Huge Mushrooms	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

[edit] Achievements

Main article: Achievements

Icon	Achievement	In-game description	Prerequisites	Actual requirements (if different)	Version restriction	Xbox points earned
	MOAR Tools	Construct one type of each tool (one pickaxe, one spade, one axe and one hoe).	Benchmarking		Xbox	15G

[edit] Video

[edit] History

Indev
0.31		When introduced, the texture of the axe was different, with a shape similar to a battleaxe:
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.

[edit] Trivia

• Axes in Minecraft Pocket Edition can kill zombies with three hits.
• Axes in 1.5 texture folder are named "hatchet(material).png"