Pickaxe
| Type | Tools |
| Durability | Wood: 60 Uses Stone: 132 Uses Iron: 251 Uses Gold: 33 Uses Diamond: 1562 Uses |
| Stackable | No |
| Data values | Wooden dec: 270 hex: 10E Stone dec: 274 hex: 112 Iron dec: 257 hex: 101 Gold dec: 285 hex: 11D Diamond dec: 278 hex: 116 |
Pickaxes are one of the most commonly used tools in the game, being required to mine all ores and many other types of blocks. 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 pickaxe or better, or else the player will harvest no ore. Different pickaxes also mine many materials at different speeds (see the Speed and Durability table below).
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[edit] Uses
The Pickaxe is used in the game to mine blocks. A Pickaxe is the only tool required to go further in the game of Minecraft, all other tools only help you achieve your goals faster. Blocks minable by the Pickaxe include, but are not limited to:
Ore
Stone
- Cobblestone
- End Stone
- Moss Stone
- Nether Brick
- Nether Brick Fence
- Netherrack
- Obsidian
- Sandstone
- Slabs
- Stone
- Stone Brick
The pickaxe does less damage to mobs compared to an axe or a sword.
[edit] Crafting
Pickaxes are crafted using 2 sticks and 3 units of a tool material:
| Ingredients | Input » Output | Description | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sticks + Wooden Planks or Cobblestone or Iron Ingots or Gold Ingots or Diamond Gems |
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Required to mine stone-related blocks and ore. |
[edit] Speed and Durability
The following table shows the time it takes to break each type of block. A block marked with a red background indicates that it cannot be harvested by that tool type. A green background indicates the quickest tool types for the corresponding block. Note that some blocks will not drop anything regardless of the tool used.
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| Pickaxes | Nothing | Gold | Wood | Stone | Iron | Diamond |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ♦ Durability ♦ | ∞ | 33 | 60 | 131 | 251 | 1563 |
| Obsidian | 250 secs | 50 secs | 50 secs | 50 secs | 50 secs | 10 secs |
| Iron Door | 25 secs | 7.5 secs | 7.5 secs | 7.5 secs | 7.5 secs | 7.5 secs |
| Block of Diamond | 25 secs | 25 secs | 25 secs | 25 secs | 1.25 secs | 0.85 secs |
| Block of Iron | 25 secs | 25 secs | 25 secs | 2.5 secs | 1.25 secs | 0.95 secs |
| Monster Spawner | 25 secs | 7.5 secs | 7.5 secs | 7.5 secs | 7.5 secs | 7.5 secs |
| Dispenser | 17.5 secs | 5.25 secs | 5.25 secs | 5.25 secs | 5.25 secs | 5.25 secs |
| Furnace | 17.5 secs | 5.25 secs | 5.25 secs | 5.25 secs | 5.25 secs | 5.25 secs |
| Coal Ore | 15 secs | 0.4 secs | 2.25 secs | 1.15 secs | 0.75 secs | 0.6 secs |
| Diamond Ore | 15 secs | 15 secs | 15 secs | 15 secs | 0.75 secs | 0.6 secs |
| Gold Ore | 15 secs | 15 secs | 15 secs | 15 secs | 0.75 secs | 0.6 secs |
| Iron Ore | 15 secs | 15 secs | 15 secs | 1.15 secs | 0.75 secs | 0.6 secs |
| Lapis Lazuli Ore | 15 secs | 15 secs | 15 secs | 1.15 secs | 0.75 secs | 0.6 secs |
| Redstone Ore | 15 secs | 15 secs | 15 secs | 15 secs | 0.75 secs | 0.6 secs |
| Block of Gold | 15 secs | 15 secs | 15 secs | 15 secs | 0.75 secs | 0.6 secs |
| Lapis Lazuli Block | 15 secs | 15 secs | 15 secs | 1.15 secs | 0.75 secs | 0.6 secs |
| Brick | 10 secs | 3 secs | 3 secs | 3 secs | 3 secs | 3 secs |
| Nether Brick | 10 secs | 3 secs | 3 secs | 3 secs | 3 secs | 3 secs |
| Cobblestone | 10 secs | 0.25 secs | 1.5 secs | 0.75 secs | 0.5 secs | 0.4 secs |
| Moss Stone | 10 secs | 0.25 secs | 1.5 secs | 0.75 secs | 0.5 secs | 0.4 secs |
| Slab | 10 secs | 0.25 secs | 1.5 secs | 0.75 secs | 0.5 secs | 0.4 secs |
| Stone Stairs | 10 secs | 3 secs | 3 secs | 3 secs | 3 secs | 3 secs |
| Stone | 7.5 secs | 0.2 secs | 1.15 secs | 0.6 secs | 0.4 secs | 0.3 secs |
| Sandstone | 4 secs | 0.1 secs | 0.6 secs | 0.3 secs | 0.2 secs | 0.15 secs |
| Ice | 1 secs | 0.1 secs | 0.4 secs | 0.2 secs | 0.15 secs | 0.1 secs |
| Pressure Plate | 2.5 secs | 0.75 secs | 0.75 secs | 0.75 secs | 0.75 secs | 0.75 secs |
| Netherrack | 2 secs | 0.05 secs | 0.3 secs | 0.15 secs | 0.1 secs | 0.1 secs |
| Glowstone | 7.5 secs | 0.2 secs | 1.15 secs | 0.6 secs | 0.4 secs | 0.3 secs |
| Block 97 | 3 secs | 3 secs | 3 secs | 3 secs | 3 secs | 3 secs |
[edit] Trivia
- Before Beta 1.2, the pickaxe had much less durability (usually half as much) and gold pickaxes acted like wooden ones.
- The Pickaxe is featured in the "Time to Mine!" and the "Getting an Upgrade" achievements.
- In Abandoned Mineshafts, Iron Pickaxes can be found inside the chests.
- As of Beta 1.9 Pre-release 6, obsidian is quicker to mine (from 15 to 10 seconds).
- As of Minecraft 1.0, pickaxes and other tools make a sound when they break.
- Most[citation needed] new players to Minecraft can mistake the Pickaxe for cutting down trees.
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