Pickaxe

Pickaxe

Type	Tools
Durability	Wood: 60 Uses Stone: 132 Uses Iron: 251 Uses Gold: 33 Uses Diamond: 1562 Uses
Renewable	Yes
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).

[edit] Obtaining

[edit] Crafting

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

Ingredients	Input » Output
Sticks + Wood Planks or Cobblestone or Iron Ingots or Gold Ingots or Diamonds

[edit] Natural occurrence

A naturally generated pickaxe.

Iron pickaxes can spawn inside chests in Abandoned Mine Shafts, Strongholds, or a Village's blacksmith.

[edit] Usage

The pickaxe is used in the game to mine blocks. A pickaxe is the most important tool to go further in the game of Minecraft being almost impossible to complete the game without using it. Blocks minable by the pickaxe are listed in the table below.

The pickaxe does one full heart less damage to mobs than the sword of the same material.

A mnemonic for when to use the second-highest, Iron pick, to mine greater than-it ores, is "DGER" ("digger") : or "DiGoEmRe," that is to use at least Iron for mining Diamond, Gold, Emerald, and /or Redstone. Diamond picks will even (slowly) mine Obsidian.

[edit] Speed and durability

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 a tool made from that material.
• A yellow background indicates that the block cannot be harvested with any tool.
• A blue background indicates that the block can only be harvested with a tool that has the silk touch enchantment.

	Fists	Wood	Stone	Iron	Diamond	Gold
Durability	∞	60	132	251	1562	33
Obsidian	250 s	250 s	250 s	250 s	9.4 s	250 s
Ender Chest	112.5 s	16.9 s	8.45 s	5.65 s	4.25 s	2.85 s
Anvil	25 s	3.75 s	1.9 s	1.25 s	0.95 s	0.65 s
Block of Coal	25 s	3.75 s	1.9 s	1.25 s	0.95 s	0.65 s
Block of Diamond	25 s	25 s	25 s	1.25 s	0.95 s	25 s
Block of Emerald	25 s	25 s	25 s	1.25 s	0.95 s	25 s
Block of Iron	25 s	25 s	1.9 s	1.25 s	0.95 s	25 s
Block of Redstone	25 s	3.75 s	1.9 s	1.25 s	0.95 s	0.65 s
Enchantment Table	25 s	3.75 s	1.9 s	1.25 s	0.95 s	0.65 s
Iron Bars	25 s	3.75 s	1.9 s	1.25 s	0.95 s	0.65 s
Iron Door	25 s	3.75 s	1.9 s	1.25 s	0.95 s	0.65 s
Monster Spawner	25 s	3.75 s	1.9 s	1.25 s	0.95 s	0.65 s
Dispenser	17.5 s	2.65 s	1.35 s	0.9 s	0.7 s	0.45 s
Dropper	17.5 s	2.65 s	1.35 s	0.9 s	0.7 s	0.45 s
Furnace	17.5 s	2.65 s	1.35 s	0.9 s	0.7 s	0.45 s
Block of Gold	15 s	15 s	15 s	0.75 s	0.6 s	15 s
Coal Ore	15 s	2.25 s	1.15 s	0.75 s	0.6 s	0.4 s
Diamond Ore	15 s	15 s	15 s	0.75 s	0.6 s	15 s
Emerald Ore	15 s	15 s	15 s	0.75 s	0.6 s	15 s
End Stone	15 s	2.25 s	1.15 s	0.75 s	0.6 s	0.4 s
Gold Ore	15 s	15 s	15 s	0.75 s	0.6 s	15 s
Hopper	15 s	2.25 s	1.15 s	0.75 s	0.6 s	0.4 s
Iron Ore	15 s	15 s	1.15 s	0.75 s	0.6 s	15 s
Lapis Lazuli Block	15 s	15 s	1.15 s	0.75 s	0.6 s	15 s
Lapis Lazuli Ore	15 s	15 s	1.15 s	0.75 s	0.6 s	15 s
Nether Quartz Ore	15 s	2.25 s	1.15 s	0.75 s	0.6 s	0.4 s
Redstone Ore	15 s	15 s	15 s	0.75 s	0.6 s	15 s
Brick Stairs	10 s	1.5 s	0.75 s	0.5 s	0.4 s	0.25 s
Bricks	10 s	1.5 s	0.75 s	0.5 s	0.4 s	0.25 s
Cauldron	10 s	1.5 s	0.75 s	0.5 s	0.4 s	0.25 s
Cobblestone	10 s	1.5 s	0.75 s	0.5 s	0.4 s	0.25 s
Cobblestone Stairs	10 s	1.5 s	0.75 s	0.5 s	0.4 s	0.25 s
Cobblestone Wall	10 s	1.5 s	0.75 s	0.5 s	0.4 s	0.25 s
Moss Stone	10 s	1.5 s	0.75 s	0.5 s	0.4 s	0.25 s
Nether Brick	10 s	1.5 s	0.75 s	0.5 s	0.4 s	0.25 s
Nether Brick Fence	10 s	1.5 s	0.75 s	0.5 s	0.4 s	0.25 s
Nether Brick Stairs	10 s	1.5 s	0.75 s	0.5 s	0.4 s	0.25 s
Stone Slabs	10 s	1.5 s	0.75 s	0.5 s	0.4 s	0.25 s
Stone	7.5 s	1.15 s	0.6 s	0.4 s	0.3 s	0.2 s
Stone Brick	7.5 s	1.15 s	0.6 s	0.4 s	0.3 s	0.2 s
Stone Brick Stairs	7.5 s	1.15 s	0.6 s	0.4 s	0.3 s	0.2 s
Hardened Clay	6.25 s	0.95 s	0.5 s	0.35 s	0.25 s	0.2 s
Stained Clay	6.25 s	0.95 s	0.5 s	0.35 s	0.25 s	0.2 s
Block of Quartz	4 s	0.6 s	0.3 s	0.2 s	0.15 s	0.1 s
Quartz Stairs	4 s	0.6 s	0.3 s	0.2 s	0.15 s	0.1 s
Sandstone	4 s	0.6 s	0.3 s	0.2 s	0.15 s	0.1 s
Sandstone Stairs	4 s	0.6 s	0.3 s	0.2 s	0.15 s	0.1 s
Rail (any type)	1.05 s	0.55 s	0.3 s	0.2 s	0.15 s	0.1 s
Brewing Stand	2.5 s	0.4 s	0.2 s	0.15 s	0.1 s	0.1 s
Ice	0.75 s	0.4 s	0.2 s	0.15 s	0.1 s	0.1 s
Stone Pressure Plate	2.5 s	0.4 s	0.2 s	0.15 s	0.1 s	0.1 s
Weighted Pressure Plate	2.5 s	0.4 s	0.2 s	0.15 s	0.1 s	0.1 s
Netherrack	2 s	0.3 s	0.15 s	0.1 s	0.1 s	0.05 s
Command Block	0 s	0 s	0 s	0 s	0 s	0 s

[edit] Achievements

Main article: Achievements

Icon	Achievement	In-game description	Prerequisites	Actual requirements (if different)	Version restriction	Gamerscore earned
	Time to Mine!	Use planks and sticks to make a pickaxe	Benchmarking	Pick up a Wooden Pickaxe from a Crafting Table.	None	10G
	Getting an Upgrade	Construct a better pickaxe	Time to Mine!	Pick up a Stone Pickaxe from a Crafting Table.	None	15G
	MOAR Tools	Construct one type of each tool (one pickaxe, one shovel, one axe and one hoe).	Benchmarking		Xbox only	15G

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[edit] History

[edit] Trivia

• Foam stone pickaxes are official Minecraft merchandise.^[1]
• It is sometimes possible to complete the game without using it, e.g. by using TNT and creepers for mining (and perhaps getting iron by killing golems), and making the nether portal by casting it in place; but doing all that without using the pickaxe to mine anything, and finding a stronghold without it, is extremely tedious and remarkably dangerous due to limited resources. Some players take this as a challenge to their knowledge of alternative ways to advance in-game.
• 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, refering to Notch.
• In the game Skyrim you can find, as an easter-egg, a pickaxe named: Notched Pickaxe.
• In the game Offensive Combat, a stone pickaxe can be used as a melee weapon with the name of "The Notch Carver".

[edit] References

1. ↑
   http://www.jinx.com/p/minecraft_foam_pick_axe.html?catid=&s=minecraft