Pickaxe

Wooden
Stone
Iron
Golden
Diamond
Netherite

Durability

Java Edition:

Wood: 59
Stone: 131
Iron: 250
Golden: 32
Diamond: 1,561
Netherite: 2,031

Bedrock Edition:

Wood: 60
Stone: 132
Iron: 251
Golden: 33
Diamond: 1,562
Netherite: 2,032

Stackable

No

A pickaxe is a tool required to mine ores, rocks, rock-based blocks and metal-based blocks quickly and obtain them as items. A pickaxe mines faster and can obtain more block types as items depending on the material it is made from.

Obtaining[]

Crafting[]

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

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.
Matching Damaged Pickaxes		The durability of the two pickaxes is added together, plus an extra 5% of the tool type's total durability.

Upgrading[]

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

Repairing[]

Grinding[]

Ingredients	Grinding recipe	Description
Matching Damaged Pickaxes		The durability of the two pickaxes is added together, plus an extra 5% durability.

Unit repair[]

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

Natural generation[]

Item	Structure	Container	Quantity	Chance
Java Edition
Wooden Pickaxe	Bonus chest	Chest	1	75%
Stone Pickaxe	Bonus chest	Chest	1	25%
Iron Pickaxe	Mineshaft	Chest	1	7%
	Stronghold	Storeroom chest	1	4%
	Stronghold	Altar chest	1	12%
	Village	Toolsmith's chest	1	41.2%
	Village	Weaponsmith's chest	1	25.6%
Enchanted Iron Pickaxe^[A]	End city	Chest	1	13.3%
Enchanted Golden Pickaxe^[B]	Ruined portal	Chest	1	20.5%
Enchanted Diamond Pickaxe^[A]	End city	Chest	1	13.3%
Enchanted Diamond Pickaxe^[B]	Bastion remnant	Generic chest	1	6.7%
Enchanted Diamond Pickaxe^[B]^[C]	Bastion remnant	Hoglin stable chest	1	13.6%
Bedrock Edition
Wooden Pickaxe	Bonus chest	Chest	1	75%
Stone Pickaxe	Bonus chest	Chest	1	25%
Iron Pickaxe	Mineshaft	Chest	1	7%
	Stronghold	Storeroom chest	1	3.2%
	Stronghold	Altar chest	1	11.6%
	Village	Toolsmith's chest	1	41.2%
	Village	Weaponsmith's chest	1	25.6%
Enchanted Iron Pickaxe^[A]	End city	Chest	1	13.3%
Enchanted Golden Pickaxe^[B]	Ruined portal	Chest	1	20.5%
Enchanted Diamond Pickaxe^[A]	End city	Chest	1	13.3%
Enchanted Diamond Pickaxe^[B]	Bastion remnant	Generic chest	1	6.7%
Enchanted Diamond Pickaxe^[B]^[C]	Bastion remnant	Hoglin stable chest	1	13.6%

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d Enchantment probabilities are the same as a level-20 to level-39 enchantment would be on an enchantment table that had no cap at level 30, and that was able to apply treasure enchantments (except Soul Speed, and Swift Sneak), and where the chance of multiple enchantments is not reduced.
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f All enchantments are equally probable, including treasure enchantments (except Soul Speed, and Swift Sneak), and any level of the enchantment is equally probable.
↑ ^a ^b The item has between 15% and 95% of its total durability.

Trading[]

In Bedrock Edition, novice-level toolsmith villagers have a 25% chance to sell stone pickaxes for one emerald, Journeyman-level toolsmith villagers have a 25% chance to sell enchanted iron pickaxes for 3 emeralds, and master-level toolsmith villagers always sell enchanted diamond pickaxes for 13 emeralds.

In Java Edition, novice-level toolsmith villagers have a 40% chance to sell a stone pickaxe for one emerald, journeyman-level toolsmith villagers have a 40% chance to sell an enchanted iron pickaxe for 7–22 emeralds, and a master-level toolsmith always sells an enchanted diamond pickaxe for 18–35 emeralds.

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

Villager gifts[]

In Java Edition, toolsmith villagers throw stone pickaxes at players under the Hero of the Village effect.

Mob loot[]

In Bedrock Edition, pillagers and vindicators have a chance of dropping a damaged iron pickaxe when killed during a raid. The pickaxe has a 50% chance of being enchanted with random enchantment(s).

Usage[]

Mining[]

A pickaxe is used to break stone and metal-based materials faster. Breaking a block with a pickaxe consumes one use (one durability point). No durability is consumed for blocks that break instantly. Pickaxes have different amounts of uses based on the type:

Wooden: 60
Stone: 132
Iron: 251
Golden: 33
Diamond: 1,562
Netherite: 2,032

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, diamond, or netherite pickaxe, or else the player harvests 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 red background indicates that the block cannot be harvested with that type of pickaxe.
A yellow background indicates that the block cannot be harvested with that type of pickaxe, but still drops something.
A green background indicates that the block can be harvested with that type of pickaxe.

Times to break blocks by pickaxe

Block	Breaking time^[A]
Block	Default	Wooden	Stone	Iron	Diamond	Netherite	Golden
Obsidian	250	125	62.5	41.7	9.4	8.35	20.85
Crying Obsidian	250	125	62.5	41.7	9.4	8.35	20.85
Respawn Anchor	250	125	62.5	41.7	9.4	8.35	20.85
Block of Netherite	250	125	62.5	41.7	9.4	8.35	20.85
Ancient Debris	150	75	37.5	25	5.65	5	12.5
Ender Chest	112.5	16.9	8.45	5.65	4.25	3.75	2.85
Anvil	25	3.75	1.9	1.25	0.95	0.85	0.65
Bell	25	3.75	1.9	1.25	0.95	0.85	0.65
Block of Coal	25	3.75	1.9	1.25	0.95	0.85	0.65
Block of Diamond	25	12.5	6.25	1.25	0.95	0.85	2.1
Block of Emerald	25	12.5	6.25	1.25	0.95	0.85	2.1
Block of Iron	25	12.5	1.9	1.25	0.95	0.85	2.1
Block of Raw Copper	25	12.5	1.9	1.25	0.95	0.85	2.1
Block of Raw Gold	25	12.5	6.25	1.25	0.95	0.85	2.1
Block of Raw Iron	25	12.5	1.9	1.25	0.95	0.85	2.1
Block of Redstone	25	3.75	1.9	1.25	0.95	0.85	0.65
Chain	25	3.75	1.9	1.25	0.95	0.85	0.65
Enchantment Table	25	3.75	1.9	1.25	0.95	0.85	0.65
Iron Bars	25	3.75	1.9	1.25	0.95	0.85	0.65
Iron Door	25	3.75	1.9	1.25	0.95	0.85	0.65
Iron Trapdoor	25	3.75	1.9	1.25	0.95	0.85	0.65
Monster Spawner	25	3.75	1.9	1.25	0.95	0.85	0.65
Deepslate Coal Ore	22.5	3.4	1.7	1.15	0.85	0.75	0.6
Deepslate Copper Ore	22.5	3.4	1.7	1.15	0.85	0.75	0.6
Deepslate Diamond Ore	22.5	3.4	1.7	1.15	0.85	0.75	0.6
Deepslate Emerald Ore	22.5	3.4	1.7	1.15	0.85	0.75	0.6
Deepslate Gold Ore	22.5	3.4	1.7	1.15	0.85	0.75	0.6
Deepslate Iron Ore	22.5	3.4	1.7	1.15	0.85	0.75	0.6
Deepslate Lapis Lazuli Ore	22.5	3.4	1.7	1.15	0.85	0.75	0.6
Deepslate Redstone Ore	22.5	3.4	1.7	1.15	0.85	0.75	0.6
Blast furnace	17.5	2.65	1.35	0.9	0.7	0.6	0.45
Cobbled Deepslate	17.5	2.65	1.35	0.9	0.7	0.6	0.45
Chiseled Deepslate	17.5	2.65	1.35	0.9	0.7	0.6	0.45
Deepslate Bricks	17.5	2.65	1.35	0.9	0.7	0.6	0.45
Deepslate Tiles	17.5	2.65	1.35	0.9	0.7	0.6	0.45
Polished Deepslate	17.5	2.65	1.35	0.9	0.7	0.6	0.45
Dispenser	17.5	2.65	1.35	0.9	0.7	0.6	0.45
Dropper	17.5	2.65	1.35	0.9	0.7	0.6	0.45
Furnace	17.5	2.65	1.35	0.9	0.7	0.6	0.45
Lantern	17.5	2.65	1.35	0.9	0.7	0.6	0.45
Lodestone	17.5	2.65	1.35	0.9	0.7	0.6	0.45
Smoker	17.5	2.65	1.35	0.9	0.7	0.6	0.45
Stonecutter	17.5	2.65	1.35	0.9	0.7	0.6	0.45
Conduit	4.5	2.25	1.15	0.75	0.6	0.5	0.4
Block of Gold	15	7.5	3.75	0.75	0.6	0.5	1.25
Block of Lapis Lazuli	15	7.5	1.15	0.75	0.6	0.5	1.25
Coal Ore	15	2.25	1.15	0.75	0.6	0.5	0.4
Copper Ore	15	2.25	1.15	0.75	0.6	0.5	0.4
Copper Blocks	15	2.25	1.15	0.75	0.6	0.5	0.4
Cut Copper	15	2.25	1.15	0.75	0.6	0.5	0.4
Cut Copper Slab	15	2.25	1.15	0.75	0.6	0.5	0.4
Cut Copper Stairs	15	2.25	1.15	0.75	0.6	0.5	0.4
Deepslate	15	2.25	1.15	0.75	0.6	0.5	0.4
Dragon Egg^{[note 1]}	4.5	2.25	1.15	0.75	0.6	0.5	0.4
Diamond Ore	15	7.5	3.75	0.75	0.6	0.5	1.25
Emerald Ore	15	7.5	3.75	0.75	0.6	0.5	1.25
End Stone	15	2.25	1.15	0.75	0.6	0.5	0.4
Gold Ore	15	7.5	3.75	0.75	0.6	0.5	1.25
Hopper	15	2.25	1.15	0.75	0.6	0.5	0.4
Iron Ore	15	7.5	1.15	0.75	0.6	0.5	1.25
Lightning Rod	15	2.25	1.15	0.75	0.6	0.5	0.4
Lapis Lazuli Ore	15	7.5	1.15	0.75	0.6	0.5	1.25
Nether Quartz Ore	15	2.25	1.15	0.75	0.6	0.5	0.4
Nether Gold Ore	15	2.25	1.15	0.75	0.6	0.5	0.4
Observer	15	2.25	1.15	0.75	0.6	0.5	0.4
Redstone Ore	15	7.5	3.75	0.75	0.6	0.5	1.25
Blue Ice	4.2	2.1	1.05	0.7	0.55	0.5	0.35
Compound Creator^{[note 2]}	12.5	1.9	0.95	0.65	0.5	0.45	0.35
Heat Block	12.5	1.9	0.95	0.65	0.5	0.45	0.35
Grindstone	10	1.5	0.75	0.5	0.4	0.35	0.25
Bone Block	10	1.5	0.75	0.5	0.4	0.35	0.25
Brick Stairs	10	1.5	0.75	0.5	0.4	0.35	0.25
Bricks	10	1.5	0.75	0.5	0.4	0.35	0.25
Cauldron	10	1.5	0.75	0.5	0.4	0.35	0.25
Cobblestone	10	1.5	0.75	0.5	0.4	0.35	0.25
Cobblestone Stairs	10	1.5	0.75	0.5	0.4	0.35	0.25
Cobblestone Wall	10	1.5	0.75	0.5	0.4	0.35	0.25
Mossy Cobblestone	10	1.5	0.75	0.5	0.4	0.35	0.25
Nether Bricks	10	1.5	0.75	0.5	0.4	0.35	0.25
Nether Brick Fence	10	1.5	0.75	0.5	0.4	0.35	0.25
Nether Brick Stairs	10	1.5	0.75	0.5	0.4	0.35	0.25
Red Nether Bricks	10	1.5	0.75	0.5	0.4	0.35	0.25
Polished Blackstone	10	1.5	0.75	0.5	0.4	0.35	0.25
Stone Slabs	10	1.5	0.75	0.5	0.4	0.35	0.25
Smooth Stone	10	1.5	0.75	0.5	0.4	0.35	0.25
Shulker Box	3	1.5	0.75	0.5	0.4	0.35	0.25
Concrete	9	1.35	0.7	0.45	0.35	0.3	0.25
Andesite	7.5	1.15	0.6	0.4	0.3	0.25	0.2
Dark Prismarine	7.5	1.15	0.6	0.4	0.3	0.25	0.2
Diorite	7.5	1.15	0.6	0.4	0.3	0.25	0.2
Dripstone Block	7.5	1.15	0.6	0.4	0.3	0.25	0.2
Granite	7.5	1.15	0.6	0.4	0.3	0.25	0.2
Mud Bricks	7.5	1.15	0.6	0.4	0.3	0.25	0.2
Pointed Dripstone	2.25	1.15	0.6	0.4	0.3	0.25	0.2
Prismarine	7.5	1.15	0.6	0.4	0.3	0.25	0.2
Prismarine Bricks	7.5	1.15	0.6	0.4	0.3	0.25	0.2
Purpur block	7.5	1.15	0.6	0.4	0.3	0.25	0.2
Purpur pillar	7.5	1.15	0.6	0.4	0.3	0.25	0.2
Stone	7.5	1.15	0.6	0.4	0.3	0.25	0.2
Stone Bricks	7.5	1.15	0.6	0.4	0.3	0.25	0.2
Tuff	7.5	1.15	0.6	0.4	0.3	0.25	0.2
Stone Brick Stairs	7.5	1.15	0.6	0.4	0.3	0.25	0.2
Amethyst Bud	2.25	1.15	0.6	0.4	0.3	0.25	0.2
Amethyst Cluster	2.25	1.15	0.6	0.4	0.3	0.25	0.2
Blackstone	7.5	1.15	0.6	0.4	0.3	0.25	0.2
Block of Amethyst	7.5	1.15	0.6	0.4	0.3	0.25	0.2
Budding Amethyst	2.25	1.15	0.6	0.4	0.3	0.25	0.2
Chiseled Polished Blackstone	7.5	1.15	0.6	0.4	0.3	0.25	0.2
Polished Blackstone Bricks	7.5	1.15	0.6	0.4	0.3	0.25	0.2
Gilded Blackstone	7.5	1.15	0.6	0.4	0.3	0.25	0.2
Glazed Terracotta	7	1.05	0.55	0.35	0.3	0.25	0.2
Terracotta	6.25	0.95	0.5	0.35	0.25	0.25	0.2
Basalt	6.25	0.95	0.5	0.35	0.25	0.25	0.2
Smooth Basalt	6.25	0.95	0.5	0.35	0.25	0.25	0.2
Polished Basalt	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Packed Mud	1.5	0.75	0.4	0.25	0.2	0.2	0.15
Block of Quartz	4	0.6	0.3	0.2	0.15	0.15	0.1
Quartz Stairs	4	0.6	0.3	0.2	0.15	0.15	0.1
Red Sandstone	4	0.6	0.3	0.2	0.15	0.15	0.1
Red Sandstone Stairs	4	0.6	0.3	0.2	0.15	0.15	0.1
Sandstone	4	0.6	0.3	0.2	0.15	0.15	0.1
Sandstone Stairs	4	0.6	0.3	0.2	0.15	0.15	0.1
Calcite	3.75	0.6	0.3	0.2	0.15	0.15	0.1
Rail	1.05	0.55	0.3	0.2	0.15	0.15	0.1
Brewing Stand	2.5	0.4	0.2	0.15	0.1	0.1	0.1
Stone Button	0.75	0.4	0.2	0.15	0.1	0.1	0.1
Ice	0.75	0.4	0.2	0.15	0.1	0.1	0.1
Magma Block	2.5	0.4	0.2	0.15	0.1	0.1	0.1
Packed Ice	0.75	0.4	0.2	0.15	0.1	0.1	0.1
Frosted Ice	0.75	0.4	0.2	0.15	0.1	0.1	0.1
Stone Pressure Plate	2.5	0.4	0.2	0.15	0.1	0.1	0.1
Netherrack	2	0.3	0.15	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.05
Nylium	2	0.3	0.15	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.05

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

Weapon[]

Hitting a mob with a pickaxe is a stronger attack than using fists. Pickaxes lose 2 durability when used as a weapon.

Java Edition[]

Pickaxes have an attack speed modifier of −2.8, meaning they take about 0.83 seconds to recover. All pickaxes have an attack speed of 1.2 hits per second. They deal different damage based on the type:

Pickaxe type	Attack damage	Damage per second (DPS)
Wooden Pickaxe	2	2.4
Golden Pickaxe	2	2.4
Stone Pickaxe	3	3.6
Iron Pickaxe	4	4.8
Diamond Pickaxe	5	6
Netherite Pickaxe	6	7.2

Bedrock Edition[]

In Bedrock Edition, pickaxes always attack instantly and do the following damage:

Pickaxe type	Attack damage
Wooden Pickaxe Golden Pickaxe	3
Stone Pickaxe	4
Iron Pickaxe	5
Diamond Pickaxe	6
Netherite Pickaxe	7

Enchantments[]

A pickaxe can receive the following enchantments:


Name	Max Level	Method
Efficiency	V
Fortune^{[note 3]}	III
Silk Touch^{[note 3]}	I
Unbreaking	III
Mending	I
Curse of Vanishing	I

↑ The dragon egg can be mined directly only when there aren't any air blocks available for it to teleport to. However, the dragon egg can be collected by other means.
↑ Chemistry tables are slow to break by hand, similar to blocks that require a pickaxe to mine. However, they still drop as items.
↑ ^a ^b Fortune and Silk Touch are mutually exclusive.

Fuel[]

Wooden pickaxes can be used as a fuel in furnaces, smelting 1 item per wooden pickaxe.

Smelting ingredient[]

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

Piglins[]

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

Sounds[]

Java Edition:

Sound	Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	Item breaks	Players	When a pickaxe's durability is exhausted	`entity.item.break`	`subtitles.entity.item.break`	0.8	0.8-1.2	16

Bedrock Edition:

Sound	Source	Description	Resource location	Volume	Pitch
	Players	When a shovel's durability is exhausted	`random.break`	1.0	0.9

Data values[]

ID[]

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Translation key
Wooden Pickaxe	`wooden_pickaxe`	Item	`item.minecraft.wooden_pickaxe`
Stone Pickaxe	`stone_pickaxe`	Item	`item.minecraft.stone_pickaxe`
Iron Pickaxe	`iron_pickaxe`	Item	`item.minecraft.iron_pickaxe`
Diamond Pickaxe	`diamond_pickaxe`	Item	`item.minecraft.diamond_pickaxe`
Golden Pickaxe	`golden_pickaxe`	Item	`item.minecraft.golden_pickaxe`
Netherite Pickaxe	`netherite_pickaxe`	Item	`item.minecraft.netherite_pickaxe`

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Translation key
Wooden Pickaxe	`wooden_pickaxe`	`310`	Item	`item.wooden_pickaxe.name`
Stone Pickaxe	`stone_pickaxe`	`314`	Item	`item.stone_pickaxe.name`
Iron Pickaxe	`iron_pickaxe`	`297`	Item	`item.iron_pickaxe.name`
Diamond Pickaxe	`diamond_pickaxe`	`318`	Item	`item.diamond_pickaxe.name`
Golden Pickaxe	`golden_pickaxe`	`324`	Item	`item.golden_pickaxe.name`
Netherite Pickaxe	`netherite_pickaxe`	`606`	Item	`item.netherite_pickaxe.name`

Achievements[]

Icon		Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS4)
PS4	Other	Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS4)
		Time to Mine!	Use planks and sticks to make a pickaxe.	Pick up any type of pickaxe from a crafting table output.	10G	Bronze
		Getting an Upgrade	Construct a better pickaxe.	Pick up a stone pickaxe from a crafting table output.	15G	Bronze
		MOAR Tools	Construct one type of each tool.	Construct one pickaxe, one shovel, one axe, and one hoe with the same material.	15G	Bronze
		Oooh, shiny!	Distract a Piglin using gold	Give a piglin a gold item while it is aggressive toward the player.	30G	Silver

Advancements[]

Advancement	In-game description	Parent	Actual requirements (if different)	Resource location
Stone Age	Mine Stone with your new Pickaxe	Minecraft	Have one of these 3 stones in the `#stone_tool_materials` item tag: Cobblestone Blackstone Cobbled Deepslate in your inventory.	`story/mine_stone`
Getting an Upgrade	Construct a better Pickaxe	Stone Age	Have a stone pickaxe in your inventory.	`story/upgrade_tools`
Isn't It Iron Pick	Upgrade your Pickaxe	Acquire Hardware	Have an iron pickaxe in your inventory.	`story/iron_tools`
Oh Shiny	Distract Piglins with gold	Nether	While aggravated, give a piglin one of these 25 gold-related items in the `#piglin_loved` item tag: Bell Block of Gold Block of Raw Gold Clock Enchanted Golden Apple Gilded Blackstone Glistering Melon Slice Gold Ingot Gold Ore Golden Apple Golden Axe Golden Boots Golden Carrot Golden Chestplate Golden Helmet Golden Hoe Golden Horse Armor Golden Leggings Golden Pickaxe Golden Shovel Golden Sword Light Weighted Pressure Plate Nether Gold Ore Deepslate Gold Ore Raw Gold Other gold-related items do not distract the piglin and do not trigger this advancement.	`nether/distract_piglin`

Video[]

History[]

Java Edition Indev
0.31		20100110			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.
		20100124			A complete tool set is no longer given to the player on starting a new world. Instead, there are multiple chests in the later called "Indev House" containing a stack of most accessible blocks/items including tools.
		20100128			Tools now have tiers. Wooden, stone, and diamond pickaxes have been added.
					The texture of iron pickaxes has been changed.
					A pickaxe held by the player is now rendered to appear more 3D.
					They cannot be crafted yet, but have been added to the item chest in the Indev house.
		20100129			Wood, stone, iron, and diamond pickaxes can now be crafted.
		20100130			Pickaxes can now be made out of gold.
		20100201-1			Tools, including pickaxes, now take damage when being used.
		20100201-1			Better tools, including pickaxes, now last longer.
		20100201-2			Better pickaxes are now required to mine harder materials.
20100206					The texture of golden pickaxes has been changed.
Java Edition Beta
1.2					Before, the pickaxe had much less durability (usually half as much).
1.2					Gold pickaxes now mine certain materials much faster.
1.8		Pre-release			Iron pickaxes are now found in the new stronghold storeroom chests, and in the new mineshaft chests.
Java Edition
1.0.0		Beta 1.9 Prerelease 3			Iron pickaxes can now be found in the new stronghold altar chests.
1.0.0		RC1			Pickaxes and other tools now make a sound when they break.
1.1		12w01a			Iron pickaxes are now found in the new village blacksmith chests.
1.2.4		release			Spruce planks, birch planks, and jungle planks can now be used to craft wooden pickaxes.
1.3.1		12w16a			Wooden and stone pickaxes are now found in the new bonus chests.
		12w18a			Wooden pickaxes can now be used as fuel in a furnace.
		12w21a			Blacksmith villagers now sell 1 diamond pickaxe for 10–11 emeralds, and 1 iron pickaxe for 7–8 emeralds.
1.6.1		13w21a			Instead of replacing the barehanded damage (1), pickaxes now add their damage onto the barehanded damage, which results in all pickaxes doing 1 more damage than before.
1.7.2		1.7.1			Acacia planks and dark oak planks can now be used to craft wooden pickaxes.
1.8		14w02a			Tool smith villagers now sell 1 enchanted diamond pickaxe for 12–15 emeralds, and 1 enchanted iron pickaxe for 9–11 emeralds.
1.8		14w02a			Unenchanted pickaxes are no longer sold by villagers.
1.9		15w31a			Enchanted iron and diamond pickaxes can now be found in the end ship chests in end cities.
		15w34a			Pickaxes 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.
		15w34c			Pickaxes now do less damage, but recover quicker.
		15w35a			Pickaxes now recover more slowly.
		15w44a			The average yield of wood and stone pickaxes in bonus chests has been decreased.
		15w44a			The average yield of iron pickaxes in mineshaft chests has been increased.
1.11.1		16w50a			Golden and iron pickaxes can now be smelted down into one of their respective nuggets.
1.13		17w47a			Prior to The Flattening, these items' numeral IDs were 270, 274, 257, 278 and 285.
1.14		18w43a			The textures of all pickaxes have been changed.
		18w50a			Iron pickaxes can now be found in chests in village toolsmith houses.
		19w11a			Toolsmith villagers now sell stone pickaxes.
		19w13a			Toolsmith villagers now give stone pickaxes to players under the Hero of the Village effect.
1.16		20w06a			Added netherite pickaxes.
					Netherite pickaxes are obtained by combining one diamond pickaxe and one netherite ingot in a crafting table.
					Crimson planks and warped planks can now be used to craft wooden pickaxes.
		20w09a			The textures of wooden, golden, diamond, and netherite pickaxes have been changed.
		20w10a			Changed a pixel of the texture of netherite pickaxes.
					Netherite pickaxes can no longer be crafted.
					Netherite pickaxes are now obtained by combining one diamond pickaxe and one netherite ingot in a smithing table.
		20w15a			Stone pickaxes can now be crafted using blackstone.
		20w16a			Golden pickaxes now generate randomly enchanted in ruined portal chests.
1.16.2		20w30a			Randomly enchanted diamond pickaxes can now be found in bastion remnant chests.
1.17		21w08a			Stone pickaxe can now be crafted using cobbled deepslate.
1.19		22w11a			Mangrove planks can now be used to craft wooden pickaxes.
1.20 (Experimental)		23w04a			Upgrading diamond pickaxes to netherite pickaxes now requires the netherite upgrade smithing template.
Upcoming Java Edition
Villager Trade Rebalance (Experimental)		23w31a			Wandering traders now have a chance to sell an enchanted iron pickaxe.
Combat Tests		1.14.3 - Combat Test			The attack speed for all pickaxes has been increased to 2.5.
Combat Tests		1.14.3 - Combat Test			The damage for all pickaxes has been increased by 1.
Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.2.0					Added stone pickaxes.
v0.3.0					Added wooden pickaxes.
v0.3.0					Survival players no longer start out with an infinite durability stone pickaxe in the inventory.
v0.3.2					Added iron, gold, and diamond pickaxes.
v0.4.0					Removed stone pickaxes from the creative inventory.
v0.11.0		build 11			All pickaxes are now available in the creative inventory.
		build 12			All pickaxes have been removed from creative.
		build 13			Pickaxes have been re-added to creative mode.
v0.14.0		build 1			Iron pickaxes can now be found inside minecart with chests in mineshafts.
Pocket Edition
1.0.0		alpha 0.17.0.1			Enchanted iron pickaxes and enchanted diamond pickaxes can now be found in end cities.
1.0.4		alpha 1.0.4.0			Toolsmith villagers now sell enchanted diamond pickaxes for 12-15 emeralds as their last tier trades and enchanted iron pickaxes for 9-11 emeralds as their second tier trades.
1.1.0		alpha 1.1.0.0			Iron and golden pickaxes are now smeltable.
Bedrock Edition
1.2.0		beta 1.2.0.2			Wooden and stone pickaxes can now be found inside bonus chests.
1.10.0		beta 1.10.0.3			Iron pickaxes can now be found in plains village weaponsmith houses.
1.10.0		beta 1.10.0.3			The textures of all pickaxes have been changed.
1.11.0		beta 1.11.0.1			Iron pickaxes can now be found in village toolsmiths chests and in savanna, taiga, snowy taiga and desert village weaponsmith chests.
		beta 1.11.0.4			Trading has been changed, toolsmith villagers now have a 25% chance to sell an enchanted iron pickaxe for 3 emeralds as part of their third tier trades, and an enchanted diamond pickaxe now costs 13 emeralds.
		beta 1.11.0.4			Stone pickaxes can now be bought from toolsmith villagers.
1.16.0		beta 1.16.0.51			Added netherite pickaxes.
					Netherite pickaxes are obtained by combining one diamond pickaxe and one netherite ingot in a crafting table.
					The textures of wooden, golden, and diamond pickaxes have been changed.
		beta 1.16.0.57			Netherite pickaxes can no longer be crafted.
					Netherite pickaxes are now obtained by combining one diamond pickaxe and one netherite ingot in a smithing table.
					Stone pickaxes can now be crafted using blackstone.
					Golden pickaxes now generate randomly enchanted in ruined portal chests.
					Netherite pickaxe now generate randomly enchanted in bastion remnant chest.
1.17.10		beta 1.17.10.20			Changed a pixel of the texture of netherite pickaxes to match Java Edition.
Legacy Console Edition
TU1	CU1	1.0	Patch 1		Added pickaxes (all five types).
TU53	CU43	1.49	Patch 23	1.0.3	Iron and golden pickaxes are now smeltable.
PlayStation 4 Edition
1.90					The textures of all pickaxes have been changed.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0					Added pickaxes.

Issues[]

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Trivia[]

The golden pickaxe is the only pickaxe that is unable to harvest the material it is made from.
The pickaxe is the only block-breaking tool without a use (right-click) function.

Publicity[]

Plastic diamond pickaxes are official Minecraft merchandise.^[1]
In the game Naughty Bear: Panic in Paradise, the player can buy a diamond pickaxe which, according to the game, is made by "Kick it up a Notch Pickaxes", referring to Notch.
In mobile game Vlogger Go Viral clicker game, after buying the figurine shelf, there is a model of a diamond pickaxe stuck to a grass block.
In the game The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, the player 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, the player can find a secret area hidden away by blocks resembling Minecraft dirt, also once inside the player can fight Creeper and the Mother Creeper to get rare Minecraft-related skins.
In the game Octodad: Dadliest Catch, the supermarket level has a "Mintcraft" display, an obvious parody of Minecraft, even including toy pickaxes and a creeper head.
In the game Transformice, a diamond pickaxe can be found in the shop.

Gallery[]

A naturally generated pickaxe.
Official T-shirt artwork "Live in Your World" featuring an iron pickaxe made by JINX.
Official T-shirt artwork of a pickaxe made by JINX.
Stone pickaxe in the Super Duper Graphics Pack.
Iron pickaxe in the Super Duper Graphics Pack.