Copper Axe

Copper Axe
Rarity tier	; Common
Mining efficiency	5
Attack damage	JE: 9HP; BE: 5HP
Attack speed‌[JE only]	0.8 (1.25 seconds)
Attack range	3 (3 blocks)
Hitbox margin	0
Durability	JE: 190; BE: 191
Enchantability	13
Renewable	Yes
Stackable	No

A copper axe is a variant of axe crafted from copper ingots. It can be used to cut down trees faster, to strip logs and scrape copper-based blocks, and as a melee weapon that disables shields. It is the fourth-highest tier of axe, having higher mining efficiency, durability, and enchantability than a stone axe.

Obtaining

Crafting

Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Copper Ingot + Stick

Generated loot

Item	Structure	Container	Quantity	Chance
Java Edition and Bedrock Edition
Copper Axe	Abandoned Camp	Common chest	1	19% { "item": "Copper Axe", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.18999999999999995, "structure": "Abandoned Camp", "container": "Common chest" }

Usage

Breaking

Copper axes can break wood-related blocks faster than other tools. Breaking a block costs 1 durability. Blocks that break instantly don't use up durability.

Stripping

Using a copper axe on a log, wood block, or block of bamboo turns it into a stripped log, stripped wood, or block of stripped bamboo, respectively. This uses 1 point of the axe's durability.

Scraping

Using a copper axe on a waxed or oxidized copper block removes the wax if it has any, or otherwise removed a level of oxidization. This uses 1 point of durability.

Weapon

Java Edition

Attacking a shield user with an axe disables the use of the shield for 5 seconds. Vindicators, piglin brutes, or other mobs with commands always disable the player's shield. Damage done when using an axe as a weapon is more than that of a sword of the same tier, though they take longer than a sword to recover, resulting in lower DPS.

Attack damage	Attack speed	Recovery time	DPS	Lifetime damage inflicted^{[note 1]}
9HP	0.8	1.25 seconds (25 game ticks)	7.2	855HP × 427.5

↑ The formula to find the total lifetime damage is ceil(durability ÷ 2) × damage per hit. The durability is halved then ceiled because axes take double durability when used as a weapon, and the last 1 durability can also deal damage. The formula also ignores enchantments and critical hits, and assumes each attack is performed at maximum charge.

Bedrock Edition

Copper axes attack instantly with no cooldown and deal 5HP damage.

Repairing

Combining

Ingredients	Crafting recipe	Notes
Damaged Copper Axe		The durability of the two axes is added together, plus an extra 5% of durability

Ingredients	Grinding recipe	Notes
2× Damaged Copper Axe		The durability of the two axes is added together, plus an extra 5% of durability.

Anvil repair

Ingredients	Anvil recipe
Damaged Copper Axe + Copper Ingot	Copper Axe

A copper axe can be repaired in an anvil by adding copper ingot, with each ingot restoring 25% of the axe's maximum durability, rounded down. Two copper axes can also be combined in an anvil. Both methods preserve the axe's enchantments.

Enchantments

A copper axe can receive the following enchantments:


Name	Description	Max Level	Method	Weight
Efficiency	Increases the mining speed.	V	Enchanting Table Anvil	10
Fortune^{[note 1]}	Increases the amount of drops when mining.	III	Enchanting Table Anvil	2
Silk Touch^{[note 1]}	Causes blocks to drop themselves when mined.	I	Enchanting Table Anvil	1
Sharpness^{[note 2]}	Increases the damage dealt.	V	Enchanting Table‌^{[BE only]} Anvil	10
Smite^{[note 2]}	Increases the damage dealt to undead.	V	Enchanting Table‌^{[BE only]} Anvil	5
Bane of Arthropods^{[note 2]}	Increases the damage dealt to arthropods.	V	Enchanting Table‌^{[BE only]} Anvil	5
Unbreaking	Grants a chance to negate durability consumption.	III	Enchanting Table Anvil	5
Mending	Repairs the axe when obtaining experience.	I	Anvil	2
Curse of Vanishing	The axe vanishes on death, not dropping as an item.	I	Anvil	1

↑ ^a ^b Silk Touch and Fortune are mutually exclusive
↑ ^a ^b ^c Sharpness, Smite, and Bane of Arthropods are mutually exclusive.

Smelting ingredient

Name	Ingredients	Smelting recipe
Copper Nugget	Copper Axe + Any fuel

[1] The formula to find the total lifetime damage is ceil(durability ÷ 2) × damage per hit. The durability is halved then ceiled because axes take double durability when used as a weapon, and the last 1 durability can also deal damage. The formula also ignores enchantments and critical hits, and assumes each attack is performed at maximum charge.

[exc-2] Silk Touch and Fortune are mutually exclusive

[exc2-3] Sharpness, Smite, and Bane of Arthropods are mutually exclusive.

[note 1]

[note 1]

[note 2]

Sounds
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	Axe strips	Blocks	When an axe strips a log or wood block	`item.axe.strip`	`subtitles.item.axe.strip`	0.9	1.0/0.85	16
	Wax off^{[sound 1]}	Blocks	When an axe unwaxes a block of copper	`item.axe.wax_off`	`subtitles.item.axe.wax_off`	1.0	0.9/1.1/1.0	16
	Axe scrapes	Blocks	When an axe deoxidizes a block of copper	`item.axe.scrape`	`subtitles.item.axe.scrape`	1.0	1.0/0.9/1.1	16
	Item breaks	Players	When an axe's durability is exhausted	`entity.item.break`	`subtitles.entity.item.break`	0.8	0.8–1.2	16

Sounds
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch
	Axe strips	Blocks	When an axe strips a log or wood block ^{[sound 1]}	`use.wood`	`subtitles.item.axe.strip`	1.0	0.8
	Block placed	Blocks	When an axe strips a stem or hyphae block ^{[sound 1]}	`use.stem`	`subtitles.block.generic.place`	1.0	0.8
	Footsteps	Players	When an axe strips a block of bamboo ^{[sound 1]}	`step.bamboo_wood`	`subtitles.block.generic.footsteps`	1.0	0.8
	Footsteps	Players	When an axe strips a cherry log or cherry wood block ^{[sound 1]}	`step.cherry_wood`	`subtitles.block.generic.footsteps`	1.0	0.8
	Wax off	Friendly Mobs	When an axe unwaxes a copper blocks and copper golem	`copper.wax.off`	`subtitles.item.axe.wax_off`	1.0	0.8–1.2
	Axe scrapes	Friendly Mobs	When an axe deoxidizes a copper blocks and copper golem	`scrape`	`subtitles.item.axe.scrape`	1.0	0.8–1.2
	Item breaks	Players	When an axe's durability is exhausted	`random.break`	`subtitles.entity.item.break`	1.0	0.9


Icon		Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS)
PS4	Other	Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS)
		MOAR Tools	Construct one type of each tool.	Construct one pickaxe, one shovel, one axe, and one hoe with the same material.	15	Bronze

Java Edition
1.21.9			25w31a				Added copper axes.
26.3			snap1				Copper axes can now generate as part of abandoned camps in chests.

Bedrock Edition
1.21.100 Experiment Drop 3 2025	Preview 1.21.100.23	Added copper axes.
1.21.111	Preview 1.21.110.20	Copper axes from the "Drop 3 of 2025" experiment have now been fully implemented.
26.40 Experiment Drop 3 of 2026	Preview 26.40.27	Copper axes can now generate as part of abandoned camps in chests.
26.50	Preview 26.50.22	All features from the "Drop 3 of 2026" experiment have now been fully implemented.

Copper Axe

Obtaining

Crafting

Generated loot

Usage

Breaking

Stripping

Scraping

Weapon

Java Edition

Bedrock Edition

Repairing

Combining

Anvil repair

Enchantments

Smelting ingredient

Sounds

Data values

ID

Achievements

Advancements

History

Java Edition

Bedrock Edition

Issues

Gallery

In other media

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Rarity tier	Common
Mining efficiency	5
Attack damage	JE: 9HP BE: 5HP
Attack speed‌^{[JE only]}	0.8 (1.25 seconds)
Attack range	3 (3 blocks)
Hitbox margin	0
Durability	JE: 190 BE: 191
Enchantability	13
Renewable	Yes
Stackable	No