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Diamond Pickaxe

Diamond Pickaxe

A diamond pickaxe is a variant of pickaxe that is crafted from diamonds. It is the second-highest tier of pickaxe, having higher mining efficiency…

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Contents (27)
  1. Obtaining
  2. Crafting
  3. Generated loot
  4. Trading
  5. Usage
  6. Mining
  7. Weapon
  8. Repairing
  9. Enchantments
  10. Upgrading
  11. Sounds
  12. Data values
  13. ID
  14. Achievements
  15. Videos
  16. History
  17. Java Edition
  18. Bedrock Edition
  19. Legacy Console Edition
  20. New Nintendo 3DS Edition
  21. Data history
  22. Issues
  23. Trivia
  24. Publicity
  25. Gallery
  26. In other media
  27. References
For other uses, see Pickaxe (disambiguation).
For the weapon in Minecraft Dungeons, see MCD:Diamond Pickaxe.
Diamond Pickaxe
Diamond Pickaxe.png: Infobox image for Minecraft item 'Diamond Pickaxe'
Enchanted Diamond Pickaxe.gif: Infobox image for Minecraft item 'Diamond Pickaxe'
Invicon Diamond Pickaxe.png: Inventory sprite for Diamond Pickaxe in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Diamond Pickaxe When in Main Hand:  5 Attack Damage  1.2 Attack Speed
Rarity tier
  Common
Mining efficiency 8
Mining level 3[note 1]
Attack damage JE: 5HP❤️❤️💔
BE: 6HP❤️❤️❤️
Attack speed‌[JE only] 1.2 (0.833 seconds)
Attack range 3 (3 blocks)
Hitbox margin 0
Durability JE: 1561
BE: 1562
Enchantability 10
Renewable Yes
Stackable No

A diamond pickaxe is a variant of pickaxe that is crafted from diamonds. It is the second-highest tier of pickaxe, having higher mining efficiency, durability, and attack damage than an iron pickaxe. It has a mining level of 3, allowing it to mine obsidian and ancient debris. It can be upgraded into a netherite pickaxe using a netherite ingot and netherite upgrade at a smithing table.

Obtaining

Crafting

Ingredients Crafting recipe
Diamond +
Stick
Invicon Diamond.png: Inventory sprite for Diamond in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Diamond with description: DiamondInvicon Diamond.png: Inventory sprite for Diamond in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Diamond with description: DiamondInvicon Diamond.png: Inventory sprite for Diamond in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Diamond with description: DiamondInvicon Stick.png: Inventory sprite for Stick in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Stick with description: StickInvicon Stick.png: Inventory sprite for Stick in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Stick with description: Stick
Invicon Diamond Pickaxe.png: Inventory sprite for Diamond Pickaxe in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Diamond Pickaxe When in Main Hand:  5 Attack Damage  1.2 Attack Speed

Generated loot

Item Structure Container Quantity Chance
Java Edition
Damaged Diamond Pickaxe[A] Trial Chambers Intersection chest 1 11.2%
{ "item": "Damaged Diamond Pickaxe", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.11183763693762816, "structure": "Trial Chambers", "container": "Intersection chest" }
Enchanted Diamond Pickaxe[B] End City Chest 1 12.7%
{ "item": "Enchanted Diamond Pickaxe", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.12714065479531, "structure": "End City", "container": "Chest" }
Enchanted Diamond Pickaxe[C] Bastion Remnant Generic chest 1 6.7%
{ "item": "Enchanted Diamond Pickaxe", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.0674157303370787, "structure": "Bastion Remnant", "container": "Generic chest" }
Enchanted Diamond Pickaxe[C][D] Bastion Remnant Hoglin stable chest 1 12%
{ "item": "Enchanted Diamond Pickaxe", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.12, "structure": "Bastion Remnant", "container": "Hoglin stable chest" }
Bedrock Edition
Damaged Diamond Pickaxe[A] Trial Chambers Intersection barrel 1 5.9%
{ "item": "Damaged Diamond Pickaxe", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.05939097123670134, "structure": "Trial Chambers", "container": "Intersection barrel" }
Intersection chest 1 11.2%
{ "item": "Damaged Diamond Pickaxe", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.11183763693762816, "structure": "Trial Chambers", "container": "Intersection chest" }
Enchanted Diamond Pickaxe[B] End City Chest 1 12.7%
{ "item": "Enchanted Diamond Pickaxe", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.12714065479531, "structure": "End City", "container": "Chest" }
Enchanted Diamond Pickaxe[C] Bastion Remnant Generic chest 1 6.7%
{ "item": "Enchanted Diamond Pickaxe", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.0674157303370787, "structure": "Bastion Remnant", "container": "Generic chest" }
Enchanted Diamond Pickaxe[C][D] Bastion Remnant Hoglin stable chest 1 13.6%
{ "item": "Enchanted Diamond Pickaxe", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.13636363636363635, "structure": "Bastion Remnant", "container": "Hoglin stable chest" }
  1. ↑ a b The item has between 10% and 50% of its total durability.
  2. ↑ a b Enchantment probabilities are the same as a level-20 to level-39 enchantment would be on an enchanting table that had no cap at level 30, and that was able to apply treasure enchantments (except Soul Speed, Swift Sneak, and Wind Burst), and where the chance of multiple enchantments is not reduced.
  3. ↑ a b c d All enchantments are equally probable, including treasure enchantments (except Soul Speed, Swift Sneak, and Wind Burst), and any level of the enchantment is equally probable.
  4. ↑ a b The item has between 15% and 95% of its total durability.

Trading

VillagerProbabilityVillager wantsPlayer receivesTrades in
stock		Villager
experience		Price
multiplier
JEBE
Toolsmith Master100%100%18–32 × Emerald Enchanted Diamond Pickaxe[t 1]3300.2
  1. ↑ Enchanted with a random experience cost in range 5–19. The price is 13 plus the experience cost in emeralds.

Usage

Main article: Pickaxe § Usage

Mining

A diamond pickaxe is used to break stone and metal-based materials faster. Breaking a block with a diamond pickaxe consumes one durability point. No durability is consumed for blocks that have a hardness value of 0, such as torches and flowers.

Mining level

Diamond pickaxes have a mining level of 3. A diamond pickaxe or better is required to mine the following blocks:

Weapon

Java Edition

All pickaxes have an attack speed modifier of -2.8, meaning they take about 0.85 seconds to recover. Diamond pickaxes do 5HP❤️❤️💔 damage per attack, or 6 damage per second.

Bedrock Edition

All pickaxes attack instantly, with diamond pickaxes doing 6HP❤️❤️❤️ damage per attack.

Repairing

Combining

Ingredients Crafting recipe Notes
Damaged Diamond Pickaxe
Invicon Damaged Diamond Pickaxe.png: Inventory sprite for Damaged Diamond Pickaxe in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Diamond Pickaxe When in Main Hand:  5 Attack Damage  1.2 Attack SpeedInvicon Damaged Diamond Pickaxe.png: Inventory sprite for Damaged Diamond Pickaxe in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Diamond Pickaxe When in Main Hand:  5 Attack Damage  1.2 Attack Speed
Invicon Diamond Pickaxe.png: Inventory sprite for Diamond Pickaxe in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Diamond Pickaxe When in Main Hand:  5 Attack Damage  1.2 Attack Speed
 The durability of the two pickaxes is added together, plus an extra 78 durability.
Ingredients Grinding recipe Notes
2x Damaged Diamond Pickaxe
Invicon Damaged Diamond Pickaxe.png: Inventory sprite for Damaged Diamond Pickaxe in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Diamond Pickaxe When in Main Hand:  5 Attack Damage  1.2 Attack SpeedInvicon Damaged Diamond Pickaxe.png: Inventory sprite for Damaged Diamond Pickaxe in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Diamond Pickaxe When in Main Hand:  5 Attack Damage  1.2 Attack SpeedInvicon Diamond Pickaxe.png: Inventory sprite for Diamond Pickaxe in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Diamond Pickaxe When in Main Hand:  5 Attack Damage  1.2 Attack Speed
 The durability of the two pickaxes is added together, plus an extra 78 durability.

Anvil repair

Main article: Anvil mechanics § Unit repair
Ingredients Anvil recipe
Damaged Diamond Pickaxe +
Diamond
Diamond PickaxeInvicon Damaged Diamond Pickaxe.png: Inventory sprite for Damaged Diamond Pickaxe in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Diamond Pickaxe When in Main Hand:  5 Attack Damage  1.2 Attack SpeedInvicon Damaged Diamond Pickaxe.png: Inventory sprite for Damaged Diamond Pickaxe in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Diamond Pickaxe When in Main Hand:  5 Attack Damage  1.2 Attack SpeedInvicon Diamond.png: Inventory sprite for Diamond in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Diamond with description: DiamondInvicon Diamond Pickaxe.png: Inventory sprite for Diamond Pickaxe in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Diamond Pickaxe When in Main Hand:  5 Attack Damage  1.2 Attack Speed

A diamond pickaxe can be repaired in an anvil by adding diamonds, with each diamond restoring 390 durability. Two diamond pickaxes can also be combined in an anvil. Both methods preserve the pickaxe's enchantments.

Enchantments

A diamond pickaxe can receive the following enchantments:

Name Description Max level Method Weight
Efficiency Increases the mining speed. V Enchanting Table
Anvil 		10
Fortune[note 2] Increases the amount of drops when mining. III Enchanting Table
Anvil 		2
Silk Touch[note 2] Causes blocks to drop themselves when mined. I Enchanting Table
Anvil 		1
Unbreaking Grants a chance to negate durability consumption. III Enchanting Table
Anvil 		5
Mending Repairs the pickaxe when obtaining experience. I Anvil 2
Curse of Vanishing The pickaxe vanishes on death, not dropping as an item. I Anvil 1
  1. ↑
  2. ↑ a b Silk Touch and Fortune are mutually exclusive

Upgrading

Like other diamond tools, a diamond pickaxe can be upgraded to a netherite pickaxe, increasing its durability and slightly increasing its mining speed, as well as granting resistance to fire and lava when dropped as an item. The upgraded pickaxe will keep its enchantments, name and other item data.

Ingredients Smithing recipe
Netherite Upgrade +
Diamond Pickaxe +
Netherite Ingot
Invicon Netherite Upgrade Smithing Template.png: Inventory sprite for Netherite Upgrade Smithing Template in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Netherite Upgrade Smithing Template with description: Netherite Upgrade Smithing Template Applies to:  Diamond Equipment Ingredients:  Netherite IngotInvicon Diamond Pickaxe.png: Inventory sprite for Diamond Pickaxe in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Diamond Pickaxe When in Main Hand:  5 Attack Damage  1.2 Attack SpeedInvicon Netherite Ingot.png: Inventory sprite for Netherite Ingot in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Netherite Ingot with description: Netherite IngotInvicon Netherite Pickaxe.png: Inventory sprite for Netherite Pickaxe in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Netherite Pickaxe with description: Netherite Pickaxe When in Main Hand:  6 Attack Damage  1.2 Attack Speed
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Sounds

Java Edition:

Sounds
SoundClosed captionsSourceDescriptionIdentifierTranslation keyVolumePitchAttenuation
distance
​Item breaksPlayersWhen a pickaxe's durability is exhaustedentity.item.breaksubtitles.entity.item.break​0.80.8–1.216

Bedrock Edition:

Sounds
SoundClosed captionsSourceDescriptionIdentifierTranslation keyVolumePitch
​Item breaksPlayersWhen a pickaxe's durability is exhaustedrandom.breaksubtitles.entity.item.break​1.00.9

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

NameIdentifierForm Translation key
ItemSprite diamond-pickaxe.png: Sprite image for diamond-pickaxe in Minecraft Diamond Pickaxediamond_pickaxeItem item.minecraft.diamond_pickaxe

Bedrock Edition:

NameIdentifierNumeric ID Form Translation key
ItemSprite diamond-pickaxe.png: Sprite image for diamond-pickaxe in Minecraft Diamond Pickaxediamond_pickaxe318Item item.diamond_pickaxe.name

Achievements

IconAchievementIn-game descriptionActual requirements (if different)Gamerscore earnedTrophy type (PS)
PS4Other
MOAR ToolsConstruct one type of each tool.Construct one pickaxe, one shovel, one axe, and one hoe with the same material.15Bronze

Videos

History

Main article: Pickaxe § History

Java Edition

Java Edition Indev
0.3120100128-2200 Added diamond pickaxes, then known as emerald pickaxes.
They have no crafting recipe.
20100129-1447 Emerald pickaxes can now be crafted.
20100129-2332 Emerald pickaxes are now called diamond pickaxes.
20100131-2156 Diamond pickaxes now have durability which is 257.
Java Edition Infdev
20100313 Diamond pickaxes' durability has been increased to 513.
Java Edition Alpha
v1.0.3 Diamond pickaxes' durability has been increased to 1025.
Java Edition Beta
1.2 Diamond pickaxes' durability has been increased to 1561.
Java Edition
1.3.112w21a Blacksmith villagers now sell 1 diamond pickaxe for 10–11 emeralds.
1.6.113w21a Instead of replacing the barehanded damage (1HP💔), diamond pickaxes now add their damage onto the barehanded damage, which results in them doing 1HP💔 more damage than before.
1.814w02a Toolsmith villagers now sell 1 enchanted diamond pickaxe for 12–15 emeralds.
Unenchanted pickaxes are no longer sold by villagers.
1.915w31a Enchanted diamond pickaxes can now be found in chests in end cities.
1.1418w43a The texture of diamond pickaxes has been changed.
1.1620w06a Diamond pickaxes can now be used to craft netherite pickaxes.
20w09a The texture of diamond pickaxes has been changed, again.
20w10a 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.
1.16.220w30a Randomly enchanted diamond pickaxes can now be found in bastion remnant chests.
1.20.3
Experiment
Update 1.21		23w45a Damaged diamond pickaxes can now be found in trial chambers intersection barrels and chests.

Bedrock Edition

Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.2.0 Added diamond pickaxes. They actually function as tools despite being unobtainable by normal means.
v0.3.2 Diamond pickaxes can now be crafted with diamonds and sticks.
Pocket Edition
1.0.0alpha 0.17.0.1 Enchanted diamond pickaxes can now be found in end cities.
1.0.4alpha 1.0.4.0 Toolsmith villagers now sell enchanted diamond pickaxes for 12-15 emeralds as their last tier trade.
Bedrock Edition
1.10.0beta 1.10.0.3 The texture of diamond pickaxes has been changed.
1.11.0beta 1.11.0.4 Toolsmith villagers now sell enchanted diamond pickaxes for 13 emeralds.
1.16.0beta 1.16.0.51 The texture of diamond pickaxes has been changed, again.
1.20.60
Experiment
Update 1.21		Preview 1.20.60.20 Damaged diamond pickaxes can now be found in trial chambers intersection barrels and chests.

Legacy Console Edition

Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360Xbox OnePS3PS4PS VitaWii USwitch
TU1CU11.001.001.00Patch 11.0.1 Added diamond pickaxes.
TU141.04 Blacksmith villagers now sell 1 diamond pickaxe for 10–11 emeralds.
TU19CU71.121.121.12 Instead of replacing the barehanded damage (1HP💔), diamond pickaxes now add their damage onto the barehanded damage, which results in them doing 1HP💔 more damage than before.
TU31CU191.221.221.22Patch 3 Toolsmith villagers now sell 1 enchanted diamond pickaxe for 12–15 emeralds.
Unenchanted pickaxes are no longer sold by villagers.
TU36CU251.281.281.28Patch 7 The attack damage of diamond pickaxes is now shown above the hotbar when switching to it if the item has less than 3 enchantments.
TU46CU361.381.381.38Patch 15 Enchanted diamond pickaxes can now be found in chests in end cities.
1.90 The texture of diamond pickaxes has been changed.

New Nintendo 3DS Edition

New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0 Added diamond pickaxes.

Data history

Java Edition
1.1317w47a Prior to The Flattening, this item's numeral ID was 278.

Issues

Issues relating to "Diamond Pickaxe" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

Trivia

Publicity

  • Plastic diamond pickaxes are official Minecraft merchandise.[1]

In other media

References

  1. ↑ "Minecraft Pickaxe - Minecraft Store" (Archive) – Minecraft Store.
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