Golden Pickaxe

For other uses, see Pickaxe (disambiguation).

Golden Pickaxe

Rarity tier	Common
Mining efficiency	12
Mining level	0
Attack damage	JE: 2HP BE: 3HP
Attack speed‌[JE only]	1.2 (0.833 seconds)
Attack range	3 (3 blocks)
Hitbox margin	0
Durability	JE: 32 BE: 33
Enchantability	22
Renewable	Yes
Stackable	No

A golden pickaxe is a variant of pickaxe that is crafted from gold ingots. It is the sixth-highest tier of pickaxe, having the lowest durability, and having the lowest attack damage alongside wooden pickaxes, despite having the highest mining efficiency. It has a mining level of 0, the same as a wooden pickaxe, allowing it to mine stone and coal ore. It can be admired by piglins, and has the highest enchantability.

Obtaining

Crafting

Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Gold Ingot + Stick

Generated loot

Item	Structure	Container	Quantity	Chance
Java Edition and Bedrock Edition
Enchanted Golden Pickaxe[A]	Ruined Portal	Chest	1	20.5% { "item": "Enchanted Golden Pickaxe", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.20469270240551518, "structure": "Ruined Portal", "container": "Chest" }
Damaged Golden Pickaxe[B]	Trial Chambers	Intersection barrel	1	22.3% { "item": "Damaged Golden Pickaxe", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.22342803610021233, "structure": "Trial Chambers", "container": "Intersection barrel" }

Usage

Mining

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

Weapon

Java Edition

All pickaxes have an attack speed modifier of -2.8, meaning they take about 0.85 seconds to recover. Golden pickaxes do 2HP damage per attack, or 2.4 damage per second, the same as a wooden pickaxe.

Bedrock Edition

All pickaxes attack instantly, with golden pickaxes doing 3HP damage per attack, the same as a wooden pickaxe.

Repairing

Combining

Ingredients	Crafting recipe	Notes
Damaged Golden Pickaxe		The durability of the two pickaxes is added together, plus an extra 5% of durability.

Ingredients	Grinding recipe	Notes
2x Damaged Golden Pickaxe		The durability of the two pickaxes is added together, plus an extra 5% of durability.

Anvil repair

Ingredients	Anvil recipe
Damaged Golden Pickaxe + Gold Ingot	Golden Pickaxe

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

Enchantments

A golden pickaxe 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
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

Smelting ingredient

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

Piglins

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

Sounds

Java Edition:

Bedrock Edition:

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Translation key
Golden Pickaxe	golden_pickaxe	Item	item.minecraft.golden_pickaxe

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Translation key
Golden Pickaxe	golden_pickaxe	324	Item	item.golden_pickaxe.name

Achievements

Icon		Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS)
PS4	Other
		MOAR Tools	Construct one type of each tool.	Construct one pickaxe, one shovel, one axe, and one hoe with the same material.	15	Bronze
		Oooh, shiny!	Distract a Piglin using gold	Give a piglin a gold item​ while it is aggressive toward the player.	30	Silver

Advancements

Icon	Advancement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)
	Oh Shiny	Distract Piglins with gold	Use a gold ingot on an adult piglin, or throw one of these 28 gold-related items in the #piglin_loved item tag for it to pick up: Bell Block of Gold Block of Raw Gold Clock Deepslate Gold Ore Enchanted Golden Apple Gilded Blackstone Glistering Melon Slice Gold Ingot Gold Ore Golden Apple Golden Axe Golden Boots Golden Carrot Golden Chestplate Golden Dandelion Golden Helmet Golden Hoe Golden Horse Armor Golden Leggings Golden Nautilus Armor Golden Pickaxe Golden Shovel Golden Spear Golden Sword Light Weighted Pressure Plate Nether Gold Ore Raw Gold The player must not be wearing any golden armor when the piglin accepts or picks up the item.

Videos

History

Java Edition

Java Edition Indev
0.31			20100130				Added golden pickaxes.
			20100131-2156				Golden pickaxes now have durability which is 33.
20100206-2034							The texture of golden pickaxes has been changed.
Java Edition Beta
1.2							Golden pickaxes now mine certain materials much faster.
Java Edition
1.6.1			13w21a				Instead of replacing the barehanded damage (1HP), golden pickaxes now add their damage onto the barehanded damage, which results in them doing 1HP more damage than before.
1.11.1			16w50a				Golden pickaxes can now be smelted down into one gold nugget.
1.13.1			18w30b				The durability of golden pickaxes has been reduced from 33 to 32 due to the fix of a bug.[1]
1.14			18w43a				The textures of all pickaxes have been changed.
1.16			20w09a				The texture of golden pickaxes has been changed.
			20w16a				Golden pickaxes now generate randomly enchanted in ruined portal chests.
1.20.3 Experiment Update 1.21			23w45a				Damaged golden pickaxes can now be found in trial chambers intersection barrels.

Bedrock Edition

Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.2.0							Added golden pickaxes. They actually function as tools despite being unobtainable by normal means.
v0.3.2							Golden pickaxes can now be crafted with gold ingots and sticks.
Pocket Edition
1.1.0			alpha 1.1.0.0				Golden pickaxes are now smeltable.
Bedrock Edition
1.10.0			beta 1.10.0.3				The textures of all pickaxes have been changed.
1.16.0			beta 1.16.0.51				The texture of golden pickaxes has been changed.
			beta 1.16.0.57				Golden pickaxes now generate randomly enchanted in ruined portal chests.
1.20.60 Experiment Update 1.21			Preview 1.20.60.20				Damaged golden pickaxes can now be found in trial chambers intersection barrels.

Legacy Console Edition

Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360	Xbox One	PS3	PS4	PS Vita	Wii U	Switch
TU1	CU1	1.00	1.00	1.00	Patch 1	1.0.1	Added pickaxes, including the golden variant.
TU19	CU7	1.12	1.12	1.12			Instead of replacing the barehanded damage (1HP), golden pickaxes now add their damage onto the barehanded damage, which results in them doing 1HP more damage than before.
TU36	CU25	1.28	1.28	1.28	Patch 7		The attack damage of golden pickaxes is now shown above the hotbar when switching to it if the item has less than 3 enchantments.
TU53	CU43	1.49	1.50	1.49	Patch 23	1.0.3	Golden pickaxes are now smeltable.
			1.90				The textures of all pickaxes have been changed.

New Nintendo 3DS Edition

New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0							Added pickaxes, including the golden variant.

Data history

Issues

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

Gallery

In other media

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  A golden pickaxe as it appeared in Minecraft Earth
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  A nitwit grinding a golden pickaxe
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  Golden pickaxe in the Super Duper Graphics Pack
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References