Netherite Axe

Netherite Axe
Rarity tier	; Common
Mining efficiency	9
Attack damage	JE: 10HP; BE: 8HP
Attack speed‌[JE only]	1 (1 second)
Attack range	3 (3 blocks)
Hitbox margin	0
Durability	JE: 2031; BE: 2032
Enchantability	15
Renewable	No
Stackable	No

A netherite axe is a late-game variant of axe obtained by upgrading a diamond axe using a netherite ingot and netherite upgrade at a smithing table. 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 highest tier of axe, having higher mining efficiency, attack damage, durability, and enchantability than a diamond axe.

Obtaining

Upgrading

Like other diamond tools, a diamond axe can be upgraded to a netherite axe, increasing its durability, mining efficiency and attack damage, as well as granting resistance to fire and lava when dropped as an item.

Ingredients	Smithing recipe
Netherite Upgrade + Diamond Axe + Netherite Ingot

Usage

Breaking

Netherite axes can break wood-related blocks faster than other tools. Breaking a block costs 1 durability.^{[note 1]}

↑ Blocks that break instantly don't use up durability.

Stripping

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

Weapon

When used as a weapon, a netherite axe loses 2 durability points.

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]}
10HP	1.0	1 second (20 game ticks)	10.0	10160HP × 5080

↑ 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

Netherite axes attack instantly with no cooldown and deal 8HP damage.

Repairing

Combining

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

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

Anvil repair

Ingredients	Anvil recipe
Damaged Netherite Axe + Netherite Ingot	Netherite Axe

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

Enchantments

A netherite 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
Cleaving^{[upcoming: JE Combat Tests]}^{[note 2]}	Increases the damage and shield cooldown time dealt.	III	Enchanting Table Anvil
Looting^{[upcoming: JE Combat Tests]}^{[note 3]}	Increases the amount of drops when killing an entity with the axe.	III	Anvil	2
Knockback^{[upcoming: JE Combat Tests]}^{[note 3]}	Increases the knockback dealt.	II	Anvil	5
Fire Aspect^{[upcoming: JE Combat Tests]}^{[note 3]}	Ignites any targets hit by the axe and lights unlit candles, campfires, and Block of TNT when used.	II	Anvil	2
Sweeping Edge^{[upcoming: JE Combat Tests]}^{[note 3]}	Increases the sweeping damage dealt.	III	Anvil	2
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 ^d Sharpness, Smite, Bane of Arthropods, and Cleaving^{[upcoming: JE Combat Tests]} are mutually exclusive.
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d Fire Aspect, Looting, Knockback, and Sweeping Edge currently exist, but they can be used only for swords.

[1] Blocks that break instantly don't use up durability.

[2] 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-3] Silk Touch and Fortune are mutually exclusive

[exc2-4] Sharpness, Smite, Bane of Arthropods, and Cleaving^{[upcoming: JE Combat Tests]} are mutually exclusive.

[sword-5] Fire Aspect, Looting, Knockback, and Sweeping Edge currently exist, but they can be used only for swords.

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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
1.16	20w06a	Added netherite axes.
	20w06a	Netherite axes are obtained by combining one diamond axe and one netherite ingot in a crafting table.
	20w10a	The texture of netherite axes has been changed.
		Netherite axes can no longer be crafted.
		Netherite axes are now obtained by combining one diamond axe and one netherite ingot in a smithing table.
1.17	21w11a	Netherite axes can now be used to scrape wax and oxidation off copper blocks.
1.19.4 Experiment Update 1.20	23w04a	Upgrading diamond axes to netherite axes now requires the netherite upgrade smithing template.
Java Edition Combat Tests
6		The attack speed for netherite axes has been increased to 2.
		Netherite axes now deal 1HP more damage than netherite swords.
		Netherite axes can now be enchanted with Cleaving, which adds 1 damage and 0.5 seconds (10 game ticks) of shield stunning per level and is mutually exclusive with Sharpness.
		Netherite axes now always disable shields for 1.6 seconds (32 game ticks), instead of having a 25% to disable them for 5 seconds (100 game ticks).
		Netherite axes now take 1 damage when attacking instead of 2.
		The Sweeping Edge enchantment can now be applied to netherite axes.
		Knockback, Looting, and Fire Aspect enchantments can now be applied to netherite axes.

Bedrock Edition
1.16.0	beta 1.16.0.51	Added netherite axes.
	beta 1.16.0.51	Netherite axes are obtained by combining one diamond axe and one netherite ingot in a crafting table.
	beta 1.16.0.57	Netherite axes can no longer be crafted.
		Netherite axes are now obtained by combining one diamond axe and one netherite ingot in a smithing table.
		Netherite axes now generate randomly enchanted in bastion remnants chests.
1.16.220	beta 1.16.220.52	Netherite axes can now be used to scrape wax off copper blocks.
1.17.10	beta 1.17.10.20	The texture of netherite axes has been changed to match Java Edition.
1.18.30	Preview 1.18.30.27	Netherite axes can now temporarily disable shield use. This is not mentioned in the official changelog.^[1]
1.19.80 Experiment Next Major Update	beta 1.19.80.21	Upgrading diamond axes to netherite axes now requires the netherite upgrade smithing template.

Netherite Axe

Obtaining

Upgrading

Usage

Breaking

Stripping

Scraping

Weapon

Java Edition

Bedrock Edition

Repairing

Combining

Anvil repair

Enchantments

Sounds

Data values

ID

Achievements

Advancements

Videos

History

Early texture

Java Edition

Bedrock Edition

Issues

References

More in Tools

Rarity tier	Common
Mining efficiency	9
Attack damage	JE: 10HP BE: 8HP
Attack speed‌^{[JE only]}	1 (1 second)
Attack range	3 (3 blocks)
Hitbox margin	0
Durability	JE: 2031 BE: 2032
Enchantability	15
Renewable	No
Stackable	No