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Stone Axe

Stone Axe

A stone axe is a variant of axe that is crafted either from cobblestone, cobbled deepslate, or blackstone. It can be used to cut down trees faster, to…

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Contents (26)
  1. Obtaining
  2. Crafting
  3. Generated loot
  4. Trading
  5. Villager gifts
  6. Usage
  7. Breaking
  8. Stripping
  9. Scraping
  10. Weapon
  11. Repairing
  12. Enchantments
  13. Sounds
  14. Data values
  15. ID
  16. Achievements
  17. Advancements
  18. Videos
  19. History
  20. Java Edition
  21. Bedrock Edition
  22. Legacy Console Edition
  23. New Nintendo 3DS Edition
  24. Data history
  25. Issues
  26. References
For other uses, see Axe (disambiguation).
Stone Axe
Stone Axe.png: Infobox image for Minecraft item 'Stone Axe'
Enchanted Stone Axe.gif: Infobox image for Minecraft item 'Stone Axe'
Invicon Stone Axe.png: Inventory sprite for Stone Axe in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Stone Axe When in Main Hand:  9 Attack Damage  0.8 Attack Speed
Rarity tier
  Common
Mining efficiency 4
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: 131
BE: 132
Enchantability 5
Renewable Yes
Stackable No

A stone axe is a variant of axe that is crafted either from cobblestone, cobbled deepslate, or blackstone. 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 fifth-highest tier of axe, having higher mining efficiency, attack damage, and durability than a wooden axe.

Obtaining

Crafting

Ingredients Crafting recipe Notes
Any stone-tier block +
Stick
Invicon Cobblestone.png: Inventory sprite for Cobblestone in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Cobblestone with description: CobblestoneInvicon Blackstone.png: Inventory sprite for Blackstone in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Blackstone with description: BlackstoneInvicon Cobbled Deepslate.png: Inventory sprite for Cobbled Deepslate in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Cobbled Deepslate with description: Cobbled DeepslateInvicon Cobblestone.png: Inventory sprite for Cobblestone in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Cobblestone with description: CobblestoneInvicon Blackstone.png: Inventory sprite for Blackstone in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Blackstone with description: BlackstoneInvicon Cobbled Deepslate.png: Inventory sprite for Cobbled Deepslate in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Cobbled Deepslate with description: Cobbled DeepslateInvicon Cobblestone.png: Inventory sprite for Cobblestone in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Cobblestone with description: CobblestoneInvicon Blackstone.png: Inventory sprite for Blackstone in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Blackstone with description: BlackstoneInvicon Cobbled Deepslate.png: Inventory sprite for Cobbled Deepslate in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Cobbled Deepslate with description: Cobbled DeepslateInvicon 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 Stone Axe.png: Inventory sprite for Stone Axe in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Stone Axe When in Main Hand:  9 Attack Damage  0.8 Attack Speed
 Can use cobblestone and its other variants interchangeably.

Generated loot

Item Structure Container Quantity Chance
Java Edition and Bedrock Edition
Stone Axe Bonus Chest Chest 1 25%
{ "item": "Stone Axe", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.25, "structure": "Bonus Chest", "container": "Chest" }
Igloo Chest 1 14.7%
{ "item": "Stone Axe", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.14719442350968348, "structure": "Igloo", "container": "Chest" }
Ocean Ruins Small ruins chest 1 28.5%
{ "item": "Stone Axe", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.28499313621704003, "structure": "Ocean Ruins", "container": "Small ruins chest" }
Damaged Stone Axe[A] Trial Chambers Corridor chest 1 19.6%
{ "item": "Damaged Stone Axe", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.19614132283617636, "structure": "Trial Chambers", "container": "Corridor chest" }
  1. ↑ The item has between 15% and 80% of its total durability.

Trading

VillagerProbabilityVillager wantsPlayer receivesTrades in
stock		Villager
experience		Price
multiplier
JEBE
Toolsmith Novice40%25%EmeraldStone Axe1210.2

Villager gifts

Toolsmith and weaponsmith villagers occasionally throw stone axes at players with the Hero of the Village status effect.‌[Java Edition only]

Usage

Breaking

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

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

Stripping

Using a stone 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 stone 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 stone 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]
9HP❤️❤️❤️❤️💔 0.8 1.25 seconds (25 game ticks) 7.2 594HP❤️ × 297
  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.

Bedrock Edition

Stone axes attack instantly with no cooldown and deal 5HP❤️❤️💔 damage.

Repairing

Combining

Ingredients Crafting recipe Notes
Damaged Stone Axe
Invicon Damaged Stone Axe.png: Inventory sprite for Damaged Stone Axe in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Stone Axe When in Main Hand:  9 Attack Damage  0.8 Attack SpeedInvicon Damaged Stone Axe.png: Inventory sprite for Damaged Stone Axe in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Stone Axe When in Main Hand:  9 Attack Damage  0.8 Attack Speed
Invicon Stone Axe.png: Inventory sprite for Stone Axe in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Stone Axe When in Main Hand:  9 Attack Damage  0.8 Attack Speed
 The durability of the two axes is added together, plus an extra 5% of durability.
Ingredients Grinding recipe Notes
2× Damaged Stone Axe
Invicon Damaged Stone Axe.png: Inventory sprite for Damaged Stone Axe in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Stone Axe When in Main Hand:  9 Attack Damage  0.8 Attack SpeedInvicon Damaged Stone Axe.png: Inventory sprite for Damaged Stone Axe in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Stone Axe When in Main Hand:  9 Attack Damage  0.8 Attack SpeedInvicon Stone Axe.png: Inventory sprite for Stone Axe in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Stone Axe When in Main Hand:  9 Attack Damage  0.8 Attack Speed
 The durability of the two axes is added together, plus an extra 5% of durability.

Unit repair

Main article: Anvil mechanics § Unit repair
Ingredients Anvil recipe
Damaged Stone Axe +
Any stone-tier block
Stone AxeInvicon Damaged Stone Axe.png: Inventory sprite for Damaged Stone Axe in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Stone Axe When in Main Hand:  9 Attack Damage  0.8 Attack SpeedInvicon Damaged Stone Axe.png: Inventory sprite for Damaged Stone Axe in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Stone Axe When in Main Hand:  9 Attack Damage  0.8 Attack SpeedInvicon Cobblestone.png: Inventory sprite for Cobblestone in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Cobblestone with description: CobblestoneInvicon Blackstone.png: Inventory sprite for Blackstone in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Blackstone with description: BlackstoneInvicon Cobbled Deepslate.png: Inventory sprite for Cobbled Deepslate in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Cobbled Deepslate with description: Cobbled DeepslateInvicon Stone Axe.png: Inventory sprite for Stone Axe in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Stone Axe When in Main Hand:  9 Attack Damage  0.8 Attack Speed

A stone axe can be repaired in an anvil by adding either cobblestone, cobbled deepslate, or blackstone, with each block restoring 25% of the axe's maximum durability, rounded down. Two stone axes can also be combined in an anvil. Both methods preserve the axe's enchantments.

Enchantments

A stone 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
  1. ↑ a b Silk Touch and Fortune are mutually exclusive
  2. ↑ a b c d Sharpness, Smite, Bane of Arthropods, and Cleaving​[upcoming: JE Combat Tests] are mutually exclusive.
  3. ↑ a b c d Fire Aspect, Looting, Knockback, and Sweeping Edge currently exist, but they can be used only for swords.
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Sounds

Java Edition:

Sounds
SoundClosed captionsSourceDescriptionIdentifierTranslation keyVolumePitchAttenuation
distance
​Axe stripsBlocksWhen an axe strips a log or wood blockitem.axe.stripsubtitles.item.axe.strip​0.91.0/0.8516
​Wax off[sound 1]BlocksWhen an axe unwaxes a block of copperitem.axe.wax_offsubtitles.item.axe.wax_off​1.00.9/1.1/1.016
​Axe scrapesBlocksWhen an axe deoxidizes a block of copperitem.axe.scrapesubtitles.item.axe.scrape​1.01.0/0.9/1.116
​Item breaksPlayersWhen an axe's durability is exhaustedentity.item.breaksubtitles.entity.item.break​0.80.8–1.216
  1. ↑ MC-312228

Bedrock Edition:

Sounds
SoundClosed captionsSourceDescriptionIdentifierTranslation keyVolumePitch
​Axe stripsBlocksWhen an axe strips a log or wood block [sound 1]use.woodsubtitles.item.axe.strip​1.00.8
​Block placedBlocksWhen an axe strips a stem or hyphae block [sound 1]use.stemsubtitles.block.generic.place​1.00.8
​FootstepsPlayersWhen an axe strips a block of bamboo [sound 1]step.bamboo_woodsubtitles.block.generic.footsteps​1.00.8
​FootstepsPlayersWhen an axe strips a cherry log or cherry wood block [sound 1]step.cherry_woodsubtitles.block.generic.footsteps​1.00.8
​Wax offFriendly MobsWhen an axe unwaxes a copper blocks and copper golem ​copper.wax.offsubtitles.item.axe.wax_off​1.00.8–1.2
​Axe scrapesFriendly MobsWhen an axe deoxidizes a copper blocks and copper golemscrapesubtitles.item.axe.scrape​1.00.8–1.2
​Item breaksPlayersWhen an axe's durability is exhaustedrandom.breaksubtitles.entity.item.break​1.00.9
  1. ↑ a b c d MCPE-189879

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

NameIdentifierForm Translation key
ItemSprite stone-axe.png: Sprite image for stone-axe in Minecraft Stone Axestone_axeItem item.minecraft.stone_axe

Bedrock Edition:

NameIdentifierNumeric ID Form Translation key
ItemSprite stone-axe.png: Sprite image for stone-axe in Minecraft Stone Axestone_axe315Item item.stone_axe.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

Advancements

IconAdvancementIn-game descriptionActual requirements (if different)
Wax OffScrape Wax off of a Copper block!Use an axe to revert any of these 15 waxed variants of copper blocks:
The block can be in any of its four oxidation stages.

Videos

History

Java Edition

Java Edition Indev
0.3120100128-2200 Added stone axes.
Stone axes cannot be crafted yet, but have been added to the item chest in the Indev house.
20100129-1447 Stone axes can now be crafted.
20100131-2156 Stone axes now have durability which is 65 points.
Java Edition Beta
1.2 Stone axes' durability has been increased from 65 to 131.
Java Edition
1.3.112w16a Stone axes are now found in the new bonus chests.
1.6.113w21a Instead of replacing the barehanded damage (1HP💔), stone axes now add their damage onto the barehanded damage, which results in them doing 1HP💔 more damage than before.
1.915w34a Stone axes now use the attack speed combat mechanic meter. The time it takes for the meter to fill up for an axe is 1.2 seconds.
15w34b Stone axes now have an attack speed of 0.8, taking about 1.25 seconds to fill the attack meter.
15w34c Stone axes do 4HP❤️❤️ more damage than previously.
Stone axes now have an attack speed of 0.85.
Stone axes now have a chance to temporarily disable shield use.
15w35a The damage of stone axes has been reduced by 1HP💔.
The speed of stone axes has been increased to 0.9.
15w37a Stone axes now have an attack speed of 0.8.
Stone axes now deal 9HP❤️❤️❤️❤️💔 damage instead of 8HP❤️❤️❤️❤️.
15w43a Stone axes may now be found in igloo basement chests.
15w44a The average yield of stone axes from bonus chests has been decreased.
1.1116w35a A stone axe now has a 100% chance of disabling shield use, and the chance is no longer increased by Efficiency level and whether or not the user is sprinting.
1.1318w07a Using a stone axe on a block of wood or log now turns it into a stripped block of wood or log.
18w09a Stone axes now can generate in the chests of underwater ruins.
pre2 Using a stone axe on a bark now turns it into a stripped bark.
1.1418w43a The texture of stone axes has been changed.
19w11a Toolsmith villagers now sell stone axes.
19w13a Toolsmith villagers now give stone axes to players under the Hero of the Village effect.
Weaponsmith villagers now give stone axes to players under the Hero of the Village effect.
1.1620w15a Stone axes can now be crafted using blackstone.
1.1721w08a Stone axes can now be crafted using cobbled deepslate.
21w11a Stone axes can now be used to scrape wax and oxidation off copper blocks.
1.20.3
Experiment
Update 1.21		23w45a Damaged stone axes can now be found in corridor barrels in trial chambers.
1.20.524w03a Stone axes can now receive sharpness, smite, and bane of arthropods through an enchanting table, rather than only through an anvil.
Java Edition Combat Tests
1.14.3 The attack speed for stone axes has been increased to 2.
Stone axes now deal 1HP💔 more damage than stone swords.
3 The Chopping enchantment has been added for stone axes, which adds 1 damage and 0.5 seconds (10 game ticks) of shield stunning per level and is mutually exclusive with Sharpness.
Stone 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).
Stone axes now take 1 damage when attacking instead of 2.
The Sweeping Edge enchantment can now be applied to stone axes.
4 Knockback, Looting, and Fire Aspect enchantments can now be applied to stone axes.

Bedrock Edition

Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.2.0 Added stone axes.
v0.2.0 Survival players no longer start with an infinite durability stone axe in the inventory.
v0.4.0 Removed stone axes from the creative inventory.
v0.11.0build 11 Stone axes are now available in the Creative inventory.
build 12 Stone axes have been removed from creative.
build 13 Stone axes have been re-added to creative mode.
v0.12.1build 1 Instead of replacing the barehanded damage (1HP💔), stone axes now add their damage onto the barehanded damage, which results in them doing 1HP💔 more damage than before.
Pocket Edition
1.0.0alpha 0.17.0.1 Stone axes now can be found inside igloo basement chests.
Bedrock Edition
1.2.0beta 1.2.0.2 Stone axes can now be found in bonus chests.
1.2.13beta 1.2.13.8 Using a stone axe on a log now turns it into a stripped log.
1.10.0beta 1.10.0.3 The texture of stone axes has been changed.
1.11.0beta 1.11.0.4 Stone axes can now be bought from toolsmith villagers.
beta 1.16.0.57 Stone axes can now be crafted using blackstone.
1.16.220beta 1.16.220.52 Stone axes can now be used to scrape wax off copper blocks.
1.18.30Preview 1.18.30.27 Stone axes can now temporarily disable shield use. This is not mentioned in the official changelog.[1]
1.20.60
Experiment
Update 1.21		Preview 1.20.60.20 Damaged stone axes can now be found in corridor barrels in trial chambers.

Legacy Console Edition

Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360Xbox OnePS3PS4PS VitaWii USwitch
TU1CU11.001.001.00Patch 11.0.1 Added stone axes.
TU19CU71.121.121.12 Instead of replacing the barehanded damage (1HP💔), stone axes now add their damage onto the barehanded damage, which results in them doing 1HP💔 more damage than before.
TU36CU251.281.281.28Patch 7 The attack damage of stone axes is now shown above the hotbar when switching to it if the item has less than 3 enchantments.
TU43CU331.361.361.36Patch 13 Stone axes may now be found in igloo basement chests.
TU69 1.761.761.76Patch 38 Using a stone axe on a log now turns it into a stripped log.
Stone axes now can generate in the chests of underwater ruins.
1.90 The texture of stone axes have been changed.

New Nintendo 3DS Edition

New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0 Added stone axes.

Data history

Java Edition
1.1317w47a Prior to The Flattening, this item's numeral ID was 275.

Issues

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

References

  1. ↑ "We missed a change in recent changelogs for the Bedrock beta that you may like - we have now made a parity fix that makes shields get disabled for 5 seconds when attacked by an Axe-wielding mob or player. We will make sure to list this properly in the next beta :)" – @kingbdogz on X (formerly Twitter), March 17, 2022
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