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Wooden Pickaxe

Wooden Pickaxe

A wooden pickaxe is an early-game variant of pickaxe that is crafted from planks. It is the seventh-highest tier of pickaxe, having the lowest mining…

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Contents (24)
  1. Obtaining
  2. Crafting
  3. Generated loot
  4. Usage
  5. Mining
  6. Weapon
  7. Repairing
  8. Enchantments
  9. Fuel
  10. Sounds
  11. Data values
  12. ID
  13. Achievements
  14. Videos
  15. History
  16. Java Edition
  17. Bedrock Edition
  18. Legacy Console Edition
  19. New Nintendo 3DS Edition
  20. Data history
  21. Issues
  22. Gallery
  23. In other media
  24. References
For other uses, see Pickaxe (disambiguation).
Wooden Pickaxe
Wooden Pickaxe.png: Infobox image for Minecraft item 'Wooden Pickaxe'
Enchanted Wooden Pickaxe.gif: Infobox image for Minecraft item 'Wooden Pickaxe'
Invicon Wooden Pickaxe.png: Inventory sprite for Wooden Pickaxe in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Wooden Pickaxe When in Main Hand:  2 Attack Damage  1.2 Attack Speed
Rarity tier
  Common
Mining efficiency 2
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: 59
BE: 60
Enchantability 15
Renewable Yes
Stackable No

A wooden pickaxe is an early-game variant of pickaxe that is crafted from planks. It is the seventh-highest tier of pickaxe, having the lowest mining efficiency, and having the lowest attack damage alongside golden pickaxes. It has a mining level of 0, allowing it to mine stone and coal ore. It can be used as fuel in a furnace, smoker, or blast furnace.

Obtaining

Crafting

Ingredients Crafting recipe
Any Planks +
Stick
Invicon Oak Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Oak Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Oak Planks with description: Oak PlanksInvicon Spruce Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Spruce Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Spruce Planks with description: Spruce PlanksInvicon Birch Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Birch Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Birch Planks with description: Birch PlanksInvicon Jungle Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Jungle Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Jungle Planks with description: Jungle PlanksInvicon Acacia Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Acacia Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Acacia Planks with description: Acacia PlanksInvicon Dark Oak Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Dark Oak Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Dark Oak Planks with description: Dark Oak PlanksInvicon Mangrove Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Mangrove Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Mangrove Planks with description: Mangrove PlanksInvicon Cherry Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Cherry Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Cherry Planks with description: Cherry PlanksInvicon Pale Oak Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Pale Oak Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Pale Oak Planks with description: Pale Oak PlanksInvicon Poplar Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Poplar Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Poplar Planks with description: Poplar PlanksInvicon Bamboo Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Bamboo Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Bamboo Planks with description: Bamboo PlanksInvicon Crimson Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Crimson Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Crimson Planks with description: Crimson PlanksInvicon Warped Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Warped Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Warped Planks with description: Warped PlanksInvicon Oak Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Oak Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Oak Planks with description: Oak PlanksInvicon Spruce Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Spruce Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Spruce Planks with description: Spruce PlanksInvicon Birch Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Birch Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Birch Planks with description: Birch PlanksInvicon Jungle Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Jungle Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Jungle Planks with description: Jungle PlanksInvicon Acacia Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Acacia Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Acacia Planks with description: Acacia PlanksInvicon Dark Oak Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Dark Oak Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Dark Oak Planks with description: Dark Oak PlanksInvicon Mangrove Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Mangrove Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Mangrove Planks with description: Mangrove PlanksInvicon Cherry Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Cherry Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Cherry Planks with description: Cherry PlanksInvicon Pale Oak Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Pale Oak Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Pale Oak Planks with description: Pale Oak PlanksInvicon Poplar Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Poplar Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Poplar Planks with description: Poplar PlanksInvicon Bamboo Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Bamboo Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Bamboo Planks with description: Bamboo PlanksInvicon Crimson Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Crimson Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Crimson Planks with description: Crimson PlanksInvicon Warped Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Warped Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Warped Planks with description: Warped PlanksInvicon Oak Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Oak Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Oak Planks with description: Oak PlanksInvicon Spruce Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Spruce Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Spruce Planks with description: Spruce PlanksInvicon Birch Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Birch Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Birch Planks with description: Birch PlanksInvicon Jungle Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Jungle Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Jungle Planks with description: Jungle PlanksInvicon Acacia Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Acacia Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Acacia Planks with description: Acacia PlanksInvicon Dark Oak Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Dark Oak Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Dark Oak Planks with description: Dark Oak PlanksInvicon Mangrove Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Mangrove Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Mangrove Planks with description: Mangrove PlanksInvicon Cherry Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Cherry Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Cherry Planks with description: Cherry PlanksInvicon Pale Oak Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Pale Oak Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Pale Oak Planks with description: Pale Oak PlanksInvicon Poplar Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Poplar Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Poplar Planks with description: Poplar PlanksInvicon Bamboo Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Bamboo Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Bamboo Planks with description: Bamboo PlanksInvicon Crimson Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Crimson Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Crimson Planks with description: Crimson PlanksInvicon Warped Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Warped Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Warped Planks with description: Warped PlanksInvicon 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 Wooden Pickaxe.png: Inventory sprite for Wooden Pickaxe in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Wooden Pickaxe When in Main Hand:  2 Attack Damage  1.2 Attack Speed

Generated loot

Item Structure Container Quantity Chance
Java Edition and Bedrock Edition
Wooden Pickaxe Bonus Chest Chest 1 75%
{ "item": "Wooden Pickaxe", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.75, "structure": "Bonus Chest", "container": "Chest" }

Usage

Main article: Pickaxe § Usage

Mining

A wooden pickaxe is used to break stone-based and metal-based materials faster. Breaking a block with a wooden 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. Wooden pickaxes do 2HP❤️ damage per attack, or 2.4 damage per second.

Bedrock Edition

All pickaxes attack instantly, with wooden pickaxes doing 3HP❤️💔 damage per attack.

Repairing

Combining

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

Anvil repair

Main article: Anvil mechanics § Unit repair
Ingredients Anvil recipe
Damaged Wooden Pickaxe +
Any Planks
Wooden PickaxeInvicon Damaged Wooden Pickaxe.png: Inventory sprite for Damaged Wooden Pickaxe in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Wooden Pickaxe When in Main Hand:  2 Attack Damage  1.2 Attack SpeedInvicon Damaged Wooden Pickaxe.png: Inventory sprite for Damaged Wooden Pickaxe in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Wooden Pickaxe When in Main Hand:  2 Attack Damage  1.2 Attack SpeedInvicon Oak Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Oak Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Oak Planks with description: Oak PlanksInvicon Spruce Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Spruce Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Spruce Planks with description: Spruce PlanksInvicon Birch Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Birch Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Birch Planks with description: Birch PlanksInvicon Jungle Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Jungle Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Jungle Planks with description: Jungle PlanksInvicon Acacia Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Acacia Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Acacia Planks with description: Acacia PlanksInvicon Dark Oak Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Dark Oak Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Dark Oak Planks with description: Dark Oak PlanksInvicon Mangrove Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Mangrove Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Mangrove Planks with description: Mangrove PlanksInvicon Cherry Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Cherry Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Cherry Planks with description: Cherry PlanksInvicon Pale Oak Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Pale Oak Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Pale Oak Planks with description: Pale Oak PlanksInvicon Poplar Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Poplar Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Poplar Planks with description: Poplar PlanksInvicon Bamboo Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Bamboo Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Bamboo Planks with description: Bamboo PlanksInvicon Crimson Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Crimson Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Crimson Planks with description: Crimson PlanksInvicon Warped Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Warped Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Warped Planks with description: Warped PlanksInvicon Wooden Pickaxe.png: Inventory sprite for Wooden Pickaxe in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Wooden Pickaxe When in Main Hand:  2 Attack Damage  1.2 Attack Speed

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

Enchantments

A wooden 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
  1. ↑ a b Silk Touch and Fortune are mutually exclusive

Fuel

Wooden pickaxes can be used as a fuel in furnaces, smelting 1 item per wooden pickaxe.

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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 wooden-pickaxe.png: Sprite image for wooden-pickaxe in Minecraft Wooden Pickaxewooden_pickaxeItem item.minecraft.wooden_pickaxe

Bedrock Edition:

NameIdentifierNumeric ID Form Translation key
ItemSprite wooden-pickaxe.png: Sprite image for wooden-pickaxe in Minecraft Wooden Pickaxewooden_pickaxe310Item item.wooden_pickaxe.name

Achievements

IconAchievementIn-game descriptionActual requirements (if different)Gamerscore earnedTrophy type (PS)
PS4Other
Time to Mine!Use planks and sticks to make a pickaxe.Pick up a wooden pickaxe from a crafting table output.10Bronze
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 wooden pickaxes.
20100129-1447 Wooden pickaxes can now be crafted.
20100131 Wooden pickaxes now have durability which is 33.
Java Edition Beta
1.2 Wooden pickaxes' durability has been increased from 33 to 59.
Java Edition
1.2.4release Spruce planks, birch planks, and jungle planks can now be used to craft wooden pickaxes.
1.3.112w16a Wooden pickaxes are now found in the new bonus chests.
12w18a Wooden pickaxes can now be used as fuel in a furnace.
1.6.113w21a Instead of replacing the barehanded damage (1HP💔), wooden pickaxes now add their damage onto the barehanded damage, which results in them doing 1HP💔 more damage than before.
1.7.21.7.1 Acacia planks and dark oak planks can now be used to craft wooden pickaxes.
1.915w44a The average yield of wooden pickaxes in bonus chests has been decreased.
1.13.118w30b The durability of wooden pickaxes has been decreased from 60 to 59 due to the fix of a bug.[1]
1.1418w43a The textures of all pickaxes have been changed.
1.1620w06a Crimson planks and warped planks can now be used to craft wooden pickaxes.
20w09a The texture of wooden pickaxes has been changed.
1.1922w11a Mangrove planks can now be used to craft wooden pickaxes.
1.19.3
Experiment
Update 1.20		22w42a Bamboo planks can now be used to craft wooden pickaxes.
1.19.4
Experiment
Update 1.20		23w07a Cherry planks can now be used to craft wooden pickaxes.
1.21.2
Experiment
Winter Drop		24w40a Pale oak planks can now be used to craft wooden pickaxes.

Bedrock Edition

Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.2.0 Added wooden pickaxes. They actually function as tools despite being unobtainable by normal means.
v0.3.0 Wooden pickaxes can now be crafted with wooden planks and sticks.
v0.8.0build 7 Wooden pickaxes can now be used as fuel in a furnace.
Bedrock Edition
1.2.0beta 1.2.0.2 Wooden pickaxes can now be found inside bonus chests.
1.10.0beta 1.10.0.3 The texture of wooden pickaxes has been changed.
1.16.0beta 1.16.0.51 The texture of wooden pickaxes has been changed.

Legacy Console Edition

Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360Xbox OnePS3PS4PS VitaWii USwitch
TU1CU11.001.001.00Patch 11.0.1 Added wooden pickaxes.
TU141.04 Wooden pickaxes can now be used as fuel in a furnace.
TU19CU71.121.121.12 Instead of replacing the barehanded damage (1HP💔), wooden pickaxes 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 wooden pickaxes is now shown above the hotbar when switching to it if the item has less than 3 enchantments.
1.90 The texture of wooden pickaxe has been changed.

New Nintendo 3DS Edition

New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0 Added wooden pickaxes.

Data history

Java Edition
1.1317w47a Prior to The Flattening, this item's numeral ID was 270.

Issues

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

In other media

References

  1. ↑ MC-120664 – Tool durability is off by one – resolved as "Fixed".
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