In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to make an axe in Minecraft step-by-step process with screenshots.
Minecraft Axe is melee weapon used to deal damage to mobs and Other Players, as well as, Wood harvesting.
If you want to chop down trees quickly for their logs, or other wood-based blocks, like fences and planks, you’ll need an axe. Axes can be made of (in order of material strength) wood planks, stone, gold, iron, diamond and Netherite and are more durable and faster the higher the level of material.
You may also find an axe in Adventure chests. You also use an axe to right-click a log to strip it of its bark.
The only way to get a Minecraft Axe is to craft it. The following section is going to show you how to make an Axe in Minecraft. For every Axe except for the Netherite sword, you need a crafting table. For the Netherite Axe, you will need a Smithing Table.
Types of Minecraft Axe
In Minecraft, there are Six Axe. Each axe has different attack damage and Durability.
- Wooden Axe
- Stone Axe
- Iron Axe
- Golden Axe
- Diamond Axe
- Netherite Axe
Required Materials to make a Axe
Every Axe in Minecraft needs two sticks to craft, except for the Netherite sword. For every Axe except for the Netherite Axe, you need a crafting table. For the Netherite Axe, you will need a Smithing Table.
- 2 Sticks
- Materials to prepare axe(wood planks, cobblestones, iron ingots, Gold. diamond and Netherite)
- Crafting table
- Furnace
- Smithing table
How to Make a Wooden Axe in Minecraft
Every Axe in Minecraft needs 2 sticks to craft, except for the Netherite sword. To craft the wooden sword, all you need is 2 sticks and two wooden planks.
Step 1:- Open the crafting table. To open the Crafting Table you have to right-click on the Crafting Table in Minecraft Java.
Step 2:- After opening the crafting table will show you the crafting area which is made up of a 3*3 grid crafting layout.
Step 3:- Craft the Wooden Axe. Now we need to put two Wooden planks into the 1st Row on the left side and leave the last box empty. In the second row, place 1 Wooden Plank and 1 stick on the left side and leave the last box empty. In the third row, 1 stick is placed in the middlebox. And here our wooden Minecraft axe is ready.
How to Make a Stone Axe in Minecraft
For crafting a stone axe, we must have had the wooden axe with us earlier. By using the wooden axe, we need to mine the stone. You can get some stone by a mountain or have to dig down below the dirt layer. You can mine it with your wooden axe, and it will drop some cobblestones. However, you need to grab at least three pieces of cobblestones to make a stone axe.
Step 1:- Open the crafting table. To open the Crafting Table you have to right-click on the Crafting Table in Minecraft Java.
Step 2:- After opening the crafting table will show you the crafting area which is made up of a 3*3 grid crafting layout.
Step 3:- Craft the Stone Axe. Now we need to put two Cobblestones into the 1st Row on the left side and leave the last box empty. In the second row, place 1 Cobblestone and 1 stick on the left side and leave the last box empty. In the third row, 1 stick is placed in the middlebox. And here our Stone axe is ready.
How to make an Iron Axe in Minecraft
To make an iron axe, we must have a stone pickaxe. because we need to mine the iron ore with the help of a stone pickaxe to collect the iron. Iron is available in the cave systems, and you can notice them by their brown specks. Following, you have to place the iron ore into the furnace and wait for it to smelt.
Step 1:- Open the crafting table. To open the Crafting Table you have to right-click on the Crafting Table in Minecraft Java.
Step 2:- After opening the crafting table will show you the crafting area which is made up of a 3*3 grid crafting layout.
Step 3:- Craft the Iron Axe. Now we need to put two Iron Ingot into the 1st Row on the left side and leave the last box empty. In the second row, place 1 Iron Ingot and 1 stick on the left side and leave the last box empty. In the third row, 1 stick is placed in the middlebox. And here our Iron axe is ready.
How to Make a Golden Axe In Minecraft
For crafting a Golden axe, we must have the Iron pickaxe with us earlier. By using the Iron pickaxe, we need to mine the Gold ore.
You have to place the gold ore in the furnace to make gold ingots, as the gold ingots can be used further to make a golden axe.
Step 1:- Open the crafting table. To open the Crafting Table you have to right-click on the Crafting Table in Minecraft Java.
Step 2:- After opening the crafting table will show you the crafting area which is made up of a 3*3 grid crafting layout.
Step 3:- Craft the Gold Axe. Now we need to put two Gold Ingot into the 1st Row on the left side and leave the last box empty. In the second row, place 1 Gold Ingot and 1 stick on the left side and leave the last box empty. In the third row, 1 stick is placed in the middlebox. And here our Gold axe is ready.
How to Make a Diamond Axe In Minecraft
To make a Diamond axe, we must have an iron pickaxe. because we need to mine the Diamond with the help of an iron pickaxe to collect the Diamond.
To craft the diamond axe, we need to find the diamonds first. As diamond is one of the rarest materials in the game, it can take you up to a few hours to collect diamonds. You can found them below “Y” layer 16 and next to lava.
As diamonds don’t need to be smelted, you must mine them carefully with the iron pickaxe and collect them.
Step 1:- Open the crafting table. To open the Crafting Table you have to right-click on the Crafting Table in Minecraft Java.
Step 2:- After opening the crafting table will show you the crafting area which is made up of a 3*3 grid crafting layout.
Step 3:- Craft the Diamond Axe. Now we need to put two Diamond into the 1st Row on the left side and leave the last box empty. In the second row, place 1 Diamond and 1 stick on the left side and leave the last box empty. In the third row, 1 stick is placed in the middlebox. And here our Diamond axe is ready.
How to Make a Netherite Axe in Minecraft
For crafting a Netherite axe, we must have the Diamond pickaxe with us earlier. By using the Diamond pickaxe, we need to mine the Ancient debris. If you don’t know how to make diamond Pixkaxe then you can read this article – Diamond Pickaxe Recipe
You need to find ancient debris in the nether, which generates below “Y” level 22 to get netherite ingot from it. You can find 1-4 pieces of ancient debris at a time. To get to the nether, you need to build a nether portal which you can do by placing obsidian four blocks wide and five blocks tall.
Ancient debris will spawn between “Y” levels 8 and 22. Mostly you can find it in the “Y” level 15. It will require you to dig below some lava lakes.
Step 1:- In making a netherite ingot, you need to find four ancient debris and four gold ingots. You need to mine the ancient debris with the diamond pickaxe and later have to smelt the ancient debris in a furnace to get netherite scrap.
Step 2:- After that, you need to place the netherite scrap and gold ingots in a crafting table and arrange them the way you like to get the netherite ingot.
Step 3:- Each ingot is capable of upgrading any diamond tool or armor into netherite armor. You will need a smithing table for that process.
Step 4:- Open the Furnace. To open the furnace table you have to right-click on the furnace in Minecraft Java.
Step 5:- Now you will see the Upgrade gear Menu. you will see three boxes in the upgrade menu. Now you need 1 Diamond Axe and 1 Netherite Ingot.
Step 6:- Now place Diamond Axe in the first box and place 1 Netherite Ingot in the second box. Now you will see the netherite axe will appear in the result box. And here our Netherite axe is ready.
Attack Damage and Durability of a Axe in Minecraft:
| Name | Attack damage | Durability |
| Wooden axe | 3 | 59 |
| Stone axe | 4 | 131 |
| Iron axe | 5 | 250 |
| Golden axe | 3 | 32 |
| Diamond axe | 6 | 1561 |
| Netherite axe | 10 | 2031 |
Axe Enchantment List
- Bane of Arthropods
- Curse of Vanishing
- Efficiency
- Fortune
- Mending
- Sharpness
- Silk Touch
- Smite
- Unbreaking
Final words:
We have described how to make an axe in Minecraft above. We have gone through all the details about different axes step-wise so that it can be easier for you to get familiar with the games and don’t face any difficulties.
