Wooden Pickaxe — Minecraft block

Wooden Pickaxe

Wooden Pickaxe is the first pickaxe in Minecraft, crafted from 3 planks and 2 sticks to mine stone, coal ore, and start the tool progression.

Block ID minecraft:wooden_pickaxe
Mod Vanilla
Game versions
1.21

Description

Wooden Pickaxe is the entry-level mining tool in Minecraft, crafted from 3 wooden planks of any type across the top row and 2 sticks down the center column of a crafting table. Wooden Pickaxe belongs to the wood tier — the lowest of the five tiers — with 59 uses of durability and the slowest mining speed of any pickaxe. Wooden Pickaxe can harvest stone, cobblestone, coal ore, sandstone, and nether quartz ore, but breaking iron, gold, diamond, redstone, lapis, or emerald ore with it yields no drop.

Wooden Pickaxe exists to bootstrap the tool progression: mine cobblestone with it, then craft a Stone Pickaxe to reach iron. Wooden Pickaxe accepts enchantments such as Efficiency, Unbreaking, Fortune, and Silk Touch, and can also be burned as furnace fuel, smelting one item per pickaxe. Because Wooden Pickaxe deals only 2 attack damage and wears out after 59 blocks, most players replace it within the first few minutes of a survival world.

Java & Bedrock Guide

How to craft and use a Wooden Pickaxe in Minecraft

  1. 1

    Gather wood and make planks

    Punch a tree for logs, then craft each log into 4 planks in your inventory grid.

  2. 2

    Craft sticks

    Place 2 planks vertically to make 4 sticks, the handle for the pickaxe.

  3. 3

    Open a crafting table

    Place and right-click a crafting table to access the full 3x3 grid the pickaxe recipe needs.

  4. 4

    Build the pickaxe

    Fill the top row with 3 planks and the center column below with 2 sticks to craft 1 Wooden Pickaxe.

  5. 5

    Mine stone-tier blocks

    Use the Wooden Pickaxe on stone and coal ore, then upgrade to a Stone Pickaxe to mine iron.

Mining limit

A Wooden Pickaxe cannot collect iron, gold, diamond, redstone, lapis, or emerald ore — those blocks drop nothing unless you use a stone pickaxe or better.

How to craft this block

Ingredients: Oak Planks Oak Planks x3 Stick Stick x2
Crafting
Oak Planks Oak Planks Oak Planks
Stick
Stick
Wooden Pickaxe
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Wooden Pickaxe

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Frequently asked questions

How do you craft a Wooden Pickaxe?

Place 3 planks across the top row of a crafting table and 2 sticks in the center column below to craft one Wooden Pickaxe.

What can a Wooden Pickaxe mine?

A Wooden Pickaxe mines stone, cobblestone, coal ore, sandstone, and nether quartz ore, but not iron ore or higher tiers.

How much durability does a Wooden Pickaxe have?

A Wooden Pickaxe has 59 uses of durability, the lowest of all pickaxe tiers.

Can a Wooden Pickaxe be enchanted?

Yes. A Wooden Pickaxe accepts Efficiency, Unbreaking, Fortune, Silk Touch, and Mending through an enchanting table or anvil.

Can you use a Wooden Pickaxe as fuel?

Yes. A Wooden Pickaxe burns in a furnace as fuel, smelting one item per pickaxe.

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