How do you get Wooden Axe in Minecraft?

Wooden Axe is crafted from Planks and Stick, at a Crafting Table.

What is Wooden Axe used for?

Wooden Axe is a tool, and Wooden Axe harvests blocks faster than a bare hand does. The most basic axe, used to chop wood and strip logs faster than by hand. It has 59 durability.

How many Wooden Axe can you stack?

One Wooden Axe per slot, since Wooden Axe does not stack, and every Wooden Axe costs 3 Planks and 2 Stick. A double chest of Wooden Axe is 54, one to a slot.

Can Wooden Axe be enchanted?

Yes. 9 enchantments apply to Wooden Axe: Efficiency, Fortune, and Silk Touch, all on Wooden Axe, plus Sharpness, Smite, and Bane of Arthropods, and on Wooden Axe also Unbreaking, Mending, and Curse of Vanishing.

How much durability does Wooden Axe have?

The bar on Wooden Axe holds 59 points, one per use. The other 4 wooden items hold 59 too, which makes Wooden Axe an even trade with any of them. Repair comes in two forms on Wooden Axe: Unbreaking slows the wear on Wooden Axe down, Mending turns collected experience back into points.

Where do you find Wooden Axe in chests?

Wooden Axe is chest loot in the bonus chest (about 75%) and trial chamber entrance chests (about 55%). Those odds on Wooden Axe are per chest, and Luck moves Wooden Axe no higher.

Can Wooden Axe be used as fuel?

Yes, Wooden Axe in the bottom slot gives 10 seconds of heat, which is 1 item per Wooden Axe. Set against its recipe, Wooden Axe carries the heat that Planks and Stick would have given. Stick alone burns 5 seconds, and Wooden Axe carries that heat forward.

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Wooden Axe

The most basic axe, used to chop wood and strip logs faster than by hand. It has 59 durability.

Stack Size

Durability

Overview

Wooden Axe is a tool in the Tools category of Minecraft, obtained through crafting it. It cannot be stacked, so each Wooden Axe occupies a full inventory slot on its own. With a base durability of 59 uses, it can be repaired and enchanted.

Its 59-point durability sets how many actions it survives before breaking, and pairing it with Unbreaking multiplies that effective lifespan while Mending repairs it from collected experience. Wooden gear is the entry-level tier, crafted from planks and used to bootstrap toward stronger materials. When enchanted, it can carry 9 different enchantments, including Efficiency, Fortune, Silk Touch, and Sharpness. Of the 2 kinds of generated chest that can hold it, the bonus chest is the best bet at about 75% per chest.

Crafting Recipe

Crafting
Stick
Stick
Wooden Axe
Recipe data from Astroworld Crafting: full step-by-step guide for Wooden Axe

How to Obtain

Crafting

Fuel Value

Burns for 10 seconds (200 ticks), enough to smelt 1 item

Applicable Enchantments

Efficiency Fortune Silk Touch Sharpness Smite Bane of Arthropods Unbreaking Mending Curse of Vanishing

Click an enchantment to view details on the Enchantments database.

Notes

Any wood type of planks works. As a wooden tool it can be used as furnace fuel, smelting 1 item.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you get Wooden Axe in Minecraft?
Wooden Axe is crafted from Planks and Stick, at a Crafting Table.
What is Wooden Axe used for?
Wooden Axe is a tool, and Wooden Axe harvests blocks faster than a bare hand does. The most basic axe, used to chop wood and strip logs faster than by hand. It has 59 durability.
How many Wooden Axe can you stack?
One Wooden Axe per slot, since Wooden Axe does not stack, and every Wooden Axe costs 3 Planks and 2 Stick. A double chest of Wooden Axe is 54, one to a slot.
Can Wooden Axe be enchanted?
Yes. 9 enchantments apply to Wooden Axe: Efficiency, Fortune, and Silk Touch, all on Wooden Axe, plus Sharpness, Smite, and Bane of Arthropods, and on Wooden Axe also Unbreaking, Mending, and Curse of Vanishing.
How much durability does Wooden Axe have?
The bar on Wooden Axe holds 59 points, one per use. The other 4 wooden items hold 59 too, which makes Wooden Axe an even trade with any of them. Repair comes in two forms on Wooden Axe: Unbreaking slows the wear on Wooden Axe down, Mending turns collected experience back into points.
Where do you find Wooden Axe in chests?
Wooden Axe is chest loot in the bonus chest (about 75%) and trial chamber entrance chests (about 55%). Those odds on Wooden Axe are per chest, and Luck moves Wooden Axe no higher.
Can Wooden Axe be used as fuel?
Yes, Wooden Axe in the bottom slot gives 10 seconds of heat, which is 1 item per Wooden Axe. Set against its recipe, Wooden Axe carries the heat that Planks and Stick would have given. Stick alone burns 5 seconds, and Wooden Axe carries that heat forward.