Where to Find Wooden Pickaxe in Minecraft
The most basic pickaxe. Mines stone and coal ore. Every miner's first tool crafted from planks and sticks.
Wooden Pickaxe at a glance
The Tools category of Minecraft holds Wooden Pickaxe, a crafted item, and this guide sets out the location, the 2 methods behind it, and the quickest way to hold Wooden Pickaxe yourself. All Overworld biomes is the address for Wooden Pickaxe, and there you craft it at a Crafting Table using 3 planks and 2 sticks. Finding Wooden Pickaxe is rated very easy (1/5): it is one of the first things a new survival world can supply, needing no special gear or travel. Practically speaking, no distant biome is involved in getting Wooden Pickaxe: a Crafting Table makes it, so the rest of this guide is about lining up the ingredients and picking the moment to make one.
Primary Location
All Overworld biomes
Difficulty
Very Easy (1/5)
Version Added
1.0
Stack Size
1
Durability
59
Where to Find Wooden Pickaxe
Look in All Overworld biomes for Wooden Pickaxe, because no other biome on our list carries Wooden Pickaxe. Punch any tree to get Oak Logs, then craft into planks and sticks. Any wood type works: Oak, Birch, Spruce, Jungle, Acacia, Dark Oak, Mangrove, Cherry, or Bamboo planks. The main non-crafting route to Wooden Pickaxe is looting it from generated structure chests.
Biomes & Dimensions
- All Overworld biomes
Best Way to Get Wooden Pickaxe
The most reliable way to get Wooden Pickaxe is to craft it at a Crafting Table from Oak Planks and Stick: 2 ingredients, a fixed grid, and no luck involved anywhere. Crafting Wooden Pickaxe needs Oak Planks (crafted from any logs) and Stick (crafted from two planks), and each of those has its own place in the world to come from. This is the first tool you should craft in any new survival world. Remember that Wooden Pickaxe does not stack: every one you pick up takes an inventory slot of its own, nine of them fill the hotbar and 27 fill a chest, so bring storage if you plan to collect several. Worth noting on the version of Wooden Pickaxe: Available since Java Edition 1.0 and Bedrock Edition 1.0.
All Methods
- 1Craft at a Crafting Table using 3 planks and 2 sticks
- 2Found in Bonus Chests when the world option is enabled
Crafting recipe for Wooden Pickaxe
Wooden PickaxeCrafting TableStation: Crafting Table
Tips for Finding Wooden Pickaxe
- Punch any tree to get Oak Logs, then craft into planks and sticks
- Any wood type works: Oak, Birch, Spruce, Jungle, Acacia, Dark Oak, Mangrove, Cherry, or Bamboo planks
- This is the first tool you should craft in any new survival world
Version history of Wooden Pickaxe
- Available since Java Edition 1.0 and Bedrock Edition 1.0
More notes on Wooden Pickaxe
Can be used as fuel in a furnace. Cannot mine iron ore or higher tier ores.
Enchantments for Wooden Pickaxe
Wooden Pickaxe elsewhere on Astroworld
Items and guides next to Wooden Pickaxe
Next to Wooden Pickaxe you will run into Stone Pickaxe, Iron Pickaxe, Crafting Table, and Wooden Sword, and the reason is usually shared: one biome, one structure or one crafting chain. Everything measured about Wooden Pickaxe is on the Wooden Pickaxe item page.
View the Wooden Pickaxe item pageGetting Wooden Pickaxe in practice
A wooden pickaxe is three planks and two sticks, and it exists for about thirty seconds: long enough to mine the cobblestone that becomes a stone pickaxe. It cannot collect iron, so the only mistake worth avoiding is trying to mine an iron vein with it and wasting the ore.
What to watch out for with Wooden Pickaxe
A wooden pickaxe exists to be replaced, and the fastest opening in any world is to mine three cobblestone with it and immediately craft a stone one. Anything past that is wasted durability, since a wooden pick cannot mine iron and there is no shortage of cobblestone.
Frequently asked questions about Wooden Pickaxe
Where do you find Wooden Pickaxe in Minecraft?
Wooden Pickaxe is found in All Overworld biomes. Craft at a Crafting Table using 3 planks and 2 sticks.
What is the best way to get Wooden Pickaxe?
The Crafting Table is the answer: Oak Planks and Stick in, Wooden Pickaxe out, with no chest and no luck in between.
Can you craft Wooden Pickaxe?
Yes. Wooden Pickaxe is crafted at a Crafting Table using Oak Planks and Stick.
How hard is it to find Wooden Pickaxe?
Finding Wooden Pickaxe is rated very easy (1 out of 5): it is one of the first things a new survival world can supply, needing no special gear or travel.
When was Wooden Pickaxe added to Minecraft?
Wooden Pickaxe was added in the original 1.0 release.