How To Make Pickaxe In Minecraft

This blog post will show you how to craft a Pickaxe in Minecraft used to mine blocks.

Updated on Nov 13, 2023
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How To Make Pickaxe In Minecraft

Everything you need to craft a Pickaxe in Minecraft

A Pickaxe is one of the most essential tools in Minecraft. It is used to mine in the game and has many variants. Pickaxes allow the player to mine certain blocks like stone, ores, metal blocks, etc., at faster speeds than other tools in Minecraft. The Pickaxe can also be enchanted with several enchantments, which helps you mine even faster in the game. Enchantment like silk touch allows the player to even mine glass.

Here are the items you’ll need to craft a Pickaxe:

  • 2x Stick
  • 3xStone or Ore or Wood(any variant)
  • Crafting Table

How to craft a Pickaxe in Minecraft

#1 Crafting Sticks


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Sticks are used in almost every tool-making recipe in Minecraft. It can be easily acquired by simply punching some dead bushes or leaves of trees. You can also craft these sticks using wooden planks of any type of wood and also from bamboos which are often found in the jungle biomes.

#2 Acquiring Stone or Ore


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In Minecraft, you can craft a Pickaxe using wood, stone, iron, gold, diamond, and Netherite. Wooden pickaxes will require you to get some wooden planks; for iron, gold, and netherite pickaxes, you’ll need iron, gold, and Netherite ingots. For diamond pickaxes, you’ll simply need some diamonds.

#3 Crafting a Pickaxe


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Once you’ve collected the necessary material for a pickaxe, simply toss them up o the crafting table according to the recipe given above. You’ll have crafted your very own pickaxe in Minecraft. Depending on which type of pickaxe you want, you’ll need different ore.

Pickaxes have been a part of Minecraft since the start. The latest variant fo the pickaxe to be added to the game is the Netherite pickaxe which is the most durable.

What is the give command to get a Pickaxe in Minecraft?

The command to give yourself a pickaxe: /give @p stone_pickaxe 1 (replace the stone with any other pickaxe variant that you want)‍

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