How to Craft the Wooden Pickaxe [The Best Building Guide]

A wooden pickaxe in Minecraft is one of the most important first builds you will ever discover. For this, it is very important to understand how the wooden pickaxe in Minecraft is built. Below we have put together everything you need to know on how to make a wooden pickaxe with wooden blocks ONLY. Along with some other tips and tricks for other pickaxes. Let's take a look!

Everything You Need to Make a Wooden Pickaxe

Before we get started, there are a few items you need to have in order to create a wooden pickaxe in Minecraft. Below are the required items:

Wooden PlanksSticksCrafting Table

Once you have these three items, you are ready to build your very first wooden pickaxe in Minecraft!

How to Make a Wooden Pickaxe in Minecraft

In order to create a wooden pickaxe in Minecraft you must make sure you have at least 3 wood planks in order to complete this correctly. Along with Wooden plank which is made from wood logs, and two sticks! Once you have all of the necessary items you must:

Open the crafting table using right-click

1. After opening the crafting table take two sticks and place them vertically in the center of the table chart. One in the middle box, and the other in the bottom middle.

1. Place three wooden planks horizontally on the top row from the left to the right box.

1. If done correctly, click on the pickaxe image to receive it in your inventory.

Other Ways to Build a Pickaxe in Minecraft

From stone blocks, iron ore, and gold ingots, to diamond ore there are some valuable ores that can be crafted into a pickaxe in Minecraft as well! Some of these Pickaxe options would be:

• Stone Pickaxe
• Iron Pickaxe
• Golden Pickaxe
• Diamond Pickaxe
• Netherite Pickaxe

As you can see there are many tools and upgrades from the wooden pickaxes that can benefit your Minecraft journey. Not forgetting also, the ability to use some great enchantments! (not preferred for wooden or stone pickaxes).