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Here is a guide on how to craft a pickaxe, as well as all its different variants and all its uses in Minecraft.
The pickaxe may be one of the most important tools in Minecraft. As the name of the game suggests, mining is the key fundamental for progressing through the game. In this article, we will be looking at how to craft a pickaxe in Minecraft and at all the various variants available.
Pickaxes are needed for mining most of the blocks in the game. These include stone, metal, or diamond-type blocks. The pickaxe helps mine these blocks at a quicker pace than when using hands. As you craft stronger pickaxes later on in the game, these will make the mining process even more efficient. There are some blocks that, if mined without a pickaxe, could wither away or cease to exist.
How To Craft a Pickaxe in Minecraft?
Crafting a pickaxe in Minecraft is fairly simple. But this applies solely to the first two variants of the Pickaxe. While all the variants may require the same number of ingredients, with one staying constant through all, the other three tend to change. Let us first take a look at how to craft a pickaxe.
- First, we have to chop at least two logs.
- Now, place the logs in the crafting table and get a total of eight planks out of it. Place a plank in the crafting table to get four sticks out of it.
- Now, back to the crafting table. Place two sticks, one at the bottom row of the middle column and one right above it. After that, place three planks covering all the spaces on the top row.
- This will give you the beginner pickaxe in the game, i.e., the wooden pickaxe.
This pickaxe will help you craft close to any block. The only downsides are the durability, speed, and the inability to mine the premium blocks.
Types of Pickaxes in Minecraft
Now that we have all the ingredients and methods of crafting a pickaxe out of the way, let us understand all the different types of pickaxes in Minecraft, their features, and the essential ingredients.
| Types of Pickaxes | Recipe for crafting | Blocks it can mine | Durability |
| Wooden Pickaxe | Planks (x3) + Sticks (2) | Mine basic rock, ore and metal blocks | 59 |
| Stone Pickaxe | Cobblestone (x3) + Sticks (2) | Mine, Iron, Lapis, etc. | 131 |
| Iron Pickaxe | Iron Ingots (x3) + Sticks (2) | Mine Diamond, Redstone, etc. | 250 |
| Golden Pickaxe | Gold Ingots (x3) + Sticks (2) | Faster mining with less durability | 32 |
| Diamond Pickaxe | Diamonds (x3) + Sticks (2) | Can mine Obsidian | 1561 |
| Netherite Pickaxe | Diamond Pickaxe (x1) + Netherite Ingot | Mine every block | 2031 |
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