Diamond Axe

Diamond Axe
Diamond Axe.png: Infobox image for Diamond Axe the item in Minecraft
Enchanted Diamond Axe.gif: Infobox image for Diamond Axe the item in Minecraft
Invicon Diamond Axe.png: Inventory sprite for Diamond Axe in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Diamond Axe When in Main Hand:  9 Attack Damage  1 Attack Speed
Rarity tier

Common

Attack damage

JE: 9HP♥♥♥♥♥
BE: 7HP♥♥♥♥

Attack speed‌

1 (1 second)

Durability

JE: 1561
BE: 1562

Enchantability

10

Renewable

Yes

Stackable

No 

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A diamond axe is a variant of axe that is crafted from diamonds. It can be used to break wood-based blocks faster, but also can act as a melee weapon, with the ability to disable shields.

Obtaining

Crafting

Ingredients Crafting recipe
Diamond +
Stick
Invicon Diamond.png: Inventory sprite for Diamond in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Diamond with description: DiamondInvicon Diamond.png: Inventory sprite for Diamond in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Diamond with description: DiamondInvicon Diamond.png: Inventory sprite for Diamond in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Diamond with description: DiamondInvicon Stick.png: Inventory sprite for Stick in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Stick with description: StickInvicon Stick.png: Inventory sprite for Stick in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Stick with description: Stick
Invicon Diamond Axe.png: Inventory sprite for Diamond Axe in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Diamond Axe When in Main Hand:  9 Attack Damage  1 Attack Speed

Generated loot

Item Structure Container Quantity Chance
Java Edition
[A][B] Trial Chambers Intersection barrel 1 5.9%
{ "item": "Enchanted Diamond Axe", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.05939097123670134, "structure": "Trial Chambers", "container": "Intersection barrel" }
[C] Trial Chambers Intersection chest 1 11.2%
{ "item": "Damaged Diamond Axe", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.11183763693762816, "structure": "Trial Chambers", "container": "Intersection chest" }
[A][B] Trial Chambers Intersection barrel 1 5.9%
{ "item": "Enchanted Diamond Axe", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.05939097123670134, "structure": "Trial Chambers", "container": "Intersection barrel" }
[D] Trial Chambers Vault and reward chest 1 3.5%
{ "item": "Enchanted Diamond Axe", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.034782608695652195, "structure": "Trial Chambers", "container": "Vault and reward chest" }
[E] Trial Chambers Ominous Vault 1 8.3%
{ "item": "Enchanted Diamond Axe", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.08275862068965523, "structure": "Trial Chambers", "container": "Ominous Vault" }
Bedrock Edition
[A][B] Trial Chambers Intersection barrel 1 5.9%
{ "item": "Enchanted Diamond Axe", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.05939097123670134, "structure": "Trial Chambers", "container": "Intersection barrel" }
[C] Trial Chambers Intersection chest 1 11.2%
{ "item": "Damaged Diamond Axe", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.11183763693762816, "structure": "Trial Chambers", "container": "Intersection chest" }
[A][B] Trial Chambers Intersection barrel 1 5.9%
{ "item": "Enchanted Diamond Axe", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.05939097123670134, "structure": "Trial Chambers", "container": "Intersection barrel" }
[D] Trial Chambers Vault and reward chest 1 0.9%
{ "item": "Enchanted Diamond Axe", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.008695652173912993, "structure": "Trial Chambers", "container": "Vault and reward chest" }
[E] Trial Chambers Ominous Vault 1 8.3%
{ "item": "Enchanted Diamond Axe", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.08275862068965523, "structure": "Trial Chambers", "container": "Ominous Vault" }
  1. ↑ a b c d All enchantments are equally probable, including treasure enchantments (except Soul Speed, Swift Sneak, and Wind Burst), and any level of the enchantment is equally probable.
  2. ↑ a b c d The item has between 40% and 90% of its total durability.
  3. ↑ a b The item has between 10% and 50% of its total durability.
  4. ↑ a b Enchantment probabilities are the same as a level-5 to level-15 enchantment would be on an enchantment table that was able to apply treasure enchantments (except Soul Speed, Swift Sneak, and Wind Burst), and where the chance of multiple enchantments is not reduced.
  5. ↑ a b Enchantment probabilities are the same as a level-10 to level-20 enchantment would be on an enchantment table that was able to apply treasure enchantments (except Soul Speed, Swift Sneak, and Wind Burst), and where the chance of multiple enchantments is not reduced.

Trading

VillagerProbabilityVillager wantsPlayer receives
JEBE
Expert Toolsmith67%50%17–31 × Emerald Enchanted Diamond Axe[t 1]
Expert Weaponsmith100%100%17–31 × Emerald Enchanted Diamond Axe[t 2]
  1. ↑ When creating an enchantment offer, the game uses a random enchantment level from 5 to 19. The enchantments are never treasure enchantments.
  2. ↑ When creating an enchantment offer, the game uses a random enchantment level from 5 to 19. The enchantments are never treasure enchantments.

Usage

Breaking

Diamond axes can break wood-related blocks faster than other tools. Breaking a block costs 1 durability.[note 1]

  1. ↑ Blocks that break instantly don't use up durability.

Stripping

Using a diamond axe on a log, wood block, or block of bamboo turns it into a stripped log, stripped wood, or block of stripped bamboo, respectively. This uses 1 point of the axe's durability.

Scraping

Using a diamond axe on a waxed or oxidized copper block removes the wax if it has any, or otherwise removes a level of oxidization. This uses 1 point of durability.

Weapon

When used as a weapon, a diamond axe loses 2 durability points.

Java Edition

Attacking a shield user with an axe disables the use of the shield for 5 seconds. Vindicators, piglin brutes, or other mobs with commands always disable the player's shield. Damage done when using an axe as a weapon is more than that of a sword of the same tier, though they take longer than a sword to recover, resulting in lower DPS.

Attack Damage Attack Speed Recovery time DPS Lifetime damage inflicted[note 1]
9HP♥♥♥♥♥ 1.0 1 second (20 game ticks) 9.0 7029HP♥ × 3514.5
  1. ↑ The formula to find the total lifetime damage is ceil(durability ÷ 2) × damage per hit. The durability is halved then ceiled because axes take double durability when used as a weapon, and the last 1 durability can also deal damage. The formula also ignores enchantments and critical hits, and assumes each attack is performed at maximum charge.

Bedrock Edition

Diamond axes attack instantly with no cooldown and deal 7HP♥♥♥♥ damage.

Repairing

Combining

Ingredients Crafting recipe Description
Damaged Diamond Axe
Invicon Damaged Diamond Axe.png: Inventory sprite for Damaged Diamond Axe in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Diamond Axe When in Main Hand:  9 Attack Damage  1 Attack SpeedInvicon Damaged Diamond Axe.png: Inventory sprite for Damaged Diamond Axe in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Diamond Axe When in Main Hand:  9 Attack Damage  1 Attack Speed
Invicon Diamond Axe.png: Inventory sprite for Diamond Axe in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Diamond Axe When in Main Hand:  9 Attack Damage  1 Attack Speed
 The durability of the two axes is added together, plus an extra 5% of durability.
Ingredients Grinding recipe Description
2× Damaged Diamond Axe
Invicon Damaged Diamond Axe.png: Inventory sprite for Damaged Diamond Axe in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Diamond Axe When in Main Hand:  9 Attack Damage  1 Attack SpeedInvicon Damaged Diamond Axe.png: Inventory sprite for Damaged Diamond Axe in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Diamond Axe When in Main Hand:  9 Attack Damage  1 Attack SpeedInvicon Diamond Axe.png: Inventory sprite for Diamond Axe in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Diamond Axe When in Main Hand:  9 Attack Damage  1 Attack Speed
 The durability of the two axes is added together, plus an extra 5% of durability.

Anvil repair

Main article: Anvil mechanics § Unit repair
Ingredients Anvil recipe
Damaged  +
Diamond
Diamond AxeInvicon Damaged Diamond Axe.png: Inventory sprite for Damaged Diamond Axe in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Diamond Axe When in Main Hand:  9 Attack Damage  1 Attack SpeedInvicon Damaged Diamond Axe.png: Inventory sprite for Damaged Diamond Axe in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Diamond Axe When in Main Hand:  9 Attack Damage  1 Attack SpeedInvicon Diamond.png: Inventory sprite for Diamond in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Diamond with description: DiamondInvicon Diamond Axe.png: Inventory sprite for Diamond Axe in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Diamond Axe When in Main Hand:  9 Attack Damage  1 Attack Speed

A diamond axe can be repaired in an anvil by adding diamonds, with each ingot restoring 25% of the axe's maximum durability, rounded down. Two diamond axes can also be combined in an anvil. Both methods preserve the axe's enchantments.

Enchantments

A diamond axe can receive the following enchantments:

Name Description Max Level Method Weight
Efficiency Increases the mining speed. V Enchanting Table
Anvil 		10
Fortune[note 1] Increases the amount of drops when mining. III Enchanting Table
Anvil 		2
Silk Touch[note 1] Causes blocks to drop themselves when mined. I Enchanting Table
Anvil 		1
Sharpness[note 2] Increases the damage dealt. V Enchanting Table‌
Anvil 		10
Smite[note 2] Increases the damage dealt to undead. V Enchanting Table‌
Anvil 		5
Bane of Arthropods[note 2] Increases the damage dealt to arthropods. V Enchanting Table‌
Anvil 		5
Cleaving​[note 2] Increases the damage and shield cooldown time dealt. III Enchanting Table
Anvil
Looting​[note 3] Increases the amount of drops when killing an entity with the axe. III Anvil 2
Knockback​[note 3] Increases the knockback dealt. II Anvil 5
Fire Aspect​[note 3] Ignites any targets hit by the axe and lights unlit candles, campfires, and Block of TNT when used. II Anvil 2
Sweeping Edge​[note 3] Increases the sweeping damage dealt. III Anvil 2
Unbreaking Grants a chance to negate durability consumption. III Enchanting Table
Anvil 		5
Mending Repairs the axe when obtaining experience. I Anvil 2
Curse of Vanishing The axe vanishes on death, not dropping as an item. I Anvil 1

Upgrading

Like other diamond tools, a diamond axe can be upgraded to a netherite axe, increasing its durability and slightly increasing its mining speed and attack damage, as well as granting resistance to fire and lava when dropped as an item.

Ingredients Smithing recipe
Netherite Upgrade +
 +
Netherite Ingot
Invicon Netherite Upgrade Smithing Template.png: Inventory sprite for Netherite Upgrade Smithing Template in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Netherite Upgrade Smithing Template with description: Netherite Upgrade Smithing Template Applies to:  Diamond Equipment Ingredients:  Netherite IngotInvicon Diamond Axe.png: Inventory sprite for Diamond Axe in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Diamond Axe When in Main Hand:  9 Attack Damage  1 Attack SpeedInvicon Netherite Ingot.png: Inventory sprite for Netherite Ingot in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Netherite Ingot with description: Netherite IngotInvicon Netherite Axe.png: Inventory sprite for Netherite Axe in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Netherite Axe with description: Netherite Axe When in Main Hand:  10 Attack Damage  1 Attack Speed
  1. ↑ a b Silk Touch and Fortune are mutually exclusive
  2. ↑ a b c d Sharpness, Smite, Bane of Arthropods, and Cleaving​ are mutually exclusive.
  3. ↑ a b c d Fire Aspect, Looting, Knockback, and Sweeping Edge currently exist, but they can be used only for swords.

Sounds

Java Edition:

Sounds
SoundSubtitlesSourceDescriptionResource locationTranslation keyVolumePitchAttenuation
distance
​Axe stripsBlocksWhen an axe strips a log or wood blockitem.axe.stripsubtitles.item.axe.strip​0.91.0/0.8516
​Wax offBlocksWhen an axe unwaxes a block of copperitem.axe.wax_offsubtitles.item.axe.wax_off​1.00.9/1.1/1.016
​Axe scrapesBlocksWhen an axe deoxidizes a block of copperitem.axe.scrapesubtitles.item.axe.scrape​1.01.0/0.9/1.116
​Item breaksPlayersWhen an axe's durability is exhaustedentity.item.breaksubtitles.entity.item.break​0.80.8-1.216

Bedrock Edition:

Sounds
SoundSourceDescriptionResource locationVolumePitch
BlocksWhen an axe strips a log or wood blockuse.wood1.00.8
BlocksWhen an axe strips a stem or hyphae block [sound 1]use.stem1.00.8
PlayersWhen an axe strips a block of bamboo [sound 1]step.bamboo_wood1.00.8
PlayersWhen an axe strips a cherry log or cherry wood block [sound 1]step.cherry_wood1.00.8
Friendly Creatures‌
Friendly Mobs​		When an axe unwaxes a copper blocks and copper golem ​copper.wax.off1.00.8-1.2
Friendly Creatures‌
Friendly Mobs​		When an axe deoxidizes a copper blocks and copper golemscrape1.00.8-1.2
PlayersWhen an axe's durability is exhaustedrandom.break1.00.9
  1. ↑ a b c MCPE-106552

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

NameIdentifierFormTranslation key
ItemSprite diamond-axe.png: Sprite image for diamond-axe in Minecraft Diamond Axediamond_axeItemitem.minecraft.diamond_axe

Bedrock Edition:

NameIdentifierNumeric ID FormTranslation key
ItemSprite diamond-axe.png: Sprite image for diamond-axe in Minecraft Diamond Axediamond_axe319Itemitem.diamond_axe.name

Achievements

IconAchievementIn-game descriptionActual requirements (if different)Gamerscore earnedTrophy type (PS)
PS4Other
MOAR ToolsConstruct one type of each tool.Construct one pickaxe, one shovel, one axe, and one hoe with the same material.15Bronze

Advancements

IconAdvancementIn-game descriptionActual requirements (if different)
Wax OffScrape Wax off of a Copper block!Use an axe to revert any of these 9 waxed variants of copper blocks:
The block can be in any of its four oxidation stages.

Video

History

Java Edition Indev
0.3120100128-2200 Added diamond axes.
They cannot be crafted yet, but have been added to the item chest in the Indev house.
20100129-1447Diamond axes can now be crafted.
20100131Diamond axes now have durability which is 257 points.
Java Edition
1.3.112w21aBlacksmith villagers now sell 1 diamond axe for 9–11 emeralds.
1.6.113w21aInstead of replacing the barehanded damage (1HP♥), diamond axes now add their damage onto the barehanded damage, which results in them doing 1HP♥ more damage than before.
1.814w02aWeapon smith villagers now sell 1 enchanted diamond axe for 9–12 emeralds. Unenchanted diamond axes are no longer sold.
1.915w34aDiamond axes now use the attack speed combat mechanic meter. The time it takes for the meter to fill up for an axe is 1.2 seconds.
15w34bDiamond axes now have an attack speed of 0.8, taking about 1.25 seconds to fill the attack meter.
15w34cDiamond axes do 4HP♥♥ more damage than previously.
Diamond axes now have an attack speed of 0.85.
Diamond axes now have a chance to temporarily disable shield use.
15w35aThe damage of diamond axes has been reduced by 1HP♥.
The speed of diamond axes has been increased to 0.9.
15w37aDiamond axes now do 9HP♥♥♥♥♥ damage instead of 10HP♥♥♥♥♥.
Diamond axes now have an attack speed of 1.
1.1116w35aA diamond axe now has a 100% chance of disabling shield use, and the chance is no longer increased by efficiency level and whether or not the user is sprinting.
1.1318w07aUsing a diamond axe on a block of wood or log now turns it into a stripped block of wood or log.
pre2Using a diamond axe on a bark now turns it into a stripped bark.
1.1418w43a The texture of diamond axes has been changed.
19w11aToolsmith villagers now sell enchanted diamond axes.
1.1620w06aDiamond axes can now be used to craft netherite axes.
20w09a The texture of diamond axes has been changed.
20w10aNetherite axes are now obtained by combining one diamond axe and one netherite ingot in a smithing table.
1.1721w11aDiamond axes can now be used to scrape wax and oxidation off copper blocks.
1.19.4
Experiment
Update 1.20		23w04aUpgrading diamond axes to netherite axes now requires the netherite upgrade smithing template.
1.20.3
Experiment
Update 1.21		23w45aRandomly enchanted diamond axes now generate in trial chambers.
1.20.524w03aDiamond axes can now receive sharpness, smite, and bane of arthropods through an enchanting table, rather than only through an anvil.
Java Edition Combat Tests
1.14.3The attack speed for diamond axes has been increased to 2.
Diamond axes now deal 1HP♥ more damage than diamond swords.
3The Chopping enchantment has been added for diamond axes, which adds 1 damage and 0.5 seconds (10 game ticks) of shield stunning per level and is mutually exclusive with Sharpness.
Diamond axes now always disable shields for 1.6 seconds (32 game ticks), instead of having a 25% to disable them for 5 seconds (100 game ticks).
Diamond axes now take 1 damage when attacking instead of 2.
The Sweeping Edge enchantment can now be applied to diamond axes.
4Knockback, Looting, and Fire Aspect enchantments can now be applied to diamond axes.
Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.2.0 Added diamond axes. They actually function as tools despite being unobtainable by normal means.
v0.3.2Diamond axes can now be crafted with diamonds and sticks.
v0.11.0build 11Diamond axes are now available in the creative inventory.
build 12Diamond axes have been removed from creative.
build 13Diamond axes have been re-added to creative mode.
v0.12.1build 1Instead of replacing the barehanded damage (1HP♥), diamond axes now add their damage onto the barehanded damage, which results in them doing 1HP♥ more damage than before.
Pocket Edition
1.0.4alpha 1.0.4.0Weaponsmith villagers now sell enchanted diamond axes for 9-12 emeralds as part of their third tier trades.
Bedrock Edition
1.2.13beta 1.2.13.8Using a diamond axe on a log now turns it into a stripped log.
1.10.0beta 1.10.0.3 The texture of diamond axes has been changed.
1.11.0beta 1.11.0.4Weaponsmith villagers now sell enchanted diamond axes for 12 emeralds as part of their fourth tier trades.
Diamond axes can now be bought from toolsmith villagers.
1.16.0beta 1.16.0.51Diamond axes can now be used to craft netherite axes.
The texture of diamond axes has been changed.
beta 1.16.0.57Netherite axes are now obtained by combining one diamond axe and one netherite ingot in a smithing table.
1.16.220beta 1.16.220.52Diamond axes can now be used to scrape wax off copper blocks.
1.18.30Preview 1.18.30.27Diamond axes can now temporarily disable shield use. This is not mentioned in the official changelog.[1]
1.20.60
Experiment
Update 1.21		Preview 1.20.60.20Randomly enchanted diamond axes now generate in trial chambers.
Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360Xbox OnePS3PS4PS VitaWii USwitch
TU1CU11.001.001.00Patch 11.0.1 Added diamond axes.
TU141.04Blacksmith villagers now sell 1 diamond axe for 9–11 emeralds.
TU19CU71.121.121.12Instead of replacing the barehanded damage (1HP♥), diamond axes now add their damage onto the barehanded damage, which results in them doing 1HP♥ more damage than before.
TU31CU191.221.221.22Patch 3Weapon smith villagers now sell 1 enchanted diamond axe for 9–12 emeralds. Unenchanted diamond axes are no longer sold.
TU36CU251.281.281.28Patch 7The attack damage of diamond axes is now shown above the hotbar when switching to it if the item has less than 3 enchantments.
TU69 1.761.761.76Patch 38 Using a diamond axe on a log now turns it into a stripped log.
1.90 The texture of diamond axes have been changed.
1.91Weaponsmith villagers now sell enchanted diamond axes for 12 emeralds as part of their fourth tier trades.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0 Added diamond axes.

Data history

Java Edition
1.1317w47aPrior to The Flattening, this item's numeral ID was 286.

Issues

Issues relating to "Diamond Axe" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

Gallery

Renders

  • Enchanted Diamond Axe
    Enchanted Diamond Axe

In other media

References

  1. ↑ "We missed a change in recent changelogs for the Bedrock beta that you may like - we have now made a parity fix that makes shields get disabled for 5 seconds when attacked by an Axe-wielding mob or player. We will make sure to list this properly in the next beta :)" – @kingbdogz on X (formerly Twitter), March 17, 2022

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