Golden Axe

Golden Axe
Rarity tier	Common
Attack damage	JE: 7HP; BE: 4HP
Attack speed‌	1 (1 second)
Durability	JE: 32; BE: 33
Enchantability	22
Renewable	Yes
Stackable	No

A golden axe is a variant of axe that is crafted from gold ingots. Like all axes, it can be used to cut down trees faster, but also as a melee weapon, and it can disable shields.

Obtaining

Crafting

Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Gold Ingot + Stick

Generated loot

Item	Structure	Container	Quantity	Chance
Java Edition
^[A]	Bastion Remnant	Bridge chest	1	11.2% { "item": "Enchanted Golden Axe", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.11242603550295849, "structure": "Bastion Remnant", "container": "Bridge chest" }
		Hoglin stable chest	1	22.8% { "item": "Enchanted Golden Axe", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.22793887963348602, "structure": "Bastion Remnant", "container": "Hoglin stable chest" }
		Generic chest	1	9.8% { "item": "Enchanted Golden Axe", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.09750000000000003, "structure": "Bastion Remnant", "container": "Generic chest" }
	Ruined Portal	Chest	1	20.5% { "item": "Enchanted Golden Axe", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.20469270240551518, "structure": "Ruined Portal", "container": "Chest" }
^[B]	Trial Chambers	Intersection barrel	1	22.3% { "item": "Damaged Golden Axe", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.22342803610021233, "structure": "Trial Chambers", "container": "Intersection barrel" }
Bedrock Edition
^[A]	Bastion Remnant	Bridge chest	1	11.2% { "item": "Enchanted Golden Axe", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.11242603550295849, "structure": "Bastion Remnant", "container": "Bridge chest" }
		Hoglin stable chest	1	22.8% { "item": "Enchanted Golden Axe", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.22793887963348602, "structure": "Bastion Remnant", "container": "Hoglin stable chest" }
		Generic chest	1	9.8% { "item": "Enchanted Golden Axe", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.09750000000000003, "structure": "Bastion Remnant", "container": "Generic chest" }
	Ruined Portal	Chest	1	20.5% { "item": "Enchanted Golden Axe", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.20469270240551518, "structure": "Ruined Portal", "container": "Chest" }
^[B]	Trial Chambers	Intersection barrel	1	22.3% { "item": "Damaged Golden Axe", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.22342803610021233, "structure": "Trial Chambers", "container": "Intersection barrel" }

↑ ^a ^b 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.
↑ ^a ^b The item has between 15% and 80% of its total durability.

Mob loot

Equipment

A piglin brute spawns with a golden axe and has an 8.5% chance (9.5% with Looting I, 10.5% with Looting II, and 11.5% with Looting III) of dropping it upon death by the player. Also, in Java Edition, zombified piglins can drop their golden axe (with the same chance as piglin brute drop) if they have been zombified from a piglin brute.

Villager gifts

Weaponsmith villagers occasionally throw golden axes at players with the Hero of the Village status effect.‌

Usage

Breaking

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

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

Stripping

Using a golden 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 golden 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 golden 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]}
7HP	1.0	1 second (20 game ticks)	7.0	112HP × 56

↑ 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

Golden axes attack instantly with no cooldown and deal 4HP damage.

Repairing

Combining

Ingredients	Crafting recipe	Description
Damaged Golden Axe		The durability of the two axes is added together, plus an extra 5% of durability.

Ingredients	Grinding recipe	Description
2× Damaged Golden Axe		The durability of the two axes is added together, plus an extra 5% of durability.

Unit repair

Ingredients	Anvil recipe
Damaged + Gold Ingot	Golden Axe

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

Enchantments

A golden 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

↑ ^a ^b Silk Touch and Fortune are mutually exclusive
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d Sharpness, Smite, Bane of Arthropods, and Cleaving are mutually exclusive.
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d Fire Aspect, Looting, Knockback, and Sweeping Edge currently exist, but they can be used only for swords.

Smelting ingredient

Name	Ingredients	Smelting recipe
Gold Nugget	+ Any fuel	0.1

Piglins

Piglins are attracted to golden axes and run toward any golden axes on the ground, and inspect it for 6 to 8 seconds before putting it in their inventory.

Sounds

Java Edition:

v t e Sounds
Sound	Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	Axe strips	Blocks	When an axe strips a log or wood block	`item.axe.strip`	`subtitles.item.axe.strip`	0.9	1.0/0.85	16
	Wax off	Blocks	When an axe unwaxes a block of copper	`item.axe.wax_off`	`subtitles.item.axe.wax_off`	1.0	0.9/1.1/1.0	16
	Axe scrapes	Blocks	When an axe deoxidizes a block of copper	`item.axe.scrape`	`subtitles.item.axe.scrape`	1.0	1.0/0.9/1.1	16
	Item breaks	Players	When an axe's durability is exhausted	`entity.item.break`	`subtitles.entity.item.break`	0.8	0.8-1.2	16

Bedrock Edition:

v t e Sounds
Sound	Source	Description	Resource location	Volume	Pitch
	Blocks	When an axe strips a log or wood block	`use.wood`	1.0	0.8
	Blocks	When an axe strips a stem or hyphae block ^{[sound 1]}	`use.stem`	1.0	0.8
	Players	When an axe strips a block of bamboo ^{[sound 1]}	`step.bamboo_wood`	1.0	0.8
	Players	When an axe strips a cherry log or cherry wood block ^{[sound 1]}	`step.cherry_wood`	1.0	0.8
	Friendly Creatures‌ Friendly Mobs	When an axe unwaxes a copper blocks and copper golem	`copper.wax.off`	1.0	0.8-1.2
	Friendly Creatures‌ Friendly Mobs	When an axe deoxidizes a copper blocks and copper golem	`scrape`	1.0	0.8-1.2
	Players	When an axe's durability is exhausted	`random.break`	1.0	0.9

↑ ^a ^b ^c MCPE-106552

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Translation key
Golden Axe	`golden_axe`	Item	`item.minecraft.golden_axe`

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Translation key
Golden Axe	`golden_axe`	`325`	Item	`item.golden_axe.name`

Achievements


Icon		Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS)
PS4	Other	Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS)
		MOAR Tools	Construct one type of each tool.	Construct one pickaxe, one shovel, one axe, and one hoe with the same material.	15	Bronze
		Oooh, shiny!	Distract a Piglin using gold	Give a piglin a gold item while it is aggressive toward the player.	30	Silver

Advancements

Icon	Advancement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)
	Oh Shiny	Distract Piglins with gold	While aggravated, give a piglin one of these 25 gold-related items in the `#piglin_loved` item tag: Bell Block of Gold Block of Raw Gold Clock Enchanted Golden Apple Gilded Blackstone Glistering Melon Slice Gold Ingot Gold Ore Golden Apple Golden Boots Golden Carrot Golden Chestplate Golden Helmet Golden Hoe Golden Horse Armor Golden Leggings Golden Pickaxe Golden Shovel Golden Sword Light Weighted Pressure Plate Nether Gold Ore Deepslate Gold Ore Raw Gold The player must not be wearing any gold armor. Other gold-related items do not distract the piglin and do not trigger this advancement.
	Wax Off	Scrape Wax off of a Copper block!	Use an axe to revert any of these 9 waxed variants of copper blocks: Block of Copper Chiseled Copper Copper Bulb Copper Door Copper Grate Copper Trapdoor Cut Copper Cut Copper Slab Cut Copper Stairs The block can be in any of its four oxidation stages.

Video

History

Java Edition Indev
0.31			20100130				Added golden axes.
0.31			20100131				Golden axes now have durability which is 33 points.
20100206-2034							The texture of golden axes has been changed.
Java Edition Beta
1.2							Golden tools, including axes, now remove blocks faster than diamond tools.
Java Edition
1.6.1			13w21a				Instead of replacing the barehanded damage (1HP), golden axes now add their damage onto the barehanded damage, which results in them doing 1HP more damage than before.
1.9			15w34a				Golden 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.
			15w34b				Golden axes now have an attack speed of 0.8, taking about 1.25 seconds to fill the attack meter.
			15w34c				Golden axes do 4HP more damage than previously.
							Golden axes now have an attack speed of 0.85.
							Golden axes now have a chance to temporarily disable shield use.
			15w35a				The damage of golden axes has been reduced by 1HP.
			15w35a				The speed of golden axes has been increased to 0.9.
			15w37a				Golden axes now have an attack speed of 1.
1.11			16w35a				A golden 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.
1.11.1			16w50a				Golden axes now smelt down into gold nuggets.
1.13			18w07a				Using a golden axe on a block of wood or log now turns it into a stripped block of wood or log.
1.13			pre2				Using a golden axe on a bark now turns it into a stripped bark.
1.14			18w43a				The texture of golden axes has been changed.
1.14			19w13a				Weaponsmith villagers now give golden axes to players under the Hero of the Village effect.
1.16			20w16a				Golden axes now generate randomly enchanted in ruined portal chests.
1.16.2			20w30a				Enchanted golden axes can now be found in bastion remnant chests.
1.17			21w11a				Golden axes can now be used to scrape wax and oxidation off copper blocks.
1.20.3 Experiment Update 1.21			23w45a				Damaged golden axes can now be found in trial chambers intersection barrels.
1.20.5			24w03a				Golden axes can now receive sharpness, smite, and bane of arthropods through an enchanting table, rather than only through an anvil.
Java Edition Combat Tests
1.14.3							The attack speed for golden axes has been increased to 2.
1.14.3							Golden axes now deal 1HP more damage than golden swords.
3							The Chopping enchantment has been added for golden axes, which adds 1 damage and 0.5 seconds (10 game ticks) of shield stunning per level and is mutually exclusive with Sharpness.
							Golden 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).
							Golden axes now take 1 damage when attacking instead of 2.
							The Sweeping Edge enchantment can now be applied to golden axes.
4							Knockback, Looting, and Fire Aspect enchantments can now be applied to golden axes.
Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.2.0							Added golden axes. They actually function as tools despite being unobtainable by normal means.
v0.3.2							Golden axes can now be crafted with gold ingots and sticks.
v0.11.0			build 11				Golden axes are now available in the Creative inventory.
			build 12				Golden axes have been removed from creative.
			build 13				Golden axes have been re-added to creative mode.
v0.12.1			build 1				Instead of replacing the barehanded damage (1HP), golden axes now add their damage onto the barehanded damage, which results in them doing 1HP more damage than before.
Pocket Edition
1.1.0			alpha 1.1.0.0				Golden axes now smelt down into gold nuggets.
Bedrock Edition
1.2.13			beta 1.2.13.8				Using a golden axe on a log now turns it into a stripped log.
1.10.0			beta 1.10.0.3				The texture of golden axes has been changed.
1.16.0			beta 1.16.0.57				Golden axes now generate randomly enchanted in ruined portal chests.
1.16.20			beta 1.16.20.50				Added piglin brutes, who rarely drop golden axes.
1.16.100			beta 1.16.100.55				Zombified piglins that are converted from piglin brutes now keep their golden axes.
1.16.220			beta 1.16.220.52				Golden axes can now be used to scrape wax off copper blocks.
1.18.30			Preview 1.18.30.27				Golden axes can now temporarily disable shield use. This is not mentioned in the official changelog.^[1]
1.20.60 Experiment Update 1.21			Preview 1.20.60.20				Damaged golden axes can now be found in trial chambers intersection barrels.
Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360	Xbox One	PS3	PS4	PS Vita	Wii U	Switch
TU1	CU1	1.00	1.00	1.00	Patch 1	1.0.1	Added golden axes.
TU19	CU7	1.12	1.12	1.12	Patch 1		Instead of replacing the barehanded damage (1HP), golden axes now add their damage onto the barehanded damage, which results in them doing 1HP more damage than before.
TU36	CU25	1.28	1.28	1.28	Patch 7		The attack damage of golden axes is now shown above the hotbar when switching to it if the item has less than 3 enchantments.
TU53	CU43	1.49	1.50	1.49	Patch 23	1.0.3	Golden axes now smelt down into gold nuggets.
TU69		1.76	1.76	1.76	Patch 38		Using a golden axe on a log now turns it into a stripped log.
			1.90				The texture of golden axes have been changed.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0							Added golden axes.

Data history

Java Edition
1.13			17w47a
1.13			17w47a				Prior to The Flattening, this item's numeral ID was 279.

Issues

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

Gallery

Renders

Enchanted Golden Axe

References

↑ "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

Navigation

[enchant-randomly-1] 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.

[damaged-0.15-0.8-2] The item has between 15% and 80% of its total durability.

[3] Blocks that break instantly don't use up durability.

[4] 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.

[exc-5] Silk Touch and Fortune are mutually exclusive

[exc2-6] Sharpness, Smite, Bane of Arthropods, and Cleaving are mutually exclusive.

[sword-7] Fire Aspect, Looting, Knockback, and Sweeping Edge currently exist, but they can be used only for swords.

[stripsoundbug-8] MCPE-106552

[9] "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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