Wooden Pickaxe – Wiki Guide

This Minecraft tutorial explains how to craft a wooden pickaxe with screenshots and step-by-step instructions.

In Minecraft, a wooden pickaxe is one of the many tools that you can make. A wooden pickaxe has attack damage of +2 when used as a weapon.

Let’s explore how to make a wooden pickaxe.

Where to find a Wooden Pickaxe in Creative Mode

Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac)

Here is where you can find a wooden pickaxe in the Creative Inventory menu:

Platform	Version(s)	Creative Menu Location
Java Edition (PC/Mac)	1.8 – 1.19	Tools
Java Edition (PC/Mac)	1.19.3 – 1.20	Tools & Utilities

• Platform is the platform that applies.
• Version(s) is the Minecraft version numbers where the item can be found in the menu location listed (we have tested and confirmed this version number).
• Creative Menu Location is the location of the item in the Creative Inventory menu.

Required Materials to make a Wooden Pickaxe

In Minecraft, these are the materials you can use to craft a wooden pickaxe:

 2 Sticks
 3 Oak Planks
 3 Spruce Planks
 3 Birch Planks
 3 Jungle Planks
 3 Acacia Planks
 3 Dark Oak Planks
 3 Mangrove Planks
 3 Bamboo Planks
 3 Crimson Planks
 3 Warped Planks
 3 Cherry Planks

TIP: You can use any type of wood planks! You don’t have to gather them all.

How to craft a Wooden Pickaxe in Survival Mode

1. Open the Crafting Menu

First, open your crafting table so that you have the 3×3 crafting grid that looks like this:

2. Add Items to make a Wooden Pickaxe

In the crafting menu, you should see a crafting area that is made up of a 3×3 crafting grid. To make a wooden pickaxe, place 3 wood planks and 2 sticks in the 3×3 crafting grid.

When crafting with wood planks, you can use any kind of wood planks, such as oak, spruce, birch, jungle, acacia, dark oak, mangrove, bamboo, crimson, warped or cherry planks. In our example, we are using oak planks.

When making a wooden pickaxe, it is important that the wood planks and sticks are placed in the exact pattern as the image below. There should be 3 wood planks placed in the first row. In the second row, 1 stick should be in the middle box. In the third row, 1 stick should be in the middle box. This is the Minecraft crafting recipe for a wooden pickaxe.

Now that you have filled the crafting area with the correct pattern, the wooden pickaxe will appear in the box to the right.

3. Move the Wooden Pickaxe to Inventory

Once you have crafted a wooden pickaxe, you need to move the new item to your inventory.

Congratulations, you have made a wooden pickaxe in Minecraft!

Item ID and Name

Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac)

In Minecraft, a wooden pickaxe has the following Name, ID and DataValue:

Item	Description (Minecraft ID Name)	Data Value	Stack Size	Platform	Version(s)
	Wooden Pickaxe (minecraft:wooden_pickaxe)	0	1	Java	1.8 – 1.12
	Wooden Pickaxe (minecraft:wooden_pickaxe)		1	Java	1.13 – 1.20

• Description is what the item is called and (Minecraft ID Name) is the string value that is used in game commands.
• Data Value (or damage value) identifies the variation of the block if more than one type exists for the Minecraft ID.
• Stack Size is the maximum stack size for this item. While some items in Minecraft are stackable up to 64, other items can only be stacked up to 16 or 1. (NOTE: These stack sizes are for vanilla Minecraft only. If you are running a mod, some mods may change the stack size for an item.)
• Platform is the platform that applies.
• Version(s) is the Minecraft version numbers that the Minecraft ID and Name are valid for.

Give Command for Wooden Pickaxe

Give Command in Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac)

In Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac) 1.13, 1.14, 1.15, 1.16, 1.17, 1.18, 1.19 and 1.20, the /give command for Wooden Pickaxe is:

/give @p wooden_pickaxe 1

In Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac) 1.8, 1.9, 1.10, 1.11 and 1.12, the /give command for Wooden Pickaxe is:

/give @p wooden_pickaxe 1 0

Attack Damage and Durability

Attack damage is the amount of damage the item will deal when attacking a mob.

Durability represents how long the item will last. For tools, weapons and transportation, durability is the number of useful actions before the item is destroyed. For armor items, durability is the number of hits (that can be blocked by armor) before the item is destroyed. So the higher the durability number, the longer the item will last.

The following table shows the attack damage and durability for each pickaxe in Minecraft:

Item	Name	Attack Damage	Durability
	Netherite Pickaxe	6	2031
	Diamond Pickaxe	5	1561
	Iron Pickaxe	4	250
	Stone Pickaxe	3	131
	Wooden Pickaxe	2	59
	Golden Pickaxe	2	32

Enchantments for Wooden Pickaxe

In Minecraft, you can enchant a wooden pickaxe with the following enchantments:

• Enchantment is what the enchantment is called.
• Description is the description of what the enchantment does.

See a complete list of Minecraft Enchantments that is interactive and searchable.

Things to Make with Wooden Pickaxes

You can use wooden pickaxes to make items in Minecraft such as:

How to make an Enchanted Wooden Pickaxe

Things to Do with Wooden Pickaxes

Here are some activities that you can do with wooden pickaxes in Minecraft:’

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