Minecraft Guide: How to Make a Pickaxe (2023)?

By | Bullscore 6 Apr, 2023

Minecraft has different fascinating features which allow fans to create many things in this sandbox game. One such thing is a Pickaxe. A pickaxe is a basic tool that is required to get resources in Minecraft. You can mine things or materials using a Pickaxe to upgrade your armor and tools.

Pickaxes are of different types in Minecraft based on the materials. The most basic Pickaxe in the game is made of wood and can be upgraded into an impenetrable Netherite Pickaxe.

Therefore, In this article, you will get a guide to making a Pickaxe in Minecraft. Also, you will know how to make a Pickaxe from different materials.

Materials Required in Making a Pickaxe in Minecraft

Here is the list of materials you will require to make a Pickaxe in Minecraft:

Sticks
Useful information (Wood planks, cobblestone, iron ingots, gold ingots, diamond, and netherite)
Table for crafting
Table for smithing (for netherite upgrades)

Players can use a furnace to melt down cobblestone, iron ore, gold, etc. to make the respective blocks of materials.

How to Make a Pickaxe in Minecraft- A Complete Guide

In Minecraft, You have to start with the basic Wooden Pickaxe as only the pickaxe can mine its upgrading ore of materials.

This means, You need a wooden Pickaxe to mine Iron Ingots; Iron Pickaxe to mine Gold Ingots; Gold Pickaxe to mine Diamonds; and Diamond Pickaxe to mine the ancient trash, which is used to make the Natherite.

Recipe to make a Pickaxe in Minecraft

To make a Pickaxe in Minecraft, You have to arrange two sticks in the two bottom grids of the second column of a 3×3 crafting table and three blocks of respective materials of Pickaxe in the top row above the sticks. Using this arrangement you can make a Pickaxe in Minecraft.

You can use this recipe to make each Pickaxe in Minecraft by just replacing the materials blocks in the top row.

Here is the list of different Pickaxe you can make in Minecraft and their recipe:

Wooden Pickaxe

To Make a Wooden Pickaxe you can use any type of wood log. We will use Oak wood to make the wooden block and sticks for the Pickaxe. Here are the steps to follow to make a wooden Pickaxe:

First of all, place the wood log on the crafting table to make wooden planks.
Next, Take four Wooden planks into the crafting menu and put two of them into the two-column stack to make sticks for your Pickaxe.
Now, you can use the other two wooden planks to make a pickaxe by following the above-mentioned recipe to make a Pickaxe in Minecraft.

A wooden Pickaxe can be used to mine the cobblestone to make a Stone Pickaxe.

Stone Pickaxe

You can mine the cobblestones in the Earth’s layer or you can pick stones near the mountain by using the Wooden Pickaxe. You will require at least three cobblestones.

You can use a stonecutter also to make stone blocks. Visit our Guide to making a Stonecutter in Minecraft.
With the same procedure, by placing three stone blocks and sticks you can make a Stone Pickaxe.

Iron Pickaxe

You can use the stone pickaxe to mine the iron ore and can use a furnace for smelting the iron ore into the Iron Ingot. You can place Iron Ingot into the crafting table using the same recipe mentioned in this article to make an iron Pickaxe in Minecraft.

Gold Pickaxe

Gol Pickaxe mine faster than Iron Pickaxe but it doesn’t last long. You can find the gold ore below the ‘Y’ level 31. You can melt the gold ore into the furnace to make Gold Ingots and can place them in the same order using the recipe to make a Gold Pickaxe in Minecraft.

Gold Pickaxe has a drawback that it doesn’t last long. Therefore, mining diamonds takes time and Gold Pickaxe would be a bad choice for that. Hence, we suggest you use Iron Pickaxe to mine Diamonds to make a Diamond Pickaxe in Minecraft.

Diamond Pickaxe

To make a Diamond Pickaxe, You will need Diamonds that you can find below the ‘Y’ layer 16. It can take several hours or days also to find the diamonds. Therefore, you better look for them near the lava. You can find the diamond there faster.

You can now place the diamond directly, without smelting, into the crafting table with sticks using the before-mentioned recipe to make a Diamond Pickaxe.

The second-best Pickaxe of Minecraft can mine everything except the bedrock. You can also mine Ancient Debris using Diamond Pickaxe to make a Netherite Pickaxe in Minecraft.

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