Minecraft:Iron Pickaxe: Difference between revisions

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An iron pickaxe is a variant of Minecraft:pickaxe that is crafted from Minecraft:iron ingots. It is the third-highest Minecraft:tier of pickaxe, having higher Minecraft:mining efficiency, durability, attack damage, and Minecraft:enchantability than a Minecraft:copper pickaxe. It has a Minecraft:mining level of 2, allowing it to mine Minecraft:gold ore, Minecraft:redstone ore, Minecraft:emerald ore, and Minecraft:diamond ore.

Obtaining

Crafting

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Generated loot

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Mob loot

Template:IN, Minecraft:pillagers and Minecraft:vindicators have a chance of dropping a damaged iron pickaxe when killed during a Minecraft:raid. The pickaxe has a 50% chance of being enchanted with random enchantment(s). Minecraft:Wandering traders also have a chance of 25% (increased by 1% per level of Minecraft:Looting) to drop an enchanted iron pickaxe (available enchantments listed below) when killed while showing the item as trade offer, if the player holds an Minecraft:emerald.

Trading

Both Minecraft:toolsmiths and Minecraft:wandering traders can sell an enchanted iron pickaxe. Template:Trade sources

Usage

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Mining

An iron pickaxe is used to break stone and metal-based materials faster. Breaking a block with an iron pickaxe consumes one use (one durability point). No durability is consumed for blocks that have a hardness value of 0, such as Minecraft:torches and Minecraft:flowers.

Mining level

Iron pickaxes have a mining level of 2. An iron pickaxe or better is required to mine the following blocks:

Weapon

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All pickaxes have an attack speed modifier of -2.8, meaning they take about 0.85 seconds to Minecraft:recover. Iron pickaxes do Template:Hp damage per attack, or 4.8 damage per second.

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All pickaxes attack instantly, with iron pickaxes doing Template:Hp damage per attack.

Repairing

Combining

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Anvil repair

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An iron pickaxe can be repaired in an Minecraft:anvil by adding Minecraft:iron ingots, with each ingot restoring 25% of the pickaxe's maximum durability, rounded down. Two iron pickaxes can also be combined in an anvil. Both methods preserve the pickaxe's Minecraft:enchantments.

Enchantments

An iron pickaxe can receive the following Minecraft:enchantments:


Name	Description	Max Level	Method	Weight
Minecraft:Efficiency	Increases the mining speed.	V	Template:BlockLink Template:BlockLink	10
Minecraft:Fortune<ref group="note" name="exc">Silk Touch and Fortune are mutually exclusive</ref>	Increases the amount of Minecraft:drops when mining.	III	Template:BlockLink Template:BlockLink	2
Minecraft:Silk Touch<ref group="note" name="exc" />	Causes blocks to drop themselves when mined.	I	Template:BlockLink Template:BlockLink	1
Minecraft:Unbreaking	Grants a chance to negate durability consumption.	III	Template:BlockLink Template:BlockLink	5
Minecraft:Mending	Repairs the pickaxe when obtaining Minecraft:experience.	I	Template:BlockLink	2
Minecraft:Curse of Vanishing	The pickaxe vanishes on death, not dropping as an item.	I	Template:BlockLink	1

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Smelting ingredient

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Sounds

Pickaxe/Sounds

Data values

ID

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Achievements

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Advancements

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Videos

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History

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Issues

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Gallery

In other media

File:Overlooking player.jpeg
An iron pickaxe as it appeared on Minecraft:A Minecraft Movie Live Event

An iron pickaxe as it appeared on Minecraft:A Minecraft Movie Live Event
Iron pickaxe in the Minecraft:Super Duper Graphics Pack

Iron pickaxe in the Minecraft:Super Duper Graphics Pack
Concept art for a collectible pickaxe statue

Concept art for a collectible pickaxe statue
File:Pickaxe Hoodie.png
A signed iron pickaxe replica by "the original team" at Mojang and Minecraft:C418<ref>Template:Bsky</ref>

A signed iron pickaxe replica by "the original team" at Mojang and Minecraft:C418<ref>Template:Bsky</ref>

References

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Navigation

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Minecraft:fr:Pioche en fer Minecraft:ko:철 곡괭이 Minecraft:pt:Picareta de Ferro Minecraft:uk:Залізне кайло

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 === Mob loot ===
-{{IN|BE}}, [[Minecraft:pillager]]s and [[Minecraft:vindicator]]s have a chance of dropping a damaged iron pickaxe when killed during a [[Minecraft:raid]]. The pickaxe has a 50% chance of being enchanted with random enchantment(s).
+{{IN|BE}}, [[Minecraft:pillager]]s and [[Minecraft:vindicator]]s have a chance of dropping a damaged iron pickaxe when killed during a [[Minecraft:raid]]. The pickaxe has a 50% chance of being enchanted with random enchantment(s). [[Minecraft:Wandering trader]]s also have a chance of 25% (increased by 1% per level of [[Minecraft:Looting]]) to drop an enchanted iron pickaxe (available enchantments listed below) when killed while showing the item as trade offer, if the player holds an [[Minecraft:emerald]].
-{{IN|bedrock}}, [[Minecraft:wandering traders]] have a chance of 8.5% (increased by 1% per level of [[Minecraft:Looting]]) to drop an enchanted iron pickaxe (available enchantments listed below) when killed while showing the item as trade offer, if the player holds an [[Minecraft:emerald]].
 === Trading ===
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 !Description
 !Max Level
-![[Minecraft:Enchanting|Method]]
+![[Minecraft:Enchantment|Method]]
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 === Smelting ingredient ===
 {{Smelting|showname=1|Iron Pickaxe|Iron Nugget|0,1}}
+== Sounds ==
+{{:Pickaxe/Sounds}}
 == Data values ==
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 == Achievements ==
-{{Load achievements|Time to mine!;MOAR Tools}}
+{{Load achievements|MOAR Tools}}
 == Advancements ==
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 |{{HistoryLine|||dev=20100131-2156|Iron pickaxes now have [[Minecraft:durability]] which is 129.}}
 |{{HistoryLine|java beta}}
-|{{HistoryLine||1.2|Iron pickaxes' durability has been increased from 129 to 250.}}
+|{{HistoryLine||1.2|Iron pickaxes' durability has been increased from 129 to 251.}}
 |{{HistoryLine||1.8|dev=Pre-release|Iron pickaxes are now found in the new [[Minecraft:stronghold]] storeroom [[Minecraft:chest]]s, and in the new [[Minecraft:mineshaft]] chests.}}
 |{{HistoryLine|java}}
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 |{{HistoryLine|||dev=15w44a|The average yield of iron pickaxes in [[Minecraft:mineshaft]] [[Minecraft:chest]]s has been increased.}}
 |{{HistoryLine||1.11.1|dev=16w50a|Iron pickaxes can now be [[Minecraft:smelt]]ed down into one [[Minecraft:iron nugget]].}}
+|{{HistoryLine||1.13.1|dev=18w30b|The durability of iron pickaxes has been reduced from 251 to 250 due to the fixing of a bug.<ref>{{bug|MC-120664||Tool durability is off by one|Fixed}}</ref>}}
 |{{HistoryLine||1.14|dev=18w43a|[[File:Iron Pickaxe JE3 BE2.png|32px]] The textures of all pickaxes have been changed.}}
 |{{HistoryLine|||dev=18w50a|Iron pickaxes can now be found in chests in [[Minecraft:village]] toolsmith houses.}}
 |{{HistoryLine|||dev=19w11a|Weaponsmith villagers now sell 1 enchanted iron pickaxe for 8–22 emeralds.}}
 |{{HistoryLine||1.20.2|exp=Villager Trade Rebalance|dev=23w31a|[[Minecraft:Wandering trader]]s now have a chance to sell an enchanted iron pickaxe.}}
+|{{HistoryLine||1.21.5|dev=25w07a|The above change is no longer experimental and now available through normal gameplay.}}
 }}
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 |{{HistoryLine||v0.14.0|dev=build 1|Iron pickaxes can now be found inside [[Minecraft:minecart with chest]]s in [[Minecraft:mineshaft]]s.}}
 |{{HistoryLine|pocket}}
-|{{HistoryLine||1.0.0|dev=alpha 0.17.0.1|[[Minecraft:Enchanting|Enchanted]] iron pickaxes can now be found in [[Minecraft:end cities]].}}
+|{{HistoryLine||1.0.0|dev=alpha 0.17.0.1|[[Minecraft:Enchanted]] iron pickaxes can now be found in [[Minecraft:end cities]].}}
 |{{HistoryLine||1.0.4|dev=alpha 1.0.4.0|Toolsmith [[Minecraft:villager]]s now [[Minecraft:trading|sell]] enchanted iron pickaxes for 9-11 [[Minecraft:emerald]]s as their second tier trades.}}
 |{{HistoryLine||1.1.0|dev=alpha 1.1.0.0|Iron pickaxes are now [[Minecraft:smelt]]able.}}
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 |[[File:Iron Pickaxe JE3 BE2.png|32px]] The textures of all pickaxes have been changed.}}
 |{{HistoryLine||1.11.0|dev=beta 1.11.0.1|Iron pickaxes can now be found in [[Minecraft:village]] toolsmiths [[Minecraft:chest]]s and in [[Minecraft:savanna]], [[Minecraft:taiga]], [[Minecraft:snowy taiga]] and [[Minecraft:desert]] village weaponsmith chests.}}
-|{{HistoryLine|||dev=beta 1.11.0.4|[[Minecraft:Trading]] has been changed, toolsmith [[Minecraft:villager]]s now have a 25% chance to [[Minecraft:trading|sell]] an [[Minecraft:enchanting|enchanted]] iron pickaxe for 3 [[Minecraft:emerald]]s as part of their third tier trades.}}
+|{{HistoryLine|||dev=beta 1.11.0.4|[[Minecraft:Trading]] has been changed, toolsmith [[Minecraft:villager]]s now have a 25% chance to [[Minecraft:trading|sell]] an [[Minecraft:enchanted]] iron pickaxe for 3 [[Minecraft:emerald]]s as part of their third tier trades.}}
 |{{HistoryLine||1.16.100|dev=beta 1.16.100.54|[[Minecraft:Vindicator]]s and [[Minecraft:pillager]]s that spawn in [[Minecraft:raid]]s can now [[Minecraft:drop]] iron pickaxes.}}
 }}
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 === In other media ===
 <gallery>
-File:AMCMEventIronPickaxe.png|An iron pickaxe as it appeared on [[Minecraft:A Minecraft Movie Live Event]].
+File:Overlooking player.jpeg
-File:Iron Pickaxe SDGP.png|Iron pickaxe in the [[Minecraft:Super Duper Graphics Pack]].
+File:AMCMEventIronPickaxe.png|An iron pickaxe as it appeared on [[Minecraft:A Minecraft Movie Live Event]]
-File:Josh-robertson-minecraft-iron-pickaxe-paintmaster.jpg|Concept art for a collectible pickaxe statue.
+File:Iron Pickaxe SDGP.png|Iron pickaxe in the [[Minecraft:Super Duper Graphics Pack]]
+File:Josh-robertson-minecraft-iron-pickaxe-paintmaster.jpg|Concept art for a collectible pickaxe statue
 File:Pickaxe Hoodie.png
+File:Iron Pickaxe signed.webp|A signed iron pickaxe replica by "the original team" at [[Minecraft:Mojang Studios|Mojang]] and [[Minecraft:C418]]<ref>{{Bsky|marc-irl.bsky.social|3mvsjasmgqs2g|Packaging some items for a charity event this year. Some very old and rare things here!<br><br>That pickaxe makes good on a promise I made to the dev team in 2011, before I worked at Mojang, that all items they signed would go to charity. The last one just took a while!<br><br>Stay tuned for how to obtain one!|September 18, 2026|userlink=[[Minecraft:Marc Watson]]}}</ref>
 </gallery>
+== References ==
+{{Reflist}}
 == Navigation ==
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 [[Category:Tools]]
+[[Minecraft:fr:Pioche en fer]]
 [[Minecraft:ko:철 곡괭이]]
 [[Minecraft:pt:Picareta de Ferro]]
 [[Minecraft:uk:Залізне кайло]]