Minecraft:Iron Pickaxe

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

Obtaining

Mob loot

in Template:Editions, pillagers and vindicators have a chance of dropping a damaged iron pickaxe when killed during a raid. The pickaxe has a 50% chance of being enchanted with random enchantment(s).

in Template:Editions, wandering traders have a chance of 8.5% (increased by 1% per level of 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 toolsmiths and 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:

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Weapon

Java Edition

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

Bedrock Edition

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

Repairing

Anvil repair

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An iron pickaxe can be repaired in an Minecraft:anvil by adding 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 enchantments.

Enchantments

An iron pickaxe can receive the following enchantments:

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

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Gallery

In other media

• 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

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