Minecraft:Iron Pickaxe

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

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).

Template:IN, 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

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

Usage

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

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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

Anvil repair

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

Data values

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History

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.
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