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How to Make a Wooden Axe in Minecraft

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How to Make a Wooden Axe in Minecraft

Axes are a pretty handy weapon if your opponent has a shield. Attacking a shield with an ax has a chance to disable it for five seconds – opening its holder up to much more damage. If you attack while sprinting, you increase that chance significantly. So if you’re facing a foe with a shield, then channel your inner Viking and run in screaming with your axe held aloft.  Axes are one of the beginning game tools you will want to create very early in your Minecraft playthrough, They are quite useful for chopping down trees, but they also do more single target damage than a sword!A wooden axe is very easy to make, but before we make a Wooden axe, we know what is the use of a wooden axe in Minecraft. The process of making Wooden Axe on each platform is the same. A wooden axe is used to cut wood. With the help of a wooden axe, you can cut wood very quickly in Minecraft. So, we’ll take you step-by-step in this tutorial on how to make a Wooden Axe in Minecraft.

Supported Platforms

The Wooden Axe Command is available in the following editions:

  • Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac) 
  • Minecraft Pocket Edition (PE) 
  • Minecraft Xbox Editions 
  • Minecraft PS Editions 
  • Minecraft Nintendo 
  • Minecraft Windows 10 Edition
  • Minecraft Education Edition 

Where to find a Wooden Axe in Creative Mode

How to Make a Wooden Axe in Minecraft

You can find a Charcoal in the Creative Inventory menu

  • Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac) : Tools
  • Minecraft Pocket Edition (PE) : Tools and Equipment
  • Minecraft Xbox Editions :Tools, Weapons and Armor and Equipment
  • Minecraft PS Editions :Weapons and Armor and Equipment
  • Minecraft Nintendo : Weapons and Armor and Equipment
  • Minecraft Windows 10 Edition : Tools and Equipment
  • Minecraft Education Edition : Tools and Equipment

Required Materials to make a Wooden Axe

  • 2 Sticks
  • 3 wood Plank

It takes 2 sticks and 3 wooden planks to make Wooden axe in Minecraft. You can use any wooden planks to make a Wooden Axe such as Oak plants, Spruce Planks, Birch planks, Jungle Planks, Acacia Planks and Dark oak planks.

How to craft a Wooden Axe in Survival Mode

  • Open the Crafting Menu

First of all you have to open the crafting table of 3×3 crafting grid

  • Add Items to make a Wooden Axe

After right-click crafting table is open, Now you will see the crafting area which is made up of 3 * 3 crafting grids. Now you will need 3 wooden planks and 2 sticks. You can use any wooden planks to make an Axe such as Oak plants, Spruce Planks, Birch planks, Jungle Planks, Acacia Planks, and Dark oak planks.Now you have to keep the wooden plank and sticks in the shape of an Axe in your crafting table. Now you have to put 2 wooden planks in the first row on the left side and leave the last box empty. In the second row, you have to Put 1 wooden plank and 1 stick on the left side and leave the last box empty. In the third row, 1 stick is placed in the middle box.

  • Move the Wooden Axe to Inventory

If you put the wooden planks and Sticks in the correct pattern, you will see a wooden Axe in the right box. Now your wooden Axe has been created, now you have to drag it and keep it in your inventory. Congratulations you successfully made a wooden axe in Minecraft.

Item ID and Name

A Wooden Axe has the following Name, ID and DataValue

  • Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac) : Wooden Axe (minecraft:wooden_axe) 271 0
  • Minecraft Pocket Edition (PE) : Wooden Axe (minecraft:wooden_axe) 271 0
  • Minecraft Xbox One : Wooden Axe (minecraft:wooden_axe) 271 0
  • Minecraft PS4 : Wooden Axe (minecraft:wooden_axe) 271 0
  • Minecraft Nintendo Switch : Wooden Axe (minecraft:wooden_axe) 271 0
  • Minecraft Windows 10 Edition : Wooden Axe (minecraft:wooden_axe) 271 0
  • Minecraft Education Edition : Wooden Axe (minecraft:wooden_axe) 271 0

Give Command for Wooden Axe

To use the Wooden Axe command in Minecraft, open your chat window and enter the command below depending on the version you have.

  • Java Edition 1.13 and higher Wooden Axe command : /give @p wooden_axe 1
  • PE, Xbox One, Switch, Win 10, Education Edition : /give @p wooden_axe 1 0

Attack Damage and Durability

  • Attack – Attack damage is the amount of damage the item will deal when attacking a mob. In Minecraft, each ax has different damage, Highest damage axe is Netherite Axe and Lowest Damage Axe is Wooden axe and Golden Axe.
  • Durability represents how long the item will last.So the higher the durability number, the longer the item lasts. Highest Durability axe is Netherite Axe and Lowest Durability Axe is Golden Axe.

           Wooden Axe has attack damage of 3 and durability of 59.

Enchantments for Wooden Axe

You can enchant a wooden axe with the following enchantments

Bane of Arthropods : Increases attack damage against arthropods

Curse of Vanishing : Cursed item will disappear after player dies

Efficiency : Increases how fast you can mine

Fortune : Increases block drops from mining

Mending : Uses xp to mend your tools, weapons and armor

Sharpness : Increases attack damage dealt to mobs

Silk Touch : Mines blocks themselves (fragile items)

Smite : Increases attack damage against undead mobs

Unbreaking : Increases durability of item 

Conclusion

We hope that we have helped you better understand the mechanics of the crafting wooden axe  in Minecraft and how to use it in the gameplay. If you ever have doubts then we hope that you refer to this article to clear them. The next time that you play Minecraft don’t forget to try this feature.