Pickaxe

The Pickaxe is a tool that is used in the game to rapidly mine stone and ores. A pickaxe can be made with 2 Sticks and 3 Planks, Cobblestone, Iron Ingots, Gold Ingot, or Diamonds.

A certain material pickaxe is needed to mine a certain ore (ex: an Iron Pickaxe for Diamond Ore). The worst is Wooden and the best is Diamond.

Types of Pickaxes

 * Wooden Pickaxe (Can mine basic stone-blocks & Coal Ore)
 * Gold Pickaxe (Only can mine wooden level items)
 * Stone Pickaxe (Can mine Iron, Emerald, Lapis Lazuli Ore)
 * Iron Pickaxe (Can mine Diamonds, Gold, Redstone)
 * Diamond Pickaxe (Can mine anything but Bedrock)

Trivia

 * Prior to 0.6.1, if a diamond pickaxe is used on Bedrock, it would break within 20 minutes, due to Bedrock being unbreakable.
 * Wooden or Stone Pickaxes are useful if you are going on a non-mining adventure as they can clear Stone in case of emergency.
 * Golden pickaxes are the fastest when mining Stone-related and Sandstone-related items, but have only 33 uses, making it the weakest Pickaxe.
 * If the player mines an item with the wrong pick, it will merely destroy it.
 * Pickaxes are sometimes found in village chests.
 * Mining Obsidian is only possible with a Diamond Pickaxe.
 * Gold Pickaxes are the only pickaxe that can't mine its own ore.
 * It is often called "Minecraft's Iconic Symbol".

Enchantments
Pickaxes can get several enchantments such as Depth Strider and Silk Touch.
 * Silk Touch allows the player to mine an ore without breaking it.
 * Depth Strider allows the player to mine faster underwater.
 * Efficiency allows the player to mine a lot faster.
 * Fortune increases the drop rate of ores.
 * Unbreaking makes the durability decrease slower.