Pickaxe

The pickaxe, Minecraft's iconic symbol, is used in the game to rapidly mine stone and brick blocks or kill mobs. A pickaxe can be made from wood, cobblestone, iron, gold, or diamonds. The gold pickaxe mines faster than the diamond, but breaks easily.

Crafting
Requires two sticks and three of any of the following: wood, cobblestone, gold, iron, or diamonds. The recipe is shown below.

Wood Pickaxe



Stone Pickaxe



Trivia
Only a diamond pickaxe can mine Obsidian.

Only an iron pickaxe or higher can mine diamonds, redstone, and gold.