How to Craft Golden Axe in Minecraft
On a Crafting Table, 3 Gold Ingots and 2 Sticks turns into a Golden Axe. Read it row by row: two Gold Ingots in the left and middle columns, then a Gold Ingot in the left column and a Stick in the middle column, then a Stick in the middle column. Expect 1 Golden Axe from every craft. It holds up for 32 uses before it breaks.
Golden Axe Item ID and Give Command
The item ID for Golden Axe is minecraft:golden_axe. In commands the namespace may be left off, so golden_axe works too. Checked against Minecraft Java 26.2.
- Give yourself one
/give @p golden_axe- Give several at once
/give @p golden_axe 5- Give it to a named player
/give Steve golden_axe 1
Cheats have to be on for Golden Axe to appear this way, and the same command works on Bedrock Edition, where the name is written the same.
Repairing Golden Axe
An anvil and Gold Ingot will restore Golden Axe long before its 32 uses run out, and nothing enchanted on it is lost in the process.
There is a cheaper way, and a catch. A grindstone merges two worn Golden Axe items without costing levels, but it removes every enchantment while it does so.
Mending can go on Golden Axe, and that is the only repair that costs nothing at all: the experience you pick up flows into the item instead of into your own level, so it never sees an anvil again.
Overview
The Golden Axe chops wood the fastest but only has 32 durability. Golden Axe uses a shaped recipe: the ingredients only work in the pattern shown.
The golden axe was already in the game in Minecraft Beta 1.0, the oldest release with an English language file to read, so this recipe is at least that old. The recipe itself last changed in Minecraft 1.21.2. Guides written before that release show a different set of ingredients for the golden axe, so check the grid above rather than the video.
The materials come together from a few sources: you will be working with gold ingot (smelt gold ore) and stick (craft from planks).
Counting The Stack
One stack is 21 goes at 3 gold ingots each, which totals 21 golden axes. The recipe wants 42 sticks beside it. Left behind: 1 gold ingot.
Which Material Lasts Longest
Durability of every material this item comes in, weakest first. Gold 32 Wood 59 Stone 131 Iron 250 Diamond 1561 Netherite 2031
How Long It Takes
- Blocks before it breaks
- 32 blocks
- Attack damage
- 7
- Attacks per second
- 1
- Enchantability
- 22
| Block | Golden Axe | Bare hand | Drops |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oak Log | 0.25s | 3s | yes |
| Oak Planks | 0.25s | 3s | yes |
| Crafting Table | 0.35s | 3.75s | yes |
| Chest | 0.35s | 3.75s | yes |
| Bookshelf | 0.2s | 2.3s | yes |
| Pumpkin | 0.15s | 1.5s | yes |
Everything on this list drops for a golden axe, so the material buys speed and nothing else. Pumpkin is the quickest of them at 0.15s, which is 10 times faster than doing it by hand.
Calculated from Minecraft Java 26.2’s own block hardness and tool speed values, without enchantments, Haste or Mining Fatigue. Bedrock Edition publishes no equivalent figures, so these are Java only.
Materials Needed
For Golden Axe: 3x Gold Ingot (smelt gold ore) and 2x Stick (craft from planks), brought to a Crafting Table.
The Full Chain
Stick, then Gold Ingot, then the Golden Axe. All in: 3 Gold Ore and 2 Planks.
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- 2
- 3
Golden Axethis page
Gather this first
Step-by-Step Instructions
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3x Gold Ingot - 2
2x Stick - 3
Golden Axe
Tips & Notes
- One craft costs 3x Gold Ingot and 2x Stick. Start with the Gold Ingot: smelt gold ore.
Uses for Golden Axe
- Fastest chopping speed
- Stripping logs quickly
View detailed item stats, durability and properties for Golden Axe on the Astroworld Items Database.
Frequently Asked Questions
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How many Golden Axes do you get from one craft?
What is the item ID for Golden Axe in Minecraft?
What is the give command for Golden Axe?
What version of Minecraft added the Golden Axe?
Sources
- Grid, ingredients and yield
- 3 Gold Ingots and 2 Sticks in, 1 Golden Axe out, Crafting Table. Java 26.2, .
- That Bedrock agrees
- Bedrock 1.26.40.05, same 2 ingredients.
- How far back it goes
- Present in Minecraft Java Beta 1.0, the oldest release that exists to check. From all 163 released Java clients, rd-132211 to 26.2.
- When the recipe last changed
- Every Java release since 1.13 was checked in order, 50 of them, and 1.21.2 is where this recipe last changed.
- Stack size, durability, enchantments
- The Astroworld Items Database, built from the same jar.
- Break times, damage and wear
- Hardness and tool speed, Java 26.2. Calculated, not timed.
- What it can mine
- Which blocks want this tool, and the tier they refuse below. Java 26.2.
- The recipe book unlock
- What unlocks it in the recipe book. Java 26.2.
- The stack sum
- Counted, not played: 1 Golden Axe per craft against the stack size.
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