How to Craft Stone Axe in Minecraft
The recipe wants 3 Cobblestones and 2 Sticks, and a Crafting Table to run it on. Read it row by row: two Cobblestones in the left and middle columns, then a Cobblestone in the left column and a Stick in the middle column, then a Stick in the middle column. The grid returns 1 Stone Axe. One lasts 131 uses.
Stone Axe Item ID and Give Command
The item ID for Stone Axe is minecraft:stone_axe. In commands the namespace may be left off, so stone_axe works too. Checked against Minecraft Java 26.2.
- Give yourself one
/give @p stone_axe- Give several at once
/give @p stone_axe 5- Give it to a named player
/give Steve stone_axe 1
Cheats have to be on for Stone Axe to appear this way, and the same command works on Bedrock Edition, where the name is written the same.
Repairing Stone Axe
Stone Axe lasts 131 uses, and it does not have to be thrown away when it runs low: an anvil and some Cobblestone put it back, and every enchantment on it stays.
Two worn ones can also be merged on a grindstone. That is the cheaper route and it asks no levels, but it strips every enchantment off, so it suits a plain Stone Axe rather than one you have invested in.
The cheapest fix of all is Mending, which Stone Axe accepts. Experience you collect goes into the tool rather than your level bar, and it keeps itself topped up.
Overview
The Stone Axe is an upgrade from wood. It has 131 durability and deals 9 damage. Stone Axe uses a shaped recipe: the ingredients only work in the pattern shown.
The stone 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 1.16. Guides written before that release show a different set of ingredients for the stone axe, so check the grid above rather than the video.
The materials come together from a few sources: you will be working with cobblestone (mine stone) and stick (craft from planks).
The Full Stack Sum
Counted per stack: 64 cobblestones, 21 crafts, 21 stone axes. You supply 42 sticks to go with it. The box keeps 1 cobblestone.
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
- 131 blocks
- Attack damage
- 9
- Attacks per second
- 0.8
- Enchantability
- 5
| Block | Stone Axe | Bare hand | Drops |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oak Log | 0.75s | 3s | yes |
| Oak Planks | 0.75s | 3s | yes |
| Crafting Table | 0.95s | 3.75s | yes |
| Chest | 0.95s | 3.75s | yes |
| Bookshelf | 0.6s | 2.3s | yes |
| Pumpkin | 0.4s | 1.5s | yes |
Everything on this list drops for a stone axe, so the material buys speed and nothing else. Pumpkin is the quickest of them at 0.4s, which is 3.8 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
Gather 3x Cobblestone (mine stone) and 2x Stick (craft from planks), then take the lot to a Crafting Table.
The Full Chain
2 Planks makes 4 Stick, the one part of this you craft rather than gather. All in: 3 Cobblestone and 2 Planks.
- 1
- 2
Stone Axethis page
Gather this first
Step-by-Step Instructions
- 1
3x Cobblestone
- 2
2x Stick - 3
Stone Axe
Tips & Notes
- One craft costs 3x Cobblestone and 2x Stick. Start with the Cobblestone: mine stone.
Uses for Stone Axe
- Chopping wood faster
- Stripping logs
- Decent weapon
View detailed item stats, durability and properties for Stone Axe on the Astroworld Items Database.
Frequently Asked Questions
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What enchantments can you put on a Stone Axe?
Is the Stone Axe recipe the same in Java and Bedrock Edition?
What version of Minecraft added the Stone Axe?
Sources
- Grid, ingredients and yield
- 3 Cobblestones and 2 Sticks in, 1 Stone 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
- Compared release by release across 50 Java releases since 1.13; the last change to what it takes was in 1.16.
- 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 Stone Axe per craft against the stack size.
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