Wooden Pickaxe Recipe
How to Craft Wooden Pickaxe
The wooden pickaxe is the most basic mining tool, capable of mining stone and coal.
Crafting
Step-by-step Instructions
- Open a Crafting Table to access the 3×3 grid.
- Place ingredients exactly as shown in the grid (shape matters unless marked shapeless) then move the resulting Wooden Pickaxe to your inventory.
- Use, place, or craft further with your new item.
Ingredients Needed
- 3x Oak Planks
- 2x Stick
Ingredient Tips
Oak Planks: Crafted from any logs in a 2×2; great starter material found in all forest biomes.
Stick: Craft from two planks stacked; also drops from leaf decay.
Technical Stats
- Stack Size: 1
- Renewable: Yes
Variants & Interactions
Key Interactions:
- Cannot mine iron ore or higher-tier blocks; upgrade quickly
- Can be used as low-value furnace fuel
Uses for Wooden Pickaxe
- Mining stone, coal, and other basic blocks
- First tool typically crafted in a new world
- Can be used as fuel in a furnace
Additional Uses
- Early cave scouting
- Craft-and-upgrade to stone tools
Fun Fact
Despite being made of wood, a wooden pickaxe can break stone - something that doesn't make much sense in reality but is essential for Minecraft progression!
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