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Copper Axe

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Copper Axe
Copper Axe.png: Infobox image for Minecraft item 'Copper Axe'
Enchanted Copper Axe.webp: Infobox image for Minecraft item 'Copper Axe'
Invicon Copper Axe.png: Inventory sprite for Copper Axe in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Copper Axe When in Main Hand:  9 Attack Damage  0.8 Attack Speed
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A copper axe is a variant of axe crafted from copper ingots. It can be used to cut down trees faster, to strip logs and scrape copper-based blocks, and as a melee weapon that disables shields. It is the fourth-highest tier of axe, having higher mining efficiency, durability, and enchantability than a stone axe.

Obtaining

Crafting

Ingredients Crafting recipe
Copper Ingot +
Stick
Invicon Copper Ingot.png: Inventory sprite for Copper Ingot in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Copper Ingot with description: Copper IngotInvicon Copper Ingot.png: Inventory sprite for Copper Ingot in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Copper Ingot with description: Copper IngotInvicon Copper Ingot.png: Inventory sprite for Copper Ingot in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Copper Ingot with description: Copper IngotInvicon Stick.png: Inventory sprite for Stick in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Stick with description: StickInvicon Stick.png: Inventory sprite for Stick in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Stick with description: Stick
Invicon Copper Axe.png: Inventory sprite for Copper Axe in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Copper Axe When in Main Hand:  9 Attack Damage  0.8 Attack Speed

Generated loot

This section describes content that is currently in development.
 
This content has appeared in development versions for Third Drop 2026, but the full update adding it has not been released yet.
Item Structure Container Quantity Chance
Java Edition 26.3
Copper Axe Abandoned Camp Common chest 1 19%
{ "item": "Copper Axe", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.18999999999999995, "structure": "Abandoned Camp", "container": "Common chest" }
Bedrock Edition 26.50
Copper Axe Abandoned Camp Common chest 1 19%
{ "item": "Copper Axe", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.18999999999999995, "structure": "Abandoned Camp", "container": "Common chest" }

Usage

Breaking

Copper axes can break wood-related blocks faster than other tools. Breaking a block costs 1 durability. Blocks that break instantly don't use up durability.

Stripping

Using a copper axe on a log, wood block, or block of bamboo turns it into a stripped log, stripped wood, or block of stripped bamboo, respectively. This uses 1 point of the axe's durability.

Scraping

Using a copper axe on a waxed or oxidized copper block removes the wax if it has any, or otherwise removed a level of oxidization. This uses 1 point of durability.

Weapon

Java Edition

Attacking a shield user with an axe disables the use of the shield for 5 seconds. Vindicators, piglin brutes, or other mobs with commands always disable the player's shield. Damage done when using an axe as a weapon is more than that of a sword of the same tier, though they take longer than a sword to recover, resulting in lower DPS.

Attack damage Attack speed Recovery time DPS Lifetime damage inflicted[note 1]
9HP❤️❤️❤️❤️💔 0.8 1.25 seconds (25 game ticks) 7.2 855HP❤️ × 427.5
  1. ↑ The formula to find the total lifetime damage is ceil(durability ÷ 2) × damage per hit. The durability is halved then ceiled because axes take double durability when used as a weapon, and the last 1 durability can also deal damage. The formula also ignores enchantments and critical hits, and assumes each attack is performed at maximum charge.
Bedrock Edition

Copper axes attack instantly with no cooldown and deal 5HP❤️❤️💔 damage.

Repairing

Combining
Ingredients Crafting recipe Description
Damaged Copper Axe
Invicon Damaged Copper Axe.png: Inventory sprite for Damaged Copper Axe in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Copper Axe When in Main Hand:  9 Attack Damage  0.8 Attack SpeedInvicon Damaged Copper Axe.png: Inventory sprite for Damaged Copper Axe in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Copper Axe When in Main Hand:  9 Attack Damage  0.8 Attack Speed
Invicon Copper Axe.png: Inventory sprite for Copper Axe in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Copper Axe When in Main Hand:  9 Attack Damage  0.8 Attack Speed
 The durability of the two axes is added together, plus an extra 5% of durability
Ingredients Grinding recipe Description
2× Damaged Copper Axe
Invicon Damaged Copper Axe.png: Inventory sprite for Damaged Copper Axe in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Copper Axe When in Main Hand:  9 Attack Damage  0.8 Attack SpeedInvicon Damaged Copper Axe.png: Inventory sprite for Damaged Copper Axe in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Copper Axe When in Main Hand:  9 Attack Damage  0.8 Attack SpeedInvicon Copper Axe.png: Inventory sprite for Copper Axe in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Copper Axe When in Main Hand:  9 Attack Damage  0.8 Attack Speed
 The durability of the two axes is added together, plus an extra 5% of durability.
Anvil repair
Ingredients Anvil recipe
Damaged Copper Axe +
Copper Ingot
Copper AxeInvicon Damaged Copper Axe.png: Inventory sprite for Damaged Copper Axe in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Copper Axe When in Main Hand:  9 Attack Damage  0.8 Attack SpeedInvicon Damaged Copper Axe.png: Inventory sprite for Damaged Copper Axe in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Copper Axe When in Main Hand:  9 Attack Damage  0.8 Attack SpeedInvicon Copper Ingot.png: Inventory sprite for Copper Ingot in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Copper Ingot with description: Copper IngotInvicon Copper Axe.png: Inventory sprite for Copper Axe in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Copper Axe When in Main Hand:  9 Attack Damage  0.8 Attack Speed

A copper axe can be repaired in an anvil by adding copper ingot, with each ingot restoring 25% of the axe's maximum durability, rounded down. Two copper axes can also be combined in an anvil. Both methods preserve the axe's enchantments.

Enchantments

A copper axe can receive the following enchantments:

Name Description Max Level Method Weight
Efficiency Increases the mining speed. V Enchanting Table
Anvil 		10
Fortune[note 1] Increases the amount of drops when mining. III Enchanting Table
Anvil 		2
Silk Touch[note 1] Causes blocks to drop themselves when mined. I Enchanting Table
Anvil 		1
Sharpness[note 2] Increases the damage dealt. V Enchanting Table‌[BE only]
Anvil 		10
Smite[note 2] Increases the damage dealt to undead. V Enchanting Table‌[BE only]
Anvil 		5
Bane of Arthropods[note 2] Increases the damage dealt to arthropods. V Enchanting Table‌[BE only]
Anvil 		5
Unbreaking Grants a chance to negate durability consumption. III Enchanting Table
Anvil 		5
Mending Repairs the axe when obtaining experience. I Anvil 2
Curse of Vanishing The axe vanishes on death, not dropping as an item. I Anvil 1
  1. ↑ a b Silk Touch and Fortune are mutually exclusive
  2. ↑ a b c Sharpness, Smite, and Bane of Arthropods are mutually exclusive.

Smelting ingredient

Name Ingredients Smelting recipe
Copper Nugget Copper Axe +
Any fuel
Invicon Copper Axe.png: Inventory sprite for Copper Axe in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Copper Axe When in Main Hand:  9 Attack Damage  0.8 Attack Speed
Invicon Coal.png: Inventory sprite for Coal in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Coal with description: CoalInvicon Charcoal.png: Inventory sprite for Charcoal in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Charcoal with description: CharcoalInvicon Oak Log.png: Inventory sprite for Oak Log in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Oak Log with description: LogInvicon Oak Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Oak Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Oak Planks with description: Overworld PlanksInvicon Lava Bucket.png: Inventory sprite for Lava Bucket in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Lava Bucket with description: Lava BucketInvicon Block of Coal.png: Inventory sprite for Block of Coal in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Block of Coal with description: Block of Coal
Invicon Copper Nugget.png: Inventory sprite for Copper Nugget in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Copper Nugget with description: Copper Nugget

Sounds

Java Edition:

Sounds
SoundClosed captionsSourceDescriptionIdentifierTranslation keyVolumePitchAttenuation
distance
​Axe stripsBlocksWhen an axe strips a log or wood blockitem.axe.stripsubtitles.item.axe.strip​0.91.0/0.8516
​Wax offBlocksWhen an axe unwaxes a block of copperitem.axe.wax_offsubtitles.item.axe.wax_off​1.00.9/1.1/1.016
​Axe scrapesBlocksWhen an axe deoxidizes a block of copperitem.axe.scrapesubtitles.item.axe.scrape​1.01.0/0.9/1.116
​Item breaksPlayersWhen an axe's durability is exhaustedentity.item.breaksubtitles.entity.item.break​0.80.8–1.216

Bedrock Edition:

Sounds
SoundClosed captionsSourceDescriptionIdentifierTranslation keyVolumePitch
​Axe stripsBlocksWhen an axe strips a log or wood block [sound 1]use.woodsubtitles.item.axe.strip​1.00.8
​Block placedBlocksWhen an axe strips a stem or hyphae block [sound 1]use.stemsubtitles.block.generic.place​1.00.8
​FootstepsPlayersWhen an axe strips a block of bamboo [sound 1]step.bamboo_woodsubtitles.block.generic.footsteps​1.00.8
​FootstepsPlayersWhen an axe strips a cherry log or cherry wood block [sound 1]step.cherry_woodsubtitles.block.generic.footsteps​1.00.8
​Wax offFriendly MobsWhen an axe unwaxes a copper blocks and copper golem ​[more information needed]copper.wax.offsubtitles.item.axe.wax_off​1.00.8–1.2
​Axe scrapesFriendly MobsWhen an axe deoxidizes a copper blocks and copper golemscrapesubtitles.item.axe.scrape​1.00.8–1.2
​Item breaksPlayersWhen an axe's durability is exhaustedrandom.breaksubtitles.entity.item.break​1.00.9
  1. ↑ a b c d MCPE-189879

Data values

ID

Java Edition

NameIdentifierForm Translation key
ItemSprite copper-axe.png: Sprite image for copper-axe in Minecraft Copper Axecopper_axeItem item.minecraft.copper_axe

Bedrock Edition

NameIdentifierNumeric ID Form Translation key
ItemSprite copper-axe.png: Sprite image for copper-axe in Minecraft Copper Axecopper_axe772Item item.copper_axe.name

Achievements

IconAchievementIn-game descriptionActual requirements (if different)Gamerscore earnedTrophy type (PS)
PS4Other
MOAR ToolsConstruct one type of each tool.Construct one pickaxe, one shovel, one axe, and one hoe with the same material.15Bronze

Advancements

IconAdvancementIn-game descriptionActual requirements (if different)
Wax OffScrape Wax off of a Copper block!Use an axe to revert any of these 15 waxed variants of copper blocks:
The block can be in any of its four oxidation stages.

History

Java Edition

Java Edition
1.21.925w31a Added copper axes.
Upcoming Java Edition
26.3snap1Copper axes can now generate as part of abandoned camps in chests.

Bedrock Edition

Bedrock Edition
1.21.100
Experiment
Drop 3 2025		Preview 1.21.100.23 Added copper axes.
1.21.111Preview 1.21.110.20Copper axes from the "Drop 3 of 2025" experiment have now been fully implemented.
26.40
Experiment
Drop 3 of 2026		Preview 26.40.27Copper axes can now generate as part of abandoned camps in chests.
Upcoming Bedrock Edition
26.50Preview 26.50.22All features from the "Drop 3 of 2026" experiment have now been fully implemented.

Issues

Issues relating to "Copper Axe" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

In other media

  • Sunny holding a copper axe.
    Sunny holding a copper axe.

Sources