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Golden Pickaxe

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Golden Pickaxe
Golden Pickaxe.png: Infobox image for Minecraft item 'Golden Pickaxe'
Enchanted Golden Pickaxe.gif: Infobox image for Minecraft item 'Golden Pickaxe'
Invicon Golden Pickaxe.png: Inventory sprite for Golden Pickaxe in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Golden Pickaxe When in Main Hand:  2 Attack Damage  1.2 Attack Speed
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A golden pickaxe is a variant of pickaxe that is crafted from gold ingots. It is the sixth-highest tier of pickaxe, having the lowest durability, and having the lowest attack damage alongside wooden pickaxes, despite having the highest mining efficiency. It has a mining level of 0, the same as a wooden pickaxe, allowing it to mine stone and coal ore. It can be admired by piglins, and has the highest enchantability.

Obtaining

Crafting

Ingredients Crafting recipe
Gold Ingot +
Stick
Invicon Gold Ingot.png: Inventory sprite for Gold Ingot in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Gold Ingot with description: Gold IngotInvicon Gold Ingot.png: Inventory sprite for Gold Ingot in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Gold Ingot with description: Gold IngotInvicon Gold Ingot.png: Inventory sprite for Gold Ingot in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Gold Ingot with description: Gold 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 Golden Pickaxe.png: Inventory sprite for Golden Pickaxe in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Golden Pickaxe When in Main Hand:  2 Attack Damage  1.2 Attack Speed

Generated loot

Item Structure Container Quantity Chance
Java Edition
Enchanted Golden Pickaxe[A] Ruined Portal Chest 1 20.5%
{ "item": "Enchanted Golden Pickaxe", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.20469270240551518, "structure": "Ruined Portal", "container": "Chest" }
Damaged Golden Pickaxe[B] Trial Chambers Intersection barrel 1 22.3%
{ "item": "Damaged Golden Pickaxe", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.22342803610021233, "structure": "Trial Chambers", "container": "Intersection barrel" }
Bedrock Edition
Enchanted Golden Pickaxe[A] Ruined Portal Chest 1 20.5%
{ "item": "Enchanted Golden Pickaxe", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.20469270240551518, "structure": "Ruined Portal", "container": "Chest" }
Damaged Golden Pickaxe[B] Trial Chambers Intersection barrel 1 22.3%
{ "item": "Damaged Golden Pickaxe", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.22342803610021233, "structure": "Trial Chambers", "container": "Intersection barrel" }
  1. ↑ a b All enchantments are equally probable, including treasure enchantments (except Soul Speed, Swift Sneak, and Wind Burst), and any level of the enchantment is equally probable.
  2. ↑ a b The item has between 15% and 80% of its total durability.

Usage

Mining

A golden pickaxe is used to break stone and metal-based materials faster. Breaking a block with a golden pickaxe consumes one use (one durability point). No durability is consumed for blocks that have a hardness value of 0, such as torches and flowers.

Weapon

Java Edition

All pickaxes have an attack speed modifier of -2.8, meaning they take about 0.85 seconds to recover. Golden pickaxes do 2HP❤️ damage per attack, or 2.4 damage per second, the same as a wooden pickaxe.

Bedrock Edition

All pickaxes attack instantly, with golden pickaxes doing 3HP❤️💔 damage per attack, the same as a wooden pickaxe.

Repairing

Combining
Ingredients Crafting recipe Description
Damaged Golden Pickaxe
Invicon Damaged Golden Pickaxe.png: Inventory sprite for Damaged Golden Pickaxe in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Golden Pickaxe When in Main Hand:  2 Attack Damage  1.2 Attack SpeedInvicon Damaged Golden Pickaxe.png: Inventory sprite for Damaged Golden Pickaxe in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Golden Pickaxe When in Main Hand:  2 Attack Damage  1.2 Attack Speed
Invicon Golden Pickaxe.png: Inventory sprite for Golden Pickaxe in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Golden Pickaxe When in Main Hand:  2 Attack Damage  1.2 Attack Speed
 The durability of the two pickaxes is added together, plus an extra 5% of durability.
Ingredients Grinding recipe Description
2x Damaged Golden Pickaxe
Invicon Damaged Golden Pickaxe.png: Inventory sprite for Damaged Golden Pickaxe in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Golden Pickaxe When in Main Hand:  2 Attack Damage  1.2 Attack SpeedInvicon Damaged Golden Pickaxe.png: Inventory sprite for Damaged Golden Pickaxe in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Golden Pickaxe When in Main Hand:  2 Attack Damage  1.2 Attack SpeedInvicon Golden Pickaxe.png: Inventory sprite for Golden Pickaxe in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Golden Pickaxe When in Main Hand:  2 Attack Damage  1.2 Attack Speed
 The durability of the two pickaxes is added together, plus an extra 5% of durability.
Anvil repair
Ingredients Anvil recipe
Damaged Golden Pickaxe +
Gold Ingot
Golden PickaxeInvicon Damaged Golden Pickaxe.png: Inventory sprite for Damaged Golden Pickaxe in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Golden Pickaxe When in Main Hand:  2 Attack Damage  1.2 Attack SpeedInvicon Damaged Golden Pickaxe.png: Inventory sprite for Damaged Golden Pickaxe in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Golden Pickaxe When in Main Hand:  2 Attack Damage  1.2 Attack SpeedInvicon Gold Ingot.png: Inventory sprite for Gold Ingot in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Gold Ingot with description: Gold IngotInvicon Golden Pickaxe.png: Inventory sprite for Golden Pickaxe in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Golden Pickaxe When in Main Hand:  2 Attack Damage  1.2 Attack Speed

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

Enchantments

A golden pickaxe 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
Unbreaking Grants a chance to negate durability consumption. III Enchanting Table
Anvil 		5
Mending Repairs the pickaxe when obtaining experience. I Anvil 2
Curse of Vanishing The pickaxe vanishes on death, not dropping as an item. I Anvil 1
  1. ↑ a b Silk Touch and Fortune are mutually exclusive

Smelting ingredient

Name Ingredients Smelting recipe
Gold Nugget Golden Pickaxe +
Any fuel
Invicon Golden Pickaxe.png: Inventory sprite for Golden Pickaxe in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Golden Pickaxe When in Main Hand:  2 Attack Damage  1.2 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 Gold Nugget.png: Inventory sprite for Gold Nugget in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Gold Nugget with description: Gold Nugget0.1

Piglins

Piglins are attracted to golden pickaxes. They run toward any golden pickaxes on the ground and inspect them for 6 to 8 seconds before putting them in their inventory.

Sounds

Java Edition:

Sounds
SoundClosed captionsSourceDescriptionIdentifierTranslation keyVolumePitchAttenuation
distance
​Item breaksPlayersWhen a pickaxe's durability is exhaustedentity.item.breaksubtitles.entity.item.break​0.80.8–1.216

Bedrock Edition:

Sounds
SoundClosed captionsSourceDescriptionIdentifierTranslation keyVolumePitch
​Item breaksPlayersWhen a pickaxe's durability is exhaustedrandom.breaksubtitles.entity.item.break​1.00.9

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

NameIdentifierForm Translation key
ItemSprite golden-pickaxe.png: Sprite image for golden-pickaxe in Minecraft Golden Pickaxegolden_pickaxeItem item.minecraft.golden_pickaxe

Bedrock Edition:

NameIdentifierNumeric ID Form Translation key
ItemSprite golden-pickaxe.png: Sprite image for golden-pickaxe in Minecraft Golden Pickaxegolden_pickaxe324Item item.golden_pickaxe.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
Oooh, shiny!Distract a Piglin using goldGive a piglin a gold item​[more information needed] while it is aggressive toward the player.30Silver

Advancements

IconAdvancementIn-game descriptionActual requirements (if different)
Oh ShinyDistract Piglins with gold The player must not be wearing any golden armor when the piglin accepts or picks up the item.

Videos

History

Java Edition

Java Edition Indev
0.3120100130 Added golden pickaxes.
20100131-2156Golden pickaxes now have durability which is 33.
20100206-2034 The texture of golden pickaxes has been changed.
Java Edition Beta
1.2Golden pickaxes now mine certain materials much faster.
Java Edition
1.6.113w21aInstead of replacing the barehanded damage (1HP💔), golden pickaxes now add their damage onto the barehanded damage, which results in them doing 1HP💔 more damage than before.
1.11.116w50aGolden pickaxes can now be smelted down into one gold nugget.
1.13.118w30bThe durability of golden pickaxes has been reduced from 33 to 32 due to the fix of a bug.[1]
1.1418w43a The textures of all pickaxes have been changed.
1.1620w09a The texture of golden pickaxes has been changed.
20w16aGolden pickaxes now generate randomly enchanted in ruined portal chests.
1.20.3
Experiment
Update 1.21		23w45aDamaged golden pickaxes can now be found in trial chambers intersection barrels.

Bedrock Edition

Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.2.0 Added golden pickaxes. They actually function as tools despite being unobtainable by normal means.
v0.3.2Golden pickaxes can now be crafted with gold ingots and sticks.
Pocket Edition
1.1.0alpha 1.1.0.0Golden pickaxes are now smeltable.
Bedrock Edition
1.10.0beta 1.10.0.3 The textures of all pickaxes have been changed.
1.16.0beta 1.16.0.51 The texture of golden pickaxes has been changed.
beta 1.16.0.57Golden pickaxes now generate randomly enchanted in ruined portal chests.
1.20.60
Experiment
Update 1.21		Preview 1.20.60.20Damaged golden pickaxes can now be found in trial chambers intersection barrels.

Legacy Console Edition

Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360Xbox OnePS3PS4PS VitaWii USwitch
TU1CU11.001.001.00Patch 11.0.1Added pickaxes, including the golden variant.
TU19CU71.121.121.12Instead of replacing the barehanded damage (1HP💔), golden pickaxes now add their damage onto the barehanded damage, which results in them doing 1HP💔 more damage than before.
TU36CU251.281.281.28Patch 7The attack damage of golden pickaxes is now shown above the hotbar when switching to it if the item has less than 3 enchantments.
TU53CU431.491.501.49Patch 231.0.3Golden pickaxes are now smeltable.
1.90 The textures of all pickaxes have been changed.

New Nintendo 3DS Edition

New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0 Added pickaxes, including the golden variant.

Data history

Java Edition
1.1317w47aPrior to The Flattening, this item's numeral ID was 285.

Issues

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

In other media

References

  1. ↑ MC-120664 – Tool durability is off by one – resolved as "Fixed".

Sources