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Wooden Axe

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Wooden Axe
Wooden Axe.png: Infobox image for Minecraft item 'Wooden Axe'
Enchanted Wooden Axe.gif: Infobox image for Minecraft item 'Wooden Axe'
Invicon Wooden Axe.png: Inventory sprite for Wooden Axe in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Wooden Axe When in Main Hand:  7 Attack Damage  0.8 Attack Speed
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A wooden axe is an early-game variant of axe that is crafted from planks. 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 seventh-highest tier of axe, having the lowest mining efficiency, the lowest attack damage alongside golden axes, and having the lowest attack speed alongside stone and copper axes. It can be used as fuel in a furnace, smoker, or blast furnace.

Obtaining

Crafting

Ingredients Crafting recipe
Any Planks +
Stick
Invicon Oak Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Oak Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Oak Planks with description: Oak PlanksInvicon Spruce Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Spruce Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Spruce Planks with description: Spruce PlanksInvicon Birch Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Birch Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Birch Planks with description: Birch PlanksInvicon Jungle Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Jungle Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Jungle Planks with description: Jungle PlanksInvicon Acacia Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Acacia Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Acacia Planks with description: Acacia PlanksInvicon Dark Oak Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Dark Oak Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Dark Oak Planks with description: Dark Oak PlanksInvicon Mangrove Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Mangrove Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Mangrove Planks with description: Mangrove PlanksInvicon Cherry Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Cherry Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Cherry Planks with description: Cherry PlanksInvicon Pale Oak Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Pale Oak Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Pale Oak Planks with description: Pale Oak PlanksInvicon Poplar Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Poplar Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Poplar Planks with description: Poplar PlanksInvicon Bamboo Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Bamboo Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Bamboo Planks with description: Bamboo PlanksInvicon Crimson Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Crimson Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Crimson Planks with description: Crimson PlanksInvicon Warped Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Warped Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Warped Planks with description: Warped PlanksInvicon Oak Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Oak Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Oak Planks with description: Oak PlanksInvicon Spruce Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Spruce Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Spruce Planks with description: Spruce PlanksInvicon Birch Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Birch Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Birch Planks with description: Birch PlanksInvicon Jungle Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Jungle Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Jungle Planks with description: Jungle PlanksInvicon Acacia Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Acacia Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Acacia Planks with description: Acacia PlanksInvicon Dark Oak Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Dark Oak Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Dark Oak Planks with description: Dark Oak PlanksInvicon Mangrove Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Mangrove Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Mangrove Planks with description: Mangrove PlanksInvicon Cherry Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Cherry Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Cherry Planks with description: Cherry PlanksInvicon Pale Oak Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Pale Oak Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Pale Oak Planks with description: Pale Oak PlanksInvicon Poplar Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Poplar Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Poplar Planks with description: Poplar PlanksInvicon Bamboo Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Bamboo Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Bamboo Planks with description: Bamboo PlanksInvicon Crimson Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Crimson Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Crimson Planks with description: Crimson PlanksInvicon Warped Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Warped Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Warped Planks with description: Warped PlanksInvicon Oak Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Oak Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Oak Planks with description: Oak PlanksInvicon Spruce Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Spruce Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Spruce Planks with description: Spruce PlanksInvicon Birch Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Birch Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Birch Planks with description: Birch PlanksInvicon Jungle Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Jungle Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Jungle Planks with description: Jungle PlanksInvicon Acacia Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Acacia Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Acacia Planks with description: Acacia PlanksInvicon Dark Oak Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Dark Oak Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Dark Oak Planks with description: Dark Oak PlanksInvicon Mangrove Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Mangrove Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Mangrove Planks with description: Mangrove PlanksInvicon Cherry Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Cherry Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Cherry Planks with description: Cherry PlanksInvicon Pale Oak Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Pale Oak Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Pale Oak Planks with description: Pale Oak PlanksInvicon Poplar Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Poplar Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Poplar Planks with description: Poplar PlanksInvicon Bamboo Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Bamboo Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Bamboo Planks with description: Bamboo PlanksInvicon Crimson Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Crimson Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Crimson Planks with description: Crimson PlanksInvicon Warped Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Warped Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Warped Planks with description: Warped PlanksInvicon 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 Wooden Axe.png: Inventory sprite for Wooden Axe in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Wooden Axe When in Main Hand:  7 Attack Damage  0.8 Attack Speed

Generated loot

Item Structure Container Quantity Chance
Java Edition and Bedrock Edition
Wooden Axe Bonus Chest Chest 1 75%
{ "item": "Wooden Axe", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.75, "structure": "Bonus Chest", "container": "Chest" }
Trial Chambers Entrance chest 1 55.1%
{ "item": "Wooden Axe", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.5508401920438958, "structure": "Trial Chambers", "container": "Entrance chest" }
Java Edition 26.3
Wooden Axe Abandoned Camp Barrel 1 33.3%
{ "item": "Wooden Axe", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.33333333333333337, "structure": "Abandoned Camp", "container": "Barrel" }
Bedrock Edition 26.50
Wooden Axe Abandoned Camp Barrel 1 33.6%
{ "item": "Wooden Axe", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.3358200203334857, "structure": "Abandoned Camp", "container": "Barrel" }

Usage

Breaking

Wooden axes can break wood-related blocks faster than other tools. Breaking a block costs 1 durability.[note 1]

  1. ↑ Blocks that break instantly don't use up durability.

Stripping

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

Scraping

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

Weapon

When used as a weapon, a wooden axe loses 2 durability points.

Java Edition

A wooden axe always disables a shield, although there should be a chance of it happening.[1] Damage done by a wooden axe is equivalent to that of a diamond sword, but it has a longer cooldown.

Bedrock Edition

Wooden axes attack instantly with no cooldown and do 1HP💔 less damage than a wooden sword.

Repairing

Combining
Ingredients Crafting recipe Description
Damaged Wooden Axe
Invicon Damaged Wooden Axe.png: Inventory sprite for Damaged Wooden Axe in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Wooden Axe When in Main Hand:  7 Attack Damage  0.8 Attack SpeedInvicon Damaged Wooden Axe.png: Inventory sprite for Damaged Wooden Axe in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Wooden Axe When in Main Hand:  7 Attack Damage  0.8 Attack Speed
Invicon Wooden Axe.png: Inventory sprite for Wooden Axe in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Wooden Axe When in Main Hand:  7 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 Wooden Axe
Invicon Damaged Wooden Axe.png: Inventory sprite for Damaged Wooden Axe in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Wooden Axe When in Main Hand:  7 Attack Damage  0.8 Attack SpeedInvicon Damaged Wooden Axe.png: Inventory sprite for Damaged Wooden Axe in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Wooden Axe When in Main Hand:  7 Attack Damage  0.8 Attack SpeedInvicon Wooden Axe.png: Inventory sprite for Wooden Axe in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Wooden Axe When in Main Hand:  7 Attack Damage  0.8 Attack Speed
 The durability of the two axes is added together, plus an extra 5% of durability.
Unit repair
Ingredients Anvil recipe
Damaged Wooden Axe +
Any Planks
Wooden AxeInvicon Damaged Wooden Axe.png: Inventory sprite for Damaged Wooden Axe in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Wooden Axe When in Main Hand:  7 Attack Damage  0.8 Attack SpeedInvicon Damaged Wooden Axe.png: Inventory sprite for Damaged Wooden Axe in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Wooden Axe When in Main Hand:  7 Attack Damage  0.8 Attack SpeedInvicon Oak Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Oak Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Oak Planks with description: Oak PlanksInvicon Spruce Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Spruce Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Spruce Planks with description: Spruce PlanksInvicon Birch Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Birch Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Birch Planks with description: Birch PlanksInvicon Jungle Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Jungle Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Jungle Planks with description: Jungle PlanksInvicon Acacia Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Acacia Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Acacia Planks with description: Acacia PlanksInvicon Dark Oak Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Dark Oak Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Dark Oak Planks with description: Dark Oak PlanksInvicon Mangrove Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Mangrove Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Mangrove Planks with description: Mangrove PlanksInvicon Cherry Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Cherry Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Cherry Planks with description: Cherry PlanksInvicon Pale Oak Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Pale Oak Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Pale Oak Planks with description: Pale Oak PlanksInvicon Poplar Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Poplar Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Poplar Planks with description: Poplar PlanksInvicon Bamboo Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Bamboo Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Bamboo Planks with description: Bamboo PlanksInvicon Crimson Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Crimson Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Crimson Planks with description: Crimson PlanksInvicon Warped Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Warped Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Warped Planks with description: Warped PlanksInvicon Wooden Axe.png: Inventory sprite for Wooden Axe in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Wooden Axe When in Main Hand:  7 Attack Damage  0.8 Attack Speed

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

Enchantments

A wooden 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
Cleaving​[upcoming: JE Combat Tests][note 2] Increases the damage and shield cooldown time dealt. III Enchanting Table
Anvil
Looting​[upcoming: JE Combat Tests][note 3] Increases the amount of drops when killing an entity with the axe. III Anvil 2
Knockback​[upcoming: JE Combat Tests][note 3] Increases the knockback dealt. II Anvil 5
Fire Aspect​[upcoming: JE Combat Tests][note 3] Ignites any targets hit by the axe and lights unlit candles, campfires, and Block of TNT when used. II Anvil 2
Sweeping Edge​[upcoming: JE Combat Tests][note 3] Increases the sweeping damage dealt. III Anvil 2
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 d Sharpness, Smite, Bane of Arthropods, and Cleaving​[upcoming: JE Combat Tests] are mutually exclusive.
  3. ↑ a b c d Fire Aspect, Looting, Knockback, and Sweeping Edge currently exist, but they can be used only for swords.

Fuel

Wooden axes can be used as fuel in a furnace, smelting one item per axe.

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 wooden-axe.png: Sprite image for wooden-axe in Minecraft Wooden Axewooden_axeItem item.minecraft.wooden_axe

Bedrock Edition:

NameIdentifierNumeric ID Form Translation key
ItemSprite wooden-axe.png: Sprite image for wooden-axe in Minecraft Wooden Axewooden_axe311Item item.wooden_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.

Videos

History

Java Edition

Java Edition Indev
0.3120100128-2200 Added wooden axes.
An axe held by the player is now rendered to appear more 3D.
Wooden axes cannot be crafted yet, but have been added to the item chest in the Indev house.
20100129-1447Wooden axes can now be crafted.
20100131-2156Wooden axes now have durability which is 33 points.
Java Edition Beta
1.2Wooden axes' durability has been increased from 33 to 59.
Java Edition
1.2.4releaseSpruce planks, birch planks, and jungle planks can now be used to craft wooden axes.
1.3.112w16aWooden axes are now found in the new bonus chests.
12w18aWooden axes can now be used as fuel in a furnace.
1.6.113w21aInstead of replacing the barehanded damage (1HP💔), wooden axes now add their damage onto the barehanded damage, which results in them doing 1HP💔 more damage than before.
1.7.21.7.1Acacia planks and dark oak planks can now be used to craft wooden axes.
1.915w34aAxes now use the attack speed combat mechanic meter. The time it takes for the meter to fill up for an axe is 1.2 seconds.
15w34bWooden axes now have an attack speed of 0.8, taking about 1.25 seconds to fill the attack meter.
15w34cWooden axes do 4HP❤️❤️ more damage than previously.
Wooden axes now have an attack speed of 0.85.
Wooden axes can now temporarily disable shield use.
15w35aThe damage of wooden axes has been reduced by 1HP💔.
The speed of wooden axes has been increased to 0.9.
15w37aWooden axes now have an attack speed of 0.8.
15w44aThe average yield of wooden axes from bonus chests has been decreased.
1.1318w07aUsing a wooden axe on a block of wood or log now turns it into a stripped block of wood or log.
pre2Using a wooden axe on a bark now turns it into a stripped bark.
1.13.118w30bThe durability of wooden axes has been decreased from 60 to 59 due to the fix of a bug.[2]
1.1418w43a The texture of wooden axes have been changed.
1.1620w06aCrimson planks and warped planks can now be used to craft wooden axes.
21w11aWooden axes can now be used to scrape wax and oxidation off copper blocks.
1.1922w11aMangrove planks can now be used to craft wooden axes.
1.19.3
Experiment
Update 1.20		22w42aBamboo planks can now be used to craft wooden axes.
Added block of bamboo, which when used with a wooden axe gives a block of stripped bamboo.
1.19.4
Experiment
Update 1.20		23w07aCherry planks can now be used to craft wooden axes.
Added cherry logs, which when used with an axe gives a stripped cherry log.
1.20.3
Experiment
Update 1.21		23w45aWooden axes can now be found in entrance chests in trial chambers.
1.21.2
Experiment
Winter Drop		24w40aPale oak planks can now be used to craft wooden axes.
Added pale oak logs, which when used with an axe gives a stripped pale oak log.
Upcoming Java Edition
26.3snap1Wooden axes can now generate as part of abandoned camps in barrels.
Java Edition Combat Tests
1.14.3The attack speed for wooden axes has been increased to 2.
Wooden axes now deal 1HP💔 more damage than their sword counterparts.
3The Chopping enchantment has been added for wooden axes, which adds 1 damage and 0.5 seconds (10 game ticks) of shield stunning per level and is mutually exclusive with Sharpness.
Wooden axes now always disable shields for 1.6 seconds (32 game ticks), instead of having a 25% to disable them for 5 seconds (100 game ticks).
Wooden axes now take 1 damage when attacking instead of 2.
The Sweeping Edge enchantment can now be applied to wooden axes.
4Knockback, Looting, and Fire Aspect enchantments can now be applied to wooden axes.

Bedrock Edition

Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.2.0 Added wooden axes. They actually function as tools despite being unobtainable by normal means.
v0.3.0Wooden axes can now be crafted with wooden planks and sticks.
v0.11.0build 1Wooden axes can now be used as fuel in a furnace.
build 11Wooden axes are now available in the creative inventory.
build 12Wooden axes have been removed from creative.
build 13Wooden axes have been re-added to creative mode.
v0.12.1build 1Instead of replacing the barehanded damage (1HP💔), wooden axes now add their damage onto the barehanded damage, which results in them doing 1HP💔 more damage than before.
Bedrock Edition
1.2.0beta 1.2.0.2Wooden axes can now be found in bonus chests.
1.2.13beta 1.2.13.8Using a wooden axe on a log now turns it into a stripped log.
1.10.0beta 1.10.0.3 The texture of wooden axes has been changed.
1.16.220beta 1.16.220.52Wooden axes can now be used to scrape wax off copper blocks.
1.18.30Preview 1.18.30.27Wooden axes can now temporarily disable shield use. This is not mentioned in the official changelog.[3]
1.20.60
Experiment
Update 1.21		Preview 1.20.60.20Wooden axes can now be found in entrance chests in trial chambers.
26.40
Experiment
Drop 3 of 2026		Preview 26.40.27Wooden axes can now generate as part of abandoned camps in barrels.
Upcoming Bedrock Edition
26.50Preview 26.50.22All features from the "Drop 3 of 2026" experiment have been fully implemented.

Legacy Console Edition

Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360Xbox OnePS3PS4PS VitaWii USwitch
TU1CU11.001.001.00Patch 11.0.1 Added wooden axes.
TU19CU71.121.121.12Instead of replacing the barehanded damage (1HP💔), wooden axes 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 wooden axes is now shown above the hotbar when switching to it if the item has less than 3 enchantments.
TU69 1.761.761.76Patch 38 Using a wooden axe on a log now turns it into a stripped log.
1.90 The texture of wooden axes have been changed.

New Nintendo 3DS Edition

New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0 Added wooden axes.

Data history

Java Edition
1.1317w47aPrior to The Flattening, this item's numeral ID was ​[more information needed].

Issues

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

References

  1. ↑ MC-197537
  2. ↑ MC-120664 – Tool durability is off by one – resolved as "Fixed".
  3. ↑ "We missed a change in recent changelogs for the Bedrock beta that you may like - we have now made a parity fix that makes shields get disabled for 5 seconds when attacked by an Axe-wielding mob or player. We will make sure to list this properly in the next beta :)" – @kingbdogz on X (formerly Twitter), March 17, 2022

Sources