Axes are one of the simple early game tools that you will want to create very early in your Minecraft game. They are very useful for chopping down trees, but they also do more damage to zombies than a basic sword! So we will guide you step by step in this tutorial on how to make an ax in Minecraft.
How to make an ax
Time required: 5 minutes.
To craft an ax in Minecraft, we'll just need to gather wood, craft boards, craft sticks, and then put it all together! We'll show you exactly how to do that in the steps below.
Assuming we don't have an ax at this point, we're going to have to hit a tree! Climb on any old tree and start hitting the trunk. Once you hit enough, you'll get a Wood Log. Get at least three of these!
Open your inventory and place the wood logs in the crafting area. Each log will create four planks and we will need nine in total.
Take four of your blueprints and fill the crafting space in your inventory. This will give us a crafting table!
Now we go to two sticks. Place two wooden planks in your crafting table or crafting area in your inventory. Stack the planks on top of each other to get four sticks!
We have all the ingredients we need, so we just need to put it all together. If you haven't already, place your crafting table somewhere on the ground. Open it up and place two sticks starting from the bottom to the middle. Next, take three wooden planks and place them as shown in the following image.
That's all you need to know to make a basic wooden axe! You can make higher quality versions with the same recipe by replacing wooden planks with cobblestones, iron bars, and even diamonds once you find some!
