How to Make Iron Axe in Minecraft

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Top row: Iron Ingot, Iron Ingot. Middle row: Iron Ingot, Stick. Bottom row: empty, Stick. A left-to-right mirror of this also works.

What you need

• Iron Ingot×3
• Stick×2

Worth knowing

• 250 uses. Axes hit harder than swords of the same tier but swing more slowly.
• Hitting a blocking player with any axe disables their shield for five seconds, which is why axes are common in PvP.
• Three iron ingots and two sticks, and the layout may be mirrored in Java.
• The shape matters but its position does not — this works in any corner of the grid, as long as the arrangement is the same.

Where to get the ingredients

Sticks is crafted too — here is how.

How to make Sticks

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Tools wear out, so keep the materials for a replacement on you before heading underground. Practise the grids in Craft Master. Icons from Saturation++ (Apache-2.0).