Stone Axe

Tool uses and durability

The axe has 131 durability. Its tool component lists speed 4 for axe-mineable blocks; breaking blocks generally costs one durability, while instantly broken blocks do not. Using it on a log, wood block, or bamboo block strips it for one durability. On waxed copper it removes wax; otherwise it removes one oxidation stage, also costing one durability. It can be crafted from a stick and any stone-tier block, including cobblestone, cobbled deepslate, or blackstone.

Java combat

The component lists an attack-damage modifier of +8; combined with the player’s base unarmed damage, the reference gives 9 health points per hit. Its attack-speed modifier is -3.2, corresponding in the reference to about 1.25 seconds to recover between fully charged attacks. The reference describes its per-hit damage as higher than a same-tier sword’s and its DPS as lower; this comparison is limited to the stated Java mechanics. Attacking a shield user with an axe disables shield use for five seconds. Each weapon attack consumes two durability.

Repair and enchantments

An anvil repair with cobblestone, cobbled deepslate, or blackstone restores 25% of maximum durability rounded down: 32 durability when repairing a 131-durability axe. Repairs preserve enchantments. Two axes can also be combined for their remaining durability plus 5%. Efficiency improves mining speed; Unbreaking and Mending can reduce the burden of wear. Fortune and Silk Touch are mutually exclusive. Sharpness, Smite, and Bane of Arthropods are mutually exclusive in the listed Java rules.

Java enchantment limits

Do not treat Cleaving as an ordinary Java axe upgrade: the reference marks it as a combat-test entry. The reference also identifies Fire Aspect, Looting, Knockback, and Sweeping Edge as currently sword-only, rather than standard Java axe options.

Limitations and tradeoffs

• Java attacks deal high damage per hit but have about 1.25 seconds of recovery between fully charged attacks.
• Weapon attacks consume two durability each, compared with one for the listed tool actions.
• The speed 4 tool rule applies to axe-mineable blocks; it does not establish a speed comparison for every wood-related block.