What is Golden Pickaxe in Minecraft?
A golden pickaxe is a mining tool in Minecraft made from gold. It is a tool of extremes. It is the fastest pickaxe in the game for mining stone and regular ores, even faster than netherite. However, it also has the lowest durability of any pickaxe and will break after only 33 uses. This makes it very impractical for general mining. Its one redeeming quality is its high enchantability, which means you are more likely to get powerful enchantments on it at an enchanting table for a low experience cost. It is a niche tool, mostly used for its speed in specific situations or for its enchanting properties.
How to get Golden Pickaxe in Minecraft
You can get a golden pickaxe by crafting it. The recipe requires three gold ingots and two sticks. On a crafting table, place the three gold ingots across the top row and the two sticks down the middle column below them. You can also find a golden pickaxe as loot. They have a chance to spawn in the chests of ruined portals and bastion remnants. Zombified piglins can also sometimes spawn holding a golden pickaxe, and they may drop it when defeated, although it will likely be very damaged. This is a common way to get one while farming for gold in the Nether.
How to use Golden Pickaxe in Minecraft
The main use for a golden pickaxe is to mine stone type blocks at an incredible speed. It cannot mine blocks that require a stronger pickaxe, like diamond or obsidian. Because it breaks so fast, it is not good for long mining trips. Its high enchantability makes it a good item to use on an enchanting table if you are looking for a specific enchantment. You can enchant the golden pickaxe to see what you get, and if it is a good enchantment like Efficiency V, you can use a grindstone to remove the enchantment and get some experience back. Or, you can combine it with a book on an anvil to transfer the enchantment.
How to craft Golden Pickaxe in Minecraft
Crafting Table
What can Golden Pickaxe make in Minecraft
Available Enchantments
Efficiency
Increases mining and digging speed
Fortune
Increases block drops from mining
Silk Touch
Mined blocks drop themselves instead of their usual drops
Unbreaking
Increases item durability
Mending
Repairs item using experience orbs
Curse of Vanishing
Item disappears when player dies
How to Enchant: Use an Enchanting Table, Anvil with Enchanted Books, or find enchanted items in loot chests. Higher levels require more experience and lapis lazuli.