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Diamond Pickaxe

A diamond pickaxe is a variant of pickaxe that is crafted from diamonds. It is the second-highest tier of pickaxe, having higher mining efficiency, durability, and attack damage than an iron pickaxe. It has a mining level of 3, allowing it to mine obsidian and ancient debris. It can be upgraded into a netherite pickaxe using a netherite ingot and netherite upgrade at a smithing table.

A diamond pickaxe is used to break stone and metal-based materials faster. Breaking a block with a diamond pickaxe consumes one durability point. No durability is consumed for blocks that have a hardness value of 0, such as torches and flowers.

Diamond pickaxes have a mining level of 3. A diamond pickaxe or better is required to mine the following blocks:

Source: Minecraft Wiki cacheUpdated: 2026-06-28 Open Original

Local game data

Diamond Pickaxe

Java 1.21.4
Typeitem
Stack1
Durability1561
Sections6
Canonical IDitem:diamond_pickaxe
Minecraft IDminecraft:diamond_pickaxe
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Crafting Recipe

Diamond icon
Diamond icon
Diamond icon
Stick icon
Stick icon
Diamond Pickaxe icon
ADiamondBStick

Local Data Properties

displayNameDiamond Pickaxe
namediamond_pickaxe
id871
stackSize1
maxDurability1561
repairWithdiamond
enchantCategoriesmining, mining_loot, durability, vanishing