How to Make a Diamond Pickaxe in Minecraft

Use this simple recipe to make a Diamond Pickaxe in Minecraft. You can see the exact ingredients, recipe layout, and workstation below.

Diamond Pickaxe recipe

Follow the recipe below. The pattern must use the correct slots when the recipe is shaped.

Crafting Table method

Place 3 Diamonds and 2 Sticks in a Crafting Table to make 1 Diamond Pickaxe.

Ingredients

Crafting notes

The 3 × 3 pattern needs the 3 × 3 grid of a crafting table. Ingredients must stay in the shown positions, and most patterns can also be mirrored.
Each craft uses 5 ingredient items and produces 1 Diamond Pickaxe. A full stack of 64 takes 64 crafts and 320 ingredient items in total.

Output: 1 Diamond Pickaxe

About this Minecraft recipe

A diamond pickaxe is needed to mine obsidian and ancient debris. It can later be upgraded to netherite at a smithing table without losing its enchantments.

This page shows the vanilla recipe for Diamond Pickaxe. It includes the exact ingredients, recipe layout, required workstation, and amount produced.

The data comes from Minecraft Java 26.3. Recipes can change in later game versions, so check the version you play before crafting.

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