This Minecraft tutorial explains how to craft an enchanted netherite axe with screenshots and step-by-step instructions.
In Minecraft, an enchanted netherite axe is one of the many tools that you can make. Enchantments can be added to items using an enchanting table, anvil, or game command.
Let's explore how to make an enchanted netherite axe using an enchanting table.
Supported Platforms
An enchanted netherite axe is available in the following versions of Minecraft:
| Platform | Supported (Version*) |
|---|---|
 Java Edition (PC/Mac) | Yes (1.16) |
 Pocket Edition (PE) | No |
 Xbox 360 | No |
 Xbox One | No |
 PS3 | No |
 PS4 | No |
 Wii U | No |
 Nintendo Switch | No |
 Windows 10 Edition | No |
 Education Edition | No |
* The version that it was added or removed, if applicable.
NOTE: Pocket Edition (PE), Xbox One, PS4, Nintendo Switch, and Windows 10 Edition are now called Bedrock Edition. We will continue to show them individually for version history.
Required Materials to make an Enchanted Netherite Axe
In Minecraft, these are the materials you can use to craft an enchanted netherite axe:
Enchantments for Netherite Axe
In Minecraft, you can enchant a netherite axe with the following enchantments:
| Enchantment | Description |
|---|---|
| Bane of Arthropods | Increases attack damage against arthropods |
| Curse of Vanishing | Cursed item will disappear after player dies |
| Efficiency | Increases how fast you can mine |
| Fortune | Increases block drops from mining |
| Mending | Uses xp to mend your tools, weapons and armor |
| Sharpness | Increases attack damage dealt to mobs |
| Silk Touch | Mines blocks themselves (fragile items) |
| Smite | Increases attack damage against undead mobs |
| Unbreaking | Increases durability of item, in effect, by decreasing the chance of the tool, weapon, or armor taking durability damage when used |
Definitions
- Enchantment is what the enchantment is called.
- Description is the description of what the enchantment does.
See a complete list of Minecraft Enchantments that is interactive and searchable.
Steps to Enchant the Netherite Axe
1. Open the Enchanting Table
First, open your enchanting table so that you have the Enchant menu that looks like this:
2. Enchant the Netherite Axe
In the Enchant menu, place the netherite axe in the first box. Then place 3 lapis lazuli in the second box.
TIP: In Creative mode, you do not need to place the lapis lazuli in the second box.
Once you have placed your netherite axe and lapis lazuli in the two boxes, you will see the enchantment slots display up to 3 enchantment options. Each enchantment will display a number on the right which is the number of experience levels that you must have to unlock and view the enchantment (this is not the cost of applying the enchantment).
In this example, the first enchantment is unlocked if you have 6 experience levels, the second one is unlocked if you have 16 experience levels, and for the third enchantment you need 30 experience levels to unlock it.
The higher the experience points required to unlock the enchantment, the better the enchantment. If you don't have enough levels, you can always earn more experience points by killing mobs or using the /xp command.
TIP: If you hover over the slot, you will see the name of the enchantment and the cost.
When you hover over the third enchantment, it says Efficiency IV and the cost of the enchantment is 3 lapis lazuli and 3 enchantment levels (ie: 3 levels on your experience bar). Efficiency IV is one of the 3 enchantments that you can select from the enchanting table.
Select the enchantment that you wish to apply to the netherite axe.
Once you have selected an enchantment, your lapis lazuli and experience points will be spent and the netherite axe will glow purple. You can hover over the enchanted netherite axe to see its new powers.
TIP: Quite often the enchanting table will add more than just the one enchantment originally selected. So you might end up with an item that is enchanted with 2 or 3 enchantments (or maybe even 4 enchantments)!
The netherite axe is now an enchanted netherite axe and you can move it back into your inventory.
Congratulations, you have made an enchanted netherite axe in Minecraft!
Attack Damage and Durability
Attack damage is the amount of damage the item will deal when attacking a mob.
Durability represents how long the item will last. For tools, weapons and transportation, durability is the number of useful actions before the item is destroyed. For armor items, durability is the number of hits (that can be blocked by armor) before the item is destroyed. So the higher the durability number, the longer the item will last.
The following table shows the attack damage and durability for each axe in Minecraft:
| Item | Name | Attack Damage | Durability |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Netherite Axe | 10 | 2031 |
 | Diamond Axe | 6 | 1561 |
 | Iron Axe | 5 | 250 |
 | Stone Axe | 4 | 131 |
 | Wooden Axe | 3 | 59 |
 | Golden Axe | 3 | 32 |
