109 Best Minecraft Tool Names (Curated & Ranked) + Generator

Young boy playing Minecraft on a PC

Minecraft has grown from a small game created in six days[1] to one of the most popular games worldwide, with over 100 million active players.[2]

Tools allow Minecraft players to gather materials more efficiently and complete tasks like fishing, farming, mining, and crafting within the game.[3]

Throughout the game, you can obtain tools by crafting — mixing certain “ingredients” (like steel, planks, and iron ingots) to create new tools.[4]

You aren’t required to name your tools in Minecraft, but creating cool names can add more fun to the game and make your experience more unique.

We list more than 100 tool name ideas below (broken down by tool type).

Scroll past the list to find our tips for choosing the best tool names!

Axes

  1. Up
    30
    Down
    ::

    Splinter

  2. Up
    21
    Down
    ::

    Night's Edge

  3. Up
    18
    Down
    ::

    Chop Chop

  4. Up
    10
    Down
    ::

    Earthsplitter

  5. Up
    10
    Down
    ::

    Midnight

  6. Up
    8
    Down
    ::

    Knightfall

  7. Up
    10
    Down
    ::

    Woodpecker

  8. Up
    7
    Down
    ::

    Treefeller

  9. Up
    7
    Down
    ::

    Sentinel

  10. Up
    6
    Down
    ::

    Lumberjack

  11. Up
    5
    Down
    ::

    Rusty Chopper

  12. Up
    5
    Down
    ::

    The Warden

  13. Up
    4
    Down
    ::

    Forestbane

  14. Up
    -3
    Down
    ::

    The Oracle

  15. Up
    -7
    Down
    ::

    Piece Maker

  16. Up
    -11
    Down
    ::

    Wicked Chopper

Bows

  1. Up
    21
    Down
    ::

    Air Strike

  2. Up
    24
    Down
    ::

    Pew Pew

  3. Up
    12
    Down
    ::

    Unbowlievable

  4. Up
    13
    Down
    ::

    Shooting Star

  5. Up
    12
    Down
    ::

    American Sniper

  6. Up
    13
    Down
    ::

    David Bowie

  7. Up
    10
    Down
    ::

    Tempest

  8. Up
    5
    Down
    ::

    Bowzerk

  9. Up
    5
    Down
    ::

    Skyblast

  10. Up
    5
    Down
    ::

    Backbiter

  11. Up
    3
    Down
    ::

    Sticks and Strings

  12. Up
    2
    Down
    ::

    The Skewer

  13. Up
    2
    Down
    ::

    Whirlwind

  14. Up
    1
    Down
    ::

    Longshot

  15. Up
    -1
    Down
    ::

    Drawback

  16. Up
    -1
    Down
    ::

    Doomsday

  17. Up
    0
    Down
    ::

    Whisperwind

  18. Up
    0
    Down
    ::

    Blazing Redemption

  19. Up
    -1
    Down
    ::

    Bow Exotic

    a play on Joe Exotic from “Tiger King”

Fishing Rods

  1. Up
    29
    Down
    ::

    Finding Nemo

  2. Up
    15
    Down
    ::

    Captain Hook

  3. Up
    8
    Down
    ::

    Fish Stick

  4. Up
    5
    Down
    ::

    Reel Deal

  5. Up
    4
    Down
    ::

    Quick Catch

  6. Up
    2
    Down
    ::

    Reeler

  7. Up
    2
    Down
    ::

    BassMaster 3000

  8. Up
    1
    Down
    ::

    Lucky Catch

  9. Up
    1
    Down
    ::

    Roddy

  10. Up
    0
    Down
    ::

    Lady Luck

  11. Up
    -1
    Down
    ::

    Shellraiser

  12. Up
    0
    Down
    ::

    Tangled Angler

  13. Up
    -5
    Down
    ::

    Luck of the Sea

  14. Up
    -2
    Down
    ::

    Catcher

  15. Up
    -10
    Down
    ::

    Lure I

  16. Up
    -4
    Down
    ::

    Big Reel

    a play on “big deal”

Pickaxes

  1. Up
    13
    Down
    ::

    Fortunate Son

  2. Up
    28
    Down
    ::

    Le Pick

  3. Up
    12
    Down
    ::

    Ancient Shatterer

  4. Up
    16
    Down
    ::

    Lil Digger

  5. Up
    14
    Down
    ::

    Toothpick

  6. Up
    11
    Down
    ::

    Fool's Fortune

  7. Up
    7
    Down
    ::

    Ore Obliterator

  8. Up
    8
    Down
    ::

    Don't Mine Me

    a play on “don’t mind me”

  9. Up
    7
    Down
    ::

    Velvet Miner

  10. Up
    4
    Down
    ::

    Ol' Rusty

  11. Up
    2
    Down
    ::

    Fakeaxe

  12. Up
    1
    Down
    ::

    Stonebreaker

  13. Up
    -1
    Down
    ::

    Miner

  14. Up
    -1
    Down
    ::

    Smooth Operator

  15. Up
    -5
    Down
    ::

    Fortune

  16. Up
    -3
    Down
    ::

    Earthmover

  17. Up
    -5
    Down
    ::

    Stone Slicer

  18. Up
    -7
    Down
    ::

    Maxaxe

Shovels

  1. Up
    24
    Down
    ::

    Ace of Spades

  2. Up
    17
    Down
    ::

    Gravedigger

  3. Up
    13
    Down
    ::

    Big Spoon

  4. Up
    26
    Down
    ::

    Scoop Dogg

    a reference to Snoop Dogg

  5. Up
    8
    Down
    ::

    Excavator

  6. Up
    17
    Down
    ::

    Darth Spader

  7. Up
    5
    Down
    ::

    Scoopie

  8. Up
    4
    Down
    ::

    Super Spoon

  9. Up
    2
    Down
    ::

    Groundbreaker

  10. Up
    2
    Down
    ::

    Graveyard

  11. Up
    0
    Down
    ::

    Pooper Scooper

  12. Up
    1
    Down
    ::

    Digs McGee

  13. Up
    1
    Down
    ::

    Unearther

  14. Up
    -1
    Down
    ::

    Burrows

  15. Up
    -2
    Down
    ::

    Super Scoop

Swords

  1. Up
    31
    Down
    ::

    Rather Sharp Stick

  2. Up
    15
    Down
    ::

    Pointy Stick

  3. Up
    7
    Down
    ::

    Reaper

  4. Up
    8
    Down
    ::

    Stormbringer

  5. Up
    7
    Down
    ::

    Valkyrie

  6. Up
    7
    Down
    ::

    The Big Knife

  7. Up
    4
    Down
    ::

    The Amputator

  8. Up
    4
    Down
    ::

    Honedge

    named after the “Pokemon” character

  9. Up
    6
    Down
    ::

    Firebrand

  10. Up
    6
    Down
    ::

    Excalibur

    King Arthur’s sword

  11. Up
    2
    Down
    ::

    Wrath

  12. Up
    2
    Down
    ::

    Fate

  13. Up
    2
    Down
    ::

    Severance

  14. Up
    2
    Down
    ::

    Darkness

  15. Up
    2
    Down
    ::

    Slicer

  16. Up
    3
    Down
    ::

    Shadowsteel

  17. Up
    2
    Down
    ::

    Reckoning

  18. Up
    1
    Down
    ::

    Ghostwalker

  19. Up
    1
    Down
    ::

    Limb's End

  20. Up
    1
    Down
    ::

    Lament

  21. Up
    1
    Down
    ::

    Guillotine

  22. Up
    1
    Down
    ::

    The Stake

  23. Up
    1
    Down
    ::

    Demon Edge

  24. Up
    -1
    Down
    ::

    Ragespike

  25. Up
    -1
    Down
    ::

    Godsend

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How to Choose the Best Minecraft Tool Names

Keep the following tips in mind when choosing names for your Minecraft tools:

  • Choose a theme. Sticking with one theme for all of your tools can make it easier to choose names. For example, you might select silly, literal names for all of your tools — “Pointy Stick” for a sword, “Groundbreaker” for a shovel, etc.
  • Tap into your sense of humor. Choosing light-hearted names that make you laugh can make Minecraft even more fun. Depending on what you find funny, you can choose a name that’s quirky, sarcastic, ironic, or punny.
  • Think of the tool’s features. Minecraft has various tools and upgrades, each of which serves a different purpose within the game. The tool’s use and features can give you a starting point for the perfect name. For example, different pickaxes can mine materials at different speeds, so you might want a name that reflects the speed if you have an ultra-fast pickaxe.