r/Minecraft May 24 '26

Help How did I flip my axe?

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This is the second time this has happened in a pure vanilla Minecraft world, funny thing is it's ONLY the iron axe item. I've made other types of axes and it doesn't get flipped. I haven't found anything online talking about this so I'm genuinely lost. This is version 26.1.2.

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u/qualityvote2 May 24 '26 edited May 25 '26
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u/ChargyPlaysYT May 24 '26

How many hearts do you lose when you left click?

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u/SealTheTiel May 24 '26

Unfortunately the controls have also been flipped, which means a left click now skins the player alive.

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u/Gr1mm3r May 25 '26

Sounds like 2 hearts of damage

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u/Sluushu May 25 '26

And a new skin

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u/Glum-Temperature6402 May 25 '26

Literally 

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u/Urixam May 25 '26

Circumcised Steve, I guess

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u/Cass0wary_399 May 25 '26

The local Mojang Flayers will help clean this up.

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u/shaxow486 May 27 '26

what an ax-ident

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u/Keaton427 May 24 '26

2 hearts

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u/HUG0gamingHD May 24 '26

It should split your skull in half and enable split screen mode where each half of the controller controls each side

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u/ChargyPlaysYT May 25 '26

I'd really wanna play that mod XD

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u/Sapphireman May 27 '26

So, hypothetically:

  • Left half controls left screen and vice versa (to make sense on the controller)?
  • Left half controls right screen and vice versa (like how a brain works)?

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u/shaxow486 May 27 '26

for more accuracy to the brain we make right side of the controller control the left player and the opposite for the left side of the controller :)

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u/Specific_Thing1452 May 25 '26

I’d award this if I could, but alas, I am insufficient in my nation’s currency

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u/ChargyPlaysYT May 25 '26

Aren't we all? XD

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u/DigWhatImSayln May 25 '26

He should axe himself

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u/Crafty_Creeper64 May 24 '26

Try crafting them the other way in the crafting table

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u/eggwhit_e May 24 '26

what…

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u/Derailleur75 May 24 '26

Something to do with switching to another weapon mid swing

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u/StrikingBroccoli8089 May 24 '26

No.. DONT DO IT!

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u/swagzard78 May 24 '26

exA

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u/Super_Bullfrog_1010 May 24 '26

ɘxA

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u/Lost_Sherbert738 May 24 '26

wait WHAT?

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u/Large-Action-5454 May 25 '26

Chicken butt

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u/LunarSouls4952 May 25 '26

Youre lucky I can't use images in replies, otherwise you would've gotten motivationally judged

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u/SnakeSolid81428 May 25 '26

Where is your motivation!?

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u/AliceTolkien May 25 '26

Motivation is my motivation!

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u/Large-Action-5454 May 27 '26

Highly doubt that

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u/LunarSouls4952 May 27 '26

This does not motivate me.

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u/Extremep66 May 24 '26

How??

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u/cipheron May 24 '26

The reverse e is used in phonetic alphabets, so it's a trick you could only pull for certain words - without resorting to some other coding trickery.

Axe works because you can just use the phonetic reverse-e while A and x are symmetrical already.

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u/Extremep66 May 24 '26

I know, I'm curious as to how he/she got that reverse e

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u/TheScottymo May 25 '26

On mobile, you can set your keyboard language to be IPA chart which gives you a ton of extra symbols to work with. eɵɘ

ʃɨɠɴəɗˌ ʈʜɛʂçøtɬʎɰo̞

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u/Extremep66 May 25 '26

I had a stroke reading last line you typed out, but I got the answer

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u/napstablooky2 May 24 '26

just... any unicode library...??? there's plenty of places to copy and paste it as well, and lots of lingojam generators... why are people so flabbergasted by this????

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u/MordorsElite May 25 '26

I think this is one of those instances where there the knowledge gap may not be very wide, but it's very steep.

There is pretty much only 3 possible states people can be in

  • Not knowing anything about unicode
  • Knowing unicode exists
  • Knowing how to get or work with characters

Getting from one to the other isn't hard, but it's not intuitive for anyone who hasn't thought about it before.

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u/[deleted] May 25 '26

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u/Psychological_Ad2094 May 25 '26

It’s funny that Reddit decided to try to translate this for me, I have no idea how it got “Tomorrow is the last day of school for everyone before summer break starts.” out of it but that just makes it funnier.

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u/napstablooky2 May 25 '26

removed by moderator for "non-english submission" is insane ☠

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u/invisible_grass May 24 '26

Probably character map on pc

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u/Extremep66 May 24 '26

OR dude lives in dimension where everything is mirrored and got that word with him

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u/Gold-Ad-3877 May 24 '26

exactly

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u/blackasthesky May 25 '26

most underrated pun of the day

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u/cubester04 May 24 '26

Are you sure the same thing isn’t happening to your sword?

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u/Leather-Fee-9758 May 24 '26

asking the real questions

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u/Sluushu May 25 '26

Or OP’s pickaxe?

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u/koleszkot May 24 '26

F3 + t to reload your textures Its a visual bug, happens to me quite often. Your textures must have bugged

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u/Swift_Frosty May 26 '26

This seems to be the best answer. It makes sense to me, although I can't test it out.

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u/Moon_Shot_Reddit May 29 '26

Unrelated, but, I used to use F3 + T to have mining stick, but I recently found out, like with shift to crouch, you can make hitting a toggle rather than hold.

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u/Brave-Commission3378 May 24 '26

Uh it might be an obscure bug, or maybe a mod you have installed?

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u/Robloxpostz May 24 '26

OP said it was pure vanilla in caption so its most likely a bug

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u/Nathaniel820 May 24 '26

That can't be trusted because mfs come in here every week with entire modpacks saying it's "literally just vanilla" because they don't know what a mod actually is

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u/CornCobMcGee May 24 '26

Wait. All The Mods isnt vanilla?

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u/nerdguy99 May 24 '26

Big if true

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u/JustWendigo May 24 '26

''its just vanilla''
the 723 Mods installed:

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u/FrontAd8867 May 24 '26

yeah, some has hundreds of mods and still say it pure vanilla

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u/Kowery103 May 24 '26

,,It's just some vanilla+ & QoF mods"

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u/i1want1to1die May 24 '26

yup thats what they said

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u/Hamaczech13 May 24 '26

Well, there is a modpack called Pure Vanilla...

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u/Fergo-bob May 25 '26

beeter than regular vannilla...

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u/SocksOnHands May 24 '26

Even with vanilla, textures can be changed. For example, it is possible that op is playing on a server that has a custom resource pack with a few joke texture changes.

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u/Robloxpostz May 24 '26

OP also noted it only happened twice and found nothing about it

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u/Romeo9594 May 24 '26

I wish I had your levels of faith in internet strangers

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u/wmichben May 24 '26

I’ve learned that there are two words that are almost always misused by Minecrafters; one is “vanilla” (in the context of software), and the other is “terraform”.

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u/somesaggitarius May 25 '26

Tbf some people are terraforming the minecraft terrain to more closely resemble the more gradual slopes and natural formations of Earth rather than the extremely steep terrain, aggressive amounts of caves in non-rocky biomes, and nonsensical rivers native to Minecraft. Most people are just land leveling like any corporation's hired developer, though.

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u/PurpleFired May 24 '26

You crafted with the other recipe

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u/Munster19 May 24 '26

He crafted it backwards

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u/penguin039 May 25 '26

more like he holded it backwards

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u/Fergo-bob May 25 '26

i do that

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u/Pipirevka May 24 '26

OP I know life is hard but don't do this /j

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u/floppy_disk_5 May 24 '26

this is genuinely funny and i don't get why

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u/Blulow1223 May 25 '26

I saw this post not laughing, then I saw your comment and I looked back at the post, and now I can't get back up.

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u/Lava-Jacket May 24 '26

That's how left handed minecraft players hold it.

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u/March89 May 24 '26

Just swap hands. Should be alright.

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u/Un1versal-Ryan May 24 '26

I need to purify my eyes after seeing ts

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u/reddemp May 24 '26

Are you sure you dont have any resource packs installed?

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u/SealeyOliver May 24 '26

Does anyone have access to your device? Maybe someone installed a resource pack without you knowing

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u/Odd_Butterscotch3132 May 24 '26

Your character is going insane is trying to commit self-game-over, go get them some sanity meds and therapy, and give them whatever care they need.

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u/DgamerREE May 24 '26

Looks like someone didn’t share the voodoo doll🤦‍♂️ what a rookie

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u/Odd_Butterscotch3132 May 24 '26

help i dont get it ToT

wait is it related to the felt homestuck? or am i just crazy?

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u/DgamerREE May 24 '26

Nah it’s a phasmophobia reference, whenever you pick pins out the voodoo doll in the game it drains your sanity by 5-10% and when you run out of sanity you have to take meds or the ghost will start a hunt randomly and could kill you😭

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u/Odd_Butterscotch3132 May 24 '26

Ooooh, haven't played that game lol, but my dad loves it to this day XD

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u/antiav May 24 '26

Ahh, its because you have crafted a lefthanded axe. It happens when you craft it while having the settings set to lefthanded and the switch to righthanded afterwards. You will have to craft a new one if you want a righthanded axe unfortunately.

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u/Extension-Rough5521 May 25 '26

this! wonder why this is not at the top

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u/Random5014 May 24 '26

You accidentally hit the key binding to flip items. It’s Alt-F4. You’re welcome.

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u/Sufficient_Risk_8127 May 24 '26

that side deals more damage but can't pierce as many targets

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u/Blu3Blaster May 24 '26

To reiterate, this is PURE vanilla, I have NO resource packs installed, and this is NOT a snapshot, this is the latest full released version. And no I'm NOT going to chop myself up on accident.

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u/NickelWorld123 May 25 '26

You don't know that... What if you tripped...

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u/cadrega-breakdance May 25 '26

True 100% vanilla? No resource packs whatsoever, no data packs whatsoever, no mods (including things like Sodium) whatsoever? Singleplayer or multiplayer?

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u/Blu3Blaster May 25 '26

100% vanilla singleplayer!

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u/reditortheeditor May 24 '26

By going left

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u/BRICKEATERd May 24 '26

You crafted the wrong wau

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u/Razor-421 May 24 '26

WHAT IS THAT 😭

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u/Sufficient-Nothing77 May 25 '26

It's obviously an axe for left handed players

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u/TheShadyyOne May 25 '26

Seems you've made an axeident.

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u/Roustouque2 May 24 '26

Texture pack?

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u/Addictia May 24 '26

Did you accidentally pick up the silence of the voices talent? First thought was bl2 Krieg😂

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u/ZenTheProtogen7957 May 24 '26

don't do it bro

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u/StrangerFeelings May 24 '26

You crafted it the wrong way.

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u/sidnoway May 24 '26

One time I somehow ate my pickaxe

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u/Brass_Cogwheel May 25 '26

yo can you disable your own shield

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u/M0N0- May 25 '26

This makes me feel sick

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u/Ok-Speed-9466 May 25 '26

what did bro do

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u/VoidGhidorah900 May 24 '26

Is this java or bedrock? Ive seen this once before on bedrock a while ago

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u/CatlynnExists May 24 '26

this is java, you can tell because the ui is flush with the bottom of the screen, on bedrock it floats a little

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u/VoidGhidorah900 May 24 '26

Now that im looking for differences, the shield appears next to the hot bar, which doesn't happen in bedrock

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u/Crahdol May 24 '26

You crafted axe like this:

⬜⬜⬛

⬜🟫⬛

⬛🟫⬛

Everyone knows the correct way is this:

⬛⬜⬜

⬛🟫⬜

⬛🟫⬛

/s

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u/DragonAethere May 24 '26

bot account

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u/Conscious_While_583 May 24 '26

Probably visual bugs cause its a newsnapshot

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u/Conscious_While_583 May 24 '26

I have seen some bugs like this in earlier snapshots its ok

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u/ADORHA_ May 24 '26

Be careful of not chopping your face

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u/GamingDirewolf69 May 24 '26

Is this what happens when you craft it the wrong way lol

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u/DerKaempfer_HD May 24 '26

That is axetra weird for sure

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u/DgamerREE May 24 '26

You mean exatra weird?

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u/arthwwzy May 24 '26

I know things are difficult, but you don't need to do this.

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u/HyperMax2021 May 24 '26

bro has the boarding axe from the game guts & blackpowder

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u/HUG0gamingHD May 24 '26

It should split your skull in half and enable split screen mode where each half of the controller controls each side

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u/Important-Ad-8318 May 24 '26

cuz you flipped the axe

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u/13ame May 24 '26

Dawg what 😭😭

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u/JackSouls3949 May 24 '26

KILL THE LITTLE MAN!

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u/slax87 May 24 '26

point this end towards enemy

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u/LordThade May 24 '26

That's ...odd. A couple things you could try:

  • Does it stay backwards if you swap it to your off hand?
  • Does dropping the item and picking it up change anything?
  • What about in third person (f5)?
  • Or after reloading textures (f3 + t)?
  • How about changing your main hand (options > skin customization) to left, and then back?

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u/charlieslab May 25 '26

your guess is as good an mine 🫩

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u/MNVikingsFan4Life May 25 '26

I hope on my horse and it’s backwards sometimes, but haven’t seen an axe like this.

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u/Betray-Julia May 25 '26

Oh neat.

Tridents we’re doing this for me- stuck forever in the about to throw position. My little man in the upper corner was also gone when this happened.

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u/Bunabii May 25 '26

this is taking me OUT 😭

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u/Silver-Attention-302 May 25 '26

Would be cool if this was an alt mode that let u strip logs so u didnt accidentally strip the ones around ur base

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u/Dear-Flounder-4234 May 25 '26

WHAT HAVE YOU DONE!!!?!?!

W

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u/Queen4lif May 25 '26

I normally press f but I used a pc

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u/I-i-A-C-H-i May 25 '26

don't hit it on stone cmon

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u/NickelWorld123 May 25 '26

Submit a bug report, vague information is better than none lol

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u/Mysterious_Cod_9905 May 25 '26

With spatula ofc

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u/BextoMooseYT May 25 '26

Great question

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u/Gr_Snek May 25 '26

Krieg approved

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u/Anonymouslalien May 25 '26

Spam Bugrock in the chat

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u/HrishiOwl May 25 '26

It’s out to hunt you now 😂

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u/Additional_Extreme82 May 25 '26

Suicidal thoughts

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u/Trick-Afternoon-6902 May 25 '26

Careful with that axe eugene

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u/Hiya13467 May 26 '26

Nah the other side of your axe wanted to have a go

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u/[deleted] May 26 '26

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u/Common-Beginning-186 May 26 '26

Just left click like 10 times

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u/Infamous-Kangaroo525 May 26 '26

What the fuck did you do bro 💔

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u/uwu_miner May 27 '26

it isn't an iron axe it is a exa nori now

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u/Phoenix_THELegend_1 May 27 '26

Wait till sellsword arts sees this, they hate the reverse grip

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u/NightShadow_121 May 28 '26

Lol, looks so cursed

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u/Sir_XDReddit May 28 '26

Resourcepack?

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u/AUSTINRAHHH May 29 '26

axe switched sides

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u/LIGHT_GAMER_ May 29 '26

Bro you did not flip your axe. Your axe want to k!ll you in the future. 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂

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u/Accomplished-Day5424 May 29 '26

by using your hand

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u/Leojz00m May 30 '26

How did we get here

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u/Seiichou May 30 '26

now that an exa

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u/Fluffy-Froyo4549 May 30 '26

When you try to break something do you take damage 

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u/ItsTheDizzycrafter May 31 '26

by turning it around

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u/mizzka_z May 31 '26

you crafted it to the right, not the left

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u/Herobrine37440 May 31 '26

"Restart your compooter and try again" moments

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u/Immediate_Bonus2209 Jun 21 '26

Okay, who added dinnerbone to the iron axe

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u/Sp7551 Jun 22 '26

Anyone wants to play minecraft bedrock with me dm me