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A hoe is a tool used to harvest certain plant-based or organic blocks more quickly, as well as to till most types of dirt into farmland and convert coarse dirt and rooted dirt to regular dirt.

Obtaining[]

Crafting[]

Ingredients Crafting recipe Description
Any Planks or
Iron Ingot or
Gold Ingot or
Diamond +
Stick

Any stone-tier block +
Stick

Can use cobblestone and its other variants interchangeably.
Damaged Matching Hoe


The durability of the two hoes is added together, plus an extra 5% durability.

Upgrading[]

Like other diamond tools, a diamond hoe can be upgraded to a netherite hoe, increasing its durability and slightly increasing its mining speed.

IngredientsSmithing recipe
Netherite Upgrade +
Diamond Hoe +
Netherite Ingot
Upgrade Gear

Repairing[]

Grinding[]

Ingredients Grinding recipe Description
2x Damaged Wooden Hoe or
2x Damaged Stone Hoe or
2x Damaged Iron Hoe or
2x Damaged Golden Hoe or
2x Damaged Diamond Hoe or
2x Damaged Netherite Hoe
The durability of the two hoes is added together, plus an extra 5% durability.

Unit repair[]

Repair & NameDamaged Wooden Hoe


Repair & NameDamaged Stone Hoe


Repair & NameDamaged Iron Hoe


Repair & NameDamaged Golden Hoe


Repair & NameDamaged Diamond Hoe


Repair & NameDamaged Netherite Hoe


A hoe can be repaired in an anvil by adding units of the tiers' repair material (or the same hoe of that tier), with each repair material restoring 25% of the hoe's maximum durability, rounded down. It also keeps the hoe's enchantments.

Chest loot[]

Item Structure Container Quantity Chance
Java Edition
Wooden Hoe Cold Ocean ruins Cold ruins suspicious gravel 1 13.3%
Warm ruins suspicious sand 1 13.3%
Trail ruins Suspicious gravel 1 4.4%
Diamond Hoe Woodland mansion Chest 1 21.8%
Enchanted Golden Hoe[A] Ruined portal Chest 1 20.5%
Damaged Enchanted Diamond Hoe[B][C] Ancient City Chest 1 16.1%
Bedrock Edition
Wooden Hoe Cold Ocean ruins Cold ruins suspicious gravel 1 13.3%
Warm ruins suspicious sand 1 13.3%
Trail ruins Suspicious gravel 1 4.3%
Diamond Hoe Woodland mansion Chest 1 21.5%
Enchanted Golden Hoe[A] Ruined portal Chest 1 20.5%
Damaged Enchanted Diamond Hoe[B][C] Ancient City Chest 1 16.1%
  1. a b All enchantments are equally probable, including treasure enchantments (except Soul Speed, and Swift Sneak), and any level of the enchantment is equally probable.
  2. a b Enchantment probabilities are the same as a level-30 to level-50 enchantment would be on an enchantment table that had no cap at level 30, and that was able to apply treasure enchantments (except Soul Speed, and Swift Sneak), and where the chance of multiple enchantments is not reduced.
  3. a b The item has between 80% and 100% of its total durability.

Trading[]

Novice-level toolsmith villagers have a chance to sell a stone hoe for one emerald, and journeyman-level toolsmiths have a chance to sell a diamond hoe for 4 emeralds. In Bedrock Edition, these are 25% chances, and in Java Edition, these are 40% chances.

Villager gifts[]

Toolsmith villagers occasionally throw stone hoes at players with the Hero of the Village status effect.‌[Java Edition only]

Usage[]

Harvesting[]

Hoes are used to harvest certain plant-based or organic blocks more quickly. Breaking one of these blocks takes 1 durability.

Block Breaking time[A]
Default Wooden Stone Iron Diamond Netherite Golden
Sculk Catalyst 4.5 2.25 1.15 0.75 0.6 0.5 0.4
Sculk Shrieker 4.5 2.25 1.15 0.75 0.6 0.5 0.4
Sculk Sensor 2.25 1.15 0.6 0.4 0.3 0.25 0.2
Calibrated Sculk Sensor 2.25 1.15 0.6 0.4 0.3 0.25 0.2
Nether Wart Block
Warped Wart Block
1.5 0.75 0.4 0.25 0.2 0.2 0.15
Shroomlight 1.5 0.75 0.4 0.25 0.2 0.2 0.15
Hay Bale 0.75 0.4 0.2 0.15 0.1 0.1 0.1
Target 0.75 0.4 0.2 0.15 0.1 0.1 0.1
Dried Kelp Block 0.75 0.4 0.2 0.15 0.1 0.1 0.1
Sponge
Wet Sponge
0.9 0.45 0.25 0.15 0.15 0.1 0.1
Leaves 0.3 0.15 0.1 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05
Sculk 0.3 0.15 0.1 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05
Sculk Vein 0.3 0.15 0.1 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05
Moss Block 0.15 0.1 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05
  1. Times are for unenchanted tools as wielded by players with no status effects, measured in seconds. For more information, see Breaking § Speed.

Breaking any other block takes 0 durability if the block breaks instantly when broken by hand, or 1 otherwise.

Tilling[]

Hoes are used to turn dirt, grass blocks, and dirt paths into farmland. To till, press use on a grass or dirt block while holding a hoe. This does not work on mycelium or podzol,[1] nor does it work if there are other blocks on top of the targeted blocks, including snow layers or torches. However, mycelium and podzol can be first converted to dirt paths with a shovel, then tilled into farmland with a hoe.

Hoes can be used to convert coarse dirt into regular dirt by pressing use on the coarse dirt. Similar to tilling dirt, the space above the coarse dirt must be empty for it to be tilled.

Hoes can also be used on rooted dirt, which turns it into normal dirt, and yields a hanging roots item.

Tilling is effectively instantaneous, regardless of material, and uses 1 durability. Breaking blocks with a hoe uses 0 or 1 durability, depending on the block.

Hoes are unable to work on blocks with a plant on top, even if that plant could normally be placed on top of farmland without reverting it to dirt.[2]

Weapon[]

Hoes may be used as a weapon, although they deal only 1♥ damage in Java Edition. In Bedrock Edition, hoes can do as much as a pickaxe in terms of damage. Hoes use 2 durability when used as a weapon.

In Java Edition, hoes have an attack speed modifier depending on the material: wood and gold have a modifier of -3 (refill in 1s), stone has a modifier of -2 (refill in 0.5s), iron has a modifier of -1 (refill in 0.33s), and diamond and netherite have a modifier of 0 (refill in 0.25s).

Attack damage Attack speed Damage/Second (DPS)
1♥ 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4

Hoes always attack instantly in Bedrock Edition.

Enchantments[]

A hoe can receive the following enchantments and curses:

Name Max Level Method
Efficiency V
Fortune [note 1] III
Unbreaking III
Silk Touch [note 1] I
Mending I
Curse of Vanishing I
  1. a b Fortune and Silk Touch are mutually exclusive.

Fuel[]

Wooden hoes can be used as a fuel in furnaces, smelting 1 item per hoe.

Smelting ingredient[]

Name Ingredients Smelting recipe
Iron Nugget or
Gold Nugget
Iron Hoe or
Golden Hoe +
Any fuel


0.1

Piglins[]

Piglins are attracted to golden hoes and run toward any golden hoes on the ground, and inspect them for 6 to 8 seconds before putting them in their inventory.

Sounds[]

Java Edition:

SoundSubtitlesSourceDescriptionResource locationTranslation keyVolumePitchAttenuation
distance
File:Hoe till1.oggFile:Hoe till2.oggFile:Hoe till3.oggFile:Hoe till4.oggHoe tillsBlocksWhen a block is tilled into farmlanditem.hoe.tillsubtitles.item.hoe.till1.01.016
File:Random break.oggItem breaksPlayersWhen a hoe's durability is exhaustedentity.item.breaksubtitles.entity.item.break0.80.8-1.216

Bedrock Edition:

SoundSourceDescriptionResource locationVolumePitch
File:Gravel hit1.oggFile:Gravel hit2.oggFile:Gravel hit3.oggFile:Gravel hit4.oggBlocksWhen a block is tilled into farmlanduse.gravel1.00.8
File:Random break.oggPlayersWhen a hoe's durability is exhaustedrandom.break1.00.9

Data values[]

ID[]

Java Edition:

NameIdentifierFormTranslation key
Wooden Hoewooden_hoeItemitem.minecraft.wooden_hoe
Stone Hoestone_hoeItemitem.minecraft.stone_hoe
Iron Hoeiron_hoeItemitem.minecraft.iron_hoe
Diamond Hoediamond_hoeItemitem.minecraft.diamond_hoe
Golden Hoegolden_hoeItemitem.minecraft.golden_hoe
Netherite Hoenetherite_hoeItemitem.minecraft.netherite_hoe

Bedrock Edition:

NameIdentifierNumeric ID FormTranslation key
Wooden hoewooden_hoe329Itemitem.wooden_hoe.name
Stone hoestone_hoe330Itemitem.stone_hoe.name
Iron hoeiron_hoe331Itemitem.iron_hoe.name
Diamond hoediamond_hoe332Itemitem.diamond_hoe.name
Golden hoegolden_hoe333Itemitem.golden_hoe.name
Netherite hoenetherite_hoe608Itemitem.netherite_hoe.name

Achievements[]

Icon Achievement In-game description Actual requirements (if different) Gamerscore earned Trophy type (PS4)
PS4 Other
Time to Farm!Make a Hoe.Pick up any type of hoe from a crafting table output.10GBronze
MOAR ToolsConstruct one type of each tool.Construct one pickaxe, one shovel, one axe, and one hoe with the same material.15GBronze
Oooh, shiny!Distract a Piglin using goldGive a piglin a gold item while it is aggressive toward the player.30GSilver

Advancements[]

Icon Advancement In-game description Parent Actual requirements (if different) Resource location
Advancement-plain-rawOh Shiny
Distract Piglins with gold NetherWhile aggravated, give a piglin one of these 25 gold-related items in the #piglin_loved item tag: Other gold-related items do not distract the piglin and do not trigger this advancement.nether/distract_piglin
Advancement-plain-rawA Seedy Place
Plant a seed and watch it grow HusbandryPlant one of these 7 crops: Other crops and plants can be planted, but are ignored for this advancement.husbandry/plant_seed
Advancement-fancy-rawSerious Dedication
Use a Netherite Ingot to upgrade a Hoe, and then reevaluate your life choices A Seedy PlaceHave a netherite hoe in your inventory.husbandry/obtain_netherite_hoe

Video[]

History[]

Java Edition Indev
20100206Wooden Hoe JE1 BE1 Stone Hoe JE1 BE1 Iron Hoe JE1 BE1 Golden Hoe JE1 BE1 Diamond Hoe JE1 BE1 Added hoes.
Compared to other golden tools, golden hoes had much higher durability, which was 513 instead of 33.
Java Edition Alpha
v1.0.17Golden hoes' durability has been decreased from 513 to 65, matching the stone tools.
Java Edition Beta
1.2Golden hoes now have the same durability as the other gold tools.
1.6Test Build 3Before, using a hoe on grass blocks was the only way to collect seeds for planting. As tall grass has been introduced, this feature has been removed.
Java Edition
1.2.112w07aPlayer is now unable to till dirt or grass block when there is block on top of them.
1.2.4releaseSpruce planks, birch planks, and jungle planks can now be used to craft wooden hoes.
1.3.112w18aWooden hoes can now be used as fuel in a furnace.
12w21aBlacksmith villagers now sell 1 diamond hoe for 7 emeralds, and 1 iron hoe for 4–5 emeralds.
1.4.212w38aHoes now have a sound when tilling dirt.
1.7.21.7.1Acacia planks and dark oak planks can now be used to craft wooden hoes.
1.814w02aVillagers no longer trade iron or diamond hoes, making diamond hoes non-renewable.
14w32aHoes can now be used to convert coarse dirt into regular dirt.
1.915w34cStone, iron and diamond hoes now do slightly more damage than an unarmed attack.
15w34dAll hoes now lose 1 durability when used as a weapon.
15w35aHoes now all do the same damage, but better materials have higher speeds.
15w50aAdded a sound for hoes: item.hoe.till.
1.1116w39aDiamond hoes are now found in the new woodland mansion chests.
1.11.116w50aGolden and iron hoes can now be smelted down into one of their respective nuggets.
1.1317w47aPrior to The Flattening, these items' numeral IDs were 290 (wooden), 291 (stone), 292 (iron), 293 (diamond) and 294 (golden).
1.1418w43aWooden Hoe JE2 BE2 Stone Hoe JE2 BE2 Iron Hoe JE2 BE2 Golden Hoe JE2 BE2 Diamond Hoe JE2 BE2 The textures of all hoes have been changed.
19w11aToolsmith villagers now sell stone hoes and diamond hoes, making diamond hoes renewable again.
19w13aToolsmith villagers now give stone hoes to players under the Hero of the Village effect.
1.1620w06aNetherite Hoe JE1 Added netherite hoes.
Netherite hoes are obtained by combining one diamond hoe and one netherite ingot in a crafting table.
Crimson planks and warped planks can now be used to craft wooden hoes.
20w09aHoes can now break nether wart and warped wart blocks quickly.
Netherite hoes can now be obtained through bartering with piglins.
Wooden Hoe JE3 BE3 Golden Hoe JE3 BE3 Diamond Hoe JE3 BE3 The textures of wooden, golden, and diamond hoes have been changed.
20w10aEach tier of hoes now has different a speed while mining blocks they are effective against.
Hoes can now be enchanted with Efficiency, Fortune and Silk Touch.
Hoes now mine hay bales faster than other tools.
Netherite hoes are now less common when bartering with piglins.
Hoes now lose 2 durability when used as a weapon.
Netherite Hoe JE2 The texture of netherite hoes has been changed.
Netherite hoes can no longer be crafted.
Netherite hoes are now obtained by combining one diamond hoe and one netherite ingot in a smithing table.
20w11aHoes can now mine dried kelp blocks, targets, and shroomlights faster than other tools.
20w12aHoes can now mine sponges faster than other tools.
20w15aHoes can now mine leaves faster.
Stone hoes can now be crafted using blackstone.
20w16aGolden hoes now generate randomly enchanted in bastion remnants and ruined portal chests.
20w20aNetherite hoes can no longer be obtained through bartering with piglins, making them no longer renewable.
1.1720w49aHoes can now mine sculk sensors faster than other tools.
21w11aHoes are now the appropriate tool for breaking moss blocks.
21w08aStone hoes can now be crafted using cobbled deepslate.
21w20aHoes can now be used on rooted dirt, turning it into normal dirt, yielding a hanging roots item.
1.1922w11aMangrove planks can now be used to craft wooden hoes.
22w12aHoes can now mine mangrove leaves faster.[3]
22w13aDiamond hoes may now be found in ancient city chests.
1.20
(Experimental)
23w04aUpgrading diamond hoes to netherite hoes now requires the netherite upgrade smithing template.
1.2023w12aWooden hoes may now be found when brushing suspicious sand and suspicious gravel in cold and warm ocean ruins and trail ruins.
23w16aWooden hoe no longer generates in suspicious sand in trail ruins.
Due to the split of the archaeological loot tables for the suspicious gravel within the trail ruins; wooden hoe now is in the common loot.
Upcoming Java Edition
Combat Tests1.14.3 - Combat TestThe attack speed of wooden hoes has been changed to 2, stone to 2.5, and diamond and gold to 3.5.
The damage dealt for wooden, stone, and gold hoes have been changed to 2♥ and iron and diamond hoes to 3♥♥.
The attack reach of hoes has been increased to 4 blocks.
Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.4.0Wooden Hoe JE1 BE1 Stone Hoe JE1 BE1 Iron Hoe JE1 BE1 Golden Hoe JE1 BE1 Diamond Hoe JE1 BE1 Added hoes.
Only iron hoes are available in the Creative inventory.
Wheat seeds are now obtained by using a hoe on grass blocks.
v0.8.0build 3Beetroot seeds, carrots, and potatoes are now obtained by using a hoe on grass blocks.
build 4Carrots and potatoes no longer spawn from tilling grass blocks with a hoe.
v0.11.0build 11Wooden, stone, golden, and diamond hoes are now available in the creative inventory.
build 12Wooden, stone, golden, and diamond hoes have been removed from creative.
build 13All hoes are now available in creative mode again.
v0.16.2Wooden hoes can now be found inside the chest in the large house of ice plains villages.
Pocket Edition
1.1.0alpha 1.1.0.0Iron and golden hoes are now smeltable.
Diamond hoes can now be found inside woodland mansion chests.
Bedrock Edition
1.2.0beta 1.2.0.2Hoes can now be used to transform coarse dirt into normal dirt.
1.10.0beta 1.10.0.3Due to villages being overhauled, wooden hoes can no longer be found in villages.
Wooden Hoe JE2 BE2 Stone Hoe JE2 BE2 Iron Hoe JE2 BE2 Golden Hoe JE2 BE2 Diamond Hoe JE2 BE2 The textures of all hoes have been changed.
1.11.0beta 1.11.0.4Stone and diamond hoes can now be bought from toolsmith villagers.
1.12.0beta 1.12.0.4The price of diamond hoes sold by toolsmith villagers has been lowered to 4 emeralds.
1.16.0beta 1.16.0.51Netherite Hoe BE1 Added netherite hoes.
Netherite hoes are obtained by combining one diamond hoe and one netherite ingot in a crafting table.
Wooden Hoe JE3 BE3 Golden Hoe JE3 BE3 Diamond Hoe JE3 BE3 The textures of wooden, golden, and diamond hoes have been changed.
beta 1.16.0.57Each tier of hoes now has different a speed while mining blocks they are effective against.
Hoes can now break hay bales, dried kelp blocks, target blocks, dry and wet sponges, shroomlights, leaves, nether wart and warped wart blocks quickly.
Hoes can now be enchanted with Efficiency, Fortune and Silk Touch.
Netherite hoes can now be obtained through bartering with piglins.
Netherite hoes can no longer be crafted.
Netherite hoes are now obtained by combining one diamond hoe and one netherite ingot in a smithing table.
Stone Hoes can now be created using Blackstone.
Golden and netherite hoes now generate randomly enchanted in bastion remnants chests.
Golden hoes now generate randomly enchanted in ruined portal chests.
Hoes now deal the same damage as pickaxes of each tier.
1.16.100beta 1.16.100.54Netherite hoes can no longer be obtained through bartering with piglins, making them no longer renewable.
1.17.10beta 1.17.10.20Netherite Hoe JE2 The texture of netherite hoes has been changed to match Java Edition.
Legacy Console Edition
TU1CU1 1.0 Patch 11.0.1Wooden Hoe JE1 BE1 Stone Hoe JE1 BE1 Iron Hoe JE1 BE1 Golden Hoe JE1 BE1 Diamond Hoe JE1 BE1 Added hoes (all five types).
TU53CU43 1.49 Patch 231.0.3Iron and golden hoes are now smeltable.
PlayStation 4 Edition
1.90Wooden Hoe JE2 BE2 Stone Hoe JE2 BE2 Iron Hoe Golden Hoe JE2 BE2 Diamond Hoe JE2 BE2 The textures of all hoes have been changed.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0Wooden Hoe JE1 BE1 Stone Hoe JE1 BE1 Iron Hoe JE1 BE1 Golden Hoe JE1 BE1 Diamond Hoe JE1 BE1 Added hoes.

Issues[]

Issues relating to "Hoe" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.

Trivia[]

  • Tilling a dirt block that has a dirt block on top of it changes it to farmland even though it cannot be used. If a hoe is used on a block horizontally adjacent to such a block, the first block reverts to dirt and the selected block is not tilled.
  • When a hoe breaks, it does not display the tool breaking animation like on other tools, because tilling is not predicted client-side.
  • The textures for the post 1.14 iron and stone hoes have an error, where the color for the edge of the handle is partly the same color as the edge of the top part. This isn't present in any other tool.

Gallery[]

Enchanted hoes[]

References[]

  1. MC-8231 — Mycelium and podzol cannot be tilled with hoes
  2. MC-167846 — "Hoe cannot be used on blocks with certain blocks on top even if said blocks can normally exist on farmland" — resolved as "Works As Intended".
  3. "[MC-249270] Mangrove leaves do not have a hoe as their preferred tool - Jira"Mojira, March 19, 2022.

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