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Hoes were added to Minecraft in February 2010, at the same time as the farmland block, seeds, wheat, bread, and a fix for a bug where mobs would occasionally walk around backwards (no moonwalking in Minecraft, please). Like most tools, they come in five varieties: wood, stone, iron, gold, and diamond – each with different durabilities.

Duncan Geere[1]

Hoes are tools used to till dirt and grass blocks into farmland, as well as quickly harvest certain blocks.‌[upcoming: JE 1.16 & BE 1.16.0]

Obtaining

Crafting

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

Damaged Matching Hoe


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

Upgrading

Diamond Hoe +
Netherite Ingot +
Netherite Hoe

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[upcoming: JE 1.16 & BE 1.16.0]
The durability of the two hoes is added together, plus an extra 5% durability.

Unit repair

A hoe can be repaired in an anvil by adding units of the tiers' repair material, with each repair material restoring 25% of the hoe's maximum durability, rounded down.

Natural generation

Item Structure Container Quantity Chance
Java Edition
Diamond Hoe Woodland mansion Chest 1 21.8%
Enchanted Golden Hoe[A] Ruined portal Chest 1 20.5%
Bedrock Edition
Diamond Hoe Woodland mansion Chest 1 21.5%
Enchanted Golden Hoe[A] Ruined portal Chest 1 20.5%
  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.

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.

Bartering

Prior to 20w20a, Netherite Hoes could be obtainable from bartering.

Usage

Tilling

Hoes are used to turn dirt, grass blocks and grass 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, nor does it work if there are other blocks on top of the targeted blocks, including snow layers.

Hoes can be used to convert coarse dirt into regular dirt by pressing use on the coarse dirt.

Tilling is effectively instantaneous, regardless of material, and uses 1 durability. Breaking blocks with a hoe uses 0 durability.

Hoes are intentionally designed to not be able to work on blocks with a plant on top, even if said plant could normally be placed on top of farmland with no ill effects to the block.[2]

Harvesting

‌In Java Edition 1.16 and Bedrock Edition 1.16.0[upcoming] hoes also function as effective sickles or scythes, and can be used to harvest the following predominantly plant-based blocks more quickly. Breaking one of these blocks takes 1 durability.

Block Breaking time[A]
Default Wooden Stone Iron Diamond Netherite Golden
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
  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 said block breaks instantly when broken by hand, or 1 otherwise.

Weapon

Hoes may be used as a weapon, although they deal only 1♥ damage in Java Edition or 2♥ damage in Bedrock Edition, no more than hitting while barehanded. Hoes use 1 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 has 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:‌[until JE 1.16 & BE 1.16.0]

Name Max Level
Unbreaking[note 1] III
Mending[note 2] I
Curse of Vanishing[note 2][JE only] I
  1. In Bedrock Edition, it can only be applied using enchanted books and an anvil
  2. a b Must use an anvil and an enchanted book

‌In Java Edition 1.16 and Bedrock Edition 1.16.0[upcoming], a hoe can receive the following enchantments and curses:

Name Max Level
Efficiency V
Fortune [note 1] III
Unbreaking III
Silk Touch [note 1] I
Mending[note 2] I
Curse of Vanishing[note 2] I
  1. a b Fortune and Silk Touch are mutually exclusive.
  2. a b Must use an anvil and an enchanted book

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

Sounds

SoundSubtitlesSourceDescriptionResource locationTranslation keyVolumePitchAttenuation
distance
Hoe tills??item.hoe.tillsubtitles.item.hoe.till??16
Item breaks?When durability is exhaustedentity.item.breaksubtitles.entity.item.break1.00.916

Data values

ID

Item Namespaced ID Numeric ID‌[BE only]
Wooden Hoe wooden_hoe 290
Stone Hoe stone_hoe 291
Iron Hoe iron_hoe 292
Diamond Hoe diamond_hoe 293
Golden Hoe golden_hoe 294
Netherite Hoe‌[upcoming: JE 1.16 & BE 1.16.0] netherite_hoe -

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

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-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

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February 6, 2010Wooden Hoe JE1 BE1 Stone Hoe JE1 BE1 Iron Hoe JE1 BE1 Golden Hoe JE1 BE1 Diamond Hoe JE1 BE1 Added hoes.
beta
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
1.3.112w18aWooden 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.
1.814w02aVillagers 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.
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 has been changed to 2♥ and iron and diamond hoes to 3♥♥.
The attack reach of hoes has been increased to 4 blocks.
1.1620w06aNetherite Hoe JE1 Added netherite hoes.
Netherite hoes are obtained by combining one diamond hoe and one netherite ingot in a crafting table.
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 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.
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, 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 created 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.
Pocket Edition Alpha
0.4.0Wooden Hoe JE1 BE1 Stone Hoe JE1 BE1 Iron Hoe JE1 BE1 Golden Hoe JE1 BE1 Diamond Hoe JE1 BE1 Added hoes.
Wheat seeds are now obtained by using a hoe on grass blocks.
0.8.0build 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.
0.11.0build 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.
0.16.2Wooden 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.
Upcoming Bedrock Edition
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.
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, which 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, since tilling is not predicted client-side.
  • Hoes made from stronger crafting materials than wood (stone, iron, gold, diamond, and netherite) offer no benefit, only different durabilities (and slightly-faster attack speeds). ‌[until JE 1.16]

Gallery

Enchanted Hoes

References

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