Template:Tool
The specific instructions are: Bedrock's netherite shovel uses a different texture
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Shovels(or Spade when the language is set to British English) are tools used to ease the process of collecting dirt and other blocks.
Obtaining
Crafting
| Ingredients | Crafting recipe | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Any Planks or Any Cobblestone or Blackstone or Iron Ingot or Gold Ingot or Diamond + Stick |
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| Damaged Matching Shovel | The durability of the two shovels is added together, plus an extra 5% durability. |
Upgrading
Diamond Shovel +
Netherite Ingot +
Netherite Shovel
| Ingredients | Crafting recipe | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Diamond Shovel + Netherite Ingot |
[upcoming: BE 1.16.0] |
Repairing
Grinding
| Ingredients | Grinding recipe | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 2x Damaged Wooden Shovel or 2x Damaged Stone Shovel or 2x Damaged Iron Shovel or 2x Damaged Golden Shovel or 2x Damaged Diamond Shovel or 2x Damaged Netherite Shovel[upcoming: JE 1.16] |
The durability of the two shovels is added together, plus an extra 5% durability. |
Unit repair
A shovel can be repaired in an anvil by adding units of the tiers' repair material, with each repair material restoring 25% the shovel's maximum durability, rounded down.
Natural generation
| Item | Structure | Container | Quantity | Chance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Java Edition | ||||
| Iron Shovel | Village | Toolsmith's chest | 1 | 41.2% |
| Bedrock Edition | ||||
| Iron Shovel | Village | Toolsmith's chest | 1 | 41.2% |
Unknown item enchanted-iron-shovel.
| Item | Structure | Container | Quantity | Chance |
|---|
Unknown item enchanted-diamond-shovel.
| Item | Structure | Container | Quantity | Chance |
|---|
- Notes
Drops
Equipment
Zombies and Husks have a 0.67% (3.33% in Hard difficulty) chance of spawning with an iron shovel. They have an 8.5% (9.5% with Looting I, 10.5% with Looting II and 11.5% with Looting III) chance of dropping that shovel if they are killed by the player. The dropped shovel is usually badly damaged, and may be enchanted: 0%–25% on Normal difficulty and 3.125%–25% on Hard difficulty, varying with regional difficulty, and enchanted as if on an enchantment table at level 5–22.
Raids
Vindicators and pillagers that spawn from raids have a 4.1% chance(5.12% on hard) to drop a badly-damaged iron shovel that is sometimes enchanted with a random enchantment.[Bedrock Edition only]
Trading
Novice-level Toolsmith villagers have a 25% chance to sell stone shovels for one emerald, journeyman-level toolsmith villagers have a 25% chance to sell enchanted iron shovels for 2 emeralds, and expert-level toolsmith villagers have a 50% chance to sell enchanted diamond shovels for 5 emeralds as part of their trades.[Bedrock Edition only]
Novice-level Toolsmith villagers have a 40% chance to sell stone shovels for one emerald, journeyman-level toolsmiths have a 40% chance to sell an enchanted iron shovel for 7-22 emeralds, and expert-level toolsmiths have a 2⁄3 chance to sell an enchanted diamond shovel for 11-27 emeralds.[Java Edition only]
The enchantments are the same as the ones obtained from an enchantment table at levels 5–19.
Usage
Digging
A shovel can be used to break some materials faster. When breaking a block, it uses 1 durability. For blocks that break instantly, it uses 0 durability.
Durability
Each different tier of shovel has a different durability:
| Material | Durability |
|---|---|
| Wood | 59 |
| Stone | 131 |
| Iron | 250 |
| Diamond | 1561 |
| Golden | 32 |
| Netherite[upcoming: JE 1.16] | 2031 |
Speed
The following table summarizes the speed at which different quality shovels perform on different block types. Values with a red background indicate that no resource is dropped when the block is destroyed without a shovel.
| Block | Breaking time[A] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Default | Wooden | Stone | Iron | Diamond | Netherite | Golden | |
| Clay | 0.9 | 0.45 | 0.25 | 0.15 | 0.15 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Farmland | 0.9 | 0.45 | 0.25 | 0.15 | 0.15 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Grass Block | 0.9 | 0.45 | 0.25 | 0.15 | 0.15 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Grass Path | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Gravel | 0.9 | 0.45 | 0.25 | 0.15 | 0.15 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Mycelium | 0.9 | 0.45 | 0.25 | 0.15 | 0.15 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Podzol | 0.75 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.15 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Coarse Dirt | 0.75 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.15 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Dirt | 0.75 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.15 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Red Sand | 0.75 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.15 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Sand | 0.75 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.15 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Soul Sand | 0.75 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.15 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Concrete Powder | 0.75 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.15 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Snow Block | 1 | 0.15 | 0.1 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.05 |
| Snow | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.05 |
- ↑ Times are for unenchanted tools as wielded by players with no status effects, measured in seconds. For more information, see Breaking § Speed.
Grass paths
A shovel can be used to create a grass path by using (not digging) the shovel on a grass block. When creating a grass path, it uses 1 durability.
Campfire
A shovel can be used to extinguish a campfire.
Weapon
Hitting a mob while holding a shovel is a stronger attack than barehanded. Shovels take 2 damage when used as a weapon.
Java Edition
Shovels have an attack speed modifier of -3, meaning they take 1 second to recover. Shovels deal different damage based on the type:
| Shovel type | Attack damage | Attack speed | Damage per second (DPS) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wooden Shovel Golden Shovel |
2.5 |
1 | 2.5 |
| Stone Shovel | 3.5 |
3.5 | |
| Iron Shovel | 4.5 |
4.5 | |
| Diamond Shovel | 5.5 |
5.5 | |
| Netherite Shovel[upcoming: JE 1.16] | 6.5 |
6.5 |
Bedrock Edition
In Bedrock Edition, shovels always attack instantly and do the following damage:
| Attack damage | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
Enchantments
A shovel can receive the following enchantments:
| Name | Max Level |
|---|---|
| Fortune[note 1] | III |
| Silk Touch[note 1] | I |
| Efficiency | V |
| Unbreaking | III |
| Mending[note 2] | I |
| Curse of Vanishing[note 2][JE only] | I |
Crafting ingredient
In Bedrock Edition, wooden shovels are used as "paddles" when crafting the boat.
Fuel
Wooden shovels can be used as a fuel in furnaces, smelting 1 item per shovel.
Smelting ingredient
| Name | Ingredients | Smelting recipe |
|---|---|---|
| Iron Nugget or Gold Nugget |
Iron Shovel or Golden Shovel + Any fuel |
Sounds
| Sound | Subtitles | Source | Description | Resource location | Translation key | Volume | Pitch | Attenuation distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shovel flattens | ? | ? | item | subtitles | ? | ? | 16 | |
| Item breaks | ? | ? | entity | subtitles | 1.0 | 0.9 | 16 |
Data values
| Item | Namespaced ID | Numeric ID[BE only] |
|---|---|---|
| Wooden Shovel | wooden_shovel
|
269 |
| Stone Shovel | stone_shovel
|
273 |
| Iron Shovel | iron_shovel
|
256 |
| Diamond Shovel | diamond_shovel
|
277 |
| Golden Shovel | golden_shovel
|
284 |
| Netherite Shovel[upcoming: JE 1.16 & BE 1.16.0] | netherite_shovel
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Achievements
| Icon | Achievement | In-game description | Actual requirements (if different) | Gamerscore earned | Trophy type (PS4) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PS4 | Other | |||||
| MOAR Tools | Construct one type of each tool. | Construct one pickaxe, one shovel, one axe, and one hoe with the same material. | 15G | Bronze | ||
Video
History
| indev | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.31 | 20091231-2 | File:Iron Shovel JE1 BE1.png Added iron shovels. | |||
| Shovels are non-functional in this version. | |||||
| 20100111-1 | Shovels are now functional and can now be used to gather materials like dirt, sand and gravel 400% faster than by hand. | ||||
| 20100124 | A complete tool set is no longer given to the player on starting a new world. Instead, there are multiple chests in the later called "Indev House" containing a stack of every available block and item including tools. | ||||
| 20100128 | A shovel held by the player now appears more 3D like. | ||||
| 20100129 | |||||
| Added crafting recipe for iron shovels as well as the newly introduced variants. | |||||
| 20100130 | |||||
| 20100201-1 | Tools, including shovels, now take damage when being used. | ||||
| Better tools, including shovels, now last longer. | |||||
| 20100206 | |||||
| alpha | |||||
| 1.0.5_01 | Shovels are now used to get snowballs out of snow layers. | ||||
| Java Edition | |||||
| 1.3.1 | 12w18a | Wooden shovels can now be used as fuel in a furnace. | |||
| 12w21a | Blacksmith villagers now sell diamond shovels for 7 emeralds, and iron shovels for 4–5 emeralds. | ||||
| 1.8 | 14w02a | Tool smith villagers now sell enchanted iron shovels for 5–7 emeralds. The previous trades are now unavailable, making diamond shovels non-renewable. | |||
| 1.9 | 15w31a | A shovel can now be used on a grass block to create grass path blocks. | |||
| Enchanted iron or diamond shovels can now be found in end city chests. | |||||
| 15w34a | Shovels now use the "attack strength" combat mechanic meter. The time it takes for the meter to fill up for a shovel is 0.8 seconds. | ||||
| 15w34c | Shovels now do more damage and take longer to recover. | ||||
| 15w35a | The damage of shovels has been reduced. | ||||
| 15w41a | Wooden shovels are now used to craft boats. | ||||
| 15w50a | The sound item.shovel.flatten has been added to shovels. | ||||
| 16w04a | Wooden shovels are no longer used to craft boats. | ||||
| 1.11.1 | 16w50a | Golden and iron shovels now smelt down into one of their respective nuggets. | |||
| 1.13 | 17w47a | Prior to The Flattening, these items' numeral IDs were 269, 273, 256, 277 and 284. | |||
| 1.14 | 18w43a | ||||
| 1.15 | 19w37a | Shovels can now be used to extinguish campfires. | |||
| Upcoming Java Edition | |||||
| Combat Tests | 1.14.3 - Combat Test | The attack speed for all shovels has been increased to 2. | |||
| The damage for all shovels has been decreased by 1 | |||||
| 1.16 | 20w06a | ||||
| Netherite shovels are obtained by combining one diamond shovel and one netherite ingot in a crafting table. | |||||
| 20w09a | |||||
| 20w10a | File:Netherite Shovel JE2.png The texture of netherite shovels has been changed. | ||||
| Netherite shovels can no longer be crafted. | |||||
| Netherite shovels are now obtained by combining one diamond shovel and one netherite ingot in a smithing table. | |||||
| 20w15a | Stone shovels can now be crafted using blackstone. | ||||
| Pocket Edition Alpha | |||||
| 0.2.0 | |||||
| 0.3.0 | |||||
| 0.3.2 | File:Iron Shovel JE1 BE1.png | ||||
| 0.11.0 | build 1 | Wooden shovels are now used to craft boats. | |||
| Iron shovels are now available in the creative inventory. | |||||
| A shovel can now be used on a grass block to create grass path blocks. | |||||
| build 11 | Wooden, stone, golden, and diamond shovels are now available in the creative inventory. | ||||
| build 12 | All shovels have been removed from creative. | ||||
| build 13 | Shovel have been re-added to creative mode. | ||||
| 0.12.1 | build 1 | Shovels can now be enchanted. | |||
| Zombies now have a small chance to spawn holding an iron shovel. | |||||
| 0.15.0 | build 1 | Added husks, which have a small chance to spawn holding an iron shovel. | |||
| Pocket Edition | |||||
| 1.0.0 | alpha 0.17.0.1 | Enchanted iron and diamond shovels can now be found inside end city chests. | |||
| 1.0.4 | alpha 1.0.4.0 | Enchanted iron shovels are now sold by toolsmith villagers for 4-5 emeralds. | |||
| 1.1.0 | alpha 1.1.0.0 | Iron and golden shovels are now smeltable. | |||
| Bedrock Edition | |||||
| 1.10.0 | beta 1.10.0.3 | ||||
| 1.11.0 | beta 1.11.0.1 | Iron shovels can now be found in village toolsmith houses. | |||
| beta 1.11.0.4 | Vindicators and pillagers that spawn in raids can now drop iron shovels upon death. | ||||
| Trading has been changed, toolsmith villagers now have a 25% chance to sell enchanted iron shovels for 2 emeralds as part of their third tier trades. | |||||
| Stone shovels and enchanted diamond shovels can now be bought from toolsmith villagers. | |||||
| Upcoming Bedrock Edition | |||||
| 1.16.0 | beta 1.16.0.51 | File:Netherite Shovel BE1.png Added netherite shovels. | |||
| Netherite shovels are obtained by combining one diamond shovel and one netherite ingot in a crafting table. | |||||
| Legacy Console Edition | |||||
| TU1 | CU1 | 1.0 | Patch 1 | ||
| TU53 | CU43 | 1.49 | Patch 23 | 1.0.3 | Iron and golden shovels are now smeltable. |
| PlayStation 4 Edition | |||||
| 1.90 | |||||
| New Nintendo 3DS Edition | |||||
| 0.1.0 | |||||
Issues
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