Shovel
Rarity |
Common |
---|---|
Durability |
Wood: 59 |
Renewable |
Yes |
Stackable |
No |
Namespaced ID |
See Data values |
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— Duncan Geere[1] |
Shovels are tools used to ease the process of collecting dirt and other blocks.
Contents
Obtaining[edit]
Crafting[edit]
Ingredients | Crafting recipe | Description |
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Any Planks or Cobblestone 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. |
Repairing[edit]
Grinding[edit]
Ingredients | Grinding recipe | Description |
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2x Damaged Wooden Shovel or 2x Damaged Stone Shovel or 2x Damaged Iron Shovel or 2x Damaged Golden Shovel or 2x Damaged Diamond Shovel |
The durability of the two shovels is added together, plus an extra 5% durability. |
Unit repair[edit]
A shovel can be repaired in an anvil by adding units of the corresponding material, each restores 25% its maximum durability, rounded down.
Natural generation[edit]
Iron shovels can be found in 41.2% of village toolsmith chests in groups of 1.
Enchanted iron shovels[note 1] can be found in 13.3% of End city chests in groups of 1.
Enchanted diamond shovels[note 1] can be found in 13.3% of End city chests in groups of 1.
- Notes
- ↑ a b Enchantment probabilities are the same as a level-20 to level-39 enchantment would be on an enchantment table that had no cap at level 30, and that was able to apply treasure enchantments, and where the chance of multiple enchantments is not reduced.
Drops[edit]
Equipment[edit]
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[edit]
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[edit]
Toolsmith villagers sell enchanted iron shovels for 5 to 7 emeralds as part of their tier 1 trades.[Legacy Console Edition only]
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[edit]
Shovels have different amounts of uses based on the type:
- Wooden: 59
- Stone: 131
- Iron: 250
- Golden: 32
- Diamond: 1561
Digging[edit]
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.
Speed[edit]
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[note 1] | |||||
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Hand | Wooden | Stone | Iron | Diamond | Golden | |
Clay | 0.9 | 0.45 | 0.25 | 0.15 | 0.15 | 0.1 |
Farmland | 0.9 | 0.45 | 0.25 | 0.15 | 0.15 | 0.1 |
Grass Block | 0.9 | 0.45 | 0.25 | 0.15 | 0.15 | 0.1 |
Grass Path | 0.9 | 0.45 | 0.25 | 0.15 | 0.15 | 0.1 |
Gravel | 0.9 | 0.45 | 0.25 | 0.15 | 0.15 | 0.1 |
Mycelium | 0.9 | 0.45 | 0.25 | 0.15 | 0.15 | 0.1 |
Podzol | 0.75 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.15 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
Coarse Dirt | 0.75 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.15 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
Dirt | 0.75 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.15 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
Red Sand | 0.75 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.15 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
Sand | 0.75 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.15 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
Soul Sand | 0.75 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.15 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
Snow Block | 1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.05 |
Snow | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.05 |
- ↑ Times are for unenchanted tools in seconds. For more information, see Haste § Instant mining.
Grass paths[edit]
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[edit]
A shovel can be used to extinguish a campfire.[Bedrock and PlayStation 4 editions only][upcoming: JE 1.15]
Weapon[edit]
Hitting a mob while holding a shovel is a stronger attack than barehanded. Shovels take 2 damage when used as a weapon.
Java Edition[edit]
Shovels have an attack speed modifier of -3, meaning they take 1 second to recover. Shovels deal different damage based on the type:
Attack speed | Attack damage | Damage/Second (DPS) | ||||||
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1 | 2.5 |
3.5 |
4.5 |
5.5 |
2.5 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 5.5 |
Legacy Console and Bedrock editions[edit]
In the Legacy Console and Bedrock editions, shovels always attack instantly and do the following damage:
Attack damage | |||
---|---|---|---|
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
Enchantments[edit]
A shovel can receive the following enchantments:
Name | Max Level |
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Fortune[note 1] | III |
Silk Touch[note 1] | I |
Efficiency | V |
Unbreaking | III |
Mending[note 2] | I |
Curse of Vanishing[note 2][JE & LCE only] | I |
Crafting ingredient[edit]
In the Legacy Console and Bedrock editions, wooden shovels are used as "paddles" when crafting the boat.
Name | Ingredients | Crafting recipe | Description |
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Boat | Matching Planks + Wooden Shovel |
[Bedrock and Legacy Console editions only] Shovel represents an oar. |
Fuel[edit]
Wooden shovels can be used as a fuel in furnaces, smelting 1 item per shovel.
Smelting ingredient[edit]
Name | Ingredients | Smelting recipe |
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Iron Nugget or Gold Nugget |
Iron Shovel or Golden Shovel + Any fuel |
Sounds[edit]
Sound | Subtitle | Namespaced ID | Subtitle ID | Source | Pitch | Volume | Attenuation distance |
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Shovel flattens | item.shovel.flatten
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subtitles.item.shovel.flatten
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? | ? | ? | 16 | |
Item breaks | entity.item.break
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subtitles.entity.item.break
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? | 0.9 | 1.0 | 16 |
Data values[edit]
Item | Namespaced ID | Numeric ID[BE only] |
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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 |
Achievements[edit]
Icon | Achievement | In-game description | Actual requirements (if different) | Availability | Xbox points earned | Trophy type (PS) | |||
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Xbox | PS | Bedrock | Nintendo | ||||||
MOAR Tools | Construct one type of each tool (one pickaxe, one shovel, one axe and one hoe). | Yes | Yes | Yes | Wii U, Switch | 15G | Bronze |
Video[edit]
History[edit]
Java Edition Indev | |||||
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Indev 0.31 | December 31st, 2009 | ![]() | |||
Shovels are non-functional in this version. | |||||
January 11th, 2010 (1) | Shovels are now functional and can now be used to gather materials like dirt, sand and gravel 400% faster than by hand. | ||||
January 24, 2010 | 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. | ||||
January 28, 2010 | A shovel held by the player now appears more 3D like. | ||||
January 29, 2010 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||||
Added crafting recipe for iron shovels as well as the newly introduced variants. | |||||
January 30, 2010 | ![]() | ||||
February 1, 2010 (1) | Tools now take damage when being used. Better tools last longer. | ||||
Indev | February 6, 2010 | ![]() | |||
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 now been reduced. | ||||
15w41a | Wooden shovels are now used to craft boats. | ||||
15w50a | Added sound: item.shovel.flatten . | ||||
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 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||
Upcoming Java Edition | |||||
1.15 | 19w37a | Shovels can now be used to extinguish campfires. | |||
Pocket Edition Alpha | |||||
0.2.0 | ![]() | ||||
0.3.0 | ![]() | ||||
0.3.2 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||||
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 now been removed from creative. | ||||
build 13 | Shovel have now 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 now 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. | |||||
Legacy Console Edition | |||||
TU1 | CU1 | 1.0 | Patch 1 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | |
TU53 | CU43 | 1.49 | Patch 23 | Patch s3 | Iron and golden shovels are now smeltable. |
PlayStation 4 Edition | |||||
1.90 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Issues[edit]
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