Shovel

Shovels are tools used to ease the process of collecting dirt and other blocks.

Obtaining[edit]

Crafting[edit]

Upgrading[edit]

Repairing[edit]

Grinding[edit]

Unit repair[edit]

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[edit]

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 enchanting 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]

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 enchanting table at levels 5–19.

Usage[edit]

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.

Durability[edit]

Each different tier of shovel has a different 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.

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.

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:

Bedrock Edition[edit]

In Bedrock Edition, shovels always attack instantly and do the following damage:

Enchantments[edit]

A shovel can receive, or be found in an End City with the following enchantments:

Crafting ingredient[edit]

In Bedrock Edition, wooden shovels are used as "paddles" when crafting the boat.

Fuel[edit]

Wooden shovels can be used as a fuel in furnaces, smelting 1 item per shovel.

Smelting ingredient[edit]

Piglins[edit]

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

Sounds[edit]

Data values[edit]

ID[edit]

Java Edition:

Bedrock Edition:

Achievements[edit]

Advancements[edit]

Video[edit]

History[edit]

Issues[edit]

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

Gallery[edit]

Enchanted shovels[edit]

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