Minecraft:Shovel

A shovel is a tiered Minecraft:tool that can quickly break Minecraft:sand, Minecraft:gravel, and dirt-related blocks. Shovels also have a unique interaction with dirt-related blocks, and can turn them into dirt paths.

Variants

There are seven shovel variants:

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Obtaining

Generated loot

In ancient_city/city_center/city_center_2, there exists a furnace with a wooden shovel inside. Template:LootChestItem

Usage

Digging

A shovel can be used to break soil-type materials faster. Breaking a block with a shovel consumes one use (one durability point). No durability is consumed for blocks that break instantly, like Minecraft:torches and Minecraft:flowers. Shovels have different amounts of uses based on the type:

• Wooden: 59 Template:In, 60 Template:In;
• Golden: 32 Template:In, 33 Template:In;
• Stone: 131 Template:In, 132 Template:In;
• Copper: 191;
• Iron: 250 Template:In, 251 Template:In;
• Diamond: 1,561 Template:In, 1,562 Template:In;
• Netherite: 2,031 Template:In, 2,032 Template:In.

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. Values with a yellow backround mean that another resource is dropped with a shovel but not the block itself and green means that the block is dropped itself. Template:Breaking row Template:Breaking row Template:Breaking row Template:Breaking row Template:Breaking row Template:Breaking row Template:Breaking row Template:Breaking row Template:Breaking row Template:Breaking row Template:Breaking row Template:Breaking row Template:Breaking row Template:Breaking row Template:Breaking row Template:Breaking row Template:Breaking row Template:Breaking row Template:Breaking row Template:Breaking row Template:Breaking row

Statistics

Java Edition

Template:IN, shovels have an attack speed of 1 (1 second), and have the following statistics:

Unenchanted
Type	Mining efficiency	Attack damage	Attack speed	DPS	Attack range	Hitbox margin	Durability	Lifetime damage inflicted<ref group="note">The formula to find the total lifetime damage is ceil(durability ÷ 2) × damage per hit. The durability is halved then ceiled because shovels take double durability when used as a weapon, and the last 1 durability can also deal damage. The formula also ignores enchantments, and assumes each attack is performed at maximum charge.</ref>	Enchantability
Template:ItemSprite	2	Template:Hp	1 (1 second)	2.5	3 (3 blocks)	0	59	Template:Hp	15
Template:ItemSprite (critical)		Template:Hp		3.75				Template:Hp
Template:ItemSprite	12	Template:Hp		2.5			32	Template:Hp	22
Template:ItemSprite (critical)		Template:Hp		3.75				Template:Hp
Template:ItemSprite	4	Template:Hp		3.5			131	Template:Hp	5
Template:ItemSprite (critical)		Template:Hp		5.25				Template:Hp
Template:ItemSprite	5	Template:Hp		3.5			190	Template:Hp	13
Template:ItemSprite (critical)		Template:Hp		5.25				Template:Hp
Template:ItemSprite	6	Template:Hp		4.5			250	Template:Hp	14
Template:ItemSprite (critical)		Template:Hp		6.75				Template:Hp
Template:ItemSprite	8	Template:Hp		5.5			1561	Template:Hp	10
Template:ItemSprite (critical)		Template:Hp		8.25				Template:Hp
Template:ItemSprite	9	Template:Hp		6.5			2031	Template:Hp	15
Template:ItemSprite (critical)		Template:Hp		9.75				Template:Hp

Enchanted
Type	Base mining efficiency	Efficiency I	Efficiency II	Efficiency III	Efficiency IV	Efficiency V
Template:ItemSprite	2	4	7	12	19	28
Template:ItemSprite	4	6	9	14	21	30
Template:ItemSprite	5	7	10	15	22	31
Template:ItemSprite	6	8	11	16	23	32
Template:ItemSprite	8	10	13	18	25	34
Template:ItemSprite	9	11	14	19	26	35
Template:ItemSprite	12	14	17	22	29	38

Bedrock Edition

Template:Rewrite Template:IN, shovels have no attack cooldown, and have the following statistics:

Material	Template:ItemSprite	Template:ItemSprite	Template:ItemSprite	Template:ItemSprite	Template:ItemSprite	Template:ItemSprite	Template:ItemSprite
Attack Damage	Template:Hp	Template:Hp	Template:Hp	Template:Hp	Template:Hp	Template:Hp	Template:Hp
Damage/Second (DPS)	4	4	6	6	8	10	12
Durability	60	33	132	191	251	1562	2032
Lifetime damage inflicted<ref group="note">The formula to find the total lifetime damage is ceil(durability ÷ 2) × damage per hit. The durability is halved then ceiled because hoes take double durability when used as a weapon, and the last 1 durability can also deal damage. The formula also ignores enchantments and critical hits, and assumes each attack is performed at maximum charge.</ref>	Template:Hp	Template:Hp	Template:Hp	Template:Hp	Template:Hp	Template:Hp	Template:Hp

Dirt paths

A shovel can be used to create a dirt path by Template:Control (not digging) the shovel on any one of the following blocks, losing one durability point:

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Campfires

A shovel can be used to extinguish a Minecraft:campfire or soul campfire by using (not digging) the shovel on it, losing one durability point.

Repairing

Anvil repair

Template:Main Template:Repairing with Anvils A shovel can be repaired in an Minecraft:anvil by adding units of the tiers' repair material, with each repair material restoring 25% the shovel's maximum durability, rounded down. Two shovels of the same tier can also be combined in an anvil. Both methods preserve the shovel's enchantments, unlike by crafting to repair.

Enchantments

A shovel can receive the following enchantments:

Name	Description	Max Level	Method	Weight
Efficiency	Increases the mining speed.	V	Template:BlockLink Template:BlockLink	10
Fortune<ref group="note" name="exc">Silk Touch and Fortune are mutually exclusive.</ref>	Increases the amount of drops when mining.	III	Template:BlockLink Template:BlockLink	2
Minecraft:Silk Touch<ref group="note" name="exc" />	Causes blocks to drop themselves when mined.	I	Template:BlockLink Template:BlockLink	1
Unbreaking	Grants a chance to negate durability consumption.	III	Template:BlockLink Template:BlockLink	5
Mending	Repairs the shovel when obtaining experience.	I	Template:BlockLink	2
Curse of Vanishing	The shovel vanishes on death, not dropping as an item.	I	Template:BlockLink	1

Data values

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Videos

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History

Other

• February 20, 2024: File:Netherite Shovel (Pre-release).png A Mojang video about bugs shows early textures of netherite items, including the shovel: [1]

Gallery

Renders

• Enchanted wooden shovel
  Enchanted wooden shovel
• Enchanted stone shovel
  Enchanted stone shovel
• Enchanted copper shovel
  Enchanted copper shovel
• Enchanted iron shovel
  Enchanted iron shovel
• Enchanted golden shovel
  Enchanted golden shovel
• Enchanted diamond shovel
  Enchanted diamond shovel
• Enchanted netherite shovel
  Enchanted netherite shovel

Minecraft:Super Duper Graphics Pack

• Stone shovel
  Stone shovel

Screenshots

• An "adventure shovel" that can break blocks in adventure mode.
  An "adventure shovel" that can break blocks in adventure mode.

In other media

• Official shovel T-shirt made by JINX
  Official shovel T-shirt made by JINX
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External links

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