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 Minecraft: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:

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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:

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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 Minecraft: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 Minecraft: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 Minecraft: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 Minecraft:enchantments, unlike by crafting to repair.

Enchantments

A shovel can receive the following Minecraft:enchantments:

Name	Description	Max Level	Method	Weight
Minecraft:Efficiency	Increases the mining speed.	V	Template:BlockLink Template:BlockLink	10
Minecraft:Fortune<ref group="note" name="exc">Silk Touch and Fortune are mutually exclusive.</ref>	Increases the amount of Minecraft: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
Minecraft:Unbreaking	Grants a chance to negate durability consumption.	III	Template:BlockLink Template:BlockLink	5
Minecraft:Mending	Repairs the shovel when obtaining Minecraft:experience.	I	Template:BlockLink	2
Minecraft: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 Minecraft:adventure mode.
  An "adventure shovel" that can break blocks in Minecraft: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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