Shovels

Shovel
Type:	Item, Tool
Stackable:	No

Shovels are used to dig soft blocks, such as sand, dirt and snow.

Obtaining

Natural Generation

Stone shovels with 50-100 damage can be found in 21.8% of loot chests in stacks of 1.

Crafting

Shovels are crafted using one tool material and two sticks.

Usage

Mining

Shovels are required to collect:

• Snow blocks
• Snow balls from snow

Shovels can be used to speed up the collection of these blocks:

• Dirt (mycelium, farmland, etc),
• Sand
• Snow
• Clay
• Gravel

Weapon

Shovels can be used to deal more damage than by hand, however they deal the least damage than any tool of the same material and use up two durability points when used to do damage to a mob.

Types

There are five types of shovels, each with different mining speeds and durability.

Shovel	Material	Uses	Comments
	Wooden planks	60	Easiest to craft however it has the slowest mining speed. Can be found in the loot chest.
	Cobblestone	132	Second easiest to craft, and slightly faster than the wooden shovel. Can also be found in the loot chest.
	Iron ingot	251	Slightly harder to craft, however quite fast.
	Gold ingot	33	Fastest mining speed, however it is not recommended for regular use as it has very low durability, so is not worth spending one gold ingot on.
	Diamond	1562	Faster mining speed than the iron shovel, however slightly slower than gold. It has a lot of durability for how much it costs.

Data Values

Different shovels have different item ids.

Here is a table:

Shovel	ID
	wooden_shovel
	stone_shovel
	iron_shovel
	golden_shovel
	diamond_shovel

History

Version	Date	Changes
Prior to 1.4.34	Day 11	Added shovels

See Also

• Axes
• Pickaxes
• Swords
• Hoes
• Tools