Stone Hoe

Stone Hoe

Rarity tier	Common
Mining efficiency	4
Attack damage	JE: 1HP BE: 4HP
Attack speed‌[JE only]	2 (0.5 seconds)
Attack reach	3 (3 blocks)
Durability	JE: 131 BE: 132
Enchantability	5
Renewable	Yes
Stackable	No

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A stone hoe is a variant of hoe that is crafted from cobblestone. It is used to till dirt-related blocks into farmland, and to break leaves, haybales, and sculk-related blocks faster. It is the fifth-highest tier of hoe, having higher mining efficiency, attack speed, and durability than a wooden hoe.

Obtaining

Crafting

Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Any stone-tier block + Stick

Repairing

Combining

Ingredients	Crafting recipe	Description
Damaged Stone Hoe		The durability of the two hoes is added together, plus an extra 5% durability.

Ingredients	Grinding recipe	Description
2x Damaged Stone Hoe or 2x Damaged Iron Hoe		The durability of the two hoes is added together, plus an extra 5% durability.

Anvil repair

Ingredients	Anvil recipe
Damaged Stone Hoe + Cobblestone or  Blackstone	Stone Hoe

A stone hoe can be repaired in an anvil by adding cobblestone, cobbled deepslate or blackstone, with each block restoring 32‌^{[JE only]} or 33‌^{[BE only]} durability (25% of its maximum durability, rounded down). Two stone hoes can also be combined in an anvil. Both methods preserve the hoe's enchantments.

Trading

Villager		Probability		Villager wants	Player receives	Trades in stock	Villager experience
		JE	BE
Toolsmith	Novice	2.5%	2.5%	Emerald	Stone Hoe	12	1

Villager gifts

Toolsmith villagers occasionally throw stone hoes at players with the Hero of the Village status effect.‌^{[Java Edition only]}

Usage

Harvesting

Hoes are used to harvest certain plant-based or organic blocks more quickly. Breaking one of these blocks takes 1 durability.

Breaking any other block takes 0 durability if the block breaks instantly when broken by hand, or 1 otherwise.

Tilling

Hoes are used to turn dirt, grass blocks, and dirt paths into farmland. To till, press use on a grass or dirt block while holding a hoe. This does not work on mycelium or podzol,^[1] nor does it work if there are other blocks on top of the targeted blocks, including snow layers or torches. However, mycelium and podzol can be first converted to dirt paths with a shovel, then tilled into farmland with a hoe.

Hoes can be used to convert coarse dirt into regular dirt by pressing use on the coarse dirt. Similar to tilling dirt, the space above the coarse dirt must be empty for it to be tilled.

Hoes can also be used on rooted dirt, which turns it into normal dirt, and yields a hanging roots item.

Tilling is effectively instantaneous, regardless of material, and uses 1 durability. Breaking blocks with a hoe uses 0 or 1 durability, depending on the block.

Hoes are unable to work on blocks with a plant on top, even if that plant could normally be placed on top of farmland without reverting it to dirt.^[2]

Weapon

Hoes may be used as a weapon, although they deal only 1HP damage in Java Edition. In Bedrock Edition, hoes can do as much as a pickaxe in terms of damage. Hoes use 1 durability when used as a weapon.

In Java Edition, hoes have an attack speed modifier -2 (refill in 0.5s).

Hoes always attack instantly in Bedrock Edition.

Enchantments

A hoe can receive the following enchantments:

Name	Description	Max Level	Method	Weight
Efficiency	Increases the mining speed.	V	Enchanting TableAnvil	10
Fortune[note 1]	Increases the amount of drops when mining.	III	Enchanting TableAnvil	2
Silk Touch[note 1]	Causes blocks to drop themselves when mined.	I	Enchanting TableAnvil	1
Unbreaking	Grants a chance to negate durability consumption.	III	Enchanting TableAnvil	5
Mending	Repairs the hoe when obtaining experience.	I	Anvil	2
Curse of Vanishing	The hoe vanishes on death, not dropping as an item.	I	Anvil	1

Sounds

Java Edition

Bedrock Edition:

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Translation key
Stone Hoe	stone_hoe	Item	item.minecraft.stone_hoe

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Translation key
Stone hoe	stone_hoe	330	Item	item.stone_hoe.name

Achievements

Icon		Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS)
PS4	Other
		MOAR Tools	Construct one type of each tool.	Construct one pickaxe, one shovel, one axe, and one hoe with the same material.	15	Bronze
		Time to Farm!	Make a Hoe.	Pick up any type of hoe from a crafting table output.	10	Bronze

Video

History

Java Edition Indev
20100206-2034							Added stone hoe.
Java Edition Beta
1.6			Test Build 3				Before, using a hoe on grass blocks was the only way to collect seeds for planting. As short grass has been introduced, this feature has been removed.
Java Edition
1.2.1			12w07a				Player is now unable to till dirt or grass block when there is a block on top of them.
1.4.2			12w38a				Hoes now have a sound when tilling dirt.
1.8			14w32a				Stone hoes can now be used to convert coarse dirt into regular dirt.
1.9			15w34c				Stone hoes now do slightly more damage than an unarmed attack.
			15w34d				Stone hoes now lose 1 durability when used as a weapon.
			15w35a				Hoes now all do the same damage, but better materials have higher speeds.
			15w50a				Added a sound for hoes: item.hoe.till.
1.14			18w43a				The texture of stone hoe have been changed.
			19w11a				Toolsmith villagers now sell stone hoes.
			19w13a				Toolsmith villagers now give stone hoes to players under the Hero of the Village effect.
1.16			20w09a				Hoes can now break nether wart and warped wart blocks quickly.
			20w10a				Each tier of hoes now has different a speed while mining blocks they are effective against.
							Hoes can now be enchanted with Efficiency, Fortune and Silk Touch.
							Hoes now mine hay bales faster than other tools
			20w11a				Hoes can now mine dried kelp blocks, targets, and shroomlights faster than other tools.
			20w12a				Hoes can now mine sponges faster than other tools.
			20w15a				Hoes can now mine leaves faster.
							Stone hoes can now be crafted using blackstone.
1.17			20w49a				Hoes can now mine sculk sensors faster than other tools.
			21w11a				Hoes are now the appropriate tool for breaking moss blocks.
			21w08a				Stone hoes can now be crafted using cobbled deepslate.
			21w20a				Hoes can now be used on rooted dirt, turning it into normal dirt, yielding a hanging roots item.
1.19			22w12a				Hoes can now mine mangrove leaves faster.[1]
Java Edition Combat Tests
1.14.3							The attack speed of stones has been changed to 2.5.
							The damage dealt for stone hoes have been changed to 2HP.
							The attack reach of hoes has been increased to 4 blocks.
Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.4.0							Added stone hoe.
							Wheat seeds are now obtained by using a hoe on grass blocks.
v0.8.0			build 3				Beetroot seeds, carrots, and potatoes are now obtained by using a hoe on grass blocks.
			build 4				Carrots and potatoes no longer spawn from tilling grass blocks with a hoe.
v0.11.0			build 11				Stone hoes are now available in the creative inventory.
			build 12				Stone hoes have been removed from creative.
			build 13				Stone hoes are now available in creative mode again.
Bedrock Edition
1.2.0			beta 1.2.0.2				Hoes can now be used to transform coarse dirt into normal dirt.
1.10.0			beta 1.10.0.3				The texture of stone hoe has been changed.
1.11.0			beta 1.11.0.4				Stone hoes can now be bought from toolsmith villagers.
1.16.0			beta 1.16.0.57				Each tier of hoes now has different a speed while mining blocks they are effective against.
							Hoes can now break hay bales, dried kelp blocks, target blocks, dry and wet sponges, shroomlights, leaves, nether wart and warped wart blocks quickly.
							Hoes can now be enchanted with Efficiency, Fortune and Silk Touch.
							Stone hoes can now be created using Blackstone.
							Stone hoe now deal the same damage as stone pickaxe.
Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360	Xbox One	PS3	PS4	PS Vita	Wii U	Switch
TU1	CU1				Patch 1	1.0.1	Added stone hoes.
TU31	CU19	1.22	1.22	1.22	Patch 3		Stone hoes can now be used to convert coarse dirt into regular dirt.
TU46	CU36	1.38	1.38	1.38	Patch 15		Added a sound for hoes. Previously, using a hoe played the sound for walking on farmland.
			1.90				The texture of stone hoe has been changed.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0							Added stone hoes.

Data history

Issues

Issues relating to "Stone Hoe" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

Trivia

• Tilling a dirt block that has a dirt block on top of it changes it to farmland even though it cannot be used. If a hoe is used on a block horizontally adjacent to such a block, the first block reverts to dirt and the selected block is not tilled.
• When a hoe breaks while tilling dirt, it does not display the tool breaking animation like on other tools, because tilling is not predicted client-side.

Gallery

In other media

• 
  Stone hoe in the Super Duper Graphics Pack.

References

External links

• Taking Inventory: Hoe – Minecraft.net on June 25, 2019

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