Wooden Shovel

Wooden Shovel
Rarity tier	Common
Mining efficiency	2
Attack damage	JE: 2.5HP × 1.25; BE: 2HP
Attack speed‌[JE only]	1 (1 second)
Attack reach	3 (3 blocks)
Durability	JE: 59; BE: 60
Enchantability	15
Renewable	Yes
Stackable	No

A wooden shovel is an early-game variant of shovel that is crafted from planks. It is used to break dirt, sand, gravel and other related blocks faster, to create dirt paths from dirt-related blocks, and to extinguish campfires. It is the seventh-highest tier of shovel, having the lowest mining efficiency, and having the lowest attack damage alongside golden shovels. It can be used as fuel in a furnace, smoker, or blast furnace.

Obtaining

Crafting

Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Any Planks + Stick

Generated loot

On ancient_city/city_center/city_center_2, they generate a furnace with a wooden shovel inside of it.

Usage

Digging

A wooden 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.

Dirt paths

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

Campfire

A wooden shovel can be used to extinguish a campfire.

Weapon

Wooden shovels take 2 damage when used as a weapon.

Java Edition

Wooden shovels have an attack speed modifier of -3, meaning they take 1 second to recover. Wooden shovels deal 2.5HP × 1.25 damage.

Bedrock Edition

Wooden shovels always attack instantly and do 2HP damage.

Repairing

Combining

Ingredients	Crafting recipe	Description
Damaged Wooden Shovel		The durability of the two shovels is added together, plus an extra 5% of durability.

Ingredients	Grinding recipe	Description
2× Damaged Wooden Shovel		The durability of the two shovels is added together, plus an extra 5% of durability.

Anvil repair

Ingredients	Anvil recipe
Damaged Wooden Shovel + Any Planks	Wooden Shovel

A wooden shovel can be repaired in an anvil by adding wooden planks, with each plank restoring 14‌^{[JE only]} or 15‌^{[BE only]} durability (25% of its maximum durability, rounded down). Two wooden shovels can also be combined in an anvil. Both methods preserve the shovel's enchantments.

Enchantments

A wooden shovel can receive the following enchantments:


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

↑ ^a ^b Silk Touch and Fortune are mutually exclusive

Fuel

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

Sounds

Java Edition:

v t e Sounds
Sound	Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	Shovel flattens	Blocks	When a shovel creates a dirt path	`item.shovel.flatten`	`subtitles.item.shovel.flatten`	1.0	1.0	16
	Item breaks	Players	When a shovel's durability is exhausted	`entity.item.break`	`subtitles.entity.item.break`	0.8	0.8-1.2	16

Bedrock Edition:

v t e Sounds
Sound	Source	Description	Resource location	Volume	Pitch
	Blocks	When a shovel creates a dirt path	`use.grass`	1.0	0.8
	Players	When a shovel's durability is exhausted	`random.break`	1.0	0.9

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Translation key
Wooden Shovel	`wooden_shovel`	Item	`item.minecraft.wooden_shovel`

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Translation key
Wooden Shovel	`wooden_shovel`	`309`	Item	`item.wooden_shovel.name`

Achievements


Icon		Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS)
PS4	Other	Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS)
		MOAR Tools	Construct one type of each tool.	Construct one pickaxe, one shovel, one axe, and one hoe with the same material.	15	Bronze

Video

History

Java Edition Indev
0.31			20100128-2200				Added wooden shovels.
							A shovel held by the player is now rendered to appear more 3D.
							They cannot be crafted yet, but have been added to the item chest in the Indev house.
			20100129-1447				Wooden shovels can now be crafted.
			20100201-0025				Wooden shovels now take damage when being used.
Java Edition Alpha
v1.0.5_01							Wooden shovels are now used to get snowballs out of snow layers.
Java Edition
1.2.4			release				Spruce planks, birch planks, and jungle planks can now be used to craft wooden shovels.
1.3.1			12w18a				Wooden shovels can now be used as fuel in a furnace.
1.6.1			13w21a				Instead of replacing the barehanded damage (1HP), wooden shovels now add their damage onto the barehanded damage, which results in them doing 1HP more damage than before.
1.7.2			1.7.1				Acacia planks and dark oak planks can now be used to craft wooden shovels.
1.9			15w31a				A wooden shovel can now be used on a grass block to create grass path blocks.
			15w34a				Shovels now use the "attack strength" combat mechanic meter. The time it takes for the meter to fill up for a shovel is 0.8 seconds.
			15w34c				Wooden shovels now do more damage and take longer to recover.
			15w35a				The damage of wooden shovels has been reduced.
			15w41a				Wooden shovels are now used to craft boats.
			15w50a				The sound `item.shovel.flatten` has been added to wooden shovels.
			16w04a				Wooden shovels are no longer used to craft boats.
1.14			18w43a				The textures of wooden shovels have been changed.
1.15			19w37a				Wooden shovels can now be used to extinguish campfires.
1.16			20w06a				Crimson planks and warped planks can now be used to craft wooden shovels.
1.16			20w09a				Wooden shovels can now break soul soil quickly.
1.19			22w11a				Mangrove planks can now be used to craft wooden shovels.
1.19			22w13a				Wooden shovels may now be found in ancient city furnaces.
1.19.3 Experiment Update 1.20			22w42a				Bamboo planks can now be used to craft wooden shovels.
1.19.4 Experiment Update 1.20			23w07a				Cherry planks can now be used to craft wooden shovels.
1.20			23w14a				Wooden shovels now break suspicious sand and suspicious gravel quickly.
Java Edition Combat Tests
1.14.3							The attack speed for all shovels has been increased to 2.
1.14.3							The damage for wooden shovels has been decreased by 1HP.
Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.2.0							Added wooden shovels. They actually function as tools despite being unobtainable by normal means.
v0.3.0							Wooden shovels can now be crafted with wooden planks and sticks.
v0.8.0			build 7				Wooden shovels can now be used as fuel in a furnace.
v0.11.0			build 1				Wooden shovels are now used to craft boats.
			build 1				A wooden shovel can now be used on a grass block to create grass path blocks.
			build 11				Wooden shovels are now available in the creative inventory.
			build 12				Wooden shovels have been removed from creative.
			build 13				Wooden shovel have been re-added to creative mode.
v0.12.1			build 1				Wooden shovels can now be enchanted.
Bedrock Edition
1.10.0			beta 1.10.0.3				The textures of wooden shovels have been changed.
1.20.10			Preview 1.20.10.20				The wooden shovel in the crafting recipe has been removed for all boat types except the bamboo raft.
1.20.10			Preview 1.20.10.21				The bamboo raft recipe no longer needs a wooden shovel.
Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360	Xbox One	PS3	PS4	PS Vita	Wii U	Switch
TU1	CU1	1.00	1.00	1.00	Patch 1	1.0.1	Added wooden shovels.
TU19	CU7	1.12	1.12	1.12	Patch 1		Instead of replacing the barehanded damage (1HP), wooden shovels now add their damage onto the barehanded damage, which results in them doing 1HP more damage than before.
TU36	CU25	1.28	1.28	1.28	Patch 7		The attack damage of wooden shovels is now shown above the hotbar when switching to it if the item has less than 3 enchantments.
TU43	CU33	1.36	1.36	1.36	Patch 13		A wooden shovel can now be used on a grass block to create grass path blocks.
			1.90				The textures of wooden shovels have been changed.
			1.91				Wooden shovels can now be used to extinguish campfires.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0							Added wooden shovels.

Data history

Java Edition
1.13			17w47a				Prior to The Flattening, wooden shovel's numeral ID was 269.

Issues

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Navigation

[exc-1] Silk Touch and Fortune are mutually exclusive

[note 1]

v t e Tools
Pickaxe	Wooden Stone Copper Iron Golden Diamond Netherite
Shovel	Wooden Stone Copper Iron Golden Diamond Netherite
Axe	Wooden Stone Copper Iron Golden Diamond Netherite
Hoe	Wooden Stone Copper Iron Golden Diamond Netherite
Miscellaneous	Brush Fishing Rod Carrot on a Stick Warped Fungus on a Stick Flint and Steel Shears

v t e Wood
Features	Tree Fallen Bush Huge fungus
Sources	Log Stripped Wood Stripped Stem Stripped Hyphae Stripped Bamboo Stripped
Building blocks	Planks Bamboo Mosaic Stairs Slab Fence Scaffolding
Functional blocks	Door Trapdoor Fence Gate Pressure Plate Button Sign Hanging Sign Shelf
Tools	Pickaxe Shovel Hoe
Weapons	Axe Sword Spear^{[upcoming Mounts of Mayhem]}
Vehicles	Boat with Chest Raft with Chest
Wood types	Oak Spruce Birch Jungle Acacia Dark oak Mangrove Cherry Pale oak Bamboo Crimson Warped