Golden Shovel

Golden Shovel
Golden Shovel.png: Infobox image for Golden Shovel the item in Minecraft
Enchanted Golden Shovel.gif: Infobox image for Golden Shovel the item in Minecraft
Invicon Golden Shovel.png: Inventory sprite for Golden Shovel in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Golden Shovel When in Main Hand:  2.5 Attack Damage  1 Attack Speed
Rarity tier

Common

Attack damage

JE: 2.5HP♥ × 1.25
BE: 2HP♥

Attack speed‌

1 (1 second)

Durability

JE: 32
BE: 33

Enchantability

22

Renewable

Yes

Stackable

No 

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A golden shovel is a variant of shovel that is crafted from gold ingots. It has the lowest durability of any shovel; however, its mining speed is the highest of any shovel, as is its enchantability. It can be used to hasten the process of breaking dirt, sand, gravel and other soil blocks, as well as to convert dirt blocks into dirt paths.

Obtaining

Crafting

Ingredients Crafting recipe
Gold Ingot +
Stick
Invicon Gold Ingot.png: Inventory sprite for Gold Ingot in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Gold Ingot with description: Gold IngotInvicon Stick.png: Inventory sprite for Stick in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Stick with description: StickInvicon Stick.png: Inventory sprite for Stick in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Stick with description: Stick
Invicon Golden Shovel.png: Inventory sprite for Golden Shovel in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Golden Shovel When in Main Hand:  2.5 Attack Damage  1 Attack Speed

Generated loot

Item Structure Container Quantity Chance
Java Edition
[A] Ruined Portal Chest 1 20.5%
{ "item": "Enchanted Golden Shovel", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.20469270240551518, "structure": "Ruined Portal", "container": "Chest" }
Bedrock Edition
[A] Ruined Portal Chest 1 20.5%
{ "item": "Enchanted Golden Shovel", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.20469270240551518, "structure": "Ruined Portal", "container": "Chest" }
  1. ↑ a b All enchantments are equally probable, including treasure enchantments (except Soul Speed, Swift Sneak, and Wind Burst), and any level of the enchantment is equally probable.

Usage

Digging

A golden shovel can be used to break dirt and soil-type materials faster. When breaking a block, it uses 1 durability. For blocks that break instantly, it uses 0 durability.

Dirt paths

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

Campfire

A golden shovel can be used to extinguish a campfire.

Weapon

Golden shovels take 2 damage when used as a weapon.

Java Edition

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

Bedrock Edition

Golden shovels always attack instantly and do 2HP♥ damage.

Repairing

Combining

Ingredients Crafting recipe Description
Damaged Golden Shovel
Invicon Damaged Golden Shovel.png: Inventory sprite for Damaged Golden Shovel in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Golden Shovel When in Main Hand:  2.5 Attack Damage  1 Attack SpeedInvicon Damaged Golden Shovel.png: Inventory sprite for Damaged Golden Shovel in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Golden Shovel When in Main Hand:  2.5 Attack Damage  1 Attack Speed
Invicon Golden Shovel.png: Inventory sprite for Golden Shovel in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Golden Shovel When in Main Hand:  2.5 Attack Damage  1 Attack Speed
 The durability of the two shovels is added together, plus an extra 5% of durability.
Ingredients Grinding recipe Description
2× Damaged Golden Shovel
Invicon Damaged Golden Shovel.png: Inventory sprite for Damaged Golden Shovel in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Golden Shovel When in Main Hand:  2.5 Attack Damage  1 Attack SpeedInvicon Damaged Golden Shovel.png: Inventory sprite for Damaged Golden Shovel in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Golden Shovel When in Main Hand:  2.5 Attack Damage  1 Attack SpeedInvicon Golden Shovel.png: Inventory sprite for Golden Shovel in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Golden Shovel When in Main Hand:  2.5 Attack Damage  1 Attack Speed
 The durability of the two shovels is added together, plus an extra 5% of durability.

Unit repair

Main article: Anvil mechanics § Unit repair
Ingredients Anvil recipe
Damaged  +
Gold Ingot
Golden ShovelInvicon Damaged Golden Shovel.png: Inventory sprite for Damaged Golden Shovel in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Golden Shovel When in Main Hand:  2.5 Attack Damage  1 Attack SpeedInvicon Damaged Golden Shovel.png: Inventory sprite for Damaged Golden Shovel in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Golden Shovel When in Main Hand:  2.5 Attack Damage  1 Attack SpeedInvicon Gold Ingot.png: Inventory sprite for Gold Ingot in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Gold Ingot with description: Gold IngotInvicon Golden Shovel.png: Inventory sprite for Golden Shovel in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Golden Shovel When in Main Hand:  2.5 Attack Damage  1 Attack Speed

A golden shovel can be repaired in an anvil by adding gold ingots, with each ingot restoring 25% of the shovel's maximum durability, rounded down. Two golden shovels can also be combined in an anvil. Both methods preserve the shovel's enchantments.

Enchantments

A golden 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
  1. ↑ a b Silk Touch and Fortune are mutually exclusive

Smelting ingredient

Name Ingredients Smelting recipe
Gold Nugget  +
Any fuel
Invicon Golden Shovel.png: Inventory sprite for Golden Shovel in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Golden Shovel When in Main Hand:  2.5 Attack Damage  1 Attack Speed
Invicon Coal.png: Inventory sprite for Coal in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Coal with description: CoalInvicon Charcoal.png: Inventory sprite for Charcoal in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Charcoal with description: CharcoalInvicon Oak Log.png: Inventory sprite for Oak Log in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Oak Log with description: LogInvicon Oak Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Oak Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Oak Planks with description: Overworld PlanksInvicon Lava Bucket.png: Inventory sprite for Lava Bucket in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Lava Bucket with description: Lava BucketInvicon Block of Coal.png: Inventory sprite for Block of Coal in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Block of Coal with description: Block of Coal
Invicon Gold Nugget.png: Inventory sprite for Gold Nugget in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Gold Nugget with description: Gold Nugget0.1

Piglins

Piglins are attracted to golden shovels and run toward any golden shovels on the ground, and inspect it for 6 to 8 seconds before putting it in their inventory.

Sounds

Java Edition:

Sounds
SoundSubtitlesSourceDescriptionResource locationTranslation keyVolumePitchAttenuation
distance
​Shovel flattensBlocksWhen a shovel creates a dirt pathitem.shovel.flattensubtitles.item.shovel.flatten​1.01.016
​Item breaksPlayersWhen a shovel's durability is exhaustedentity.item.breaksubtitles.entity.item.break​0.80.8-1.216

Bedrock Edition:

Sounds
SoundSourceDescriptionResource locationVolumePitch
BlocksWhen a shovel creates a dirt pathuse.grass1.00.8
PlayersWhen a shovel's durability is exhaustedrandom.break1.00.9

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

NameIdentifierFormTranslation key
ItemSprite golden-shovel.png: Sprite image for golden-shovel in Minecraft Golden Shovelgolden_shovelItemitem.minecraft.golden_shovel

Bedrock Edition:

NameIdentifierNumeric ID FormTranslation key
ItemSprite golden-shovel.png: Sprite image for golden-shovel in Minecraft Golden Shovelgolden_shovel309Itemitem.golden_shovel.name

Achievements

IconAchievementIn-game descriptionActual requirements (if different)Gamerscore earnedTrophy type (PS)
PS4Other
MOAR ToolsConstruct one type of each tool.Construct one pickaxe, one shovel, one axe, and one hoe with the same material.15Bronze
Oooh, shiny!Distract a Piglin using goldGive a piglin a gold item while it is aggressive toward the player.30Silver

Advancements

IconAdvancementIn-game descriptionActual requirements (if different)
Oh ShinyDistract Piglins with gold
While aggravated, give a piglin one of these 25 gold-related items in the #piglin_loved item tag:
The player must not be wearing any gold armor. Other gold-related items do not distract the piglin and do not trigger this advancement.

Video

History

Java Edition Indev
0.3120100130 Shovels can now be made out of gold.
20100201-0025Golden shovels now take damage when being used.
20100206-2034 The texture of golden shovels has been changed.
Java Edition Alpha
1.0.5_01Golden shovels are now used to get snowballs out of snow layers.
Java Edition
1.6.113w21aInstead of replacing the barehanded damage (1HP♥), golden shovels now add their damage onto the barehanded damage, which results in them doing 1HP♥ more damage than before.
1.915w31aA golden shovel can now be used on a grass block to create grass path blocks.
15w34aShovels 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.
15w34cGolden shovels now do more damage and take longer to recover.
15w35aThe damage of golden shovels has been reduced.
15w50aThe sound item.shovel.flatten has been added to golden shovels.
1.11.116w50aGolden shovels now smelt down into one golden nugget.
1.1418w43a The textures of golden shovels have been changed.
1.1519w37aGolden shovels can now be used to extinguish campfires.
1.1620w09aGolden shovels now break soul soil quickly.
20w16aGolden shovels now generate randomly enchanted in ruined portal chests.
1.2023w14aGolden shovels now break suspicious sand and suspicious gravel quickly.
Java Edition Combat Tests
1.14.3The attack speed for all shovels has been increased to 2.
The damage for golden shovels has been decreased by 1HP♥.
Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.2.0 Added golden shovels. They actually function as tools despite being unobtainable by normal means.
v0.3.2Golden shovels can now be crafted with gold ingots and sticks.
v0.11.0build 11Golden shovels are now available in the creative inventory.
build 12Golden shovels have been removed from creative.
build 13Golden shovels have been re-added to creative mode.
v0.12.1build 1Golden shovels can now be enchanted.
Pocket Edition
1.1.0alpha 1.1.0.0Golden shovels are now smeltable.
Bedrock Edition
1.10.0beta 1.10.0.3 The textures of golden shovels have been changed.
1.16.0beta 1.16.0.57Golden shovels now generate randomly enchanted in ruined portal chests.
Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360Xbox OnePS3PS4PS VitaWii USwitch
TU1CU11.001.001.00Patch 11.0.1 Added golden shovels.
TU19CU71.121.121.12Instead of replacing the barehanded damage (1HP♥), golden shovels now add their damage onto the barehanded damage, which results in them doing 1HP♥ more damage than before.
TU36CU251.281.281.28Patch 7The attack damage of golden shovels is now shown above the hotbar when switching to it if the item has less than 3 enchantments.
TU43CU331.361.361.36Patch 13A golden shovel can now be used on a grass block to create grass path blocks.
TU53CU431.491.501.49Patch 231.0.3Golden shovels are now smeltable.
1.90 The textures of golden shovels have been changed.
1.91Golden shovels can now be used to extinguish campfires.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0 Added golden shovels.

Data history

Java Edition
1.1317w47aPrior to The Flattening, golden shovel's numeral ID was 284.

Issues

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

Gallery

Renders

  • Enchanted Golden Shovel
    Enchanted Golden Shovel

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