Stone Shovel

Stone Shovel
Stone Shovel.png: Infobox image for Stone Shovel the item in Minecraft
Enchanted Stone Shovel.gif: Infobox image for Stone Shovel the item in Minecraft
Invicon Stone Shovel.png: Inventory sprite for Stone Shovel in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Stone Shovel When in Main Hand:  3.5 Attack Damage  1 Attack Speed
Rarity tier

Common

Attack damage

JE: 3.5HP♥ × 1.75
BE: 3HP♥♥

Attack speed

1 (1 second)

Durability

JE: 131
BE: 132

Enchantability

5

Renewable

Yes

Stackable

No

A stone shovel is a variant of shovel that is crafted from cobblestone. 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 Description
Any stone-tier block +
Stick
Invicon Cobblestone.png: Inventory sprite for Cobblestone in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Cobblestone with description: CobblestoneInvicon Blackstone.png: Inventory sprite for Blackstone in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Blackstone with description: BlackstoneInvicon Cobbled Deepslate.png: Inventory sprite for Cobbled Deepslate in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Cobbled Deepslate with description: Cobbled DeepslateInvicon 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 Stone Shovel.png: Inventory sprite for Stone Shovel in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Stone Shovel When in Main Hand:  3.5 Attack Damage  1 Attack Speed
Can use cobblestone and its other variants interchangeably.

Trading

VillagerProbabilityVillager wantsPlayer receives
JEBE
Novice Toolsmith40%25%Emerald

Villager gifts

In Java Edition, toolsmith villagers throw stone shovels at players under the Hero of the Village effect.

Usage

Digging

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

Campfire

A stone shovel can be used to extinguish a campfire.

Weapon

Stone shovels take 2 damage when used as a weapon.

Java Edition

Stone shovels have an attack speed modifier of -3, meaning they take 1 second to recover. Stone shovels deal 3.5HP♥ × 1.75 damage.

Bedrock Edition

Stone shovels always attack instantly and do 3HP♥♥ damage.

Repairing

Combining

Ingredients Crafting recipe Description
Damaged Stone Shovel
Invicon Damaged Stone Shovel.png: Inventory sprite for Damaged Stone Shovel in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Stone Shovel When in Main Hand:  3.5 Attack Damage  1 Attack SpeedInvicon Damaged Stone Shovel.png: Inventory sprite for Damaged Stone Shovel in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Stone Shovel When in Main Hand:  3.5 Attack Damage  1 Attack Speed
Invicon Stone Shovel.png: Inventory sprite for Stone Shovel in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Stone Shovel When in Main Hand:  3.5 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 Stone Shovel
Invicon Damaged Stone Shovel.png: Inventory sprite for Damaged Stone Shovel in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Stone Shovel When in Main Hand:  3.5 Attack Damage  1 Attack SpeedInvicon Damaged Stone Shovel.png: Inventory sprite for Damaged Stone Shovel in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Stone Shovel When in Main Hand:  3.5 Attack Damage  1 Attack SpeedInvicon Stone Shovel.png: Inventory sprite for Stone Shovel in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Stone Shovel When in Main Hand:  3.5 Attack Damage  1 Attack Speed
The durability of the two shovels is added together, plus an extra 5% of durability.

Unit repair

Ingredients Anvil recipe
Damaged  +
Cobblestone or
Blackstone
Stone ShovelInvicon Damaged Stone Shovel.png: Inventory sprite for Damaged Stone Shovel in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Stone Shovel When in Main Hand:  3.5 Attack Damage  1 Attack SpeedInvicon Damaged Stone Shovel.png: Inventory sprite for Damaged Stone Shovel in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Stone Shovel When in Main Hand:  3.5 Attack Damage  1 Attack SpeedInvicon Cobblestone.png: Inventory sprite for Cobblestone in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Cobblestone with description: CobblestoneInvicon Blackstone.png: Inventory sprite for Blackstone in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Blackstone with description: BlackstoneInvicon Stone Shovel.png: Inventory sprite for Stone Shovel in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Stone Shovel When in Main Hand:  3.5 Attack Damage  1 Attack Speed

A stone shovel can be repaired in an anvil by adding cobblestone, cobbled deepslate, or blackstone, with each block restoring 25% of the shovel's maximum durability, rounded down. Two stone shovels can also be combined in an anvil. Both methods preserve the shovel's enchantments.

Enchantments

A stone 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

Sounds

Java Edition:

Sounds
SoundSubtitlesSourceDescriptionResource locationTranslation keyVolumePitchAttenuation
distance
​Shovel flattensBlocksWhen a shovel creates a dirt pathitem.shovel.flattensubtitles.item.shovel.flatten1.01.016
​Item breaksPlayersWhen a shovel's durability is exhaustedentity.item.breaksubtitles.entity.item.break0.80.8-1.216

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 stone-shovel.png: Sprite image for stone-shovel in Minecraft Stone Shovelstone_shovelItemitem.minecraft.stone_shovel

Bedrock Edition:

NameIdentifierNumeric ID FormTranslation key
ItemSprite stone-shovel.png: Sprite image for stone-shovel in Minecraft Stone Shovelstone_shovel309Itemitem.stone_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

Video

History

Java Edition Indev
0.3120100128-2200 Added stone 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.
20100129-1447Stone shovels can now be crafted.
20100201-0025Stone shovels now take damage when being used.
Java Edition Alpha
1.0.5_01Stone shovels are now used to get snowballs out of snow layers.
Java Edition
1.6.113w21aInstead of replacing the barehanded damage (1HP♥), stone shovels now add their damage onto the barehanded damage, which results in them doing 1HP♥ more damage than before.
1.915w31aA stone 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.
15w34cStone shovels now do more damage and take longer to recover.
15w35aThe damage of stone shovels has been reduced.
15w50aThe sound item.shovel.flatten has been added to stone shovels.
1.1418w43a The textures of stone shovels have been changed.
19w11aToolsmith villagers now sell stone shovels.
19w13aToolsmith villagers now give stone shovels to players under the Hero of the Village effect.
1.1519w37aStone shovels can now be used to extinguish campfires.
1.1620w09aStone shovels now break soul soil quickly.
20w15aStone shovels can now be crafted using blackstone.
1.1721w08aStone shovels can now be crafted using cobbled deepslate.
1.2023w14aStone 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 stone shovels has been decreased by 1HP♥.
Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.2.0 Added stone shovels.
v0.3.0Survival players no longer start out with an infinite durability stone shovel in the inventory.
v0.4.0Removed stone shovels from the creative inventory.
v0.11.0build 1A stone shovel can now be used on a grass block to create grass path blocks.
build 11Stone shovels are now available in the creative inventory.
build 12Stone shovels have been removed from creative.
build 13Stone shovels have been re-added to creative mode.
v0.12.1build 1Stone shovels can now be enchanted.
Bedrock Edition
1.10.0beta 1.10.0.3 The textures of stone shovels have been changed.
1.11.0beta 1.11.0.4Stone shovels can now be bought from toolsmith villagers.
1.16.0beta 1.16.0.57Stone shovels can now be crafted using blackstone.
Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360Xbox OnePS3PS4PS VitaWii USwitch
TU1CU11.001.001.00Patch 11.0.1 Added stone shovels.
TU19CU71.121.121.12Instead of replacing the barehanded damage (1HP♥), stone 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 stone shovels is now shown above the hotbar when switching to it if the item has less than 3 enchantments.
TU43CU331.361.361.36Patch 13A stone shovel can now be used on a grass block to create grass path blocks.
1.90 The textures of stone shovels have been changed.
1.91Stone shovels can now be used to extinguish campfires.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0 Added stone shovels.

Data history

Java Edition
1.1317w47aPrior to The Flattening, stone shovel's numeral ID was 273.

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