Wooden Shovel

Wooden Shovel
Wooden Shovel.png: Infobox image for Wooden Shovel the item in Minecraft
Enchanted Wooden Shovel.gif: Infobox image for Wooden Shovel the item in Minecraft
Invicon Wooden Shovel.png: Inventory sprite for Wooden Shovel in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Wooden 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: 59
BE: 60

Enchantability

15

Renewable

Yes

Stackable

No 

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A wooden shovel is a variant of shovel crafted from planks. It can be used to hasten the process of breaking dirt, sand, gravel and other related blocks, as well as to convert dirt blocks into dirt paths.

Obtaining

Crafting

Ingredients Crafting recipe
Any Planks +
Stick
Invicon Oak Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Oak Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Oak Planks with description: Oak PlanksInvicon Spruce Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Spruce Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Spruce Planks with description: Spruce PlanksInvicon Birch Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Birch Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Birch Planks with description: Birch PlanksInvicon Jungle Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Jungle Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Jungle Planks with description: Jungle PlanksInvicon Acacia Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Acacia Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Acacia Planks with description: Acacia PlanksInvicon Dark Oak Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Dark Oak Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Dark Oak Planks with description: Dark Oak PlanksInvicon Mangrove Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Mangrove Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Mangrove Planks with description: Mangrove PlanksInvicon Cherry Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Cherry Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Cherry Planks with description: Cherry PlanksInvicon Pale Oak Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Pale Oak Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Pale Oak Planks with description: Pale Oak PlanksInvicon Bamboo Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Bamboo Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Bamboo Planks with description: Bamboo PlanksInvicon Crimson Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Crimson Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Crimson Planks with description: Crimson PlanksInvicon Warped Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Warped Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Warped Planks with description: Warped PlanksInvicon 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 Wooden Shovel.png: Inventory sprite for Wooden Shovel in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Wooden Shovel When in Main Hand:  2.5 Attack Damage  1 Attack Speed

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
Invicon Damaged Wooden Shovel.png: Inventory sprite for Damaged Wooden Shovel in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Wooden Shovel When in Main Hand:  2.5 Attack Damage  1 Attack SpeedInvicon Damaged Wooden Shovel.png: Inventory sprite for Damaged Wooden Shovel in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Wooden Shovel When in Main Hand:  2.5 Attack Damage  1 Attack Speed
Invicon Wooden Shovel.png: Inventory sprite for Wooden Shovel in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Wooden 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 Wooden Shovel
Invicon Damaged Wooden Shovel.png: Inventory sprite for Damaged Wooden Shovel in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Wooden Shovel When in Main Hand:  2.5 Attack Damage  1 Attack SpeedInvicon Damaged Wooden Shovel.png: Inventory sprite for Damaged Wooden Shovel in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Wooden Shovel When in Main Hand:  2.5 Attack Damage  1 Attack SpeedInvicon Wooden Shovel.png: Inventory sprite for Wooden Shovel in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Wooden 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  +
Any Planks
Wooden ShovelInvicon Damaged Wooden Shovel.png: Inventory sprite for Damaged Wooden Shovel in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Wooden Shovel When in Main Hand:  2.5 Attack Damage  1 Attack SpeedInvicon Damaged Wooden Shovel.png: Inventory sprite for Damaged Wooden Shovel in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Wooden Shovel When in Main Hand:  2.5 Attack Damage  1 Attack SpeedInvicon Oak Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Oak Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Oak Planks with description: Oak PlanksInvicon Spruce Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Spruce Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Spruce Planks with description: Spruce PlanksInvicon Birch Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Birch Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Birch Planks with description: Birch PlanksInvicon Jungle Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Jungle Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Jungle Planks with description: Jungle PlanksInvicon Acacia Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Acacia Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Acacia Planks with description: Acacia PlanksInvicon Dark Oak Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Dark Oak Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Dark Oak Planks with description: Dark Oak PlanksInvicon Mangrove Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Mangrove Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Mangrove Planks with description: Mangrove PlanksInvicon Cherry Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Cherry Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Cherry Planks with description: Cherry PlanksInvicon Pale Oak Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Pale Oak Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Pale Oak Planks with description: Pale Oak PlanksInvicon Bamboo Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Bamboo Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Bamboo Planks with description: Bamboo PlanksInvicon Crimson Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Crimson Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Crimson Planks with description: Crimson PlanksInvicon Warped Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Warped Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Warped Planks with description: Warped PlanksInvicon Wooden Shovel.png: Inventory sprite for Wooden Shovel in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Wooden Shovel When in Main Hand:  2.5 Attack Damage  1 Attack Speed

A wooden shovel can be repaired in an anvil by adding wooden planks, with each plank restoring 25% of the shovel's 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
  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:

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 wooden-shovel.png: Sprite image for wooden-shovel in Minecraft Wooden Shovelwooden_shovelItemitem.minecraft.wooden_shovel

Bedrock Edition:

NameIdentifierNumeric ID FormTranslation key
ItemSprite wooden-shovel.png: Sprite image for wooden-shovel in Minecraft Wooden Shovelwooden_shovel309Itemitem.wooden_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 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.
20100129-1447Wooden shovels can now be crafted.
20100201-0025Wooden shovels now take damage when being used.
Java Edition Alpha
v1.0.5_01Wooden shovels are now used to get snowballs out of snow layers.
Java Edition
1.2.4releaseSpruce planks, birch planks, and jungle planks can now be used to craft wooden shovels.
1.3.112w18aWooden shovels can now be used as fuel in a furnace.
1.6.113w21aInstead 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.
1.7.21.7.1Acacia planks and dark oak planks can now be used to craft wooden shovels.
1.915w31aA wooden 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.
15w34cWooden shovels now do more damage and take longer to recover.
15w35aThe damage of wooden shovels has been reduced.
15w41aWooden shovels are now used to craft boats.
15w50aThe sound item.shovel.flatten has been added to wooden shovels.
16w04aWooden shovels are no longer used to craft boats.
1.1418w43a The textures of wooden shovels have been changed.
1.1519w37aWooden shovels can now be used to extinguish campfires.
1.1620w06aCrimson planks and warped planks can now be used to craft wooden shovels.
20w09aWooden shovels can now break soul soil quickly.
1.1922w11aMangrove planks can now be used to craft wooden shovels.
22w13aWooden shovels may now be found in ancient city furnaces.
1.19.3
Experiment
Update 1.20		22w42aBamboo planks can now be used to craft wooden shovels.
1.19.4
Experiment
Update 1.20		23w07aCherry planks can now be used to craft wooden shovels.
1.2023w14aWooden 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 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.
v0.3.0Wooden shovels can now be crafted with wooden planks and sticks.
v0.8.0build 7Wooden shovels can now be used as fuel in a furnace.
v0.11.0build 1Wooden shovels are now used to craft boats.
A wooden shovel can now be used on a grass block to create grass path blocks.
build 11Wooden shovels are now available in the creative inventory.
build 12Wooden shovels have been removed from creative.
build 13Wooden shovel have been re-added to creative mode.
v0.12.1build 1Wooden shovels can now be enchanted.
Bedrock Edition
1.10.0beta 1.10.0.3 The textures of wooden shovels have been changed.
1.20.10Preview 1.20.10.20The wooden shovel in the crafting recipe has been removed for all boat types except the bamboo raft.
Preview 1.20.10.21The bamboo raft recipe no longer needs a wooden shovel.
Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360Xbox OnePS3PS4PS VitaWii USwitch
TU1CU11.001.001.00Patch 11.0.1 Added wooden shovels.
TU19CU71.121.121.12Instead 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.
TU36CU251.281.281.28Patch 7The attack damage of wooden shovels is now shown above the hotbar when switching to it if the item has less than 3 enchantments.
TU43CU331.361.361.36Patch 13A 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.
1.91Wooden shovels can now be used to extinguish campfires.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0 Added wooden shovels.

Data history

Java Edition
1.1317w47aPrior to The Flattening, wooden shovel's numeral ID was 269.

Issues

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

Gallery

Renders

  • Enchanted Wooden Shovel
    Enchanted Wooden Shovel

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