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Diamond Shovel

Diamond Shovel

A diamond shovel is a variant of shovel that is crafted from diamonds. It is used to break dirt, sand, gravel and other related blocks faster, to create…

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Contents (26)
  1. Obtaining
  2. Crafting
  3. Generated loot
  4. Trading
  5. Usage
  6. Digging
  7. Dirt paths
  8. Campfire
  9. Weapon
  10. Repairing
  11. Enchantments
  12. Upgrading
  13. Sounds
  14. Data values
  15. ID
  16. Achievements
  17. Videos
  18. History
  19. Java Edition
  20. Bedrock Edition
  21. Legacy Console Edition
  22. New Nintendo 3DS Edition
  23. Data history
  24. Issues
  25. Gallery
  26. In other media
For other uses, see Shovel (disambiguation).
Diamond Shovel
Diamond Shovel.png: Infobox image for Minecraft item 'Diamond Shovel'
Enchanted Diamond Shovel.gif: Infobox image for Minecraft item 'Diamond Shovel'
Invicon Diamond Shovel.png: Inventory sprite for Diamond Shovel in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Diamond Shovel When in Main Hand:  5.5 Attack Damage  1 Attack Speed
Rarity tier
  Common
Mining efficiency 8
Attack damage JE: 5.5HP❤️ × 2.75
BE: 5HP❤️❤️💔
Attack speed‌[JE only] 1 (1 second)
Attack range 3 (3 blocks)
Hitbox margin 0
Durability JE: 1561
BE: 1562
Enchantability 10
Renewable Yes
Stackable No

A diamond shovel is a variant of shovel that is crafted from diamonds. 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 second-highest tier of shovel, having higher mining efficiency, attack damage, and durability than an iron shovel. It can be upgraded into a netherite shovel using a netherite ingot and netherite upgrade at a smithing table.

Obtaining

Crafting

Ingredients Crafting recipe
Diamond +
Stick
Invicon Diamond.png: Inventory sprite for Diamond in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Diamond with description: DiamondInvicon 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 Diamond Shovel.png: Inventory sprite for Diamond Shovel in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Diamond Shovel When in Main Hand:  5.5 Attack Damage  1 Attack Speed

Generated loot

Item Structure Container Quantity Chance
Java Edition
Diamond Shovel Bastion Remnant Generic chest 1 6.7%
{ "item": "Diamond Shovel", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.0674157303370787, "structure": "Bastion Remnant", "container": "Generic chest" }
Enchanted Diamond Shovel[A] End City Chest 1 12.7%
{ "item": "Enchanted Diamond Shovel", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.12714065479531, "structure": "End City", "container": "Chest" }
Damaged Enchanted Diamond Shovel[B][C] Bastion Remnant Hoglin stable chest 1 15%
{ "item": "Damaged Enchanted Diamond Shovel", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.15000000000000002, "structure": "Bastion Remnant", "container": "Hoglin stable chest" }
Bedrock Edition
Diamond Shovel Bastion Remnant Generic chest 1 6.7%
{ "item": "Diamond Shovel", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.0674157303370787, "structure": "Bastion Remnant", "container": "Generic chest" }
Enchanted Diamond Shovel[A] End City Chest 1 12.7%
{ "item": "Enchanted Diamond Shovel", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.12714065479531, "structure": "End City", "container": "Chest" }
Damaged Enchanted Diamond Shovel[B][C] Bastion Remnant Hoglin stable chest 1 17%
{ "item": "Damaged Enchanted Diamond Shovel", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.17045454545454541, "structure": "Bastion Remnant", "container": "Hoglin stable chest" }
  1. ↑ a b Enchantment probabilities are the same as a level-20 to level-39 enchantment would be on an enchanting table that had no cap at level 30, and that was able to apply treasure enchantments (except Soul Speed, Swift Sneak, and Wind Burst), and where the chance of multiple enchantments is not reduced.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ a b The item has between 15% and 80% of its total durability.

Trading

VillagerProbabilityVillager wantsPlayer receivesTrades in
stock		Villager
experience		Price
multiplier
JEBE
Toolsmith Expert67%50%10–24 × Emerald Enchanted Diamond Shovel[t 1]3150.2
  1. ↑ Enchanted with a random experience cost in range 5–19. The price is 5 plus the experience cost in emeralds.

Usage

Digging

A diamond 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 diamond 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 diamond shovel can be used to extinguish a campfire.

Weapon

Diamond shovels use 2 durability when used as a weapon.

Java Edition

Diamond shovels have an attack speed modifier of -3, meaning they take 1 second to recover. Diamond shovels deal 5.5HP❤️ × 2.75 damage.

Bedrock Edition

Diamond shovels always attack instantly and do 5HP❤️❤️💔 damage.

Repairing

Combining

Ingredients Crafting recipe Notes
Damaged Diamond Shovel
Invicon Damaged Diamond Shovel.png: Inventory sprite for Damaged Diamond Shovel in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Diamond Shovel When in Main Hand:  5.5 Attack Damage  1 Attack SpeedInvicon Damaged Diamond Shovel.png: Inventory sprite for Damaged Diamond Shovel in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Diamond Shovel When in Main Hand:  5.5 Attack Damage  1 Attack Speed
Invicon Diamond Shovel.png: Inventory sprite for Diamond Shovel in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Diamond Shovel When in Main Hand:  5.5 Attack Damage  1 Attack Speed
 The durability of the two shovels is added together, plus an extra 5% of durability.
Ingredients Grinding recipe Notes
2× Damaged Diamond Shovel
Invicon Damaged Diamond Shovel.png: Inventory sprite for Damaged Diamond Shovel in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Diamond Shovel When in Main Hand:  5.5 Attack Damage  1 Attack SpeedInvicon Damaged Diamond Shovel.png: Inventory sprite for Damaged Diamond Shovel in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Diamond Shovel When in Main Hand:  5.5 Attack Damage  1 Attack SpeedInvicon Diamond Shovel.png: Inventory sprite for Diamond Shovel in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Diamond Shovel When in Main Hand:  5.5 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 Diamond Shovel +
Diamond
Diamond ShovelInvicon Damaged Diamond Shovel.png: Inventory sprite for Damaged Diamond Shovel in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Diamond Shovel When in Main Hand:  5.5 Attack Damage  1 Attack SpeedInvicon Damaged Diamond Shovel.png: Inventory sprite for Damaged Diamond Shovel in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Diamond Shovel When in Main Hand:  5.5 Attack Damage  1 Attack SpeedInvicon Diamond.png: Inventory sprite for Diamond in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Diamond with description: DiamondInvicon Diamond Shovel.png: Inventory sprite for Diamond Shovel in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Diamond Shovel When in Main Hand:  5.5 Attack Damage  1 Attack Speed

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

Enchantments

A diamond 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

Upgrading

Like other diamond tools, a diamond shovel can be upgraded to a netherite shovel, increasing its durability and slightly increasing its mining speed and attack damage, as well as granting resistance to fire and lava when dropped as an item.

Ingredients Smithing recipe
Netherite Upgrade +
Diamond Shovel +
Netherite Ingot
Invicon Netherite Upgrade Smithing Template.png: Inventory sprite for Netherite Upgrade Smithing Template in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Netherite Upgrade Smithing Template with description: Netherite Upgrade Smithing Template Applies to:  Diamond Equipment Ingredients:  Netherite IngotInvicon Diamond Shovel.png: Inventory sprite for Diamond Shovel in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Diamond Shovel When in Main Hand:  5.5 Attack Damage  1 Attack SpeedInvicon Netherite Ingot.png: Inventory sprite for Netherite Ingot in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Netherite Ingot with description: Netherite IngotInvicon Netherite Shovel.png: Inventory sprite for Netherite Shovel in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Netherite Shovel with description: Netherite Shovel When in Main Hand:  6.5 Attack Damage  1 Attack Speed
  1. ↑ a b Silk Touch and Fortune are mutually exclusive
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Sounds

Java Edition:

Sounds
SoundClosed captionsSourceDescriptionIdentifierTranslation 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
SoundClosed captionsSourceDescriptionIdentifierTranslation keyVolumePitch
​Shovel flattensBlocksWhen a shovel creates a dirt pathuse.grasssubtitles.item.shovel.flatten​1.00.8
​Item breaksPlayersWhen a shovel's durability is exhaustedrandom.breaksubtitles.entity.item.break​1.00.9

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

NameIdentifierForm Translation key
ItemSprite diamond-shovel.png: Sprite image for diamond-shovel in Minecraft Diamond Shoveldiamond_shovelItem item.minecraft.diamond_shovel

Bedrock Edition:

NameIdentifierNumeric ID Form Translation key
ItemSprite diamond-shovel.png: Sprite image for diamond-shovel in Minecraft Diamond Shoveldiamond_shovel309Item item.diamond_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

Videos

History

Java Edition

Java Edition Indev
0.3120100128-2200 Added diamond shovels, then known as emerald 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 Emerald shovels can now be crafted.
20100129-2332 Emerald shovels are now known as diamond shovels.
20100201-0025 Diamond shovels now have durability which is 257 points.
Java Edition Infdev
20100313 Diamond shovels' durability has been increased to 513.
Java Edition Alpha
v1.0.3 Diamond shovels' durability has been increased to 1025.
1.0.5_01 Diamond shovels are now used to get snowballs out of snow layers.
Java Edition Beta
1.2 Diamond shovels' durability has been increased to 1561.
Java Edition
1.3.112w21a Blacksmith villagers now sell diamond shovels for 7 emeralds.
1.6.113w21a Instead of replacing the barehanded damage (1HP💔), diamond shovels now add their damage onto the barehanded damage, which results in them doing 1HP💔 more damage than before.
1.814w02a The previous tool smith trades are now unavailable, making diamond shovels non-renewable.
1.915w31a A diamond shovel can now be used on a grass block to create grass path blocks.
Enchanted diamond shovels can now be found in end city chests.
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 Diamond shovels now do more damage and take longer to recover.
15w35a The damage of diamond shovels has been reduced.
15w50a The sound item.shovel.flatten has been added to diamond shovels.
1.1418w43a The textures of diamond shovels have been changed.
19w11a Toolsmith villagers now sell enchanted diamond shovels, making diamond shovels renewable again.
1.1519w37a Diamond shovels can now be used to extinguish campfires.
1.1620w06a Diamond shovels can now be used to craft netherite shovels.
20w09a The texture of diamond shovels has been changed.
Diamond shovels now break soul soil quickly.
20w10a Netherite shovels can no longer be crafted.
Netherite shovels are now obtained by combining one diamond shovel and one netherite ingot in a smithing table.
1.16.220w30a Increased the chance of finding randomly enchanted diamond shovels in bastion remnant chests.
Unenchanted, undamaged diamond shovels can also be found in bastion remnant chests.
20w17a Diamond shovels now generate in place of netherite shovels in bastion remnant chests.
1.2023w14a Diamond 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.
The damage for diamond shovels has been decreased by 1HP💔.

Bedrock Edition

Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.2.0 Added diamond shovels. They actually function as tools despite being unobtainable by normal means.
v0.3.2 Diamond shovels can now be crafted with diamonds and sticks.
v0.11.0build 1 A diamond shovel can now be used on a grass block to create grass path blocks.
build 11 Diamond shovels are now available in the creative inventory.
build 12 Diamond shovels have been removed from creative.
build 13 Diamond shovels have been re-added to creative mode.
v0.12.1build 1 Diamond shovels can now be enchanted.
Pocket Edition
1.0.0alpha 0.17.0.1 Enchanted diamond shovels can now be found inside end city chests.
Bedrock Edition
1.10.0beta 1.10.0.3 The textures of diamond shovels have been changed.
1.11.0beta 1.11.0.4 Diamond shovels can now be bought from toolsmith villagers.
1.16.0beta 1.16.0.51 The texture of diamond shovels has been changed.
beta 1.16.0.63 Diamonds shovels now generate in place of netherite shovels in bastion remnant chests.

Legacy Console Edition

Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360Xbox OnePS3PS4PS VitaWii USwitch
TU1CU11.001.001.00Patch 11.0.1 Added diamond shovels.
TU141.04 Blacksmith villagers now sell diamond shovels for 7 emeralds.
TU19CU71.121.121.12 Instead of replacing the barehanded damage (1HP💔), diamond shovels now add their damage onto the barehanded damage, which results in them doing 1HP💔 more damage than before.
TU31CU191.221.221.22Patch 3 The previous tool smith trades are now unavailable, making diamond shovels non-renewable without resetting the Nether.
TU36CU251.281.281.28Patch 7 The attack damage of diamond shovels is now shown above the hotbar when switching to it if the item has less than 3 enchantments.
TU43CU331.361.361.36Patch 13 A diamond shovel can now be used on a grass block to create grass path blocks.
TU46CU361.381.381.38Patch 15 Enchanted diamond shovels can now be found in end city chests.
1.90 The textures of diamond shovels have been changed.
1.91 Diamond shovels can now be used to extinguish campfires.

New Nintendo 3DS Edition

New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0 Added diamond shovels.

Data history

Java Edition
1.1317w47a Prior to The Flattening, diamond shovel's numeral ID was 277.

Issues

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