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Stone Shovel

Stone Shovel

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

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Contents (23)
  1. Obtaining
  2. Crafting
  3. Trading
  4. Villager gifts
  5. Usage
  6. Digging
  7. Dirt paths
  8. Campfire
  9. Weapon
  10. Repairing
  11. Enchantments
  12. Sounds
  13. Data values
  14. ID
  15. Achievements
  16. Videos
  17. History
  18. Java Edition
  19. Bedrock Edition
  20. Legacy Console Edition
  21. New Nintendo 3DS Edition
  22. Data history
  23. Issues
For other uses, see Shovel (disambiguation).
Stone Shovel
Stone Shovel.png: Infobox image for Minecraft item 'Stone Shovel'
Enchanted Stone Shovel.gif: Infobox image for Minecraft item 'Stone Shovel'
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
Mining efficiency 4
Attack damage JE: 3.5HP❤️ × 1.75
BE: 3HP❤️💔
Attack speed‌[JE only] 1 (1 second)
Attack range 3 (3 blocks)
Hitbox margin 0
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 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 fifth-highest tier of shovel, having higher mining efficiency, attack damage, and durability than a wooden shovel.

Obtaining

Crafting

Ingredients Crafting recipe Notes
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 receivesTrades in
stock		Villager
experience		Price
multiplier
JEBE
Toolsmith Novice40%25%EmeraldStone Shovel1210.2

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 Notes
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 Notes
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

Main article: Anvil mechanics § Unit repair
Ingredients Anvil recipe
Damaged Stone Shovel +
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
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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 stone-shovel.png: Sprite image for stone-shovel in Minecraft Stone Shovelstone_shovelItem item.minecraft.stone_shovel

Bedrock Edition:

NameIdentifierNumeric ID Form Translation key
ItemSprite stone-shovel.png: Sprite image for stone-shovel in Minecraft Stone Shovelstone_shovel309Item item.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

Videos

History

Java Edition

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.
20100129-1447 Stone shovels can now be crafted.
20100201-0025 Stone shovels now have a durability of 65.
Java Edition Alpha
1.0.5_01 Stone shovels are now used to get snowballs out of snow layers.
Java Edition Beta
1.2 Stone shovels' durability has been increased from 65 to 131.
Java Edition
1.6.113w21a Instead 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.
1.915w31a A stone 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 Stone shovels now do more damage and take longer to recover.
15w35a The damage of stone shovels has been reduced.
15w50a The sound item.shovel.flatten has been added to stone shovels.
1.1418w43a The textures of stone shovels have been changed.
19w11a Toolsmith villagers now sell stone shovels.
19w13a Toolsmith villagers now give stone shovels to players under the Hero of the Village effect.
1.1519w37a Stone shovels can now be used to extinguish campfires.
1.1620w09a Stone shovels now break soul soil quickly.
20w15a Stone shovels can now be crafted using blackstone.
1.1721w08a Stone shovels can now be crafted using cobbled deepslate.
1.2023w14a Stone 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 stone shovels has been decreased by 1HP💔.

Bedrock Edition

Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.2.0 Added stone shovels.
v0.3.0 Survival players no longer start out with an infinite durability stone shovel in the inventory.
v0.4.0 Removed stone shovels from the creative inventory.
v0.11.0build 1 A stone shovel can now be used on a grass block to create grass path blocks.
build 11 Stone shovels are now available in the creative inventory.
build 12 Stone shovels have been removed from creative.
build 13 Stone shovels have been re-added to creative mode.
v0.12.1build 1 Stone 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 1.11.0.4 Stone shovels can now be bought from toolsmith villagers.
1.16.0beta 1.16.0.57 Stone shovels can now be crafted using blackstone.

Legacy Console Edition

Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360Xbox OnePS3PS4PS VitaWii USwitch
TU1CU11.001.001.00Patch 11.0.1 Added stone shovels.
TU19CU71.121.121.12 Instead 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 7 The 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 13 A 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.
1.91 Stone shovels can now be used to extinguish campfires.

New Nintendo 3DS Edition

New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0 Added stone shovels.

Data history

Java Edition
1.1317w47a Prior to The Flattening, stone shovel's numeral ID was 273.

Issues

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

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