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Wooden Hoe

Wooden Hoe

A wooden hoe is an early-game variant of hoe that is crafted from planks. It is used to till dirt-related blocks into farmland, and to break leaves…

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Contents (25)
  1. Obtaining
  2. Crafting
  3. Generated loot
  4. Usage
  5. Harvesting
  6. Tilling
  7. Weapon
  8. Repairing
  9. Enchantments
  10. Fuel
  11. Sounds
  12. Data values
  13. ID
  14. Achievements
  15. Videos
  16. History
  17. Java Edition
  18. Bedrock Edition
  19. Legacy Console Edition
  20. New Nintendo 3DS Edition
  21. Data history
  22. Issues
  23. Trivia
  24. References
  25. External links
For other uses, see Hoe (disambiguation).
Wooden Hoe
Wooden Hoe.png: Infobox image for Minecraft item 'Wooden Hoe'
Enchanted Wooden Hoe.gif: Infobox image for Minecraft item 'Wooden Hoe'
Invicon Wooden Hoe.png: Inventory sprite for Wooden Hoe in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Wooden Hoe When in Main Hand:  1 Attack Damage  1 Attack Speed
Rarity tier
  Common
Item description‌[BE only] Farming
Mining efficiency 2
Attack damage JE: 1HP💔
BE: 3HP❤️💔
Attack speed‌[JE only] 1 (1 second)
Attack range 3 (3 blocks)
Hitbox margin 0
Durability JE: 59
BE: 60
Enchantability 15
Renewable Yes
Stackable No

A wooden hoe is an early-game variant of hoe that is crafted from planks. It is used to till dirt-related blocks into farmland, and to break leaves, haybales, and sculk-related blocks faster. It is the lowest tier of hoe, having the lowest mining efficiency, and having the lowest attack speed alongside golden hoes. It can be used as fuel in a furnace, smoker, or blast furnace.

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 Poplar Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Poplar Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Poplar Planks with description: Poplar 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 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 Poplar Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Poplar Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Poplar Planks with description: Poplar 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 Hoe.png: Inventory sprite for Wooden Hoe in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Wooden Hoe When in Main Hand:  1 Attack Damage  1 Attack Speed

Generated loot

Item Structure Container Quantity Chance
Java Edition and Bedrock Edition
Wooden Hoe Cold Ocean Ruins Cold ruins suspicious gravel 1 13.3%
{ "item": "Wooden Hoe", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.1333333333333333, "structure": "Cold Ocean Ruins", "container": "Cold ruins suspicious gravel" }
Trail Ruins Common suspicious gravel 1 4.4%
{ "item": "Wooden Hoe", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.0444444444444444, "structure": "Trail Ruins", "container": "Common suspicious gravel" }
Warm ocean ruins Warm ruins suspicious sand 1 13.3%
{ "item": "Wooden Hoe", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.1333333333333333, "structure": "Warm ocean ruins", "container": "Warm ruins suspicious sand" }

Usage

Main article: Hoe § Usage

Harvesting

Hoes are used to harvest certain plant-based or organic blocks more quickly. Breaking one of these blocks takes 1 durability.

Breaking any other block takes 0 durability if the block breaks instantly when broken by hand, or 1 otherwise.

Tilling

Hoes are used to turn dirt, grass blocks, and dirt paths into farmland. To till, press use on a grass or dirt block while holding a hoe. This does not work on mycelium or podzol,[1] nor does it work if there are other blocks on top of the targeted blocks, including snow layers or torches. However, mycelium and podzol can be first converted to dirt paths with a shovel, then tilled into farmland with a hoe.

Hoes can be used to convert coarse dirt into regular dirt by pressing use on the coarse dirt. Similar to tilling dirt, the space above the coarse dirt must be empty for it to be tilled.

Hoes can also be used on rooted dirt, which turns it into normal dirt, and yields a hanging roots item.

Tilling is effectively instantaneous, regardless of material, and uses 1 durability. Breaking blocks with a hoe uses 0 or 1 durability, depending on the block.

Hoes are unable to work on blocks with a plant on top, even if that plant could normally be placed on top of farmland without reverting it to dirt.[2]

Weapon

Hoes may be used as a weapon, although they deal only 1HP💔 damage in Java Edition. In Bedrock Edition, hoes can do as much as a pickaxe in terms of damage. Hoes use 1 durability when used as a weapon.

In Java Edition, wooden hoes have an attack speed modifier -3 (refill in 1s).

Hoes always attack instantly in Bedrock Edition.

Repairing

Combining

Ingredients Crafting recipe Notes
Damaged Wooden Hoe
Invicon Damaged Wooden Hoe.png: Inventory sprite for Damaged Wooden Hoe in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Wooden Hoe When in Main Hand:  1 Attack Damage  1 Attack SpeedInvicon Damaged Wooden Hoe.png: Inventory sprite for Damaged Wooden Hoe in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Wooden Hoe When in Main Hand:  1 Attack Damage  1 Attack Speed
Invicon Wooden Hoe.png: Inventory sprite for Wooden Hoe in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Wooden Hoe When in Main Hand:  1 Attack Damage  1 Attack Speed
 The durability of the two hoes is added together, plus an extra 5% durability.
Ingredients Grinding recipe Notes
2x Damaged Wooden Hoe
Invicon Damaged Wooden Hoe.png: Inventory sprite for Damaged Wooden Hoe in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Wooden Hoe When in Main Hand:  1 Attack Damage  1 Attack SpeedInvicon Damaged Wooden Hoe.png: Inventory sprite for Damaged Wooden Hoe in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Wooden Hoe When in Main Hand:  1 Attack Damage  1 Attack SpeedInvicon Wooden Hoe.png: Inventory sprite for Wooden Hoe in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Wooden Hoe When in Main Hand:  1 Attack Damage  1 Attack Speed
 The durability of the two hoes is added together, plus an extra 5% durability.

Anvil repair

Main article: Anvil mechanics § Unit repair
Ingredients Anvil recipe
Damaged Wooden Hoe +
Any Planks
Wooden HoeInvicon Damaged Wooden Hoe.png: Inventory sprite for Damaged Wooden Hoe in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Wooden Hoe When in Main Hand:  1 Attack Damage  1 Attack SpeedInvicon Damaged Wooden Hoe.png: Inventory sprite for Damaged Wooden Hoe in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Wooden Hoe When in Main Hand:  1 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 Poplar Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Poplar Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Poplar Planks with description: Poplar 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 Hoe.png: Inventory sprite for Wooden Hoe in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Wooden Hoe When in Main Hand:  1 Attack Damage  1 Attack Speed

A wooden hoe can be repaired in an anvil by adding wooden planks, with each plank restoring 14‌[JE only] or 15‌[BE only] durability (25% of its maximum durability, rounded down). Two wooden hoes can also be combined in an anvil. Both methods preserve the hoe's enchantments.

Enchantments

A hoe can receive the following enchantments:

Name Description Max Level Method Weight
Efficiency Increases the mining speed. V Enchanting TableAnvil 10
Fortune[note 1] Increases the amount of drops when mining. III Enchanting TableAnvil 2
Silk Touch[note 1] Causes blocks to drop themselves when mined. I Enchanting TableAnvil 1
Unbreaking Grants a chance to negate durability consumption. III Enchanting TableAnvil 5
Mending Repairs the hoe when obtaining experience. I Anvil 2
Curse of Vanishing The hoe vanishes on death, not dropping as an item. I Anvil 1
  1. ↑ MC-8231 – Mycelium and podzol cannot be tilled with hoes
  2. ↑ MC-167846 – Hoe cannot be used on blocks with certain blocks on top even if said blocks can normally exist on farmland – resolved as "Works As Intended".

Fuel

Wooden hoes can be used as a fuel in furnaces, smelting 1 item per hoe.

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Sounds

Java Edition:

Sounds
SoundClosed captionsSourceDescriptionIdentifierTranslation keyVolumePitchAttenuation
distance
​Hoe tillsBlocksWhen a block is tilled into farmlanditem.hoe.tillsubtitles.item.hoe.till​1.01.016
​Item breaksPlayersWhen a hoe's durability is exhaustedentity.item.breaksubtitles.entity.item.break​0.80.8–1.216

Bedrock Edition:

Sounds
SoundClosed captionsSourceDescriptionIdentifierTranslation keyVolumePitch
​Hoe tillsBlocksWhen a block is tilled into farmlanduse.gravelsubtitles.item.hoe.till​1.00.8
​Item breaksPlayersWhen a hoe's durability is exhaustedrandom.breaksubtitles.entity.item.break​1.00.9

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

NameIdentifierForm Translation key
ItemSprite wooden-hoe.png: Sprite image for wooden-hoe in Minecraft Wooden Hoewooden_hoeItem item.minecraft.wooden_hoe

Bedrock Edition:

NameIdentifierNumeric ID Form Translation key
ItemSprite wooden-hoe.png: Sprite image for wooden-hoe in Minecraft Wooden hoewooden_hoe329Item item.wooden_hoe.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
Time to Farm!Make a Hoe.Pick up any type of hoe from a crafting table output.10Bronze

Videos

History

Java Edition

Java Edition Indev
20100206-2034 Added wooden hoe.
Wooden hoes now have a durability of 33.
Java Edition Beta
1.2 Wooden hoes' durability has been increased from 33 to 59.
1.6Test Build 3 Before, using a hoe on grass blocks was the only way to collect seeds for planting. As short grass has been introduced, this feature has been removed.
Java Edition
1.2.112w07a Player is now unable to till dirt or grass block when there is a block on top of them.
1.2.4release Spruce planks, birch planks, and jungle planks can now be used to craft wooden hoes.
1.3.112w18a Wooden hoes can now be used as fuel in a furnace.
1.4.212w38a Hoes now have a sound when tilling dirt.
1.7.21.7.1 Acacia planks and dark oak planks can now be used to craft wooden hoes.
1.814w32a Wooden hoes can now be used to convert coarse dirt into regular dirt.
1.915w34d Wooden hoes now lose 1 durability when used as a weapon.
15w50a Added a sound for hoes: item.hoe.till.
1.13.118w30b The durability of wooden hoes has been decreased from 60 to 59 due to the fix of a bug.[1]
1.1418w43a The texture of wooden hoe has been changed.
1.1620w06a Crimson planks and warped planks can now be used to craft wooden hoes.
20w09a Hoes can now break nether wart and warped wart blocks quickly.
The texture of wooden hoe has been changed.
20w10a Each tier of hoes now has different a speed while mining blocks they are effective against.
Hoes can now be enchanted with Efficiency, Fortune and Silk Touch.
Hoes now mine hay bales faster than other tools.
20w11a Hoes can now mine dried kelp blocks, targets, and shroomlights faster than other tools.
20w12a Hoes can now mine sponges faster than other tools.
20w15a Hoes can now mine leaves faster.
1.1720w49a Hoes can now mine sculk sensors faster than other tools.
21w11a Hoes are now the appropriate tool for breaking moss blocks.
21w20a Hoes can now be used on rooted dirt, turning it into normal dirt, yielding a hanging roots item.
1.1922w11a Mangrove planks can now be used to craft wooden hoes.
22w12a Hoes can now mine mangrove leaves faster.[2]
1.19.3
Experiment
Update 1.20		22w42a Bamboo planks can now be used to craft wooden hoes.
1.19.4
Experiment
Update 1.20		23w07a Cherry planks can now be used to craft wooden hoes.
1.2023w12a Wooden hoes may now be found when brushing suspicious sand and suspicious gravel in cold and warm ocean ruins and trail ruins.
23w16a Wooden hoe no longer generates in suspicious sand in trail ruins.
Due to the split of the archaeological loot tables for the suspicious gravel within the trail ruins, the wooden hoe is now common loot.
1.21.2
Experiment
Winter Drop		24w40a Pale oak planks can now be used to craft wooden hoes.
Java Edition Combat Tests
1.14.3 The attack speed of wooden hoes has been changed to 2.
The damage dealt for wooden hoe have been changed to 2HP❤️ .
The attack reach of hoes has been increased to 4 blocks.

Bedrock Edition

Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.4.0 Added wooden hoe.
Wheat seeds are now obtained by using a hoe on grass blocks.
v0.8.0build 3 Beetroot seeds, carrots, and potatoes are now obtained by using a hoe on grass blocks.
build 4 Carrots and potatoes no longer spawn from tilling grass blocks with a hoe.
build 7 Wooden hoes can now be used as fuel in a furnace.
v0.11.0build 11 Wooden hoes are now available in the creative inventory.
build 12 Wooden hoes have been removed from creative.
build 13 Wooden hoes are now available in creative mode again.
v0.16.2 Wooden hoes can now be found inside the chest in the large house of ice plains villages.
Bedrock Edition
1.2.0beta 1.2.0.2 Hoes can now be used to transform coarse dirt into normal dirt.
1.10.0beta 1.10.0.3 Due to villages being overhauled, wooden hoes can no longer be found in villages.
The texture of wooden hoe have been changed.
1.16.0beta 1.16.0.51 The texture of wooden hoe has been changed.
beta 1.16.0.57 Each tier of hoes now has different a speed while mining blocks they are effective against.
Hoes can now break hay bales, dried kelp blocks, target blocks, dry and wet sponges, shroomlights, leaves, nether wart and warped wart blocks quickly.
Hoes can now be enchanted with Efficiency, Fortune and Silk Touch.
Wooden hoe now deal the same damage as wooden pickaxer.

Legacy Console Edition

Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360Xbox OnePS3PS4PS VitaWii USwitch
TU1CU11.001.001.00Patch 11.0.1 Added wooden hoe.
TU31CU191.221.221.22Patch 3 Wooden hoes can now be used to convert coarse dirt into regular dirt.
TU46CU361.381.381.38Patch 15 Added a sound for hoes. Previously, using a hoe played the sound for walking on farmland.
1.90 The texture of wooden hoe has been changed.

New Nintendo 3DS Edition

New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0 Added wooden hoes.

Data history

Java Edition
1.1317w47a Prior to The Flattening, wooden hoe's numeral ID was 290.

Issues

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

Trivia

  • Tilling a dirt block that has a dirt block on top of it changes it to farmland even though it cannot be used. If a hoe is used on a block horizontally adjacent to such a block, the first block reverts to dirt and the selected block is not tilled.
  • When a hoe breaks while tilling dirt, it does not display the tool breaking animation like on other tools, because tilling is not predicted client-side.

References

  1. ↑ MC-120664 – Tool durability is off by one – resolved as "Fixed".
  2. ↑ "[MC-249270] Mangrove leaves do not have a hoe as their preferred tool – Jira" – Mojira, March 19, 2022.
  1. ↑ a b Silk Touch and Fortune are mutually exclusive
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