Stone Shovel

Stone Shovel

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

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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		Can use cobblestone and its other variants interchangeably.

Trading

Villager		Probability		Villager wants	Player receives	Trades in stock	Villager experience	Price multiplier
		JE	BE
Toolsmith	Novice	40%	25%	Emerald	Stone Shovel	12	1	0.2

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:

• Grass Block
• Dirt
• Coarse Dirt
• Rooted Dirt
• Podzol
• Mycelium

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		The durability of the two shovels is added together, plus an extra 5% of durability.

Ingredients	Grinding recipe	Notes
2× Damaged Stone Shovel		The durability of the two shovels is added together, plus an extra 5% of durability.

Unit repair

Ingredients	Anvil recipe
Damaged Stone Shovel + Cobblestone or  Blackstone	Stone Shovel

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	Increases the amount of drops when mining.	III	Enchanting Table Anvil	2
Silk Touch	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

Sounds

Java Edition:

v t e Sounds
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	​Shovel flattens	Blocks	When a shovel creates a dirt path	item.shovel.flatten	subtitles.item.shovel.flatten​	1.0	1.0	16
	​Item breaks	Players	When a shovel's durability is exhausted	entity.item.break	subtitles.entity.item.break​	0.8	0.8–1.2	16

Bedrock Edition:

v t e Sounds
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch
	​Shovel flattens	Blocks	When a shovel creates a dirt path	use.grass	subtitles.item.shovel.flatten​	1.0	0.8
	​Item breaks	Players	When a shovel's durability is exhausted	random.break	subtitles.entity.item.break​	1.0	0.9

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Translation key
Stone Shovel	stone_shovel	Item	item.minecraft.stone_shovel

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Translation key
Stone Shovel	stone_shovel	309	Item	item.stone_shovel.name

Achievements

Icon		Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS)
PS4	Other
		MOAR Tools	Construct one type of each tool.	Construct one pickaxe, one shovel, one axe, and one hoe with the same material.	15	Bronze

History

Java Edition

Java Edition Indev
0.31			20100128-2200				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
1.6.1			13w21a				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.
1.9			15w31a				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.
1.14			18w43a				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.
1.15			19w37a				Stone shovels can now be used to extinguish campfires.
1.16			20w09a				Stone shovels now break soul soil quickly.
			20w15a				Stone shovels can now be crafted using blackstone.
1.17			21w08a				Stone shovels can now be crafted using cobbled deepslate.
1.20			23w14a				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.
v0.11.0			build 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.
v0.12.1			build 1				Stone shovels can now be enchanted.
Bedrock Edition
1.10.0			beta 1.10.0.3				The textures of stone shovels have been changed.
1.11.0			beta 1.11.0.4				Stone shovels can now be bought from toolsmith villagers.
1.16.0			beta 1.16.0.57				Stone shovels can now be crafted using blackstone.

Legacy Console Edition

Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360	Xbox One	PS3	PS4	PS Vita	Wii U	Switch
TU1	CU1	1.00	1.00	1.00	Patch 1	1.0.1	Added stone shovels.
TU19	CU7	1.12	1.12	1.12			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.
TU36	CU25	1.28	1.28	1.28	Patch 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.
TU43	CU33	1.36	1.36	1.36	Patch 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
1.13			17w47a				Prior to The Flattening, stone shovel's numeral ID was 273.

Issues

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