How do you get Golden Hoe in Minecraft?

Golden Hoe is crafted from Gold Ingot and Stick at a Crafting Table, in a single step.

Can Golden Hoe be enchanted?

Yes. The list for Golden Hoe runs to 6: Efficiency, Fortune, and Silk Touch, all on Golden Hoe, plus Unbreaking, Mending, and Curse of Vanishing.

How many Golden Hoe can you stack?

One Golden Hoe per slot, since Golden Hoe does not stack, and every one then costs 2 Gold Ingot and 2 Stick. A shulker box tops out at 27 of them, one per slot.

How much durability does Golden Hoe have?

Golden Hoe has 32 points of durability, so it lasts about 32 uses. Within golden that puts Golden Hoe at 32, against the 112 of Golden Chestplate, which is the highest of the 9. Two enchantments touch that bar on Golden Hoe: Unbreaking stretches what it has, Mending puts it back as you collect experience.

When was Golden Hoe added to Minecraft?

Golden Hoe was added in the early Alpha development period.

Where do you find Golden Hoe in chests?

Golden Hoe is chest loot in one place and one only: ruined portal chests (about 21%). No other generated chest lists it, so that single structure is the whole search, and every other chest in the game will disappoint you.

What is Golden Hoe used for?

Golden Hoe is a tool, and it harvests blocks faster than a bare hand does. A gold hoe used to till dirt and grass into farmland. It tills the fastest of all hoes but has very low durability.

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Golden Hoe

A gold hoe used to till dirt and grass into farmland. It tills the fastest of all hoes but has very low durability.

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Durability

Golden Hoe at a glance

Crafting gives you Golden Hoe, a tool filed under Tools. It claims a slot each, so nine hotbar slots hold nine and a double chest of 54 slots takes 54. Expect 32 uses out of Golden Hoe, with repairs on an anvil to stretch it further; it takes enchantments too.

Its 32-point durability sets how many actions Golden Hoe survives before breaking, and Unbreaking multiplies those 32 while Mending repairs Golden Hoe from the experience you pick up. Gold gear mines and attacks quickly and enchants exceptionally well, but its very low durability means it wears out fast compared with sturdier materials. 6 enchantments apply to Golden Hoe, starting with Efficiency, Fortune, Silk Touch, and Unbreaking. Generated chests only ever hold Golden Hoe in one place: ruined portal chests (about 21%). It sits between Golden Axe and Golden Pickaxe in Tools, number 13 of 35 there.

Combat and Mining Stats for Golden Hoe

Attack damage: 1 per hit
Attack speed: 1.0 swings per second
Damage per second: 1
Hoe mining speed: 12x
Enchantability: 22
Repairs with: Gold Ingot, 8 points per unit

The Golden Hoe swings once a second, slower than iron and stone, and still deals the same 1 damage every hoe deals.

What gold gives it is speed 12 on leaves and hay and enchantability 22, the best of any tool material. With 32 uses a Golden Hoe with Unbreaking III lasts longer than the raw number suggests, and each gold ingot returns 8.

Crafting recipe

Crafting
Gold Ingot
Gold Ingot
Stick
Stick
Golden Hoe
Recipe data from Astroworld Crafting, where Golden Hoe has the grid for Golden Hoe

How to obtain

Crafting

Enchantments

Efficiency Fortune Silk Touch Unbreaking Mending Curse of Vanishing

Click an enchantment to view details on the Enchantments database.

Notes

Has the highest enchantability of all hoes.

Frequently asked questions about Golden Hoe

How do you get Golden Hoe in Minecraft?
Golden Hoe is crafted from Gold Ingot and Stick at a Crafting Table, in a single step.
Can Golden Hoe be enchanted?
Yes. The list for Golden Hoe runs to 6: Efficiency, Fortune, and Silk Touch, all on Golden Hoe, plus Unbreaking, Mending, and Curse of Vanishing.
How many Golden Hoe can you stack?
One Golden Hoe per slot, since Golden Hoe does not stack, and every one then costs 2 Gold Ingot and 2 Stick. A shulker box tops out at 27 of them, one per slot.
How much durability does Golden Hoe have?
Golden Hoe has 32 points of durability, so it lasts about 32 uses. Within golden that puts Golden Hoe at 32, against the 112 of Golden Chestplate, which is the highest of the 9. Two enchantments touch that bar on Golden Hoe: Unbreaking stretches what it has, Mending puts it back as you collect experience.
When was Golden Hoe added to Minecraft?
Golden Hoe was added in the early Alpha development period.
Where do you find Golden Hoe in chests?
Golden Hoe is chest loot in one place and one only: ruined portal chests (about 21%). No other generated chest lists it, so that single structure is the whole search, and every other chest in the game will disappoint you.
What is Golden Hoe used for?
Golden Hoe is a tool, and it harvests blocks faster than a bare hand does. A gold hoe used to till dirt and grass into farmland. It tills the fastest of all hoes but has very low durability.

Building with it

Two gold ingots and two sticks give a hoe with 32 uses that tills no faster than wood. It exists for the enchanting bench, where gold's high enchantability makes it the cheapest way to fish for a good roll before spending diamonds on the tool you actually want.

In practice

Two gold ingots and two sticks give a hoe with 32 uses that tills exactly as fast as wood. It exists for the enchanting table, where gold's high enchantability makes it the cheapest way to fish for a book worth putting on a diamond tool at an anvil.

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