Iron Hoe

Iron Hoe comes from crafting, trading with villagers, and chest loot, and Tools is where it sits as a tool. One slot, one Iron Hoe: nothing stacks here, and nine of them fill a hotbar. 27 chest slots take 27 of them. Wear counts down from 250 on Iron Hoe, and an anvil resets part of that; it takes enchantments too.

Count on 250 uses out of Iron Hoe before it goes, longer with Unbreaking on it, and effectively without end once Mending is on it and you keep picking up experience. Iron is the dependable mid-game material, striking a practical balance between durability and performance that makes it the workhorse choice for most players. When enchanted, Iron Hoe can carry 6 different enchantments, among them Efficiency, Fortune, Silk Touch, and Unbreaking. It sits between Iron Axe and Iron Pickaxe in Tools, number 17 of 35 there.

Attack damage

1 per hit

Attack speed

3.0 swings per second

Damage per second

3

Hoe mining speed

6x

Enchantability

14

Repairs with

Iron Ingot, 62 points per unit

Three swings a second is what an Iron Hoe gives you, three times the wooden one, for the same 1 damage a hit. Nobody fights with it, but the fastest recovery in the game is a real property.

Mining speed 6 on hay bales, leaves and nether wart blocks, 250 uses, and 62 points back per iron ingot on the anvil.

• Crafting
• Trading
• Chest loot

Click an enchantment to view details on the Enchantments database.