Stone Shovel
A stone-tier shovel used to dig dirt, sand, gravel and snow faster, and to create dirt paths. It is crafted from cobblestone and sticks.
Stack Size
1
Durability
131
Category
Tools
Version Added
Alpha
Item ID
stone_shovel
Stone Shovel at a glance
Tools holds Stone Shovel: a tool out of crafting. No stacking for Stone Shovel: a slot goes the moment a second one comes in, and a chest row of nine holds nine. Expect 131 uses out of Stone Shovel, with repairs on an anvil to stretch it further; it takes enchantments too.
Its 131-point durability sets how many actions Stone Shovel survives before breaking, and Unbreaking multiplies those 131 while Mending repairs Stone Shovel from the experience you pick up. Stone gear is an early upgrade over wood, crafted cheaply from cobblestone and lasting noticeably longer in everyday use. 6 enchantments apply to Stone Shovel, starting with Efficiency, Unbreaking, Mending, and Fortune. It sits between Stone Pickaxe and Wooden Axe in Tools, number 31 of 35 there.
Combat and Mining Stats for Stone Shovel
- Attack damage
- 3.5 per hit
- Attack speed
- 1.0 swings per second
- Damage per second
- 3.5
- Shovel mining speed
- 4x
- Enchantability
- 5
- Repairs with
- Cobblestone, Blackstone or Cobbled Deepslate, 32 points each
Three and a half damage at 1.0 a second gives the Stone Shovel 3.5 damage per second, half a point per hit above the stone pickaxe.
Mining speed 4 is where a Stone Shovel earns its place: gravel and sand come away in a fraction of the time a wooden one takes, and 131 uses go a long way in a sand pit. Cobblestone repairs it, 32 points a block.
Crafting recipe
Crafting
How to obtain
- Crafting
Enchantments
Click an enchantment to view details on the Enchantments database.
Notes
131 durability. Right-click grass with it to make a dirt path; required to instantly mine snow layers.
