Diamond Shovel

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For other uses, see Shovel (disambiguation).
Diamond Shovel
Diamond Shovel.png: Infobox image for Diamond Shovel the item in Minecraft
Enchanted Diamond Shovel.gif: Infobox image for Diamond Shovel the item in Minecraft
Invicon Diamond Shovel.png: Inventory sprite for Diamond Shovel in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Diamond Shovel When in Main Hand:  5.5 Attack Damage  1 Attack Speed
Rarity tier

Common

Mining efficiency

8

Attack damage

JE: 5.5HP❤️ × 2.75
BE: 5HP❤️❤️💔

Attack speed[JE only]

1 (1 second)

Attack range

3 (3 blocks)

Hitbox margin

0

Durability

JE: 1561
BE: 1562

Enchantability

10

Renewable

Yes

Stackable

No

A diamond shovel is a variant of shovel that is crafted from diamonds. 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 second-highest tier of shovel, having higher mining efficiency, attack damage, and durability than an iron shovel. It can be upgraded into a netherite shovel using a netherite ingot and netherite upgrade at a smithing table.

Obtaining

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Crafting

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Ingredients Crafting recipe
Diamond +
Stick
Invicon Diamond.png: Inventory sprite for Diamond in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Diamond with description: DiamondInvicon 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 Diamond Shovel.png: Inventory sprite for Diamond Shovel in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Diamond Shovel When in Main Hand:  5.5 Attack Damage  1 Attack Speed

Generated loot

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Item Structure Container Quantity Chance
Java Edition
Diamond Shovel Bastion Remnant Generic chest 1 6.7%
Enchanted Diamond Shovel[A] End City Chest 1 12.7%
Damaged Enchanted Diamond Shovel[B][C] Bastion Remnant Hoglin stable chest 1 15%
Bedrock Edition
Diamond Shovel Bastion Remnant Generic chest 1 6.7%
Enchanted Diamond Shovel[A] End City Chest 1 12.7%
Damaged Enchanted Diamond Shovel[B][C] Bastion Remnant Hoglin stable chest 1 17%
  1. a b Enchantment probabilities are the same as a level-20 to level-39 enchantment would be on an enchanting table that had no cap at level 30, and that was able to apply treasure enchantments (except Soul Speed, Swift Sneak, and Wind Burst), and where the chance of multiple enchantments is not reduced.
  2. a b All enchantments are equally probable, including treasure enchantments (except Soul Speed, Swift Sneak, and Wind Burst), and any level of the enchantment is equally probable.
  3. a b The item has between 15% and 80% of its total durability.

Trading

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VillagerProbabilityVillager wantsPlayer receivesTrades in
stock
Villager
experience
Price
multiplier
JEBE
Toolsmith Expert67%50%10–24 × Emerald[t 1] Enchanted Diamond Shovel[t 2]3150.2
  1. The price of this trade is the base price, 5 emeralds, plus the random base enchantment level chosen (5–19).
  2. When creating an enchantment offer, the game uses a random enchantment level from 5 to 19 as the base enchantment level (see Enchanting table mechanics). The enchantments are never treasure enchantments.

Usage

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Digging

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A diamond 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

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A diamond shovel can be used to create a dirt path by using (not digging) the shovel on any one of the following blocks, losing one durability point:

Campfire

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A diamond shovel can be used to extinguish a campfire.

Weapon

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Diamond shovels use 2 durability when used as a weapon.

Diamond shovels have an attack speed modifier of -3, meaning they take 1 second to recover. Diamond shovels deal 5.5HP❤️ × 2.75 damage.

Diamond shovels always attack instantly and do 5HP❤️❤️💔 damage.

Repairing

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Combining

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Ingredients Crafting recipe Description
Damaged Diamond Shovel
Invicon Damaged Diamond Shovel.png: Inventory sprite for Damaged Diamond Shovel in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Diamond Shovel When in Main Hand:  5.5 Attack Damage  1 Attack SpeedInvicon Damaged Diamond Shovel.png: Inventory sprite for Damaged Diamond Shovel in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Diamond Shovel When in Main Hand:  5.5 Attack Damage  1 Attack Speed
Invicon Diamond Shovel.png: Inventory sprite for Diamond Shovel in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Diamond Shovel When in Main Hand:  5.5 Attack Damage  1 Attack Speed
The durability of the two shovels is added together, plus an extra 5% of durability.
Ingredients Grinding recipe Description
2× Damaged Diamond Shovel
Invicon Damaged Diamond Shovel.png: Inventory sprite for Damaged Diamond Shovel in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Diamond Shovel When in Main Hand:  5.5 Attack Damage  1 Attack SpeedInvicon Damaged Diamond Shovel.png: Inventory sprite for Damaged Diamond Shovel in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Diamond Shovel When in Main Hand:  5.5 Attack Damage  1 Attack SpeedInvicon Diamond Shovel.png: Inventory sprite for Diamond Shovel in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Diamond Shovel When in Main Hand:  5.5 Attack Damage  1 Attack Speed
The durability of the two shovels is added together, plus an extra 5% of durability.

Unit repair

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Ingredients Anvil recipe
Damaged Diamond Shovel +
Diamond
Diamond ShovelInvicon Damaged Diamond Shovel.png: Inventory sprite for Damaged Diamond Shovel in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Diamond Shovel When in Main Hand:  5.5 Attack Damage  1 Attack SpeedInvicon Damaged Diamond Shovel.png: Inventory sprite for Damaged Diamond Shovel in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Diamond Shovel When in Main Hand:  5.5 Attack Damage  1 Attack SpeedInvicon Diamond.png: Inventory sprite for Diamond in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Diamond with description: DiamondInvicon Diamond Shovel.png: Inventory sprite for Diamond Shovel in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Diamond Shovel When in Main Hand:  5.5 Attack Damage  1 Attack Speed

A diamond shovel can be repaired in an anvil by adding diamonds, with diamond restoring 25% of the shovel's maximum durability, rounded down. Two diamond shovels can also be combined in an anvil. Both methods preserve the shovel's enchantments.

Enchantments

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A diamond shovel can receive the following enchantments:

Name Description Max level Method Weight
Efficiency Increases the mining speed. V Enchanting Table
Anvil
10
Fortune[note 1] Increases the amount of drops when mining. III Enchanting Table
Anvil
2
Silk Touch[note 1] 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

Upgrading

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Like other diamond tools, a diamond shovel can be upgraded to a netherite shovel, increasing its durability and slightly increasing its mining speed and attack damage, as well as granting resistance to fire and lava when dropped as an item.

Ingredients Smithing recipe
Netherite Upgrade +
Diamond Shovel +
Netherite Ingot
Invicon Netherite Upgrade Smithing Template.png: Inventory sprite for Netherite Upgrade Smithing Template in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Netherite Upgrade Smithing Template with description: Netherite Upgrade Smithing Template Applies to:  Diamond Equipment Ingredients:  Netherite IngotInvicon Diamond Shovel.png: Inventory sprite for Diamond Shovel in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Diamond Shovel When in Main Hand:  5.5 Attack Damage  1 Attack SpeedInvicon Netherite Ingot.png: Inventory sprite for Netherite Ingot in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Netherite Ingot with description: Netherite IngotInvicon Netherite Shovel.png: Inventory sprite for Netherite Shovel in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Netherite Shovel with description: Netherite Shovel When in Main Hand:  6.5 Attack Damage  1 Attack Speed
  1. a b Silk Touch and Fortune are mutually exclusive

Sounds

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Java Edition:

Sounds
SoundClosed captionsSourceDescriptionIdentifierTranslation keyVolumePitchAttenuation
distance
​Shovel flattensBlocksWhen a shovel creates a dirt pathitem.shovel.flattensubtitles.item.shovel.flatten1.01.016
​Item breaksPlayersWhen a shovel's durability is exhaustedentity.item.breaksubtitles.entity.item.break0.80.8-1.216

Bedrock Edition:

Sounds
SoundClosed captions
[upcoming]
SourceDescriptionIdentifierTranslation key
[upcoming]
VolumePitch
​Shovel flattensBlocksWhen a shovel creates a dirt pathuse.grasssubtitles.item.shovel.flatten1.00.8
​Item breaksPlayersWhen a shovel's durability is exhaustedrandom.breaksubtitles.entity.item.break1.00.9

Data values

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Java Edition:

NameIdentifierForm Translation key
ItemSprite diamond-shovel.png: Sprite image for diamond-shovel in Minecraft Diamond Shoveldiamond_shovelItem item.minecraft.diamond_shovel

Bedrock Edition:

NameIdentifierNumeric ID Form Translation key
ItemSprite diamond-shovel.png: Sprite image for diamond-shovel in Minecraft Diamond Shoveldiamond_shovel309Item item.diamond_shovel.name

Achievements

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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

Videos

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History

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Java Edition

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Java Edition Indev
0.3120100128-2200 Added diamond 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.
20100129-1447Diamond shovels can now be crafted.
20100201-0025Diamond shovels now have durability which is 257 points.
Java Edition Infdev
20100313Diamond shovels' durability has been increased to 513.
Java Edition Alpha
v1.0.3Diamond shovels' durability has been increased to 1025.
1.0.5_01Diamond shovels are now used to get snowballs out of snow layers.
Java Edition Beta
1.2Diamond shovels' durability has been increased to 1561.
Java Edition
1.3.112w21aBlacksmith villagers now sell diamond shovels for 7 emeralds.
1.6.113w21aInstead of replacing the barehanded damage (1HP💔), diamond shovels now add their damage onto the barehanded damage, which results in them doing 1HP💔 more damage than before.
1.814w02aThe previous tool smith trades are now unavailable, making diamond shovels non-renewable.
1.915w31aA diamond shovel can now be used on a grass block to create grass path blocks.
Enchanted diamond shovels can now be found in end city chests.
15w34aShovels 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.
15w34cDiamond shovels now do more damage and take longer to recover.
15w35aThe damage of diamond shovels has been reduced.
15w50aThe sound item.shovel.flatten has been added to diamond shovels.
1.1418w43a The textures of diamond shovels have been changed.
19w11aToolsmith villagers now sell enchanted diamond shovels, making diamond shovels renewable again.
1.1519w37aDiamond shovels can now be used to extinguish campfires.
1.1620w09a The texture of diamond shovels has been changed.
Diamond shovels now break soul soil quickly.
1.16.220w30aIncreased the chance of finding randomly enchanted diamond shovels in bastion remnant chests.
Unenchanted, undamaged diamond shovels can also be found in bastion remnant chests.
20w17aDiamond shovels now generate in place of netherite shovels in bastion remnant chests.
1.2023w14aDiamond shovels now break suspicious sand and suspicious gravel quickly.
Java Edition Combat Tests
1.14.3The attack speed for all shovels has been increased to 2.
The damage for diamond shovels has been decreased by 1HP💔.

Bedrock Edition

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Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.2.0 Added diamond shovels. They actually function as tools despite being unobtainable by normal means.
v0.3.2Diamond shovels can now be crafted with diamonds and sticks.
v0.11.0build 1A diamond shovel can now be used on a grass block to create grass path blocks.
build 11Diamond shovels are now available in the creative inventory.
build 12Diamond shovels have been removed from creative.
build 13Diamond shovels have been re-added to creative mode.
v0.12.1build 1Diamond shovels can now be enchanted.
Pocket Edition
1.0.0alpha 0.17.0.1Enchanted diamond shovels can now be found inside end city chests.
Bedrock Edition
1.10.0beta 1.10.0.3 The textures of diamond shovels have been changed.
1.11.0beta 1.11.0.4Diamond shovels can now be bought from toolsmith villagers.
1.16.0beta 1.16.0.51 The texture of diamond shovels has been changed.
beta 1.16.0.63Diamonds shovels now generate in place of netherite shovels in bastion remnant chests.

Legacy Console Edition

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Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360Xbox OnePS3PS4PS VitaWii USwitch
TU1CU11.001.001.00Patch 11.0.1 Added diamond shovels.
TU141.04Blacksmith villagers now sell diamond shovels for 7 emeralds.
TU19CU71.121.121.12Instead of replacing the barehanded damage (1HP💔), diamond shovels now add their damage onto the barehanded damage, which results in them doing 1HP💔 more damage than before.
TU31CU191.221.221.22Patch 3The previous tool smith trades are now unavailable, making diamond shovels non-renewable without resetting the Nether.
TU36CU251.281.281.28Patch 7The attack damage of diamond shovels is now shown above the hotbar when switching to it if the item has less than 3 enchantments.
TU43CU331.361.361.36Patch 13A diamond shovel can now be used on a grass block to create grass path blocks.
TU46CU361.381.381.38Patch 15Enchanted diamond shovels can now be found in end city chests.
1.90 The textures of diamond shovels have been changed.
1.91Diamond shovels can now be used to extinguish campfires.

New Nintendo 3DS Edition

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New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0 Added diamond shovels.

Data history

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Java Edition
1.1317w47aPrior to The Flattening, diamond shovel's numeral ID was 277.

Issues

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

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In other media

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