Diamond Shovel
| Rarity tier |
Common |
|---|---|
| Mining efficiency |
8 |
| Attack damage | |
| Attack speed[JE only] |
1 (1 second) |
| Attack range |
3 (3 blocks) |
| Hitbox margin |
0 |
| Durability | |
| Enchantability |
10 |
| Renewable |
Yes |
| Stackable |
No |
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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
[edit | edit source]Crafting
[edit | edit source]| Ingredients | Crafting recipe |
|---|---|
| Diamond + Stick |
Generated loot
[edit | edit source]| Item | Structure | Container | Quantity | Chance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Java Edition | ||||
| Generic chest | 1 | 6.7%{ "item": "Diamond Shovel", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.0674157303370787, "structure": "Bastion Remnant", "container": "Generic chest" }
| ||
| Chest | 1 | 12.7%{ "item": "Enchanted Diamond Shovel", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.12714065479531, "structure": "End City", "container": "Chest" }
| ||
| Hoglin stable chest | 1 | 15%{ "item": "Damaged Enchanted Diamond Shovel", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.15000000000000002, "structure": "Bastion Remnant", "container": "Hoglin stable chest" }
| ||
| Bedrock Edition | ||||
| Generic chest | 1 | 6.7%{ "item": "Diamond Shovel", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.0674157303370787, "structure": "Bastion Remnant", "container": "Generic chest" }
| ||
| Chest | 1 | 12.7%{ "item": "Enchanted Diamond Shovel", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.12714065479531, "structure": "End City", "container": "Chest" }
| ||
| Hoglin stable chest | 1 | 17%{ "item": "Damaged Enchanted Diamond Shovel", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.17045454545454541, "structure": "Bastion Remnant", "container": "Hoglin stable chest" }
| ||
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ a b The item has between 15% and 80% of its total durability.
Trading
[edit | edit source]| Villager | Probability | Villager wants | Player receives | Trades in stock | Villager experience | Price multiplier | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JE | BE | |||||||
| 67% | 50% | 10–24 × | 3 | 15 | 0.2 | |||
- ↑ The price of this trade is the base price, 5 emeralds, plus the random base enchantment level chosen (5–19).
- ↑ 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
[edit | edit source]Digging
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]A diamond shovel can be used to extinguish a campfire.
Weapon
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]Combining
[edit | edit source]| Ingredients | Crafting recipe | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Damaged Diamond Shovel | The durability of the two shovels is added together, plus an extra 5% of durability. |
| Ingredients | Grinding recipe | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 2× Damaged Diamond Shovel | The durability of the two shovels is added together, plus an extra 5% of durability. |
Unit repair
[edit | edit source]| Ingredients | Anvil recipe |
|---|---|
| Damaged Diamond Shovel + Diamond |
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
[edit | edit source]A diamond shovel can receive the following enchantments:
| Name | Description | Max level | Method | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Efficiency | Increases the mining speed. | V | 10 | |
| Fortune[note 1] | Increases the amount of drops when mining. | III | 2 | |
| Silk Touch[note 1] | Causes blocks to drop themselves when mined. | I | 1 | |
| Unbreaking | Grants a chance to negate durability consumption. | III | 5 | |
| Mending | Repairs the shovel when obtaining experience. | I | 2 | |
| Curse of Vanishing | The shovel vanishes on death, not dropping as an item. | I | 1 |
Upgrading
[edit | edit source]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 |
Sounds
[edit | edit source]| Sounds | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sound | Closed captions | Source | Description | Identifier | Translation key | Volume | Pitch | Attenuation distance |
| Shovel flattens | Blocks | When a shovel creates a dirt path | item | subtitles | 1.0 | 1.0 | 16 | |
| Item breaks | Players | When a shovel's durability is exhausted | entity | subtitles | 0.8 | 0.8-1.2 | 16 | |
| Sounds | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sound | Closed captions [upcoming] | Source | Description | Identifier | Translation key [upcoming] | Volume | Pitch |
| Shovel flattens | Blocks | When a shovel creates a dirt path | use | subtitles | 1.0 | 0.8 | |
| Item breaks | Players | When a shovel's durability is exhausted | random | subtitles | 1.0 | 0.9 | |
Data values
[edit | edit source]ID
[edit | edit source]| Name | Identifier | Form | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|
diamond_shovel | Item | item |
| Name | Identifier | Numeric ID | Form | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|---|
diamond_shovel | 309 | Item | item |
Achievements
[edit | edit source]| 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 | |||
Videos
[edit | edit source]History
[edit | edit source]Java Edition
[edit | edit source]| Java Edition Indev | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.31 | 20100128-2200 | ||||||
| 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 | Diamond shovels can now be crafted. | ||||||
| 20100201-0025 | Diamond shovels now have durability which is 257 points. | ||||||
| Java Edition Infdev | |||||||
| 20100313 | Diamond shovels' durability has been increased to 513. | ||||||
| Java Edition Alpha | |||||||
| v1.0.3 | Diamond shovels' durability has been increased to 1025. | ||||||
| 1.0.5_01 | Diamond shovels are now used to get snowballs out of snow layers. | ||||||
| Java Edition Beta | |||||||
| 1.2 | Diamond shovels' durability has been increased to 1561. | ||||||
| Java Edition | |||||||
| 1.3.1 | 12w21a | Blacksmith villagers now sell diamond shovels for 7 emeralds. | |||||
| 1.6.1 | 13w21a | Instead 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. | |||||
| 1.8 | 14w02a | The previous tool smith trades are now unavailable, making diamond shovels non-renewable. | |||||
| 1.9 | 15w31a | A 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. | |||||||
| 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 | Diamond shovels now do more damage and take longer to recover. | ||||||
| 15w35a | The damage of diamond shovels has been reduced. | ||||||
| 15w50a | The sound item.shovel.flatten has been added to diamond shovels. | ||||||
| 1.14 | 18w43a | ||||||
| 19w11a | Toolsmith villagers now sell enchanted diamond shovels, making diamond shovels renewable again. | ||||||
| 1.15 | 19w37a | Diamond shovels can now be used to extinguish campfires. | |||||
| 1.16 | 20w09a | ||||||
| Diamond shovels now break soul soil quickly. | |||||||
| 1.16.2 | 20w30a | Increased the chance of finding randomly enchanted diamond shovels in bastion remnant chests. | |||||
| Unenchanted, undamaged diamond shovels can also be found in bastion remnant chests. | |||||||
| 20w17a | Diamond shovels now generate in place of netherite shovels in bastion remnant chests. | ||||||
| 1.20 | 23w14a | Diamond 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 diamond shovels has been decreased by 1HP. | |||||||
Bedrock Edition
[edit | edit source]| Pocket Edition Alpha | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| v0.2.0 | |||||||
| v0.3.2 | Diamond shovels can now be crafted with diamonds and sticks. | ||||||
| v0.11.0 | build 1 | A diamond shovel can now be used on a grass block to create grass path blocks. | |||||
| build 11 | Diamond shovels are now available in the creative inventory. | ||||||
| build 12 | Diamond shovels have been removed from creative. | ||||||
| build 13 | Diamond shovels have been re-added to creative mode. | ||||||
| v0.12.1 | build 1 | Diamond shovels can now be enchanted. | |||||
| Pocket Edition | |||||||
| 1.0.0 | alpha 0.17.0.1 | Enchanted diamond shovels can now be found inside end city chests. | |||||
| Bedrock Edition | |||||||
| 1.10.0 | beta 1.10.0.3 | ||||||
| 1.11.0 | beta 1.11.0.4 | Diamond shovels can now be bought from toolsmith villagers. | |||||
| 1.16.0 | beta 1.16.0.51 | ||||||
| beta 1.16.0.63 | Diamonds shovels now generate in place of netherite shovels in bastion remnant chests. | ||||||
Legacy Console Edition
[edit | edit source]| 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 | |
| TU14 | 1.04 | Blacksmith villagers now sell diamond shovels for 7 emeralds. | |||||
| TU19 | CU7 | 1.12 | 1.12 | 1.12 | Instead 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. | ||
| TU31 | CU19 | 1.22 | 1.22 | 1.22 | Patch 3 | The previous tool smith trades are now unavailable, making diamond shovels non-renewable without resetting the Nether. | |
| TU36 | CU25 | 1.28 | 1.28 | 1.28 | Patch 7 | The attack damage of diamond 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 diamond shovel can now be used on a grass block to create grass path blocks. | |
| TU46 | CU36 | 1.38 | 1.38 | 1.38 | Patch 15 | Enchanted diamond shovels can now be found in end city chests. | |
| 1.90 | |||||||
| 1.91 | Diamond shovels can now be used to extinguish campfires. | ||||||
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
[edit | edit source]| New Nintendo 3DS Edition | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.1.0 | |||||||
Data history
[edit | edit source]| Java Edition | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.13 | 17w47a | Prior to The Flattening, diamond shovel's numeral ID was 277. | |||||
Issues
[edit | edit source]Issues relating to "Diamond Shovel" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.
Gallery
[edit | edit source]In other media
[edit | edit source]-
A diamond shovel as it appeared in A Minecraft Movie Live Event
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CatNap with a diamond shovel
Navigation
[edit | edit source]| Pickaxe | |
|---|---|
| Shovel | |
| Axe | |
| Hoe | |
| Miscellaneous | |
| Material | |
|---|---|
| Building blocks | |
| Armor | |
| Tools | |

