Netherite Shovel

A netherite shovel has a mining level of 4 and the highest durability of any shovel. It can be used to hasten the process of breaking dirt, sand, gravel, and other soil blocks, as well as to convert dirt blocks into dirt paths.

Netherite Shovel

Rarity tier	Common
Durability	2031 ‌ / 2032 ‌
Renewable	No
Stackable	No

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Obtaining

Upgrading

Like with 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	[hide]Smithing recipe
Netherite Upgrade + Diamond Shovel + Netherite Ingot

Usage

Digging

A netherite 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

A netherite 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:

• Grass Block
• Dirt
• Coarse Dirt
• Rooted Dirt
• Podzol
• Mycelium

Campfire

A netherite shovel can be used to extinguish a campfire.

Weapon

Netherite shovels take 2 damage when used as a weapon.

Java Edition

Netherite shovels have an attack speed modifier of -3, meaning they take 1 second to recover. Netherite shovels deal 6.5HP × 3.25 damage.

Bedrock Edition

Netherite shovels always attack instantly and do 6HP damage.

Repairing

Combining

Ingredients	Crafting recipe	[hide]Description
Damaged Netherite Shovel		The durability of the two shovels is added together, plus an extra 101 points of durability.

Ingredients	Grinding recipe	[hide]Description
2× Damaged Netherite Shovel		The durability of the two shovels is added together, plus an extra 101 points of durability.

Unit repair

Ingredients	[hide]Anvil recipe
Damaged Netherite Shovel + Netherite Ingot	Netherite Shovel

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

Enchantments

A netherite shovel can receive the following enchantments:

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

Sounds

Java Edition:

[hide] v t e Sounds
Sound	Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	​Shovel flattens	Blocks	When a shovel creates a dirt path	item.shovel.flatten	subtitles.item.shovel.flatten​	1.0	1.0	16
	​Item breaks	Players	When a shovel's durability is exhausted	entity.item.break	subtitles.entity.item.break​	0.8	0.8-1.2	16

Bedrock Edition:

[hide] v t e Sounds
Sound	Source	Description	Resource location	Volume	Pitch
	Blocks	When a shovel creates a dirt path	use.grass	1.0	0.8
	Players	When a shovel's durability is exhausted	random.break	1.0	0.9

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	[hide]Translation key
Netherite Shovel	netherite_shovel	Item	item.minecraft.netherite_shovel

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	[hide]Translation key
Netherite Shovel	netherite_shovel	309	Item	item.netherite_shovel.name

Achievements

[hide]
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

History

[hide]Java Edition
1.16			20w06a				Added netherite shovels.
							Netherite shovels are obtained by combining one diamond shovel and one netherite ingot in a crafting table.
			20w09a				Netherite shovels now break soul soil quickly.
			20w10a				The texture of netherite shovels has been changed.
							Netherite shovels can no longer be crafted.
							Netherite shovels are now obtained by combining one diamond shovel and one netherite ingot in a smithing table.
			20w16a				Netherite shovels now generate randomly enchanted in bastion remnants chests.
			20w17a				Diamond shovels now generate in place of netherite shovels in bastion remnant chests.
1.19.4 Experiment Update 1.20			23w04a				Upgrading diamond shovels to netherite shovels now requires the netherite upgrade smithing template.
1.20			23w14a				Netherite shovels now break suspicious sand and suspicious gravel quickly.
[hide]Upcoming Java Edition
Combat Tests			Combat Test 6				The attack speed for netherite shovels has been increased to 2.
							The damage for netherite shovels has been decreased by 1HP.
[hide]Bedrock Edition
1.16.0			beta 1.16.0.51				Added netherite shovels.
							Netherite shovels are obtained by combining one diamond shovel and one netherite ingot in a crafting table.
			beta 1.16.0.57				Netherite shovels can no longer be crafted.
							Netherite shovels are now obtained by combining one diamond shovel and one netherite ingot in a smithing table.
							Netherite shovels now generate randomly enchanted in bastion remnants chests.
			beta 1.16.0.63				Diamonds shovels now generate in place of netherite shovels in bastion remnant chests.

• February 20, 2024: A Mojang video about bugs shows early textures of netherite items, including the shovel: [1].

Issues

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

Gallery

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  An enchanted netherite shovel.