Netherite Hoe

Netherite hoes are tools used to break plant-based blocks such as hay bales quicker and are also used to till dirt into farmland. They can also quickly break other blocks such as sculk-related blocks.

Netherite Hoe

Rarity tier	Common
Durability	2031 ‌ / 2032 ‌
Renewable	No
Stackable	No

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Obtaining

Upgrading

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

Ingredients	Smithing recipe
Netherite Upgrade + Diamond Hoe + Netherite Ingot

Usage

Harvesting

Hoes are used to harvest certain plant-based or organic blocks more quickly. Breaking one of these blocks takes 1 durability.

Breaking any other block takes 0 durability if the block breaks instantly when broken by hand, or 1 otherwise.

Tilling

Hoes are used to turn dirt, grass blocks, and dirt paths into farmland. To till, press use on a grass or dirt block while holding a hoe. This does not work on mycelium or podzol, nor does it work if there are other blocks on top of the targeted blocks, including snow layers or torches. However, mycelium and podzol can be first converted to dirt paths with a shovel, then tilled into farmland with a hoe.

Hoes can be used to convert coarse dirt into regular dirt by pressing use on the coarse dirt. Similar to tilling dirt, the space above the coarse dirt must be empty for it to be tilled.

Hoes can also be used on rooted dirt, which turns it into normal dirt, and yields a hanging roots item.

Tilling is effectively instantaneous, regardless of material, and uses 1 durability. Breaking blocks with a hoe uses 0 or 1 durability, depending on the block.

Hoes are unable to work on blocks with a plant on top, even if that plant could normally be placed on top of farmland without reverting it to dirt.

Weapon

Hoes may be used as a weapon, although they deal only 1HP damage in Java Edition. In Bedrock Edition, hoes can do as much as a pickaxe in terms of damage. Hoes use 1 durability when used as a weapon.

In Java Edition, netherite hoes have an attack speed modifier 0 (refill in 0.25s).

Hoes always attack instantly in Bedrock Edition.

Repairing

Combining

Ingredients	Crafting recipe	Description
Damaged Netherite Hoe		The durability of the two hoes is added together, plus an extra 5% durability.

Ingredients	Grinding recipe	Description
2x Damaged Netherite Hoe		The durability of the two hoes is added together, plus an extra 5% durability.

Unit repair

Ingredients	Anvil recipe
Damaged Netherite Hoe + Netherite Ingot	Netherite Hoe

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

Enchantments

A hoe can receive the following enchantments:

Name	Description	Max Level	Method	Weight
Efficiency	Increases the mining speed.	V	Enchanting TableAnvil	10
Fortune	Increases the amount of drops when mining.	III	Enchanting TableAnvil	2
Silk Touch	Causes blocks to drop themselves when mined.	I	Enchanting TableAnvil	1
Unbreaking	Grants a chance to negate durability consumption.	III	Enchanting TableAnvil	5
Mending	Repairs the hoe when obtaining experience.	I	Anvil	2
Curse of Vanishing	The hoe vanishes on death, not dropping as an item.	I	Anvil	1

Sounds

Java Edition

Sounds
Sound	Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	​Hoe tills	Blocks	When a block is tilled into farmland	item.hoe.till	subtitles.item.hoe.till​	1.0	1.0	16
	​Item breaks	Players	When a hoe's durability is exhausted	entity.item.break	subtitles.entity.item.break​	0.8	0.8-1.2	16

Bedrock Edition:

Sounds
Sound	Source	Description	Resource location	Volume	Pitch
	Blocks	When a block is tilled into farmland	use.gravel	1.0	0.8
	Players	When a hoe's durability is exhausted	random.break	1.0	0.9

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Translation key
Netherite Hoe	netherite_hoe	Item	item.minecraft.netherite_hoe

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Translation key
Netherite hoe	netherite_hoe	608	Item	item.netherite_hoe.name

Achievements

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

Advancements

Icon	Advancement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)
	Serious Dedication	Use a Netherite Ingot to upgrade a Hoe, and then reevaluate your life choices	Have a netherite hoe in the inventory.

History

Java Edition
1.16			20w06a				Added netherite hoes.
							Netherite hoes are obtained by combining one diamond hoe and one netherite ingot in a crafting table.
			20w09a				Hoes can now break nether wart blocks and warped wart blocks quickly.
							Netherite hoes can now be obtained through bartering with piglins.
			20w10a				Each tier of hoes now has different a speed while mining blocks they are effective against.
							Hoes can now be enchanted with Efficiency, Fortune, and Silk Touch.
							Hoes now mine hay bales faster than other tools.
							Netherite hoes are now less common when bartering with piglins.
							The texture of netherite hoes has been changed.
							Netherite hoes can no longer be crafted.
							Netherite hoes are now obtained by combining one diamond hoe and one netherite ingot in a smithing table.
			20w11a				Hoes can now mine dried kelp blocks, targets, and shroomlights faster than other tools.
			20w12a				Hoes can now mine sponges faster than other tools.
			20w15a				Hoes can now mine leaves faster.
			20w20a				Netherite hoes can no longer be obtained through bartering with piglins, making them no longer renewable.
1.17			20w49a				Hoes can now mine sculk sensors faster than other tools.
			21w11a				Hoes are now the appropriate tool for breaking moss blocks.
			21w20a				Hoes can now be used on rooted dirt, turning it into normal dirt, yielding a hanging roots item.
1.19			22w12a				Hoes can now mine mangrove leaves faster.
1.19.4 Experiment Update 1.20			23w04a				Upgrading diamond hoes to netherite hoes now requires the netherite upgrade smithing template.
February 20, 2024							The video about bugs shows early textures of netherite items, including hoe.
Upcoming Java Edition
Combat Tests			Combat Test 7c				Netherite hoes now deal 4HP damage and have an attack speed of 3.5.
Bedrock Edition
1.16.0			beta 1.16.0.51				Added netherite hoes.
							Netherite hoes are obtained by combining one diamond hoe and one netherite ingot in a crafting table.
			beta 1.16.0.57				Each tier of hoes now has different a speed while mining blocks they are effective against.
							Hoes can now break hay bales, dried kelp blocks, target blocks, sponges, wet sponges, shroomlights, leaves, nether wart blocks, and warped wart blocks quickly.
							Hoes can now be enchanted with Efficiency, Fortune, and Silk Touch.
							Netherite hoes can now be obtained through bartering with piglins.
							Netherite hoes can no longer be crafted.
							Netherite hoes are now obtained by combining one diamond hoe and one netherite ingot in a smithing table.
							Netherite hoes now generate randomly enchanted in bastion remnants chests.
							Netherite hoes now deal the same damage as netherite pickaxes.
1.16.100			beta 1.16.100.54				Netherite hoes can no longer be obtained through bartering with piglins, making them no longer renewable.
1.17.10			beta 1.17.10.20				The texture of netherite hoes has been changed to match Java Edition.

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

Issues

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

Trivia

• Tilling a dirt block that has a dirt block on top of it changes it to farmland even though it cannot be used. If a hoe is used on a block horizontally adjacent to such a block, the first block reverts to dirt and the selected block is not tilled.
• When a hoe breaks while tilling dirt, it does not display the tool breaking animation like on other tools, because tilling is not predicted client-side.

Gallery

Renders

• 

  An enchanted netherite hoe.

Screenshots

• 

  Kingbdogz holding a hoe.

External links

• Taking Inventory: Hoe – Minecraft.net on June 25, 2019