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Copper Shovel

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Copper Shovel
Copper Shovel.png: Infobox image for Minecraft item 'Copper Shovel'
Enchanted Copper Shovel.webp: Infobox image for Minecraft item 'Copper Shovel'
Invicon Copper Shovel.png: Inventory sprite for Copper Shovel in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Copper Shovel When in Main Hand:  3.5 Attack Damage  1 Attack Speed
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A copper shovel is a variant of shovel that is crafted from copper ingots. 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 fourth-highest tier of shovel, having higher mining efficiency, durability, and enchantability than a stone shovel.

Obtaining

Crafting

Ingredients Crafting recipe
Copper Ingot +
Stick
Invicon Copper Ingot.png: Inventory sprite for Copper Ingot in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Copper Ingot with description: Copper IngotInvicon 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 Copper Shovel.png: Inventory sprite for Copper Shovel in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Copper Shovel When in Main Hand:  3.5 Attack Damage  1 Attack Speed

Usage

Digging

A copper 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.

Mining snow

A copper shovel can be used to break snow blocks or snow to obtain snow balls without Silk Touch.

Dirt paths

A copper 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

A copper shovel can be used to extinguish a campfire.

Weapon

Java Edition

Copper shovels have an attack speed modifier of -3, meaning they take 1 second to recover. Copper shovels deal 3.5HP❤️ × 1.75 damage.

Bedrock Edition

Copper shovels always attack instantly and do 4HP❤️❤️ damage.

Repairing

Combining
Ingredients Crafting recipe Description
Damaged Copper Shovel
Invicon Damaged Copper Shovel.png: Inventory sprite for Damaged Copper Shovel in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Copper Shovel When in Main Hand:  3.5 Attack Damage  1 Attack SpeedInvicon Damaged Copper Shovel.png: Inventory sprite for Damaged Copper Shovel in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Copper Shovel When in Main Hand:  3.5 Attack Damage  1 Attack Speed
Invicon Copper Shovel.png: Inventory sprite for Copper Shovel in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Copper Shovel When in Main Hand:  3.5 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 Copper Shovel
Invicon Damaged Copper Shovel.png: Inventory sprite for Damaged Copper Shovel in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Copper Shovel When in Main Hand:  3.5 Attack Damage  1 Attack SpeedInvicon Damaged Copper Shovel.png: Inventory sprite for Damaged Copper Shovel in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Copper Shovel When in Main Hand:  3.5 Attack Damage  1 Attack SpeedInvicon Copper Shovel.png: Inventory sprite for Copper Shovel in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Copper Shovel When in Main Hand:  3.5 Attack Damage  1 Attack Speed
 The durability of the two shovels is added together, plus an extra 5% of durability.
Unit repair
Ingredients Anvil recipe
Damaged Copper Shovel +
Copper Ingot
Copper ShovelInvicon Damaged Copper Shovel.png: Inventory sprite for Damaged Copper Shovel in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Copper Shovel When in Main Hand:  3.5 Attack Damage  1 Attack SpeedInvicon Damaged Copper Shovel.png: Inventory sprite for Damaged Copper Shovel in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Copper Shovel When in Main Hand:  3.5 Attack Damage  1 Attack SpeedInvicon Copper Ingot.png: Inventory sprite for Copper Ingot in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Copper Ingot with description: Copper IngotInvicon Copper Shovel.png: Inventory sprite for Copper Shovel in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Copper Shovel When in Main Hand:  3.5 Attack Damage  1 Attack Speed

A copper shovel can be repaired in an anvil by adding copper ingots, with each ingot restoring 62 durability points (25% of maximum durability). Two copper shovels can also be combined in an anvil. Both methods preserve the shovel's enchantments.

Enchantments

A copper 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
  1. ↑ a b Silk Touch and Fortune are mutually exclusive

Smelting ingredient

Name Ingredients Smelting recipe
Copper Nugget Copper Shovel +
Any fuel
Invicon Copper Shovel.png: Inventory sprite for Copper Shovel in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Copper Shovel When in Main Hand:  3.5 Attack Damage  1 Attack Speed
Invicon Coal.png: Inventory sprite for Coal in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Coal with description: CoalInvicon Charcoal.png: Inventory sprite for Charcoal in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Charcoal with description: CharcoalInvicon Oak Log.png: Inventory sprite for Oak Log in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Oak Log with description: LogInvicon Oak Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Oak Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Oak Planks with description: Overworld PlanksInvicon Lava Bucket.png: Inventory sprite for Lava Bucket in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Lava Bucket with description: Lava BucketInvicon Block of Coal.png: Inventory sprite for Block of Coal in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Block of Coal with description: Block of Coal
Invicon Copper Nugget.png: Inventory sprite for Copper Nugget in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Copper Nugget with description: Copper Nugget

Sounds

Java Edition:

Sounds
SoundClosed captionsSourceDescriptionIdentifierTranslation keyVolumePitchAttenuation
distance
​Shovel flattensBlocksWhen a shovel creates a dirt pathitem.shovel.flattensubtitles.item.shovel.flatten​1.01.016
​Item breaksPlayersWhen a shovel's durability is exhaustedentity.item.breaksubtitles.entity.item.break​0.80.8–1.216

Bedrock Edition:

Sounds
SoundClosed captionsSourceDescriptionIdentifierTranslation keyVolumePitch
​Shovel flattensBlocksWhen a shovel creates a dirt pathuse.grasssubtitles.item.shovel.flatten​1.00.8
​Item breaksPlayersWhen a shovel's durability is exhaustedrandom.breaksubtitles.entity.item.break​1.00.9

Data values

ID

Java Edition

NameIdentifierForm Translation key
ItemSprite copper-shovel.png: Sprite image for copper-shovel in Minecraft Copper Shovelcopper_shovelItem item.minecraft.copper_shovel

Bedrock Edition

NameIdentifierNumeric ID Form Translation key
ItemSprite copper-shovel.png: Sprite image for copper-shovel in Minecraft Copper Shovelcopper_shovel770Item item.copper_shovel.name

Achievements

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

History

Java Edition

Java Edition
1.21.925w31a Added copper shovel.

Bedrock Edition

Bedrock Edition
1.21.100
Experiment
Drop 3 2025		Preview 1.21.100.23 Added copper shovel.

Issues

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