Shovel

Shovel


The Shovel is a tool in Minecraft used to easily collect Sand, Gravel and Dirt. Shovels are only necessary to collect Snowballs from Snow blocks, and collect Grass and Podzol with the Silk Touch enchantment. All the other blocks that Shovels are used for, can just be mined with hand.

Even though Shovels are useful for making alot of blocks faster to dig up, they are not required to advance foward into the game. They also half a heart less damage that a sword would.

Sometimes Villagers will trade Diamond Shovels making them easier to obtain.