Minecraft
How to Craft a Shovel in Minecraft
To craft a shovel in Minecraft you need one wooden plank and two sticks. On the Crafting Table put the plank in the top-middle square and the two sticks in a column under it. Below are the items, the recipe, and where those pieces come from.
| Item | Qty | Where to get it |
|---|---|---|
 Wooden Planks |
1 | Punch or axe a log, then convert the log to planks in the 2×2 inventory grid. Oak, birch, spruce and the rest all count. This ingredient is crafted too — station below. |
 Stick |
2 | Put two Wooden Planks in a vertical pair in the inventory grid. One pair makes four sticks. This ingredient is crafted too — station below. |
Wooden Shovel specs
- Difficulty
- Early game
- Where it lives
- Crafted. Also in bonus chests.
- Where to get it
- Craft on a Crafting Table: plank in the top-middle, two sticks down the middle.
- Item ID
-
minecraft:wooden_shovel - Numerical ID
-
269 - Stackable
- No
- Max stack
- 1
- Renewable
- Yes
- Material
- Item
- Diggable
- No
- Give command
-
/give @p minecraft:wooden_shovel 1
Ingredient specs
Wooden Planks
Early game- Where to get it
- Punch or axe a log, then convert the log to planks in the 2×2 inventory grid. Oak, birch, spruce and the rest all count.
- Where it lives
- Overworld trees. Any wood biome.
- Item ID
minecraft:oak_planks- Legacy item ID
minecraft:planks- Numerical ID
5- Stackable
- Yes
- Max stack
- 64
- Renewable
- Yes
- Hardness
- 2
- Blast resistance
- 2
- Material
- Wood
- Diggable
- Yes
Stick
Early game- Where to get it
- Put two Wooden Planks in a vertical pair in the inventory grid. One pair makes four sticks.
- Where it lives
- Crafted anywhere you have planks. Also dropped by witches and found in some chests.
- Item ID
minecraft:stick- Numerical ID
280- Stackable
- Yes
- Max stack
- 64
- Renewable
- Yes
- Material
- Item
- Diggable
- No
Oak Log
Early game- Where to get it
- Punch or axe an oak tree. Any overworld log type also converts to its matching planks.
- Where it lives
- Oak trees in forests, plains, and villages in the Overworld.
- Item ID
minecraft:oak_log- Legacy item ID
minecraft:log- Numerical ID
17- Stackable
- Yes
- Max stack
- 64
- Renewable
- Yes
- Hardness
- 2
- Blast resistance
- 2
- Material
- Wood
- Diggable
- Yes
How to craft these materials
Wooden Planks
Oak LogWooden Planks ×4Shapeless: the slots can sit anywhere on the grid.
One plank, two sticks
Punch a log and convert it in the inventory 2×2: one log is four planks, and this craft uses one. Two planks stacked make four sticks; take two for the handle. That covers the whole wooden shovel.
A column down the middle
Open the Crafting Table. Drop a plank in the top-middle square, a stick in the very center, and the other stick in the bottom-middle. One wooden shovel appears on the right; take it. The handle matches the pickaxe; the head is that one plank.
Dirt, sand, then a path
Hold it on dirt, sand, or gravel and the block drops fast. Use it on a grass block to stamp a dirt path under your feet. Snow under the shovel drops snowballs. Wooden shovels do not stack.
