Overview
A Netherite Hoe is famous as the most expensive joke in Minecraft, and the joke undersells it slightly. Yes, it costs four ancient debris and four gold on top of two diamonds to till a block of dirt that a wooden hoe tills identically. But it holds 2,031 uses, matches the diamond version's joint-fastest attack speed of 4.0, and — the part that is genuinely useful — cannot be destroyed by fire or lava. Anyone harvesting nether wart blocks and shroomlights in a crimson forest, or clearing sculk in an ancient city with a Warden nearby, is working somewhere a dropped tool is usually a lost tool. Netherite fixes that. Beyond the practicalities, it is the traditional way to announce that a world's netherite problem has been solved: when your armour, tools and weapons are all upgraded and there is still an ingot in the chest, the hoe is what it becomes. Upgrade the enchanted diamond hoe at a smithing table and every enchantment comes across intact. Nobody needs one. Plenty of players build one anyway, and they are not wrong to.
Harvesting sculk, moss, nether wart blocks and hay with a tool that survives lava — and, honestly, as the trophy that marks a world with netherite to spare.
Netherite Hoe is one of the 6 variants of this shape in the game. What changes between them is the material, and with it the hardness, the drops, the durability and the recipe — so every figure on this page is this variant's own. Stone Hoe is the same shape in a different material.
In Minecraft, Netherite Hoe is a tool item. Expect 2,031 uses before it breaks. Repair it on an anvil with Netherite Ingot, or combine two damaged copies.
It accepts enchantments at an enchanting table or anvil. Every copy occupies a full inventory slot. It is made at a smithing table: upgrade Diamond Hoe with Netherite Ingot.
Nothing on the crafting grid is made from it.
About the netherite tool set
How to get it
Upgrade a Diamond Hoe at a Smithing Table with 1 Netherite Ingot and the upgrade template. That is 4 Netherite Scrap and 4 gold ingots for a farming tool.
Tips
- It survives lava, which is the only functional argument for taking one into the Nether or an ancient city.
- The upgrade preserves enchantments, so enchant the diamond hoe with Silk Touch and Mending first.
- Its 2,031 uses will outlast the world; treat it as permanent rather than as something to conserve.
- See ancient debris and netherite before spending an ingot on a hoe rather than a chestplate.
Damage and attack speed
Netherite Hoe deals 1 damage per hit and swings 4 times a second, which works out at 4 damage per second when every swing is fully charged.
A swing that lands before the cooldown bar refills deals a fraction of that, so waiting for the bar is worth more than clicking faster.
That is 20 hits to kill a zombie or a creeper, the same for a skeleton, and 16 hits for a spider.
Properties
Netherite Hoe lasts 2,031 uses before it breaks, and Netherite Ingot repairs it on an anvil. Two worn copies can also be merged, on an anvil or a grindstone. Unbreaking III roughly quadruples the lifespan, and Mending replaces the repair cost with experience. Its enchantability of 15 decides how good the enchanting table's offers are: the higher the number, the more often a level-30 table offers the top-tier enchantment rather than a weak one. Netherite Hoe does not stack — each one occupies an inventory slot of its own.
- Damage per second
- 4
- Enchantability
- 15
- Repaired with
- Netherite Ingot
- Category
- Tools
How it compares to the rest of the set
Every tier of hoe in the game, side by side, so the trade-off is visible in one place: Netherite Hoe sits 6 of 6.
Gold is the outlier: it enchants better than anything else (enchantability 22) and breaks almost immediately, which is why gold gear is enchanted and then upgraded rather than used.
| Item | Durability | Attack damage | Attack speed | Enchantability |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wooden Hoe | 59 | 1 | 1 | 15 |
| Stone Hoe | 131 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| Iron Hoe | 250 | 1 | 3 | 14 |
| Golden Hoe | 32 | 1 | 1 | 22 |
| Diamond Hoe | 1,561 | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| Netherite Hoe | 2,031 | 1 | 4 | 15 |
How to get it
Smithing Table
Netherite Hoe
Enchantments it can take
5 enchantments can be applied to Netherite Hoe: Efficiency, Fortune, Mending, Silk Touch, and Unbreaking.
Mending is a treasure enchantment and never appears at an enchanting table — they come from loot chests, fishing or villager trades only.
Guides and tools that cover this
Frequently asked questions
How do you make Netherite Hoe in Minecraft?
Netherite Hoe is not crafted at a bench. Put Netherite Upgrade in the left slot of a smithing table, Diamond Hoe in the middle and Netherite Ingot on the right.
What is the stack size of Netherite Hoe?
Netherite Hoe does not stack at all. Every one you carry takes an inventory slot of its own, which is the practical limit on how many you take on a trip.
How much damage does Netherite Hoe do?
1 damage per fully charged hit, at 4 attacks per second — 4 damage per second. Strength II adds 6 damage on top of that.
How much durability does Netherite Hoe have?
Netherite Hoe has 2031 durability, and can be repaired on an anvil with Netherite Ingot.
Can Netherite Hoe be enchanted?
Yes — 5 enchantments apply to it, at an enchanting table with fifteen bookshelves, or from an enchanted book on an anvil. Mending is usually the one worth hunting for, because it removes the repair cost entirely.
The rest of the set
Netherite Hoe is one of 6 variants of the same shape. The others are made from different materials, so their numbers differ:
