Diamond Hoe

What does it do?

Use the hoe on dirt or grass blocks to till them into farmland; this takes one durability point. It can turn coarse dirt into regular dirt and rooted dirt into dirt, dropping hanging roots. Mycelium and podzol cannot be tilled directly, though a shovel can first turn them into dirt paths. The space above the target must be empty, and a plant on top prevents tilling. Hoes also harvest certain organic blocks faster; breaking a hoe-effective block costs one durability, while other blocks cost zero if they break instantly by hand and one otherwise.

What are its tool and combat properties?

The diamond hoe has 1,561 durability and mines blocks tagged as mineable by hoes at speed 8. In Java, hoe attacks deal 1 HP and use one durability; the diamond hoe's attack-speed modifier is 0. Treat it as a tool first, not as a combat substitute. Efficiency V raises mining speed, and Unbreaking III can reduce durability use. Fortune III increases drops and Silk Touch collects blocks themselves; those two enchantments are mutually exclusive. Mending repairs the hoe when experience is collected.

How do you repair or invest further?

An anvil repair with a diamond restores 390 durability and preserves enchantments; combining two hoes in an anvil does too. Crafting-table or grindstone combination adds their durability plus 5%, but does not preserve enchantments. A diamond hoe can be upgraded to netherite for increased durability and slightly higher mining speed; the supplied usage text does not specify the smithing ingredients. A brush and carrot on a stick are also tools, but their supplied comparison entries do not establish that they can till soil or harvest hoe-effective blocks.

Limitations and tradeoffs

• Its durability supports frequent utility use, but tilling still costs one durability per block.
• Fortune and Silk Touch are mutually exclusive, so the desired block drop should guide enchantment choice.
• Its Java attack damage is low for a weapon.