What is Golden Hoe in Minecraft?

A golden hoe is a farming tool in Minecraft made from gold. It is a tool of extremes. On one hand, it is the fastest hoe for tilling dirt into farmland, and it is also the fastest tool for breaking certain blocks like hay bales, leaves, and sponges. On the other hand, it has the worst durability of any tool material and will break after only a handful of uses. This makes it mostly impractical for everyday farming. However, it does have the highest enchantability, meaning you can get very good enchantments on it for a low experience cost.

How to get Golden Hoe in Minecraft

You can get a golden hoe by crafting it. The recipe requires two gold ingots and two sticks. On a crafting table, place the two gold ingots in the top left and top middle slots, and then place the two sticks in the center and bottom center slots. You can also find a golden hoe as loot. They have a chance to appear in chests inside ruined portals. Piglins can also sometimes spawn holding a golden hoe, and they may drop it when defeated, though it will likely be heavily damaged.

How to use Golden Hoe in Minecraft

You can use a golden hoe to till dirt into farmland by right clicking on a dirt or grass block. It does this faster than any other hoe. It is also the fastest tool for breaking leaves, hay bales, sponges, sculk blocks, and both nether wart and warped wart blocks. Because of its high enchantability, a golden hoe is a good candidate for getting a high level Fortune enchantment. A hoe with Fortune III is amazing for harvesting crops like potatoes and carrots, as it greatly increases the number of drops. However, due to its low durability, a golden hoe is not very useful unless it is enchanted with Unbreaking and Mending.

How to craft Golden Hoe in Minecraft

Crafting Table Crafting Table

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What can Golden Hoe make in Minecraft

Available Enchantments

Efficiency

Efficiency

I II III IIII IIIII

Increases mining and digging speed

Max Level: 5
Silk Touch

Silk Touch

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Mined blocks drop themselves instead of their usual drops

Max Level: 1
Unbreaking

Unbreaking

I II III

Increases item durability

Max Level: 3
Mending

Mending

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Repairs item using experience orbs

Max Level: 1
Curse of Vanishing

Curse of Vanishing

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Item disappears when player dies

Max Level: 1

How to Enchant: Use an Enchanting Table, Anvil with Enchanted Books, or find enchanted items in loot chests. Higher levels require more experience and lapis lazuli.