Hoe

Hoes are tools which can be used to till Dirt, Savanna Dirt and Desert Sand to create Soil, Savanna Soil or Desert Sand Soil. Soil is neccessary to be able to plant seeds.

Table of Contents Usage Hoe types Crafting Old hoes Footnotes

Usage

Hoes are used by pointing the block which should be cultivated and pressing the attack key (<kbd>left mouse button</kbd> by default).

The following blocks can be cultivated:

Used on …	Result
32px Dirt 32px Dirt with Grass 32px Dirt with Rainforest Litter 32px Dirt with Coniferous Litter 32px Dirt with Savanna Grass	32px Soil
32px Savanna Dirt 32px Savanna Dirt with Savanna Grass	32px Savanna Soil
32px Desert Sand	32px Desert Sand Soil

See the respective soil pages to learn more about growing seeds.

Hoe types

There are several different hoes, crafted from sticks and another material. The hoe types only differ in the number of uses before they break.

	Tool	Uses	Itemstring
32px	Wooden Hoe	30	farming:hoe_wood
32px	Stone Hoe	90	farming:hoe_stone
32px	Steel Hoe	500	farming:hoe_steel

Crafting

Name	Ingredients	Input → Output	Notes
Hoe	some wood or some stone or Steel Ingots + Sticks
Hoe	2 damaged Hoes		The resulting hoe will be repaired. Shapeless recipe.

Old hoes

As of version 5.0.0, there are 3 additional hoes available but they can no longer be crafted (like in previous versions) or gotten from the creative inventory. It's planned to remove them from Minetest Game eventually.

	Tool	Uses	Itemstring
32px	Bronze Hoe	220	farming:hoe_bronze
32px	Mese Hoe	350	farming:hoe_mese
32px	Diamond Hoe	500	farming:hoe_diamond

Footnotes