Hoe is a wonderful tool in Minecraft that players can use for multiple purposes. In this article, we will show you how to make a Hoe in Minecraft, how to use it, as well as all the best enchantments you can apply to make it the best tool you have ever had.

Hoe In Minecraft
Hoes are indispensable in Minecraft farming.

How to make a Hoe in Minecraft

There are many types of Hoes in Minecraft, ranging from wooden to diamond hoes. Thus, there are many different ways of crafting hoes in Minecraft. Below are steps to make hoes of different materials in the game.

How to make a Wooden Hoe in Minecraft

Ingredients:

  • 2 Sticks: You can get 4 Sticks for every 2 Wood Planks.
  • 2 Wood Planks (any type of Wood): You can get 4 Wood Planks for every Wood.

Follow the steps below to make a Wooden Hoe in Minecraft:

  • Open your crafting table.
  • Put 2 Wood Planks on the top row on the middle slot and the slot on the left. Put 2 Sticks in the 2 remaining slots in the middle column.
  • Put the Wooden Hoe in your inventory.
How To Make A Wooden Hoe In Minecraft
Wooden Hoe recipe in Minecraft

How to make a Stone Hoe in Minecraft

Ingredients:

  • 2 Sticks: You can get 4 Sticks for every 2 Wood Planks.
  • 2 Cobblestones or 2 Blackstones: Cobblestones are more common, can be obtained from cobblestone generator and easier to find than Blackstones.

Follow the steps below to make a Stone Hoe in Minecraft:

  • Open your crafting table.
  • Put 2 Cobblestones or 2 Blackstones on the top row on the middle slot and the slot on the left. Put 2 Sticks in the 2 remaining slots in the middle column.
  • Put the Stone Hoe in your inventory.
How To Make A Stone Hoe In Minecraft
Stone Hoe recipe in Minecraft

How to make an Iron Hoe in Minecraft

Ingredients:

  • 2 Sticks: You can get 4 Sticks for every 2 Wood Planks.
  • 2 Iron Ingots: You can obtain Iron Ingots from Iron Blocks, and Iron Nuggets on the crafting table.

Follow the steps below to make an Iron Hoe in Minecraft:

  • Open your crafting table.
  • Put 2 Iron Ingots on the top row on the middle slot and the slot on the left. Put 2 Sticks in the 2 remaining slots in the middle column.
  • Put the Iron Hoe in your inventory.
How To Make An Iron Hoe In Minecraft
Diamond Iron recipe in Minecraft

How to make a Diamond Hoe in Minecraft

Ingredients:

  • 2 Sticks: You can get 4 Sticks for every 2 Wood Planks.
  • 2 Diamonds: You can get Diamonds from mining (need an Iron Pickaxe or stronger tools) or from Chests.

Follow the steps below to make a Diamond Hoe in Minecraft:

  • Open your crafting table.
  • Put 2 Diamonds on the top row on the middle slot and the slot on the left. Put 2 Sticks in the 2 remaining slots in the middle column.
  • Put the Diamond Hoe in your inventory.
How To Make A Diamond Hoe In Minecraft
Diamond Hoe recipe in Minecraft

How to make a Netherite Hoe in Minecraft

Ingredients:

  • 1 Diamond Hoe
  • 1 Netherite Ingot

Follow the steps below to make a Netherite Hoe in Minecraft:

  • Open your Smithing Table.
  • Place 1 Diamond Hoe in the first box and 1 Netherite Ingot in the second box.
  • Put the Netherite  Hoe in your inventory.
How To Make A Netherite Hoe In Minecraft
Craft a Netherite Hoe In Minecraft

Now you know all the methods of how to make a Hoe in Minecraft. Check out the sections below to find out what a Hoe does in Minecraft and the best Hoe enchantments in Minecraft.

What does a Hoe do in Minecraft?

The Hoe has different uses in Minecraft. Briefly, you can use a hoe for tilling, harvesting, using as a weapon and distracting piglins.

Below are details of what you can do with a Hoe in Minecraft.

Tilling

Players can use Hoe to turn dirt, grass blocks into dirt paths and farmland. Hoes can also be used to turn coarse dirt and rooted dirt into regular dirt.

Beetroot Farm
You need a Hoe to make a farm in Minecraft.

Harvesting

Players can use a Hoe to harvest some plant-based blocks in Minecraft including Sculk Sensor, Moss Block, Nether Wart Block, Warped Wart Block, Shroomlight, Hay Bale, Target, Dried Kelp Block, Sponge, Wet Sponge, Leaves.

Weapon

In Java Edition, the Hoe can deal 1 damage while in Bedrock edition, the Hoe can deal 4 damage. It is not a very effective weapon but it can be handy sometimes.

Distracting Piglin

Piglin is hostile toward players unless they wear a piece of golden armor. If you are getting chased by a Piglin, you can throw Golden Hoe on the ground and it will be attracted to the Hoe instead. It will inspect the Hoe for 6-8 seconds and then put the Hoe in its inventory.

Piglin Minecraft
A Golden Hoe can save your life if you are getting chased by Piglins in the Nether.

Best Hoe enchantments in Minecraft

Here is the list of best enchantment for your hoe. Basically, they are mostly common enchantments for tools in Minecraft.

  • Unbreaking: Give the item a chance of not losing durability.
  • Mending: Repair the items you are equipping (with the enchantment) using EXP.
  • Fortune: Increases the number of items that drop when you break blocks. You need this enchantment to get more apples with your Hoe.
  • Efficiency: Speed up your mining speed. You can break blocks instantly if your Hoe has this enchantment.
  • Silk Touch: This enchantment allows you to mine the block itself instead of the drop.

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