Hoe

Hoe
An item in Minetest Game
Item Type	Tool
Renewable	Wood: Yes Stone: Yes Steel: No
Durability	See table
Stackable	No
Itemstring	See table

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.

Usage

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

The following blocks can be cultivated:

Used on …	Result
Dirt Dirt with Grass Dirt with Rainforest Litter Dirt with Coniferous Litter Dirt with Savanna Grass	Soil
Savanna Dirt Savanna Dirt with Savanna Grass	Savanna Soil
Desert Sand	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
	Wooden Hoe	30	farming:hoe_wood
	Stone Hoe	90	farming:hoe_stone
	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
	Bronze Hoe	220	farming:hoe_bronze
	Mese Hoe	350	farming:hoe_mese
	Diamond Hoe	500	farming:hoe_diamond

See also

• Category:Cultivatable blocks
• Wheat Seed
• Cotton Seed