How to make an Enchanted Diamond Shovel in Minecraft

This Minecraft tutorial explains how to craft an enchanted diamond shovel with screenshots and step-by-step instructions.

In Minecraft, an enchanted diamond shovel is one of the many tools that you can make. Enchantments can be added to items using an enchanting table, anvil, or game command.

Let's explore how to make an enchanted diamond shovel using an enchanting table.

Supported Platforms

An enchanted diamond shovel is available in the following versions of Minecraft:

Platform	Supported (Version*)
Java Edition (PC/Mac)	Yes
Pocket Edition (PE)	Yes (0.12.1)
Xbox 360	Yes
Xbox One	Yes
PS3	Yes
PS4	Yes
Wii U	Yes
Nintendo Switch	Yes
Windows 10 Edition	Yes (0.12.1)
Education Edition	Yes

* The version that it was added or removed, if applicable.
NOTE: Pocket Edition (PE), Xbox One, PS4, Nintendo Switch, and Windows 10 Edition are now called Bedrock Edition. We will continue to show them individually for version history.

Required Materials to make an Enchanted Diamond Shovel

In Minecraft, these are the materials you can use to craft an enchanted diamond shovel:

3 Lapis Lazuli

1 Diamond Shovel

Enchantments for Diamond Shovel

In Minecraft, you can enchant a diamond shovel with the following enchantments:

See a complete list of Minecraft Enchantments that is interactive and searchable.

Steps to Enchant the Diamond Shovel

1. Open the Enchanting Table

First, open your enchanting table so that you have the Enchant menu that looks like this:

2. Enchant the Diamond Shovel

In the Enchant menu, place the diamond shovel in the first box. Then place 3 lapis lazuli in the second box.

Once you have placed your diamond shovel and lapis lazuli in the two boxes, you will see the enchantment slots display up to 3 enchantment options. Each enchantment will display a number on the right which is the number of experience levels that you must have to unlock and view the enchantment (this is not the cost of applying the enchantment).

In this example, the first enchantment is unlocked if you have 4 experience levels, the second one is unlocked if you have 20 experience levels, and for the third enchantment you need 30 experience levels to unlock it.

The higher the experience points required to unlock the enchantment, the better the enchantment. If you don't have enough levels, you can always earn more experience points by killing mobs or using the /xp command.

When you hover over the third enchantment, it says Silk Touch I and the cost of the enchantment is 3 lapis lazuli and 3 enchantment levels (ie: 3 levels on your experience bar). Silk Touch I is one of the 3 enchantments that you can select from the enchanting table.

Select the enchantment that you wish to apply to the diamond shovel.

Once you have selected an enchantment, your lapis lazuli and experience points will be spent and the diamond shovel will glow purple. You can hover over the enchanted diamond shovel to see its new powers.

The diamond shovel is now an enchanted diamond shovel and you can move it back into your inventory.

Congratulations, you have made an enchanted diamond shovel in Minecraft!

Attack Damage and Durability

Attack damage is the amount of damage the item will deal when attacking a mob.

Durability represents how long the item will last. For tools, weapons and transportation, durability is the number of useful actions before the item is destroyed. For armor items, durability is the number of hits (that can be blocked by armor) before the item is destroyed. So the higher the durability number, the longer the item will last.

The following table shows the attack damage and durability for each shovel in Minecraft:

Item	Name	Attack Damage	Durability
	Netherite Shovel	6.5	2031
	Diamond Shovel	4	1561
	Iron Shovel	3	250
	Stone Shovel	2	131
	Wooden Shovel	1	59
	Golden Shovel	1	32