
Minecraft crafting recipe
Golden Shovel
1 crafting recipe found
Item stats
1Max stack size
32Durability, in uses
Enchant categories
MiningMining LootDurabilityVanishing
Golden Shovel is a craftable item in Minecraft. To craft Golden Shovel, you need 1× Gold Ingot and 2× Stick. This recipe uses the full 3×3 grid, so you'll need a crafting table. Each craft yields 1 Golden Shovel.
Ingredients to craft Golden Shovel
- 1×Gold IngotSmelted from Deepslate Gold Ore, Gold Ore, Nether Gold Ore or Raw Gold

- 2×StickVillager trade

Golden Shovel, from scratch
Breaking every ingredient down to materials with no recipe of their own, one Golden Shovel traces back to roughly:
- 1×Cherry Log

- 1×Gold Ingot

Some steps produce more than one at a time. A log yields four planks and four planks yield four sticks, for example. The counts above are rounded up to whole crafting steps, so you will likely end up with a few spares along the way.
Smelting
Golden Shovel can be smelted into Gold Nugget.
Enchantments
Golden Shovel can carry 6 enchantments.
How to craft Golden Shovel in Minecraft
- Open a crafting table to access the 3×3 crafting grid.
- Place 1× Gold Ingot and 2× Stick in the grid exactly as shown in the layout above.
- Drag the Golden Shovel from the result box into your inventory.