Tools are items in Minecraft that allow you to interact with the world and other mobs in different ways. Using tools allows players to explore the world in new and better ways. Read on to learn about the different tools available in Minecraft.

List of All Tools

Shovels

List of Items
Netherite Shovel	Diamond Shovel	Iron Shovel	Stone Shovel
Wooden Shovel	Golden Shovel

Shovels are tools that are mainly used for digging up blocks such as dirt, sand, or gravel. They can also be used to pave paths from grass and putting out campfires.

Hoes

List of Items
Netherite Hoe	Diamond Hoe	Iron Hoe	Stone Hoe
Wooden Hoe	Golden Hoe

Hoes are tools indispensable to farming. They allow the player to till grass and dirt into farmland.

Axes

List of Items
Netherite Axe	Diamond Axe	Iron Axe	Stone Axe
Wooden Axe	Golden Axe

Axes are tools that primarily help with speeding up the chopping of wood. Axes can also be used to strip wooden logs to alter their appearance.

Pickaxes

List of Items
Netherite Pickaxe	Diamond Pickaxe	Iron Pickaxe	Stone Pickaxe
Wooden Pickaxe	Golden Pickaxe

Pickaxes are tools that primarily help with speeding up mining. Compared to the rest of the tools mentioned so far, the quality of your pickaxe not only affects the speed, but it also affects whether or not a broken block can be collected after mining.

As an example, a Stone Pickaxe cannot be used to collect Diamond Ore after mining, but an Iron Pickaxe or better can.

Buckets

List of Items
Bucket	Bucket of Axolotl	Bucket of Cod	Bucket of Pufferfish
Bucket of Salmon	Bucket of Tadpole	Bucket of Tropical Fish	Lava Bucket
Powder Snow Bucket	Water Bucket

Buckets can be used as containers for several liquids in the game such as water, lava, or even milk. This can be useful when moving around source blocks of these liquids, or moving around animals through buckets.

Fireworks

List of Items
Black Fireworks	Blue Fireworks	Brown Fireworks	Cyan Fireworks
Firework Rocket	Gray Fireworks	Green Fireworks	Light Blue Fireworks
Light Gray Fireworks	Lime Fireworks	Magenta Fireworks	Orange Fireworks
Pink Fireworks	Purple Fireworks	Red Fireworks	White Fireworks
Yellow Fireworks

While originally used for decorative purposes, Fireworks have additional uses such as projectile ammunition for crossbows, and a propelling force when flying with the Elytra.

Other

List of Items
Book	Book & Quill	Bottle o' Enchanting	Bundle
Carrot on a Stick	Clock	Compass	Debug Stick
Egg	Empty Locator Map	Empty Map	Enchanted Book
End Crystal	Fishing Rod	Flint and Steel	Glass Bottle
Goat Horn Admire	Goat Horn Call	Goat Horn Feel	Goat Horn Ponder
Goat Horn Resist	Goat Horn Seek	Goat Horn Sing	Goat Horn Yearn
Lead	Name Tag	Ocean Explorer Map	Recovery Compass
Saddle	Shears	Shield	Snowball
Spyglass	Totem of Undying	Warped Fungus on a Stick	Woodland Explorer Map

These miscellaneous tools have their own niche uses. Learn more about them in their respective pages.

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List of All Items

Item Subcategories
Food	Tools	Arrows
Armor	Weapons	Materials
Decorations	Transportation	Potions
Mob Eggs	Records	Dyes