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ENCHANTED DIAMOND SHOVEL

1 trade involving this item across 1 profession.

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Enchanted Diamond Shovel in villager trading

Enchanted Diamond Shovel is something you buy from villagers rather than sell to them; it does not appear as a raw-material trade, so trading is one of the few survival-friendly ways to stock up on it.

As enchanted equipment, enchanted diamond shovel arrives pre-enchanted, letting you skip the enchanting table and the experience levels it would normally cost. The specific enchantment and its level are decided when the trade generates.

Only the Toolsmith deals in it, so any trading hall that supplies Enchanted Diamond Shovel is built around that one profession. Because this is an enchanted item, the exact enchantment is rolled when the trade is generated, so the precise book or tool a villager offers varies from one villager to the next.

Villagers that sell Enchanted Diamond Shovel(you give emeralds, get Enchanted Diamond Shovel)

ProfessionLevelPriceAmountEditionNotes
ToolsmithExpert11-27 Emeralds1xRandom enchantment

Who trades Enchanted Diamond Shovel, and at what price

To buy Enchanted Diamond Shovel, visit a Toolsmith at the Expert tier (11-27 emeralds).

Is trading Enchanted Diamond Shovel worth it?

On the demand side, the cheapest a villager will sell enchanted diamond shovel for is 11-27 emeralds (the Toolsmith). Stack multiple villagers offering it, or cure one for a discount, and you can pull large quantities cheaply.

How Enchanted Diamond Shovel trading works

Every Enchanted Diamond Shovel trade follows Minecraft's standard supply-and-demand rules. A trade can be used a limited number of times — 3 for the slot in question — before it greys out and locks until the villager restocks. A villager restocks up to twice per in-game day, but only if it can path to its job-site block and "work" there, which is why a trading hall must leave the workstation reachable.

Buying enchanted diamond shovel repeatedly nudges its price up: heavy demand temporarily inflates the emerald cost, and the price drifts back down over time or resets when the villager restocks. Curing the villager from zombie form, or triggering the Hero of the Village effect, applies a discount on top of that, which is the cheapest way to acquire enchanted diamond shovel in bulk.

One caution: the first trade you complete with a fresh villager permanently locks its current offers, including the enchanted diamond shovel slot at whatever price it rolled. If you are chasing a specific price, decide before you trade, because there is no re-rolling a villager once it has done business with you.

Tips for trading Enchanted Diamond Shovel

  • Cheapest source: the Toolsmith sells enchanted diamond shovel for 11-27 emeralds once it reaches the Expert tier, the lowest emerald cost recorded for this item.
  • Re-rolling the enchantment: the enchantment on enchanted diamond shovel is random. Find an unemployed villager, give it the right workstation, and if the offer is wrong, break and replace the workstation before trading to reshuffle it.
  • Cure for a discount: curing a zombie villager of the relevant profession permanently slashes its prices, so enchanted diamond shovel can often drop to a single emerald. See how.
  • Lock the price: once you complete a trade the offer is fixed, so a cheap roll of enchanted diamond shovel stays cheap for that villager. Reset only happens on never-traded Novice villagers via the rolling method.

Enchanted Diamond Shovel trading FAQ

Which villager trades Enchanted Diamond Shovel?
Enchanted Diamond Shovel is traded by Toolsmith. These professions sell it for emeralds.
How much does Enchanted Diamond Shovel cost from a villager?
The cheapest seller is the Toolsmith, which offers enchanted diamond shovel for 11-27 emeralds at the Expert tier. Curing a zombie Toolsmith can lower that to about one emerald.
Can you sell Enchanted Diamond Shovel to a villager?
No standard villager profession buys Enchanted Diamond Shovel for emeralds; it only appears as something villagers sell, so trade for it rather than expecting to offload it.
What tier do you need to buy Enchanted Diamond Shovel?
A villager must reach the Expert tier before it offers enchanted diamond shovel, which means trading with it until it earns enough career experience to rank up to that level.