Diamond-Tipped Electric Hoe — Minecraft block

Diamond-Tipped Electric Hoe

The Diamond-Tipped Electric Hoe breaks hay, leaves and moss at speed 10.5 and tills plots that come out already watered, running on a 10,000 EU charge.

Block ID alaindustrial:electric_hoe_diamond_tip
Game versions
All versions

Description

The Diamond-Tipped Electric Hoe is the second tier of the Electric Hoe from the Ala Industrial mod for Minecraft 26.2 (Java Edition), working identically on Fabric and NeoForge, and the third upgrade in the tool line after the diamond-tipped drill and chainsaw. Breaking speed rises from 9.0 to 10.5 — far past a vanilla diamond hoe at 8.0 — while the mining tier stays put. And every plot the Diamond-Tipped Electric Hoe tills comes out already watered: ordinary tilling leaves farmland dry, and without water within 4 blocks the soil dries out with each random tick until an empty plot reverts to dirt. Full moisture instead means faster crop growth and seven random ticks of grace before a plot could crumble. It is a head start, not a sprinkler — moisture afterwards drains on the vanilla schedule, existing farmland is not watered, and coarse dirt and rooted dirt become plain dirt, with nothing to moisten.

Everything else carries over from the base tool. A 10,000 EU buffer covers about 200 uses at 50 EU per broken block or successful till, charging at up to 32 EU/t in the Battery Box charge slot, from a worn Energy Pack, or from other mods' chargers at 1 EU = 1 FE. There is no durability — the bar under the icon shows charge, and the hoe never breaks. Charge is only spent when a break or conversion actually happens; a flat hoe still breaks blocks at hand speed with every drop intact but refuses to till. The recipe sets three diamond dust above a base Electric Hoe, a cupronickel ingot on each side, and one lapis dust below, with the base tool's charge carried over. No Silk Touch switch here: hay, leaves, sponge, moss, nether wart blocks, and dried kelp already drop themselves.

Block properties

Item ID alaindustrial:electric_hoe_diamond_tip
/give command /give @p alaindustrial:electric_hoe_diamond_tip
Stackable No
Renewable No
Java Edition Java Edition 26.2

Guide

How to Craft and Use the Diamond-Tipped Electric Hoe in Minecraft

  1. 1

    Gather the upgrade materials

    Grind diamonds into three diamond dust, prepare two cupronickel ingots, and keep one lapis dust — the hoe's recipe deliberately avoids the invar and bronze the drill and chainsaw upgrades need.

  2. 2

    Craft around the base hoe

    In a crafting table, lay three diamond dust across the top row, the base Electric Hoe in the center, one cupronickel ingot on each side, and one lapis dust below the center.

  3. 3

    Charge at 32 EU per tick

    Recharge in the Battery Box charge slot or from a worn Energy Pack — about 16 seconds to fill the 10,000 EU buffer. The charge of the base hoe you put into the recipe already carried over.

  4. 4

    Till fields far from water

    Right-click dirt, grass, or a dirt path: each fresh plot comes out fully watered, so you can farm where no water sits within 4 blocks and plant at your own pace.

  5. 5

    Break and watch the charge

    Hay bales, leaves, sponge, moss, nether wart blocks, and dried kelp break at speed 10.5 for 50 EU each; below 50 EU the hoe slows to hand speed and stops tilling, so top it up in time.

Tip

The recipe book's auto-fill will not find a charged hoe — a Minecraft component-matching limitation shared by all three upgrades. Place the items in the grid by hand.

How to craft this block

Ingredients: Diamond Dust Diamond Dust x3
x2
Electric Hoe Electric Hoe x1
Lapis Dust Lapis Dust x1
Crafting
Diamond-Tipped Electric Hoe
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Diamond-Tipped Electric Hoe

Frequently asked questions

Is the Diamond-Tipped Electric Hoe faster than a diamond hoe?

Yes. It breaks hay, leaves, sponge, moss, nether wart blocks, and dried kelp at speed 10.5, against 9.0 for the base Electric Hoe and 8.0 for a vanilla diamond hoe. The mining tier does not change.

Does the tilled farmland stay wet forever?

No. The hoe grants full moisture only at the moment of tilling — a head start, not a sprinkler. Afterwards moisture drains on the vanilla schedule, refilled by water within 4 blocks or by rain.

What happens when the charge runs out?

The hoe keeps breaking blocks at hand speed with every drop intact and spends no EU, but it cannot till — a red warning appears above the hotbar instead. Recharge to restore tilling.

How do you craft the Diamond-Tipped Electric Hoe?

Place three diamond dust in the top row of a crafting table, the base Electric Hoe in the center, one cupronickel ingot on each side, and one lapis dust below. The EU charge of the base hoe carries over into the result.

Does it have a Silk Touch mode like the drill upgrade?

No. Every block the hoe breaks — hay, leaves, sponge, moss, nether wart blocks, dried kelp — already drops itself, so there is nothing for Silk Touch to change.

Where does the Diamond-Tipped Electric Hoe charge?

In the Battery Box charge slot, from a worn Energy Pack, or from other mods' chargers at 1 EU = 1 FE, up to 32 EU per tick — a full 10,000 EU buffer in about 16 seconds.

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