Diamond-Tipped Electric Shovel
Diamond-Tipped Electric Shovel upgrades the Electric Shovel to speed 10.5 with a 10 000 EU buffer and a free Silk Touch toggle (blocks drop themselves).
Description
Silk Touch mode is what builders craft the upgrade for: a grass block, podzol or mycelium drops itself instead of dirt, clay arrives as one block instead of four clay balls, gravel comes up as gravel instead of flint, and snow blocks with suspicious sand and gravel stay whole — the only way to move a finished lawn. Because the mode toggles instead of enchanting permanently, a Fortune shovel keeps multiplying flint while silk switches on only for the blocks worth keeping. The recipe fits a crafting table: three diamond dusts across the top, the base Electric Shovel in the centre between two cupronickel ingots, and lapis dust below, with the EU charge inside the base tool carrying over to the result. A plain right-click of the Diamond-Tipped Electric Shovel still lays dirt paths and douses campfires free of charge.
Block properties
| Item ID |
alaindustrial:electric_shovel_diamond_tip
|
|---|---|
| /give command |
/give @p alaindustrial:electric_shovel_diamond_tip
|
| Stackable | No |
| Renewable | No |
| Java Edition | 26.2 |
Java Edition Guide
How to craft and use the Diamond-Tipped Electric Shovel in Minecraft
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Craft the upgrade on a crafting table
Lay out three diamond dusts across the top row, place the base Electric Shovel in the centre, one cupronickel ingot on each side and the lapis dust below — the EU charge inside the base tool moves into the finished upgrade.
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Charge the 10 000 EU buffer
Put the Diamond-Tipped Electric Shovel into the Battery Box charge slot or wear an Energy Pack: at 32 EU per tick the empty buffer refills in about 16 seconds.
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Dig at speed 10.5
Mine dirt, sand, gravel, clay or snow with the Diamond-Tipped Electric Shovel: every broken block costs 20 EU, so one full buffer clears roughly 500 blocks before the tool drops to hand speed.
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Toggle Silk Touch for whole blocks
Press sneak + right-click to flip the mode for free — the enchantment glint and the Silk Touch I tooltip line show the state; a plain right-click without sneaking still makes a dirt path.
Sneak + right-click on a block switches the Silk Touch mode and never flattens grass into a path. A plain right-click with the Diamond-Tipped Electric Shovel makes dirt paths and douses campfires, and both cost no EU.
How to craft this block
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Frequently asked questions
How does the Diamond-Tipped Electric Shovel differ from the base Electric Shovel?
Exactly two things change: the digging speed rises from 9.0 to 10.5 while the mining tier stays diamond, and sneak + right-click adds a switchable Silk Touch mode. The 10 000 EU buffer, the 20 EU cost per block and the 32 EU/t intake are inherited unchanged.
How do I switch Silk Touch on and off?
Sneak + right-click flips the mode, costs no EU and works on an empty tool as well. While the mode is on, the Diamond-Tipped Electric Shovel carries the enchantment glint and lists Silk Touch I in its tooltip.
Which blocks are worth digging in Silk Touch mode?
Grass blocks, podzol and mycelium drop themselves instead of dirt, clay drops as a single block instead of four clay balls, gravel yields gravel instead of flint, and snow blocks, snow layers, suspicious sand and suspicious gravel stay whole.
What does the Diamond-Tipped Electric Shovel recipe require?
A crafting table with three diamond dusts in the top row, the base Electric Shovel in the centre, one cupronickel ingot on each side and lapis dust in the bottom-middle slot.
Does the EU charge survive the upgrade craft?
Yes: the recipe is a charge-transfer type, so the EU stored in the base Electric Shovel moves into the Diamond-Tipped Electric Shovel, and both tools share the same 10 000 EU buffer, so nothing is lost.
What happens when the buffer runs empty?
The Diamond-Tipped Electric Shovel keeps digging at hand speed (1.0) with the diamond mining level and normal drops preserved and spends no EU, then returns to speed 10.5 after a recharge in the Battery Box or from a worn Energy Pack.
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