Farming Hoe
The Farming Hoe is a basic two-handed metal tool in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. It is mainly associated with farming and can still be used as a weapon or Fuse base.
Key Takeaways
The Farming Hoe is a simple utility weapon whose value comes from its material properties and Fuse flexibility rather than specialized combat performance.
Two-handed farming tool
The Farming Hoe is a basic two-handed melee weapon associated with the Daily Use Goods equipment category and agricultural work.
Fuse expands its utility
Fuse lets Link attach materials or other items to the hoe, with some combinations extending the weapon’s effective hitbox.
Found in rural areas
It is typically encountered around rural settlements and farming locations, including Hateno Village, rather than through a major quest reward.
Useful metal properties
As metal equipment, the hoe conducts electricity and attracts lightning during storms, but it does not burn in fire or scorching climates.
Limited combat identity
Its item description presents it as sturdy for fieldwork while leaving its effectiveness in battle untested, so it is better treated as a utility option than a specialized weapon.
Not a separate fused weapon variant
Fused configurations are practical extensions of the base hoe, not separate canonical roster weapons; the meaningful upgrade choice is which material or item to attach.
Overview
The Farming Hoe is a basic two-handed melee tool in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, valued more for its utility and distinctive material properties than for a combat-focused design.
Designed as a farmer’s field tool, the Farming Hoe belongs to the game’s Daily Use Goods equipment category. Its description presents it as sturdy for tilling but not proven in battle, distinguishing it from purpose-built weapons even though Link can use it in combat.
As a metal weapon, it conducts electricity and attracts lightning during storms, but it does not burn in fire or scorching climates. Fuse can attach materials to the hoe and expand its effective hitbox, giving this otherwise modest tool situational value beyond its rural origin.
Statistics
Attack and durability are the game’s own published values, not a 0–100 scale. Taken from the project’s verified weapons database, not from generated text.
- Attack6
- Durability6
- ClassTwo-Handed
- ConditionUntouched
- Compendium#371
Figures verified against Consolidated Game Weapons Database.
Compared to similar melee weapons
| Weapon | Attack | Durability | Class |
|---|---|---|---|
| Farming Hoe | 6 | 6 | Two-Handed |
| Zora Sword | 6 | 20 | One-Handed |
| Eightfold Blade | 6 | 16 | One-Handed |
| Forest Dweller's Spear | 6 | 24 | Spear |
| Zora Spear | 6 | 26 | Spear |
Attack and durability are the game’s own published values. From Consolidated Game Weapons Database.
How to Obtain
- 01Search Hateno Village in the Necluda region, particularly around its farm plots and rural tool areas, for the Farming Hoe as a world pickup. Its exact placement is not tied to a vendor, boss, or named quest.
- 02The Farming Hoe is obtained by picking it up when found. No DLC, NG+, story-progress, currency, or special item prerequisite is required; it is ordinary field equipment rather than a quest reward or enemy drop.
Mechanics and Handling
The Farming Hoe is handled as a basic two-handed melee weapon rather than a weapon with a documented unique attack or special skill. Its practical distinction is its tool-like construction: it can be used in ordinary close-range combat, but the available evidence does not establish a weapon-specific combo, status buildup, or conditional damage effect beyond its material behavior.
As a metal weapon, the Farming Hoe conducts electricity and can attract lightning during storms. It is not treated like wooden equipment in fire or extreme heat, so it does not burn under those conditions. These properties can matter more for environmental handling than for damage output.
Fuse can attach materials or other items to the hoe. The resulting attachment can expand the weapon's effective hitbox, making the fused form behave differently from the unfused tool. The exact result depends on the attached material; this page should not treat every possible Fuse combination as a separate Farming Hoe variant.
A two-handed tool with situational elemental behavior
The hoe's two-handed classification affects how it is carried and used in combat, while its metal construction creates the main handling considerations documented for this item. Keep it away from lightning exposure when storms make conductivity dangerous, and use its nonflammable metal property where a wooden weapon would burn. Its Fuse compatibility is the more flexible combat option, especially when a material's added shape or effect is useful.
Upgrades and Variants
Strengths, Weaknesses and Best Uses
Strengths
- Its two-handed tool profile gives it a broad farming-tool hitbox, and Fuse can extend that hitbox with an attached material.
- As metal equipment, it remains usable in fire-prone or scorching environments where wooden weapons can burn.
- Its ordinary appearance makes it a readily replaceable utility weapon rather than an item worth reserving for a specialized setup.
Weaknesses
- It occupies both hands while equipped, preventing shield use until Link switches weapons.
- The Farming Hoe has no documented combat-focused trait in the available evidence; its description presents battlefield use as untested.
- Its metal construction attracts lightning and conducts electricity during storms, creating an environmental liability.
Best uses
- Use it as a temporary melee weapon when a rural pickup is convenient, especially before a stronger weapon is available.
- Fuse it with a material when the resulting larger hitbox is more useful than the hoe's unmodified attack profile.
- Keep it for fire-prone areas only when its metal construction is advantageous, and avoid relying on it during thunderstorms.
Compared With Similar Weapons
| Weapon | Class and role | Distinctive utility | When to choose it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Farming Hoe | General melee use; agricultural tool identity | Choose when it is available and a basic two-handed weapon is sufficient | — |
| Woodcutter's Axe | Better suited to cutting wood and other axe-related utility | Prefer for woodcutting utility rather than general tool use | — |
| Iron Sledgehammer | More appropriate for smashing and mining-related tasks | Prefer when blunt impact or demolition utility matters | — |
| Farmer's Pitchfork | Longer-reaching agricultural tool with spear-style handling | Prefer reach and quicker spear attacks over the Farming Hoe's two-handed handling | — |
Lore and Design
The Farming Hoe has no documented story role or unique character association. Its item description presents it as a farmer’s fieldwork tool: sturdy enough for tilling but not proven as a weapon. Its placement among Daily Use Goods reinforces that deliberately mundane identity, making the hoe a functional settlement object rather than a legendary or culturally documented design. No verified developer commentary or development history establishes a specific real-world inspiration.
Trivia
- The Farming Hoe is classified among “Daily Use Goods,” a category for ordinary tools rather than purpose-built weapons. Its in-game description frames it as equipment intended for tilling fields and notes that its use in battle has not been tested, giving the weapon its deliberately utilitarian identity.