Hornet Needle
Details
| Name | Hornet Needle |
| Rarity | Epic |
| Weapon Type | Shovel |
| Internal ID | hornet_needle_skin |
Overview
Hornet Needle is a Epic-tier shovel skin on Astroworld MC, one of 51 Epic skins and 8 shovel skins in the cosmetic pool. Like every weapon skin on the server it is a pure cosmetic: equipping Hornet Needle restyles the look of your shovel without changing its damage, durability, attack speed, or any other stat.
How to Obtain
Hornet Needle is obtained from the Cosmic Crate, which is opened with a Cosmic Key. Cosmic Keys come from daily and monthly login rewards, higher-tier pouches, and events - there is no way to buy a skin directly for in-game money or to craft one. The Cosmic Crate also carries a 3% bonus chance to roll an Eye of Astroworld on opening, so grinding skins doubles as progress toward the Void Sovereign endgame.
About Epic Skins
Epic is the second skin tier, a clear step up in visual flair from Rare while still appearing more often than Legendary and Cosmic pulls. Epic skins lean into bolder, more stylised designs, but like every cosmetic on the server they change only how your weapon looks - never its stats.
There are 51 epic skins in the pool in total. Browse them all, and skins of every other rarity, on the Skins index.
Shovel Skins & the Shovel Slot
Shovel skins apply to the shovel slot, which Astroworld repurposes cosmetically for daggers, needles, spears, chakrams and similar off-type designs. In vanilla Minecraft 1.21 the shovel is primarily a digging tool for sand, gravel, dirt and snow rather than a combat weapon, so the Shovel pool is the smallest and most distinctive of the three skin categories.
Hornet Needle is one of 8 shovel skins on Astroworld. Because skins are cosmetic, you can wear a shovel skin on top of any enchanted shovel - see the Enchants database for the custom enchants that actually change how your weapon performs.
Other Epic Skins
- Royal Greatsword - Sword
- Crimson Blade - Sword
- Excalibur - Sword
- Masamune - Sword
- Muramasa - Sword
- Stormbringer - Sword
- Thunderbrand - Sword
- Soulstealer - Sword
Other Shovel Skins
- Vampiric Needle - Legendary
- Royal Chakram - Legendary
- Thousand Demon Daggers - Legendary
Related Pages
- Cosmic Crate - where all skins drop from
- Crates Overview - all crate tiers explained
- All Skins - browse all 120 weapon skins
Common questions about Hornet Needle
How do I get the Hornet Needle skin?
Hornet Needle is obtained from the Cosmic Crate, the cosmetics-heavy crate that holds every weapon skin on Astroworld MC. Open Cosmic Crates with Cosmic Keys earned from daily and monthly login rewards, higher-tier pouches, and events. There is no other source - skins are not sold for in-game money or crafted.
Does the Hornet Needle skin give any combat advantage?
No. Hornet Needle is a Epic-tier cosmetic and, like every skin on the server, changes only the appearance of your shovel. It does not alter damage, attack speed, durability, knockback, or enchantments, so a player using Hornet Needle has no stat edge over a player using a plain shovel.
What weapon type is the Hornet Needle skin?
Hornet Needle is a Shovel skin, so it applies to the shovel slot. Shovel skins apply to the shovel slot, which Astroworld repurposes cosmetically for daggers, needles, spears, chakrams and similar off-type designs. In vanilla Minecraft 1.21 the shovel is primarily a digging tool for sand, gravel, dirt and snow rather than a combat weapon, so the Shovel pool is the smallest and most distinctive of the three skin categories.