I would say axe over the shovel unless you do a lot of digging while flying. I've found the star rod fun, but not a great money maker, so it's only if you like fishing. I would avoid a melon sword until after we see what 1.8 does to them.

 

Just a heads up in 1.8 melon swords may become obsolete so I would be hesitant to buy that, but personally I would get a star rod as I can make 8-10k on the fish and another 2-3k on the exp per hour. If you don't like fishing I would get the axe over the spade first.

*edit* just noticed you were aware of the melon sword thing.

 

Go with the rod. If you don't want that one, get the axe or shovel.

 

The order of which I use my star tools is EFF 7 the most, then shovel, then axe, then rod. So I would vote shovel, but then it is probably the one which you can use eff5 for near the same results. So I guess I would say get an axe next!

 

Just like Dewsy said, I would suggest the axe.

 

Just for building and working on your towns. It is not very popular for pumpkin farming.

 

It's good for working on towns, building, and clearing any type of wood. I personally like it, but that star rod is not bad for making money.

 

I'd recommend the star rod as it makes money, will train your Mcmmo and get you experience and sometimes random items. The axe and shovel tbh don't make any money unless you create a demolition company.

So tbh, get the Star Rod if you wanna raise your Mcmmo or the shovel and create a demolition company.

Just my 2 cents! :) Hope it helped!

-Donkey5k

 

Well to be fair you can farm trees at a much faster pace especially if you are flying and if you own a spawn shop that sells wood fast I would totally recommend getting this.

 

Drops are disabled for fishing.

 

What's star tools? Sorry, started a week ago.

 

Star tools are tools that have higher than normal enchants, like an Eff 7 pickaxe, or an Eff 10 shovel. It's something that's bought with nether stars, dubbing them "Star Tools"