How do you get Serious Dedication in Minecraft?

Craft or find a netherite upgrade smithing template (bastion remnants, duplicatable with 7 diamonds + netherrack).

What kind of advancement is Serious Dedication?

Serious Dedication is a Husbandry tab advancement in Java Edition, of challenge type, rewarding 100XP experience.

Serious Dedication

Tab: HusbandryChallengeReward: 100XPDifficulty: Easy (but painful)

Quick answer: Use a Netherite Ingot to upgrade a Hoe, and then reevaluate your life choices

Tree path: Husbandry › A Seedy Place › Serious Dedication (advancements are independent: they can be completed in any order; the tree only guides progression)

Tree parent: A Seedy Place

Advancements are exclusive to Java Edition. The Bedrock Edition equivalent is achievements, which have different objectives.

How to get Serious Dedication

Craft or find a netherite upgrade smithing template (bastion remnants, duplicatable with 7 diamonds + netherrack).
Get one netherite ingot: 4 ancient debris smelted to scrap + 4 gold ingots.
Craft a diamond hoe - yes, a diamond hoe.
At a smithing table, combine diamond hoe + template + netherite ingot.
Enjoy your netherite hoe. The advancement is the game judging you.

Tips

The real cost is one netherite ingot and two diamonds - trivial once you have a debris mining route. Do it after Cover Me in Debris, when one spare ingot means nothing.

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