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|name=Shovel
|image=Shovel.png
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|passive=[[Shovel blade (metal)|shovel blade]]
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|result=* '''{{PAGENAME}}''' - (2.0 kg)
* Unfinished '''{{PAGENAME}}'''
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== Description ==
Used to dig up [[Pile_of_dirt|dirt]], [[clay]], and [[peat]]. Can also be used to flatten land or pack dirt for faster travel. Shovels can cut down trees and bushes, albeit more slowly than a proper axe or hatchet. Shovels are the primary ''A tool for [[Digging | terraforming]], landscaping and building [[roads]] and paths. If your character has 21 body strength, you may use a shovel to destroy pavement such as [[cobblestone]], [[gravel]], or [[stone slab]]s. It is a terrible implement for fighting, and is not recommended for such purposes. The shovel provided for you as part of the set of beginner gear from the guide <b>cannot</b> be improved. You must make a new shovel from scratch to obtain one over QL10digging.''
'''WARNING:Shovel''' The shovel given with the beginner set is made out of birchwood and is burnable. Take care as to not accidentally put it into a campfire, forge or oven! If you lose it in this way, you will have to either make a new one from scratch or ask other players versatile tool used mainly for help in acquiring a new onedigging and terraforming.
== Creating ==
When creating a shovel, the [[quality]] of the [[shaft]] affects success chance.
The quality of the [[Shovel blade (metal)|shovel blade]] affects the initial quality of the shovel.
== Usage ==
*Shovel is used to [[dig]] up [[clay]], [[Pile_of_dirt|dirt]], [[moss]], [[peat]], [[heap_of_sand|sand]], and [[tar]].
*Shovel is also the primary tool for [[Digging|terraforming]], landscaping and building [[roads]] and [[packed dirt]] paths.
*With shovel you can 'Cultivate' packed dirt, moss, grass, steppe or mycelium tiles into dirt suitable for [[farming]].
*If your character has 10 [[digging]] and 20 [[body strength]], you may use a shovel to [[destroy pavement]] such as [[cobblestone]], [[gravel]], [[stone slab]]s, or [[floor boards]].
*Shovels can be used to disarm [[trap]]s.
*You can cut down trees and bushes with a shovel, albeit much more slowly than with a [[hatchet]].
*Shovels can be used to investigate tiles to search for [[archaeology]] [[fragment]]s with 20+ skill in Archaeology - though with higher difficulty than using a trowel.
==Skills & Characteristics==
When using a shovel
* [[Miscellaneous items]] > Shovel
When creating a shovel
* [[Smithing]] > [[Blacksmithing]]
== [[Titles]] ==
* Shoveler at 50 skill
* Packer at 70 skill
* Undertaker at 90 skill
* Ace Of Spades at 100 skill
== See Also ==
[[Crude shovel]]
'''WARNING:''' The shovel given with the beginner set is made out of birchwood and is burnable. Take care as to not accidentally burn it to fuel a campfire, forge or oven! If you lose it in this way, you will have to either make a new one from scratch or ask other players for help in acquiring a new one.
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