Gravedigger's Shovel

  

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Gravedigger's Shovel

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Statistics

Type	WeaponTool
Damage	12 (Melee)
Knockback	3.5 (Weak)
Critical chance	4%
Use time	22 (Fast)
Tooltip	Digs in a bigger area than a pickaxe Only digs up soft tiles 'Can you dig it?'
Rarity	01*
Sell	10
Research	1 required

Sounds

Use

• Internal Item ID: 4711

The Gravedigger's Shovel mining Dirt and attacking a Target Dummy.

The Gravedigger's Shovel is a tool that can be used to dig up "soft" blocks (see below) more efficiently than a pickaxe or drill, in a 3×3-tile rectangle centered on the cursor.

It takes 2 swings to dig up each "soft" block, and all blocks are mined at the same time.

Its best modifier is Legendary. While Light may seem to provide a better speed boost by percentages, rounding reveals that Legendary and Light mine at equal speeds for this tool.

Affected blocks

The following types of blocks can be dug up with the Gravedigger's Shovel:

• Ash Block
• Ash grass
• Clay Block
• Corrupt grass
• Corrupt Jungle grass
• Crimsand Block
• Crimson grass
• Crimson Jungle grass
• Dirt Block
• Ebonsand Block
• Grass
• Hallowed grass
• Jungle grass
• Mud Block
• Mowed grass
• Mowed Hallowed grass
• Mushroom grass
• Pearlsand Block
• Sand Block
• Silt Block
• Slush Block
• Shell Pile
• Snow Block
• The Dirtiest Block

Crafting

Recipes

Result	Ingredients	Crafting station
Gravedigger's Shovel	Any Iron Bar12 Any Wood3	Iron Anvil or Lead Anvil and Ecto Mist

Notes

• The Gravedigger's Shovel cannot break Tombstones directly. They can only be removed with it by digging up the ground under them.
• In For the worthy worlds, it only takes one swing to dig up blocks.

Tips

• The Gravedigger's Shovel's damage and swing speed are comparable to a Tungsten Broadsword, but with greater range and autoswing. This makes it effective as an early-game melee weapon.
• Uses for the Gravedigger's Shovel include easier navigation in the Snow and Jungle biomes by shoveling Snow and Mud Blocks, faster Hellstone mining by shoveling Ash Blocks, faster use of an Extractinator by shoveling Silt and Slush, and faster acquisition of Red Bricks for construction by shoveling Clay Blocks.

Trivia

• The tooltip, 'Can you dig it?', references a classic 50s and 60s slang phrase, which appears in many works then and since.
• The Gravedigger's Shovel is the only tool that mines blocks without having pickaxe power.

History

 Desktop version

• Desktop 1.4.0.5: Fixed an issue where, when digging, the Gravedigger's Shovel did not dig the center block at the same speed.

• Desktop 1.4.0.1: Introduced.

 Console version

• Console 1.4.0.5.4.1: Introduced with changes from Desktop 1.4.0.5.

 Nintendo Switch version

• Switch 1.4.0.5.5: Introduced with changes from Desktop 1.4.0.5.

 Mobile version

• Mobile 1.4.0.5.0: Introduced with changes from Desktop 1.4.0.5.