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 is a tool that can be used to dig up "soft tiles" (see below) more efficiently than a pickaxe, in a 3x3 radius from the cursor, and can only be crafted at an anvil whilst placed in a graveyard mini-biome that has at least 6 tombstones. Additionally, it can also be used to clear out Tombstones on soft ground.

It takes 2 swings to dig up each soft tile, and mines all tiles 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

• Ash Block
• Clay Block
• Corrupt Grass
• Crimsand Block
• Crimson 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

Crafting

Recipes

Result	Ingredients	Crafting station
Gravedigger's Shovel	Iron Bar (12) Any Wood (3)	Iron Anvil or Lead Anvil and Ecto Mist
	Lead Bar (12) Any Wood (3)

total: 2 row(s)

Notes

• At least six Tombstones must be placed near the player to craft this item.
• The Shovel cannot break Tombstones directly and must remove them by digging up the ground under them.

Tips

• The 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 weapon despite its intended use as a tool.
• Uses for the 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 Blocks, and faster acquisition of Red Bricks for construction by shoveling Clay Blocks.

• In the for the worthy seed, the shovel can dig soft blocks with one click.

Trivia

• The Shovel itself might be a reference to Dampé, the gravekeeper from the Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, who would offer to dig up soft spots in the graveyard for Link.
• The tooltip references a classic 50's and 60's slang phrase, which appears in many works then and since.

History

 Desktop version

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

• Desktop 1.4.0.1: Introduced.

 Mobile version

• Mobile 1.4.0.5.0: Introduced with changes from Desktop 1.4.0.5.