Shovel

A Shovel is a reliable blacksmithed metal shovel. It is superior to the Slate Shovel and Iron Shovel. It does not break and improves digging efficiency based on the quality.

Sources

Produced at a Anvil and requires Blacksmithing and Advanced Blacksmithing

Cost

• 10 Metal (Iron, Copper, or selected Alloys)

Uses

• Group digs to dig for cuttable stone, medium stone, gypsum and bauxite
• Gather dirt from the ground.
• Mining Camp

Research and Tuition

• 40 Shovels (25 8500+ quality, 10 9000+ quality, 5 9500+ quality) needed for Advanced Blacksmithing 2 research
• 100 Shovels (9500+ quality) needed for Storage Improvements 2 research

Blacksmithing a Shovel

• Put your metal on your anvil.
• Your goal is to get a lower dent in the middle, get metal to the back sides and make a flat tongue at the front.
• Use a Shaping Mallet and try moving the metal from the area which will be the tongue in the end to the middle/back of the piece and then push it to the sides so it ends up with the height you need there.
• Try using force medium (7) to low (3) to get that done and shift a lot between the model and your work piece.
• Start at the front part where the tongue will be and try to push metal to the back.
• Hit in the front, but not the edge because you want the metal. This creates a higher ridge a bit behind the front.
• Push that back with 2 side strokes / a middle stroke if necessary and repeat.

See also

Blacksmithing Guide