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The Shovel is a tool in Windrose, crafted at the Workbench. It is used primarily for buried treasure quests and for digging up worm bait for fishing.

Recipe

How to Use

Equip the Shovel from your inventory or hotbar. Press X to toggle Dig mode. While in Dig mode, interact with marked dig sites or valid ground to excavate. Press X again to exit Dig mode and return to normal interaction.

Primary Uses

• Buried Treasure Quests - the Fifteen Men on a Dead Man's Chest quest requires digging under a leaning dead white tree with a red rag on the starting island

• Fishing Bait - dig for worms in damp ground; worms are used as bait on the Fishing Rod

• General treasure spots - other Traveller's Camp notes and map hints direct players to Shovel-required dig sites throughout the archipelago

Progression Gate

Because the Shovel requires 3 Copper Ingots, it is gated behind the smelting pipeline (Copper Ore cave > Charcoal Kiln > Smelting Furnace). Most players unlock the Shovel during the Islander tutorial once they have reached Copper, but early treasure-hunt triggers (notes in Traveller's Camps) cannot be completed until the Shovel is crafted. Prioritize the smelting pipeline specifically to unlock the Shovel if you are hunting for the Rapier of a Thousand Cuts.

See Also

• Workbench - crafting station

• Buried Treasure - buried treasure mechanic

• Fishing - fishing system

• Fifteen Men on a Dead Man's Chest - treasure quest