Shovel

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Artwork of a female player using a shovel fromAnimal Crossing: Pocket Camp

Shovels in theAnimal Crossing series are used to dig holes and bury items in the ground. It is an essentialtool for plantingflora, unearthing fossils to donate to themuseum, and removing stumps from trees that have fallen to anaxe.

InNew Leaf, villagers can be seen carrying around shovels, but they are never used.

Usage[edit]

A player digging a hole

A shovel can be used to dig holes in any location where there is no obstruction, such as stone paths, grounddesigns, buildings, structures, andtrees. Flora such asflowers,fruit,saplings andbamboo shoots can be buried within holes in order to grow them. Items can also be buried in the ground, and are marked with a small star-shaped crack. Items can be unearthed with a shovel, while digging plants will destroy them.Tree stumps andbushes can only be removed by digging them out with a shovel.

A player dug up an egg

A player dug up a bag ofBells.

Shovels can also be used on certain rocks. Daily in every game, a random rock intown will dispenseBells orore when struck with a shovel. InDoubutsu no Mori e+, a random rock in town can be broken once a week to access theResetti Surveillance Center. InAnimal Crossing: New Leaf, a fake rock will appear somewhere in town and can be broken with a shovel to reveal a single piece of ore. Additionally, inAnimal Crossing: New Horizons, all rocks except for one will yield resources, such as clay, stone, or iron nuggets, while the remaining one will yield Bells like in previous games

In every game, there are more advanced versions of the shovel that have unique effects, though they differ between the games. The silver shovel has a slim chance of altering themoney rock, causing it dispense double the usual amount of money, or ores instead of Bells. The golden shovel has the ability to buryBells to plantmoney trees, or unearth random Bells from the ground.

Obtaining[edit]

InAnimal Crossing[edit]

Shovels inAnimal Crossing

#	Item	Image	Buy price	Sell price	Available from
59	Golden shovel		Not for sale	Cannot be sold	golden tree
63	Shovel		500Bells	125Bells	Tom Nook's store

Includes data sourced from theData Spreadsheet for Animal Crossing (N64, GCN), compiled byTimeSword3D,AlexBot2004, Cuyler,Ruthless Cutie,SuperHamster,vmario, andChubby Bub.

InWild World[edit]

InWild World and all future games up throughNew Leaf, money trees can only be planted with a golden shovel, however, unlike inAnimal Crossing, they can now be planted anywhere a standard tree will grow.

Shovels inAnimal Crossing: Wild World

Item	Image	Buy Price	Sell Price	Available From	Info
Shovel		500Bells	125Bells	Tom Nook's store	Standard shovel
Golden shovel		Not for sale	125Bells	Bury a shovel and after a day it will turn into a golden shovel	Can buryBells to growmoney trees

InCity Folk[edit]

City Folk introduces a silver shovel with a unique effect, in addition to the standard and golden variations.

Shovels inAnimal Crossing: City Folk

Item	Buy Price	Sell Price	Available From	Info
Shovel	500Bells	125Bells	Tom Nook's store	Standard shovel
Silver shovel	Not for sale	125Bells	Mr. Resetti (in theReset Surveillance Center)	10% chance to double money dispensed bymoney rock
Golden shovel	Not for sale	125Bells	Bury a shovel and overnight it will turn into a golden shovel	Can buryBells to growmoney trees

InNew Leaf[edit]

New Leaf changes the requirement to obtain the golden shovel. Filling in holes without using the shovel can now be done while still carrying said tool and the button method has been changed to the Y button.

Shovels inAnimal Crossing: New Leaf

Item	Buy price	Sell price	Available from	Note
Shovel	500Bells	125Bells	Timmy and Tommy's store	Standard shovel
Silver shovel	500Bells	125Bells	Museum Shop (after donating at least 15fossils to the museum)	Chance formoney rock to dispenseore instead
Golden shovel	Not for sale	125Bells	Leif (after purchasing 50 bags offertilizer)	Can buryBells to plantmoney trees

InNew Horizons[edit]

Shovels inNew Horizons will break after a specific amount of uses. Digging up items buried in the ground, uprooting plants andtrees, and hittingrocks all reduce a shovel's durability. A shovel's durability is not reduced when hitting other players or characters, hitting objects that are not rocks, digging holes without finding anything or when filling holes.

Unlike most other tools, shovels willnot break for the certain actions even when they are no longer durable. This is to prevent the breakage from interfering with the action. Such actions include breaking rocks, uprooting full-grown trees, or when hitting a rock that dispenses an item. The shovel will remain usable until a short moment after such actions have stopped.

Shovels cannot be used on any players' islands unless they are marked as aBest Friend.

Shovels inAnimal Crossing: New Horizons

#	Item	Buy price	Sell price	Available from	Durability	Customizable
33	Colorful shovel	2,500Bells	625Bells	Nook's Cranny (upgraded)	100	Yes
41	Dream shovel	Not for sale	Cannot be sold	Slumber Island	Unlimited	No
54	Flimsy shovel	800Bells 100Nook Miles	200Bells	Nook's Cranny Wilbur Kapp'n Crafting	40	No
64	Golden shovel	Not for sale	10,675Bells	Crafting	200	No
99	Outdoorsy shovel	2,500Bells	625Bells	Nook's Cranny (upgraded)	100	Yes
111	Printed-design shovel	2,500Bells	625Bells	Nook's Cranny (upgraded)	100	Yes
123	Shovel	2,400Bells	600Bells	Crafting	100	Yes

Includes data sourced from theData Spreadsheet for Animal Crossing New Horizons, compiled and edited by 6480, noizhub, Ricky, chaiinchomp, saberslime, robotic_scarab, mollumisc,sunmarsh, kyrokey, obstinateRixatrix, jackiwi, Zalex,SuperHamster, kait, hyuum, Azarro, Czarcasm, cinnamon_swirlix, astronomyfortwo, Welcius, glowtopia, BriKun, Alyrei, dodocodes.com, StevieCoops, sneeze, Shiny190, TwistedPeach, LavaToaster, capstone,vmario, rocklamp, Alexis, Aeon, andPanchamBro.