Shovel
The Shovel is a special item in Blue Prince. A fairly common item with a large number of rooms that it may appear in, it is a necessary tool for excavating the dig spots that may be found throughout the estate.
How to obtain
This item can be found in the following locations.
- [Secret Room: Secret Garden]
[Studio Addition: Clock Tower]- [Studio Addition: Solarium]
[Found Floorplan: Tunnel]
[Outer Room: Toolshed]- [Outer Room: Hovel]
[Upgrade Spoiler: Spare Greenroom]- [Upgrade Spoiler: Spare Patio]
- [Upgrade Spoiler: Spare Terrace]
- [Upgrade Spoiler: Spare Veranda]
With unusually high luck, this item can also be found in the following rooms.
- Spare Room
- Garage
- [Post-Credits Room: Trophy Room]
- Utility Closet
- Boiler Room
This item can be purchased from the following shops.
- Commissary — 6
- [Outer Room: Trading Post]
This item can also be obtained from the following sources.
- [Upgrade Spoiler: Mail Room] Freight from the Mail Room
- [Satellite Dish Spoiler] The "gain 1 random item" experimental effect
- [Major Constellation: Spiral of Stars] The random item effect from the Spiral of Stars, before the word "showroom" is added
Usage
While holding a Shovel, it is possible to excavate dig spots by interacting with them.
Dig spots can contain resource items and more rarely special items, but also have a significant chance to provide nothing, or junk which is immediately discarded. Excavated items are found with a unique pickup screen that says "You DUG UP" rather than the usual "You FOUND".
The useful items include:
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- Anywhere from 1 to 4 coins
- A basic key
- A turnip (immediately consumed to gain 6
) - Broken Lever
- Secret Garden Key
- Silver Key
- Vault Key 149
- Vault Key 233
- Vault Key 304
- Vault Key 370
The useless items include:
- Nothing at all
- One of the following junk items, labelled "Not worth picking up":
An unremarkable rock
A few unimpressive pebbles
A worthless tin can
A worthless old brick
A worthless old shoe
An old rusty nail
Each dig spot can only be excavated once. The excavated items do not exist in the estate until they are dug up, e.g. they do not appear in the Security inventory.
Spoilers Within
This section contains spoilers for the Workshop.
The Shovel can be used as a component in three different contraptions in the Workshop:
- Shovel + Broken Lever + Battery Pack = Jack Hammer
- Shovel + Metal Detector = Detector Shovel
- Shovel + Compass = Dowsing Rod
The Jack Hammer and Detector Shovel each improve upon the Shovel's basic functionality, with the Jack Hammer digging up higher quality items more often and the Detector Shovel consistently digging up keys and coins. These two contraptions will prevent the Shovel from being obtainable on subsequent days if they are carried through by the Moon Pendant or stored in Coat Check.
The Dowsing Rod loses the ability to excavate, and never prevents the Shovel from being obtained when carried through to later days.
Interactions
- Using the Shovel may trigger a particular experimental trigger which is activated by digging up trash. Digging up nothing at all does not count for this experimental trigger.
- [Studio Addition: The Kennel] Using the Shovel to dig in a room while the Kennel is in the estate will unlock all doors that room. This includes digging for treasure.
Additional information
- The Shovel is mentioned on page 7 of Drafting Strategy: Architectural Digest Vol. 1 as an example of a Green Room synergy.