Spade

Spades are crafted tools used by a blockhead. Their primary purpose is to collect or dig into dirt, sand, or other soft ground materials at a faster rate than by hand. Spades can also be used on small plants for digging and farming. Used over time, a spade will slowly degrade and eventually be destroyed. The amount of use of a spade before being destroyed is related to the quality of spade and materials used.

Spade
Spade
Category	Tool
Use	Digging
Tool
Stackable	Yes (99)

Appearance

The spade has a slightly curved round appearance with the color varying based on the materials that are used in crafting the spade. However, all spades have a brown wooden handle.

Uses

Spades are effective on the following items:

• Clay
• Dirt
• Flint
• Sand
• Black Sand
• Carrot Plant
• Chilli Plant
• Corn Stalk
• Flax Bush
• Kelp
• Sunflower

Using a tin spade to harvest any of the above plants does not cause wear on the spade. Spades made from more durable materials work faster and last longer than those made with lesser materials. The order of durability (least to most) is: flint, stone, gold, tin.

All tools are effective against creatures.

Where Found

Spades are crafted at a tool bench. They have increasing durability based on the material being used to craft the spade. For an increase in quality, a blockhead will need to upgrade the tool bench to the appropriate level before crafting the desired spade. Gold spades have an added benefit of picking up additional items when used on blocks.

Location Input Item 1 Input Item 2 Input Item 3 Input Item 4 Input Item 5 Crafted Output + + + + = Lvl. 1 Tool Bench Stick Flint [[]] [[]] [[]] Flint Spade Quantity 1 3 {{{Qty3}}} {{{Qty4}}} {{{Qty5}}} 1

Rush Cost 4 Double-Time 2

Location Input Item 1 Input Item 2 Input Item 3 Input Item 4 Input Item 5 Crafted Output + + + + = Lvl. 2 Tool Bench Stick Stone [[]] [[]] [[]] Stone Spade Quantity 1 3 {{{Qty3}}} {{{Qty4}}} {{{Qty5}}} 1

Rush Cost 6 Double-Time 3

Location Input Item 1 Input Item 2 Input Item 3 Input Item 4 Input Item 5 Crafted Output + + + + = Lvl. 3 Tool Bench Stick Tin Ingot [[]] [[]] [[]] Tin Spade Quantity 1 3 {{{Qty3}}} {{{Qty4}}} {{{Qty5}}} 1

Rush Cost 7 Double-Time 3.5

Location Input Item 1 Input Item 2 Input Item 3 Input Item 4 Input Item 5 Crafted Output + + + + = Lvl. 6 Tool Bench Stick Gold Ingot [[]] [[]] [[]] Gold Spade Quantity 1 3 {{{Qty3}}} {{{Qty4}}} {{{Qty5}}} 1

Rush Cost 12 Double-Time 6

Gold Spade Items

See also: Gold Tool

To record the items and frequency of items received when using a gold spade on a block, a comprehensive chart has been constructed. Gold spades have produced bonuses on dirt (and clay and flint deposits) and sand (and black sand) at an estimated rate of 5% per stroke.

Durability

See also: Tool Durability Chart

The amount of use of a spade before being destroyed is related to the quality of spade and materials used. The higher the quality of material, the more uses a blockhead will get from a spade.