Grow a Garden · Gears
Shovel
Grow a Garden · Gears
About Shovel
Shovel is a Common gear that is free and placed automatically in a player's inventory on joining the game. It removes crops, fruits and placed gears from the garden, asking for confirmation on valuable ones.
Shovel — In-Depth Analysis
Every player starts with the Shovel: it costs nothing and lands in your inventory the moment you join. Its job is removal, of crops, fruits and placed gears from your garden, though it is more cautious than it sounds. Try to shovel something valuable (Rare or higher), an unobtainable crop or any placed gear, and a pop-up warns that the action cannot be undone, with Mango and Foxglove as the wiki's examples. Common and uncommon crops such as Tomato and Strawberry go at once.
Some things can never be shoveled: Carrots, Sprinklers, favorited crops and, since the Christmas Harvest Event, the Christmas Tree. Legendary crops like Apple and Bamboo used to be destroyed instantly, until confirmation pop-ups were added.
The Seagull was the only pet that could modify the shovel, and its ability was removed because of exploits that duplicated limited seeds such as Easter Eggs, Candy Blossoms and Bone Blossoms. The Shovel is Common and not limited.