Characteristics
Overview
A shovel for digging up stuff
Its job starts where the metal detector stops. The detector beeps, you raise the bar until a flag appears, and then something has to break the ground. The detector's own text says any melee item will do, and the shovel is the one made for exactly that.
A typical run: between fights you sweep a beach or the edge of a monument, detector in one slot and shovel in the next, digging up whatever metal is buried there. Its description only promises stuff, and what comes up depends on the area.
You cannot craft or research it: every shovel comes from loot or a trade, while the detector itself is crafted at a Level 1 workbench. It doesn't last long either, so a broken one is gone, though a spare goes into the recycler for metal fragments.
As a weapon it's an afterthought. Keep a real melee or a gun handy for whoever hears you digging.
Recycling
At power grid stage 2 a green recycler works at 60% instead of 50%. Yields depend on the recycler.
