Snow Shovel
| Snow Shovel | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Class | Long Blunt Weapon |
| Skill | Long Blunt |
| Damage | 0.8-1.9 |
| Range | 0.61-1.6 |
| Crit | 40% x2 |
| Condition | 10 |
| Weight | 2 |
| Hands | Two-handed |
| Location | Containers |
| Spawn ID | /additem Base.SnowShovel
|
The Snow Shovel is a wide-bladed shovel made for clearing snow. It doubles as a two-handed blunt weapon that trains the Long Blunt skill.
As a weapon it fights exactly like the garden Shovel and the Spade. It reaches very far and its hits are solid, but it swings slowly and wears out quickly. As a tool it clears ashes and collects dung. It is an uncommon find in sheds, warehouses, storage rooms, closets, construction sites and garages. The Construction Worker is the best occupation for long blunt. It starts with the most Long Blunt skill.
Combat
The Snow Shovel swings slower than base speed and reaches 1.6 tiles. Each hit deals between 0.8 and 1.9 damage. An ordinary zombie usually takes a few swings to drop. The crit chance starts at 40 percent, and a crit doubles the damage. With multi-hit on, one swing can strike up to three zombies.
Both hands stay on the handle while it is equipped. The long reach lets it hit before a zombie closes in. That makes it good for keeping one zombie at bay at a fence or a doorway. The slow swing makes it a poor choice against a large crowd. The Long Blunt skill raises damage, crit chance and swing speed as it levels.
Compared with the Baseball Bat, it reaches much farther and hits harder at the top end, but swings slower. The Shovel and the Spade fight exactly the same and are more useful as tools. The Snow Shovel is a fair stopgap weapon for a survivor who finds one early.
Uses
The Snow Shovel clears ashes from the ground. It also collects animal dung from the ground.
Repair
The Snow Shovel has 10 condition. Each hit has a 1 in 10 chance of taking a point off, so it wears out quickly in fights. The Long Blunt and Maintenance skills both lower that chance. Duct tape, adhesive tape and glue repair it with no skill needed. Zip ties need Maintenance 1, wood glue needs Carpentry 2, and epoxy needs Maintenance 3. Every repair restores less condition than the one before it.
Locations
The Snow Shovel is an uncommon find. It turns up on the metal shelves of survivor safehouses, studios and warehouses. Sheds, storage rooms, catwalks and closet crates hold one at about the same odds. Construction sites and garage storage are worth a look too. Attics, halls and bedrooms hold one now and then.
The places where it spawns, with the rough chance per container. Each tab shows one kind of place.
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Survivor safehouse | Metal shelves | 4.1% |
| Survivor safehouse (late game) | Metal shelves | 4.1% |
| Survivor safehouse (mid game) | Metal shelves | 4.1% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Catwalk | Other | 4.1% |
| Storage room | Other | 4.1% |
| Studio | Metal shelves | 4.1% |
| Warehouse | Metal shelves | 4.1% |
| Construction site | Other | 3.3% |
| Storage unit | Other | 0.6% |
| Farm storage | Metal shelves | 0.4% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Closet | Crate | 4.1% |
| Shed | Other | 4.1% |
| Garage storage | Crate | 3.3% |
| Bedroom | Crate | 3.1% |
| Closet | Other | 3.1% |
| Garage storage | Locker | 2.7% |
| Shed | Metal shelves | 2.7% |
| Shed | Shelves | 2.7% |
| Attic | Cardboard box | 2.5% |
| Attic | Crate | 2.5% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Warehouse | Small box | 4.1% |
| Construction site | Small box | 3.3% |
| Tool store | Other | 2.5% |
| Tool store | Shelves | 2.5% |
| Tool store storage | Other | 2.5% |
| General store | Metal shelves | 2.2% |
| Generalstore storage | Other | 2.2% |
| General store | Shelves | 1.3% |
| Tool store | Small box | 0.6% |
| Tool store | Counter | 0.3% |
Notes
- Keep it for clearing ashes rather than fighting, since every fight wears it down.
- With multi-hit on, a swing at a fence line can catch up to three zombies at once.
- Duct tape is the cheapest repair and needs no skill.
- Graves and dirt moving call for a Shovel or a Spade.
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