Wooden Spade
| Wooden Spade | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Class | Long Blunt Weapon |
| Skill | Long Blunt |
| Damage | 0.4-0.8 |
| Range | 0.61-1.6 |
| Crit | 20% x2 |
| Condition | 8 |
| Weight | 2 |
| Hands | Two-handed |
| Crafting Skill | Carving: 4 |
| Crafting | See How to Craft |
| Location | Crafted only |
| Spawn ID | /additem Base.SpadeWood
|
| Crafting XP | 40 XP (Carving) |
The Wooden Spade is a spade carved from a single piece of wood. It is a two-handed digging tool that can also be swung as a weapon. As a weapon it trains the Long Blunt skill.
Its long reach keeps zombies at arm's length, but the swing is slow and the hits are light. Its real worth is on the farm and around the camp. It digs furrows and graves, gathers dirt and dung, and clears ash. The Wooden Spade is carved by hand from a Large Branch or a Plank, so it suits a survivor living off the land. The Construction Worker is the best occupation for long blunt. It starts with the most Long Blunt skill.
Combat
The Wooden Spade swings slower than base speed and reaches 1.6 tiles, longer than most weapons. Each hit deals between 0.4 and 0.8 damage, so an ordinary zombie takes many swings to drop. The crit chance starts at 20 percent, and a crit doubles the damage.
Both hands stay on the handle while it is equipped. It weighs 2. The long reach lets it strike from a safer distance. The slow swing leaves gaps against a group, so it suits a lone zombie best.
The Long Blunt skill raises damage, crit chance and swing speed as it levels. The metal Spade and the Shovel share its reach and swing speed. They hit more than twice as hard and last longer. The Wooden Spade is a stopgap until one of them turns up.
Uses
The Wooden Spade is a full digging tool. It plows furrows for planting crops. It digs graves for burying the dead. It takes dirt from the ground and collects dung. It also clears piles of ashes. When building a Charcoal Burning Pit, it serves as the tool.
How to Craft Wooden Spade
Each recipe that makes the Wooden Spade is listed with its materials and the tools it keeps.
Carve Wooden Spade
The Carve Wooden Spade recipe makes the Wooden Spade. It needs Carving level 4. The recipe has to be learned first.
| Name | Image | Amount | Kept | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Large Knife | 
|
1x | Yes | /additem Base.LargeKnife
|
| Large Branch | 
|
1x | No | /additem Base.LargeBranch
|
Used in Crafting
Any recipe that asks for a diggrave accepts it as the tool, such as Charcoal Burning Pile.
Repair
The Wooden Spade has 8 condition. Each hit has a 1 in 5 chance of taking a point off. The Long Blunt and Maintenance skills 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. Epoxy with rags needs Maintenance 4. Every repair restores less condition than the one before it.
Notes
- The Carve Wooden Spade recipe needs Carving 4 and must be learned first.
- It takes a Large Branch or a Plank, with a sharp knife or meat cleaver kept as the tool.
- The Spade, the Shovel and the Snow Shovel are the metal tools of the same family.
- Studying the Wooden Spade can teach the Carve Wooden Spade recipe and some forging recipes for metal garden tools.
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