With a wide variety of Prospecting Shovels, you can upgrade them as you earn in-game coins! For a similar game to Prospecting, you can check out our Dig Shovels guide.

Prospecting Shovels

Shovels are one of the main tools you use in Prospecting as they are the primary way of digging up items. The Shovels in the game so far are all obtainable by purchasing with in-game coins when visiting the Shopkeepers. You can find a Shopkeeper in Rubble Creek Deposits, Rubble Creek Sands, and the Crystal Caverns. Note that you cannot access the Crystal Caverns until you reach level 15.

To get in-game coins, you must sell the items you dig up. Selling items requires you to visit Merchant NPCs! You can also get in-game coins by completing quests.

Obtainable Shovels

The Shovels you can obtain and use in Prospecting so far! The Toughness of a Shovel determines where you can dig.

Rusty Shovel

The first shovel all players start with.

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Iron Shovel

The Iron Shovel is obtainable by purchasing it with 3K in-game coins.

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Steel Shovel

The Steel Shovel is obtainable by purchasing it with 25K in-game coins.

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Silver Shovel

The Silver Shovel is obtainable by purchasing it with 75K in-game coins.

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Reinforced Shovel

The Reinforced Shovel is obtainable by purchasing it with 135K in-game coins.

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The Excavator

The Excavator shovel is obtainable by purchasing it with 320K in-game coins.

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Golden Shovel

The Golden Shovel is obtainable by purchasing it with 1,333,000 in-game coins.

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Meteoric Shovel

The Meteoric Shovel is obtainable by purchasing it with 4 million in-game coins.

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Diamond Shovel

The Diamond Shovel is obtainable by purchasing it with 12.5 million in-game coins.

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Divine Shovel

The Divine Shovel is obtainable by purchasing it with 40 million in-game coins.

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