Shovel

Shovels in the are used to dig holes and bury items in the ground. It is an essential tool for planting flora, unearthing fossils to donate to the museum, and removing stumps from trees that have fallen to an axe.

Usage
A shovel can be used to dig holes in any location where there is no obstruction, such as stone paths, ground designs, buildings, structures and trees. Flora such as flowers, fruit, saplings and bamboo shoots can be buried within holes in order to grow them. Items can also be buried in the ground, and are marked with a small star-shaped crack. Items can be unearthed with a shovel, while digging plants will destroy them. Tree stumps and bushes can only be removed by digging them out with a shovel.

Shovels can also be used on certain rocks. Daily in every game, a random rock in town will dispense Bells or ore when struck with a shovel. In, a random rock in town can be broken once a week to access the Resetti Surveillance Center. In, a fake rock will appear somewhere in town and can be broken with a shovel to reveal a single piece of ore.

In every game, there are more advanced versions of the shovel that have unique effects, though they differ between the games. The Silver Shovel has a slim chance of altering the Money Rock, causing it dispense double the usual amount of money, or ores instead of Bells. The Golden Shovel has the ability to bury Bells to plant Money Trees, or unearth random Bells from the ground.

In Wild World
From onwards, Money Trees can only be planted with a Golden Shovel, but they can now be planted anywhere a standard tree will grow.

In City Folk
introduces a Silver Shovel with a unique effect, in addition to the standard and golden variations.

In New Leaf
changes the requirement to obtain the Golden Shovel.