Overview[1]
30 (fully charged); 25-37.5 (DPS); 0.6s to fully charge; 2 (partially charged); 3 (fully charged); Musician; Miner; Conductor; Santa (Class); Krampus (Class); 3 Metal The Shovel is a Melee Weapon in Dead Rails.
The Shovel is the most basic melee weapon available to players. With its low damage per hit, it is outclassed by nearly every other Weapon in the game. The Shovel is the primary weapon for all Classes, except for the Miner, Musician, Santa (Class), Krampus (Class) and Conductor, which spawn with no Shovel. The Shovel cannot be obtained through any other means. Free starter weapon for most classes. Low damage. Cannot be sold. Outclassed by every other melee weapon in the game.
How to get it
How to get it: Starting a match, except for: Musician; Miner; Conductor; Santa (Class); Krampus (Class).
Stats
- Deposit
- 1 Wood 3 Metal
- Range
- 10
- Sell value
- Unsellable
- Swing Rate
- 0.2s cooldown 0.6s to fully charge
- Damage
- 5 (uncharged) 30 (fully charged) 25-37.5 (DPS)
- Mining Dmg
- 0 (uncharged) 2 (partially charged) 3 (fully charged)
- Source
- Starting a match, except for: *Musician *Miner *Conductor *Santa (Class) *Krampus (Class)
Strategies
Ditch your Shovel as soon as a better melee weapon is obtained. It is recommeded to keep it until then since melee weapons can hit enemies through walls, save Ammunition, and avoid waking up sleeping zombies. Despite being the worst melee in the game, the Shovel can still be useful to take down Normal Zombies, or when hitting stuck enemies through walls. Being a melee weapon, it can be used to save Ammo. You can weld the shovel (after ditching it) to the Train to prevent enemies from getting through. If you are playing Survivalist or Vampire, you can give the Shovel to a teammate using a class that doesn't start with a melee weapon. If your class doesn't start with a melee weapon and you have a Survivalist or Vampire on your team, ask them to give you their Shovel since melee weapons come with unique advantages. Note that communication between teammates might be an issue due to Roblox's chat restriction update.
Patch history
It is possible to obtain more than one Shovel by picking up Shovels dropped by other players. Prior to the Classes update, the Shovel had 3 counterparts: Hammer, Axe, and Pickaxe. The Pickaxe was eventually made into its own weapon while the others got deleted. The Shovel, Pickaxe, Sword, Spear, Spear of Longinus, and Excalibur are the only Melee weapons that can't be sold. The Shovel is one of the only Items you can only get by starting a match with a Class that spawns with it. The other Items are Sack and Sword. Category:Items Category:Weapons Category:Melee Weapons
