Iron Shovel
A sturdy shovel that breaks less than its wooden counterpart.
Notes
The Iron Shovel is a tier 2 excavation tool, offering improved durability over the starting wooden shovel with 1000 uses before breaking. Each swing consumes 20 calories and deals minimal damage to animals. It is crafted via the Iron Shovel recipe and can be recycled into Scrap Tool. For early to mid-game digging, upgrading to an iron shovel reduces the frequency of tool replacement, making it a practical investment for players focused on mining or teraforming.
Notes are AI-generated and may be imprecise.
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Ingredients
| Ingredient | Qty | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 12 | item | |
| 8 | item | |
| 12 | category |
Byproducts (garbage)
| Material | Qty / craft |
|---|---|
| ≈ 0.38 | |
| ≈ 0.19 | |
| ≈ 0.06 |
Approximate โ a category ingredient's salvage value depends on the item actually used.
Crafting waste collects in the station's garbage output and must be hauled away or recycled โ see the Garbage & Recycling guide.
Crafting
| Labor | 250 calories |
|---|---|
| Craft time | 0.5 min |
| Throughput | ≈ 120 Iron Shovel / hour (base) |
As a tool
Recycling & waste
4× Iron Scrap
1× Bio Residue
1× Wood Scrap
The same salvage value leaks out as garbage when this item is consumed in crafting.
How garbage, sorting & recycling work
Total raw to craft this
45× Iron Ore
12× Wood Board (any)
4× Bison Carcass
0.75× Clay
Approximate โ category ingredients and any production cycles are counted as raw.