Stone Shovel in 7 Days to Die
“The stone shovel is a primitive tool useful for digging dirt, sand or snow. Repair with Small Stone. Scrap to Small Stone.”
The Stone Shovel is a tier 0 shovel with 38 block damage and 9 damage per hit, +10% to blocks at quality 2 rising to +50% at quality 6. Craft it at the Backpack once Harvesting Tools reaches 1 (Tools Digest magazines), or loot it from 15 kinds of container, buy it from traders or earn it as a quest reward.
- Block damage
- 38
- Damage per hit
- 9
- Attacks per minute
- 50
- Durability, Q1 → Q6
- 250 → 500
- Mod slots, Q1 → Q6
- 1 → 3
- Stamina per hit
- 16.2
- Range
- 2.6
Bars: against the highest of all 16 tools.
What the Stone Shovel is for
- Against materials: wood −70%, stone −80%, metal −80% (DamageModifier, as the file writes it)
- Repaired with: Small Stone
- Scraps into: Small Stone
Stone Shovel recipe
At the Backpack, unlocked at Harvesting Tools level 1 — raised by reading Tools Digest.
| Ingredient | Quality 1 | Quality 6 |
|---|---|---|
 Small Stone | 5 | 5 |
 Plant Fibers | 3 | 3 |
 Wood | 3 | 3 |
Where to find the Stone Shovel
15 containers can roll it, traders can stock it, and it is a quest reward.
Car Parts Box- Construction Site Box
Destroyed Workbench
Farm Truck
Lockers
School Bus
White Box Truck
White Minivan
White Pickup Truck
White SUV
White Sedan
White Semi Truck
White Service Truck- Working Stiff Box
Working Stiff Tools Service Truck
Perks named in its tags: Miner 69'er (Strength) and Mother Lode (Strength).
Stone Shovel vs Iron Shovel
Its neighbours in the game's tech line (PreviousTechItem). Damage is per hit; hits per minute are attacks for hand tools, rounds for motor tools.
| Stone Shovel | Iron Shovel | |
|---|---|---|
| Block damage | 38 | 62 |
| Damage per hit | 9 | 15 |
| Hits per minute | 50 | 50 |
| Durability at Q6 | 500 | 1000 |
| Mod slots at Q6 | 3 | 4 |
| Unlock level | 1 | 11 |
| Base value | 200 | 500 |
Mods that fit the Stone Shovel
14 mods fit, by the install tags in item_modifiers.xml: the 12 every tool takes, plus the 2 below. Cosmetic dyes fit too. What each mod does
Stone Shovel — FAQ
What mods can you put on the Stone Shovel?
How much block damage does the Stone Shovel do?
Other shovels
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