Shovel

Shovels are a type of tool that has been available throughout the. They are used to dig in the ground for buried objects.

Usage
Shovels are primarily used to dig up fossils marked on the ground by a small crack. They are also used to dig up other items, such as pitfall seeds and other buried objects. Shovels are the intended tool to use on rocks to find and exploit money rocks for Bells or ore.

Shovels are also the only way of removing stumps, after a tree has been cut down using an axe and are the only way of planting new trees using saplings which can be planted in the ground after a hole has been dug using the shovel.

A shovel can be used to dig a hole in any location where there is no obstacle blocking the ground, including patterns.

In Animal Forest, Crossing and Forest e+
In, and , the golden axe was introduced to the series and can be obtained by completing a task. The player has a chance of digging up 100 Bells from anywhere on in the ground.

In Animal Crossing: Wild World
In, the gold shovel was made easier to obtain than in any other game.

In Animal Crossing: City Folk
In, the silver shovel was introduced to the series and can be obtained by completing a task. The gold shovel retains the same obtainable features as in Wild World.