The Apprentice (2006)
> x shovel (@ A sandy beach)
It looks like an old miner`s shovel.
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Shovels in Interactive Fiction 
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The Apprentice (2006)
> x shovel (@ A sandy beach)
It looks like an old miner`s shovel.
Berrost's Challenge (2008)
> x shovel (@ Smithy)
You've never liked manual labor unless somebody else was doing it.
Birmingham IV (2018)
> x Sexton's spade (@ In the Church, at the base of the Tower)
Made of wood, including the blade, although the edges of the blade are sheathed with iron.
> x spade (@ In the Kitchen Garden)
> x shovel (@ In the Kitchen Garden)
It has a long, straight handle, polished and blackened by use. The blade is flat, with upturned edges.
Biscuit (2001)
> x spade (@ garden shed)
A standard garden spade with a good clean blade and a well worn handle.
> x trowel (@ garden shed)
A small hand held trowel, used for planting and weeding.
The Bony King of Nowhere (2017)
> x shovel (@ Your Hovel)
A small wooden shovel that you use for removing ashes. It's a ground-breaking design.
By the Lake (2015)
> x shovel (@ Edge of the Woods)
A Christmas Game (2016)
> x spade (@ Your Garden)
It's an excellent spade, in fact you might say it was the ace of spades.
A Christmas Game: The Sequel (2017)
> x spade (@ Your Garden)
It's an excellent spade, in fact you might say it was the ace of spades.
Citizen of Nowhere (2019)
> x spade (@ Coley's Mill)
A small spade, it's a ground breaking invention.
The Colour Pink (2005)
> x shovel (@ Southeast corner of ruins)
This shovel is one implement that the utility tool can form. Turning the dial again shifts it into the other form.
The Day I shot Alex (2017)
> x space shovel (@ dusty cave)
A space shovel, for digging on all kinds of planets expects gas giants and red dwarfs.
The Dragon Diamond (2017)
> x spade (@ By Large Tree)
The spade you have made is really handy!
Escape from the Arboretum (2002)
> x shovel (@ in a garden shed)
The shovel was finely crafted by a loving hand many years ago.
It is now pitted with rust.
Eye of the Inca (1992)
> x gold shovel (@ Furnace room)
You marvel at such wealth that allowed even common tools like this shovel to be made from gold.
Ferryman's Gate (2020)
> x shovel (@ Conservatory)
It's an ordinary shovel.
Foo Foo (2016)
> x shovel (@ The Forest)
It's smaller than your average shovel but larger than a spade. The handle is maybe two or three fairy-feet in length. [if gum on it]A wad of gum is stuck to the end of it.[end if]
FORK: The Great Underground Dining Room (2007)
> x shovel (@ End of Sewer)
It's the same sort of trusty shovel you've surely become accustomed to, considering your apparent determination to explore places like these.
Frankenstein Adventure (2004)
> x shovel (@ Dusty laboratory)
You see a strong shovel. It looks fairly new.
Gaucho (2012)
> x shovel (@ Stable)
The shovel has a stout wooden haft with an iron blade. The smith's name, "Agent," is stamped onto the haft.
Geist (2014)
> x shovels (@ Attic)
Packed away for winter. You wonder if winter ever comes to Alden Manor. If it did... would it ever leave?
Goldilocks is a FOX! (2002)
> x trowel (@ In the potting shed)
It's a thingy for digging little holes in the garden.
Highland Chef (2001)
> x shovel (@ Shed)
It's just a typical shovel, with a wooden shaft and metal head. The head of the shovel is encrusted with dirt.
The Horror of Rylvania (1993)
> x shovel (@ Graveyard North)
It's a wooden-handled shovel. The blade is rusty steel, but the shovel is perfectly good for digging.
The House of Mystery (2018)
> x shovel (@ Mudroom)
A tool used for digging or bashing things in the head with, but is mostly for digging.
The House on Sycamore Lane (2019)
> x trowel (@ Utility Closet)
Its a run-of-the-mill garden trowel, good for digging small holes.
Igor's Quest (2020)
> x spade (@ Garden Shed)
Little shovel.
The Impossible Bottle (2020)
> x shovel (@ Top of the basement stairs)
The Isle of Statues (2012)
> x shovel (@ The "Curiosity")
A pretty ordinary shovel, the kind used to dig holes.
Jack's Adventures (1998)
> x shiny trowel (@ Garden)
A pretty shiny trowel.
Journey from an Islet (2001)
> x spade (@ A small hut)
A spade carved from wood.
The Legend of Horse Girl (2022)
> x shovel (@ Boneyard)
It's a long-handled shovel.
Lethe Flow Phoenix: A Flight of Fantasy (1995)
> x strange leaf spade (@ In a garden)
The spade is rather an odd one. Shaped like a normal gardener's tool, it nevertheless seems to be made of large, inflexible leaves attached onto a branch. It wouldn't be terribly suitable for any sort of major excavation.
Looking for Godot (1996)
> x shovel (@ Inside the Shed)
You've had it since who-knows-when. It's not quite rusted through; you might be able to dig in grass or soft earth.
Lydia's Heart (2007)
> x shovel (@ A Garden of Junk)
The shovel’s handle is split, and the blade is dented.
Night of the Walking Dead (1992)
> examine shovel (@ Cellar)
It's designed for digging graves.
Not Much Time (2002)
> x spade (@ Your Auntie's Garden)
This is your Auntie's gardening spade. It has a wooden handle and a metal blade.
Pen and Paint (2010)
> x trowel (@ Dwarven Tent)
You use it to uncover the roots of plants.
Pirates and Ninjas and Aliens, Oh My! (2003)
> x shovel (@ Escape Pod)
A small shovel, useful for digging shelter on an uninhabited planet.
The Quest of the Golden Banana (2004)
> x spade (@ Small Cave)
It's a good solid spade, with a stout wooden handle and sharp steel blade.
Ryan Veeder's Authentic Fly Fishing (2019)
> x shovel (@ Harlan's Cabin)
A standard garden shovel. The blade is a bit beat up, but otherwise it's in good condition.
Santa's Trainee Elf (2020)
> x shovel (@ Outside Coal Mine)
It's almost as big as you are. You'd better leave it for the adults. You'll need something smaller.
> x spade (@ Vegetable Garden)
It's a flat-bladed spade used for digging up the carrots and potatoes and turnips and other vegetables.
Search for the Sacred Stone (2005)
> examine shovel (@ Amidst a vegetable garden)
A short-handled shovel with a tapered blade that is more suited to digging holes than to scrapping up snow.
Seasonal Apocalpyse Disorder (2020)
> x shovel (@ Ditch-in-Progress)
A long wooden shaft with an iron blade on the end.
Sentencing Mr Liddell (2011)
> x shovel (@ Locomotive Cab)
Black with coal.
Shades of Gray: An Adventure in Black and White (1992)
> x small shovel (@ A Battlefield)
It's a small spade useful for digging and other spade-like activities.
> x rusty shovel (@ Shack)
The shovel is old and rusty. It has obviously had a hard life, but it's not quite ready to give up yet.
> x wooden shovel (@ Village)
The shovel appears serviceable.
Trinity (1986)
> examine spade (@ Shelter)
It looks sturdy enough.
Tryst of Fate (1995)
> x shovel (@ Livery Stable)
The wooden handle has splintered several times and has been thoughtfully wrapped in old rags for support, and the hand-forged blade is quite thin from use. All in all, though, it looks like the old girl could still toss a few more shovelfuls.
Untold Riches (2015)
> x shovel (@ Cavern)
The shovel has a metal blade and a wooden handle.
Vindaloo (1996)
> x spade (@ Garage)
A good solid looking spade, good for digging.
Waystation (1995)
> x metal shovel (@ Sludge Plain)
A wooden handle with a flat metal blade on the end.
> x no shovel (@ Trash Heap)
It lacks a very fine wooden handle and a metal blade [Footnote 1].
Whitefield Academy of Witchcraft (2014)
> x silver-headed shovel (@ Courtyard)
A gnome-sized shovel with a head forged of silver. It's been crudely smelted and shaped, but looks quite pure.
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