How to get a shovel in Windrose

How do you get a shovel in Windrose? The shovel is one of the best early game items for clearing points of interest and earning experience points, as well as digging for buried treasure found marked from looted curios.

You may not have unlocked the shovel in Windrose yet if you haven't interacted with copper ore, so if you're finding random digging spots or hidden treasure, you'll need to complete the tutorial task of smelting copper ore into ingots first. You'll also need the shovel to dig up a buried chest in the early Fifteen Men on a Dead Man's chest side quest, so here's how to craft it.

You can craft a shovel at a workbench, but you first need to smelt copper ingots. You need three copper ingots and ten wood to craft a shovel. To get copper ingots, you need to mine copper ore from a cave found near the center of the starter island. You'll also need to set up a furnace and a charcoal kiln to smelt the ore into ingots.

Now you know how to craft a shovel in Windrose, it's worth checking out what else you can craft early on in the game, including how to fast travel using bells and the resources you'll need to build your first ship.