// dayz item
Field Shovel
A shovel most often used by soldiers as well as adventurers and survivalists. It's usually used as a tool to dig trenches and build camping grounds, but it also makes for a good self-defense weapon.

Classname
FieldShovelWeight
1.8 kg
- Light attack
- 20 health · 100 blood · 10 shock · 1.4 m reach
- Heavy attack
- 32 health · 100 blood · 16 shock · 1.4 m reach
- Sprint attack
- 32 health · 100 blood · 16 shock · 3.3 m reach
- Category
- Tools
- Weight
- 1.8 kg
- Size
- 2×5 (10 slots)
- Slot
- Backpack_1
- Durability
- 200
Where to find it on Nasdara
- Where you find it
- Military
- Spread
- Scattered across the whole mapShow on the map
Values from the vanilla types.xml of each map. Community servers often change them.
| Chernarus | Livonia | Sakhal | Nasdara | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominal (target on the map) | 35 | 20 | 25 | 40 |
| Min (respawns below this) | 28 | 15 | 19 | 34 |
| Lifetime (untouched) | 4 h | 4 h | 4 h | 4 h |
| Restock (wait before respawn) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Quantity when spawned | – | – | – | – |
| Places | Military | Military | Military | Military |
| Tiers | – | – | Tier1, Tier2, Tier3 | – |
| Spots | – | – | – | – |
| Counted | on the ground | on the ground | on the ground | on the ground |
Tier 1 is near the coast, Tier 4 deep inland. A nominal of 0 means the item does not spawn as loot on that map.
Fits on
Army PouchArmyPouch_Beige
Assault BackpackAssaultBag_Black
Burlap BackpackImprovisedBag
Burlap Courier BagCourierBag
Canvas BagCanvasBag_Medical
Combat BackpackTortillaBag
Drybag BackpackDryBag_Black
Field BackpackAliceBag_Black
Fur BackpackFurImprovisedBag
Fur Courier BagFurCourierBag
Hiking BackpackTaloonBag_Blue
Hunter BackpackHuntingBag
Leather BackpackLeatherSack_Beige
Leather Duffel BagDuffelBagSmall_Camo
Long Haul BackpackAttack2Bag_Black
Mountain BackpackMountainBag_Blue
School BackpackChildBag_Blue
Sling BagSlingBag_Black
Tactical BackpackCoyoteBag_Brown
Used for crafting
Recipes that take this item as one of their two ingredients.
Craft rags
4 swithany inventory_baseused up
givesRag
The game works out amounts here at random or from the ingredients.
Craft feathers
4 swithany akinaka, inventory_baseused up
givesChicken Feathers
The game works out amounts here at random or from the ingredients.
Sell it in your server's trader shop
With dzbot, players on your Nitrado DayZ server — PC, PlayStation, Xbox or Switch 2 — buy items like this one with your server currency on your server website, and the order spawns at their chosen spot after the next restart.






