Make shovels faster or more efficient

[Hazmat616]

Currently once you can one shot stone with a pickaxe you can also one shot dirt with grave digger mod which means shovels become irrelevant since pickaxes have 5 more attack speed than shovels and it doesn't make sense to be able to tunnel through stone with a pickaxe faster than a shovel through dirt. so i suggest you make shovels have 60 attack speed instead of 50 so they can dig faster than picks. Alternatively make them have less stamina cost so they become a good option for people not wanting to spec much into strength or mining since eventually or with miner clothes your stamina drains so slowly it doesn’t matter, but augers kind of invalidate that so i hope you go for attack speed. if its needed just reduce entity damage so they don't become too good of a melee weapon.

 

[Syphon583]

I could be wrong, but digging in clay with a pickaxe, while faster, does not yield the same amount as a shovel.

That being said, I completely agree that something should be done to make shovels more attractive. Given the right perks and mods, players can one-shot soil with a high tier iron shovel, making the steel shovel useless (while costing more stamina usage to boot). It's just not worth upgrading. I've suggested in the past the steel shovels (and honestly steel anything) should not cost more stamina, but less. They could also have a AOE applied on power "attacks" so that more blocks are affected with each swing.

 

[Jodinar]

It is kinda weird that better tools require more stamina than not.... I don't think a rock at the end of a branch tied together with plant stems would reduce my work effort compared to a ergonomic tool designed for the job.

 

[Hazmat616]

I could be wrong, but digging in clay with a pickaxe, while faster, does not yield the same amount as a shovel.

That being said, I completely agree that something should be done to make shovels more attractive. Given the right perks and mods, players can one-shot soil with a high tier iron shovel, making the steel shovel useless (while costing more stamina usage to boot). It's just not worth upgrading. I've suggested in the past the steel shovels (and honestly steel anything) should not cost more stamina, but less. They could also have a AOE applied on power "attacks" so that more blocks are affected with each swing.

I never factored clay yield because there’s basically infinite dirt. It’s not like ore veins. So you can just mine more which is trivial once you can one shot dirt with a pick. And since it’s faster it’s better for construction or tunneling. Especially when you factor in now you only need one tool to mine stone, ore and dirt and never need to switch up. I really like the power attack hitting multiple blocks idea. Especially if it does so vertical so you can dig tunnels faster. Otherwise they could implement halving attack speed if you hit the wrong block for your tool. I mean think about it. If you hit wood or dirt with a pickaxe irl it can get stuck so then you got to pry it out. Lots of good ideas here.