Flimsy shovel (New Horizons)

	;
800 Bells; 100 miles	200 Bells
Obtain via	Nook's Cranny (Available after unlocking the shovel in the story); Wilbur (On Mystery Islands); Crafting;
Stack	1
Recipe	5× Hardwood;
Recipe type	Tools
Recipe obtained via	Blathers; Nook's Cranny;
Uses	40
Customize	No customization options.
Colors	Beige Beige
Internal information
	Filename: ToolShovelWood; Internal ID: 3082;
Variations
	None
	Names in other languages ショボいスコップ; 简陋铲子; pelle rudimentaire; pala endeble; pala fragile; непрочная лопата 엉성한 삽; 簡陋鏟子; pelle rudimentaire; pala frágil; Wackelschaufel; breekbare schep

The flimsy shovel is a tool item in Animal Crossing: New Horizons. As a shovel, the player can dig holes, fill holes, and bury or plant items. The player will use this item for 40 times whenever the player digs up a fossil, plant, or buried item, hits a rock for items (the item will break once the rock produces no more items) or after eating a food item, digs up a tree or breaks a rock. The flimsy shovel cannot be used on any players' islands unless they are marked as a Best Friend.

The flimsy shovel can be obtained from either Nook's Cranny after unlocking the shovel in the story for 800 Bells, from Wilbur on Mystery Islands for 100 Nook Miles, or from crafting, which requires 5× hardwood. The recipe for this item can be obtained from either Blathers or Nook's Cranny for 280 Bells.

The flimsy shovel is the weakest shovel in New Horizons, having only 40 uses before it breaks. Other shovels have 100 uses or, in the case of the golden shovel, 200 uses.

In Happy Home Paradise, no villagers or facility unlock this item for designing. It can only be used once the player's DIY catalog is unlocked after completing the 15th vacation home.

Use in crafting

The flimsy shovel is used as a crafting material in the DIY recipes for the following items:

Recipes in Animal Crossing: New Horizons

#	Item	Type	Buy price	Available from	Materials
7	Shovel	Tools	3,000 Nook Miles	Pretty Good Tools Recipes	1× Flimsy shovel 1× Iron nugget
177	Brick well	Furniture	2,000 Nook Miles	Nook Stop	8× Clay 5× Wood 1× Flimsy shovel
197	Simple well	Furniture	2,000 Nook Miles	Nook Stop	15× Stone 1× Flimsy shovel

Includes data sourced from the Data Spreadsheet for Animal Crossing New Horizons, compiled and edited by 6480, noizhub, Ricky, chaiinchomp, saberslime, robotic_scarab, mollumisc, sunmarsh, kyrokey, obstinateRixatrix, jackiwi, Zalex, SuperHamster, kait, hyuum, Azarro, Czarcasm, cinnamon_swirlix, astronomyfortwo, Welcius, glowtopia, BriKun, Alyrei, dodocodes.com, StevieCoops, sneeze, Shiny190, TwistedPeach, LavaToaster, capstone, vmario, rocklamp, Alexis, Aeon, and PanchamBro.

Total flimsy shovels needed to craft all available items: 3.