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Introduced for the gravedigger sequence in "Body Harvest," the shovel becomes a permanent melee option afterwards. Found on Back-O-Beyond ranches, behind rural houses, and at the Las Venturas burial scenes.
The Shovel is a melee weapon in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas and a cut weapon in Grand Theft Auto V.
The item can be found as static props in other game titles.
The Shovel is basically depicted as a tool intended for digging, lifting and moving bulk materials. In Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, however, it serves as a melee weapon.
The shovel is seen several times: *In the Burial random event *When switching to Trevor, sometimes he can be found finishing filling in a hole (then putting the shovel on the ground). *Used by Trevor in the mission Bury the Hatchet. The player cannot equip a shovel though, it is purely an environmental prop after it is used in the scripted events. In the game files, a texture dictionary named 'weapons_notusedfornow' includes the Shovel, indicating it was originally intended to be used by the player as a potential melee weapon.
A bloody shovel is used as a clue for the mission Treasure Hunt. Its design resembles more the one found in GTA San Andreas.
