Shovels in +1 Snow Shoveling Adventure: Prices and Strength Observed
How shovels are bought in +1 Snow Shoveling Adventure: the shop's shovel section, the Cash prices and strength figures actually observed in play, and the one lineup comparison on record.
Shovels in +1 Snow Shoveling Adventure are bought with Cash in the shovel section of the in-game shop. Observed prices run from about 30,000 Cash early on to 2.5 trillion Cash late in a multi-world run, the Hell Shovel is the only shovel identified by name, and the one lineup comparison on record found a later world stocking a different, pricier set of shovels.
How to buy a shovel
The shop keeps shovels in their own section, displayed as a lineup that tops out with the best shovel you can currently buy — the entry called out as giving a lot of strength. Every purchase runs on Cash, the same currency that pays for the upgrades sitting beside the shovels.
Cash comes from selling the loot you dig out of the snow. The rare items reference covers what is confirmed about those finds, and the how to get cash guide breaks down every confirmed way to earn. Working codes hand out Cash and Strength together, which shortens the save-up for the next shovel; the codes page keeps the current list.
What you are really buying is Strength, the stat that pushes the shovel through thicker snow. The strength stat guide explains it in detail.
Shovel prices observed in the shop
| Observed price | What it was for | Stage of the run |
|---|---|---|
| About 30k Cash | The "next best shovel" in the early shop | Early game |
| 300k Cash | A shovel bought outright | Early game |
| About 12 billion Cash | The best shovel in a later world's shop | After advancing worlds |
| 2.5 trillion Cash | The next shovel late in the run, priced just after a haul sold for 2.7 trillion Cash | Very late game |
Two conditions come with these numbers: none was shown attached to a shovel name, and they come from two play sessions, with the late-game figures from a single run that pushed through several worlds. Treat them as pacing reference points rather than a fixed price list.
The sale context is the useful part: a 133 million Cash loot sale funded a mid-run shovel, and trillion-scale hauls sat behind trillion-scale shovel prices. Sell what you dig up, then shop.
Strength figures observed in the shop
- A shovel bought after a 133 million Cash loot sale was read out at 128k strength.
- In a later world's shop, the best shovel on sale was pitched as "60% stronger than your best shovel" — a pitch that measures the upgrade against the shovel you own right now.
- The same shop view showed "180 128k" beside a shovel selection, without labeling which number is the price and which is the strength.
The entries we saw showed strength as a raw number (128k) and, in one shop pitch, as a percentage against your current best (60% stronger). All were read off unnamed shovels in a single session, so treat them as examples of how shovel strength gets displayed, not as fixed stats.
Which shovels exist
The shop's shovel section is the list you can act on — it shows the shovels purchasable where you are. Only one shovel appears by name anywhere on record: the Hell Shovel below.
Across worlds, the only lineup comparison on record found a later world stocked with a different set of shovels and a far more expensive best entry — expect each world's shop to differ, though no fixed per-world rule is documented. Reopening the shovel section whenever you reach a new world shows you exactly what is on sale there.
Hell Shovel: the only named shovel on record
The Hell Shovel (مجرفة الجحيم) is the only shovel identified by name on record. Its recorded purchase skips the upgrade on offer — "I don't want the upgrade. I want to buy new things" — putting a fresh pile of loot money straight into a named shovel instead of spreading it across upgrades. No price or stat is shown for it, and its exact in-game English spelling is unconfirmed.
The free spin wheel: a bonus shovel chance
A shovel also sits on the free spin wheel's prize ring, so a lucky spin can hand one over without a purchase. Don't plan around it: the spin on record landed right beside the shovel prize without paying out. Treat the wheel as a bonus chance on top of the Cash route, not a substitute for saving up.
The short version
Dig, sell, then buy the best shovel you can cover — observed checkpoints ran about 30k, 300k, 12 billion, and 2.5 trillion Cash. Reopen the shovel section in each new world; the one comparison on record found different, pricier stock there. If you are still building the loop that funds these purchases, the beginner guide walks the train, shovel, sell, buy cycle end to end.
Related Guides
How to Get Cash
Every confirmed Cash source in one place: selling rare items, offline earnings, and the two documented +10% boosts.
Strength Stat Explained
What raising Strength actually changes on every shovel swing, what it does not touch, and how to see the difference.
Rare Items List
Every confirmed collectible you can dig up while shoveling, with what the developer actually documents about the item list.
Beginner Guide: The 5-Step Loop
Start with the developer's five-step loop: train Strength, shovel snow, sell rare finds, buy upgrades, and keep growing offline.
