The Shovel is a weapon that does 14 damage when swung and less when the right click is used. It has a hit speed of 1.1 seconds and a Damage Per Minute (DPM) of 763.6.
The right click can be used to dig. There are currently two types of dig spots in the game. The first is buried Strong Boxes, which act as normal Strong Boxes once dug up. The second is Captain Corpses shown as a mound of soft snow and often found between two already opened graves. Captain Corpses can contain multiple bone clubs, coal, laudanum, bone charms, an unloaded Flintlock Pistol, or a broken Saber.