Dota 2

Trusty Shovel

Tier 1 neutral item.

Trusty Shovel
Tier 1

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Tuned 13 times

16 lines of changes across 13 patches, condensed below to the ones that still matter.

4 buffs and 5 nerfs in total: roughly even.

Biggest changes

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    Dig Cooldown decreased from 50s to 40sadjusted 2 times across 2 patches, net buff
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    TP Scroll bundle reduced from 2 to 1
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    Dig cooldown increased from 60s to 70sadjusted 2 times across 2 patches, net nerf
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    Health reduced from 150 to 100
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    Bonus health decreased from 100 to 75
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    Cooldown reduced from 70 to 55

Most recent change patch 7.39, May 2025

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    Item Cycled Out
What it does now
  • Dig Active 70s cooldownChannel for 1 second. Can find a Bounty Rune, a Healing Salve, an Enchanted Mango, or a Kobold. If digging in a river, always digs up a Water Rune.

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Every Trusty Shovel change, patch by patch

All 16 changes Valve listed for Trusty Shovel since patch 7.23b, newest first. Last changed in 7.39 (May 2025).

Patch 7.39

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    Item Cycled Out

Patch 7.38b

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    Dig cooldown increased from 60s to 70s

Patch 7.38

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    Now is a Tier 1 Neutral Artifact
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    Active: Dig. Channel for 1 second to dig up a Bounty Rune, Healing Salve, an Enchanted Mango, or a Kobold. Digging in a river always digs up a Water Rune. Cast Range: 250. No Mana Cost. Cooldown: 60s

Patch 7.37

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    Dig cooldown no longer ticks down if the Shovel is not in the neutral slot
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    Always digs up a Water Rune when used in the river

Patch 7.35c

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    Health bonus increased from +75 to +90

Patch 7.33c

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    Dig Cooldown decreased from 50s to 40s

Patch 7.33

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    Summoned Kobold is now controllable by the player that dug it up

Patch 7.31

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    Bonus health decreased from 100 to 75

Patch 7.30

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    Dig Cooldown reduced from 55 to 50

Patch 7.29

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    Now drops an Enchanted Mango instead of a TP Scroll

Patch 7.25b

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    TP Scroll bundle reduced from 2 to 1

Patch 7.24

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    Health reduced from 150 to 100

Patch 7.23b

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    Cooldown reduced from 70 to 55
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    Drop rates for Bounty/Flask/TP/Neutral adjusted from 25/25/25/25 to 16/28/28/28