Shovel

Shovels are auxiliary tools used to ease the process of collecting dirt, sand, gravel, clay and snow. Shovels are only necessary to collect snowballs from snow; all other blocks for which shovels are useful can be successfully harvested by hand.

Crafting
Shovels are crafted using 2 sticks and 1 unit of a tool material:

Speed and Durability
The following table summarizes the speed at which different quality shovels perform on different block types.