Trowel

This article is about the tool used in The Dig Site quest and the Varrock Museum activity. For the tool used in Farming, see Gardening trowel.

Trowel
Released							9 July 2003 (Update)
Members							Yes
Quest item							The Dig Site
Properties
Tradeable							No
Equipable							No
Stackable							No
Noteable							No
Options							Drop
Examine							Used for digging!
Values
Value							1 coin
High alch							0 coins
Low alch							0 coins
Weight							0.056 kg
Advanced data
Item ID							676

The trowel is an item used in the Digsite to dig level 1 and 3 sites. One is also needed in The Dig Site quest to find the Ancient talisman, as well as Another Slice of H.A.M. to dig up ancient goblin artefacts. They can be obtained after clearing the first exam of the quest. Players can get another from examiners if they lose theirs. After the quest, players can also use a trowel to clean Uncleaned finds in the Varrock Museum activity.

Digging grants 6 Mining experience at level 1 sites and 8 Mining experience at level 3 sites. Items you can obtain digging with a trowel are as follows:

• Ancient talisman (in Level 3 dig site during The Dig Site)
• Belt buckle
• Black med helm
• Bones
• Broken armour
• Broken arrow
• Broken staff
• Bronze spear
• Buttons
• Ceramic remains
• Charcoal
• Clay
• Coins
• Damaged armour
• Iron knife
• Leather boots
• Needle
• Old tooth
• Pie dish
• Rusty sword
• Vase

Item sources

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Changes

Gallery (historical)

RuneScape 2 Beta	29 March 2004 – present

Trivia

• Using a trowel on any of the large buried skeletons in the Digsite will cause a nearby digsite workman to scold the player for poking it with the wrong instrument. If there is no workman near the player, the dialogue will not be triggered.