From the beginning ofKingdom Come: Deliverance, you will need to find resources from armor to tools that can help further your quest. Near the end of the prologue, you’ll have your first need for a spade and it might be unclear where you’re supposed to find one without gold or any opportunity to speak to a quality trader.

Whether you keep the first spade you find or have to go looking for a new one at every opportunity, you’ll be able to find a shovel when you know where to look. Keep your eyes peeled for them in the world and any other tools you might be able to take without upsetting the villagers.

A screenshot from Kingdom Come: Deliverance showing Henry standing across from another villager holding a shovel defensively.

Where To Find The Spade To Bury Your Parents

When you finally make your way back to Skallitz and find your parents, you’ll betasked with finding a spade to bury themnear your former home. Shortly after the cutscene where Henry discovers them, you’llstart to hear a dog barking.

Don’t forget totake theSaviour Schnappsand’Bianca’s Ring' off of Biancaa short distance away before you bury your parents.

A screenshot from Kingdom Come: Deliverance showing the map, with Henry’s player marker being in the northeast part of the village of Skallitz.

Once you hear the barking,head toward the sound of the dog.You’ll find one of your friends from an earlier mission standing off against the animal during a cutscene, after which pointyou canattempt tomake your former ally leavethe shovel.

The above image shows the exact location of the shovel, to thenorth of Skalitz, just to the east of where the path comes down to join the town on the western side.

A screenshot from Kingdom Come: Deliverance showing the player character inside the Blacksmith’s shop screen with the ‘Spade’ being selected and being sold for 10.1 gold.

Whether through fighting them or when them leaving on their own, you’llsee a shovel sticking outof the ground.Pick it up and then go backto your parents.

Where To Get Spades

After the first mission,it might be wise to hold onto the spadeuntil you start unlocking more cities and shops. After the game’s prologue, yourbest opportunity for finding spadesis topurchase them from the blacksmithsthat can be found shown as anvils with hammers throughout the map.

Majorcities like Sasau, Rattay, and Monastery will have blacksmithswho will be able to sell you a spade for a handful of coins.

In a pinch, you can also find spades in common digging locations like graveyards or near fences, but these are much rarer than purchasing one.