Shovel

Metal + Artifact

A Shovel is a tool that you can dig your way out of prison with while in the Courtyard via a slightly indented green patch to the left of the manual labor rock mines. You only need to be level 1 to craft it.

On the official Escape Tier list, this escape tool is rated B Tier due to it being the stealthiest way to escape the prison, by entering an underground tunnel where you are almost guaranteed to be unseen. It used to be A tier until a series of nerfs occurred to it to lower it to low B tier. First, the number of clicks to activate the shovel was increased as well as the time the patch of grass was open so it was harder to activate and when activated, the cops could notice what you did. It was still a little overpowered considering how easy it was to make the shovel, so a Warden camera was placed inside of the tunnel as well to make the shovel more fair to the Guards and the Warden.