Market Gardener

Market Gardener
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Basic Information
Used by:	Soldier
Slot:	Melee
Contributed by:	[m00] Elbagast
Released:	June 23, 2011 Patch (Über Update)
Availability:	Drop, Craft, Purchase, Uncrate #44 (Strange) or Chemistry Set (Collector's)
Tradable:	Yes
Giftable:	Yes
Craftable:	Yes
Nameable:	Yes
Craft No.?:	Yes
Medieval:	Yes
Available Qualities
Unique Strange Collector's
Loadout Stats
The Market Gardener Level 1 - 100 Shovel Deals crits while the wielder is rocket jumping 20% slower firing speed No random critical hits

“

As the soldiers' need for a digging implement for graves, latrines and trenches increased to include hedgerows, shrubberies and officers' golf courses, the Army stepped up development of its standard issue digging tools to make them smaller and more effective. — Market Gardener publicity blurb

”

The Market Gardener is a community-created melee weapon for the Soldier. It is an entrenching shovel with a tan wooden handle fastened with green metal.

The Market Gardener deals critical hits to enemies whilst the wielder is rocket jumping (or otherwise airborne via explosion), but will not randomly crit otherwise. Compared to the default Shovel, the Market Gardener has a 20% slower swinging speed.

Damage and function times

See also: Damage

Identical to: Shovel

Damage and function times
Damage type		Melee
Ranged or Melee damage?		Melee
Damage
Base damage	100%	65
Critical		195
Mini-crit		88
Function times
Attack interval		0.96 s
Values are approximate and determined by community testing.

Item set

Main article: Item sets

The Airborne Armaments
	Liberty Launcher Reserve Shooter Market Gardener Jumper's Jeepcap
Effect	No effect

Crafting

See also: Crafting

Blueprint

Reclaimed Metal		Gunboats		Pain Train		Market Gardener
	+		+		=

Class Token - Soldier		Slot Token - Melee		Scrap Metal		Possible Results
	+		+		=

As a crafting ingredient

Refined Metal		Airborne Armaments weapon		Jumper's Jeepcap
x4	+		=

Strange variant

Strange variant information

Strange Market Gardener Strange Shovel - Kills: 0 Deals crits while the wielder is rocket jumping 20% slower firing speed No random critical hits Only the first statistic counts towards the strange rank.

Compatible Strange parts Strange Part: Damage Dealt Strange Cosmetic Part: Fires Survived Strange Part: Allied Healing Done Strange Part: Allies Extinguished Strange Part: Scouts Killed Strange Part: Soldiers Killed Strange Part: Pyros Killed Strange Part: Demomen Killed Strange Part: Heavies Killed Strange Part: Engineers Killed Strange Part: Medics Killed Strange Part: Snipers Killed Strange Part: Spies Killed Strange Part: Cloaked Spies Killed Strange Part: Low-Health Kills Strange Part: Posthumous Kills Strange Part: Kills While Übercharged Strange Part: Defender Kills Strange Part: Underwater Kills Strange Part: Critical Kills Strange Part: Gib Kills Strange Part: Kills While Explosive Jumping Strange Part: Headshot Kills Strange Part: Airborne Enemies Killed Strange Part: Burning Enemy Kills Strange Part: Medics Killed That Have Full ÜberCharge Strange Part: Unusual-Wearing Player Kills Strange Part: Point-Blank Kills Strange Part: Long-Distance Kills Strange Part: Domination Kills Strange Part: Revenge Kills Strange Part: Full Moon Kills Strange Part: Halloween Kills Strange Part: Kills During Victory Time Strange Part: Kills with a Taunt Attack Strange Part: Buildings Destroyed Strange Part: Sappers Destroyed Strange Part: Robots Destroyed Strange Part: Giant Robots Destroyed Strange Part: Robot Spies Destroyed Strange Part: Tanks Destroyed Strange Part: Robots Destroyed During Halloween Strange Part: Projectiles Reflected Strange Cosmetic Part: Freezecam Taunt Appearances Strange Part: Killstreaks Ended Strange Part: Player Hits

Related achievements

 Soldier

Trench Warfare Kill your nemesis with a shovel. Death from Above Rocket jump and kill 2 enemies before you land.

Wings of Glory Kill an enemy soldier while both you and the target are airborne.

Update history

June 23, 2011 Patch (Über Update)

• The Market Gardener was added to the game.

June 28, 2011 Patch

• Added/Refined recoil/draw/crit/reload forces for the Market Gardener.

May 17, 2012 Patch

• [Undocumented] Added Strange quality.

September 4, 2012 Patch

• The Market Gardener now uses Shovel sounds.

November 12, 2013 Patch

• [Undocumented] Added Collector's quality.

December 17, 2015 Patch (Tough Break Update)

• Changed attribute:
  • Added 20% Attack Speed penalty.

Bugs

• The state of "launched by explosion" can be prolonged by jumping at the exact moment the player lands (bunnyhopping), which allows the weapon to crit after technically landing, and can theoretically be extended indefinitely.
• There is sometimes a glitch when playing the game with DirectX8 that causes the model to flip backwards.
• If a player rocket jumps and lands in water, the Market Gardener will still be able to crit until the player gets to shallow enough water where they can walk on the botttom.

Trivia

• The real life counterpart to the Market Gardener is the M-1951 Entrenching Tool.
• The name of this item comes from Operation Market Garden, a (failed) operation consisting of an Allied paradrop around the Dutch cities of Eindhoven, Nijmegen, and Arnhem to capture key bridges and a ground attack to move over said captured bridges, that occurred during World War II.

Gallery

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  First-person view.

See also

• Market Gardener strategy