Market Gardener

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The Soldier flying towards his victim

The Market Gardener is a 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 soon after he lands, but will not randomly crit otherwise.

Damage and function times

See also: Damage
Damage and function times
Damage
Base damage 100% 65
Point blank 55-75
Critical 195
Mini-crit 75-101
Function times
Attack interval 0.8 s
Values are approximate and determined by community testing.

Item set

Main article: Item sets
The Airborne Armaments
Item icon World War Wednesday Bundle.png
Effect

No effect

Demonstration

Related achievements

Leaderboard class soldier.png Soldier

Trench Warfare
Trench Warfare
Kill your nemesis with a shovel.
Wings of Glory
Wings of Glory
Kill an enemy soldier while both you and the target are airborne.

Crafting

See also: Crafting

Blueprint

Reclaimed Metal Gunboats Pain Train Market Gardener
Item icon Reclaimed Metal.png + Item icon Gunboats.png + Item icon Pain Train.png = Item icon Market Gardener.png
Class Token - Soldier Slot Token - Melee Scrap Metal Possible Results
Item icon Class Token - Soldier.png + Item icon Slot Token - Melee.png + Item icon Scrap Metal.png =
Item icon Equalizer.png Item icon Pain Train.png Item icon Half-Zatoichi.png Item icon Disciplinary Action.png
Item icon Market Gardener.png Item icon Escape Plan.png Item icon Freedom Staff.png Item icon Ham Shank.png
Item icon Bat Outta Hell.png Item icon Conscientious Objector.png

As a crafting ingredient

Market Gardener Refined Metal Jumper's Jeepcap
Item icon Market Gardener.png + Item icon Refined Metal.pngx4 = Item icon Jumper's Jeepcap.png

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 all of the new weapons in the Über Update.

Trivia

  • The item's name is a reference to Template:W which was the largest airborne operation in World War II. Around 14,589 allied soldiers were landed by glider and 20,011 by parachute behind German enemy lines.
  • The item was initally designed to be a cross between a pickaxe and a shovel, however, in the final stages of development, the pickaxe was removed and the Market Gardener remains a shovel.
    • It's thumbmail still uses the scrapped version of the Market Gardener.

Gallery

See also