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[[File:Tool_using.gif|thumb|200px|Seraph using common tools.]]
To be able to progress in the game you will need to gather a lot of different materials. Some of these materials, however, might require some extra work before you’re able to collect them. This is what tools are for! Tools are basic items that allow you to harvest resources which would otherwise be either impractical or impossible to do with your bare hands. There’s a large variety of tools, usually classified by the material they’re made out of (tier). <br />

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Making tools can easily become a multi-step process that involves different kinds of mechanics, like [[Knapping|knapping]], [[Casting|casting]], [[Smithing|smithing]], and [[Crafting#Grid|grid crafting]]; this makes getting better tools no easy feat, but the challenge makes it all the more rewarding in the end.<br />

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It’s important to note that some character classes have personal modifiers (traits) that can affect the effectiveness of certain tools: 

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* The '''Hunter class''' gives a <span style="color: green">10% increase</span> in animal harvesting speed.
* The '''Blackguard class''' gives a <span style="color: green">10% increase</span> in mining speed
* The '''Tailor class''' gives a <span style="color: red">10% decrease</span> in mining speed and animal harvesting speed.

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For a more in-depth explanation of positive and negative traits see [[Classes]].

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==Obtaining== <!--T:7-->
====Loot Vessels====
Some tools can be obtained by breaking [[Loot_Vessels|Tool Cracked Vessels]], which can be found in most [[Ruins|ruins]]. 

====Scrap Weapon Kit==== <!--T:8-->
The [[Metal_scraps|scrap axe]] is one of the random scrap tools that can be obtained using a scrap weapon kit, with a 25% chance of being the axe over the other tools.

====Crafting==== <!--T:9-->
All tools can be obtained by the different [[Crafting|crafting mechanics]] in the game. For most tools, the process usually entails making a top piece of a tool by either [[Knapping|knapping]], [[Casting|casting]] or [[Smithing|smithing]] and then combining it with a stick on the crafting grid.

==Usage== <!--T:10-->
====Crafting====
Materials can be crafted or processed by using tools in the crafting grid with the material to process. 

====Preferred tool==== <!--T:11-->
Some blocks have a "preferred tool", meaning they can only be broken with certain tools or tool tiers. The tool's material also affects how fast a block is broken. If used for its intended block, the ranking of tool materials, from worst to best in terms of breaking speed, are: Stone, Flint, Obsidian, Gold, Silver, Copper, Bismuth bronze, Tin Bronze, Black Bronze, Iron, Meteoric Iron, and Steel

====Durability==== <!--T:12-->
Different tools have different amounts of durability, meaning some take more uses before they break than others. A tool's durability is also affected by its material. If used for its intended purpose, the ranking of tool materials, from worst to best in terms of durability, are: Stone, Flint, Obsidian, Gold, Silver, Copper, Tin Bronze, Bismuth Bronze, Black Bronze, Iron, Meteoric Iron, and Steel.

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Some tools are not block-breaking tools, meaning they’re not better than your bare hands at breaking blocks. This includes the Firestarter, Hammer, Chisel, Cleaver, Helve Hammer, and Padlock.

==Tool Types== <!--T:14-->
According to their function, tools can either be for collecting blocks/items (Harvesting), for making new items (Crafting), or for a specific purpose unique to the tool (Special):

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:{| class="wikitable" style="width: 90%;"
|-
! Image
! Tool
! Function
! width="70%" | Description
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | [[File:Grid_CopperAxe.png|50px]] 
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Axe]]
| style="text-align:center;" | '''Harvesting, Crafting'''
| Used for cutting down trees and breaking leaf blocks, as well as wood derived blocks like logs, planks, fences, gates and other wooden building components. Used to create firewood in the crafting grid and for other crafting recipes.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | [[File:Grid_Copper knife.png|50px]] 
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Knife]]
| style="text-align:center;" | '''Harvesting, Crafting'''
| Used for harvesting plant blocks, including grass, mushrooms, and Cooper's Reed. Used for harvesting meat from animals, for leather working, and for crafting recipes.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | [[File:Grid_CopperShovel.png|50px]] 
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Shovel]]
| style="text-align:center;" | '''Harvesting'''
| Used for harvesting terrain blocks including soil, clay, peat, sand, and gravel.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | [[File:Grid_CopperHoe.png|50px]] 
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Hoe]]
| style="text-align:center;" | '''Special, Harvesting'''
| Used in farming to convert soil into farmland. Used for harvesting terrain blocks including soil.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | [[File:Grid_CopperPick.png|50px]] 
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Pickaxe]]
| style="text-align:center;" | '''Harvesting'''
| Used for breaking ceramic, stone, and stone derived blocks. Used to harvest rock and ores.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | [[File:Grid_Copper_prospecting_pick.png|50px]] 
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Prospecting_Pick|Prospecting Pick]]
| style="text-align:center;" | '''Special'''
| Breaks rock, but does not drop items from mined blocks; used to detect the presence of nearby ores when mining.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | [[File:Grid_CopperHammer.png|50px]]
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Hammer]] 
| style="text-align:center;" | '''Special, Crafting'''
| Used in smithing, and to crush stones/ores in the crafting grid.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | [[File:Grid_Copper_Chisel.png|50px]]
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Chisel]] 
| style="text-align:center;" | '''Special, Crafting'''
| Used to stylize blocks. Paired with the hammer, it can be used to polish rock, create stone bricks, or carving wooden gears and axles in the crafting grid.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | [[File:Grid_CopperSaw.png|50px]]
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Saw]]
| style="text-align:center;" | '''Harvesting, Crafting'''
| Used in grid crafting to create boards (the primary component required to create wooden items and blocks), cutting glass into slabs, and carving wooden gears. Used to harvest wood derived blocks.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | [[File:Grid_CopperShears.png|50px]]
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Shears]]
| style="text-align:center;" | '''Harvesting'''
| Used to break leaf blocks and branchy leaf blocks, as well as harvesting seeds and sticks from trees.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | [[File:Grid_copper_cleaver.png|50px]]
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Cleaver]]
| style="text-align:center;" | '''Special'''
| Used to easily kill third generation domesticated animals bred using animal husbandry.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | [[File:Grid_Scythe.png|50px]]
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Scythe]]
| style="text-align:center;" | '''Harvesting'''
| Used in farming to harvest crops or collect grass in a big radius.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | [[File:Grid_Tin bronze helve hammer.png|50px]] 
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Helve_hammer|Helve Hammer]]
| style="text-align:center;" | '''Crafting'''
| Used in smithing, along with a [[Mechanical_Power#Smithing|helve hammer base]] and a toggle, via mechanization using a windmill.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | [[File:Grid_Firestarter.png|50px]] 
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Firestarter]]
| style="text-align:center;" | '''Special'''
| Used for starting firepits, pit kilns, and other structures on fire. Sneak and hold the right click to start heating it up.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | [[File:Pan-wooden.png|50px]] 
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Panning]]
| style="text-align:center;" | '''Special'''
| Used to acquire minerals from sand and gravel terrain blocks. Right click a sand block while holding the wooden pan and hold right click to start panning for minerals. Don’t forget to stand on water!
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | [[File:Plumb_and_Square.png|50px]] 
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Block_reinforcement|Plumb and Square]]
| style="text-align:center;" | '''Special'''
| Used to reinforce blocks, having to be broken multiple times to disappear.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | [[File:Grid_Padlock.png|50px]] 
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Block_reinforcement|Padlock]]
| style="text-align:center;" | '''Special'''
| Used to protect container blocks, preventing other players from accessing them. Right click a container block with the padlock in your active hand to lock it.
|}

==Tool Tiers== <!--T:16-->
The material used to create the weapon determines their tier. In general, higher tier tools have more durability (lasts longer), provide faster mining speeds (faster to use) and allow you to break certain blocks other tiers can’t. Higher tier tools will also require advanced material and crafting processes to create. 

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:{| class="wikitable" style="width: 90%;"
|-
! width="8%" | Tier
! width="12%" | Material
! Tools available
! width="68%" | Description 
|-
! Tier 0 
| {{Item List | item=Metal scraps | icon=metal-scraps | page=Metal scraps}}
| style="text-align:center;" | Only axe
| Some tools can be made from metal scraps in an emergency or as first solutions in the early game. To get a scrap tool, the player needs to craft a scrap weapon kit, which can be right clicked to receive a random scrap weapon or tool. 
|-
! Tier 1 
| {{Item List | item=Stones | icon=flint | page=Stone}}
| style="text-align:center;" | Only knife, axe, shovel, and hoe
| Stone tools are made by [[knapping]]. Stone tools made of flint or other stones offer the player a limited selection of tools, but are the only early game option. 
|-
! rowspan="3" | Tier 2 
| {{Item List | item=Copper | icon=Ingot-copper | page=Copper}}
| rowspan="3"; style="text-align:center;"|All except helve hammer
| rowspan="3" | Copper tools can be made by [[casting]] or [[smithing]], although all metal tools can be made from copper, not all tools can be made using the casting mechanic. These tools can also be crafted from the rare base metals gold and silver.
|-
| {{Item List | item=Gold | icon=Ingot-gold | page=Gold}}
|-
| {{Item List | item=Silver | icon=Ingot-silver | page=Silver}}
|-
! rowspan="3" | Tier 3 
| {{Item List | item=Tin Bronze | icon=Ingot-tin | page=Tin bronze}}
| style="text-align:center;" | All except helve hammer
| rowspan="3" | Bronze alloy tools can be made by [[casting]] or [[smithing]], although all metal tools can be made from bronze alloys, not all tools can be made using the casting mechanic.
|-
| {{Item List | item=Bismuth bronze | icon=Ingot-bismuth | page=Bismuth bronze}}
| rowspan="2"; style="text-align:center;"| All
|-
| {{Item List | item=Black bronze | icon=Ingot-blackbronze | page=Black bronze}}
| style="text-align:center;" |All
|-
! rowspan="2" | Tier 4 
| {{Item List | item=Iron | icon=Ingot-iron | page=iron}}
| rowspan="2"; style="text-align:center;" | All
| Iron tools can only be made by smithing. All available metal tools can be smithed from iron.
|-
| {{Item List | item=Meteoric Iron | icon=Ingot-meteoriciron| page=Metal}}
| Meteoric iron tools can only be made by [[smithing]]. All available metal tools can be smithed from [[Metal|meteoric iron]].
|-
! Tier 5 
| {{Item List | item=Steel| icon=Ingot-steel| page=Steel_Making}}
| style="text-align:center;" | All
| Steel tools can only be made by [[smithing]]. All available metal tools can be smithed from steel.
|}

===Special Cases=== <!--T:18-->
Certain tools who don’t have a tier include the Firestarter, Plumb and Square, Padlock, and Wooden Pan

==Tool Stats== <!--T:19-->
As explained before, some tools have certain attributes that make them ideal for breaking certain types of blocks, reducing the time it takes to break them. Some of these are:

===Axes=== <!--T:20-->

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:{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
! rowspan=2 | Material
! colspan=3 | Mining Speed
! rowspan=2 | Durability
|-
! Wood
! Plants
! Leaves
|-
| '''Other stones'''
| 2.6x
| 2.2x
| 1.7x
| 50
|-
| '''Flint'''
| 2.8x
| 2.2x
| 1.6x
| 60
|-
| '''Obsidian'''
| 3.5x
| 2.7x
| 2.4x
| 90
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| '''Scrap'''
| 4.0x
| 2.6x
| 2.2x
| 125
|-
| '''Copper'''
| 5.0x
| 2.8x
| 2.4x
| 250
|-
| '''Gold'''
| 4.0x
| 3.3x
| 3.0x
| 500
|-
| '''Silver'''
| 4.0x
| 3.3x
| 3.0x
| 125
|-
| '''Bismuth bronze'''
| 5.4x
| 3.5x
| 2.6x
| 125
|-
| '''Tin bronze'''
| 5.8x
| 3.8x
| 3.0x
| 400
|-
| '''Black bronze'''
| 6.3x
| 4.0x
| 3.1x
| 600
|-
| '''Iron'''
| 8.0x
| 5.0x
| 3.2x
| 900
|-
| '''Meteoric iron'''
| 9.0x
| 5.5x
| 3.6x
| 1200
|-
| '''Steel'''
| 10x
| 6.0x
| 4.0x
| 1800
|}

===Knives=== <!--T:22--> 

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:{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
! rowspan=2 | Material
! colspan=1 | Mining Speed
! rowspan=2 | Durability
|-
! Plants
|-
| '''Other stones'''
| 1.0x
| 45
|-
| '''Basalt'''
| 1.1x
| 45
|-
| '''Flint'''
| 1.2x
| 65
|-
| '''Obsidian'''
| 1.2x
| 80
|-
| '''Copper'''
| 1.5x
| 300
|-
| '''Gold'''
| 1.6x
| 500
|-
| '''Silver'''
| 1.6x
| 450
|-
| '''Bismuth bronze'''
| 1.7x
| 150
|-
| '''Tin bronze'''
| 1.8x
| 150
|-
| '''Black bronze'''
| 1.9x
| 550
|-
| '''Iron'''
| 2.0x
| 900
|-
| '''Meteoric iron'''
| 2.2x
| 1200
|-
| '''Steel'''
| 2.4x
| 2250
|}

===Shovels=== <!--T:24-->

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:{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
! rowspan=2 | Material
! colspan=4 | Mining Speed
! rowspan=2 | Durability
|-
! Soil
! Sand
! Gravel
! Snow
|-
| '''Other stones'''
| 2.2x
| 2.2x
| 1.9x
| 1.9x
| 60
|-
| '''Flint'''
| 2.5x
| 2.2x
| 1.9x
| 1.9x
| 90
|-
| '''Obsidian'''
| 3.0x
| 3.0x
| 2.2x
| 2.2x
| 100
|-
| '''Copper'''
| 4.0x
| 4.0x
| 2.6x
| 2.6x
| 400
|-
| '''Bismuth bronze'''
| 5.0x
| 5.0x
| 3.2x
| 3.2x
| 650
|-
| '''Tin bronze'''
| 5.4x
| 5.4x
| 3.6x
| 3.6x
| 600
|-
| '''Gold'''
| 5.4x
| 5.4x
| 3.6x
| 3.6x
| 200
|-
| '''Silver'''
| 5.4x
| 5.4x
| 3.6x
| 3.6x
| 200
|-
| '''Black bronze'''
| 5.5x
| 5.5x
| 3.7x
| 3.7x
| 700
|-
| '''Iron'''
| 6.0x
| 6.0x
| 4.0x
| 4.0x
| 1200
|-
| '''Meteoric iron'''
| 6.5x
| 6.5x
| 4.2x
| 4.2x
| 1400
|-
| '''Steel'''
| 7.0x
| 7.0x
| 4.4x
| 4.4x
| 3000
|}

===Hoes=== <!--T:26-->

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:{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
! rowspan=2 | Material
! colspan=1 | Mining Speed
! rowspan=2 | Durability
|-
! Soil
|-
| '''Other stones'''
| 2.2x
| 30
|-
| '''Basalt'''
| 2.2x
| 35
|-
| '''Flint'''
| 2.2x
| 40
|-
| '''Obsidian'''
| 2.2x
| 50
|-
| '''Copper'''
| 2.6x
| 200
|-
| '''Bismuth bronze'''
| 3.2x
| 300
|-
| '''Tin bronze'''
| 3.6x
| 280
|-
| '''Gold'''
| 3.6x
| 90
|-
| '''Silver'''
| 3.6x
| 90
|-
| '''Black bronze'''
| 3.6x
| 330
|-
| '''Iron'''
| 4.0x
| 500
|-
| '''Meteoric iron'''
| 4.15x
| 600
|-
| '''Steel'''
| 4.4x
| 1250
|}

===Pickaxes=== <!--T:28-->

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:{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
! rowspan=2 | Material
! colspan=5 | Mining Speed
! rowspan=2 | Durability
|-
! Ceramic
! Stone
! Ore
! Metal
! Ice
|-
| '''Copper'''
| 1.5x
| 4.0x
| 4.0x
| 4.0x
| 1.75x
| 300
|-
| '''Bismuth bronze'''
| 2.0x
| 5.5x
| 5.5x
| 5.5x
| 2.2x
| 500
|-
| '''Tin bronze'''
| 2.25x
| 6.0x
| 6.0x
| 6.0x
| 2.3x
| 450
|-
| '''Gold'''
| 1.75x
| 5.0x
| 5.0x
| 5.0x
| 2.0x
| 150
|-
| '''Silver'''
| 1.75x
| 5.0x
| 5.0x
| 5.0x
| 2.0x
| 175
|-
| '''Black bronze'''
| 2.5x
| 6.5x
| 6.5x
| 6.5x
| 2.8x
| 550
|-
| '''Iron'''
| 2.75x
| 7.5x
| 7.5x
| 7.5x
| 3.5x
| 1000
|-
| '''Meteoric iron'''
| 3.0x
| 8.0x
| 8.0x
| 8.0x
| 3.75x
| 1300
|-
| '''Steel'''
| 3.25x
| 9.0x
| 9.0x
| 9.0x
| 4.25x
| 2500
|}

===Saws=== <!--T:30-->

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:{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
! rowspan=2 | Material
! colspan=2 | Mining Speed
! rowspan=2 | Durability
|-
! Wood
! Leaves
|-
| '''Copper'''
| 4.0x
| 2.4x
| 250
|-
| '''Bismuth bronze'''
| 4.4x
| 2.6x
| 450
|-
| '''Tin bronze'''
| 4.6x
| 3.0x
| 400
|-
| '''Gold'''
| 4.6x
| 3.0x
| 70
|-
| '''Silver'''
| 4.6x
| 3.0x
| 90
|-
| '''Black bronze'''
| 4.7x
| 3.1x
| 500
|-
| '''Iron'''
| 5.0x
| 3.2x
| 900
|-
| '''Meteoric iron'''
| 5.5x
| 3.6x
| 1200
|-
| '''Steel'''
| 6.0x
| 4.0x
| 2250
|}

===Shears=== <!--T:32-->
:{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
! rowspan=2 | Material
! colspan=1 | Mining Speed
! rowspan=2 | Durability
|-
! Leaves
|-
| '''Copper'''
| 1.0x
| 1000
|-
| '''Bismuth bronze'''
| 1.0x
| 2000
|-
| '''Tin bronze'''
| 1.0x
| 1750
|-
| '''Gold'''
| 1.0x
| 750
|-
| '''Silver'''
| 1.0x
| 750
|-
| '''Black bronze'''
| 1.0x
| 2250
|-
| '''Iron'''
| 1.0x
| 3800
|-
| '''Meteoric iron'''
| 1.0x
| 7500
|-
| '''Steel'''
| 1.0x
| 9500
|}

===Scythes=== <!--T:33-->

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:{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
! rowspan=2 | Material
! colspan=1 | Mining Speed
! rowspan=2 | Durability
|-
! Plants
|-
| '''Copper'''
| 1.0x
| 450
|-
| '''Bismuth bronze'''
| 1.0x
| 900
|-
| '''Tin bronze'''
| 1.0x
| 600
|-
| '''Gold'''
| 1.0x
| 15
|-
| '''Silver'''
| 1.0x
| 187
|-
| '''Black bronze'''
| 1.0x
| 900
|-
| '''Iron'''
| 1.0x
| 1350
|-
| '''Meteoric iron'''
| 1.0x
| 1800
|-
| '''Steel'''
| 1.0x
| 3400
|}

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