GameMenu/Craft/Tools

About

This page is about the Tools sub-menu of the game and will mention pages relevant to what one can find inside it.
This sub-menu can be found inside the Craft-menu.

• Sub-menus you can find in the Tools-menu are:
  • Miscellaneous Tools.
  • Pots & Pans.
• Non-menu entries you can find in the Tools-menu are:
  • Boomstick.
  • Branding Iron.
  • Bugcatcher's Net.
  • Cougar Snips.
  • Dowsing Rods.
  • Flint Axe.
  • Hot Branding Iron.
  • Hunting Knife.
  • Iron Tongs.
  • Knife Blade.
  • Knife Hilt.
  • Metal Axe.
  • Metal Pickaxe.
  • Metal Shovel.
  • Primitive Pickaxe.
  • Steel Axe.
  • Steel Pickaxe.
  • Stone Saw.
  • Torch.
  • Wooden Handle.
  • Wooden Shovel.

Other related info

Tools that Wear

Some Tools take wear the most you use them and therefore will eventually need to be replaced. Other Tools generally will NOT need to be replaced with the exception of certain Madness events such as Questionably Effective Axes and Questionably Effective Shovels.

• Branding Iron
• Butcher Knife
• Cougar Snips
• Fishing Pole
• Fishmaster 1600
• Hunting Knife
• Iron Tongs
• Knife of Coyote
• Makeshift Fishing Rod
• Shears
• Steel Scissors
• Wild Whip

Axes

Equipping Any Axe allows Chop Trees, Logs, and Wood Piles, Split Woodblocks, Strike Cuttings, and Chip Boulders, although it's better to use Any Pickaxe for this if one is available. The higher tier the Axe, the faster it completes these actions.

Axe	Speed	Notes
Flint Axe	Slow
Metal Axe	Moderate
Steel Axe	Fast
Executioner's Axe	Fastest
Halberd	Slow	Counts as a Polearm
Golden Halberd	Slow	Counts as a Polearm

WARNING! Using an Axe with any Madness levels runs the risk of it permanently becoming an unusable Questionably Effective Axe.

Hoes

Having Any Hoe equipped decreases both the Phlegm cost and the time it takes to build a Tilled Field. Normally a Tilled Field's Upkeep can only be lowered to 50%, however, once the Plantation Management Skill has been learned, right-clicking a Tilled Field with Any Hoe equipped and selecting "Tend" will permanently lower that Tilled Field's Upkeep Cap.

Hoes	Speed	Phlegm Reduction	Min Upkeep	Notes
Wooden Hoe	Slow	Slight	30%
Iron Hoe	Moderate	Moderate	25%
Farmer's Hoe	Fast	Great	20%	Legacy

Knives and Butchering

Having a Knife equipped when Butchering or Skinning creatures will speed up the process, transfer Purity, and prevent the Insanity gained when Butchering by hand. When you finish Butchering any Creature it will leave a temporary Blood Splatter behind.

Method	Speed	Gain Insanity?	Notes
By Hand	Slow	Yes
Butcher Knife	Moderate	No
Knife of Coyote	Fast	No
Hunting Knife	Fastest	No	Legacy

Pickaxes

Equipping Any Pickaxe allows you to Mine and Boulders. The higher tier the Pickaxe, the faster it completes these actions.

Pickaxe	Speed
Primitive Pickaxe	Slow
Metal Pickaxe	Moderate
Steel Pickaxe	Fast

WARNING! Using a Pickaxe with any Madness levels runs the risk of it permanently becoming an unusable Questionably Effective Pickaxe.

Casting Rods

Equipping a Any Bait to Any Casting Rod allows you to use the Fish action. The more durable the Rod, and the higher your Flora & Fauna Proficiency, the slower it will wear and the longer it will last before breaking. At 100% wear your Rod will be break, this will cause Bait still attached to be lost.

Rod	Durability	Notes
Makeshift Fishing Rod	Low
Fishing Pole	Medium
Fishmaster 1600	High	Legacy

Saws

Equipping Any Saw allows you to Cut Fresh Boards from a Sawbuck. The high tier the Saw the faster it makes Fresh Boards.

Saw	Speed	Notes
Stone Saw	Slow
Steel Saw	Moderate
Hand Saw	Fast	Legacy

Scissors

Having Any Scissors equipped while making Rags from Any Clothing will increase your chance of recovering some or all of the Artifacts Slotted into that Clothing. The higher the Scissors' Keen, the better the chance of recovering your Artifacts. Once a pair of Scissors reaches 100% wear they will break.

Scissors	Keen	Wears with Use?	Notes
Steel Scissors	20%	Yes
Cougar Snips	50%	Yes
Hinchliffe Scissors	70%	No	Legacy

Shovels

Equipping Any Shovel allows you to Dig most biomes, remove Paving, Uproot Bushes, and Destroy Tree Stumps faster. The higher tier the Shovel, the faster it completes these actions.

Shovel	Speed	Notes
Wooden Shovel	Slow
Metal Shovel	Moderate
Steel Shovel	Fast
Undertaker Shovel	Fastest	NOT subject to Madness Event.

Mineral Pans

With Rubble in your Inventory and a Mineral Pan equipped allows you to use Sift Rubble action on The Shallows to wash your Rubble and reveal if there was Any Raw Gem, Black Sand, or Goldflakes hidden within. Raw Gems have both a variable number of Hardness which determines how difficult that Gem is to cut on Gemcutter's Wheel and a have a variable number of Carats determined purely on chance, which gives a bonus to the Cut Gem's Artifact stats and if over 1.00 carats, change that Gemstone's size. Finding Any Raw Gem during a Blood Moon will instead give you a Blood Shard. Finding Any Raw Gem while Sifting reduces a bit of Insanity.

Pan	Speed	Notes
Sifting Pan	Slow
Prospector's Pan	Fast	Legacy

WARNING! When Sifting with any Madness levels you may receive The Precious which will crack Any Raw Gems you find into Fractured Gemstones.

Prospecting Devices

Equipping a Prospecting Device allows you to Prospect. Prospecting reveals the locations of Well Points and Ore Nodes which are hidden underground. When Prospecting a pink arrow will appear above your head which will spin randomly until you get close enough to a Node for it to lock on. Once it has locked on it will towards point the nearest Node's. Once you are close enough a Node will appear on the ground as a patch with brown, gray, or blue steaks running through it. Currently a Prospecting Device's Purity does NOT matter.

Item	Hands	Finds
Dowsing Rods	1	All Mine Entrance Nodes.
Woo-Woo-Wand	2	Some Mine Entrance Nodes. Well Points.

Quills

Quills can be used to write Books or equipped to Tickle pilgrims.

Quill	With Ink	Notes
Quill	Inked Quill
Concord Quill	Inked Concord Quill	Concord reward.
Popham Quill	Inked Popham Quill	Popham reward.

Tickling

With a Quill equipped and the French Tickler Skill learned, right-clicking on another pilgrim gives you the option to "Tickle". Tickling another pilgrim transfers your Insanity to them - lowering yours but raising theirs. The longer you Tickle the more Insanity you will transfer, however, any action that causes you to involuntarily stop Tickling, such as the pilgrim moving away, will cause you to gain a large amount of Insanity and may cause your Quill to break. Tickling is NOT a Crime! and therefore will NOT leave Evidence or Scents.

WARNING! It is technically possible to Tickle a pilgrim past level 10 Madness so that the pilgrims permanently dies. Tickling another pilgrim to death adds a massive amount of Insanity.

Tongs

Tongs are required to be equipped in order to remove a Bloom from a Finery Forge and bring it to a Trip Hammer in the process of making Wrought Iron Bars.

Tong	Wears?	Notes
Iron Tongs	Yes
Hellfire Tongs	No	Legacy

Whipping Criminals

With the Sanctioned Mortification Skill learned and a Whip equipped, right-clicking on any of the Stocks which a criminal is locked up in, gives you the option to "Whip" them. Whipping a criminal will deal permanent damage to their Humours. This damage is determined by the Whipper's Justice Score and is increased if the criminal is offline. Whipping damage will not cause a criminal's Humours to drop lower than 5. Whipping a criminal adds 100 Justice Points and getting Whipped adds a small amount of Insanity.

Whip	Times per Criminal	Notes
Wild Whip	1	Wears on use.
Executioner's Whip	2	Legacy item.
Concord Whip	3	Concord reward.
Whip of Popham	3	Popham reward.
Mr. Sad Paddle	∞	Dev only item.

Other Tools

Tool	Use	Notes
Branding Iron	Branding Domesticated Animals.	Wears with use.
Bugcatcher's Net	Catching Any Butterfly, Any Glowworm, Any Moth.	Also a Hat!
Frying Pan	Fried Foods.
Garden Shovel	Gardening	Legacy
Pitchfork	Harvesting Hay.	Legacy
Reaping Scythe	Harvesting Tilled Fields.	Legacy
Rolling Pin	Rolling Dough.	Legacy
Shears	Shearing Wool.	Wears with use.
Torch	Lighting Fires.
Wooden Paddle	Getting into a Canoe.