Tools

**Tools** are items in Paleo Pines that are used to engage with the primary game mechanics such as Farming or dino care.

## Basic Tools

The **Hoe** and the **Watering Can** are used to care for crops, while the **Shovel** is a multi-use tool that can be used for crops or dino care. These three basic tools are given to the player by Marlo on the first full day, upon meeting him in Pebble Plaza.

### Hoe

The **Hoe** is used to till soil in order to plant crops. *To use the Hoe*, first equip it while on the ranch and you will see a coloured outline on the ground. If you're on clear ground that can be tilled, the outline will be white. Hold the left mouse button (LMB) to till the highlighted ground. Once you have tilled a piece of ground with the hoe, you can plant seeds on it. You can keep pressing LMB and walk around the ranch. This will keep using the hoe everywhere you walk!

### Watering Can

The **Watering Can** is used to water crops. *To use the Watering Can*, equip it by selecting it from the inventory. The colour of the outline on the ground will show you whether you can water a tile or not. Use the watering can by holding LMB. You can also hold down LMB while moving around the ranch to water several tiles in a row. On a rainy day, you won't need to water them yourself, so keep an eye on the weather. The indicator, a water droplet, in the top left corner tells you how much water you have left in the can. When it runs out, you'll have to refill it from a pond.

### Shovel

The **Shovel** is used it to clean up a dirty pen, clear areas of tilled soil that you want to start over with, or to dig holes to plant bushes and trees. *To use the Shovel*, first equip it while on the ranch and you will see a coloured outline on the ground. If you're on ground where the shovel can be used, the outline will be white. If the outline is red, there is something already on that tile that prevents you from using the shovel. If you dig a hole by accident, you can simply use the shovel to fill it in again.

## Journal

The **Journal** item is an incredibly beneficial item with an abundance of uses. Owynn gives it to the player on the morning of the first full day. It can be used to catalogue Artifacts and Plants, study wild dinos, check your crops and soil, and understand your dino friends' wants and needs. Additionally, using it on a pen will show the basic details of the pen, as well as its quality for the inhabitants.

The player can creep up on a sleeping wild dino to record information about their species, such as name, skills, and diet, as well as the colour of the individual and its rarity. Dinos can either fall asleep on their own at night, or can be put to sleep by soothing them until they get bored during the befriending process.

## Flute

The **Flute** can be obtained on the second full day in the game. It is the primary way in which the player will interact with their dino friends. To use the Flute, the player must equip it from your inventory and press LMB. This raises the flute to the player's mouth and puts them into music mode. From there, prompts will appear on the screen for the various commands available, using the four notes, **Red** (C4), **Yellow** (E4), **Blue** (G4), and **Purple** (A4).

### Flute Commands

If the player has a dino following them, and they enter into a valid Pen that the dino doesn't live in, the "Wait There" command will become "This Is Your Home Now," setting the dino to that pen. Alternatively, if the player wishes to release their dino friend, they can command the dino to follow them to the wilderness where the flute option "Move To The Wilds" will appear. If you tell a dino to return to the wild, Mari can track them down again if you ask her to.

In order to access the screen to Befriend a dino, one must imitate the dinosaur's friend call that will be sung once the dinosaur's attention has been obtained. Some notes will have one ring around them, which means the player will need to hold the button down so that the bubble will get one size larger. If the note has two rings around it, the player needs to hold down the button so that the bubble gets two sizes larger.

## Saddle

The **Saddle** is a consumable tool that is required to ride dinos. They can be purchased from Corlan in Pebble Plaza for 250 shells, or obtained from quests at the quest board. Additionally, one will be available on the ranch after you befriend your first Gallimimus and they become a Helper.