Tools

**Tools** are the various items that the player uses to interact with the world. namely axes, pickaxes, hoes, watering cans, fishing rods, and bug-catching nets.

## Upgrading Tools

Each tool type has upgraded versions that function better than their base, non-upgraded version.

Axes, pickaxes, watering cans, and hoes have five tiers: Normal/Non-upgraded, Copper, Iron, Gold, and Platinum. Their upgrade can be performed at the Blacksmith by having the ten metal bars of the correct type and enough gold to perform the upgrade.

Note that the tool will be unavailable for exactly two days while the upgrade is being performed. An icon will be displayed on the right side of the screen (below the time, gold, and zoom in/out controls) when the upgrade is complete.

### Upgrade Levels

 Iron
 Gold
 Platinum
20000

Fishing rods and bug-catching nets have three tiers: Normal/Non-upgraded, Super, and Ultra. Upgrades are unlocked differently from other tool-types: see Types of Fishing Rods or Types of Bug-Catching Nets for details.

## Axes

**Axes** can be used to chop down trees, or to chop logs, tree stumps, weeds, and sticks. This clears the space and in the case of trees tends to allow replanting the tree elsewhere. By holding down a swing, the player can charge a more powerful swing that performs a stronger hit.

### Types of Axes

  Copper Axe
  Iron Axe
  Gold Axe
  Platinum Axe

## Pickaxes

**Pickaxes** can be used to break rocks and weeds or to break down placed processors and decorations so that they can be placed elsewhere. It can also undig tiles that were dug by a hoe. By holding down a swing, the player can charge a more powerful swing that performs a stronger hit.

### Types of Pickaxes

  Copper Pickaxe
  Iron Pickaxe
  Gold Pickaxe
  Platinum Pickaxe

## Hoes

**Hoes** can be used to dig weeds or to hoe tiles so that crops can be planted. Digging in the same place twice will create a hole that can be filled with water from a watering can. Digging grassy tiles can clear the grass and yield Plant Fiber.

### Types of Pickaxes

  Copper Hoe
  Iron Hoe
  Gold Hoe
  Platinum Hoe

## Watering Cans

**Watering Cans** can be used to water crops or fill holes with water. If crops are consistently watered with a higher level watering can, they have an increased chance to be higher quality. See below the list of watering cans for how this increase is calculated.

### Types of Pickaxes

  Copper Watering Can
  Iron Watering Can
  Gold Watering Can
  Platinum Watering Can
50%

### Watering Can Quality Increase Formula

* t = Upgrade levels above base watering can (i.e. 0 for base watering can, 1 for copper, 2 for iron, etc.)
* n = Number of days the crop was watered with that can

1. Add up t \* n for each type of can the crop was watered with and add those values together.
2. Divide that result by the number of days the crop takes to grow.
3. Multiply that result by 12.5 to get a percentage value.

The chance to increase the quality by one is that percentage value, and the chance to increase by two is the same percentage value.

## Fishing Rods

**Fishing Rods** can be used to catch fish. To catch a fish, cast the rod into the water and wait for a fish to bite (indicated by the bobber going underwater). Press the tool use key when this happens to hook the fish and start the fishing minigame. Try to keep the fish in the green area of the bar by pressing left and right. Once the catch bar by the player character is filled, the fish will be caught.

### Types of Fishing Rods

  Super Rod
  Ultra Rod

## Bug-Catching Nets

**Bug-Catching Nets** can be used to catch bugs. To catch a bug, merely ready your net and sneak up to the bug, releasing the swing to catch them before getting too close.

### Types of Bug-Catching Nets

  Super Net
  Ultra Net