Single Headed Tools

## Overview

Single Headed Tools are created by placing a vanilla shovel onto a Workbench. They consist of two major modules: the head and the handle. They may apply one optional minor module in the form of a socket or a binding.

## Default Modules

External mods may offer a variety of single-headed tools, but by default, Tetra provides the following:

### Head Modules

#### Shovel

A shovel in Tetra works exactly the same as those in vanilla Minecraft. They clear dirt quickly and can be used to create paths by right-clicking. A maximally effective shovel should focus on achieving a combination of tool efficiency and swing speed - which means using Netherite if no other mods are present. When honing a shovel, the player may increase the shovel's speed, durability, or efficiency. If any quality is honed to Tier 5, the overall tier of the shovel may be increased, allowing it to potentially shovel some, as yet, unheard of *super* *dirt*.

#### Spearhead

A spear is a type of weapon. When first created, it will be fairly competent and will likely offer more damage than a sword made of equivalent material. However, spear handles can only hone attack speed and durability, meaning its attack power might not increase with time as well as a sword, and it can eventually fall behind a sword in terms of absolute damage output.

#### Earthpiercer

A special head which can only be created if the player holds an "Earthpiercer" in their inventory. In spite of being unique and being described as to "hum violently", it is actually quite weak as a weapon, and instead acts as a sort of digging tool. Honing can increase its use speed and its "piercing" ability, which appears not to be functional.

#### Trident

If a trident obtained from a Drowned is placed on a workbench, it can be improved. It works exactly as the vanilla trident, serving as a melee weapon, but the handle material can be changed to upgrade its throwing power. In practice, the trident head is just a variant of spear and it is able to hone the same attributes as a spear. The trident head is slightly stronger than diamond, but weaker than Netherite in terms of attack damage.

### Handle Modules

The main, long-term advantage of a spear over a sword or an axe isn't damage, but versatility. The handles available to a spear provide reach or throwing capabilities which swords and axes cannot access.

#### Basic Handle

The basic handle is a standard handle with no specific advantages or drawbacks. It uses a minimal amount of Integrity, which is fine for a shovel but likely suboptimal to a spear since a spear cannot hone attack damage and will benefit less from Integrity.

#### Light Handle

A light handle allows a spear to be thrown when right-clicking, in exactly the same manner as a vanilla trident. A heavier handle decreases the attack speed of the weapon, but increases the damage done by the weapon when thrown. The base damage of the weapon is determined by the head module, and attack speed can be honed, so this represents a fairly reasonable trade-off the player might wish to consider.

#### Long Handle

A long handle allows the weapon or tool to attack mobs from further away, or to use the tool on blocks that are further away. Lighter materials permit the handle further reach, but the handle is also the primary source of Integrity and many lightweight materials have poorer Integrity, meaning the player must balance their opportunity costs.

### Tetra's tools

blades

double headed

single headed

shields

toolbelts

bows

crossbows