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Tools allow players to perform actions quickly and more efficiently, such as to gather materials, get info, or completely new functions. Aether tools are inefficient at mining Overworld blocks, and vice versa.

Tools do not stack, save for clocks, compasses, and skyroot buckets. Tools can be repaired, whether via an Altar or combining two similar tools with remaining durability (such as two Holystone Axes).

Usage

Further information: Axe

Axes are types of tools intended to make collecting wood-based blocks easier.

Further information: Pickaxe

Pickaxes are one of the most important tools and serve a function to collect stone, ore, and metal blocks.

Further information: Shovel

Shovels are tools that have a function for making soft-type blocks easier to gather, such as dirt.

Passive Abilities

Each type of tool has unique passive abilities. Skyroot doubles drops from naturally-generated blocks, Holystone has a chance to drop Ambrosium Shards, Zanite gets stronger as it's durability decreases, Gravitite (except for Swords) can send blocks flying from use on right-click at the cost of four durability, and Valkyrie has extended reach.

Obtaining

Tools can be primarily crafted, but Valkyrie tools are dropped only by defeating Slider bosses, with a 0.75% chance.

Crafting

Crafting GUI

Grid Skyroot Plank

Grid Skyroot Plank

Grid Skyroot Plank

Grid Skyroot Stick

Grid Skyroot Stick

Grid Skyroot Axe



Crafting GUI

Grid Skyroot Plank

Grid Skyroot Plank

Grid Skyroot Stick

Grid Skyroot Stick

Grid Skyroot Plank

Grid Skyroot Pickaxe



Crafting GUI

Grid Skyroot Plank

Grid Skyroot Stick

Grid Skyroot Stick

Grid Skyroot Shovel



Crafting GUI

Grid Holystone

Grid Holystone

Grid Holystone

Grid Skyroot Stick

Grid Skyroot Stick

Grid Holystone Axe



Crafting GUI

Grid Holystone

Grid Holystone

Grid Skyroot Stick

Grid Skyroot Stick

Grid Holystone

Grid Holystone Pickaxe



Crafting GUI

Grid Holystone

Grid Skyroot Stick

Grid Skyroot Stick

Grid Holystone Shovel



Crafting GUI

Grid Zanite Gemstone

Grid Zanite Gemstone

Grid Zanite Gemstone

Grid Skyroot Stick

Grid Skyroot Stick

Grid Zanite Axe



Crafting GUI

Grid Zanite Gemstone

Grid Zanite Gemstone

Grid Skyroot Stick

Grid Skyroot Stick

Grid Zanite Gemstone

Grid Zanite Pickaxe



Crafting GUI

Grid Zanite Gemstone

Grid Skyroot Stick

Grid Skyroot Stick

Grid Zanite Shovel



Crafting GUI

Grid Enchanted Gravitite

Grid Enchanted Gravitite

Grid Enchanted Gravitite

Grid Skyroot Stick

Grid Skyroot Stick

Grid Gravitite Axe



Crafting GUI

Grid Enchanted Gravitite

Grid Enchanted Gravitite

Grid Skyroot Stick

Grid Skyroot Stick

Grid Enchanted Gravitite

Grid Gravitite Pickaxe



Crafting GUI

Grid Enchanted Gravitite

Grid Skyroot Stick

Grid Skyroot Stick

Grid Gravitite Shovel



Trivia

  • If enchanted with Fortune III, Skyroot Pickaxes can yield as much as 16 Ambrosium Shards and as little as one shard from one ore, thus being the best way to obtain Ambrosium currently.
  • Aether blocks that are sent flying by Gravitite's passive ability are permanently lost, so caution is advised.
  • In the Book of Lore Volume 3, Valkyrie tools are described as "A powerful pickaxe/axe/shovel which once belonged to a Valkyrie. Has extended reach."

Achievements

Icon Achievement In-game description Prerequisites Actual requirements (if different)
First Ones Double First Ones Double Craft a Skyroot tool or weapon Oddly Familiar Use a Skyroot Crafting Table to craft a tool or weapon made out of Skyroot

Issues

Issues relating to Tools are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues for Tools there.

History

The Aether

  • Initial release: Introduced
  • 1.01:
    • Golden Oak Trees were minable effectively with a pickaxe instead of an axe. You should now be able to gain Golden Amber/Skyroot Log from Golden Oaks with axes
    • Non-generated Quicksoil was still returning drops with a Skyroot Shovel. This exploit has been patched
  • 1.02: If you hit the Slider with something other than a pickaxe, it will now show a message which says "Hmm. Perhaps I should attack this beast with a pickaxe?" so that new people understand they cannot attack it with other weapons
  • 1.04: Fixed Aether Shovels not picking up snowballs from snow patches.
  • 1.9 Pre-release 2: Fixed Holystone Axe, which previously was doing spade functions instead of chopping
  • 1.9 Pre-release 3:

Aether II

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