Tools and weapons

Vanilla tools and weapons are completely overhauled, with new tiers of materials and several new types of specialist tools and weapons.

Player holding a copper spear and steel-rimmed shield

Tool types

Some tool types are specialised for breaking certain kinds of blocks.

Tool type	Blocks broken
Axe	Logs, wood furniture, wooden building elements
Hoe	Dirt (but see conditions below)
Hunting knife	Carcasses
Machete	Leaves
Pickaxe	Stone, ores, stone furniture, stone and brick building elements
Shovel	Dirt, clay, sand, gravel, rubble
Sickle	Crops

List of tools

This is a complete list of tools and weapons, organised by material and showing their special actions.

Antler

Tool	Special actions
Shovel	None
Hoe	Dirt takes longer to break, and turns into farmland instead of being destroyed.

Note: Antlers cannot be crafted but are found lying around on the surface in the world. As you find an antler, it makes an effective spade. Put it into your inventory crafting grid to make an antler hoe.

Wood

Tool	Special actions
Shovel	None
Spear	Throws as a reusable projectile by holding right click.
Arrow	Fired as a projectile from a bow.

Flint

Tool	Special actions
Axe	None
Pickaxe	None
Hunting knife	Carcasses take longer to break but drop their harvest items.
Wool knife	Shears sheep on right click.
Arrow	Fired as a projectile from a bow.
Spear	Throws as a reusable projectile by holding right click.

Metal

There are three tiers of metal tool material:

• Copper
• Bronze
• Steel

Each metal can be used to make the same tool types, with increasing efficiency and durability.

Tool	Special actions
Axe	None
Pickaxe	None
Hunting knife	Carcasses take longer to break but drop their harvest items.
Shears	Shears sheep on right click.
Machete	None
Shovel	None
Sickle	None
Hoe	Dirt takes longer to break, and turns into farmland instead of being destroyed.
Arrow	Fired as a projectile from a bow.
Spear	Throws as a reusable projectile by holding right click.
Sword	None

Other

There are two tiers of bow, which fire arrows by holding right click as in vanilla.

• Crude bow
• War bow

There are two tiers of shield, which block damage when holding right click as in vanilla.

• Wood shield
• Steel-rimmed shield