Tools

Tools set the base multiplier of your Loot Actions. There is one Tool for each of Fish, Hunt, Explore and Mine, and you upgrade each one on its own. Work does not use a Tool.

Takes in	Items for each upgrade
Produces	A permanent multiplier on one Loot Action
Extended by	Forbidden Modifiers and Gemerald Augments, both from level
Affected by	The Lapidist Prestige perk, and the Specials you own

Levels and multiplier

A Tool's multiplier is 1 plus for every level. Every Tool starts at level 1. The highest natural level is , which gives a Tool multiplier of 6x on that Action before any other source is counted.

The Tool multiplier stacks with every other source by multiplication. See Boosts.

Upgrading

Each upgrade needs a recipe of Items. These are Items you find or craft, not BC, and the recipe is shown in the Tool's window with what you are missing.

• The recipe changes as you climb. Every five levels is a new stage of the Tool, with a new name, a new look and a different mix of ingredients.
• The total value of the ingredients rises steeply with each level. Early levels are cheap and the last levels are expensive.
• Each Item's info card lists which Tool upgrades need it.
• The upgrade window has a Craft automatically switch. When it is on, any missing ingredient that can be crafted is crafted for you from what you own.
• Upgrade to level needs enough ingredients to reach the chosen level in one go. Max upgrades as far as your ingredients allow.

Tool stages

Levels	Fish	Hunt	Explore	Mine
1 to 5	Blueberry Bait	Copper Trap	Brown Satchel	Copper Pickaxe
6 to 10	Strawberry Bait	Iron Trap	Beige Satchel	Iron Pickaxe
11 to 15	Kiwi Bait	Silver Trap	White Satchel	Silver Pickaxe
16 to 20	Mango Bait	Golden Trap	Blue Satchel	Golden Pickaxe
21 to 25	Melon Bait	Cobalt Trap	Aqua Satchel	Cobalt Pickaxe
26 to 30	Coconut Bait	Platinum Trap	Salmon Satchel	Platinum Pickaxe
31 to 35	Pumpkin Bait	Diamond Trap	Bloodred Satchel	Diamond Pickaxe
36 to 40	Crystal Bait	Coldsteel Trap	Cursed Satchel	Coldsteel Pickaxe
41 to 45	Curious Bait	Uranium Trap	Radiant Satchel	Uranium Pickaxe
46 to 50	Radiant Bait	Mystic Trap	Lucky Satchel	Mystic Pickaxe

Beyond level 50

Once a Tool is at its natural top level, two things can push its multiplier higher.

Forbidden Modifiers

A Forbidden Modifier is a Special that permanently adds extra levels to a level Tool. Each Modifier adds less than the one before it on the same Tool, so the first few help the most and piles of them give small gains. Counts are kept per Tool.

Gemerald Augments

A Gemerald used on a level Tool becomes a temporary Augment on it. An Augment multiplies that Action for a limited time.

Gemerald	Action multiplier	Time added per Gemerald
Green	1.25x	15 minutes
Amber	1.5x	30 minutes
Purple	1.75x	45 minutes
Red	2x	1 hour

• Each Tool has no Augment slots until you buy the Lapidist Prestige perk. Every level of Lapidist gives each Tool one slot, up to a total of four.
• Each colour on a Tool takes one slot. Using the same colour again extends its time and does not stack a second multiplier.
• Different colours on the same Tool stack with each other, as long as you have slots for them.
• Augments are managed in the Tool's window once it reaches level .
• The Pluperfect Gemerald is not a Tool Augment. See Gemeralds.

How Tools connect to other features

• Boosts: the Tool multiplier is the base that every other source multiplies.
• Prestige: Lapidist adds Augment slots.
• Achievements: Tool levels and Forbidden Modifiers count toward Achievements, and Achievements can reward Forbidden Modifiers. Quests can reward them too.
• Items: the ingredients come from your Loot Actions, the Farm, crafting and the Market.

Guide: Actions and Tools · Gemerald Augments