Tools

There are a total of 6 tools you get in the game, but you only start out with 5. The Fishing Rod needs to be obtained from Zack. You start out with Level 1 tools, which really suck. So, you'll need to upgrade your tools to make them more efficient. There are 7 Levels of tools, each one better than the other. Check out the Upgrading the Tools section on this page to find out how to obtain those levels, but this section will introduce you to the tools and tell you the productivity of each level.

Sickle
The sickle is used to cut down various things. You could clear your field by slashing the bushes or if you don't want a specific crop to grow anymore, just cut down the stalk. Be careful when using it around your animals, you'll lower their love for you if you hit them.

Level	Name	Description
1	Normal Sickle	Cuts a 1x1 area.
2	Copper Sickle	Cuts a 1x3 area.
3	Silver Sickle	Cuts a 2x3 area.
4	Gold Sickle	Cuts a 3x3 area.
5	Mystril Sickle	Cuts a 5x5 area.
6 /	Cursed/Blessed Sickle	Cuts a 9x9 area.
7	Mythic Sickle	Cuts a 15x15 area.

Hoe
The hoe is used for two primary reasons. The first one is to cultivate land, meaning you prepare the land so you could distribute seeds. So, don't just throw your seeds on your field without hoeing (Ahaha... "hoeing") your land. If you accidentally placed down the wrong seeds, use the hoe to re-prepare the land and throw the correct seeds on it. The second reason is to dig when you are in the mines. By simply using the hoe on the dirt inside the mines, you could find valuable ores or gemstones. Be careful when using it around your animals, you'll lower their love for you if you hit them.

Level	Name	Description
1	Normal Hoe	Prepares 1x1 plots of land.
2	Copper Hoe	Prepares 2x1 plots of land.
3	Silver Hoe	Prepares 3x1 plots of land.
4	Gold Hoe	Prepares 4x1 plots of land.
5	Mystril Hoe	Prepares 6x1 plots of land.
6 /	Cursed/Blessed Hoe	Prepares 12x3 plots of land.
7	Mythic Hoe	Prepares 18x5 plots of land.

Watering Can
After you have placed down the seeds for seasonal crops, you'll have to water them in order for them to grow. And there's where the watering can comes into play. You'll need to fill up the can with water, do so by using the little pond on your farm. Water your plants everyday in order for them to grow on time.

Level	Name	Description
1	Normal Watering Can	Waters a 1x1 area.
2	Copper Watering Can	Waters a 1x3 area.
3	Silver Watering Can	Waters a 2x3 area.
4	Gold Watering Can	Waters a 3x3 area.
5	Mystril Watering Can	Waters a 3x5 area.
6 /	Cursed/Blessed Watering Can	Waters a 6x13 area.
7	Mythic Watering Can	Waters a 12x21 area.

Hammer
You'll find a whole load of small and large rocks populating your field. If you want, you could smash the small rocks immediately. But I recommend picking them up and saving those to build fences later on. The large rocks cannot be picked up, so you'll need to level up your hammer to get rid of those. There might also be a boulder (it looks like a few small rocks fused together) on your field as well, which will require at least a Silver Hammer. And there's only one large boulder in the game located near the lake and you'll need at least cursed/blessed hammer for that. Be careful when using it around your animals, you'll lower their love for you if you hit them.

Level	Name	Description
1	Normal Hammer	Can only break small rocks.
2	Copper Hammer	Break large rocks in 3 hits.
3	Silver Hammer	Can break boulder in 6 hits.
4	Gold Hammer	Can break boulder in 3 hits.
5	Mystril Hammer	Can break boulder in 2 hits.
6 /	Cursed/Blessed Hammer	Can break large boulder in 1 hit.
7	Mythic Hammer	Breaks every rock and boulder onscreen.

Axe
There's only one reason to use the axe, but it's an important one. You get lumber pieces by chopping logs and stumps. Lumber is needed to extend buildings on your farm or you could use individual pieces to build a fence. You could check out the amount by pressing SELECT. Be careful when using it around your animals, you'll lower their love for you if you hit them.

Level	Name	Description
1	Normal Axe	Can only chop logs.
2	Copper Axe	Chops stumps in 6 hits.
3	Silver Axe	Chops stumps in 3 hits.
4	Gold Axe	Chops stumps in 2 hits.
5	Mystril Axe	Chops stumps in 1 hit.
6 /	Cursed/Blessed Axe	Chops all logs and stumps onscreen.
7	Mythic Axe	Energy use is decreased by 50%.

Fishing Rod
When you look in your Tool Box at the beginning of the game, you won't see the Fishing Rod. It's the only tool that you'll need to acquire on your own. By visiting Zack's place on Mineral Beach a couple of times, he'll eventually give it to you ONLY IF you have an empty slot for tools. The Fishing Rod is not essential to the game, it really only gives you extra cash by peddling fish. You'll also need fish to cook some recipes, too. Other than those, the other reason for the Fishing Rod is that you'll need to catch every single fish in order to marry the Harvest Goddess.

Level	Name	Description
1	Normal Fishing Rod	Pull in small fishes.
2	Copper Fishing Rod	Pull in small and medium fishes.
3	Silver Fishing Rod	Pull in medium fishes.
4	Gold Fishing Rod	Pull in medium and large fishes.
5	Mystril Fishing Rod	Pull in large fishes and the Power Berry during winter.
6 /	Cursed/Blessed Fishing Rod	Pull in large fishes, King Fishes, Fossil, and Pirate Treasure.
7	Mythic Fishing Rod	Chances of pulling in Fossil and Pirate Treasure increases.

Levels 2, 3, 4, 5, and 7 tools need to be upgraded. Only Level 6 tools must be dug up. Upgrading refers to fusing your tool with a certain ore. But, you can't just dig up an ore and expect to upgrade immediately. You'll need to "Level Up" each tool before they are ready for a certain level. Every time you use a tool, even if you're just fooling around, that tool gains experience. You could check out the experience meter by pressing SELECT and pressing LEFT. There will be a screen with all of your current tools. Look at this picture:

Notice the empty bar. That means you haven't used your tool AT ALL yet. When you begin to build up experience, the bar will fill up and look like this:

Once it reaches 100%, a small ore will appear beneath the bar indicating you could upgrade to that level. This picture is indicating that you could upgrade your Hoe to Level 2 (Copper).

Now, you could either a) upgrade to Level 2 or b) continue leveling up your tool and skipping Level 2. Yes, you do not have to go through all the upgrades. You could keep on using that one tool from the beginning until it can become a Level 5 tool. The pro of this method is that you don't have to go dig up every single ore or pay for each level. The con of this method is that the lower the level of the tool, the less experience you gain and you'll have to wait one day for each level you are skipping. So if you jump from Level 1 to Level 5, you won't see your tool for 5 days. I recommend upgrading it only at certain levels, so you save money and don't have to wait forever to gain experience.

When you have upgraded a tool to Level 5, you'll see this:

Here is the rundown of the levels that Saibara can upgrade and what is needed for each:

Lv.	Upgrade Name	Ore	Cost
2	Copper Tool		1000G
3	Silver Tool		2000G
4	Gold Tool		3000G
5	Mystril Tool		5000G
6	Cursed/Blessed Tool
7	Mythic Tool		50,000G

TIP FOR QUICKLY LEVELING UP OUR TOOL:
run to the cave next to the spring and start using the tool, once you turn blue, go to the spa and relax, when you regain your energy, go to the cave again, and use the tool, keep repeating until you're tools are leveled up.

To get that Level 7 upgrade I mentioned earlier, you'll need the Level 6 Tools (which have two variations: Cursed and Blessed).

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Don't even think about getting the Level 6 Cursed Tools without having obtained all the Level 5 tools. If you do have all the Mystril Tools, the Cursed Tools will begin to appear in the Lake Mine (so that means you'll have to wait for winter... unless you find another way around. *hint*). All you have to do is go to different levels, and dig until they appear. Make sure you have empty tool slots or they won't show up. The Fishing Rod can be found on Level 29, the Hoe on Level 39, the Axe on Level 49, the Hammer on Level 59, the Watering Can on Level 69, and the Sickle on Level 79. Without a doubt, these are EXTREMELY better than Mystril Tools. However, there's a downside to balance everything out. I mean, the Cursed Tools are called "The Cursed Tools" for a reason. Each one uses up huge portions of energy. It'll take only a few uses to exhaust your character. There are two things you could do now: 1) deal with it, or 2) get the Blessed Tools.

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Cursed Tools are much more superior to your Mystril Tools, but they use way too much energy. In order to get rid of the huge energy usage, you'll need to transform each tool into their Blessed counterparts. To uncurse the Axe and Fishing rod, use each 255 times. (Easy Tip: equip the tool you want to uncurse at a festival or during an event and use it 255 times, you won't lose your energy this way.) To uncurse the Sickle and Hammer, have them equipped on you for 10 days straight. And to uncurse the Hoe and Watering Can, have Carter bless them 10 times each during a confessional (it'll cost 1000G for each time Cater blesses a tool). Afterwards, they'll magically become Blessed Tools. These are more than enough to suit you for the game, but there is one last level of the tools.

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Once you have gotten ALL the Blessed Tools, the rare Mythic Stone (it sells for 20,000G!!!) will begin to appear on Floor 60 of the Spring Mine. Once you have one or a few in your possession, run on over to Saibara's Blacksmith to get the final upgrade to your tools. However, he'll charge 50,000G per final upgrade. So, in order to not burn a hole in your pocket, I recommend digging up some extra Mythic Stones to sell on the side. After all of your tools have become Mythic, you have obtained the most powerful tools in the game. :D