Tools

Tools are items that the player uses to produce an effect in the world, rather than creating a Block or planting a plant. Some are used to dismantle World tiles, such as Blocks, Walls, or freeing placed items, to convert them into carryable objects. Pickaxes, axes, and hammers can also be used as melee weapons, although they generally offer less damage than actual Weapons of corresponding tiers.

Pickaxes and Drills
Pickaxes are tools that can be used to pick up most blocks. They may also be used to remove grass, and destroy planted tree saplings. Their tier defines the type of blocks that can be mined as well as the number of hits it takes to remove a single block. Drills function the same as Pickaxes.

Axes and Chainsaws
Axes are only used to cut down trees, cacti, and giant mushrooms. Wood and Wooden platforms have to be removed with a pickaxe. Chainsaws function the same as regular axes, while Hamaxes function as both Axes and Hammers. However, in the mobile version, Wood and Wood Platforms are removed with axes.

Hammers
Hammers are special tools to create slopes, half-tiles, and break background walls. The Pwnhammer and Hammush are able to, in a hardmode world, break demon altars and bless the world with Cobalt (or Palladium), Mythril (or Orichalcum) and Adamantite (or Titanium). In the mobile version, Hammers are also used to break player-placed objects such as tables and chairs.

Hooks
Hooks are tools used to latch the player onto target surfaces.

Fishing Poles
Fishing Poles are used to catch fish.

Keys
Keys are used to open locked chests and one door.

Miscellaneous
For tools which don't fit into the above categories.

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