Tools are a loose association of items that are used to perform the various non-combat tasks involved in Terraria gameplay, such as construction and exploration, among many others. Tools are generally wielded via the ⚒ Use / Attack key while they are held as the active hotbar item; though they are differentiated from weapons, whose primary use is instead to damage enemies. Tools are also differentiated from accessories, which provide passive abilities, while tools are used proactively.
Pickaxes, axes, and hammers are tools that are essential at all stages of gameplay for their ability to precisely dismantle world tiles, like placed Blocks, background Walls, plants, or placed furniture, and convert them all to collectible inventory items for re-placement in other locations, or for other uses, such as crafting. They also double as basic melee weapons, although they generally inflict far less damage than actual weapons of corresponding tiers.
Pickaxes and Drills are used to free placed blocks or furniture for collection. When used on blocks, this is often referred to as "mining" or "digging". Their tier determines which types of blocks they can mine, as well as the number of hits it takes to remove each block type (see Pickaxe and Drill for those details). Drills function identically to Pickaxes, but with a different animation and sound effect.
Axes and Chainsaws are used to harvest large plants like Trees, Cacti, and giant glowing mushrooms (Wood blocks are removed with a pickaxe instead). Chainsaws function identically to Axes, but with an alternate animation and sound effect. Hamaxes function as both Axes and Hammers.
Hammers are used to free background walls for collection, to destroy background walls which cannot be collected, to shape foreground blocks to create slopes and half-tiles, and to shape platforms to create stairs. They are also used to destroy Shadow Orbs and Crimson Hearts. The Pwnhammer, Hammush, and The Axe can additionally be used in Hardmode to destroy Altars, which triggers the spawning of new Hardmode Ores.
Grappling Hook
Topaz Hook
Emerald Hook
Amethyst Hook
Sapphire Hook
Ruby Hook
Diamond Hook
Fish Hook Template:Pc icon
Dual Hook
Ivy Whip
Slime Hook
Spooky Hook
Candy Cane Hook
Christmas Hook Template:Pc icon
Bat Hook
Skeletron Hand
Web Slinger
Worm Hook
Tendon Hook
Thorn Hook
Illuminant Hook
Anti-Gravity Hook
Lunar Hook
Wood Fishing Pole Template:Pc icon
Reinforced Fishing Pole Template:Pc icon
Fisher of Souls Template:Pc icon
Fleshcatcher Template:Pc icon
Fiberglass Fishing Pole Template:Pc icon
Mechanic's Rod Template:Pc icon
Sitting Duck's Fishing Pole
Hotline Fishing Hook Template:Pc icon
Golden Fishing Rod Template:Pc icon
Golden Key
Hallowed Key
Jungle Key
Shadow Key
Corruption Key
Frozen Key
Temple Key
Crimson Key
Usual Tools
