Tools

Tools allow you to perform work on the farm such as clearing the land, watering crops, caring for animals, or gathering resources.  They are of cardinal importance to the game.  Listed below are a description of the tools I have accumulated so far and their purposes and upgrades. 

You can only upgrade the six main tools in the game.  Many of the tools such as the brush and milker don't have upgrades and only function at the first level.  To upgrade a tool, you need to gather ore from the first mine and contact the black smith.  The levels of upgrades are as follows:

Tool Upgrage Time and Costs
LevelCostDays
copper1000g1 day
silver2000g2 days
gold3000g3 days
mystrile4000g4 days
blessed100,000g0 days
mythic50,000g2 days

In addition to having the required ore and money to upgrade the tool, you also need to have worked the tool to a certain experience level by using it repeatedly or performing work with it.  In order to upgrade a tool, you need to call Gary and Sabina when the blacksmith is open, 11:00 to 4:00 except Thursdays and holidays, and provide them with the ore and money.  You cannot upgrade a tool if you lack the experience to do so.  You can view your current experience by touching your character's head portrait on the progress report screen.  The days are cumulatively spent but the money is not.  For example, it only takes one day to go from silver to gold level, but it still costs 3000g to upgraded the tool. So, you may want to go straight to mystrile to avoid wasting money.  Be aware that while a tool is being upgraded, you will not be able to use it.  To use a tool at a higher level, hold down the Y button and release it at the desired interval.  Using a tool at a higher level burns more stamina and fatigue, but it generally does more work than using the tool at the first level repeatedly would. 

Tool List


Hoe:
You begin the game with this tool in your possession.  It can till soil to prepare it for planting or be used to dig in the mines.  It begins by tilling one square in front of you.  Each level you advance it up to mystrile will increase the number of squares tilled in front of you in a straight line by one.  You can only till one square at a time in the mine or dig site. The Blessed hoe tills three rows by 5 squares.  The mythic level does 5 rows by 10 squares in front of you.
Axe:
You begin with the axe at the beginning of the game.  It is used to chop tree branches and stumps to gather lumber.  At first you can only cut branches with it.  Increasing its level allows it to cut stumps by charging it up multiple times.  The higher the level you have, the less swings it takes to break a stump into lumber.  The mystrile axe can cleave a stump in one chop.  The blessed and mythic levels allow you to cut all the branches and stumps around you in one swing.  The mythic axe has the longest reach.

Watering Can:
The watering can is used to water your crops.  It can be filled at any body of water or the watering hole on your farm.  The number of squares it holds and waters depends on its level. 
LevelCapacity Waters
Iron 30 1 square in front of you
copper 45 1 square in front of you
silver 60 6 square in front of you
gold 90 9 square in front of you
Mystrile 150 15 square in front of you
blessed 255 54 square in front of you
mythic 255 252 square in front of you

Hammer:
You begin the game with the hammer and it has several uses.  It can break rocks to acquire stone for building.  If you upgraded it, the hammer can break boulders and even larger rocks into stone for building material. Like the axe, the more you upgrade the hammer, the more few swings are required to destroy boulders.  The blessed and mythic levels allow you to break all the rocks around you in one swing. This includes the very large stones by the mine, but not by the waterfall or on top of the hot springs. You can also use the hammer to dig though rocks in the mine and unplowed plowed land.

Sickle:
You begin the game with the sickle. The sickle is used to cut weeds and mature grass to make fodder.  As you upgrade it, it will cut more spaces.
Material Cuts
iron 1 space in front of you
copper 2 spaces in front of you
silver 6 spaces in front of you
gold 9 spaces in a arc around where you are standing
mystrile 2 rows around where you are standing
Blessed 6 rows around where you are standing
Mythic 9 rows around where you are standing

Fishing Pole:
To acquire the fishing pole, go to Galen and Nina's house around noon on a Saturday.  You will view a short cut scene where Galen found an old fishing rod and is passing it onto you.  The fishing rod allows you to catch fish in any body of water on the map.  The more you upgrade it, the better the quality of fish that you can catch with it.  The blessed and mythic fishing poles allow you to catch higher level fish.  The mythic rod fully charged can catch pirate treasure and fossils.  The are found on the beach during the summer and fall respectively and ship for 10000g  and 5000g respectively.
The following tools cannot be upgraded.
Brush:
You can buy it from the blacksmith. You can use it to brush your horse, sheep and cows to increase their affection rating.
Milker:
This is also bought from the black smith.  It allows you to milk your cows with or without the touch panel gloves.
Shears:
These are purchased from the blacksmith and allow you to shear the wool from your sheep to harvest it. 
Bell:
You also purchase this from the blacksmith.  When you ring it, it calls all of your sheep and cows to where you are standing.  It comes in handy for moving them inside and outside quickly. 
Touch Panel Gloves:
You can purchase these from either of the animals farms for 1000g.  They allow you to interact with your animals on the touch screen.  You can pet the dog, can, horse, chickens cows, sheep and ducks to increase their affection with them.  They allow you to wash your animals to increase their affection rating by equipping them at the same time as the brush.  They allow you to milk your cows by combining them with the milker. Finally, the allow you to shear your sheep by equipping them with the sheers. The touch panel gloves are a basically a minigame that you can use to increase the affection rating of your animals based on your score with them.  They will also yield higher level produce if you are proficient at the minigames with them.
Seeds
These are purchased from either the supermarket or Vesta's farm.  They vary in price and grow into crops that you can sell.  See the crops section for details.
Animal Medicine:
This can be purchased from any of the animal farms.  It cures an animals sickness when you forget to feed them or leave them out in the rain.  They keep sick animals from dying, so its a good idea to keep some on hand. 
Miracle Potions:
There are two types, one for the cows and one for the sheep.  These allow you to have your mature animals have offspring.  They are pretty self explanatory.  Use them next to the animal and it will become pregnant.  It takes a few weeks to give birth during which time your animal won't produce items to ship.
Legendary Sword:
The legendary sword is found on the 255 floor of the second mine after you clean out all the monsters on the bottom floor.  You need to have at least one of your tools to the mystrile experience level before you can get it.  You don's have to have the tool upgraded, you simply need enough experience to upgrade it.  The sword is used to destroy the large rocks blocking the way to the secret field behind the waterfall.  You can destroy them by equipping the sword and walking up next to them.  Next, just push the A button and you will trigger a short scene that will destroy the rocks. The sword is also useful as a weapon in the mines and can be used to cut weeds, grass, and crops.

I have found some of the cursed tools.  They are located on various floors in the third mine.  The requirements to find and upgrade them can be located in the mining section.