Tool Remodeling
When you start your farming live at the old farm, you'll be given a watering can, hoe, axe, and sickle by Uncle Frank. Some of the other tools you'll receive are:
- the fishing pole will be unlocked by Frank when you walk from the Crossroads to South Westown after Spring 8 of your first year. Frank will show you how to catch fish. After the fishing tutorial you can go to the shop in Westown to buy it.
- the hammer will be given to you after Spring 15. On that day you'll unlock Lulukoko Village and meet Ludus the carpenter. He'll offer you a house upgrade option. Once you complete your first house remodel, Ludus will stop by your house in the morning (as long as it is not Thursday or Sunday) to explain how to remodel your tools as well as give you the hammer. You need to have empty space in your bag to accept the hammer.
- the clippers, pitchfork, milker, and brush can be bought from the Love Animal shop in Westown and the Wildlife Store in Tsuyukusa.
You can buy an unlimited number of basic tools from the tool shop vendors. These shop are Guliver Store in Westown, Jyanbo in Lulukoko, and 99 G and Up in Tsuyukusa.
Remodeling and upgrading your farm tools can make farming easier for you.
Tool Properties
On the details for each of your tools there will be four properties. Increasing the level of each of theses properties (when applicable) will make your tool more efficient:
- The Weight of the tool affects the stamina that is used. A lighter weighted tool means you conserve more stamina.
- The Effectiveness of the tool is how long you've to use the tool to do what you need it to do. Increasing this level will make your tools faster. The pitchfork does not have this property.
- The Capacity property is only available on the watering can. This is the total amount of water that the can can hold.
- The Range is the area the tool can cover. Only the hoe, watering can, sickle, axe, and hammer have this property.
To upgrade your tools, go to Ludus' shop and select the Tool Remodeling option. Each tool upgrade requires the same materials regardless of the tool you are remodeling; for example, upgrading the hoe to level 2 costs the same materials and money as upgrading the milker to level 2. Each level increase will require more money and rarer materials. Typically, you'll be using ores and gems you've excavated from the mining nodes.
The weight, effectiveness, and capacity have five levels represented as dots on the tool's details. You can only increase the level of these properties, not decrease. The range of a tool starts at 1x1. You can increase or decrease this range based on seven preset areas. The largest range is 5x5.
Playing on Seedling mode WILL decrease the money required to pay for the remodel by 30%. Seedling mode does not decrease the amount of materials required.
Weight
| to lvl 2 | to lvl 3 | To lvl 4 | To lvl 5 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1000 G 5 Black Rock 2 Iron | 2000 G 5 Glittering Stone 2 Silver | 3000 G 10 Crystal 5 Fluorite | 5000 G 10 Diamond 1 Mithril |
Effectiveness
| to lvl 2 | to lvl 3 | To lvl 4 | To lvl 5 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1500 G 5 Iron 5 Copper | 3000 G 5 Ruby 5 Amethyst | 5500 G 5 Fluorite 5 Adamantite | 7000 G 5 Platinum 2 Orichalcum |
The hammer's effectiveness needs to be remodeled at least twice to be strong enough to hit the higher level mine nodes in Westown.
Capacity
| to lvl 2 | to lvl 3 | To lvl 4 | To lvl 5 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 G 5 Glass Stone 5 Crystal | 4000 G 5 Topaz 5 Moonstone | 7000 G 5 Jade 5 White Pearl | 10 Blue Pearl 1 Philosopher Stone |
Pearls cannot be purchased from any shops. You can obtain them from festival victories or by cultivating Pearl Oysters. It takes 7 days for an oyster to develop a random colored pearl. You can influence the pearl color by using special Farm Circles.
Range
Ludus can upgrade a tool's new range once a day. For example, if you order a 3x1 range upgrade for the first time, you need to wait a day for the 3x2 range to be available in his shop.
| Area | Materials | Unlocks when: |
|---|---|---|
| 1x1 | 1500 G 5 Coin | No special requirements |
| 1x2 | 2500 G 5 Black Rock 5 Jade | No special requirements |
| 3x1 | 3000 G 5 Glittering Stone 5 Copper 5 Silver | Remodel a tool to have a 1x2 range |
| 1x3 | 4000 G 5 Agate 5 Sandrose | Remodel a tool to have a 1x2 range |
| 3x2 | 5000 G 5 Emerald 5 Peridot 5 Yellow Pearl | Remodel a tool to have either a 1x3 or 3x1 range |
| 3x3 | 7000 G 5 Gold Ore 2 Orichalcum 2 Platinum | Remodel a tool to have either a 1x3 or 3x1 range AND remodel the weight of your tools three times |
| 5x5 | 15,000 G 5 Pink Diamond 3 Gold Pearl 1 Philosopher Stone | Remodel a tool to have a 1x3 or 3x1 range AND remodel the weight of your tools five times AND remodel the ease of use of your tools five times |
Color Customization
You can also change the actual color of the tool, though changing a tool's color won't have an influence on the tool's properties. The color can be changed at any time for 500 G plus materials, and you can also return to the default gray color. When looking at the color options in Ludus' shop, you won't get a preview of the tool's new color. The color will change after you pay for the colorization.
Default
3 Pebble
Red
3 Maple Branch
Blue
3 Blue Magic Flower
Green
3 Mint
Yellow
3 Moondrop Flower
Purple
3 Blueberry
Gold
1 Gold Ore
The gold color becomes available after you remodel your tools five times in any category.