Tools (Spirit Reforged)

Tools are an association of items that are used to perform the various non-combat tasks involved in Spirit gameplay, such as construction and exploration, among 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 inflict damage upon 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 weak melee weapons and generally inflict far less damage than actual weapons of corresponding tiers.

Other important tools include hooks, which aid travel above and below ground. Many of these tools are generally used throughout all stages of the game.

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. They are also used to destroy Shadow Orbs and Crimson Hearts.

Pins

Pins are collectible markers that can be accessed via the Pin Inventory at the lower left corner of the minimap. Pins can be placed on the minimap, marking locations for all players in a world. They are also given out by the Cartographer to mark points of interest for players to find.