Tools (Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town)

Description
At the beginning of the game, players start with five basic tools: Hammer, Axe, Sickle, Watering Can, and Hoe. An additional sixth tool, the Fishing Rod, can be obtained by viewing an event at Zack's house.

Tool Upgrades
Tools gain experience each time the player uses them. The Tool Menu shows each tool's experience bar along with a row of grayed out ores beneath it. Ores required to upgrade tools can be found by breaking rocks in the Spring Mine.

Once a tool has gained 100% experience, a message will display on the screen notifying the player that it can be upgraded at The Forge. The corresponding ore icon beneath the experience bar will also light up, indicating that the tool can now be upgraded to that level.

The player can then pay Saibara gold and the required ore to upgrade their tool. Once a certain amount of time has passed, the player can collect their tool from Saibara. Until the tool is ready, the player will be without their tool and unable to enter the blacksmith's shop.

Players are not required to upgrade their tools sequentially. Tools will continue to gain experience points, even if they are eligible for an upgrade, until they have maxed out at 400%. This means players can opt to avoid the cost of the earlier upgrades and only pay the ore/gold cost for the final upgrade, Mithril.

Cursed Tools
Cursed tools are separate tools from the player's starting tools and must be found by tilling the floors in the Lake Mine. As of patch 1.1.2, players can no longer find cursed tools without having upgraded all their base tools (including the Fishing Rod) to level 5 (Mithril grade).

Cursed tools are significantly stronger than the basic tools, even when upgraded, however their stamina cost is quite hefty. These tools can be "blessed" by a variety of methods, lowering the stamina cost to use them. Until a cursed tool is blessed, it cannot be unequipped until it is either removed by Carter via confessional or it's "blessed" requirements are met. Cursed tools can be added or removed from the player's tool bag as long as the tools has not been equipped (meaning it was used or held in the players hand).

Philosopher's Tools
Once a player has collected all cursed tools (needs to be confirmed) and fulfilled their "blessed" requirements, Philosopher's Stone will become available within the Spring Mine. Philosopher's Stone is an "ore" required by Saibara in order to upgrade the players Blessed tools to their final form.

[Philosopher's Stone Floors]