Tools

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 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 basic melee weapons, although they generally inflict far less damage than actual weapons of corresponding tiers.

Other important tools include the Magic Mirror, which teleports the player back to their spawn point; Hooks and Mounts, which aid travel; Keys, used to open locked chests; the Bucket, which transports liquid; the Bug Net, used to catch Critters; the Wrenches, used to construct mechanisms; and the Shadow Orb, Fairy Bell, and Wisp in a Bottle, which summon light-providing entities that follow the player. See below for other examples.

Multi-use Tools

Some tools have combined functionality:

• Hammer + Axe: Hamaxes and The Axe.
• Pickaxe/Drill + Axe: Pickaxe Axe, Drax, Shroomite Digging Claw, Laser Drill, and Picksaw.

Pickaxes and Drills

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 an alternate animation and sound effect.

Copper Pickaxe	Tin Pickaxe	Cactus Pickaxe
Iron Pickaxe	Lead Pickaxe	Silver Pickaxe
Tungsten Pickaxe	Bone Pickaxe	Gold Pickaxe
Candy Cane Pickaxe	Platinum Pickaxe	Nightmare Pickaxe
Deathbringer Pickaxe	Reaver Shark	Molten Pickaxe
Cobalt Pickaxe	Cobalt Drill	Palladium Pickaxe
Palladium Drill	Mythril Pickaxe	Mythril Drill
Orichalcum Pickaxe	Orichalcum Drill	Adamantite Pickaxe
Adamantite Drill	Titanium Pickaxe	Titanium Drill
Pickaxe Axe	Drax	Chlorophyte Pickaxe
Chlorophyte Drill	Spectre Pickaxe	Shroomite Digging Claw
Picksaw	Solar Flare Pickaxe Template:Pc icon	Vortex Pickaxe Template:Pc icon
Nebula Pickaxe Template:Pc icon	Stardust Pickaxe Template:Pc icon	Laser Drill Template:Pc icon

Axes and Chainsaws

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.

Copper Axe	Tin Axe	Iron Axe
Lead Axe	Silver Axe	Tungsten Axe
Gold Axe	Platinum Axe	War Axe of the Night
Blood Lust Cluster	Meteor Hamaxe	Molten Hamaxe
Sawtooth Shark	Cobalt Waraxe	Cobalt Chainsaw
Palladium Waraxe	Palladium Chainsaw	Mythril Waraxe
Mythril Chainsaw	Orichalcum Waraxe	Orichalcum Chainsaw
Adamantite Waraxe	Adamantite Chainsaw	Titanium Waraxe
Titanium Chainsaw	Pickaxe Axe	Drax
Chlorophyte Greataxe	Chlorophyte Chainsaw	Spectre Hamaxe
Shroomite Digging Claw	Picksaw	Solar Flare Hamaxe Template:Pc icon
Vortex Hamaxe Template:Pc icon	Nebula Hamaxe Template:Pc icon	Stardust Hamaxe Template:Pc icon
The Axe	Butcher's Chainsaw Template:Pc icon	Laser Drill Template:Pc icon

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.

Wooden Hammer	Boreal Wood Hammer	Palm Wood Hammer
Rich Mahogany Hammer	Copper Hammer	Tin Hammer
Ebonwood Hammer	Shadewood Hammer	Lead Hammer
Pearlwood Hammer	Iron Hammer	Silver Hammer
Tungsten Hammer	Gold Hammer	The Breaker
Flesh Grinder	Platinum Hammer	Meteor Hamaxe
Molten Hamaxe	Rockfish	Pwnhammer
Hammush	Spectre Hamaxe	Chlorophyte Warhammer
Chlorophyte Jackhammer	Solar Flare Hamaxe Template:Pc icon	Vortex Hamaxe Template:Pc icon
Nebula Hamaxe Template:Pc icon	Stardust Hamaxe Template:Pc icon	The Axe

Wiring

These items aid the player in placing and removing Wire, as well as manipulating Actuators.

Wrench	Blue Wrench	Green Wrench	Yellow Wrench Template:Pc icon
Wire Cutter	Multicolored WrenchMulticolored Wrench Template:Pc icon	The Grand Design Template:Pc icon	Actuation Rod Template:Pc icon

Painting

These items allow players to place or remove Paint.

Paintbrush	Paint Roller	Paint Scraper
Spectre Paintbrush	Spectre Paint Roller	Spectre Paint Scraper

Hooks

Hooks are used to surmount tall obstacles and negotiate gaps, by latching and hoisting the player onto remote surfaces.

Grappling Hook	Topaz Hook	Emerald Hook
Amethyst Hook	Sapphire Hook	Ruby Hook
Diamond Hook	Fish Hook	Dual Hook
Ivy Whip	Slime Hook	Spooky Hook
Candy Cane Hook	Christmas Hook	Bat Hook
Skeletron Hand	Web Slinger	Worm Hook Template:Pc icon
Tendon Hook Template:Pc icon	Thorn Hook Template:Pc icon	Illuminant Hook Template:Pc icon
Anti-Gravity Hook Template:Pc icon	Lunar Hook Template:Pc icon	Static Hook Template:Pc icon

Fishing Poles

Fishing Poles are used for Fishing.

Wood Fishing Pole	Reinforced Fishing Pole	Fisher of Souls
Fleshcatcher	Fiberglass Fishing Pole	Mechanic's Rod
Sitting Duck's Fishing Pole	Hotline Fishing Hook	Golden Fishing Rod

Miscellaneous

Movement Ice Mirror Template:Pc icon Magic Mirror Cell Phone Template:Pc icon Rod of Discord Rope Coil Umbrella Block Wands Ice Rod Dirt Rod Leaf Wand Living Wood Wand Rich Mahogany Leaf Wand Template:Pc icon Living Mahogany Wand Template:Pc icon Hive Wand Bone Wand

Affects growth Vile Powder Unholy Water Vicious Powder Template:Pc icon Blood Water Purification Powder Holy Water Staff of Regrowth Clentaminator Non-Held Also see these for other non-combat items that are not held, swung, or thrown: Keys Mounts Light Pets Miscellaneous

Other Bucket Bottomless Water Bucket Template:Pc icon Super Absorbant Sponge Template:Pc icon Bug Net Golden Bug Net Template:Pc icon Breathing Reed Sickle Binoculars Portal Gun Template:Pc icon Money Trough Template:Pc icon

Unobtainable

Unobtainable
The item(s) or effects described on this page exist as functional game items, but cannot be acquired through normal gameplay.

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Nebula Axe	Nebula Chainsaw	Nebula Drill
Nebula Hammer
Solar Flare Axe	Solar Flare Chainsaw	Solar Flare Drill
Solar Flare Hammer
Stardust Axe	Stardust Chainsaw	Stardust Drill
Stardust Hammer
Vortex Axe	Vortex Chainsaw	Vortex Drill
Vortex Hammer

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