Category:GT Tools

This category covers all pages that describe the various tools in GregTech.

Note that this is currently WIP

Choosing the right material
Choosing what the best material to make a tool out of can be daunting given the sheer variety of options that GregTech presents. Durability and scarcity are the most important factors to consider when making a tool, and some suggestions are listed below:

Pre-steam

 * Iron

Steam + early LV

 * Iron
 * Wrought Iron
 * Stay away from bronze and steel (bronze has worse durability than iron and you need the copper and tin; steel takes too long to make for it to go towards tools)

LV (post EBF)

 * Steel
 * Damascus steel
 * Vanadiumsteel (likely the almost best option you have, also great for Tinker's Construct weapons/tools)
 * Manasteel - unlike steel, has 10 times greater durability and definitely worth the effort to make tools from it (this however requires circuit assembler for twilight portal gem and a little bit exploration to find botania shrooms to actually get manasteel)

HV

 * Vibrant Alloy
 * Manasteel - if you haven't done this yet it actually around 25% more durability then vibrant alloy and same mining level - usable for ore prospectors, electric tools and all that staff: literally mvp of all materials (in manufacturing difficulty and useful properties comparison)

= Hard tools = Axe - Disabled in favour of Tinker's Construct

Branch Cutter - Guarantees sapling drops from leaves

Butchery Knife - Incorporates looting based on mining level, stops cows exploding occasionally when they die

Buzzsaw - Used as a saw in crafting recipes; requires power

Crowbar - Takes covers off blocks, opens crates

File - Used for crafting

Hammer - Used for crafting

Hoe - Tills the ground

Knife - Used for crafting

Mortar - Used to make dusts

Pickaxe - Disabled in favour of Tinker's Construct

Plow -

Plunger - Removes fluids from both in and out slots of machines

Saw - Used for crafting, provides extra planks from wood

Scoop - Used to break hives and retrieve bees

Screwdriver - Used to configure machines and covers

Sense - Harvests crops in a 3x3 are

Shovel - Disabled in favour of Tinker's Construct

Soldering Iron - Used for multiblock maintenance

Sword - Disabled in favour of Tinker's Construct and Mine & Blade: Battlegear

Universal Spade - Combines saw, crowbar and shovel

Wire Cutter - Used in crafting, mining wire, configuring wire connection points

Wrench - Used in crafting, mining pipes, configuring pipe connection points

=Soft tools= These tools can be crafted with wood, rubber, or plastic materials. Ironwood, made from Living Root in the Twilight Forest, is a great material to build these tools.

Rolling Pin

Soft Mallet

(other Pam's tools)