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The primary content of '''Tinker's Construct''' (TiCon) are the [[Smeltery]] and customizable tools. Similar to their vanilla counterparts, there are shovels, pickaxes, hoes, swords and axes. TiCon offers many additional unique tool and weapon variants, each of which is made up of two or more parts. Each tool part can be made from a different material and will have varying attributes depending on what it's made out of. Tool parts are combined in a Tool Station or it's upgrade, the Tool Forge. Tools and weapons can also be repaired in the same interface by adding the main part's raw material, typically an ingot. Some tools have a "Mining Level" that determines what blocks they can break, and all tools/weapons have a "Tool Level" that increases the more it's used.

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''This page provides data and information about the Tinker's Construct tools. You may be looking for [[GT Tools|GregTech Tools]] instead.''

[[File:BronzeTiConMaterialNEI.png|thumb|right|alt=Bronze Base Durability: 285, Handle Modifier: 1.25x, Full Durability: 356, Mining Speed: 6.5, Mining Level: 04-Redstone, Attack: 1.5 Hearts, Reinforced 1. Bow and Arrow. Draw Speed: 45, Arrow Speed 5.1, Weight: 3.2, Break Chance: 1.2]]

Given that there are so many materials in GT:NH, it can be overwhelming to try and pick just one. The listings below offer suggestions of the most useful materials at each tier. The majority of TiCon parts are blacklisted in [[NEI]] and cannot be searched for directly. The easiest way to find them is to look up the desired material first, usually an ingot, and then hit "U" for uses or right-click on it and check the "Tool Materials" tab for general statistics.

To look up actual parts, find the Cast item for the specific part (ex. "Pickaxe Head Cast"), look up uses, and navigate to the Casting Table for parts that can be made with the [[Smeltery]] and the [[Extruder]] tab for everything else. Be warned that there will be potentially hundreds of pages to scroll through this way.

[[File:TiConIron1.png|thumb|right|Iron Tool Material stats.]][[File:TiConIron2.png|thumb|right|Iron Pickaxe head stats.]]

The first is Mining Level/XP, which is only present on tools that break stone/ore blocks like Pickaxes and Hammers. Mining XP will either be two numbers divided by a slash showing the current / needed XP, or "Boosted", which means the tool is fully powered up. When a new tool is made or the tool head is replaced, Mining XP will reset to zero. Until it reaches "Boosted" status, the tool's Mining Level will be reduced by one. Any tool can only go up by one Mining Level using this method. The maximum/Boosted Mining Level is shown in the Tool Materials tab of [[NEI]], while looking at the TiCon part will show the Mining Level it starts off with, which is -1 its potential. Compare the two images to the right.

Mining Level can also be boosted instantly by attaching a mob head (Zombie 1, Skeleton 2, Creeper 4 or Wither 7) to a tool. Each one works only on tools of up to a specific mining level and will show on the tool's icon. Mob heads do not cost a modifier slot to apply but can only be added to fully repaired tools, just like other modifiers. Mob heads cannot be attached to tools that already have Boosted status.

A tool's Mining Level determines what blocks it can break. Most blocks that are not ores don't require a specific Mining Level; if one is needed it will be displayed in the [[Waila]] tooltip i.e. "Harvest Level: 05-Obsidian". The text will be green if the current tool meets the requirement, or red if it does not.

! Mod Slot !! Level

| Every Level || 2 & 3

The second level is Tool Level, which all TiCon tools/weapons have thanks to Iguana Tinker's Tweaks. Unlike Mining Level/XP, there is no practical cap on tool levels, though it takes progressively more XP for each increase. Tool Levels go up as the tool/weapon is used appropriately, accumulating 1 XP per block harvested / enemy killed until a new level is reached. Tool Level maxes out at 100, and grants [[#Modifiers|modifiers]] at certain levels. When a tool gains XP, it will do so for both Mining and Tool (if possible) at the same time. The amount of XP it takes to level up is based on the tool's speed, or damage dealt for weapons.