Tools

Tools are items that can be used to break blocks faster than you could by hand. Some blocks can only be obtained by certain tools.

Obsidian
Obsidian tools cannot be crafted and instead need to be found in dungeons,

Shovel
Shovels are used to dig up softer blocks, such as dirt, sand, or gravel. Shovels can also create path by right clicking dirt or grass blocks.

Pickaxe
A pickaxe is used to mine tougher blocks, such as stone, basalt, or gold ore.

Axe
An axe is used to chop wooden blocks, such as wood, wooden planks, or crafting tables.

Hoe
Hoes are used for tilling dirt or grass to find seeds and create farmland. A hoe can also be used to dig up ash.

Wooden
Wooden tools are a basic tool tier that you will most likely use when starting out in a world. Wooden tools have 64 durability.

Stone
Stone tools can break blocks faster than wooden tools. Stone tools have a chance to give double items upon breaking a block. Stone tools have 128 durability.

Golden
Golden tools break blocks quickly and are able to pick up certain blocks without breaking them or turning them into something else, such as grass, stone, and glass. Golden tools have the same breaking tier as iron tools. Golden tools have 384 durability.

Iron
Iron tools can break blocks faster than stone tools. An iron pickaxe can mine any type of ore. Iron tools have 256 durability.

Molten
Molten tools can smelt blocks upon breaking them. Molten tools have the same breaking tier as iron tools. Molten tools have 128 durability.

Diamond
Diamond tools can break blocks faster than iron tools and will get faster the lower durability it has. Diamond tools have 1536 durability.

Obsidian
Obsidian tools have the same breaking tier as iron tools. Obsidian tools have 16384 durability.