Tools

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Tools are implements that provide bonuses to their respective non-combat skills. Similar to armor and weapons, tools occupy specific equipment slots that can be associated with particular character loadouts which in turn are used in certain combat and skill/sub-skill related locations.

Types

Tools are subdivided into the following types and utilized in their corresponding locales:

image	Type/Slot	Skill	Location(s)	Sub-skills	Dangerous Gathering	Skilling Dungeon	Notes
	Chisel	Runecrafting	Runecrafting Shrines and Cloth Weaving Tables	Runecrafting, Cloth Weaving, Affix Warding	-	Abandoned Academy Base	The Abandoned Academy Base requires an Abandoned Academy Scroll for entry.
	Hatchet	Foraging	Grasslands, Verdant Valley, Fungal Grotto, The Tangle, Misty Marsh, Frozen Tundra, Haunted Woods and Living Forest	N/A	Living Forest	Nature Atheneum	The Nature Atheneum requires a Heart of the Oak key.
	Hoe	Farming	The player's Farm	-	-	Nature Atheneum	drops Farming Shards in addition to Foraging Shards.
	Ladle	Cooking	Preparation Halls and Cooking Guild	Preparation, Cooking, and Brewing (Alchemy)	-	Master Chicken's Kitchen	The Master Chicken's Kitchen requires a Prismatic Pudding. Limpe K. Limpe drops Cooking Shards.
	Pickaxe	Mining	Clay Pit, City Outskirts Mine, Village Quarry, Desert Mine, Underground Mine, Slate Spires, Hidden Mine, Volcano Mine, Deep Pit	-	Deep Pit	Dwarven Research Station	The Dwarven Research Station requires a Dwarven Research Key.
	Tacklebox	Fishing	Shallow Pond, Lazy River, Still Lake, Open Ocean, Stormy Seas	-	Stormy Seas	Abandoned Academy Base	The Water Elemental drops Fishing Shards and Runecrafting Shards.
	Tome	Enchanting	College of Scrollcrafting, Academy of Augmentation, Institute of Research	Scrollcrafting, , Augmenting, and Item Research	-	-	There are no shards for enchanting thus no skilling dungeon exists.
	Tongs	Smithing	The Forges consist of: the City Forge, Dwarven Forge and Volcanic Forge.	-	-	Dwarven Research Station	The Ancient Dwarven Golem drops Mining Shards and Smithing Shards.

• Crafting is the only non-combat skill that does not require a tool.

Acquisition

Tools and their associated skilling sets may be crafted, earned by quests (or have their recipes unlocked by quest completion), produced through transformation (augmentation or research) of another, and/or purchased at the Marketplace. See the Tool List or visit individual tool pages for more details.

Set Bonus

Set Bonuses are special buffs that are achieved by wearing the matching gear and/or legendary tool of a particular skill related equipment set.

Skill	Equipment Set	Helm	Body Armor	Legwear	Legendary Tool	Set Bonus	Notes
Enchanting	-	-	-	-	Ancient Magic Tome	-
Farming	-	-	-	-	Elvish Hoe	-
Cooking	Cooking Set	Chef's Hat	Chef's Coat	Chef's Pants	Golden Spoon	Master Chef (Set) Legendary Chef	Wearing 3 items achieves the Master Chef bonus while equipping all 4 activates the Legendary Chef bonus.
Fishing	Fisherman Set	Fisherman's Bucket Hat	Fisherman's Smock	Fisherman's Waders	Ocean's Embrace	Master Fisherman, Legendary Angler	Wearing 3 items achieves the Master Fisherman bonus while equipping all 4 activates the Legendary Angler bonus.
Foraging	Lumberjack Set	Lumberjack's Hat	Lumberjack's Vest	Lumberjack's Trousers	The Grovekeeper	Master Forager, Legendary Lumberjack	Wearing 3 items achieves the Master Forager bonus while equipping all 4 activates the Legendary Lumberjack bonus.
Mining	Miner Set	Miner's Lantern Helmet	Miner's Smock	Miner's Trousers	Dwarven Rocksmasher	Master Miner, Legendary Rockbreaker	Wearing 3 items achieves the Master Miner bonus while equipping all 4 activates the Legendary Rockbreaker bonus.
Smithing	Smithing Set	Chaos Crest	Smith's Golem Torso	Smith's Golem Legs	Dwarven Tongs	Master Smith, Legendary Smith	Wearing 3 items achieves the Master Smith bonus while equipping all 4 activates the Legendary Smith bonus.
Runecrafting	Runecrafting Set	Runecrafter's Robe Hood	Runecrafter's Robe Top	Runecrafter's Robe Bottoms	Ancient Runic Chisel	Master Runecrafter, Legendary Runecrafter	Wearing 3 items achieves the Master Runecrafter bonus while equipping all 4 activates the Legendary Runecrafter bonus.

Materials

The tool's material determine the boost towards the skill. Augmenting a tool gives bonuses also dependent on material.

Tool Material	Bonus Levels	Augment Bonus Levels
Bronze	10	0.5
Iron	20	1
Mithril	30	1.5
Adamantite	40	2
Runite	50	2.5
Stygian	60	3