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'''Tools''' help you do things in the world. You can carry them with you in your backpack for ready use, or store them in a [[chest]] when not immediately needed. You can upgrade your tools at the [[Blacksmith#Upgrade Tools|Blacksmith]] for money and metal bars, with upgrades taking two days to complete. During the upgrade, you can't buy anything or ask [[Clint]] to break open geodes. Tools must be upgraded in ascending order of materials; for example, a copper tool can't be upgraded directly to iridium.
'''Tools''' help you do things in the world. You can carry them with you in your backpack for ready use, or store them in a [[chest]] when not immediately needed. You can upgrade your tools at the [[Blacksmith#Upgrade Tools|Blacksmith]] for money and metal bars, with upgrades taking two days to complete. During the upgrade, you can't buy anything or ask [[Clint]] to break open geodes. (Break open your geodes before giving him a tool to upgrade.) Tools must be upgraded in ascending order of materials; for example, a copper tool can't be upgraded directly to iridium.
Tip: The practical meaning of an upgrade "taking two days to complete" is that you will wake up on two successive days without your tool. (It is at the blacksmith's.) This means that on the day you bring it in to be upgraded, you may first use the tool for any number of hours, so long as you hand it over to the blacksmith before the shop's closing time. You will then have one complete day without the tool. The second day, you may retrieve the upgraded tool at any time after the shop opens, and then use it freely. Thus, "two days" does not end up meaning exactly 48 hours, but something less than that. It is somewhat clearer to think of it as two nights.
Tip: The practical meaning of an upgrade "taking two days to complete" is that you will wake up on two successive days without your tool. (It is at the blacksmith's.) This means that on the day you bring it in to be upgraded, you may first use the tool for any number of hours, so long as you hand it over to the blacksmith before the shop's closing time. You will then have one complete day without the tool. The second day, you may retrieve the upgraded tool at any time after the shop opens, and then use it freely. Thus, "two days" does not end up meaning exactly 48 hours, but something less than that. It is somewhat clearer to think of it as two nights.