Weapons & Equip Multi Tool (One Item For All)

[rediniowa5]

My idea is for a Multi Tool

Function: To serve as
- Hammer
- Axe
- Pickaxe


How would it work you ask? It would follow the logic used for The Grand Design
Link to The Grand Design: https://terraria.wiki.gg/The_Grand_Design

It would in essense allow you to swap between the main tools for an adventurer/builder


How would you craft such a thing you ask?

Crafting Recipe: Tier 1
- Molten Hamaxe
- Molten Pickaxe

(deals fire damage on hit)

Crafting Recipe: Tier 2
- Pickaxe Axe
- Drax

(Tier 2 loses fire effect)

Crafting Recipe: Tier 3 (Final Tier)
- Lunar Tools (Hamaxe and Pickaxe)
- Shroomite Digging Claws



Tooltip:
One Tool to Build/Destroy it all.



Damage: To be determined per each tier. (Feel free to suggest)

 

[Lord Garak]

The Hamdrax was removed because a tool cannot tweak block shape and dig blocks at the same time. It also often breaks walls by accident.

The third tier is not worth crafting because the Shroomite Digging claw is better than the Lunar pickaxes.

 

[rediniowa5]

How is the Shroomite Digging Claw better then the Lunar picks?

https://terraria.wiki.gg/Shroomite_Digging_Claw
vs
https://terraria.wiki.gg/Luminite_Pickaxes

Luminite has better stats overall.

(Would not have to worry about breaking a block while tweaking, the multi tool would have different settings like the grand design to prevent that)​

 

[Lord Garak]

How is the Shroomite Digging Claw better then the Lunar picks?

https://terraria.wiki.gg/Shroomite_Digging_Claw
vs
https://terraria.wiki.gg/Luminite_Pickaxes

Luminite has better stats overall.

(Would not have to worry about breaking a block while tweaking, the multi tool would have different settings like the grand design to prevent that)​

The Digging Claw is much faster. It says so right there on the page.

 

[rediniowa5]

Shroomite:
Use time 11 (Very Fast)
Tool speed 4


Lunar:
Use time 11 (Very Fast)
Tool speed 6


Still don't see how shroomite wins here.

 

[Laluzi]

Lower numbers are better, and tool speed is the one that counts. If you use them both next to each other, you'll see the difference. The claws can melt blocks as fast as you can fall.

 

[rediniowa5]

How about adding the shroomite claws to the tier 3 then? That would give a reason to make it, thoughts?

 

[Laluzi]

I think that would be a better idea. Having said that, while I'm not opposed to the idea of a multi-tool that encapsulates all of the building tools (as long as the hammer/mining problem can be resolved), I don't like the idea of making it a feasible weapon on top of that. The point of the tools was that they were never up to snuff in combat, and even if you do make this tool a decent melee combat weapon, people are still going to shirk it in favor of the better items available at that tier - so it's not going to serve its intended purpose in that arena. I don't see the point in combining the sword, here.

 

[rediniowa5]

alright, so we remove the weapon capability, add shroomite claws to tier 3 and we got the multi tool.


(Hammer/mining issue resolved via a menu like that of the grand design)


Updated it.

 

[Laluzi]

Well, if that's what you want. It is your suggestion; I can only give my opinion on it. But it is something I'd like to see in-game.

The one thing about the shroomite claws is that while they're considered the most popular endgame mining item for their speed, they do have less range than most pickaxes.

 

[Lord Garak]

Shroomite:
Use time 11 (Very Fast)
Tool speed 4


Lunar:
Use time 11 (Very Fast)
Tool speed 6


Still don't see how shroomite wins here.

Those stats clearly show that the Shroomite Digging claw has a mining speed of 4, hitting a block 15 times a second and holding the fastest speed in the game.

 

[rediniowa5]

I get the idea Garak, I've since updated the main post to make it a little better.