Is it worth giving Iron Tools to the Villagers?

[jandrel]

Iron tools do not only hold longer, when used by Racinir, but alo speed up the work.
Does they speed up work for the villagers as well?

[hubbemattsson]

No. Just last longer. But, I would still say yes. Its worth giving them better tools

[bmnoble981]

Yes, it reduces how often they need new tools, doesn't speed up their work though.

If you have the money to spare you can buy a bunch of iron tools for them every few years long before you unlock the ability to make them in the research tree and free up your smithy worker to make stuff to sell instead of making tools.

Once you do unlock the option to make iron tools yourself and have a mine you will quickly find you need to dial back tool production, your smithy will be making tools far faster than your villagers can use them up.

[jandrel]

Thank you both for the answer.

Would iron tools affect villagers' output as much as Racimir does, e.g. mining, I would have done my best to equip my villagers with iron tools as often as possible. Now I can more easily balance availability and longevity.

[Mr Chill Chill]

Last I checked the stats, bronze tools are best in most cases, but if you have a solid supply of iron, its simply easier to just supply those. There are a couple of tools, IIRC, where you're better off with the iron tools over bronze as they have a great difference in durability.