Tool upgrades are nonsense

[Impudence]

These are incredibly minor and incredibly difficult after the first couple. 350 rare gems to mine faster for 15 seconds? 200 truffles (btw there are truffles in the game) to cut mushrooms slightly faster? No knockout seems like the only one worth anything and I'm not even sure it'll do what I think it will. I'm still 75 spiders short after 15 hours. I have high hopes for the game, but I'm increasingly worried about these early design choices when it comes to the long term future of this one..

[HunterSilver]

The tool upgrade requirements are wholly unrealistic. The sickle is the only tool that's reasonably doable.

The system also presents a conflict of intent. For a game about brewing potions, there is a very heavy emphasis mechanically to grind rare materials over ever actually exploring what you can make.

You'd think that upgrades would ask you to create potions that have high potency or balanced taste or that use optimal ingredients. No. Mine 175,000 rocks for geodes to get gems. I think that's roughly what you need to mine anyway. 1 in 10 rocks drops a geode, 1 in 10 geodes gives a gem, ~1 in 5 gems are Sapphire or Amethyst, 175 of each to upgrade.

Every upgrade level is like that. Don't kid yourself that the upgrades are small though. Getting a triple dash, infinite special refresh on your pickaxe, damage immunity while using your axe's special, etc are insane. Even the speed boost when gathering with the sickle is game changing.

[Ultroman the Tacoman]

Originally posted by Impudence:

These are incredibly minor and incredibly difficult after the first couple. 350 rare gems to mine faster for 15 seconds? 200 truffles (btw there are truffles in the game) to cut mushrooms slightly faster? No knockout seems like the only one worth anything and I'm not even sure it'll do what I think it will. I'm still 75 spiders short after 15 hours. I have high hopes for the game, but I'm increasingly worried about these early design choices when it comes to the long term future of this one..

We completely agree, and have lowered the price of tool enchantments greatly in today's patch! Many other balancing changes have been made, and growth of trees and other resources should work properly now.

The tool enchantments really are incredible to wield, like HunterSilver says. Try them out :)