Tools by Mining Level[]
I found it very hard at times to ascend the tool ladder... having minerals I could not mine lying about drove me nuts enough that I decided to do some serious research. For ease of access (both mine and others) my results are listed below.
Difficulty is based first on mining difficulty of the ingredients followed by rarity. I really haven't gotten near the end-game so the higher levels are simply conjecture. I've marked materials that are extra-productive (i.e. skip a step) and counter-productive (i.e. don't scale to the next step). They do have their uses, however, as you might notice on the Tinker's Construct page.
Speed & Enchantment stats taken from various in-game books, duration from the tool itself, though keep in mind Tinker's Construct tools can double their durability with the right rod.
| Soft Non-Metal | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Material | Difficulty | Tinker's Construct | Ingot (Crafted) | |||
| Spd | Dur | Spd | Dur | Ench | ||
| Bone | Quests / Fossils | 2.5 | 70 | - | - | - |
| Wooden | Plant (Sticks) | 1.5 | 40 | - | - | - |
| Paper | Plant (Sugar Cane) | 1 | 17 | - | - | - |
| Cactus | Plant (Cactus) | 5 | 88 | - | - | - |
| Stone | Pickaxe | 1.5 | 80 | - | - | - |
| Slime (Blue) | Mob (Tinker Slime) | 1.5 | 960 | - | - | - |
| Slime (Green) | Mob (Vanilla Slime) | 1 | 400 | - | - | - |
| Glue^ | Mob (Horse) | 0.5 | 10 | - | - | - |
| Lumium | Alloy (Hard Metal) | 11.5 | 10 | - | - | - |
| Bedrockium | Crafting (Diamond) | 0.5 | 8000 | - | - | - |
| Hard Non-Metal | ||||||
| Material | Difficulty | Tinker's Construct | Ingot (Crafted) | |||
| Spd | Dur | Spd | Dur | Ench | ||
| Flint | Shovel | 4 | 121 | - | - | - |
| Plastic | Plant (Rubber Tree) | 6 | 1500 | - | - | - |
| Ghostwood | Axe | 3 | 25 | 2 | 59 | 15 |
| Cardboard^ | Paper & Slime | 2 | 50 | 2 | 64 | 0 |
| Slime (Pink) | Mob (Thaumic Slime) | 3 | 2000 | - | - | - |
| Netherrack | Hard Non-Metal | 3 | 60 | - | - | - |
| Lead* | Hard Metal | 1 | 1300 | - | - | - |
| Soft Metal | ||||||
| Material | Difficulty | Tinker's Construct | Ingot (Crafted) | |||
| Spd | Dur | Spd | Dur | Ench | ||
| Darkwood | Hard Non-Metal Axe | 4 | 105 | 4 | 131 | 5 |
| Prometheum | Hard Non-Metal | 1.5 | 250 | 4 | 200 | 16 |
| Certus Quartz | Hard Non-Metal | 5.5 | 90 | - | - | - |
| Copper | Hard Non-Metal | 5 | 144 | 5 | 180 | 5 |
| Deep Iron | Hard Non-Metal | 4.5 | 200 | 6 | 250 | 14 |
| Brass | Alloy (Hard Non-Metal) | 7.5 | 12 | 12 | 15 | 18 |
| Signalum | Alloy (Hard Metal) | 5 | 288 | - | - | - |
| Hard Metal | ||||||
| Material | Difficulty | Tinker's Construct | Ingot (Crafted) | |||
| Spd | Dur | Spd | Dur | Ench | ||
| Fusewood | Axe | 6 | 200 | 6 | 250 | 14 |
| Iron | Soft Metal | 6 | 200 | - | - | - |
| Nether Quartz | Soft Metal | 8 | 160 | - | - | - |
| Oureclase | Soft Metal | 6.25 | 264 | 8 | 750 | 18 |
| Shadow Iron | Soft Metal | 4 | 800 | 4 | 300 | 3 |
| Silver | Soft Metal | 8.5 | 20 | 16 | 25 | 20 |
| Ignatius | Soft Metal | 4 | 100 | 4 | 200 | 15 |
| Peridot^ | Soft Metal | 12.5 | 410 | - | - | - |
| Quartz (Blocks) | Soft Metal | - | - | 4 | 130 | 5 |
| Bronze | Alloy (Soft Metal) | 6.5 | 304 | 6 | 250 | 9 |
| Black Steel | Alloy (Soft Metal) | 5.5 | 240 | 8 | 500 | 17 |
| Angmallen | Alloy (Hard Metal) | 6 | 120 | 10 | 300 | 30 |
| Electrum | Alloy (Hard Metal) | 9.5 | 80 | 20 | 100 | 30 |
| Thaumium | Magic (Hard Metal) | 6.5 | 160 | 7 | 400 | 22 |
| Ruby | Diamond | 8 | 410 | - | - | - |
| Sapphire^ | Diamond | 8 | 1230 | - | - | - |
| Diamond | ||||||
| Material | Difficulty | Tinker's Construct | Ingot (Crafted) | |||
| Spd | Dur | Spd | Dur | Ench | ||
| Amethyst^ | Mob (Custom NPCs?) | 6 | 1562 | - | - | - |
| Manasteel | Magic (Soft Metal?) | 6.2 | 230 | 6.2 | 300 | 20 |
| Bloodwood | Hard Metal Axe | 7 | 280 | 7 | 350 | 24 |
| Ferrous (TC)* | Hard Metal | 11 | 80 | - | - | - |
| Midasium | Hard Metal | 11.11 | 89 | 10 | 100 | 35 |
| Invar (TC)* | Alloy (Hard Metal) | 6.5 | 280 | - | - | - |
| Steel | Alloy (Hard Metal) | 7 | 320 | 8 | 750 | 18 |
| Damascus Steel | Alloy (Hard Metal) | 5 | 270 | 6 | 500 | 19 |
| Hepatizon | Alloy (Hard Metal) | 7.5 | 180 | 10 | 300 | 22 |
| Shadow Steel | Alloy (Hard Metal) | 6 | 1280 | 6 | 400 | 5 |
| Obsidian | Supra-Diamond | 6.5 | 65 | - | - | - |
| Supra-Diamond | ||||||
| Material | Difficulty | Tinker's Construct | Ingot (Crafted) | |||
| Spd | Dur | Spd | Dur | Ench | ||
| Pig Iron | Alloy (Soft Metal) | 7.8 | 534 | - | - | - |
| Elementium | Magic (Soft Metal?) | 6.2 | 550 | 6.2 | 720 | 20 |
| Ardite | Diamond | 8 | 485 | - | - | - |
| Astral Silver | Diamond | 9 | 28 | 12 | 35 | 30 |
| Ceruclase | Diamond | 7.07 | 400 | 7 | 500 | 18 |
| Unstable | Crafting (Diamond) | - | - | 8 | ∞ | 10 |
| Platinum | Diamond | 13 | 80 | 24 | 100 | 50 |
| Vyroxeres | Diamond | 7 | 240 | 7 | 300 | 16 |
| Enderium^ | Alloy (Diamond) | 10 | 140 | - | - | - |
| Pickaxe of the Core | Magic (Diamond) | - | - | 10 | 1500 | 18 |
| Alumite | Alloy (Supra-Diamond) | 7.9 | 440 | - | - | - |
| Bound | Magic (Supra-Diamond) | - | - | 12 | ∞ | 50 |
| Alien | ||||||
| Material | Difficulty | Tinker's Construct | Ingot (Crafted) | |||
| Spd | Dur | Spd | Dur | Ench | ||
| Terrasteel | Magic (Soft Metal?) | 9 | 1770 | 9 | 2300 | 26 |
| Flux-Infused | Crafting (Diamond) | 400 | - | - | ||
| Chameleon | Magic (Hard Metal) | - | - | 10 | ∞ | 18 |
| Inolashite | Alloy (Diamond) | 8 | 720 | 8 | 900 | 25 |
| Carmot | Supra-Diamond | 8 | 120 | 12 | 50 | 40 |
| Cobalt | Supra-Diamond | 11 | 640 | - | - | - |
| Eximite | Supra-Diamond | 8 | 800 | 8 | 1000 | 25 |
| Kalendrite | Supra-Diamond | 5 | 800 | 8 | 1000 | 20 |
| Mithril | Supra-Diamond | 7.2 | 560 | 9 | 1000 | 18 |
| Amordrine | Alloy (Supra-Diamond) | 14 | 720 | 14 | 1300 | 50 |
| Fairy | Alloy (Supra-Diamond) | 10.5 | 200 | - | - | - |
| Haderoth | Alloy (Supra-Diamond) | 8 | 648 | 12 | 1250 | 19 |
| Quicksilver | Alloy (Supra-Diamond) | 8.8 | 480 | 14 | 1100 | 20 |
| Extreme | ||||||
| Material | Difficulty | Tinker's Construct | Ingot (Crafted) | |||
| Spd | Dur | Spd | Dur | Ench | ||
| Void (Ingot)* | Magic (Hard Metal) | 8 | 120 | 8 | 150 | 10 |
| Ichorium | Magic (Diamond) | - | - | 10 | ∞ | 25 |
| Manyullyn | Alloy (Supra-Diamond) | 9 | 960 | - | - | - |
| Pokefennium | Alloy (Supra-Diamond) | 8.5 | 300 | - | - | - |
| Orichalcum | Alien | 9 | 808 | 9 | 1350 | 20 |
| Volcanite | Alien | 1 | 1200 | 10 | 1500 | 20 |
| Celenegil | Alloy (Alien) | 14 | 480 | 14 | 1600 | 50 |
| Epic | ||||||
| Material | Difficulty | Tinker's Construct | Ingot (Crafted) | |||
| Spd | Dur | Spd | Dur | Ench | ||
| Awakened Ichorium | Magic (Diamond) | - | - | 10 | ∞ | 25 |
| Desichalkos | Alloy (Supra-Diamond) | 10 | 1440 | 10 | 1800 | 30 |
| Adamantine | Extreme | 10 | 1240 | 10 | 1550 | 22 |
| Sanguinite | Extreme | 2 | 1475 | 12 | 1750 | 25 |
| Atlarus | Epic | 12 | 1400 | 10 | 1750 | 22 |
| Tartarite | Alloy (Epic) | 15 | 1600 | 14 | 3000 | 25 |
- * : The mining level is for the version indicated only (the other version for this material has inferior mining capabilities). TC: Tinker's Construct; Ingot: Crafted w/sticks.
- ^ : This material may not be available/viable as the mob/material may not spawn readily in Blightfall.
Alloy Formulas[]
For ease of access, below is a list of alloys that appear in Blightfall. The numbers are ratios in mb and based entirely on the totals listed in NEI.
- Note: This is compiled via NEI & Blightfall Books not actual experience.
| Alloy: | Resources Required |
|---|---|
| Aluminium Brass (4): | Aluminum (3) + Copper (1) |
| Alumite (3): | Aluminum (5) + Iron (2) + Obsidian (2) |
| Amordrine (2): | Kalendrite (1) + Platinum (1) |
| Angmallen (2): | Gold (1) + Iron (1) |
| Black Steel (2): | Infuscolium (1) + Deep Iron (1) |
| Brass (2): | Copper (1) + Zinc (1) |
| Bronze (4): | Copper (3) + Tin (1) |
| Celenegil (2): | Orichalcum (1) + Platinum (1) |
| Damascus Steel (2): | Iron (1) + Bronze (1) |
| Desichalkos (2): | Eximite (1) + Meutoite (1) |
| Electrum (2): | Gold (1) + Silver (1) |
| Enderium (4): | Silver (1) + Tin (2) + Platinum (1) + Ender (6.94) |
| Fairy (2): | Ardite (1) + Obsidian (2) + Blood (1) |
| Haderoth (2): | Mithril (1) + Rubracium (1) |
| Hepatizon (1): | Bronze (1) + Gold (1) |
| Inolashite (1): | Alduorite (1) + Ceruclase (1) |
| Invar (3): | Iron (2) + Ferrous (1) |
| Lumium (4): | Silver (1) + Tin (3) + Glowstone (6.94) |
| Manyullyn (1): | Cobalt (1) + Ardite (1) |
| Pig Iron (1): | Iron (1) + Emerald (40) + Blood (5) |
| Pokefennium (2): | Cobalt (1) + Iron (1) + Blood (2) |
| Quicksilver (2): | Mithril (1) + Silver (1) |
| Shadow Steel (2): | Shadow Iron (1) + Lemurite (1) |
| Signalum (4): | Silver (1) + Copper (3) + Redstone (6.94) |
| Steel (2): | Iron (1) + Manganese (1) |
| Tartarite (2): | Adamantine (1) + Altarus (1) |