Advanced-Tools
Minecraft survival is built on the back of your tools. You mine, you dig, you fight, and inevitably, your favorite diamond pickaxe shatters just when you need it most. The Advanced-Tools add-on completely rewrites these rules, giving you unprecedented control over your equipment. No more disposable gear — instead, you will craft, upgrade, and perfect a set of tools that can last an entire playthrough. This mod introduces a deep system of repair, material conversion, and enchantment manipulation that makes every tool feel truly yours.
Why Advanced-Tools Changes Everything
Vanilla Minecraft treats tools as consumable items. You use them, they break, and you craft new ones. Advanced-Tools for Minecraft flips that philosophy on its head. The core feature is simple yet revolutionary: your tools are indestructible. They will never break from use, removing the constant anxiety of durability. Instead of managing a graveyard of broken pickaxes, you invest in a single tool that grows with you. The add-on also introduces a full repair system, so if your tool does take damage from special circumstances, you can restore it with its base material. This alone transforms the early and mid-game, but the real depth comes from the upgrade and enchantment systems.
Core Features of Advanced-Tools
This add-on packs a surprising amount of depth into a focused package. Every feature is designed to give you more agency over your tools without feeling overpowered. Here is what you can expect when you start using Advanced-Tools:
- Indestructible Tools: Your tools will never break from regular use, eliminating durability anxiety.
- Material Upgrades: Change a tool's material by combining it with the desired resource in a crafting grid. Downgrade or upgrade as your resource supply changes.
- Simple Repair: Restore any tool to full health by combining it with its corresponding material.
- Enchantment Templates: Convert enchanted books into reusable templates, then apply them directly to tools without an anvil.
- Enchantment Removal: Use the enchantment remover to strip specific enchantments from a tool, giving you back a template.
- Enchantment Manipulation: Combine two identical enchantment templates to increase their level, or split a high-level template into two lower ones.
- Vanilla Conversion: Place any vanilla tool into a crafting grid to instantly convert it into its Advanced-Tools equivalent.
- Statistics Tracking: Each tool records its own statistics, so you can see exactly how many blocks you have mined or mobs you have slain.
- JEI Compatibility: Full Just Enough Items support makes every recipe discoverable in-game.
How to Install Advanced-Tools
Getting started with Advanced-Tools is straightforward. The add-on runs on Minecraft Java Edition and requires a mod loader. Currently, the mod supports Forge for versions 1.20.1, 1.19.4, and 1.19.2. To begin, you need to have the correct version of Forge installed. Then, simply download Advanced-Tools from a trusted source and place the .jar file into your mods folder. Launch the game, and the new tool system will be active immediately. If you use a launcher like foxygame.net, you can find Advanced-Tools in the built-in add-on catalog and install it with a single click, automatically matching the correct game version and loader without any manual file management.
Crafting and Upgrading Your Tools
The crafting recipes for Advanced-Tools are intuitive for any Minecraft veteran. They mirror the vanilla tool recipes exactly, but flipped upside down in the crafting grid. For example, a pickaxe recipe that normally has sticks at the bottom and material at the top will instead have the material at the bottom and sticks at the top. This small change makes it easy to remember while clearly distinguishing the new tools. Once crafted, your tool is indestructible and ready for upgrades. To change the material, simply place the tool in a crafting grid with the new material — the amount required matches the tool type, just like crafting from scratch. This means you can start with a stone pickaxe and later upgrade it to iron, diamond, or even netherite without losing any enchantments.
Enchantment System Deep Dive
The enchantment system in Advanced-Tools is where the add-on truly shines. Instead of relying on an anvil and accumulating massive experience costs, you work with enchantment templates. Convert any enchanted book into a template by placing it in the crafting grid. Then, combine that template with your tool to apply the enchantment. This process costs no experience and can be repeated endlessly. If you want to remove an enchantment, use the enchantment remover item. Right-click it to cycle through the enchantments on your tool, then place both in a crafting grid to extract that specific enchantment as a template. You can also combine two identical templates to create a higher-level version, or split a high-level template into two lower-level ones. This gives you complete control over your tool's enchantment loadout without the randomness of an enchanting table.
Converting Vanilla Tools and Repairing
If you already have a beloved enchanted netherite pickaxe from before you installed the add-on, do not worry. You can convert any vanilla tool into an Advanced-Tools version by simply placing it alone in a crafting grid. The tool will retain all its enchantments and become indestructible. Repairing is equally simple: combine the tool with its base material in a crafting grid. For example, a diamond pickaxe repaired with diamonds. This system respects the material hierarchy, so you can always keep your favorite tool in top condition without hunting for mending books.
Why Advanced-Tools Fits Every Playstyle
Whether you are a builder who hates interrupting a project to craft new shovels, an explorer who wants a single trusty sword, or a redstone engineer who needs precision tools that never break, this add-on adapts to you. The material upgrade path means you are never locked into a bad decision. The enchantment system encourages experimentation because you can freely add, remove, and recombine enchantments. And because the tools are indestructible, you can focus on the creative and adventurous parts of Minecraft instead of resource grinding. The add-on also plays nicely with other mods, especially those that add new materials, as the upgrade system is flexible enough to handle custom tool materials.
Compatibility and Performance
Advanced-Tools is designed to be lightweight and compatible. It does not overhaul world generation or add complex new blocks, so it slots into existing modpacks without conflicts. The add-on has full JEI integration, meaning every recipe — from material upgrades to enchantment splitting — is viewable in the item recipe viewer. This makes learning the system effortless. Performance impact is minimal because the mod only modifies tool behavior and adds a few simple items. You can safely include it in large modpacks without worrying about lag. For those who enjoy keeping their mods updated, the foxygame.net launcher can automatically detect new versions of Advanced-Tools and apply updates, ensuring you always have the latest features and bug fixes without manually checking forums.
Final Thoughts
Advanced-Tools for Minecraft is more than a quality-of-life tweak; it is a fundamental reimagining of how tools work in survival mode. By making tools indestructible, upgradeable, and fully enchantable on your terms, it removes the tedious parts of the game and amplifies the creative freedom. The enchantment template system alone is worth the download, offering a level of control that vanilla enchanting never provided. If you are ready to stop worrying about durability and start mastering your gear, download Advanced-Tools today and experience a smoother, more rewarding Minecraft adventure.