the tool bench
craft
Axes, picks and hafts. Bare hands strip a tree slowly; with tools the same trip home carries far more.
Goal: Make better tools, so every hour of work is worth more.
Costs: 6 wood, 4 stone
Unlocks: Carry baskets and hafted tools — faster wood and stone for everyone.
Tools they need first
- stone axe
Fells standing trees instead of scavenging fallen ones — the first real jump in how fast wood comes in.
- stone pick
Breaks rock faces and frees ore from the seam. Without it, metal stays underground.