• /
• General/
• HM DS Cute/
• Tools

Each time you use a tool, you increase the experience on it. Go into your farm data page (where you can see how much money you have) and click on your own face. Scroll down at it will show you how far along each tool is. Once you have enough experience, the ore you want to upgrade it with, and money (anywhere from 1000 to 5000G, going up each level) you can call Gray at the blacksmith and have him upgrade it for you. It will take time until you get it back, so keep this in mind when upgrading tools you need on a day to day basis - ie the watering can. Make other arrangements (hint hint, sprites) to have your crops watered while it's in the shop. For the main 6 tools, (hoe, sickle, watering can, fishing pole, hammer, and axe) your normal daily use will add experience to your tools. Go into your Farm Data screen, then tap on your own face to see your progress. You can also just use the tool over and over, not in its appropriate way (ie, cast the fishing line out, and draw it back in immediately without catching anything will level it up just as well as catching a fish.) As you reach each level (Copper, Silver, Gold, Mystrile) you can send the tool to the shop with the appropriate ore and have it improved. You will be able to hold down the A button to charge the tools to whatever level you have them at, then let go to get an improved result. To get the tools beyond that, you first have to venture into the 3rd mine (see the mining section) and find the cursed tools. These will do the same thing as blessed tools, but they use up a lot of stamina and fatigue! Get them blessed by calling Carter and paying 100000G. Once all the tools are blessed, you will be able to find Mythic Stones in the 4th mine to level them up to the final level. Mythic tools use up a lot less Stamina on their full charge than regular tools. For all tools except the Fishing Pole, using the tool regular uses 2 Stamina with each use. Using it charged to the 2nd level uses 4 Stamina. The 3rd, 5 Stamina. 4th, 7 Stamina. 5th, 9 Stamina. 6th, 10 Stamina. If your Stamina is gone, all charge levels build 2 Fatigue. When using tools in bad weather, you will build a Fatigue point in addition to the Stamina consumed with each use. (And yes, once you've eaten away your stamina, you will also get that extra Fatigue point each time, for 3 on each use.) The Fishing Pole is the same when it comes to bad weather, but all charge levels only use 2 Stamina. Axe: 1st Level - chops sticks only 2nd Level (copper) - will chop stumps in 6 fully charged hits 3rd Level (silver) - will chop stumps in 3 fully charged hits 4th Level (gold) - will chop stumps in 2 fully charged hits 5th Level (mystrile) - will chop stumps in 1 fully charged hits 6th Level (cursed/blessed) - all wood in that area 7th Level (Mythic) - all wood in that area Hammer: 1st Level - smashes small stones only 2nd Level (copper) - will smash big stone in 3 fully charged hits 3rd Level (silver) - will smash big stone in 2 fully charged hits/boulder in 6 4th Level (gold) - will smash big stone in 1 fully charged hits/boulder in 3 5th Level (mystrile) - smash big stone in 1 fully charged hit/boulder in 2 6th Level (cursed/blessed) - all rocks in 9x9 area 7th Level (Mythic) - all rocks in the entire area Fishing Pole: 1st Level - Small & Medium Fish 2nd Level (copper) - Small & Medium Fish 3rd Level (silver) - Small & Medium Fish 4th Level (gold) - Small, Medium & Large Fish 5th Level (mystrile) - Small, Medium & Large Fish 6th Level (cursed/blessed) - S, M & L Fish, rare items, fish kings 7th Level (Mythic) - S, M & L Fish, rare items, fish kings Watering Can: 1st Level - waters 1 square 2nd Level (copper) - waters 3 squares 3rd Level (silver) - waters 2x3 squares 4th Level (gold) - waters 3x3 square 5th Level (mystrile) - waters 3x5 square 6th Level (cursed/blessed) - waters 6x12 square 7th Level (Mythic) - waters 12x21 square Hoe: 1st Level - tills 1 square 2nd Level (copper) - 2 squares in a line in front of you 3rd Level (silver) - 3 squares in a line 4th Level (gold) - 4 squares in a line 5th Level (mystrile) - 6 squares in a line 6th Level (cursed/blessed) - 3x12 square in front of you 7th Level (Mythic) - 5x18 square Sickle: 1st Level - cuts 1 square 2nd Level (copper) - cuts 3 squares perpendicular to you 3rd Level (silver) - cuts 2x3 4th Level (gold) - cuts 3x3 5th Level (mystrile) - cuts 5x5 6th Level (cursed/blessed) - cuts 9x9 7th Level (Mythic) - cuts 15x15 The milker and shears can be leveled up as well. At Level 0, the milker will just give you one bottle of milk. At Level 1, you will get two bottles of milk each time you milk a cow, and so on. Leveling up the milker and shears takes a long time. Even after 13 seasons of milking one cow every day and shearing one sheep 6 times each week, they were both only halfway to Level 1. But, there is a trick. Just using the tool in the air gives it experience. So, you can use it over and over again. About 17 times moves it just a fraction of an inch. So this will still take a while. It took me 4 days of doing it nonstop from sunup to sundown to go from halfway to Level 1 to just at Level 2. Equip any stamina/fatigue saving equipment you might have, and go at it. I was attempting this when I was already rich from leveling up crops, so I just bought a bunch of Turbojolt XL from Van and just chugged them when I needed to. This also works indoors, so you can keep time from passing. If you aren't rich, then you can do this in conjunction with fulfilling the Hot Springs requirements for saving two purple Sprites, Violetto (rest 200 times for at least an hour at a time in the Circus Grounds Hot Springs) and Carey (rest 200 times for at least an hour at a time in the Goddess Pond Hot Springs.) Use the tool until your Stamina is spent, then rest in the Goddess Hot Springs, or use it until your Fatigue is almost full, and rest in the Circus Hot Springs. I personally prefer building up Fatigue, since it only adds 2 each time, and the milker uses 4 Stamina each time. It's just more cost effective to build up Fatigue and reduce it! But it's up to you!