Upgrade pickaxes with better metals to deal more damage and improve harvest time. Maybe a tool upgrade system for tools that upgrade damage and have other features like harvest more ore / coal from a ore / coal vein.
I definitely like the idea of having better gathering tools, but just doing it like Minecraft sounds boring… You could have a little handheld drill or something.
In Minecraft you build the tools, in this case the pickaxe. The idea was about upgrade your tool, maybe adding some features for them. The handheld drill is interesting, it can have room to upgrades.
There is nothing wrong with the minecraft system i personally
Also the Pickaxe could be used to pry open the COGs Drillships doors. Like a crowbar. That isn’t something you do with a handheld drill.
Small handheld axe is planned once we add suits https://trello.com/c/FeHW5ZCP/36-suits