“Steel Tool Parts” are, as the name suggests, a crafting material that serves as the “parts” used to build tools themselves. As you can also tell from the internal name (meleeToolAllSteelParts), these are parts corresponding to a full set of steel-grade tools. Rather than being a finished product, the basic way to use them is as an intermediate material that gets assembled into tools at a workbench and similar stations.
Uses
- A crafting material for higher-tier tools (steel-class melee tools such as pickaxes, axes, and shovels).
- There’s a good chance they’re also consumed as parts for repairing tools of the same class, so they’re worth stocking up on if you want to keep your active gear in service longer.
How to Obtain and Craft
Steel-based parts tend to be items that assume you have an environment capable of working with steel. Specifically, the likely routes are to craft them yourself by processing steel ingots and the like at a workbench or forging setup, or to buy them from a trader or pick them up as loot. It helps to think of them as a material that becomes reliably easier to secure from the mid-game onward, once you can mass-produce steel.
When to Use
It’s most efficient to stock up on them all at once when you’re aiming to upgrade your tools. If they’re consumed for both crafting new gear and repairs, keeping a few on hand before an expedition will help prevent the mishap of running out of tools in the field. This is an item worth keeping in mind as the “final push” toward transitioning to steel tools.
※This article is a practical-oriented explanation inferred from the item name and internal name. Please check the exact quantities required, compatible tools, and crafting recipes at a workbench / crafting station in-game.