Tool Material Modifier Ideas

[IntegratedQuantum]

Material should have certain modifiers associated with them, similar to how it's done in Tinker's Construct. However given that this is a pattern based system, it would also be possible to allow modifiers that only work if certain patterns are made.

If you got any ideas for modifiers, feel free to comment them below.

Ideas

Common/Simple modifiers

Name	Concept	Examples
binding	Adds durability when next to a junction of other materials	sticky materials, fibers
long(?)	Stronger when multiple items of this type are in a straight/diagonal line	sticks/rods
hard	Increases speed when at the tip of a tool	diamond
brittle	Decreases durability depending on the number of neighbors surrounding it	diamond, glass/ceramic
thorny	Increases damage when on the blade, damages the player when on the handle	cactus
poisonous	Poison damage (damages the player when used for the handle)	lead, radioactive materials
combustible	The tool looses durability when the player is on fire	wood
hot	Burns the player/enemies, interacts with combustible materials	hot stuff?
cold	Protects neighboring combustible blocks from durability damage, looses durability when next to a hot material	ice
soluble	The tool looses durability when the player is under water	some salts/crystals
far-reaching	increases range of the tool

Rare/special modifiers

Name	Concept
single-use	only one material with this modifier can be used per tool, used to prevent overpowered tools
one-hit	increases damage to 1000×, but tools breaks after one use, without options to repair it
unbreakable	tool cannot loose durability
self-repairing	tool slowly heals durability
explosive	triggers a small explosion on use
non-newtonian(?)	looses power when not used, gains power when used often
"zanite"(?)	gains speed on use

Uncategorized

• The surrounding 3×3 field needs to be filled with mundane items to enable some other modifier
• The tool must contain x copies of this material to enable some other modifier
• Activates another modifier if the tool contains no single-use materials
• Activates another modifier if the tool only contains a small amount of items

[Quazae303]

rare modifier: non-newtonian: looses power over time when not used, but if used often, gains power.

[IntegratedQuantum]

Material density already impacts these properties. A separate modifier for heavy tools is not needed.