Modifiers

Modifiers
All Tinker's Construct tools can be modified to allow for certain upgrades. They are listed below (or in the  Materials and You  book you recieve in-game).

1x Diamond: Increases the durability of the tool by 500. Can only be used once.

1x Emerald: Increases the durability of the tool by 50%. Can only be used once.

Redstone: Increases the mining speed of the tool by 0.08. 1 modifier counts as 50 redstone (i.e. +4.00 mining speed). Can be used for multiple slots (i.e. 'Haste III' or +12.00 mining speed is gained from 150 redstone, but uses three modifier slots)

1x Ball of Moss: Crafted with 9x Mossy Cobblestone. The tool will automatically repair (relatively slowly) itself. Can be applied three times (up to Moss III). Single use, which means each ball you add costs 1 modifier slot.

1x Lava Crystal: Crafted with 4x Fire Charge, 4x Blaze Rod, 1x Lava Bucket. Tools will automatically smelt the block they mine and weapons will gain Fire Aspect, with a duration of 3 seconds. It can be stacked with Luck (Lapis) to give more ingots directly from ore. It is  not compatible  with Silky (Silk Touch). Can only be used once.

Lapis: Increases the total "luck" of the tool. The Fortune enchants are added with the following amounts of lapis: 100 lapis = Fortune I. 300 lapis = Fortune II. 450 lapis (max) = Fortune III.

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<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:white;border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0cm;">Adding Modifiers
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<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:white;border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0cm;">Abilities
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<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:white;border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0cm;">Known Bugs
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