Essential Tools, Materials, and Early Game Basics in Confluence: Otherworld

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Tools Overview

Tools in Confluence: Otherworld serve multiple roles, and many are designed to pull double duty as both utility items and weapons. Prioritize crafting a good axe and pickaxe early, as they are the backbone of resource gathering and combat.

Axes

Axes are versatile, acting as both tools for chopping and as melee weapons. Several specialized versions exist, each with unique crafting requirements and properties.

Rejuvenation Axe: Crafted from a Maneater Vine, Jungle Spores, and a Rejuvenation Staff.
Golden Axe: Made with a Ruby, a standard Gold Axe, and Gold Bars. This is not the same as the vanilla Gold Axe.
Night's Edge Axe: Crafted using Demonite Bars. This axe is unbreakable.
Bloodlust Axe: Forged from Crimson Bars. This axe is indestructible.

Pickaxes

Pickaxes are essential for mining and are also effective in combat. Different materials provide access to different mining tiers and speeds.

Cactus Pickaxe: A surprisingly effective tool for desert environments.
Golden Pickaxe: Enhanced with a Ruby. This is distinct from the vanilla version.
Nightmare Pickaxe: Requires Demonite and Scales. This pickaxe is unbreakable.
Deathbringer Pickaxe: Requires Crimson materials and Tissue. This pickaxe is indestructible.
Fossil Pickaxe: An ancient tool that remains sturdy.
Molten Pickaxe: Made from Hellstone Bars and Blaze Rods. This is available before fighting Skeletron.
Bone Pickaxe: Provides faster mining speeds in the pre-Skeletron phase.
Reaver Shark: Obtained by fishing, this is a notable early-game option.

Hammers

The hammer is the base tool for breaking walls, dirt, and leaves. Its strikes have a 3x3 area effect, destroying adjacent blocks when you break a target.

Golden Hammer: Made from Gold Bars. It may be slightly fragile.
Demon Hammer: Forged from Demonite Bars. This hammer is unbreakable.
Flesh Hammer: Crafted from Crimson Bars. This hammer is indestructible.

Coins and Currency

Coins are the primary currency and come in four standard tiers: Copper, Silver, Gold, and Platinum. There is also a special Emerald Coin with unique functions explained later in the game.

Coins are obtained by defeating hostile mobs, looting chests, or using a Refiner. They use a base-100 conversion system. For example, 100 Copper Coins equal 1 Silver Coin. One Platinum Coin is worth 100 Gold Coins, 10,000 Silver Coins, or 1,000,000 Copper Coins.

Coins you pick up, deposit via hotkey, or take from containers will auto-stack. Manual transfers between containers require you to re-pickup the coins for auto-stacking to occur. To manually merge coin stacks, hold the coins and sneak right-click to upgrade them to the next tier. A Heavy Workbench can also handle tier conversion.

Coins can be placed as blocks. Right-click a surface while holding coins to place them. Placed coin piles break back into coins when destroyed. These placed coins have sand-like physics and no stacking limits. Emerald Coins are used to trade with Bankers, who use Gold or Platinum blocks as their workstations. All coins are dropped on player death.

Gel

Gel is a slime constituent material dropped by most slime mobs. It is important to note that Gel is not the same as Slimeballs. Gel is edible fuel, being flammable and non-sticky. Slimeballs are sticky and non-flammable, making them industrial-grade rather than food-grade. There are rumors of a rare Pink Gel existing.

Falling Stars

Falling Stars randomly fall during the night and glow, making them easy to spot. They are used to craft Mana Crystals, which increase your mana capacity. Be careful, as a falling star deals 100 damage (50 hearts) on impact. Claim them before dawn, as they vanish with daylight.