Engineering

Engineers make tools and building materials. Engineering, and specifically making tools, is a fairly lucrative, low cost endeavor. Tools are highly consumable, so they are in high demand.

Engineers do not create siege weapons.

Building materials are important for upgrading cities. Upgraded locations have better resource yields and defenses.

Tools and their uses:

• Shovel: digging
• Pickaxe: mining
• Woodcutter's axe: logging
• Scythe: farming

Tool Tiers:

• Gray: Novice
• Green: Apprentice
• Blue: Journeyman
• Purple: Craftsman
• Orange: Master

Tools lose durability each time they are used to collect or attack. Higher tier tools do more damage to a node per swing. Higher quality tools gather faster. So a high tier, high quality tool is ideal. As a tool loses durability, its damage and collection speed decreases.

Tools can be used to gather actively by "attacking" the mining node or log, or more passively by pressing E. Attacking a node uses stamina but is generally faster. Pressing E is slower but does not use stamina. It can be helpful to alternate between attacking and using E because one can regen stamina while using the E gathering method.