So, I wanted to see if it was possible to make a single tool that could do multiple things. Like, an axe and pickaxe combined, or maybe a hoe that deals damage like a sword. I can't seem to figure out how one would go about coding such a thing, but I've seen things like it in other mods, so I'm assuming it's possible?

Make this tool a pick with the mining level you want if you want it as a pick, but then us this method: getStrVsBlock(ItemStack par1ItemStack, Block par2Block)

You can set custom value for each block or i believe according to their material(don't quote me on that)

Not sure if it is a good way, but it works.

In 1.7.x, you can use the method setHarvestLevel("axe",n) and setHarvestLevel("pickaxe",m), and so on. Derive from itemTool for a start or the main type of tool it is. Or you could derive from ItemSword and just add in the toolClass settings.

There is more to make it all work than just that, but it should get you started.

It seems to have done the trick, at least for making my sword-hoe anyway, so yay ^^

So, I wanted to see if it was possible to make a single tool that could do multiple things. Like, an axe and pickaxe combined, or maybe a hoe that deals damage like a sword. I can't seem to figure out how one would go about coding such a thing, but I've seen things like it in other mods, so I'm assuming it's possible?

 

In my mod "DivineRPG", we have something that is all tools into one, that's called the "Shickaxe"

 

In out open src repo: (https://github.com/TheSlayerMC/DivineRPG) you can find the item that does everything