Tools are tactical correction and combo pieces
Tools let a run change things that would otherwise be fixed: dice faces, tile Marks, tile types, recipe levels, shops or buildings. That makes them especially valuable when the random shop does not line up with your engine.
Video-tested: the supplied footage contains a large tool pool. Some earlier videos are beta/demo, so this page focuses on observed roles and avoids claiming a complete current list.
Tool roles observed in gameplay
- Quill-style recipe upgrade: raises a recipe level; stronger output may come with a harder activation requirement.
- Tape Measure: gameplay uses it to copy a building, with players preferring expensive/rare tier-two targets for value.
- Chisel / face adjusters: change a die face, enabling long-term Mark shaping.
- Hoe: adds a Mark to a tile in supplied footage, creating extra ways to activate valuable land.
- Mallet / Handles: reroll shop offerings, useful when the current shop cannot support the build.
- Paint tools: interact with die colors in full-game footage.
- Multi-tool: observed recreating/copying a recently used tool effect.
- Stamper / Staff: recipe retrigger or extra-recipe style tactical effects appear in footage; treat their exact wording as version-sensitive.
Best-use rule
Use permanent tools on the part of the engine you expect to keep. Copying a cheap temporary building or permanently editing a die before you know your target Marks can lock in a mediocre plan.
Recovery versus greed
Some tools are best treated as insurance. A reroll, emergency recipe activation or tile edit may be worth more when it rescues a scorched or ingredient-starved year than when it marginally improves an already safe season.
What the launch database still needs
Before turning this into a complete tool table, capture each tool directly from the live Codex/shop: exact name, rarity, price, target restrictions, whether its effect is permanent, whether it consumes a season, and whether it can target upgraded pieces.
Sources and evidence
- Feed the Scorchpot publisher press kit — current official facts and feature counts.
- Feed the Scorchpot on Steam — current store and release information.
- Our evidence policy and supplied gameplay sources — includes version caveats for demo and beta footage.