⚠️ Eco v0.14 is coming — the next major update reworks upgrade modules, so some of these numbers will change. They reflect the current version. What’s changing →

Simpler tiers: the 1–4 tiered upgrades become a single Basic / Advanced / Modern upgrade each.
Permanent upgrades: a module placed in a workstation is permanent — no more swapping lower tiers out as you progress.
Power transitions: a module can change a station’s power type/draw (e.g. a Modern upgrade moves a sawmill from mechanical to electrical power).
Talent-integrated: modules now use the same bonus/talent system — any talent benefit (power, labor cost, recipe unlocks) can come from a module.
Cheaper to upgrade: with the multi-tier parts gone, fully upgrading a workstation costs significantly less.

We’ll update this calculator shortly after the update releases.

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Steel Hoe

Tool

A steel hoe with improved range to help tilling larger areas.

Weight1000 gMax stack1SkillBlacksmith Lv 3StationPower Hammer

Notes

The Steel Hoe is a tier 3 farming tool that tills larger areas of soil than lower-tier hoes, improving efficiency for preparing farmland. It consumes 20 calories per use, has 1500 durability, and trains the Farming skill with each action. When it eventually wears out, the hoe can be recycled into a Scrap Tool, though its primary value lies in speeding up large-scale land preparation.

Notes are AI-generated and may be imprecise.

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Upgrade modules

Blacksmith Advanced Upgrade (−25% cost)

Blacksmith level 0Skill level changes labor only.

Talents

Garden Tools Garden Tools (Blacksmith Lv 6)

Quantity to craftScales ingredients, labor, time, output & total raw by the number of crafts.

Ingredients

Ingredient	Qty	Type
Steel Bar	20	item
Leather Hide	8	item
Lumber	5	category

Crafting

Labor	750 calories
Craft time	0.5 min
Throughput	≈ 120 Steel Hoe / hour (base)

As a tool

Tier3Damage1Vs animals×0.2Calories/use20Durability/use1Max durability1500TrainsFarming

Showing base values. Set Farming level / talents in the ⚙ Character panel to recompute.

Total raw to craft this

Steps12Total labor8717.5 calTotal time112.4 min

200× Limestone
140× Wood (any)
75× Iron Ore
75× Quicklime
32.5× Clay
20× Steel Bar
7.5× Silica (any)
5× Lumber (any)
4× Bison Carcass

Approximate — category ingredients and any production cycles are counted as raw.

Categories

Obtained from

Steel Hoe

Used in

Scrap Tool

See also

Steam Tractor Plow