Every player starts the game with a high-tech matter manipulator which will allow them to gather their first resources. Despite the fact that this tool is high-tech it makes a very poor gathering tool, stone tools are a great low-tech upgrade! The three basic tools are Pickaxe, Axe and Hoe; only the Pickaxe suffers durability loss and currently there are no upgrades for stone Axes or Hoes, although the official wiki site talks about a chainsaw. You need a Stone Pickaxe as the base item to craft a Copper Pickaxe, and then it progresses from copper to silver, gold, platinum and diamond. Currently there seems to be very little difference in the gathering speed or durability of Copper versus Diamond Pickaxes, all pickaxes can be repaired with copper ores. You just pick-up the copper ore and right click on your pick to repair it, it takes around 8 ores to fully repair a pickaxe. The matter manipulator does not need to be kept in your inventory all the time, but it will be used automatically whenever you place items or blocks in the world. After you get the Durasteel unlock (Starmap upgrade Mk4) you will be able to craft and use powered drills instead of pickaxes, the drills seem far less durable than picks but only require about 4 copper ores to fully repair, still they're noticeably faster than pickaxes.

There is a Paint tool which can be used to color wood plank and glass only. There is also a wireing tool and a number of circut items available in the game. Doors can be wired to open with a wall switch or pressure plate. The available circuit items includes a light sensor and base defense laser.