Mekanism Tools FAQ

Smelt or process your first Mekanism metals, then craft basic tools like an Osmium Pickaxe or Bronze Sword using the same vanilla tool recipes. Osmium is usually the easiest Mekanism metal to obtain early, so start there before moving to Refined Glowstone gear.

A Paxel combines a pickaxe, axe, and shovel into one tool, so it can mine stone, chop wood, and dig dirt without swapping items. Craft one for each material tier (Bronze, Lapis Lazuli, Osmium, Refined Glowstone, plus vanilla-material Paxels) and use it as your all-purpose mining tool.

Paxels use a recipe that combines the material's pickaxe, axe, and shovel (or their ingredients) in a specific pattern on a crafting table. Check the items section of this wiki for the exact layout for each material, since the pattern is the same shape but the material changes.

Osmium is the standard first step because it's a core Mekanism metal you'll already be processing. Bronze is a good early alternative if you have copper and tin, while Lapis Lazuli gear is cheap but weak and Refined Glowstone is a strong late-game upgrade.

Bronze is an alloy made by combining copper and tin, typically in a Mekanism Metallurgic Infuser or similar alloying setup. Once you have Bronze Ingots, craft them into tools and armor using normal vanilla-shaped recipes.

Process Osmium Ore into Osmium Ingots, then use the standard vanilla tool and armor recipes with Osmium Ingots in place of iron. Osmium gear is generally stronger than iron and is a solid mid-game set.

Refined Glowstone is made by enriching Glowstone Dust through Mekanism's enrichment process, producing Refined Glowstone Ingots. Use those ingots in the normal tool and armor recipes to craft the Refined Glowstone set.

Mekanism Tools adds shields for materials like Bronze, Lapis Lazuli, and Osmium that function like the vanilla shield: hold it in your offhand and right-click (or use your block key) to raise it. Each material's shield has its own durability, so higher-tier materials last longer before breaking.

Not every material has a Paxel — for example, Lapis Lazuli, Bronze, Osmium, Refined Glowstone, Diamond, Gold, Iron, and Netherite do, but some other materials only get standard tools. Double-check the items list on this wiki to confirm your material actually has a Paxel variant.

Yes, Mekanism Tools gear is designed to behave like vanilla tools, so standard enchantments like Efficiency, Fortune, Sharpness, and Protection apply normally. They also work in vanilla anvils, grindstones, and most modded machines that accept tools.

It adds tools, armor, and shields for various Mekanism materials and some vanilla ones. It also adds Paxels, which are axe, pickaxe, and shovel multitools.

A Paxel is an axe, pickaxe, and shovel multitool. The mod adds Paxels for its materials as well as for vanilla tool types.

Armor, shields, and tools are added for Bronze, Lapis Lazuli, Osmium, Refined Glowstone, Refined Obsidian, and Steel.

Yes, it contains Paxels for the vanilla tool types Wood, Stone, Iron, Gold, and Diamond.

The mod lists Minecraft versions 1.19.1, 1.19.2, 1.20.1, 1.20.4, 1.21, and 1.21.1.

It supports Forge and NeoForge.

Yes, it is an official addon to Mekanism that adds tools and armor for various Mekanism materials and some vanilla ones.

Yes, shields are included alongside armor and tools for Bronze, Lapis Lazuli, Osmium, Refined Glowstone, Refined Obsidian, and Steel.

It registers tools, armor, and shields for Bronze, Lapis Lazuli, Osmium, Refined Glowstone, Refined Obsidian, and Steel, plus Paxels for those materials and for vanilla tool types.

It is an official addon to Mekanism, so it is meant to go with the Mekanism mod.