Tool Belt Mod — Guide

Mechanics and Usage

The Tool Belt mod relies on a few key mechanics to provide "Item Access Made Easy."

The Radial Menu

By holding the 'R' key (default), a radial menu appears on the screen. Moving the mouse towards an item in the wheel and releasing the key will instantly swap that tool into your main hand. If you are already holding a tool, it will be swapped back into the belt.

Inventory Management

There are three ways to manage the items inside your belt: 1. Right-Clicking: While holding the Tool Belt in your hand, right-click to open its internal inventory. 2. Belt Slot Key: Pressing the 'V' key (default) opens the dedicated belt slot inventory if the mod is installed without Curios. 3. Radial Insertion: While holding a tool in your hand, hold the radial menu key and hover over an empty slot to insert the tool.

Item Restrictions

By default, the Tool Belt only accepts non-stackable items. This includes: * All Tools (Pickaxes, Axes, Shovels, Hoes) * Weapons (Swords, Bows, Crossbows, Tridents) * Utility Items (Flint and Steel, Shears, Buckets, Compasses) * Modded tools (Tinkers' Construct tools, etc.)

Upgrading the Belt

To increase the capacity of your Tool Belt from the base 2 slots to the maximum of 9, you must use an Anvil.

Upgrade Process

Place your Tool Belt in the first slot of the Anvil and a Belt Pouch in the second slot. Each upgrade costs a specific amount of Experience Levels.

World Generation and Entities

Tool Belt is strictly a utility and functional mod. As such, it does not add any of the following to the game: * Mobs/Creatures: No new entities or animals are introduced. * Biomes/Dimensions: No changes are made to world generation or new realms. * Structures: No new buildings or dungeons are added to the world.

All items are obtained through crafting or by finding materials in the vanilla game.

Items

The mod adds two primary items essential for its functionality: the Tool Belt itself and the Belt Pouch used for upgrades.

Tool Belt

The core item of the mod. When crafted, it provides 2 slots for storing non-stackable items. It can be held in the hand to open its inventory or equipped in a belt slot.

Belt Pouch

A specialized component used to expand the capacity of an existing Tool Belt. Each pouch added increases the belt's capacity by one slot, up to a maximum of 9 slots.

Crafting Recipes

Crafting the Tool Belt and its upgrades requires basic materials like Leather, String, and Ingots.

Tool Belt Recipe

To craft the base Tool Belt, you will need 5 Leather, 2 Strings, and 1 Iron Ingot.

Belt Pouch Recipe

To craft a Belt Pouch, you will need 4 Leather, 2 Strings, and 1 Gold Ingot.