Tool belt

For the tool belt used in Dungeoneering, see Dungeoneering/Tool belt.

Using the tool belt

The interface for configuring items stored on the tool belt

The tool belt is a utility belt available to all players that can be accessed in the Worn Equipment screen. It allows players to carry and access basic tools at any time without taking up space in their inventory. It was released on 6 December 2011 along with the Money pouch.

Items can be added to the tool belt by right-clicking on an item while it is in the player's inventory and selecting the Add-to-tool belt option. All non-quest items are automatically added to a players tool belt. Once the items are added, they remain there permanently (with the exception of pickaxes) and therefore cannot be retrieved. Upon death, all items in the tool belt are kept. This is true even if the player dies in the Wilderness.

Because of the tool belt, players are now able to click on resources instead of having to use a tool on the resource. For example, players can click on a log to light it instead of using a tinderbox on every individual log. Alternatively, right-clicking on a log gives a list of other possible actions that can be used with the log.

If more than one type of tool can be used, players can choose which one to use

If an added tool has a level requirement higher than the current level, it will function as the highest levelled variant the player is able to use. Likewise dragon or crystal tools will function as a rune version on a free-to-play world. It is impossible to add a members-only tool to the tool belt on a free world.

Completely filling up the tool belt unlocks the title [Name] the Tool. When new tools are released, the title is relocked until the player adds the tools to their toolbelt.

Items that can be stored

There are currently 63 item slots in the tool belt divided into 6 categories.

Augmented tools (pickaxes, hatchets, fishing rods, etc.) cannot be stored on the tool belt; players who wish to augment their tools for use with perks will have to wield the item or keep it in their inventory.

Tool belt contents

Tool		Notes
General
	Pickaxe	All metal pickaxes from bronze to elder rune + 5 Included gilded pickaxes Includes crystal pickaxes and the pickaxe of earth and song. Does not include augmented pickaxes, the dwarven army axe or inferno adze. Dragon pickaxes and above act as rune pickaxes on free worlds. Can be freely removed following the Mining and Smithing rework
	Hammer
	Chisel
	Hatchet	All hatchets except for black hatchets, the Inferno adze and the dwarven army axe Dragon hatchets and above act as rune hatchets on free worlds
	Knife
	Tinderbox
	Saw
	Pestle and mortar
	Machete(m)	Normal to Red topaz
	Watch(m)
	Chart(m)
	Shears
	Noose wand
	Sextant(m)
	Tongs(m)
	Enhanced grappling hook(m)
	Master thief's lockpick(m)
	Master thief's stethoscope(m)
	Insect repellent(m)
	Steel key ring(m)
Fishing
	Crayfish cage
	Fishing rod
	Small fishing net
	Big fishing net(m)
	Fly fishing rod
	Harpoon
	Lobster pot
	Barbarian rod(m)
Crafting
	Needle
	Glassblowing pipe(m)
	Amulet mould
	Bracelet mould
	Necklace mould
	Ring mould
	Tiara mould
	Ammo mould(m)
	Bolt mould
	Holy mould
	Unholy mould(m)
	Sickle mould(m)
	Chain link mould(m)
	Rod clay mould(m)
Farming
	Rake
	Seed dibber
	Spade	Can also be used for Treasure Trails
	Gardening trowel
	Secateurs	Members can place magic secateurs on tool belt once obtained
	Magic watering can(m)
Slayer
	Rock hammer(m)
	Salt shaker(m)
	Ice shaker(m)
	Fungicide shaker(m)
	(Super) explosive shaker(m)	A super explosive shaker can be made by filling a super explosive flask from any slayer master with 100 rubium ore
	Slayer bell(m)
	Crystal chime(m)	Adding either the crystal chime or the chime from Prifddinas will return the seed used to create it.
	Ouroboros pouch(m)
	Bonecrusher(m)
	Seedicide
	Charming imp(m)
	Herbicide(m)
	Advanced gold accumulator(m)
Invention
	Inventor's tools(m)
	Bag of materials(m)
	Charge pack(m)

Usage

Once an item is added to the tool belt, actions that would normally require using a tool on an item become options on the item to be manipulated. For example, once a tinderbox is added to the tool belt, a player can right-click a log and choose the Light option. Be careful left-clicking craftable items like Unicorn horns as this could lead to a player's character performing an action the player did not intend.

Free-to-play tools are available for use on free-to-play servers. Thus, as an example, a free-player may light logs using a stored tinderbox, saving bank space on the numerous tools used.

In the event that a player has a stored pickaxe or hatchet, but has another pickaxe or hatchet in their inventory or wielded (and has the level to use both), the better tool will be used. For example, cutting wood with a dragon hatchet in the tool belt and an inferno adze wielded will use the adze, while mining with a dragon pickaxe in the tool belt and adze wielded will use the dragon pickaxe.

Restricted usages and bugs

• The items on the normal tool belt cannot be used in Dungeoneering. On 11 April 2012 a second tool belt was added for use inside Daemonheim, containing all the tools used there, including an upgradable novite pickaxe and hatchet.
• The Tools in the tool belt cannot be used with many quest items such as the lighthouse in Horror from the Deep, the Bone Key from Shilo Village, lighting the Ceremonial Brazier in Lunar Diplomacy and digging up saplings in Meeting History.
• A sextant in the tool belt cannot be used on its own, and is only usable by right clicking on a coordinate clue scroll and choosing the "sextant" option. A standard sextant not added to the belt can be used as normal, even if there is already a sextant on the tool belt.
• Spades stored on tool belts cannot be used for digging at the ground. They only work on objects with a dig or harvest option. It also doesn't work for the vine flower, bush and fruit tree patches at Herblore Habitat, as the right-click "Clear" option only appears when the crops are fully grown. At one time, it couldn't be used for Treasure Trails, but this was fixed and you can now dig with it by right-clicking the scroll.
• When chopping down an Evil tree with a loaned dragon hatchet, you will use the tool belt bronze hatchet instead.
• The spade in the tool belt cannot be used to add fuel to the Blast Furnace, because gathering coke turns a spade into a different item (Spadeful of coke). There is however a spade spawn nearby.
• It is important to remember that all items except for pickaxes stored in the belt remain there permanently and therefore cannot be retrieved. Think carefully about whether you want them available for later (such as for combat or trade) before you store them on your tool belt.
  • Dragon and crystal hatchets can be removed and augmented by Doc. Doing so also causes the respective slot in your tool belt to be filled with the augmented hatchet. This can however only be done once.
• The harpoon cannot be used from the tool belt if you have the ability to catch fish barehanded. Therefore you cannot fish for Swordfish without an actual harpoon in your inventory if you don't meet the requirements to catch them barehanded.

Achievements

• Get Tooled Up ( 20) – Fill up your toolbelt.

Update history

• ninja 24 September 2018 (Update): The key ring now appears on the toolbelt, allowing players to store keys on their toolbelted key ring.

Trivia

• On the day of release a new task, Shear Convenience was added into Lumbridge/Draynor Beginner Tasks to introduce the tool belt to players. It gave a reward of 500 experience, making it one of the biggest rewards for a beginner task.
• With the addition of the tool belt, many inventory space saver items became much less useful, for example the dwarven army axe and the quest kit. The later update which allowed storage of stronger tools in the tool belt made many of these items obsolete. These items include but are not limited to: Small cast net, Big cast net, Barb-tail harpoon, Golden hammer.
• A hammer stored on a tool belt can be used to open the Bandos door in the God Wars Dungeon.
• Initially, only the bronze pickaxe and hatchet could be added to the belt, making the tool belt unsuitable for use in training Woodcutting and Mining at higher levels. After 17 June 2013, the ability to add pickaxes and hatchets all the way up to dragon was added.