Tutorial:Tools Guide

Tools are pretty varied in Skyblock, Pickaxes, Axes, Shovels, Hoes and Fishing Rods being included in this category. Fishing Rods have by far the most custom variants, the rest lacking severely.

Pickaxes

 * The Diamond Pickaxe is the best Pickaxe to get if you want to mine ores.
 * The Gold Pickaxe is better than the Diamond variant at mining Stone or Cobblestone. An Efficiency 5 Gold Pick combined with Haste 3 potions is enough to instantly mine through Cobblestone.
 * The Stonk is an Efficiency 6 Gold Pickaxe that cannot summon Endermites from End Stone. Due to its high efficiency level, you only need Haste 2 to instamine Cobblestone, which means a Miner's Outfit is enough.
 * The Promising Pickaxe is helpful for getting access to the Deep Caverns.

Axes

 * The Gold Axe is the best vanilla Axe. In combination with a Haste 3 potion, it can instamine logs.
 * The Jungle Axe is a Wooden Axe that mines multiple logs at once. It can be used in combo with the Golden Axe for even more logs, since it does have a Cooldown.
 * The Treecapitator is a Gold Axe with a stronger version of the Jungle Axe's ability. Any player that's planning to grind for a long amount of time should definitely get this.

Shovels

 * The Gold Shovel is the best, instamining Dirt, Sand and others even without Haste.
 * The Promising Shovel is a decent alternative to the Gold one very early on.
 * The Flint Shovel ensures you will only get Flint from Gravel. It can also be used as an upgrade on Gravel Minions.

Hoes

 * The Rookie Hoe gives a 50% chance to get more seeds, which up until the Jacob update, made it the best hoe available. Recommended for Early to Mid-Game players. (the vanilla hoes have no special properties).

Early-Mid Game

 * Challenging Rod and later Rod of Champions are both pretty good and not that expensive.
 * Winter Rod is good if you're planning on fishing on the Jerry Island.

Late-End Game

 * Shredder and Yeti Rod have the highest out of any rods, and are both.
 * The Rod of the Sea is often considered the best Rod due to its high.