Updated Chapter 21 - Tools

[Rob T]

There are many tools you can buy to help you do things faster in Farm Town.

This Chapter has posts which gives you details about each type of tool. All the links below are clickable and will take you to the post about those tools.

When using some of these tools, you will see an Eye above your yellow toolbox, bottom right of your game. This can be used to show/hide workable items on the farm. If something doesn't show that you think should be, check the eye setting. Much Larger tools like the 20x20 tools don't have the eyes you will see the picture of the tool above your yellow toolbox instead of an eye. Those have different options.

To change the Eye settings, click on the Eye above your yellow toolbox.

When the Eye is BLACK you still see everything on your farms.

When the eye is RED, you will only see the items the harvest tool can harvest, like fields, trees and flowers. Clicking on an item with the harvest tool will harvest the item then make it temporarily disappear from view, which can be easier for you when you have more items on the farm. When using the Herding Robot it will hide everything except the animals.

More details about the eye when using Full Screen mode are in Chapter 2 Basics What is the Eye for?

• Can I use a tool to Harvest crops?
• Can I use a tool to Plow new or wasted fields?
• Can I use a tool to Seed?
  
  
• What are the Combines? Includes an example of the Extent Mode (Blue box) on 20x20 tools at the bottom of the post.
  
  
• Can I use my tools on other farmers' farms?
• My tool won't work anymore, help!
• Can I move my tools to one of my other farms?
  
  
• What do I do with an Oil Pump?
• What are the Fishing Boats?
• What do the Semi-Trailer Truck and Turbo Electric Semi Truck bring?
• What is the Tree Shaker?
  
  
• What is the Manure Spreader? - includes information on how to check if a farm is fertilized.
  
  
• What are Mobile Sprinklers for? - includes information on how to check if a farm is irrigated.
  
  
• What are the Bulldozers?
• What is the Flower Harvester?
• What is the Log truck with Chainsaw?
  
  
• What is the Forklift?
• What is the Ordering Station w/Trailer?
• What is the Bottling Machine?
• What is the Drive Thru System?
• What are the Tables and Chairs?
• What is the Mixer?
• What is the Belt Dryer?
• What is the Loader?
• What are the Conveyors?
• What is the Packaging Machine?
• What are the Workbenches?
• What are the Mobile Utility Carts?
• What is the Express Checkout Station?
• What is the Manual Lift Truck?
• What is the Armored Truck?
  
  
• What are the Freestyle Farm Designers?
  Also referred to as the Orange Hand, Green Hand, Purple Hand.
  
  
• What are the Animal Harvesters?
  • Milking Station
  • Shearing and Cutting Set
  • Egg Collector
  • Manure Collector
  
  
• What is the Herding Robot?
• What is the Excavator?
• What is the Tower Crane?
  
  
• What are the Multi Planters?
  
  
• What are the Transplanters? - includes information on the EX Transplanter
  
  
• What are the Gifting Machines?
• What is the Mobile Lookout Tower?
• What are the Super Storage Sheds?
  
  
• Are there tools for working Overlapped Fields?
  Although the developers have provided tools to make working overlapped crops easier (often referred to as a form of layering), we are still NOT permitted to post or allow anyone to post the instructions on how to create them. Overloading your farms with more items than was intended to be there can still cause problems with loss of items, farm corruption, so you will not find the instructions posted on the forum.
  
  The EX tools for working crops are:
  • Ex Harvesters
  • EX Seeders
  • EX Combines: Harvest-Plow EX and Harvest-Plant EX.
  • There are no EX Plow Tools that will only plow harvested fields or plow new fields!
    
    Extent Tools do not have the eye. Instead they have a copy of the tool icon showing bottom right of your screen while you use the tool. Clicking on the tool icon allows you to switch between Highlight Mode and Extent mode. Items not ready to harvest/fish/chop etc will always be temporarily hidden while you use the tool and will reappear when the tool is dropped.
    
  
  
• What is the Flower Freezer - Unfreezer Tool?
• What are the Overhead Cranes?
• What are the Trading Advertising Banners?
• What is the Crop Replanter Implement?
  
  Levels to unlock Tools are in Chapter 25 Levels and Unlocking

Should you need to get back to this post to look for other information:
Each post has a Table of Contents link bottom right of the post, which when you click, will bring you right back here.