Forgotten Technology

[0.4.8] — 2026-06-23 — Resonating Pickaxe Mithril-tier hardness restored

Changed

• Resonating Pickaxe can break high-tier ore again. The hardness pass that was supposed to ship earlier never made it to master, so the pickaxe was stuck at Iron-tier and physically couldn't damage Adamantite or Mithril even with a full Power gem loadout. Restored hardness ratings: Rocks Q6, Volcanic Q5, Thorium / Cobalt Q3, Adamantite Q4, Mithril Q5. Base Power lowered on most gather types so gem investment actually matters: empty pickaxe stays slow on the harder ores (Mithril ~300 taps without sockets) but Power gems multiply linearly — full 8× T5 Pristine drops Mithril to single-digit taps. Plain stone goes from ~3 empty taps to ~9 — one Power gem brings it back to roughly old speeds.