How to Upgrade Tools in Story of Seasons: A Wonderful Life

Farming is at the heart of Story of Seasons: A Wonderful Life. The game, thankfully, simplifies this aspect. Since the developers knew you’ll be farming quite a lot, upgrading your tools simply involves having the right amount of money and plenty of time on your hands in Story of Seasons: A Wonderful Life.

How to upgrade tools in Story of Seasons: A Wonderful Life

Fortunately, you don’t have to find specific ore or do anything too specific to unlock the right tool upgrades in Story of Seasons: A Wonderful Life. You are able to upgrade all of your core tools like the watering can, sickle, hoe, and fishing rod as you progress through the game. To upgrade any of your tools, you’ll need to visit Van on the third or eighth day of each season when he visits. Once you reach certain milestones in the story and have enough money, you can talk with Van to purchase tool upgrades.

How to upgrade to Copper Tools

The first tool upgrade you can get in A Wonderful Life is the copper tools upgrade. This one becomes available sometime around the Summer season of Year 1, though some upgrades require you to reach the Fall season. Once you reach this point in the story, wait until Van arrives, and then speak with him. You’ll be able to upgrade any of your tools to copper ones for 1,000 gold.

When it comes to farming, copper tools let you water or farm one row and three squares at once, instead of the usual single square.

How to Get Silver Tools

The second upgrade for your farming tools is the silver upgrade. You can get this one once you reach approximately the Spring season in Year 2. Visit Van and you can upgrade any of your tools to their silver variant for 10,000 each. For farming tools like the watering can, they will now affect nine squares in a 3×3 pattern at once.

How to Get Gold Tools

The next upgrade option for your tools is the gold one. This takes a very long time to unlock, as it only becomes available usually around Year 3. They cost a whopping 50,000 to upgrade each one, but they affect a 3×9 area.

How to Get Blessed Tools

The final possible upgrade is the blessed upgrade. For these, you need to find the cursed tool variant and fulfill a certain mission with it, such as using it 50 times. In addition, you’ll need to reach at least Year 4 in the game.

If you are able to upgrade a cursed tool to a blessed one, you’ll have the best possible version in A Wonderful Life. For farming tools, it affects a 9×9 pattern.

Story of Seasons: A Wonderful Life is available for the Nintendo Switch, PS5, Xbox Series X, and PC.