One Tool
One Tool turns every tool in the game into a multi-purpose item, so an axe, shovel, or hoe can also work as a weapon, a path-maker, or a tiller.
What it does
Each tool keeps the vanilla function it had and gains a second role. An axe also deals weapon-style damage and strips logs, a shovel also creates paths on grass-type blocks, and a hoe also tills dirt-type blocks. The last two cover grass and dirt, the blocks they change in vanilla play.
The mod adds food and storage behavior too. Filling a tool with food restores half the hunger a food item would give, and eating from an empty tool restores full hunger plus half the saturation. Storage scales with tier, following the same logic as a backpack. Torches can be placed from a tool's inventory, and a key-bindable toggle sends blocks mined with the tool straight into that inventory.
One Tool runs on client and server, so the server and every player need it. Files are published for Fabric only, for Minecraft 1.21.11. The code is open source under the MIT License, and a planned future function is noted by the author but not yet described.
Key features
Multi-role tools
Axes, shovels and hoes gain weapon, pathing and tilling functions while keeping their vanilla uses.
Food storage in tools
A tool can hold food, which fills hunger at half the usual amount and eats back to full hunger plus half saturation.
Tier-based inventory
Tool storage grows with the tool's tier, the same way a backpack expands.
Torches and block collection
Torches can be placed from the tool inventory, and a toggle keybinding sends mined blocks into it.
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Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Use cases
Carrying light and food on the go
A tool can hold torches and food, so a player who travels light has supplies in the same slot as the work tool.
Survival mining trips
Mined blocks can go straight into the tool's storage, which reduces trips back to chests during long digs.
Who it’s for: Players who want fewer slots spent on utility items, and server owners who want tools with more functions in a Fabric 1.21.11 setup.
How it compares
Save My Tools is client-side only and open source under the MIT License, with Fabric files for 1.21 – 1.21.5, so a server does not need it. Paper Tools also uses the MIT License and targets 1.21.8 – 1.21.10 with Fabric files, but it is not open source. PolyNutrition is server-side only, open source under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 or later, and covers 1.21.5 – 1.21.11, so it changes the server without any client install.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| One Tool | Fabric | 1.21.11 | Client and server | 2026-03-20 |
| Save My Tools | Fabric | 1.21 – 1.21.5 | Client-side only | 2025-06-10 |
| Paper Tools | Fabric | 1.21.8 – 1.21.10 | Client and server | 2025-11-06 |
| PolyNutrition | Fabric | 1.21.5 – 1.21.11 | Server-side only | 2025-12-19 |
Questions
Does One Tool need Fabric API?
Do servers and players both need One Tool?
Which Minecraft version does One Tool support?
In the catalog
One Tool is one of 4,058 Storage mods on ModsFinder, and one of 2,474 Storage mods for Fabric. 19,862 mods support Minecraft 1.21.11.
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What the author says
Description: * Adds a tool whose purpose is to function like all vanilla tools in one and more. Built-in vanilla functions: Pickaxe Axe (+ stripping & weapon stats) Shovel (+ pathing) Hoe (+ tilling) (For the last two, it will path grass-type blocks but till dirt-type blocks)
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/onetool
- Owner
- UnknownTimelord
- Published
- 2026-03-20
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-03-20
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15