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🌾 Harvester Hoe

The Harvester Hoe is Mirage’s primary farming progression tool, designed specifically for large-scale sugarcane farming. It is the exclusive source of Essence, making it a core component of long-term farming progression and competitive play.

Unlike vanilla tools, the Harvester Hoe features custom enchants, upgrade menus, and fully configurable scaling to ensure balanced and engaging gameplay.

🧪 Essence Integration

The Harvester Hoe is the only tool capable of generating Essence.

How Essence Is Earned

  • Essence is awarded when breaking sugarcane
  • Only Mirage Harvester Hoes can generate Essence
  • Sugarcane broken without the tool will not drop Essence
  • Essence drops scale with:
  • Tool level
  • Custom enchants
  • Server-defined configuration

This ensures Essence remains: - Non-exploitable - Progression-based - Directly tied to player effort

⬆ Upgrade System

The Harvester Hoe includes a deep, configurable upgrade system accessed through the in-game Upgrade Menu.

Upgrade Menu Features

  • In-game GUI interface
  • Clear upgrade previews
  • Instant application to the tool
  • Upgrades are bound to the tool, not the player

Upgrades can affect: - Essence drop rates - Crop yield - Economy rewards - Bonus items and commands

All upgrade values are fully configurable, including costs, limits, and scaling behavior.

✨ Available Enchants

The Harvester Hoe supports multiple custom enchants, including:

  • Essence Finder – Increases Essence gained while harvesting
  • Harvest Booster – Increases the number of crops harvested per action
  • Money Finder – Chance to earn economy money while farming
  • Auto Sell – Automatically sells harvested crops
  • Key Finder – Chance to receive crate keys
  • Spawner Finder – Rare chance to receive mob spawners
  • Experience Finder – Grants Minecraft EXP while harvesting

Each enchant has: - A configurable starting level - A configurable maximum level - Custom proc chances - Independent cost curves

🛒 Spending Essence

Essence earned through the Harvester Hoe is primarily used for:

  • Harvester Hoe upgrades
  • Enchant progression
  • Essence Shop rewards
  • Server-defined items and currencies

The Essence Shop is: - Fully configurable - Accessible via /essence shop - Independent from other Mirage currencies

⚙ Configuration & Balance

The Harvester Hoe is designed to be safe to rebalance at any time.

Configurable options include: - Essence per sugarcane break - Upgrade costs and limits - Enchant proc chances - Crop yield scaling - Reward commands - Radius values for area effects

Changes do not require wiping player data or resetting tools.

🎯 Design Intent

The Harvester Hoe is designed to: - Encourage long-term farming progression - Reward active play over automation - Provide meaningful late-game upgrades - Support competitive leaderboards - Avoid raw economy inflation

It pairs best with: - Essence-based progression - Seasonal resets - Farming competitions - OP Factions and Prison servers

🧠 Best Use Cases

  • OP Factions
  • Prison servers
  • Progression-based SMPs
  • Competitive farming environments