The Toolworks is where all the initial [[resources]] tokens timber, coal and iron ([[File:icon token timber.png|16px]] [[File:icon token coal.png|16px]] [[File:icon token iron.png|16px]]) in the game are converted into the relevant tokens gained. It does so by converting resources ([[File:token icon timber.png|16px]] [[File:token icon coal.png|16px]] [[File:token icon iron.png|16px]])- timber from the [[Sawmill]], coal from the [[Coal Mine]] and iron from the [[Foundry]]. The Toolworks also produces goods. Each extension added to the Toolworks improves both the rate and the efficiency of conversion from resource to token.

The base Toolworks always consumes a fixed number of resources per [[Game tick]]: 3 Timber [[File:icon timber.png|16px]], 4 Coal [[File:icon coal.png|16px]] or 3 Iron [[File:icon iron.png|16px]], before taking the distance bonus into account. Each conversion is a separate process; therefore it can produce a single type of Token or all three types simultaneously.