The Tempered Iron Tools are Ala Industrial's five-piece hand tool set — pickaxe, axe, hoe, shovel and sword — forged from tempered iron instead of plain iron ingots. Every tool in the set lasts for 350 uses, 100 more than iron, mines at speed 7.0 instead of 6.0, and deals 0.5 more damage than its vanilla iron counterpart, from the 4.5-damage pickaxe to the 9.5-damage axe and the 6.5-damage sword. Enchantability rises from 14 to 16, so the whole set catches enchantments a little better, and the mod's EU system never comes into play: these are plain hand tools that wear down through ordinary use.

In progression, the Tempered Iron Tools fill the gap between iron and diamond gear. The pickaxe, axe, shovel and hoe keep the iron mining level, so diamond ore, obsidian and ancient debris still drop nothing and the diamond tier keeps its value. Each tool is crafted at a workbench in its vanilla pattern with tempered iron and sticks — a full set costs 11 tempered iron and 9 sticks — repaired at an anvil with a single piece of tempered iron, and it accepts the full vanilla enchantment set for its type. Very rarely, a wild zombie spawns holding the tempered sword as a trophy, at about 2% times the difficulty multiplier. For Minecraft 26.2 (Java Edition) on Fabric or NeoForge.