Gear
Gear noun - Items needed for the performance of a task or activity.
Usage example: grabbed his gear, threw on his pads, and headed out to the football field for practice
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Synonyms for Gear
Tools is a synonym for gear in equipment topic. In some cases you can use "Tools" instead a noun "Gear".
Tools
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- You can buy (or steal) tools, weapons, and gear from your fellow prisoners, and you will need to buy crafting components from them, but the best equipment is often only obtainable through crafting.
Source: Video Game / The Escapists -
Copper tools can mine gold ore, which will make equipment (especially the pick) that becomes the first real improvement to your starting gear, making the other ores in-between entirely skippable.
Source: Video Game / Terraria -
Sprinklers are advanced tech that has to be unlocked, everything else on your farm is done with hand tools, and your starting gear is roughly Stone Age.
Source: Videogame / Stardew Valley
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